Show us your rig thread

[AVGWarhawk]

I have been to various forums concerning computers, tech-heads, and gurus of the computing world. Most have a 'show me your rig thread'. I though perhaps I would kick it off. Let see those super rigs and the everyday run of the mill beaters that have seen you through the years.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/IMG_3101.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/IMG_3100.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/IMG_3098.jpg

[Arclight]

Can't I just brag about it? I don't have a camera... :D

Nice idea AVG, I'll just demand my brother brings his camera next time he visits. :yeah::woot:

*edit: :damn: Nice case by the way. :up: (can't believe I forgot that :oops:)
Should atract some positive attention at a LAN-party, impresive light scheme. Should make tinkering a lot easier too (I've been known to lay on the ground next to my case with a screwdriver in 1 hand and a light in the other :ping:).

[AVGWarhawk]

Great! I would like to see it:up:

[NeonSamurai]

I would take photos of mine, but the only camera i have is built into the display.

Anyhow its a Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop (http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-studio-xps-16?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs) with
T9600 Intel Core2 Duo 2.8ghz (6mb cache, 1066 fsb) cpu
6gb DDR3 1066mhz ram
ATI mobility RADEON HD 3670 512mb ram
500gb 7200rpm sata drive
and the usual crap (x8 DVDRW, Wireless-N (3x3), basic 16" display, etc)

It sits on a NZXT Cryo LX (http://www.nzxt.com/products/cryo_lx/) laptop cooler (if your in the market for a laptop cooler this one is top notch but meant only for tabletop use)
and plugs into a 22 inch LG monitor (i love it as it is 4:3 switchable which is perfect for old games).
I've got X-540 speakers, X-52 HOTAS joystick, 1tb My book USB hard drive, 7 port USB hub, and USB mouse and keyboard for it as well.


For a laptop its a pretty potent gaming rig, and keeps me portable as a student. Only down side though is with the standard 6 cell it only has 2.5 hours of battery life with custom maximum battery saving settings. Which sucks for my 3 hour lectures in rooms that don't have any accessible wall sockets.

[nikimcbee]

What case is that?

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/IMG_3101.jpg


That looks like my case:
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7774/p1030749iq0.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7774/p1030749iq0.jpg)

[AVGWarhawk]

@Nikimcbee,,

Raidmax Sagitta II case. I was a bit leary of the airflow but the front panel intake has the large fan and the side fan with the rear exhaust. It run cool.

[HunterICX]

Pfah...brothels on your desk.:D
spare me the lights, and fancy cases

since my case is nothing special, I just show you the inside of my

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-bit
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Duo Core E6750 @ 2666 MHz (16 x 167)
Motherboard Name ASRock ConRoe1333-eSATA2
Motherboard Chipset Intel Lakeport-G i945G
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (10/31/07)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
Monitor LG Flatron L1915S [19" LCD] (141245825)

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5526/0203080627.jpg

HunterICX

[Digital_Trucker]

Here's my old beater:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/digital_trucker/Photos/System_Report001.jpg

and its replacement:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6576/20080411102337sh8.jpg http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5128/20080411102405eh4.jpg

Case : Sunbeam Silent Storm

Power : TOPOWER XPT Series TOP-500XPT 500W ATX12V

Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770-DS3 All Solid Capacitor

Processor :
AMD 5000+ Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Black Edition (O/C to 3.0G)
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Cooler : XIGMATEK HDT-D1264 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

Memory : CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel

Storage :
WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 [Hard drive] (80.02 GB) -- drive 0
WDC WD800JD-23JNA1 [Hard drive] (80.02 GB) -- drive 1
WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 [Hard drive] (640.13 GB) -- drive 2

Removeable storage : Lite-On 16X8 DVD DUAL [CD-ROM drive]

Video Card : EVGA GeForce 8800GS Superclocked 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported

Operating System : Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3Needless to say, although the new one is not top of the line, by any means, it sure beats the old one by a country mile.

[AVGWarhawk]

The innards is what counts Hunter! If you think about it, we could mount the hardware in a old cardboard box and she will still run! Nice wiring Hunter.

