Scarface

I just watched TinyTomLogans review and he is not well impressed.
 
I was keen to hear what the R9 290X had to offer, SteamOS is going to favour AMD on its linux back end which is appealing but then there is Shield which im also interested in.
 
In AUD its priced between $660-$700 a GTX780 is between $700 and $900 (hydro copper) but when the GTX780Ti comes out this price will drop and get VERY close to initial R9 290X pricing and I can't ignore that. For me, I will wait for the GTX780Ti and pick up a couple of competitively priced GTX780's...

hey mate, sorry for the late reply. been crazy busy with uni. yeah the led's fill it with some pretty awesome light. the width of my desk is 148mm. Its great having the pc on the desk. Oh and btw with the fan in the front I have a 200mm bitfenix spectre pro. I turned it down a bit and it fits perfectly so yeah.

Dammmmmm thats sexy nice build 

Hi everyone This is my first personal rig. Don't really have a name for it, any thoughts? Finished it a while ago but have been upgrading it with a few parts. Any comments, thoughts and suggestions would be great

The specs:

Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D

CPUI: i7 2600k @ 4.2 ghz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 16gb

Power Supply: Corsair AX850 PSU

Graphics Cards: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Sound Card: ASUS Xonar Essence ST (sounds amazing with Sennheiser HD 598s)

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Axp-140

Optical Drives: Pioneer DVR-219L and Pioneer BDR-207DBK Blu-Ray (Front of them is plain black so doesn't look that bad)

HDD: Intel 520 240gb SSD, Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB and some old Hitachi 1TB drive

Fan Controller: AeroCool V12XT (Didn't really like the reflective screen, but it controls fans well so I put it inside the case rather than have it on the front. Can adjust the fans for warm weather in Australia)

Fans: Changed out the stock fans and put in a Spectre Pro 200mm in the front, 2 x 140mm in the top and a 120 Spectre Blue Led in the back. Got some nice Bitfenix Alchemy cables as well

Mouse: Razer Imperator and Goliathus mouse mat

Keyboard: Corsair K95

Speakers: Corsair SP2500

Lighting: NZXT Sleeved LED Cable 2m Blue
 
Looking to water cool in the future but would probably be changing case for that, any sugestions?
I know the cable management in the back is a bit hectic but the side panel shuts ok and its the best I could do with the tonne of cables that are there.
 
Here are some photos of the build and my setup, hope you guys like it
 

 

Great build, great choice of soundcard and headphones! Very nice

Thanks I built the pc when they were coming to the end of that cycle so I got the sandy bridge stuff for a bit cheaper and glad I did because for performance, Ivy and Haswell havent increased that much to regret going with the older one. Ill eventually water cool the whole system and just overclock the i7 some more.

Man I LOVE the 650d.  I just bought one for myself and its AWESOME! Nice build man!

cool setup
 
i give you the ''Daddy Likez'' Award

My Top 5:
1. GTA5
2. The Crew
3. BF 4
4. Watch Dogs
5. Assassins creed 4

1. Star Citizen
2. GTA 5/GTA Online
3. Watch Dogs
 

The Witcher 3

In 2 years? Next gen consoles are already unpowered

Better screen
Better battery
Better cpu
Better Gpu
Better Camera
Better app selection
More RAM
Better OS

Somehow I've missed these great 80's style tracks.
 
 
Kavinsky - Protovision
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX9Yk_B3cwY
 
 
Kavinsky - Nightcall (apparently this is going to be in GTA V)
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV_3Dpw-BRY
 
 
OT: I just can't get over that Testarossa. Brings back so much memories.

Hi everyone This is my first personal rig. Don't really have a name for it, any thoughts? Finished it a while ago but have been upgrading it with a few parts. Any comments, thoughts and suggestions would be great

The specs:

Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D

CPUI: i7 2600k @ 4.2 ghz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 16gb

Power Supply: Corsair AX850 PSU

Graphics Cards: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Sound Card: ASUS Xonar Essence ST (sounds amazing with Sennheiser HD 598s)

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Axp-140

Optical Drives: Pioneer DVR-219L and Pioneer BDR-207DBK Blu-Ray (Front of them is plain black so doesn't look that bad)

HDD: Intel 520 240gb SSD, Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB and some old Hitachi 1TB drive

Fan Controller: AeroCool V12XT (Didn't really like the reflective screen, but it controls fans well so I put it inside the case rather than have it on the front. Can adjust the fans for warm weather in Australia)

Fans: Changed out the stock fans and put in a Spectre Pro 200mm in the front, 2 x 140mm in the top and a 120 Spectre Blue Led in the back. Got some nice Bitfenix Alchemy cables as well

Mouse: Razer Imperator and Goliathus mouse mat

Keyboard: Corsair K95

Speakers: Corsair SP2500

Lighting: NZXT Sleeved LED Cable 2m Blue
 
Looking to water cool in the future but would probably be changing case for that, any sugestions?
I know the cable management in the back is a bit hectic but the side panel shuts ok and its the best I could do with the tonne of cables that are there.
 
Here are some photos of the build and my setup, hope you guys like it
 

 

If you want to optimize your computer's performance watch this video


 
 
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GG

I was surprised he didn't use CCleaner, I thought everyone and their grandma used that.

man i love that case

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