[MERGED] Your Main PC - Pictures, specs and discussion <IMAGE HEAVY>

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My speakers are like 12 years old though. :pac:

seraphimvc

Absolutely loving this baby, the psu, gpu, mobo and the casing are so damn cute:D

All pictures here can be found here:
http://imgur.com/a/DObHb









The original thread here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=89860580
and the finalized specs are:
Essentials|Price
Keyboard+Mouse|£ 16
Headset+Mic|£ 10
Samsung 120gb SSD|£ 60
G-Skill 8GB Ripjaws X DDR3 2133|£ 56
Total|£ 142

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CPU+Mobo
Asrock H81M-ITX + G3220|£ 91

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GPU
EVGA 750 SC|£ 92

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Casing+PSU
Lian Li TU100 £79 + be quiet 350W SFX non-modular £50|£ 129
Total|£ 454


I was thinking to use a can of coke but i cant find one in the fridge so....


the machine is so damn adorable!!!

p/s: if anyone wonder where is the ssd it is slotted in at the bottom of the casing (you can put 2 of them there, facing the gpu).

marko93

seraphimvc wrote: »

Absolutely loving this baby, the psu, gpu, mobo and the casing are so damn cute:D

http://imgur.com/a/DObHb

I am going to edit this when i get home...

That is deadly! What will it's main uses be?

seraphimvc

marko93 wrote: »

That is deadly! What will it's main uses be?

Mainly for dota2 and then some streaming and writing purposes. The machine is banging, playing games and browsing etc with cpu and gpu at about 40C, and it is so quiet.

I have a noctua 140mm fan at home so i can swap the default casing fan (with slightly noticable noise) with that soon. Future upgrade would be pop in a better cpu and change that stock fan.

marko93

seraphimvc wrote: »

Mainly for dota2 and then some streaming and writing purposes. The machine is banging, playing games and browsing etc with cpu and gpu at about 40C, and it is so quiet.

I have a noctua 140mm fan at home so i can swap the default casing fan (with slightly noticable noise) with that soon. Future upgrade would be pop in a better cpu and change that stock fan.

That is absolutely excellent! What kind of GPU are you thinking of throwing in it? Actually, what size gpu can it hold?

seraphimvc

marko93 wrote: »

That is absolutely excellent! What kind of GPU are you thinking of throwing in it? Actually, what size gpu can it hold?

I am using EVGA 750 SC as you can see it is a tiny card and there wont be much space for cards that are 7cm+ longer than it (look at one of the pics). The casing fan can be taken down though so maybe someone can modify the casing for longer card or something.

marko93

seraphimvc wrote: »

I am using EVGA 750 SC as you can see it is a tiny card and there wont be much space for cards that are 7cm+ longer than it (look at one of the pics). The casing fan is unmountable though.

Jasus, see it now, not a lot of space at all. For the build it is though, I envy you. I have a full sized machine (minus a good gfx card) and here I am wishing I had a little compact one.

seraphimvc

marko93 wrote: »

Jasus, see it now, not a lot of space at all. For the build it is though, I envy you. I have a full sized machine (minus a good gfx card) and here I am wishing I had a little compact one.

Thanks to the new Haswell cpu and the glorious new nvidia chipsets, i think that it is now the best time to make a 'steam box' like mini machine.

This casing came out about 2 years ago and it is notoriously known to have heating issues (i think anandtech flamed the hell out of it) but i am running the game on max setting at 1080p (without AA/Vsync) and running tonnes of background apps, cpu with stock fan and 750 both at about 40C (cpu can go up to 45-49C at peak). It is crazy man. I am more surpised by how powerful the low end G3220 showed.

Perfect for LAN party and since i have everything in black, ill might post up a picture with all my gadgets just to see how nice they look together lol

TerrorFirmer

marko93 wrote: »

Jasus, see it now, not a lot of space at all. For the build it is though, I envy you. I have a full sized machine (minus a good gfx card) and here I am wishing I had a little compact one.