DT, the cooler looks like it would keep a Chevy 454 big block cool:D

[Torplexed]

I'm in the same boat as NeonSamurai with a gaming laptop. A Gateway P-6860FX Notebook. Basically a desktop replacement rig. Rather wimpy on the CPUs, but plenty on the gaming muscle and not bad on memory. At least I can get it out of my way when I have to do other things. :cool:

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit Premium

Processor
Intel Core2 Duo processor T5550
2MB L2 Cache, 1.83 GHz

Screen
17" Ultrabright screen

Memory
4GB DDR2

Video
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS with 512 MB of GDDR3 discrete video memory...whatever the heck that means.

http://neptoon.homestead.com/Laptop.jpg

[Raptor1]

Mine:

Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Memory: 4GB RAM
Video: ATI Radeon HD 4870, 1GB GDDR5
Screen: Some crazy 9-year old Samsung CRT screen

Forgot what me case is called

I would've taken a pic of it but my camera has been broken for 2 or so years and I usually take a while to replace unnecessary equipment (Like microphones)

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice laptop Torplexed...what are the drawings behind the laptop:hmmm::D

[mr chris]

Cool idea AVG
Here is my new rig had her 3 weeks upgraded from a pentium 4 dell with 2gb of ram.

- Antec 1200 case
- Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor Overclocked to 3.50GHz.
- Arctic Freezer 7 pro CPU Cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound
- Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Corsair Dominator 8GB PC2-8500 CAS5 (4x2GB)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 HDTV/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card
- LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray/HD DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
- Corsair TX 750W Next Generation Power Supply

The Antec case has some nice blue lights will try to take some at night soon.
In the next week or so i will adding another 4870x2 card and a Coolmaster 1250watt PSU .
Will post some more pics once i get them installed.


http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/newrig9.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/newrig2.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/newrig8.jpg


http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/newrig5.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/newrig6.jpg

[NeonSamurai]

I considered going with a 17inch gaming laptop, but as I need to carry it around to class and use it, i though it would be too much of a pain so i went with a 16 inch model instead. That though meant i had to sacrifice on video a bit. Still the video chip is pretty good, it can play most games other then the newer high demand games (Crysis) maxed out and can do the newer games pretty well too if the graphics are toned down a bit.

[Torplexed]

I considered going with a 17inch gaming laptop, but as I need to carry it around to class and use it, i though it would be too much of a pain so i went with a 16 inch model instead. That though meant i had to sacrifice on video a bit. Still the video chip is pretty good, it can play most games other then the newer high demand games (Crysis) maxed out and can do the newer games pretty well too if the graphics are toned down a bit.

yeah...at almost 10 pounds mine would be a pain for school or commuting. Portable enough to move from room to room and that's about as far as it goes. It has a Kensington lock slot which would come in handy if I had to leave it alone for awhile.

Wow! Mr. Chris has got quite the powerhouse rig. :o Do lights dim in Cyprus when you fire that up? ;)

[AVGWarhawk]

What is the benefit of having the PSU on the bottom as opposed to the top like most cases are set up? I see Mr Chris has his PSU on the bottom

Sweet rig Mr Chris:D

[Arclight]

Room for big fan at the top. They say these cases have better airflow; hot air rises. Hot air from PSU and other components rises to top and is exhausted by big ass fan. :D

[Reece]

Just a comment of curiosity!! When you look at the box layout all the cards are facing down so you only see the soldered side of the boards, wouldn't it be better to have the motherboard mounted on the opposite side so that you can see the component side, would look a lot nicer.:yeah: Maybe it's for dust purposes that they keep the components on the underside,:hmmm: Do they actually make a case with left & right reversed? or is this a left/right hand thing?:hmmm:

[Digital_Trucker]

Just a comment of curiosity!! When you look at the box layout all the cards are facing down so you only see the soldered side of the boards, wouldn't it be better to have the motherboard mounted on the opposite side so that you can see the component side, would look a lot nicer.:yeah: Maybe it's for dust purposes that they keep the components on the underside,:hmmm: Do they actually make a case with left & right reversed? or is this a left/right hand thing?:hmmm:

I'm just guessing here, but I believe that the reason the components on the cards are mounted on the bottom is so that the cooling devices have access to the cooler air in the bottom of the case. Just a guess.:hmmm:

@AVG Yep, that radiator looking thing does a pretty good job of cooling:up:

[Task Force]

I dont have a camera. so...

