Yes, Fetzie, it wasn't the drive that was the absolute problem. I ran a CrystalDisk Mark benchmark test on all of my drives and none of them were running at optimal speeds for their respective SATA ports. My SSD should have been running at a full 500 MB/s, it was only running at 448 MB/s, the Momentus XT when tested on a friends computer, was running at 120 MB/s, I was getting about 98 MB/s on my computer, and both drives were in SATA3 ports. And I know my SSD is working fine because it was running at 500 MB/s when I got it and it was plugged into the same port.
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5609/pcsetup.jpg
Cooler Master Storm Sniper Gaming Chassi
Steelseries WOW gaming mouse /
Logitech G35 Gaming headset / Logitech Z-906 5.1 THX, DTS
Kingston HyperX SSD 120GB 2.5"
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W PSU
ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3, Socket-1155
Intel® Core i7-2600K Processor
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 32GB
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W PSU
Samsung 27" LED SyncMaster S27B350H (x3)
Philips 37" LCD (hung up on the wall)
What do you think ?
Last edited by vinzet; 2013-01-24 at 01:05 PM. Reason: Added question
Very nice layout. Wish the picture was a little brighter though. I've been thinking about getting a second monitor and mounting my TV on the wall like the one you have.
SPECIFICATIONS:
- Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Professional
- CPU: i5 3570k
- Cooler: Corsair H80 with 2x Enermax Magma
- RAM: 4x4GB Corsair Dominator GT
- GPU: ASUS Radeon 7970
- SPU: ASUS Xonar DX
- SSD (Boot): Samsung 830 128GB
- HDD (Software): Western Digital: Caviar Black 1TB x2
- HDD (Recording): Western Digital: Caviar Blue 750GB
- HDD (Storage): Seagate Barracuda 3TB
- PSU: Corsair AX750 with Corsair Sleeved Cables (Red)
- Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02 Black/W
- Controller: Lamptron FC9
PERIPHERALS:
- Monitor (Primary): DELL U2711
- Monitors (Secondary): DELL U2212HM x2
- Headphones (Gaming): Takstar Hi2050
- Headphones (Music): Grado SR80i
- Microphone: Zoom H1
- Keyboard (Gaming): CM Storm QuickFire TK (Cherry MX Red)
- Keyboard (Typing): Filco Ninja Majestouch-2 (Cherry MX Blue)
- Mouse (Primary): Mionix Naos 5000
- Mouse (Secondary): Steelseries Sensei
- Mouse-pad: Mionix Propus 380
- Webcam: Logitech C920
Yup, I like his little contraption.
One of these: http://www.amazon.com/Zoom-H1-Portab...ywords=zoom+h1
Their sound quality is exceptional, too. I believe they use the same mics, but here's a video that was recorded using the video version of essentially the same thing (Zoom ZQ3HD):
That's pure awesomeness! When you look up "awesome" on the dictionary there should be a pic of your setup. Even the view from your window looks like a damn painting!
If I had to nitpick something it would be that H80. I know it's a proper cooler but tight custom loop with single 120 rad and a small tube res would stand out more. And the Fatal1ty logo has slightly too much white in it.
It is, like Deltrus said, a Zoom H1. Amateur microphone. I use it to record concerts mostly. And the rubber contraption is self-made; I'm waiting for a replacement.
I do agree with you that a custom loop would definitely look a lot better, but at the time I didn't have the money or time to venture into custom watercooling. If I would've done the build today I would have done a few things differently. As they say... next time!
There is no doubt in my mind Marest will be heading that direction in the not so distant future. He was able to go the route recently that he did with the triple IPS displays, he'll likely go custom loop (if he wants to soon).
marest how did u get ur cable management so nice
Milk was a bad choice.
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i have the radiator for the FT02, it's not worth it IMO unless you are doing a show piece, the case requires heavy modifications just to dry fit the radiator, the HDD cage needs to be cut and shortened, and the whole bottom of the chassis needs to have about 75% of the material cut away
not to mention the FT02 is so good on its own that watercooling provides almost no benefit
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Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
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My apologies.
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5609/pcsetup.jpg
Case : Cooler Master Storm Sniper Gaming Chassi
Mouse: Steelseries WOW gaming mouse /
Sound: Logitech G35 Gaming headset / Logitech Z-906 5.1 THX, DTS
SSD: Kingston HyperX SSD 120GB 2.5"
GPU:XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 (x2)
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3, Socket-1155
CPU: Intel® Core i7-2600K Processor
RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 32GB
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W PSU
Screen: Samsung 27" LED SyncMaster S27B350H (x3) Philips 37" LCD (hung up on the wall)
Last edited by vinzet; 2013-01-25 at 09:30 AM.