Post your gaming setup!

[Asera]

I go with -

strip case down
install backplate on mobo if there is one
place mobo in case
mount cpu, ram, heatsink, gpu (in that order)
Run wiring as I see fit.

I'm really visual, so planning wires beforehand is hard for me. I have to see everything in place in front of me.

I do:

- Strip case (remove panels, drive trays, etc).
- Arrange case fans (omitting any that might get in the way of motherboard installation, which was only the top rear slot on my Define R3).
- Install RAM, CPU and HSF on motherboard outside of case (omitting the fans on the HSF for now).
- Place standoffs, install motherboard.
- Wire front panel cables and some fan cables.
- Install PSU, wire as I see fit (including SATA cables to the soon to be filled drive bays, and necessary cables to soon to be installed GPU).
- Install HDD's, tweak wiring if necessary.
- Stick on CPU HSF fans.
- Install expansion cards.
- Replace case panels.

[Adappy]

And this is why I want to find a new job, so I can fix these issues. I think I see either an Elysium or Design Define XL in my future.

---------- Post added 2011-10-12 at 10:37 AM ----------



Yeah that OC was short-lived-as-fuck.

Even at 960MHz after a few minutes of stability my screen blacked out and the card reverted back to the factory OC from MSI of 880MHz.

I guess I'll just stick with the proven-to-work 950MHz.

At least it didn't do what my GTX 580 did while experimenting with running the fan at full speed (well, 85%, the highest I can set it through MSI Afterburner) with a 900MHz overclock (previously I ran it at 800MHz) to see how hot the GPU got while playing the BF3 beta... game crashed, MSI afterburner charts all spiked down to 0 then returned to their normal spots, with the clock speeds reset to stock speeds... and any time any load was put on the card it would do it again and again... until I rebooted. Even leaving it at stock speeds wouldn't work... for a while I thought I might have killed my card
(is it bad that my first thought at the time was "it'd give me an excuse to get a Twin Frozr/DirectCUII card for a replacement?" ...although if I was going to upgrade/replace anything, I'd probably get two 2GB 6950's and see how things are on the AMD side of things these days)

[BicycleMafioso]

I just have a quick question, not worth making a thread about; Is a Corsair CX V2 500W enough to power a GTX 560Ti?
(Already bought the PSU. Was planning to buy a 6870 but changed plans.)

Although it's a 408w PSU, its 34 amps on the 12v rail should be enough to power the GTX 560 Ti without worries.

[0ptimo]

Long timer lurker, first time poster (look at the post count!)

ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe
16gb 1600 DDR3 Corsair
i5-2500k 4.3ghz
2 WD Velociraptors
Crucial 128gb SSD
1TB WD External
MSI N580gtx lightning xtreme edition (3gb version) (I have a second one I got for cheap but don't know if I want to install it :-/)
Corsair H50
HAF X case
1000w Cooler Master PSU
2 27'' Planar 1920x1080

Just built this about 2 months ago. I'm loving it.

Here is a link to some pics of my setup. I wound up installing the other 580 afterall.
http://imgur.com/EsjAi,73jBV,iwBFK

[Uggorthaholy]

Here is a link to some pics of my setup. I wound up installing the other 580 afterall.
http://imgur.com/EsjAi,73jBV,iwBFK

Do you have decent airflow running between them? What kind of temps are you seeing when pushing the cards?

[CMD]

Mobo: Intel DP67BG
CPU: i5 2500k
Cooler: Hyper 212+ (Soon)
GPU: 2GB MSI 560-Ti Twin Frozr II
RAM: 2x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 1600
Case: Rosewill Blackhawk

I'll post images in a later post (when I can). Looking forward to overclocking this for the first time, just finished building it last week.