Antech 900 case
Intel e8400 3.0ghz
windows vista 32bit
Bfg Nvidia 8800gts 640MB
Asus P5K deluxe motherboard
Samsung HD501lj HD (with 330GBs left.)
28 inch Hannspree monitor. (and a 22 inch HP monitor for duel screen.)

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm just guessing here, but I believe that the reason the components on the cards are mounted on the bottom is so that the cooling devices have access to the cooler air in the bottom of the case. Just a guess.:hmmm:

@AVG Yep, that radiator looking thing does a pretty good job of cooling:up:


I would guess a dust thing also. Imagine getting dust out of the diodes, Then again, there is a fan blowing across it anyway. Who knows.

Yeah I bet it keeps it cool. You see in mine the sideways mount for the CPU cooler? I was a bit leary about this set up and the performance. It works very well. Blows the heat back towards the larger exhaust fan. As you can see the intake fan right on top of the CPU fan area. Constantly pushing cool air to the CPU fan and the CPU fan pushing it out. You can not see it but behind the little radiator type deal for the CPU there is a vent that channels air to the mobo itself.

[NeonSamurai]

I think a lot of it is just pure tradition. Cards have been mounted in that direction for ages now going back to the first IBM PCs (an i think even earlier then that)

[FIREWALL]

You spend a small fortune for a hot vid card that also LOOKS cool and nobody can see it. :haha:

It just figures. :damn: :haha:

[SteamWake]

Heres (one of) my rigs...

Yea she gets pretty hot ! :cool:

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/hw101.jpg

[FIREWALL]

Heres (one of) my rigs...

Yea she gets pretty hot ! :cool:

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/hw101.jpg

That looks like something a guy could have some fun with. :yeah:

[Reece]

Since everyone is showing off their computer rigs I may as well do the same::D
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Computer3.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Computer1.jpg

I installed the blue light to get a little more speed and power, though I left out the pin striping just in case the old girl couldn't handle it!!:O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice rig Reece. What does the silver knob on the top of the case do for you? Also, the thick white and thick black cables to the back, what do that service for you?

[danlisa]

To hell with my rig, Torplexed lets see some closeups of those sketches behind your laptop, esp the one with the rather happy lady looking over her shoulder.:DL lol

[AVGWarhawk]

To hell with my rig, Torplexed lets see some closeups of those sketches behind your laptop, esp the one with the rather happy lady looking over her shoulder.:DL lol

Yeah, I asked him a few posts back....must have hit the ignore button and went to stash his questionable drawings in the mean time:hmmm: I just want to know who did the posing for the drawing:D

[Reece]

AVGWarhawk said:
What does the silver knob on the top of the case do for you?That 5.25 bay has the Zalman ZM-MFC2 controller installed, does:

Fan speed control set by large silver knob.
Fan speed display for 4 fans.
Temperature with supplied sensors for 4 devices. (CPU, GPU, PSU, Interior)
Total Power consumed by computer, on a sliding scale. (hovers around 257watts)
AVGWarhawk said:
the thick white and thick black cables to the backJust the clutter of cables behind the computer, sits below the desk on the floor, wish there was a neat way of laying that mess out!!:yep:

[Torplexed]

Yeah, I asked him a few posts back....must have hit the ignore button and went to stash his questionable drawings in the mean time:hmmm: I just want to know who did the posing for the drawing:D

Sorry AVG...I'm on dial-up which means these big pictures bump the page up so I probably missed your post. :cry:

I have a dry-erase board which has become a scrap board of sorts. Some of these are mine, some belong to friends, and some are from cartoonists and animators whose work I admire. Mort Drucker, Jack Davis, Brett Blevins, Chris Sanders among others. I think there may a potential fire hazard brewing though. :D

http://neptoon.homestead.com/Wall.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm admiring some of their work also and yours as well:hmmm::D

[AVGWarhawk]

That 5.25 bay has the Zalman ZM-MFC2 controller installed, does:

Fan speed control set by large silver knob.
Fan speed display for 4 fans.
Temperature with supplied sensors for 4 devices. (CPU, GPU, PSU, Interior)
Total Power consumed by computer, on a sliding scale. (hovers around 257watts)
Just the clutter of cables behind the computer, sits below the desk on the floor, wish there was a neat way of laying that mess out!!:yep:

No, inside your computer. You have a large cable going to the back of the computer. Looks perhaps like a video out cable. There is a white and black one. Looks to be between your video card and sound card perhaps.

[Reece]

Ah now I'm with you, the black one is part of the Zalman ZM-MFC2 controller, it goes to a power box that connects between the power plug and the PSU for the power (wattage) readout, the whole unit is around $50,and is really good value IMO, the only problem is the colored LCD readout has to be viewed directly on or the display values will all show eights if you know what I mean, the white cable is just extra USB external plugs.

[AVGWarhawk]

OK, got'cha. I have seen cables like this and one in particular in my old computer that hooked up to the SD card slot and other slots for small memory cards.

[Onkel Neal]

Sorry AVG...I'm on dial-up which means these big pictures bump the page up so I probably missed your post. :cry:

I have a dry-erase board which has become a scrap board of sorts. Some of these are mine, some belong to friends, and some are from cartoonists and animators whose work I admire. Mort Drucker, Jack Davis, Brett Blevins, Chris Sanders among others. I think there may a potential fire hazard brewing though. :D

http://neptoon.homestead.com/Wall.jpg


I can tell which are yours. Man, you are so cool! I wish my wall looked that good :up:

[mr chris]

Wow! Mr. Chris has got quite the powerhouse rig. :o Do lights dim in Cyprus when you fire that up? ;)

:hmmm: Not yet but my other Graphics card arrived today. Just waiting for my New PSU then i will install them both. Then i will try and bring down the camp's power grid:salute:

[goldorak]

Just a comment of curiosity!! When you look at the box layout all the cards are facing down so you only see the soldered side of the boards, wouldn't it be better to have the motherboard mounted on the opposite side so that you can see the component side, would look a lot nicer.:yeah: Maybe it's for dust purposes that they keep the components on the underside,:hmmm: Do they actually make a case with left & right reversed? or is this a left/right hand thing?:hmmm:

Some cases are ATX and BTX standard which means you can basically reverse the way the motherboard is mounted so that the expansion cards face up and not down. BTX was devised by Intel back when they were producing those hot hot hot pentium 4 prescotts. ATX was not designed for optimal coling of those beasts. Intel tried to strongarm the industry in ditching ATX for BTX but that didn't come to pass. So we are still stuck with ATX excpet for some specific (and costly) cases that implement both standards. Right now with cpu that are very efficient in terms of thermal dissipation there is no need for a BTX standard.

[Reece]

Thanks for the info goldorak, it's purely for looks but would be better for heat sinks etc to be facing up rather than down, I'll do a search for BTX but like you say, probably rare and costly, you'd think some Chinese manufacturer would produce some to see if it kicks off!!:yep:

[Monica Lewinsky]

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/905-500-312.jpg

[Digital_Trucker]

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/905-500-312.jpg
Don't forget to post your desktop in the Show Us Your Desktop thread:D

[AVGWarhawk]

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/905-500-312.jpg


That is one sleek laptop:up:............:shifty:

[Zachstar]

I will show off "akula" soon however first I need to order it a new sound card as drivers for my existing card sucks (So have to use headphones in the meantime :( )

Its blazing fast tho! Especially with Windows 7!

[Arclight]

Finally got my hands on a camera. My brother spend the last 2 weeks searching for some cable, but ,like everything else, he can't find it. :rotfl:

So I went out and bought my own. :D
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P4170025.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P4170029.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P4170059.jpg
Some close-ups:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P4170035.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P4170048.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P4170051.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P4170052.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P4170065.jpg

Sorry for the crap around the house; I'm single. :D

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice rig! What are the specs?

[ReallyDedPoet]

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3492/computer2r.jpg

It's a couple of years old, for something different I painted the thing up.
Notice the SUBSIM hat as well :DL

[Arclight]

Very nice RDP, truly a unique case. :up:
Nice rig! What are the specs?
Oh right, specs, forgot about that... You asked for it. :D


Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 (P35 north- & ICH9R southbridge + Gigabyte chip for 2 more HDs)

2x1GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 @ 1066MHZ (4-5-5-14) in Dual Channel

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.84GHZ / 1419MHZ bus (355MHZ FSB QDR / x8 multi)
*CPU default 2.66GHZ / 1333MHZ bus (333MHZ FSB QDR / 8x multi)

NVIDIA/Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (702MHZ core, 1728MHZ shaders, 2GHZ memory)
* 756MHZ core, 1836MHZ shaders, 2GHZ memory when overclocked

