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Original post by Azteca X

- CPU: Intel i7 4770k
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87x UD5h
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)
- Video Card: Gigabyte GTX 770 2GB Windforce 3X
- SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (OS X), Samsung 850 Evo 256GB (Windows)
- HD: Toshiba 4TB, some old WD drives stripped from their external enclosures
- PSU: Corsair RM 650
- Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 2
- CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
- Keyboard: Das Keyboard Model S Pro for Mac
- Sound Card: N/A, I use Geek Pulse XFi connected via USB
- Mouse: Razer DeathAdder, Innovera mouse pad
- Networking: surfboard modem, A solid gigabit ethernet switch, Archer C7 v2
- Monitor: Dell U2713HM
- Fans: None other than what came in my case, plus GPU fans and the 212 My CPU gets way too hot during Prime95. Damn you Haswell.

 

My build (will post pics later)

CPU:
INTEL Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K (Overclocked to 4.8 GHz)

GPU:
2x Evga GTX 680 FTW

RAM:
16GB G.SKILL TridentX Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200)

Cooling:
Liquid

Primary Drive:
SSD Mushkin Enhanced Reactor MKNSSDRE512GB 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Secondary Drive:
160 GB SSD, 256GB SSD, HDD 2 TB

Optical Drive:
Plextor Blu-ray Burner, LG DVD-Multi, LG Blu-ray Burner

Sound Card:
Creative ZxR

Power Supply:
EVGA Supernova G2 850 Watts

Case:
Thermaltake and BMW Level 10

OS:
Windows 8.1 64-bit Ultimate

Display:
Samsung 27 inch LCD

Mouse:
Logitech G502 Proteous Core

Mouse Pad:
Logitech G Soft Mouse Pad for G502

Keyboard:
Logitech Iluminated Keyboard

Controller:
Nostromo N52 Tournament Edition

Headset:
Corsair Vengeance 2000

Pics:

 

I've got a mini ITX PC

Bitfenix Prodigy
Intel Core i7 3770K with Corsair H55 AIO
Asrock Z77E-ITX
2x8GB GSkill DDR3-2133
Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 gaming
OCZ Vector 180 240GB
3TB Seagate
Seasonic Platinum 660W PSU
27" Dell UH2713HM
Coolermaster CM Storm Trigger KB and Spawn mouse

Don't want to post photos of my rig. The Bitfenix Prodigy can't handle the African sun and some of the coating started peeling off so it looks quite bad. Need to buy a new mesh front panel for mine.

 

Stats.

Processor: Intel 3570k 4.2GHz
Motherboard: MSI Z77 G45
Cooling: Alpenföhn CPU Cooler
Memory: Corsair V. 1600mHz 8GB
Video Card(s): ASUS R9 270 OC 1040/1450
LCD/CRT Model: LG 32''
Case: Bitfenix Shinobi
Power Supply: Corsair TX 750 V2
Crucial M4 128GB, WD Green 2TB
Mouse: G502
Keyboard: CM Quickfire Ultimate MX Brown
Mousepad: SteelSeries 4HD


I am happy with my rig because it is stable and fast. I think that the enthusiast PC crowd has really pushed the HW makers and there are several great companies out there that make solid hardware.

My primary goal was to get the noise down. I think i have succeeded. One neat trick i found was, surrounding my HDD drive with foam, leaving the top open for heat dissipation. When your case is made of thin sheet steel, then it is prone to vibrations. The ideas is that you totally isolate HDD from the PC frame w/ soft foam. This makes it inaudible.

Spoiler: Picture

 

- CPU: Intel i7 4790K
- Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)
- Video Card: Gigabyte GTX 780 3GB OC Windforce x2
- SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 500GB x2,
- HDD: Seagate SSHD 4TB , 24TB in external drives.
- PSU: Corsair AX860 with white sleeve cables
- Case: Corsair R300
- CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 4 PCGH
- Case fans: Noctua NF-A14 PWM x5 and 1 bequiet! Shadow Wings
- Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB
- Sound Card: N/A, though the Purity Sound 2 onboard is really something to be reckoned with.
- Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma
- Mousepad: Razer Manticor
- Networking: 250/250 fiber from modem to Archer 7 router, two Archer 2s as access points and switches, all CAT6 cables. I'm a certified networking sales consultant and soon to be architect so there's some real love here.
- Monitor: TX-P42GT60B Plasma tv.

That's about it, still going strong, will be looking at new GPUs next year.

@dark_energy, interesting, don't have much sound coming that isn't being overwhelmed by the fans but definitely keeping that in mind for the silent build I want to make.

