damn,now i have to spend money !

Quote from Matrixi :

Thanks.
A simple PCI-E x1 riser card/cable should work. Still trying to find one that's perfect lenght for my system, so I can't comment if there's any audio interference, but I doubt it.

Thank you, didn't even know such a cable exists .

My rig is:
(an updated HP Pavilion Slimline s3049.de)
MB is a HP one (default)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1,8Ghz/2M/800Mhz
Kingston 2x1GB DDR2
Gigabyte Radeon HD 6450 1GB
Seagate 320GB HDD
Samsung SyncMaster 510n (1024x768, 4:3, VGA only, a very old monitor)
PSU 200W (Im happy because this psu can handle this system )

Small Upgrade:

Intel i7 3770k @ 4.7 GHz (1.26v)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Motherboard
Sapphire HD6750 GPU
24GB DDR1600 RAM
Samsung 128GB SSD
2x Seagate 7200.14 2TB
2x Seagate 7200.12 1TB
Hiper 670w Type-M PSU
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
Coolermaster ATCS 840 Case
Windows 7 Utimate x64 (contemplating upgrading to 8 soon)

Some pictures...

Picture: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akam ... 7526517817_66195734_n.jpg

CPU: i7 930 @ 4.2ghz
CPU Heatsink: Noctua DH-14
Mobo: Asus Rampage III Extreme
Ram: Corsair Dominator GT 2gb x 6 = 12gb
SSD1: Corsair force 3 60gb
SSD2: Crucial 120gb SSD
HDD: Raid 0 1TB Samsung F1's
GPU: GTX580
PSU: Corsair HX750W
Case: Nvidia Limited Edition CM690ii advanced

:/

Quote from Jakg :

Small Upgrade:

Intel i7 3770k @ 4.7 GHz (1.26v)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Motherboard
Sapphire HD6750 GPU
24GB DDR1600 RAM
Samsung 128GB SSD
2x Seagate 7200.14 2TB
2x Seagate 7200.12 1TB
Hiper 670w Type-M PSU
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
Coolermaster ATCS 840 Case
Windows 7 Utimate x64 (contemplating upgrading to 8 soon)

Some pictures...

Quick question, how are you finding the ivy bridge? I was thinking about upgrading.. but my rig still crunches everything. Waiting for the 930 to die from her overclock. But I'm suprised because I thought Ivy's ran at a lower Vcore when you OC due to the lower power consumption. I've got 1.15vs on my 930 and that's a first generation i7 (45NM I believe) vs the 22NM of the ivy's, you should be able to oc more I think

Other than that how you finding it? I'm cautious to bin my rampage III for a Z77.

PS LOVE THAT FREAKING CASE!

Obutto cockpit needed badly.. gotta wait for wallet to recover from wheel/shifter purchase first though.

Quote from Gamersunited22 :

Quick question, how are you finding the ivy bridge? I was thinking about upgrading.. but my rig still crunches everything.

I'm with you, bud. Want to know about Ivy. I feel...dated. Think I'm gonna wait, but. Don't wanna!

And I want that case. Friggin' gorgeous.

While I'm here:

i7 920 presently@stock (2.66GHz C0 doh) - started acting up, gotta poke at it.
Scythe Mugen-2 heat...kitchen (is big)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Seventeam ST-750ZAF 750W PSU
2GBx3|OCZ PC3-12800
3x500GB Seagate 7200.12
ASUS EAH6850/1GB DDR5
3x24" mixed LCD monitors (2xSOYO/1 Acer)
Fanatec CSR
CSR-Elite pedals
H-shifter/sequential shifter modded to e-brake
Turtle Beach X31 headset (online)
Beyerdynamic DT770 PRO headphones (offline)
KRK 8" studio monitors/Mackie ONYX 820i, heh.

This was supposed to be for audio engineering only, then I found LFS...oops

Quote from Matrixi :

Obutto cockpit needed badly.. gotta wait for wallet to recover from wheel/shifter purchase first though.

YUP. mmph. I can see why. I can't stop staring at that shifter. Shiny object...

BUMP!

HP Pavilion g7-2003sm
OS: Win 7 Ultimate 64
CPU: Intel Core i5 3210M @2500-3100MHz (2 physical cores, 4 logical cores)
RAM: 6GB DDR3 @1600MHz
HDD: Seagate 750GB, 8MB cache 5400rpm
GPU: AMD Radeon HD7670M 1GB GDDR3 + Intel HD 4000

Some new stuff.