1 WD 640GB HD + 2x WD 250GB identical drives in RAID-0 array

PCI-E Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro (you suck, Jonathan! :stare:)

Thermalright Ultima-90 CPU cooler

520Watt modular Corsair PSU 40A combined (HX-520W; Seasonic components :yeah:)

Fans: 120mm front intake, 120mm rear exhaust, 92mm side exhaust, 92mm CPU, 120mm PSU


You want more details? I can give you more details. :rotfl:

*ps: case is Gigabyte Triton 180

[Task Force]

Dosent your gpu get hot... I have a 200mm fan and 3 smaller fans (one stoped working).:hmmm:

[Arclight]

No hotter then it should. :rotfl:
Well, usually... :shifty:

Thing flakes out if core gets above 82C. Temps are kept between 60c and 80C always thanks to custom fan profile (idles just below 60C at 40% fan > inaudible). Memory can overheat though; some games put ridiculous stress on mem, causing it to overheat before the core warms up (core heat causes fan to spin up). F.E.A.R. and Assassin's Creed have this problem. Setting fan cycle manually to 60% or 65% before starting the game fixes it.

*ps: I think my fan setup helps; all fans are exhaust, except 1 120mm front intake. Every bit of hot air is exhausted fast, keeping internal temps down.

[Task Force]

Yea, my GPU had a heat issue. (my 200mm never worked, a cord was loose.) And my GPU Got Realy overheated. It almost locked up.:o Fan was full of dust.

[Arclight]

The fan on this card is broken; if you leave it to it's own device's, the fan never goes above default. Had to use Rivatuner to create a custom-profile. :haha:

Don't know if it's a problem with 8800GTS 512 in general, or just the ones build by Gigabyte. Seems a BIOS issue. :hmmm:

Don't worry too much about card overheating; as it overheats, data goes corrupt > driver crashes > load on the GPU is gone and starts to cool down. My card crapped out several times, first because of the fan issue and at other times because of that memory issue with some games. Push reset and all is well. Sometimes windows can still recover after driver crash and then it's even better. :)

I guess the move to 65nm process for the new GTS cards helped keep heat down as well. :hmmm:

[Task Force]

Yea, I have a 8800 gts 640 mb that is overclocked. It only locked up on me because of heat once.

[Arclight]

But you got the fan fixed? 200mm, guess it's the top exhaust in your Antec 900? Shouldn't be too hard to fix a loose cable. ;)

Such a monster should definitly help keep things cool. :o

[Task Force]

yep its fixed, everything runs cooler now.:up:

@ arclight, uploaded some new pics in the screenshot thread.

[Arclight]

New toy! :woot:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P1010117.jpg

Lot more powerfull, but cost less than I paid for the 8800 at the time, and it's actually smaller. :doh:

Over time, I've actually replaced enough parts to build a whole other PC. :haha: All that's missing is a PSU, which I can take from the PC I currently use as my second.

[HunterICX]

Nice, and good to see it has 2 proper fans to keep it cool.

I rather have such design then those cased ones.

HunterICX

[goldorak]

Nice, and good to see it has 2 proper fans to keep it cool.

I rather have such design then those cased ones.

HunterICX

It should be the contrary.
Cards that have forced ventilation to push out of the case the hot air are much superior to those cards that instead just push the hot air around inside the case.
Forced ventilation in graphics cards has been one of the greatest innovations in the last years, its a pity to see it go away.

[Arclight]

Yeah, thought about that for a while, but even the reference cooler with the blower fan and rear exhaust has an opening at the front that vents hot air into the case. The sink on this one is simply far superior (covers the VRMs) and it's quiet, something much appreciated.

It comes with a custom PCB, custom cooler, high-grade parts and factory overclock. All for the same price you'd pay for a reference design. Gotta love Gigabyte. :)

Oh and I already tested to see if it would overclock. 715> 800 core and 1800> 2000 memory no problem, stock voltage. So it can match all those factory "ultra-clocked" toys companies put out. :smug:

[Konovalov]

Nice shiny new toy there Arclight. :|\\

[Jan Kyster]

Cards that have forced ventilation to push out of the case the hot air are much superior to those cards that instead just push the hot air around inside the case.
Forced ventilation in graphics cards has been one of the greatest innovations in the last years, its a pity to see it go away.Theoretically I agree... but unfortunately the fan is poorly designed. Right now I'm running a 5970 with that fan and temps are some 60 degree, just for watching subsim.com :88)
Running Silent Hunter shows temps between 85 and 90 degree. Which is not healthy in my book... :nope:

Tomorrow it'll be replaced with a fan similar to the GigaByte above and I'll bet temps will drop some 20-30 degree...

The card before this one was a Gigabyte HD5870 with same fanset as Arclights and that never ran above 55 degree running Silent Hunter with max settings.
ATI/AMD could learn a thing or two reg. cooling from Gigabyte! :up:

[Arclight]

Same deal with my previous 8800GTS and the blower design; almost 60C in idle, 70C-80C under load.

This one idles at or under 45C and climbs to 60C-65C under load. Quite the difference.

*Oh and that's with the fan fixed at 50%. I imagine if I allowed it to auto-control, it wouldn't even get above 60C. :)

[HunterICX]

Well...time to show off my Sapphire HD5850 1GB GDDR 5

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9680/1408101954.jpg

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/346/1408101955.jpg

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2123/1408101956.jpg

Idle: 40 - 45ºC
Load: 65 - 70ºC
Fan: Auto

HunterICX

[Arclight]

That thing is bloody huge! :o

Wouldn't even fit in my case. :lol:

[HunterICX]

That thing is bloody huge! :o

Wouldn't even fit in my case. :lol:

Yeh, I grabbed the old 8800GT and had a ''What the...'' holding it next to the HD5850 :haha:

HunterICX

[Arclight]

I'll bet. :haha:

Need a bigger case. Cable management is... well, non-existent.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P1030120.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'll bet. :haha:

Need a bigger case. Cable management is... well, non-existent.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/P1030120.jpg

Not true, I can see you've managed to get some cables in there :O:.

Could do with a vacuum cleaner to get rid of the dust though, or is that just a 'weathered' look :hmmm:

[Jan Kyster]

Well...time to show off my Sapphire HD5850 1GB GDDR 5...Sapphire sux! :woot:



Oh! Wait! :D

Finished new fan install today:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/Desktop/L034.jpg

Installed...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/Desktop/L035.jpg

Temp has just gone up to 43 degree... :nope:

[HunterICX]

Sapphire sux! :woot:

Oh! Wait! :D

:haha:

Well, your design indeed sucked and where forced to by that Fan mod.

mine came like that out of the box :woot:

that Fan mod of yours looks awesome thought and seems to be able to keep it cool, hope it works as good as it looks.

HunterICX

[Arclight]

Not true, I can see you've managed to get some cables in there :O:.

Could do with a vacuum cleaner to get rid of the dust though, or is that just a 'weathered' look :hmmm:
Yeah should give it another dusting. I did check when I put in the card if anything was blocked, but all the grills and sinks are clear, so airflow should be fine.

The case is the one thing I "saved money" on when I build it. Should move to a larger case, but this one is the perfect height to put my legs up. :lol:

Temps on everything are fine. Not exactly looking forward to stripping and rebuilding the whole thing again either. :)

[antikristuseke]

What y rig looked like before i sold it as parts due to hard times last year.
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee320/antikristuseke/puter/DSCN3026.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee320/antikristuseke/puter/DSCN3027.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee320/antikristuseke/puter/DSCN3028.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee320/antikristuseke/puter/DSCN3024.jpg

[Jan Kyster]

What y rig looked like before i sold it as parts due to hard times last year.<snip pic rem snip>Can't get much closer to sterile! :up:

What ya drivin'? :shifty:

[antikristuseke]

MSI K8N-SLI Platinum
Opteron 165@3000mhz 60% overclock
OCZ Gold 2x1gb 2.5-3-3-6 ddr500@548
Ati Radeon 3850 512mb stock clocks
Chieftech 420w psu

That's what it was when i sold it.