 

Nice photos! I had a XSPC watercooling setup about 2 years ago, but the system just became too noisy for me. Did manage to overclock a Core I5 2500K to stable 5Ghz on that setup and managed to hit 5.2GHz, but I couldn't get it stable!

Btw, that is a huge PC case *stares in wonder* I have the same graphics card and it barely fits in my Prodigy!

 

This thread needs more pictures and less specs, no?

 

Deleted my post to keep it on topic..

 

I've got a build in progress, though it's stalled for reason I'll go into later.
CPU - Intel i7-5820k
Mobo - Asus ROG Rampage V Extreme
Ram - basic bitch ram / Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16 GB @ 2400 MHz
Disks/ssds - all kinds of stuff, needs to be cleaned up a bit.
Chassis - Corsair Obsidian 900D
PSU - Corsair AX1500i

So, there are two different RAM kits listed, and that's because I got the corsair first but the firmware on the mobo is not recent enough to support the 16 GB modules. It just gives me post error 53 over and over. The second kit should get me up and running, then I can upgrade the firmware and use non-shitty ram. #FirstWorldProblems

 

Didn't realize this thread existed! I'll steal Alchemists little template

CPU:
Intel Core i5-2500K (4.2GHz OC)
GPU:
Gigabyte R9 270X 2GB
ASUS R7 260X GB
RAM:
16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X 16GB (4 x 4GB), Dual Channel, 1600MHz.
MOTHERBOARD:
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Cooling:
Noctua NH-D14
Primary Drive:
Intel 730 Series 240GB
Secondary Drive:
WD Black 1TB
WD Green 2TB
Optical Drive:
N/A (some external lying around somewhere in case I ever need it.)
Power Supply:
Coolermaster GX 750W
Case:
Bitfenix Shinobi
OS:
Windows 10 64-bit
Display:
Dell P2715Q x2 (2160p, IPS, 27")
Mouse:
Mionix Avior 7000
Mouse Pad:
Perixx 1000XXL
Keyboard:
Topre Realforce 87U (55g ergo-weighted)

Waiting for Polaris (mid-2016) to upgrade GPUs and Zen to upgrade the rest of it in 2017. Can't be bothered taking new photos of this system but when I get around to the new build I'll definitely take a lot.

 

CPU:
Intel Core i5-4690 @3.5GHz
MOTHERBOARD:
Asrock Z97M Pro 4 (with Elna audio caps!)
GPU:
Evga GTX 960 2GB
RAM:
16GB Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3
Cooling:
Air- Stock
Primary Drive:
Samsung 850 250GB SSD
Secondary Drive:
Western Digital Blue 1TB HDD
Power Supply:
Silverstone ST-70F 700W
Case:
Antec P-150 (excellent silent case)
OS:
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Display:
2x Dell 2412M 24" LCD
Mouse:
Logitech M705 Marathon Mouse
Mouse Pad:
Some copper looking teflon covered gaming pad from 2003
Keyboard:
Logitech K800 Iluminated Wireless Keyboard
Controller:
Logitech Dual Action

Mine was built primarily Summer 2015 as a rig for 3D CAD and 4K video editing. While some CAD and 4K have been done on it, it has primarily been a gaming and MS Office rig. I would like a new case, but at this point, have a lot of other things I would rather buy. My old P-150 was purchased when I was obsessed with silent computing and it has been great for that. Even with stock cooling for both the CPU and GPU, it is whisper quiet. Just don't like gloss white finish. Runs my Dolphin emulator beautifully, too.

 

CPU:i5 4670k
MOBO: ASUS Z87i Deluxe
RAM: 16GB DDR3
GPU: GTX 970 G1
PSU: 750W
CASE:AIR 240
STORAGE: (3)240GB SSD + (2)3TB HDD (really need to consolidate the smaller ssds into some larger capacity ones. . .)
DISPLAYS: (1) 3840x2160, (1)1920x1080 120hz, (1) 2560x1440, (1) 1920x1080
KEYBOARD: Das Keyboard cherry blue
MOUSE: Naos 7000 (I just love the shape of this thing. . .)

 

Rebuilt my rig so I could better experiment with VMs.

Running an Intel Xeon E3-1230v2
Intel DH77KC mainboard
16GB DDR3
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 main | Nvidia Quadro K600 for VMs
OCZ Vector 180 main | Samsung PM830 for VMs
Seasonic 660W
Using Deepcool Tesseract chassis which is actually rather good for a budget case, system is also dead quiet.

Idea to is run Windows 10 on my main system. I have secondary VMs for work and for Linux development and experimentation. Will also try and experiment with Vt-d to pass through the 2nd SSD and graphics card to the VMs.

