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gizmo

gizmo wrote: »

That's a Karlby/Alex desk/drawer setup, right Grahamer72? Curious as to what monitor stand you're using?

Thinking of getting something similar here but my current Allcam monitor stand comes out too far from the wall and with the Karlby being already pretty shallow compared to most desks, I reckon I'll need to get something that sits the monitor itself further back.

Yup. I have the below from Amazon. It's not as far back as i'd like it to be but i think that's the best you'll do with the Karlby.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invision-Monitor-Arm-Ergonomic-Adjustable/dp/B0765Y4CT5/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?cv_ct_cx=monitor+arm&dchild=1&keywords=monitor+arm&pd_rd_i=B0765Y4CT5&pd_rd_r=ee44b8b4-c861-423c-a417-7722a545d845&pd_rd_w=zUBrg&pd_rd_wg=WwIgt&pf_rd_p=3b853e83-6bf6-4856-96c6-ae2430a26fcf&pf_rd_r=H9NQ88B3AZG42D3MQQD6&psc=1&qid=1593877380&sr=1-1-c8b680f7-0dc9-4abe-aa5a-ccfde0ac07ae

Lu Tze

Picked up a Be Quiet Shadow Rock TF2 for my Ryzen 3600 to upgrade from the stock cooler to keep it a bit quieter, and in the hopes of dropping in a higher spec CPU at a later date. Don't see it recommended on the forum really, but thought i would post up some pics regardless. Installed in an old (circa 2013) Fractal Define style micro ATX case.

JuXo

AMD Ryzen 5 3600
be quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler
B450 TOMAHAWK MAX
2x8GB Corsair DDR4 Vengeance
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC
PNY XLR8 CS3030 m.2 500GB
NZXT H510 Case
Arctic P12 PWM PST x2
Corsair CX550 80PLUS Bronze

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Homelander

Good clean build. Always impressed by people who take the time to do proper cable management on the back as well. the back of my case looks like a tray of dead snakes.

EoinHef

Homelander wrote: »

Good clean build. Always impressed by people who take the time to do proper cable management on the back as well. the back of my case looks like a tray of dead snakes.

What storage you have?

I'm using 1x 1tb hdd,1x 2tb hdd,1x 500gb sata ssd and 1x 1tb Nvme

Thats a lot of cables for the sata stuff:pac:

Then if you add stuff like fan controllers,rgb aio blocks with multiple connections,rgb header cables etc your gonna be sweating just getting the side panel on :P

I really like the idea of having 2x 2tb Nvme drives as the only storage. Rhat build really shows how neat it could be.

.G.

My current build only has M.2 SSDs in it. Cleans it up at the back so much. I've got loads of spare harddrive's and sata ssds lying around now though!

Rossi IRL

My first build

AMD Ryzen 7 3800x
Arctic Esports 34 duo white
X570 MSI TOMAHAWK
2x16GB Trident Z Neo
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 2070 SUPER
Corsair Mp600 Gen4 500gb Nvme for OS etc
Samsung 970 Evo Plus Gen 3 1TB Nvme for Games
Be Quiet Purebase 500DX case
5x Corsair 140mm Icue RGB fans (3 in & 2 out) and controller
Asus ROG 850w (white) PSU
Corsair Mouse, Keyboard and mouse mat.

Currently have RGB on PC, Keyboard and Mouse to match the blue on the walls.




Had a problem with some thermal paste that came out, cleaned it up with a cotton bud.



Had problems with the termal paste, might have put on too much. Ran Cinebench a few times and my CPU was hitting 76°C with 100% usage and CPU fans hitting 100%. Score was 4817.
Have to admit I'm a noob at this but I'm guessing those temperatures running Cinebench are OK?

Will point out them I think the PSU cables could look a bit better, the graphics card cabling looks a bit odd to me.

Homelander

Looks great. Thermal paste wise, if it's coming out the sides, that's indicative that you used too much, and that can hurt temps.

78c at 100% though isn't critical. Under normal circumstances your PC will be operating way below that.

Aodhan5000

Looks gorgeous lad. You planned it well with all the white. Looks so organized you'd swear it's modded

EoinHef

A grain of rice sized amount of TIM should suffice unless more is specifically recommended.

You can even put that amount on then spread it around to ensure a somewhat even coverage. Tighten the cooler bit by bit going from corner to corner,that also will help things to spread evenly and shouldnt squeeze anything out one side because of uneven pressure.

Probably worth remounting the cooler,if for nothing else but piece of mind.

Nit picking though,its a nice setup,congrats on the new PC:)

Great to see more DX's. We should start an owners club. :pac::pac:

TitianGerm

Rossi IRL wrote: »

My first build

AMD Ryzen 7 3800x
Arctic Esports 34 duo white
X570 MSI TOMAHAWK
2x16GB Trident Z Neo
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 2070 SUPER
Corsair Mp600 Gen4 500gb Nvme for OS etc
Samsung 970 Evo Plus Gen 3 1TB Nvme for Games
Be Quiet Purebase 500DX case
5x Corsair 140mm Icue RGB fans (3 in & 2 out) and controller
Asus ROG 850w (white) PSU
Corsair Mouse, Keyboard and mouse mat.