GTX 680 SLI -> Titan
Cosmos II -> 600T SE White
NH-D14 -> H100i

Quote from Matrixi :

Some new stuff.

GTX 680 SLI -> Titan
Cosmos II -> 600T SE White
NH-D14 -> H100i

nice
if you need a home for your old parts...

Quote from Matrixi :

Some new stuff.

GTX 680 SLI -> Titan
Cosmos II -> 600T SE White
NH-D14 -> H100i

Nice and clean rig. I've asked in the other thread I believe; how are those fans? Any silent? I'm looking for silent black/white fans.

Noctuas are still better if I'm honest, but these are pretty much the best there are if you can't stand the baby diarrhea colors of Noctua.

Which ones are they exactly?

Quote from Matrixi :

Some new stuff.

GTX 680 SLI -> Titan
Cosmos II -> 600T SE White
NH-D14 -> H100i

How's the jump from Noctua to H100i, noise wise ?
Does it worth it ? Quieter ? Noisier ? Same ?

Thanks.

PS: I love the clean looks of your build

Quote from Bose321 :

Which ones are they exactly?

The Corsairs? SP 120 quiet editions on the radiator, AF 120 quiet edition on the exhaust.

Quote from luchian :

How's the jump from Noctua to H100i, noise wise ?
Does it worth it ? Quieter ? Noisier ? Same ?

NH-D14 is definately much quieter all around, but it's also absolutely massive and might block you from reaching some components if you need to do maintenance (main reason I went back to AIO water kit) and it doesn't give quite the same performance at silly high overclocks as the H100i does. If the size isn't an issue and you don't plan on going close to 5GHz, then the D14 is still a great air cooler.

23dBa sounds a bit too noisy for me. My shitty CM fans I once bought are like 22dBa which are waaay too loud IMO (I have 4 of them on the side).

Well that's at full chat which only happens if you're pushing the system with Prime95 or something. I'm currently running them with Noctua ULNA adapters at a constant ~900RPM and they aren't too bad, enough static pressure to even keep the system happy at full load.

I'm thinking of going for Fractal Design Silent R2 120MM and 140MM. They're around 15dBa I believe, which sounds fine to me. I can live with less airflow I think. (69m³/h for 120MM).

AMD FX 8150
8192 MB RAM
ASUS HD7770 1GB
2TB Seagate
675GB crappy harddisk

Double monitor setup: https://www.facebook.com/photo ... 85&type=3&theater

subwoover in front of my feet for massive car sound XD

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 645 @ 3.3 GHz
Mobo: MSI 760GM-E51 (FX)
RAM: 2 cheap 4GB DDR3 sticks
GFX: MSI Radeon 4870 1GB
PSU: Fortron Bluestorm 500W
HDD: Seagate 500 GB
Case: Some HP mATX case.

Next week my new system will go together

i5 3570K
MSI Z77 -G45
MSI 6950 TF3 PE @ 6970
corsair vengeance 1866 c9
corsair h100i
in a nice cooler master haf xb


than i can donate my old trustworthy amd phenom II 965 + gigabyte 990fx ud3 to my lil brother.

ooh than i really wil be ready for s3

Last update here was in 2009 lol sooo...

Case: Fractal Arc Midi
Corsair H100 with Arctic Cooling F12 fans in Push/Pull
MB: Asus M5A97
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T BE @ 4.01GHz
GPU: Asus GeForce 560Ti DirectCU II @ 1GHz Core, 2GHz Shader, 2.2Ghz Memory
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) @ 1600Mhz
PSU: Cooler Master GX-750W
SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB.. 400MB/s Read/Write
HDD: 500GB Seagate + 1TB Seagate USB 3.0 external
Wheel: Logitech G27
Internet: 100Mbps Download, 5Mbps Upload



Old pic, Removed that HDD bay and added an SSD at the MB Tray.



Moving house in September so I'll be getting a new desk, and eventually a bigger monitor natively capable of 1080 or higher
or add another 560Ti and go triple screens

Bit of an update:

Case: Aerocool XPredator Black
Mobo: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
Processor: Phenom x2 1090T @ 3.8ghz 1.4v
Memory: 4x 2GB OCZ Platinum
Graphics: XFX DD 7950 3GB @ 1000mhz shaders 1250mhz memor
Power Supply: XFX Pro 850W
Storage: 120GB OCZ Agility 3 + Samsung 500GB Hard disk