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Ballymoss · Jan 25, 2013

Mehta23 said:
Wow.

Meanwhile the side panel on my case doesn't even align properly, so there's a bit of light leakage :-(

Do you have this same panel? Its very slightly out of skew on the bottom rear corner but nothing to worry about. I'll be having a look at it later when I have more time.

Mehta23 · Jan 25, 2013

No. I have a Cm Storm Enforcer.

pbf98 · Jan 25, 2013

I think my next build will be a case like that! The cable management seems like it would be much easier for me.. That is where my skills lack, its a mess in my case!

Fr0stTr0n · Jan 25, 2013

The haf xb makes it child play to have clean cabling with all the built in cable tie downs

Ballymoss · Feb 1, 2013

Getting a bit dead here so heres another shot of the Beast.

Mehta23 · Feb 1, 2013

I might post pictures tomorrow

Italo · Feb 4, 2013

This build's a couple years old at this point.

CasualBlonde · Feb 11, 2013

It is my first build:

Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5
AMD 955 quad core 3.2GHz
Tuniq Tower 120
8GB RAM G.Skill DDR3-1333 2048MB X 4
Corsair HX750
XFX 4770HD
Western Digital Caviar Black 600GB
MSI DVD/Multi
Lian Li case

I assembled it late 2010. Still on the agenda:
Upgrade to Velociraptor HDs
Universal card reader
Dual Blu-Ray Drives
Upgrade to 6770

It has been completely trouble-free, a truly plug & play experience.

Ballymoss · Feb 16, 2013

This isn't mine, but I thought I would share it with you all, having found it on another forum

http://up.nexthardware.com/index.php?img=1334&n=Corsair 800D 9x.jpg

alostpacket · Feb 16, 2013

Ballymoss said:
This isn't mine, but I thought I would share it with you all, having found it on another forum

Corsair 800D 9x.jpg | Immagini di Twister7800gtx | Nexthardware Upload

That may just be the nicest custom build I have seen.

alostpacket · Feb 16, 2013

So most of the parts for my new rig came, still waiting on the RAM, (arrives Monday). Here's what I settled on:

CPU
- Intel 3770K

Motherboard
- EVGA Z77 FTW (got on sale!)

RAM
- G.Skill 2133MHz - 32GB

Cooling
- NZXT Kraken X60 (closed loop water)

GFX
- EVGA Nvidia GTX 670 - 4GB*

Main SSD
- Samsung 840 Pro - 512GB

Other storage:
- Samsung 830 SSD - 512GB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*

Optical
- Some LG DVDRW drive or something*

Sound
- Creative XFi*

PSU
- Corsair HX1000w*

Case:
- Corsair Obsidian 650D

* from old 'puter

Still have to wait until Monday for the RAM but I will post some pics when done. Now we'll see if I can run games at 2650x1600 @ something higher than 40-50fps with everything turned up. I fear I might need another GTX670 and to go SLI. No fancy custom water loops or cable wrapping yet though

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Ballymoss · Feb 16, 2013

alostpacket said:
So most of the parts for my new rig came, still waiting on the RAM, (arrives Monday). Here's what I settled on:

CPU
- Intel 3770K

Motherboard
- EVGA Z77 FTW (got on sale!)

RAM
- G.Skill 2133MHz - 32GB

Cooling
- NZXT Kraken X60 (closed loop water)

GFX
- EVGA Nvidia GTX 670 - 4GB*

Main SSD
- Samsung 840 Pro - 512GB

Other storage:
- Samsung 830 SSD - 512GB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*

Optical
- Some LG DVDRW drive or something*

Sound
- Creative XFi*

PSU
- Corsair HX1000w*

Case:
- Corsair Obsidian 650D

* from old 'puter

Still have to wait until Monday for the RAM but I will post some pics when done. Now we'll see if I can run games at 2650x1600 @ something higher than 40-50fps with everything turned up. I fear I might need another GTX670 and to go SLI. No fancy custom water loops or cable wrapping yet though .

Sounds really sweet, esp the SSD!
Although I built my own rig in a HAF-X case I hadn't seen the Coolermaster Stom Stryker or I might have got it.

Ballymoss · Feb 17, 2013

Nvidia GTX Titan is expected to go on sale tomorrow, though nobody knows what it looks like :thinking:

pbf98 · Feb 19, 2013

alostpacket said:
So most of the parts for my new rig came, still waiting on the RAM, (arrives Monday). Here's what I settled on:

CPU
- Intel 3770K

Motherboard
- EVGA Z77 FTW (got on sale!)

RAM
- G.Skill 2133MHz - 32GB

Cooling
- NZXT Kraken X60 (closed loop water)

GFX
- EVGA Nvidia GTX 670 - 4GB*

Main SSD
- Samsung 840 Pro - 512GB

Other storage:
- Samsung 830 SSD - 512GB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*
- Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*

Optical
- Some LG DVDRW drive or something*

Sound
- Creative XFi*

PSU
- Corsair HX1000w*

Case:
- Corsair Obsidian 650D

* from old 'puter

Still have to wait until Monday for the RAM but I will post some pics when done. Now we'll see if I can run games at 2650x1600 @ something higher than 40-50fps with everything turned up. I fear I might need another GTX670 and to go SLI. No fancy custom water loops or cable wrapping yet though .

