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UPDATE
I did some work on the list. Each build now has its case
indicated on the list. To keep it correctly formatted on
smaller screens I have needed to introduce abbreviations,
a key is in the list post as well (shouldn't be too difficult
to understand I hope).
I have tested it on my own laptop, which has 1200x800
resolution and a vertical tabs browser extension (so I
don't have the full width of my screen available), and
it displays OK for me, so it should work on most reasonably
modern devices.

That expensive of a mobo? Better to get a $100 less mobo and a $100 better GPU IMHO

People who buy the cheapest ($300-$400) "PC" for themselves or their kids....  then buys a $1000+ mac a few years later, saying they are better and faster.
 
edit:  Same with phones 

People who buy the cheapest ($300-$400) "PC" for themselves or their kids....  then buys a $1000+ mac a few years later, saying they are better and faster.
 
edit:  Same with phones 

People who buy the cheapest ($300-$400) "PC" for themselves or their kids....  then buys a $1000+ mac a few years later, saying they are better and faster.
 
edit:  Same with phones 

People who buy the cheapest ($300-$400) "PC" for themselves or their kids....  then buys a $1000+ mac a few years later, saying they are better and faster.
 
edit:  Same with phones 

People who buy the cheapest ($300-$400) "PC" for themselves or their kids....  then buys a $1000+ mac a few years later, saying they are better and faster.
 
edit:  Same with phones 

So this happend to me yesterday
 
Since i don't have a decent monitor yet(17inch 1280x1024) I decided to hook my newly build PC to the TV in the living room.
I installed windows + drivers and did some testing.
Decided to load up battlefield 4 campaign to check if it was performing well (never had played BF4).
Then my mom entered the room and she was freaked out i connected my PC to the TV, she started shouting: "you will break our TV !" Playing that stupid game on my expensive TV ! That thing is not made for that !
Try to reason with her what didn't work out at all my ignorant brother said:"t the PC will blow up the TV"
So i gave up, just to avoid my mom damaging my PC ... (from her rage)
She didn't even know u could connect a PC to a TV at all.
 
Its sad that my parents don't support my computer hobby ... hope I'm sure that I'm not the only one out there

Greetings from Greece!
 
It is that time of the year again. I must tend to my creative needs.
 
This build is sponsored by EKWB.

 
So to begin, my rig looked like this before.
I wanted to try new things. Hard tubing and riser pci-e cables are popular among modders nowadays. As always I fooled around with sketchup for the concept and this is the idea (not in detail)

 
This idea is best made possible with 290 GPUs that don’t need a crossfire bridge and the R4BE EK monoblock that has the same spacing the GPU waterblocks have. It would have been the perfect parallel solid tubing and with the correct length risers a very flat assembly. But it would actually cost double the budget I had for this build, so I had to improvise and make some changes.
 
Then a lot of stuff arrived from EKWB, aquatuning.de and highflow.nl

 
And this is the bane of my existence: Short crossfire bridges!

 
As I stated above changes were made to the original design. So the new crossfired cards will be connected like in the picture below

 
I started by making some of the parts of the case from foamcore for the first rough measurements

 
While waiting for the acrylic to arrive this is how my desk is temporarily
 

 
2 acrylic sheets 70x100cm 3mm thick arrived. One transparent and one milky. I started making a support for the first (lower) graphics card
 

 
After about 300 cuts with my jigsaw, some gluing and some drilling the case is almost ready.
Here are some in progress shots.

 

 
The aftermath

 
And finally the tubing is done. I am happy with how the bends turned out.

 
Let the assembly begin!



 
I plugged in 2 additional sata data cables, because realistically the only change that I might do hardware-wise is and another SSD because my steam drive is getting full (6 games bundled with my 2 280x cards). And that fifth fan left of the radiator will be mounted at an angle to provide some air flow to the motherboard heatsinks.
 

It’s time to fill the loop and test for leaks

 
It’s filled and no leaks thankfully

 
The system is almost complete. I am waiting for my fan filter to arrive from south Africa. It is a magnetic demciflex with white mesh and blue frame. I hope that with the ferrous tape it will be a nice fit. Until then this is the system.



 
And it is plugged in and working well. I left one cover off so that I can adjust the D5 pump’s speed to get rid of the few air bubbles left in the loop. And yes, it will be vertical and probably wall mounted at some point. There are safe orientations for the pump and res to work well. This one is the best I think. Another is rotated 90 degrees with the fans at the bottom. With other orientations you have the risk of the pump getting air at the inlet.

 
I am planning to make a drawer and some type of gadget oriented assembly for those holes in my desk. I am thinking an infinity mirror at the desk surface area so that it also provides some external light for the case. I am also thinking of integrating my qi wireless charging pad there.
 