 

If you get Vt-d to work, post about it. I'd love to have that working in my system.

 

• CPU - Intel i5 4690k

• Motherboard - ASUS Maximus VII Formula

• RAM - Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3-1866 9-9-9-24

• GPU - Asus Strix GTX1070 OC Edition 8GB

• Case - Lian Li A-05 FN-B (modified)

• Storage - Samsung 850 Evo 250GB (x2) / Samsung 960 Pro M.2 500GB / WD Blue 1TB

• PSU - Corsair RM550x

• Displays - 2x Acer G257HU vertically stacked

• Cooling - Corsair H80i GT / Noctua NF-F12 (x3) / NF-A14 (x1) / NF-R8 (x1)

• Keyboard - Modified CM-Storm QFR w/ vintage black stems & blue springs, damping o-rings

• Mouse - Razer DeathAdder Elite / SteelSeries QcK

• Audio - S/PDIF out

• OS - Win10 64bit / OpenSUSE 15.0 GNOME

 

Working on a new build now. My current rig (i7 860) is being hand-me-downed to my sister.

As I've gone for like 7 years without a core update, my main goals are ticking as many boxes as I can. I want M.2 capability, USB 3.0 (and 3.1 with A and C types), PCIE 3.0, SATA 3, DD4, Win 10. This way I will be as prepared as I can for the next 7 years or so. The i5 6600K alone will be about double the performance I currently have. My Intel X25-M is already limited in sequential bandwidth on my SATA2 ports. I won't be upgrading my graphics right now, but later this year should prove some real gains in graphics due to the 28nm barrier being broken finally, so having PCIE 3.0 will be great. The current crop of M.2 drives is overpriced, but I do expect to get one at some point. I have a few USB 3.0 devices that run so slow on my USB 2.0 ports, it's annoying.

i5 6600K (OC to 4.2-4.5)
Noctua NH-D15 cooler
Gigabyte Z170 UD5 or Asrock Z170 Extreme 7+ (or something else, these seem good values and tick all the boxes) Need lots of SATA ports as you'll see below.
G.Skill NT Series 2x8GB DDR4 2100 (OC it to 2400-2600 probably, faster RAM doesn't seem to do anything on Skylake, so no point buying 3000+ RAM)
Asus R9 270 2GB (from current computer, only play games at 1080p, so this is fine for now)
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD
WD Green 4TB
WD Green 4TB
Hitachi Deskstar 2TB
Samsung Spinpoint 2TB
WD Green 1TB
WD Black 1TB
Corsair 850W PSU
Fractal Design Define R5

All hard disks are from current computer and currently just random disks, but I plan to consolidate some data and mirror the like size drives using Windows Storage Spaces (Win 8.1/10 only). Considering selling off the 2 1TB, and maybe the 2 2TB to get a pair of 6 or 8TB drives.

 

That's a very solid build and should work just fine. I'm doing the same thing with respect the the graphics cards, I'm going to get the new titan when it comes out, tentative date for it is April.

 

Ordered the Asrock Extreme 7+ since the Newegg rebate was only good through today. Really liked the front panel extra 3.1 A and C ports and the 10 SATA ports. It was a bit more than I thought I'd spend on a mobo, but it had everything.

I don't have to have my current rig ready for my sister until the end of Feb, so I'm still waiting around for deals on the other parts. I haven't ordered from Jet.com yet, so I can still get $50 off my first order there with code SCARYMOMMY2015 until March 1. At this point though, all I'm missing is the CPU, RAM, and cooler. Think I will stay with my current drives for now. 7TB mirrored and 1TB SSD should be fine. I'm using about 5TB atm, but some of that is wasteful hoarding I could trim.

 

Went from an ITX SG08/4790K/980 build recently all the way to (warning: e-peen incoming):

CPU: i7-5960X @ 4.4GHz
Motherboard: ASRock X99E-ITX/ac
GPU: eVGA GTX 980 Ti SC+ ACX 2.0 @ 1.5GHz
RAM: 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2666
SSD: Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512GB
Cooling: Corsair H100i
PSU: Silverstone SX600-G (waiting on the SX700-LPT)
Case: NCASE M1 v4
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
Monitor: Dell U2715H
Mouse: Logitech G700s
Keyboard: Logitech G710+

This started out as a reasonable 5820K/16GB build but I got a killer deal on the 5960X. Then it became more of a proof-of-concept build than anything else: twice the cores, RAM, and SSD space of my prior system while shaving off more than two full liters in volume (12.6L). Still no Mac Pro though.

The H100i pump is pretty noisy (and I can't use Corsair Link to lower it) so I might swap it out for a NH-C14 while they're still around.