Oh man I want! haha can't wait to see some pictures of that beast!

EVGA_RobB · Feb 19, 2013

@alostpacket - Looks good! At that res, depending on the game you may need another 670 to get to the graphics settings you want. Really depends on the game. If you need anything or have any questions (and this goes for anyone here), feel free to email me at webmaster@evga.com. Please be sure to address it to me (Rob) as there are 2 of us that view these emails.

Ballymoss · Feb 20, 2013

I've just uploaded a short video of my rig to Youtube
New PC Build and Unigine Heaven Benchmark 17.2.13 - YouTube
Click the cog wheel to view in 1080pHD

Plus , here is the Nvidia GTX Titan http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/19/4...an-arrives-the-world-most-powerful-single-gpu

NYCHitman1 · Feb 20, 2013

Being that I have now picked up an SSD.. I figure that I might as well just upgrade some older pieces at the same time, so with that said - I'll likely be picking up an i7-3770K and an ASUS Sabertooth Z77 or Gigabyte Z77-UD4H board.

Ballymoss said:
I've just uploaded a short video of my rig to Youtube
New PC Build and Unigine Heaven Benchmark 17.2.13 - YouTube
Click the cog wheel to view in 1080pHD

Plus , here is the Nvidia GTX Titan http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/19/4...an-arrives-the-world-most-powerful-single-gpu

Nice rig dude

NYCHitman1 · Feb 24, 2013

I want you guys to make the decision for me ASUS Sabertooth Z77 or Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD4H!

alostpacket · Feb 24, 2013

NYCHitman1 said:
I want you guys to make the decision for me ASUS Sabertooth Z77 or Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD4H!

What about the ASUS Z77 Formula?

alostpacket · Feb 24, 2013

OK the pics! It's not so fancy but it's running like a champ. A few hiccups with the BIOS but now things are good.

Running 4.7 GHz with 35-40c idle and high 60s under load I'm thinking with a bit more voltage I may try for 5GHz

The Kraken is AWESOME btw. (even though I totally bolted it to the top of my case in a way it wasn't supposed to go heh.

CPU - Intel 3770K @ 4.7GHz
Motherboard - EVGA Z77 FTW
RAM - G.Skill 2133MHz - 32GB
Cooling - NZXT Kraken X60 (closed loop water)
GFX - EVGA Nvidia GTX 670 - 4GB*
SSD - Samsung 840 Pro - 512GB
SSD - Samsung 830 SSD - 512GB*
HDD - (3) Samsung F1 HDD - 1TB*
Optical - Some LG DVDRW drive or something*
Sound - Creative XFi*
PSU - Corsair HX1000w*
Case - Corsair Obsidian 650D

* from old 'puter

NYCHitman1 · Feb 24, 2013

alostpacket said:
What about the ASUS Z77 Formula?

Which one? There's a few models it seems. Also, a lot of these ASUS Formula models are rather out of my price range. I'm hunting for the aforementioned boards on eBay for a good deal.

BTW, I love the cable management

alostpacket · Feb 24, 2013

NYCHitman1 said:
Which one? There's a few models it seems. Also, a lot of these ASUS Formula models are rather out of my price range. I'm hunting for the aforementioned boards on eBay for a good deal.

The one without the fancy extra audio, I got the sense it was kinda useless.

Anywho the Formula is a bit more but only $30 more than the Sabertooth.

Maximus V Formula $270
ASUS Maximus V FORMULA Extended ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

Sabertooth $240
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

That Gigabyte is pretty cheap though ($170-180?)

Anyways the Formula is almost the board I got until I saw the EVGA Z77 FTW go on sale at Amazon for $215 (normally $310), the Formula got very good reviews.

BTW, I love the cable management

Oh lordy.... I hope you're joking with me - I'm so bad at cable management hahaha

I was excited to even get it like that lol. I've been running it for a week without the sides on the case!

NYCHitman1 · Feb 25, 2013

alostpacket said:
The one without the fancy extra audio, I got the sense it was kinda useless.

Anywho the Formula is a bit more but only $30 more than the Sabertooth.

Maximus V Formula $270
ASUS Maximus V FORMULA Extended ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

Sabertooth $240
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

That Gigabyte is pretty cheap though ($170-180?)

Anyways the Formula is almost the board I got until I saw the EVGA Z77 FTW go on sale at Amazon for $215 (normally $310), the Formula got very good reviews.

Oh lordy.... I hope you're joking with me - I'm so bad at cable management hahaha I was excited to even get it like that lol. I've been running it for a week without the sides on the case!

It was my poor effort at /sarcasm. Lol! Seriously though, it isn't as bad as you may think. I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte solely because it blends well with my case, plus the fact that it's a good $40-50 cheaper than the rest.

Ballymoss · Mar 4, 2013

Just to keep this thread alive I have done a little mod to my GTX 690 graphics card by fitting an EK backplate to it. This is supposed to be used in conjunction with a waterblock but by using different size screws I was able to bodge it. Much better looking than the PCB.

Mehta23 · Mar 4, 2013

Nice job man! Not sure if i could be better to add a backplate to my 670 though

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