There are tons of mitx cases out there. I have an Elite 130, it's longer than this case but much lower profile again. Can fit any card though - I've a 7970 in mine at the moment. There's pics here from earlier in the thread.

marko93

seraphimvc wrote: »

Thanks to the new Haswell cpu and the glorious new nvidia chipsets, i think that it is now the best time to make a 'steam box' like mini machine.

This casing came out about 2 years ago and it is notoriously known to have heating issues (i think anandtech flamed the hell out of it) but i am running the game on max setting at 1080p (without AA/Vsync) and running tonnes of background apps, cpu with stock fan and 750 both at about 40C (cpu can go up to 45-49C at peak). It is crazy man. I am more surpised by how powerful the low end G3220 showed.

Perfect for LAN party and since i have everything in black, ill might post up a picture with all my gadgets just to see how nice they look together lol

Please do.

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

There are tons of mitx cases out there. I have an Elite 130, it's longer than this case but much lower profile again. Can fit any card though - I've a 7970 in mine at the moment. There's pics here from earlier in the thread.

I really wish I could justify it, but I'm literally one component away, a few nice fans and a good clean out away from being fully finished my build.


I've always fancied one of these myself, but at this point getting one would be a waste. I'm not stuck for space or anything. I just really like small builds, but here I sit with an Air 540

SterlingArcher

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

There are tons of mitx cases out there. I have an Elite 130, it's longer than this case but much lower profile again. Can fit any card though - I've a 7970 in mine at the moment. There's pics here from earlier in the thread.

What is the noise/cooling on this first hand.

seraphimvc

I was going to get ELite 110 but it was out of stock, i think it is the most cost efficient 'steam box' like casing out there at the moment, the big plus is that you can fit a standard psu in it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-RC-110-KKN2-ELITE-110/dp/B00ID2FBU6

marko93

seraphimvc wrote: »

I was going to get ELite 110 but it was out of stock, i think it is the most cost efficient 'steam box' like casing out there at the moment, the big plus is that you can fit a standard psu in it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-RC-110-KKN2-ELITE-110/dp/B00ID2FBU6

Jasus, so small. What was I thinking with the 540, although I certainly don't regret it. It's a wonderful case. After my exams and a room sorting I'll post some pics of it.

TerrorFirmer

SterlingArcher wrote: »

What is the noise/cooling on this first hand.

It's good. The fans are quiet. The loudest thing is the Intel stock cooler. Will be replacing that soon enough. All in all though, it's a quiet build in general.

TerrorFirmer

There's a GTX760 mitx card, also a see an R9 270X mitx edition is also coming out, so good few options across the spectrum for those short mitx builds.

seraphimvc

marko93 wrote: »

Jasus, so small. What was I thinking with the 540, although I certainly don't regret it. It's a wonderful case. After my exams and a room sorting I'll post some pics of it.

air 540 is one damn sexy case, probably not that mobile for lan party but it looks very classy, throw in some LEDs your nephews or neighbour's kids would be amused by it all day through the transparent side lol.

The thing is that I treat this machine as once in a life time thing, this is the last time i pay for a Lian Li casing lol (who in the right mind would pay for casing+psu more expensive than the rest of the core parts).

marko93

seraphimvc wrote: »

air 540 is one damn sexy case, probably not that mobile for lan party but it looks very classy, throw in some LEDs your nephews or neighbour's kids would be amused by it all day through the transparent side lol.

The thing is that I treat this machine as once in a life time thing, this is the last time i pay for a Lian Li casing lol (who in the right mind would pay for casing+psu more expensive than the rest of the core parts).