Looks terrible. I'll take it off your hands for free if you want to get that monstrosity out of your house

Rossi IRL

OSI wrote: »

I love the white GPU. I have the 2080 Super equivalent of the model and spent ages looking for a white variant but couldn’t find one. Tempted to spray it myself because it looks great in your setup.

Yh as far as I could see in the 2070s there was only that Gigabyte model. In the 2080s there is also a ROG Strix available I think. Not many white options.

z0oT

Just for something a little different - this is my recent router build.

It's got an Athlon 200GE, an A320 ITX board, 8GB of DDR4 and a SATA M.2 drive. The PCIe card is a 4 port ethernet Intel i350. It's powered by a Pico PSU. 20-25W is the typical usage, which isn't a million miles away from a high end off the shelf router.

I have IPFire running on it. I was going to go with Pfsense but in the end I settled with IPFire given it's Linux based and I found it easier to use and configure.

I've been using it as the main router in our house for the last month - it's certainly been fun to build and configure.

Macker1

Rossi IRL wrote: »

My first build

AMD Ryzen 7 3800x
Arctic Esports 34 duo white
X570 MSI TOMAHAWK
2x16GB Trident Z Neo
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 2070 SUPER
Corsair Mp600 Gen4 500gb Nvme for OS etc
Samsung 970 Evo Plus Gen 3 1TB Nvme for Games
Be Quiet Purebase 500DX case
5x Corsair 140mm Icue RGB fans (3 in & 2 out) and controller
Asus ROG 850w (white) PSU
Corsair Mouse, Keyboard and mouse mat.

Currently have RGB on PC, Keyboard and Mouse to match the blue on the walls.




Had a problem with some thermal paste that came out, cleaned it up with a cotton bud.



Had problems with the termal paste, might have put on too much. Ran Cinebench a few times and my CPU was hitting 76°C with 100% usage and CPU fans hitting 100%. Score was 4817.
Have to admit I'm a noob at this but I'm guessing those temperatures running Cinebench are OK?

Will point out them I think the PSU cables could look a bit better, the graphics card cabling looks a bit odd to me.

Looks great..... Very challenging to complete a white build given the limited options and price. Nearly finished one myself and at this stage only waiting to buy a GPU

Is your card the following ? If so how do you find it performance wise ? I would be upgrading from a 1080

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2070-super-gaming-oc-3x-white-8gb-gddr6-ray-tracing-graphics-card-2560-core-160

Aodhan5000

1080 to 2070S doesn't seem like a massive leap. Would you not wait until next gen?

Shlippery

There's always something around the corner but would agree with above, you're so close now to new cards..may as well hold off and see what they have lined up! That 2070s may drop in price, or may get something similarly priced with more oomph!

Rossi IRL

Macker1 wrote: »

Is your card the following ? If so how do you find it performance wise ? I would be upgrading from a 1080

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2070-super-gaming-oc-3x-white-8gb-gddr6-ray-tracing-graphics-card-2560-core-160

That's the card

I'll be honest I haven't pushed it yet. I currently have a 4k 60hrz monitor. Waiting on my 1440p 144hrz to arrive.

Did play some wreck fest last night in 4k ultra settings and it was locked at 60. Card was running at 60-80% usage depending on how much carnage and cars were around.

BArra

finished new build at the weekend - few small bits to fine tune but nearly there

dudeeile

Is there an external power supply?

EoinHef

I'd guess the PSU mounts behind the motherboard tray,not something you see very often.

Very nice actually,very neat looking.

BArra

its a corsair 280x, has compartment in back for psu and cables

its a matx case but a little wider, glass above rad needs spacers as its too low, the feet also i need to try to find some spacers to raise it up to improve the airflow

BArra

BArra wrote: »

its a corsair 280x, has compartment in back for psu and cables

its a matx case but a little wider, glass above rad needs spacers as its too low, the feet also i need to try to find some spacers to raise it up to improve the airflow

Looks great. Those fans obviously set you back a fair few quid.

JuXo

small update

BloodBath

BArra wrote: »

finished new build at the weekend - few small bits to fine tune but nearly there

That's lovely. Very unique.

What case is that? What kind of sorcery is hiding the PSU?

Love the 2 direct fans feeding the GPU. There's almost no cases that can do that.

Nice cables in the last 2 builds. What sleeve kits are you using? Been meaning to get one for ages.

-edit- NM, seen the posts after. Great builds lads.

wotzgoingon

BloodBath wrote: »

What kind of sorcery is hiding the PSU?

It would be a pretty wide case.

BArra

BloodBath wrote: »

That's lovely. Very unique.

What case is that? What kind of sorcery is hiding the PSU?

Love the 2 direct fans feeding the GPU. There's almost no cases that can do that.

Nice cables in the last 2 builds. What sleeve kits are you using? Been meaning to get one for ages.

-edit- NM, seen the posts after. Great builds lads.

thanks for that

cables are cablemod full sets, not the cheapest but gives a good look.

i swapped the z63 fans for two ql140s(not the best performance but running fairly cool so far), another 2xql140 as front intake and bottom two are ql120s as 140s would not fit due to front io cables and audio

the case is wider, about 27cm wide to accomodate the rear compartment

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KxKLGc

K.O.Kiki

500DX member checking in.

Welcome to the club. :pac: