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This is my 2nd build but a lot of my parts came from my 1st build so technically this is my.. 1.5th build? Anyway, still really new about computers but my enthusiasm grows every day. Just wanted to show the linustechtips community my rig so I can get some feedback and any tips you guys might have I use this computer for gaming, picture editing, light video editing, movies, studying and web browsing. case: Fractal Design Define R4 Mobo: MSI Z87-G43 CPU: i7 4770k cooler: h100i with cougar vortex w/ blue LEDs placed in pull exhaust Ram: Patriot Viper 8gb boot drive: 120gb Kingston SSD storage: 600gb 2.5" drive HDD GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 2GB PSU: bequiet! 750w bronze rated Fans: 2 UV blue Gelid & 2 black cougar vortex extras: 1 blue usb strip for a backlight effect & 2 UV cathode sticks I know I know! First thing I will probably need to upgrade is my hard drive... I will get a 1tb in the near future.. and bitfenix blue sleeving is on the way! ** A couple updates ** - Bitfenix cables arrived and installed - flipped my rad although I'm not sure if I'll keep it this way. I think I like the other way better. Thoughts? - put some carbon fiber looking vinyl accents I definitely need to do something about those ugly wires from the PSU. Thinking about just wrapping it in black tape. photo shoot in the kitchen. Whats up B) The rats nest. I know it looks pretty bad but I did try to make it somewhat organized. It's not seen anyway.. oh well

Ok so alot of you guys are suggesting me to upgrade my pc.. like REAL upgrade so i will go at a budget of 500$ or under although im open to suggestions Here it is: CPUIntel i5-4430 MotherboardGigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H RAMKingston XMP Blue Red Series 8GB(2x4GB) GPUXFX Radeon HD7770 Ghz Edition 1GB CasePower-Up[RE-USING] StorageSeagate Barracuda 80GB, Seagate Barracuda 500GB[RE-USING] PSUPower-Up 500W (Comes with Case)[RE-USING] Display(s)Acer[RE-USING] CoolingStock, Stock, Stock[RE-USING] KeyboardLogitech Classic K100[RE-USING] MouseLogitech Classic K100[RE-USING] SoundTurtle Beach Earforce KILO Black Ops 2 Limited Edition[RE-USING] so by [RE-USING] alot of stuff in this rig, the so called Clean SL4T3 i will be able to reach my budget of 500$ which is quite amusing for this economy NOTES: -I'm open to suggestions, if you think a part is bad and theres a cheaper but equal and i find it great suggestion, i will edit this post. Follow this post as i update on my savings -Support me in anyway you can. Show your sympathy Updates: Suggested by @Vbgf CPU AMD FX-6300 Motherboard M5A97 LE R2.0 RAMKingston XMP Blue Red Series 8GB(2x4GB) GPUXFX Radeon HD7770 Ghz Edition 1GB CasePower-Up[RE-USING] StorageSeagate Barracuda 80GB, Seagate Barracuda 500GB[RE-USING] PSUPower-Up 500W (Comes with Case)[RE-USING] Display(s)Acer[RE-USING] CoolingStock, Stock, Stock[RE-USING] KeyboardLogitech Classic K100[RE-USING] MouseLogitech Classic K100[RE-USING] SoundTurtle Beach Earforce KILO Black Ops 2 Limited Edition[RE-USING]

Hi guys i guess i should start by introducing myself. then the rig! Im Callum or karumu i'm 17 i work as an IT apprentice so minimum wage here! Most of my money recently has been going towards my pc, as i have been dreaming of making a new rig for over a year now. Now i finally have an income i can make progress towards it. My old rig was a custom build but it was aging rapidly, specs of it were Athlon II X3, Some asus am3 board, originally had a single 4gb module of ram, upgraded that a while back to 8gb corsair vengeance red, had a 1tb hdd, some crappy 750w psu (to be fair never had any trouble off of it.) and for a gpu i had the HD 5770 so not bad for a 3 year old machine, but definitely aged. So! time for my new rig! some of my parts are already bought and installed but i took pics during the process! Spec currently sit at: CPU: amd FX-8350 Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula - Z GPU: Radeon HD 7850 Powercolor 1gb edition (ugh not too bad and was quite cheap) RAM: 8gb Corsair Vengeance red 1600mhz PSU: Corsair CX430 Storage: 120gb Samsung 840 EVO SSD boot drive + main games n stuff + Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB storage drive Case: Corsair 750D Cooler: Corsair H100I Thanks guys for checking out my build log if you want me to post a pic of my actual setup, i will do! thanks Callum / Karumu UPDATE: New Spec list: FX-8350 under H110 (gonna OC tomorrow) Corsair Vengeance 8gb @ 1600 Asus Direct CUII TOP R9 270X (gonna buy a GTX 880 or 2 when they come out) Crosshair V Formula-Z XFX XTR 750W Gold PSU Samsung 840 EVO 120gb Samsung Spinpoint 1tb only new peripheral is a new AOC I2369VM IPS monitor and a Wacom CTL-480 ~Graphics tablet and some White LED's pics: Setup:

Hello all, this is my first custom built computer. Specs: CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k GPU: Gigabyte Windforce 3x OC GeForce GTX 770 RAM: 8GB G Skill RAM CPU Cooler: Scythe Samurai SSD: Corsair Force LS 120GB Motherboard: ASUS Z87I-Pro Case: bitfenix Prodigy Fans: bitfenix Specter Fans PSU: be quiet! Power Zone 650w Here are some pictures: Since I got it I can max out the video settings in every game I play, I don't have any complaints about it so far. Within the next few weeks I will be getting a 1TB WD Blue HDD and a new keyboard, mouse, monitor and headset. I would appreciate any feedback. I am sorry for the poor cable management inside, If I do add a HDD I will be tidying it up and I can not use the side panel USB 3 because the CPU cooler covers the USB 3 internal connector, so I used the included USB 3 to USB 2 converter.

I'm sure you have all thought about it, the machine you would build if you had all the money in the world. Small form factor big form factor I don't care I want to hear them all! Hit me up

Alright guys, So this is a computer build I’m calling “Project Dream.” I’m super excited to get started and I look forward to hearing your opinions. Things to note - I’ve had “this dream” of building my own computer for a while now and recently have invested time into realizing it. I did have a budget Intended for programming primarily and gaming secondly Everything aside from the mouse and keyboard had to be purchased Build Details: (I have some more to add to this) CPU — Intel i7 4770k [$297.49 Microcenter] ————————————————————————————————————— Motherboard — Asus Maximus VI Formula [$228.99 Open Box Newegg] ————————————————————————————————————— RAM — Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866 ( 2 x 4GB) [$124.99 Newegg] ————————————————————————————————————— Hard Drive — 1 TB Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX [$59.99 Newegg] ————————————————————————————————————— GPU / iGPU — ??? (waiting to see if mantle is a thing) ??? [N/A] ————————————————————————————————————— PSU — Corsair RM750 [$90 Newegg] ————————————————————————————————————— Monitor — Acer H236HL [$150 Tigerdirect] ————————————————————————————————————— OS — Windows 8.1 Basic [$79.99 Newegg] ————————————————————————————————————— Case - Antec 900 [$99.99 Newegg] ————————————————————————————————————— Mouse — Wireless Apple Magic Mouse [own] ————————————————————————————————————— Keyboard — White Apple keyboard [own] ————————————————————————————————————— Total = $1,131.44 The build will commence once I receive my motherboard which is scheduled to be delivered sometime tomorrow. I’ll be bringing you guys pics and updates as I go. EDIT: Motherboard has arrived and looks great for open box! Thanks for checking it out. See ya soon. Pictures:

Ever since Pebble came out, i didnt even consider it due to its "ugly" design but now that the Pebble Steel is released, i am having doubts of the product as a whole.. the features and the specs. So I Just wanna know what are the general features people think a Smartwatch should have As for me, Here it is: - Curved/Flexible Low powered Display I really believe Colored Eink is the way to go. It offers an always on display which every watch should have and super low battery consumption. Qualcomm's Mirasol Display sounds Promisable so i really hope more OEMs adopt that technology and work on it. There are many other promising technologies out there such as Eink Triton. Flexible OLEDs are actually a perfect option only if they offer low battery life. Current FOLEDs have high battery consumption and IMO unless there is a revolutionary battery tech breakthrough, these will not be suitable for smart watches. - A Sexy Metal Chassis The Pebble Steel's chassis is beautiful in all the right ways but i dont think it is perfect as the watch itself looks like a block.. like a square block. [Most likely due to the battery. I like what Qualcomm did with theirs. They placed the battery on the strap. This way, the watch face will be less clunk, allowing for a more comfortable, even and well balanced feel. If only they made it with more premium materials like aluminium and steel. - SmartPhone Notifications Frankly speaking, all i expect from a Smartwatch is just to receive notifications and glance through it. Pebble did an excellent job with it and i love how Qualcomm toq allows you to reply the message using predesignated text. Samsung overdid it, we all knew that. I have no experience on Sony's SW2 so i will not comment on that but it really seems like a good device. - Battery Life I believe a smartwatch should at least have a 5 Day battery Life. One Week would be perfect but realistically speaking 5 days is the way to go and to achieve this the display technology is key. Samsung's one day battery life just wont do it. -Pricing The price of smartwatches should be around $150 to $220. Seriously when you consider "highend" smartphones such as the Nexus 5 costing around $350, you start wondering why should you buy a secondary device for around the same price. IMO, the pebble is overpriced. For what it does, which is mainly notifications, and with that Decade old epaper display on it, why does it cost $150 and if not $250. it is just ridiculous. Well i guess you pay for the R&D? - Wireless Charging Wireless charging, even though it is not long range, it gives convenience for the user. Just take it off and place it on some dock is so convenient. - Input Touch input. In the 21st century, pressing buttons to use your device.. well just turns me off. lol.. Touch allows for easy navigation and does not require any hardware that will bulk up the device. Currently, the only Smartwatch close to this is the Qualcomm TOQ. Seriously, it really is the best for me now. The only thing that stops me from buying is that ridiculous price tag. If it cost me well $200, you will not see me writing this topic. So what are the dream features/characteristics of a Smart Watch?

Linus, I had a dream about you and Slick last night. You, me, and him were all on a sail boat in the ocean (I don't know why) and we crash and you and me collect scraps to build our own bucket to float away in that has stuff like a jacket and floaties (I have no idea where Slick went) So we're floating along collecting trash and scraps of the ship when we stumble upon two huge pirate ships. One was on fire at the front of the boat cowarding away and the others were about to board the other ship. We take our boat up to the "winning" boat with the other ship and somehow walk from our boat to theirs and we say that we can help them and they start chasing us. We take wood off of their boat as ores and use it to paddle back a short distance to shore. We're in a grocery store (I think it's Target) and the dock is the salad aisle. We're just chilling in that aisle and the pirates start shooting melon canons at us and Slick is just standing in the place that holds the salad, cucumbers, bananas, etc., like actually inside of it standing in the structure of it, and he says "Run, Linus, Run." and that's where it ended. Whoa. Sorry if it's confusing, it is for me, too, and it doesn't help that I just woke up from it.

And what would you want to upgrade it to?

Thought it would be fun to see peoples dream keyboard. These are the features in my dream keyboard: Swappable cherry mx switches that are sold separetly, they all are attached with a stable clip-design. Keyboard base is made of an aluminum construction, you can either choose a tkl or a full-size design. Keycaps made of either rough aluminum or glass, option to get them laser etched with letters/numbers. Every key switch has a individual RGB-led that can be controlled in software. This would look great with glass keycaps. Built in USB 3.0 hub. Screen of a smaller size to indicate for example stats of your key presses, wpm, or maybe time/date? With a price tag of 29.99, no but seriously, i would definitely pay 400 bucks + for this keyboard. So, what's your dream keyboard?

Hey guys, this is just going to be a thread about what your dream PC(s) would be (it can be as expensive as you would like, just so long as it's possible, Ex. You can't have an Intel Atom @ 15GHz), so feel free to contribute! Gaming: Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D Mobo.: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 CPU: Intel i7 3970X GPU: 4X EVGA GTX Titan SC Signature RAM: 64GB (8x8GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX1500 Classified Sound Card: ASUS Xonar Essence ST Storage: 8x 800GB Intel DC S3700 SSDs in RAID 6 (That's possible with 8, right?) and 4x4TB Seagate 7200 RPM HDDs RAID Controller: Highpoint RocketRaid 8 Port RAID controller Cooling: NZXT Kraken x60, 6xNZXT 120RB 120mm fans, 3xNZXT 140RB 140mm fans, 2xNZXT 200RB 200mm fans Network Backup: WD My Book 8TB Netowrk Drive Monitors: 3xDell Ultrasharp 3014 2560x1600 30" Monitors Workstation Case: Lian Li PC-A71FB Mobo.: Supermicro X9QR-7TF+ CPU: 4xXEON E5 4650 RAM: 256GB Corsair 133MHz Dominator RAM GPU: 2x nVidia Quadro 6000 PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX1500 Classified Sound Card: ASUS Xonar Essence ST PCI SSD: 3.2TB Z-drive Rserie Pci-e SSD Storage: 4x4TB Seagate 7200 RPM HDDs, 2x800GB Intel DC S3700 SSDs Cooling: Whatever's available Network Backup: WD My Book 8TB Netowrk Drive Monitors: 3xDell Ultrasharp 3014 2560x1600 30" Monitors

The ending of Inception, was it all dream?