[Jan Kyster]

...That's what it was when i sold it.Oh sorry, I was thinking of the Momo? :oops:

Until a year or so I was driving GTR2 in Gamers-Crib and was sooo close to start a career in the North American Grand Prix ALMS serie, when the old leg forced me to retire... :nope:

[antikristuseke]

Oh,mostly played GT Legends and GTR2 with the Power and Glory mod

[CCIP]

Bump to the thread :D

Just a quick picture of my current setup, with my newer gaming PC on the left and my old media (i.e. everything else) PC on the right. The division of duties helps keep things more stable on both ends, although as you can probably see in the picture the older system has quite a cooling problem and took more than a day's worth of maintenance in the last week to get back up and running after suffering several hardware/software issues. I plan to keep it running as soon as I can - it's just too nice to be able to optimize systems for different things, especially when neither is a real beast of power.

And the laptop is mostly something that goes to work with me, while at home it serves as my digital kneeboard when flight simming. Very handy :DL

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/psta13.jpghttp://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/psta15.jpg

If you're wondering what all the clutter under the monitors is, that's mostly airplane and tank models, along with other trinkets and souvenirs. And yes, that is a 1/144 U-552 toy with open interior - nice little window dressing :03:

[cgkstealth]

Thread bump :)

Currently this rig is in the body shop for some software upgrades and hardware changes, but this is what it will be when done. :DL

Manufacturer: Dell Inc. (along with custom changes)
Processor: Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
Memory: 6GB of RAM
Hard Drive (internal): Western Digital Black 3.5-Inch SATA (7200 RPM, 64 MB cache, SATA 6 Gb/s interface)
Hard Drive (external): Western Digital SE 500GB (USB 2.0)
Graphics Card: Sapphire 5770 Vapor-X w/ 1GB GDDR5
Power Supply: Corsair VX450W
Monitor: Hannspree 19" HD Monitor
Sound Card: Realtek HDMI Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: Bose headphones (don't use speakers that often)
Keyboard: Low-profile media keyboard
Mouse: USB Laser Mouse
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (upgraded from Vista)
Motherboard: Stock MoBo
Computer Case: Stock mini-tower case

[Gerald]

Thread bump :O:

Currently this rig is in the body shop for some software upgrades and hardware changes, but this is what it will be when done. :DL

Manufacturer: Dell Inc. (along with custom changes)
Processor: Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.34GHz
Memory: 6GB of RAM
Hard Drive (internal): Western Digital Black 3.5-Inch SATA (7200 RPM, 64 MB cache, SATA 6 Gb/s interface)
Hard Drive (external): Western Digital SE 500GB (USB 2.0)
Graphics Card: Sapphire 5770 Vapor-X w/ 1GB GDDR5
Power Supply: Corsair VX450W
Monitor: Hannspree 19" HD Monitor
Sound Card: Realtek HDMI Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: Bose headphones (don't use speakers that often)
Keyboard: Low-profile media keyboard
Mouse: USB Laser Mouse
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (upgraded from Vista)
Motherboard: Stock MoBo
Computer Case: Stock mini-tower case Will you now make a few adjustments, I would upgrade the Power Supply,otherwise it seems good :DL

[cgkstealth]

Will you now make a few adjustments, I would upgrade the Power Supply,otherwise it seems good :DL

I was wondering about that... I just installed the GPU and PSU myself and was debating between the Corsair 450 or 550, decided on 450 cause it runs everything and fit the budget.
Now I just have to install my new HD (internal one) and Windows 7 along with programs ect.
Sure beats the ATI HD3450 GPU, Dell 350W PSU and 700GB factory HD that came stock though.http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/88.gif

Oh, I just read through my post and I forgot to say that the internal HD is a 1TB drive.:up:

[bookworm_020]

Here is my new rig

Intel Core i7-950 Processor Quad Core (8M Cache, 3.06 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel QPI)
12GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
2TB Seagate Hard Drive
Intel X58 + ICH10R Chipsets Motherboard USB 3.0 + SATA3.0 + eSATA3.0
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 Gaming video card with 1280 MB High Bandwidth GDDR5 Dedicated Memory
True Power Ultra Cool Dual fan 1200W power supply
Thermaltake V9 Case

"The Beast"

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6382/feb2011011.jpg

The new verses the old!

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8624/feb2011015.jpg

[Castout]

My humble system
Core i5 dual core 3.33GHz
6Gb DDR3
1Tb Harddisk
Enlight 720 Watt PSU(soon to be replaced with a higher rated one of the same brand)
NVidia 9800GTX+(soon to be replaced probably with a 460)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/222-3.jpg












Okay I lied that wasn't it :O:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/111-2.jpg