It's not mobile at all, weighs a bloody tonne :P

Lian Li is lovely though. You really pay for what you get, I'm hoping my 540 will outlast my components :P


So this is my rig/set up atm ( procrastination at its finest )... after exams I'll post up the interior. (yes, it's an absolute mess, I mean to clean up all the cables and dust the room at some time )

TheFlidKid

Finally finished my rig (for now :P). Have an:
FX 8320 @ 4.2GhZ
MSI R9 280X
Seagate Barracuda 1tb
Gigabyte 970-UD3P mobo
8Gb G.Skill RipJawz

shootermacg

So no one uses sound cards?

I have an http://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards_and_DigitaltoAnalog_Converters/Xonar_Essence_STX/ and I love it, doesn't leave me space for SLI but the 670gtxs are still a bit too pricey anyway.

TheFlidKid

shootermacg wrote: »

So no one uses sound cards?

I have an http://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards_and_DigitaltoAnalog_Converters/Xonar_Essence_STX/ and I love it, doesn't leave me space for SLI but the 670gtxs are still a bit too pricey anyway.

Haven't messed about with soundcards too much but I heard that external amps are meant to be better and that the Objective2 amp is meant to be good for the money http://www.jdslabs.com/products/35/objective2-headphone-amplifier/

Seaaan

marko93 wrote: »

It's not mobile at all, weighs a bloody tonne :P

Lian Li is lovely though. You really pay for what you get, I'm hoping my 540 will outlast my components :P


So this is my rig/set up atm ( procrastination at its finest )... after exams I'll post up the interior. (yes, it's an absolute mess, I mean to clean up all the cables and dust the room at some time )

What's holding up your portrait monitor? I've really been considering getting one as of lately for reddit etc. as it's annoying to have to watch movies in half screen if I want to browse as well.

Could anyone suggest anything in the line of a monitor stand for a 27" in landscape and a 22"/24" in portrait please? Would it have to be expensive or would a 30€ solution do the job?

marko93

Just the stand it came with!

Seaaan

marko93 wrote: »

Just the stand it came with!

Which monitor is it? It seems only expensive monitors have pivot

Is it the Dell U24xxx one that costs like 250 euro?

seraphimvc

this is definitely not a bragging post. not at all. is just a way to tell people that how much i love black.





that simple audio bluetooth speaker is AMAZING. and that little nokia phone is for my irish number

shootermacg

seraphimvc wrote: »

this is definitely not a bragging post. not at all. is just a way to tell people that how much i love black.

I noticed the walls and the tables are not black. I would have to say you indeed DON'T LOVE BLACK SIR!

seraphimvc

shootermacg wrote: »

I noticed the walls and the tables are not black. I would have to say you indeed DON'T LOVE BLACK SIR!

is not my house T_T

marko93

Seaaan wrote: »

Which monitor is it? It seems only expensive monitors have pivot

Is it the Dell U24xxx one that costs like 250 euro?

It's a Dell U2311H!

z0oT

New secondary rig AMD APU-based ITX build.









Specs:

APU: AMD A10-7850k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory: 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600MHz
SSD: Kingston V300 60GB
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Case: Fractal Design Node 304
PSU: Corsair RM450

Motherboard was a little bit of a pain in the sense that it didn't support the A10-7850k out of the box, but I have an A6-6400k in my HTPC so I used that to flash the BIOS. The other thing is the Hyper Evo really isn't the cooler for this case, I had to fit the fan on the back of it for space reasons.

Lu Tze

z0oT wrote: »

The other thing is the Hyper Evo really isn't the cooler for this case, I had to fit the fan on the back of it for space reasons.

I had to cut the copper tips off mine to be able to close the side on my Fractal Design Core 1000! Really wasnt expecting there to be an issue, just assumed it would fit! Junior hacksaw to the rescue :pac:

Serephucus

Lu Tze wrote: »

I had to cut the copper tips off mine to be able to close the side on my Fractal Design Core 1000! Really wasnt expecting there to be an issue, just assumed it would fit! Junior hacksaw to the rescue :pac:

Just to be perfectly clear on this one: You are joking, yes?