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Okay sorry for the posts, but I think I might have resolved the issue. For some reason MSI Afterburner had my core clock and memory clock maxed out?! Which would explain why everything was so glitchy and kept crashing! Turned them back and everything seems to be working well again. Sometimes it helps just to go in these forums and explain the problem to help solve it myself Thanks anyways

Did a couple restarts to no avail. It even froze while logging into Windows a few times. Now I'm loaded back in and it seems to just come in and out. Might just be time to go buy a copy of Win 10 and do a fresh install.

So I was playing Witcher 3 and my game started to stutter. I then noticed that MSI Afterburner wasn't running so my fans weren't turned up. I started MSI Afterburner and for some reason my GPU wasn't being recognized. I figured it was probably because of the Nvidia Driver Update on Geforce Experience that I had been holding off on installing. So I installed the latest driver Version: 368.39 and now my monitors are all messed up and look like the Matrix or something. I also got this error message, but if my driver is messed up how do I go back to the old version? Or what should I do? Thank you. I'm running a EVGA 970 if that matters.

Sweet thanks all!

Okay cool thank you. I'm only running an i5 6500 so I may want to upgrade that I would think?

What's the difference? Am I going to have to upgrade my mobo if I want the 1080? My goal is to have a max resolution VR system.

The age old question that I never got the answer to. Does it matter if your PC runs all night every night or should the power settings at least turn it to sleep mode? What are the best practices? Thanks

Performance wont be that dissimilar from the DK2 maxed for games like iRacing, AC and Project Cars so I'm looking for people that actually have experience with Dk2. Thanks for stating the obvious though!

I am big into Sim racing and am patiently waiting for the Oculus CV1 next year and want to be able to race at max settings. Is VRAM more important or multiple GPUs? I am debating whether to run dual 4GB 980's, or a single 12GB Titan X? Since both would be around the $1,000 price point which is where I want to limit it at.

I agree that's my biggest concern at this point, It's a tough call, because I live in Minnesota and in the winter I would probably like it to keep my legs warm haha, but on the other hand I'm not sure how hot it's going to get. 90% of my time is going to be just for work with basic applications so load would be really low. My plan is to build the PC on a test bench and run that for awhile to make sure everything is stable, that would also allow me to get a feel for what kind of temps it's going to be like under normal usage and I can decide if that is comfortable or not. If I feel it would get annoying I can always move around the orientation of where I want the rad. Possibly have the rad vertical on the far left side of the case and have all 4 intake fans vertically set on the far right side. I'll test it around before I make final cuts in the floor of the desk.

Hey all! Sorry about the delays, it's been a busy summer and I haven't had a chance to work much on the project. I have done a fair amount of research on the process of making carbon fiber parts as well as shopping around to keep costs down since materials can get expensive for this quick. These are my final renderings of the design. I think it would be cool to have covers 3d printed for all the cables for a really clean look. What do you guys think? If there is anyone in here that has a high res 3d printer and is interested in printing these covers I'd be willing to pay for labor and materials as well as send the SketchUp files of them. I have little free time these days to work on the project, but I am going to start testing with vacuum bagging different CF composites to see what I like best. I'll be sure to start taking pictures and continue to give updates. Would love to hear feedback! Cheers!

If I paid you, could I send you some rough mockups I have on SketchUp of some 24pin and PCIe cable covers I'm working on to finish and 3d print?

Very cool! I like their new ones especially the tempered glass on top. very sleek. Hopefully mine will be sleeker Some day.... Thanks for sharing!

yeah I'd bolt the stand to the desk. Plus then Ideally stand would be angled back far enough so that it wouldn't want to tip

Yeah I wasn't sure how much space the PCIe extender was going to need since it's going to go from the PCIe slot down through the basement and come up under the GPU like the other popular wall mount PC's you see out there. I figured I'll be able to kinda gauge that and move stuff around exactly when I have all the parts when the time comes. The last thing I need to work on is how best to mount the monitors. The LG 4k TV is only 2 inches thick, but weighs about 27 pounds. The 23" monitors on the end are Acer's and are very light weighing only a few pounds I believe. My two main ideas to go about this is to either 1) Create an entirely custom monitor stand from scratch 2) Buy a conventional triple monitor stand and mod it accordingly to fit the tv + 2 monitors. Like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Monitor-Desktop-Supports-002-0019/dp/B006JG7G2E/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1434311433&sr=1-3&keywords=triple+monitor+stand My idea for custom stand is to use 1/4" steel in a "C" shape welded to a base plate on one end and the monitor arm on the other end. In theory the C shape could distribute the weight back far enough so it's closer to 50/50 so there is less horizontal stress on the desk at the mounting point. I'm probably going to want to put an extra 1/4" core on that back 3" of the desk where the mounting point is so I know there is enough strength there. My cousin owns a body shop and is incredibly talented and could fabricate the the stand thankfully since I'm not skilled in steel fab. If you're interested there is an awesome video that shows just how much strength you can get from those foam cores: The mounting points on the TV are VESA 400x400 which I could bolt on to the arm. For the monitors there are stand standard VESA mounts that could just be bolted on to the arm as well. You'll notice I changed the legs. What do guys think about them? I found a company on Ebay that made some steel ones like that for like $100. Thoughts?! Cheers,