[Deleted]

IMac 21" i7 Quadcore 2.8 GHz
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
256GB Solid State Drive
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB of GDDR5 memory

[razords93]

CPU : I7 2600k at 4.4ghz
Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-z
Bios: 0403
Graphics Card: Asus GTX580 DirectCU II at 920-4097 1.15v
Memory: Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600MHz 8GB
Hard Drive: Corsair SSD Force Series 3 120gb
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000 1000W
Display: Nvidia 3D BenQ 23,6 120hz
Headphones: Razer Megalodon 7.1
Mouse: Razer Mamba
Mouse Pad: Razer Vespula
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Case: Antec Dark Fleet DF-85
CPU Cooling: Antec 920 h2o
Case Fans: 3x 120mm Front, 2x 140mm Top, 2x 120mm Rear
CPU idle: Liquid: 30, Core Temp: 37
CPU Load: Liquid: 35, Core Temp: 55
Case Temp 31

[Xuvial]

CPU : I7 2600k at 4.4ghz
Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-z
Bios: 0403
Graphics Card: Asus GTX580 DirectCU II at 920-4097
Memory: Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600MHz 8GB
Hard Drive: Corsair SSD Force Series 3 120gb
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000 1000W
Display: Nvidia 3D BenQ 23,6 120hz
Headphones: Razer Megalodon 7.1
Mouse: Razer Mamba
Mouse Pad: Razer Vespula
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU Cooling: Antec 920 h2o
Case Fans: 3x 120mm Front, 2x 140mm Top, 2x 120mm Rear
CPU idle: Liquid: 30, Core Temp: 37
CPU Load: Liquid: 35, Core Temp: 55
Case Temp 31

But what case lol? And what voltage you running for your 580 OC?

[DeltrusDisc]

So, related to computers but not worthy of its own thread: I finally ran Unigine Heaven and did a Cinebench thinger....

Heaven is like, holy shit. :OOOOOOOOOO GORGEOUS. I mean, I guess one can figure that from youtube, but still, it just looks so awesome rendered on my screen.

I was wondering, how do I read the scores and stuff on Cinebench? I'm confused by that one.

[razords93]

But what case lol? And what voltage you running for your 580 OC?

I updated my post :P

[Drunkenvalley]

Ah, good ol' Antec Dark Fleet. How's that to build in?

[Djinni]

Ah, good ol' Antec Dark Fleet. How's that to build in?

I have the Antec DF-30 and it was a nightmare
:P

Pros:
1) There is a fair amount of space behind the motherboard tray to route cables
2) Very cheap vs other comparable cases

Cons:
1) There's no real cable routing at the top of the case, (above the motherboard)
2) The HDD Cages are non-removeable and too close to the motherboard, making it very difficult to change or add SATA Connections etc...
3) It attracts dust! I have the clean it every 2 or 3 days.
4) Everything feels like a very tight fit.
4) The side's never slide in quite right, and when they do you almost always magically manage to miss that padlock loop that's supposed to stop people taking the side off and instead wind up with it not fitting through the slot bending the side.

[0ptimo]

Do you have decent airflow running between them? What kind of temps are you seeing when pushing the cards?

While playing crysis 2 the other night the top card was hitting 59c max and the bottom was at 54c max. Idle they are 35c. CPU isn't going over 55c max. Seems pretty solid to me.

[Uggorthaholy]

While playing crysis 2 the other night the top card was hitting 59c max and the bottom was at 54c max. Idle they are 35c. CPU isn't going over 55c max. Seems pretty solid to me.

very much so, congrats on the monster build!

[haxs101]

Sticker bomb my laptop.. Its an BAREBONE msi gt780dxr

[Liveone]

CPU : I7 2600k at 4.5ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5
Graphics Card: Asus GTX560 DirectCU II at 925-4200mhz
Memory: Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 12GB
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex2 120gb SSD
Hard Drive 2: WD Caviar Black 2TB HDD
Power Supply: Thermaltake Evo Blue 750watt
Display: Acer GD245Hq 23.6" Full Hd 3d Lcd
Headphones: RLogitech g35
Mouse: Razer Naga Epic
Keyboard: Logitech G15
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro H80
Case: CoolerMaster Storm Sniper Black Edition
Case Fans: 1x 200mm Front, 2x 140mm Top, 1x 200mm Side
CPU idle: Core Temp: 24c
CPU Load: Core Temp: 47c
Case Temp: Avg 28c

[Uggorthaholy]

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Those 570s are right on top of each other... you can't be getting good temps...

[Rixis]

Those 570s are right on top of each other... you can't be getting good temps...

that was myfirst thought too :P

nearly said you didn't post specs then noticed your signature :P

[Xuvial]

What the hell is up with "crossfire/SLI capable" motherboards spacing the PCI 16x slots so damn close together? Should be atleast 4 slots apart IMO. Most modern cases are equipped with 7+1 expansion slots.