I know the photo quality is not very good as most are taken with my Jolla smartphone.
 

TBH, I suggest you guys NOT make a video if no one at LMG is familar with CG and 3D rendering, especially when you're relying on wiki.  I think it's better you guys focus on topics you are familiar with, such as computer and tech related stuff.  Things like AO are more related to art than tech.  It's kind of hard to explain to people who are not familar with CG in a 2 min video, since you also have to talk about how lighting in 3D space work in general.
 
I don't think you want to release a video only to be told later that your information is wrong.

yeah... in that case..  cyan sound better lol

i have been busy for the past few days, but here is the video
 

Found on Imgur. Sums up how Techies see end users well.
 

All that matters; Linus is a good father !

Hardware
PSU: Be Quiet! System Power 7 300W
MOBO: MSI B85I
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB
SSD: OCZ Vertex 2
HDD 1: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB
HDD 2: WD Green 2TB
HDD 3: WD Red 4TB
HDD 4: WD Red 4TB


 
Software, Configuration & Usage
 
It is running windows 8.1, mainly because I want maximum flexibility. It can be hooked up to a TV and do Steam in home streaming, serve as a 4K Media center, runs Plex and some game servers. The config excluding Hard Drives only cost me 280 euros and I'm very happy with it so far. Windows 8.0 had some quirks while a clean install of 8.1 worked flawlessly. For some reason the OCZ drive takes some time to boot up, causing the very fast UEFI post to not find it on first boot. (So it cannot find any OS). I cannot seem to delay/extend the post timeout on the MSI EUFI so I do not know an immediate solution to this. The 8GB may be a bit overkill, but with memory hungry game servers like Minecraft and the price gap being so small to the 4GB, I just went for it. I bought the 2 4TB green Drives with this config and the 2TB + 1.5TB drive I pulled from another NAS-like setup.

Photos
G+ Album: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+JeroenvanWamelen/albums/6029984719435052961
A while back I found this topic and I saw that one guy made a K'nex case. When making these kinds of builds I try to cut a lot of corners, and ITX cases seem way overpriced to me and don't suit my needs.
So usually I would mount these to a wooden board like this one:





But the K'nex idea seemed very cool so I busted my old K'nex out to build an enclosure myself. It's actually really cool ( But Time Consuming ) as you can build it in so many ways and prototype as you go along.
I didn't see MG2R's take on the K'nex thing, and looking at it now we made some very different builds

Yes it would.

= "The Internet"
 
 
Missing Icon = no internet... :rolleyes: 

You could benefit from
Higher resolution monitor (1440p+) - depending on what software your using (I use Adobe Premiere), the extra real estate is very helpful. Yes it cost more, but it's one of those equipment you can't simply "upgrade".   GPU assisted rendering - cuda vs opencl (again depending on the software) That said.  Very nice system and case choice.  Though I'm not a fan of that case, an extra $100 to show off all the money you spent is worth it imo  .   As for gaming, your video card can easily handle 1440p (if my old 680 can).  Some food for though, in the end, you spend most of the time in front of monitor keyboard and mouse... 

I've compiled all the prior suggestions for each Wired and Wireless plus my own into these 2 lists:
 
Wired                                                  
Better sound quality No Charging Can be slimmer (less hardware for wireless comm) Can play with cable Can have inline volume controls Can be lighter Wireless                                              
NO WIRES Charging Amplifier attached to head Can have onboard controls Heavier Can move around with them (~30ft / ~10m range depending on model)

I think you mean 2 INPUTs for 1 set of headphones.
 
There's a couple of ways to go about it:
Method 1 - Send xbone audio to computer "MIC IN", and computer sends mixed audio (use windows options to "listen to device") to your headphone/speakers.  I do that with my cell phone connected to my computer so I can take call and have good audio. need converter optical-to-analog_stereo for xbone (like this one mentioned earlier in this thread http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Optical-Analog-audio-converter/dp/B004C4WPXA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403615834&sr=8-1&keywords=optical+to+analog+converter) cable for converter to computer Method 2 - a mixer or audio switcher device.  I use my Fiio e17 as a switcher (optical , usb, analog in)... but  I don't know your budget.

Just about to say the same thing. I even managed to hook up a USB external HDD to my ipad: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/151857-ipadidevice-mobile-audio-solutions-image-heavy/ so the external HDD acts as the data (songs) storage.
 
To OP, since you have the Iphone already, you could go that way (using external HDD, wired or wireless, hooked to your iphone). But yeah, if you already have the idea that X5 is perfect for you, then go for it....

... Yes, he can. It was pretty easy:
 
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