Show off Your Setup! (Rev.2)

[HM-2]

Pretty similar to when previously posted.

• 4080 replacing 2080, still need to water block it though.
• New Kanto speaker stands for the Q Acoustics make a huge difference. 

[HoldSquat]

Been folding since the 1st of the month and noticed the user @IkeaGnome so had to share my old build before it died RIP my Ikea build

[IkeaGnome]

1 minute ago, HoldSquat said:

Been folding since the 1st of the month and noticed the user @IkeaGnome so had to share my old build before it died RIP my Ikea build

That's a very clean build!

Why would it die? It's got Ikea on it. As long as you don't try to take it apart to move it it'll last forever.

[HoldSquat]

2 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

That's a very clean build!

Why would it die? It's got Ikea on it. As long as you don't try to take it apart to move it it'll last forever.

hahaha had a big air pocket in the loop and moving it when getting rid of it is actually what killed the mobo and a ram stick

[IkeaGnome]

3 minutes ago, HoldSquat said:

hahaha had a big air pocket in the loop and moving it when getting rid of it is actually what killed the mobo and a ram stick

I see how you might have ended up with one of those. It doesn't look like you have a good way to fill the loop from the actual top. 

It wouldn't look quite as clean, but a person could mount this above the radiator to be able to fill the loop. I also don't really see a way to empty the loop. Your fittings are just G 1/4 right?

Alphacool Apex Fillport (titanrig.com)

Spoiler

Alphacool HF G1/4" Male to Male Extender Fitting, Rotary (titanrig.com)

Use this to come off the top of the rad,

Alphacool HF 3-way Connection Terminal (titanrig.com)

Add a 3 way splitter, if you wanted to "hide" the fill port, aim the port so that it goes between the rad and the wood panel. 

Add one more of your male G 1/4 fittings to the bottom of the fill port and run an extra tube to the 3 way connector. You'd need a total of 2 male G 1/4 fittings to barb for both sides.

 

Going all Alphacool makes that a bit more complicated than it has to be.

If you were fine with a Barrow fitting, g 1/4 male to male from the radiator, to the 3 way terminal. G 1/4 male to male barb for your tube for the fill port, then mount this as the highest spot.

Barrow Sealing Plug For 1/2" ID Tube, Silver Shiny (6937826608926) (titanrig.com)

Or if you have room, it doesn't even have to be mounted. Could be tucked between the rad and the wood panel when not being used.

 

[HoldSquat]

5 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

I see how you might have ended up with one of those. It doesn't look like you have a good way to fill the loop from the actual top. 

It wouldn't look quite as clean, but a person could mount this above the radiator to be able to fill the loop. I also don't really see a way to empty the loop. Your fittings are just G 1/4 right?

Alphacool Apex Fillport (titanrig.com)

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Alphacool HF G1/4" Male to Male Extender Fitting, Rotary (titanrig.com)

Use this to come off the top of the rad,

Alphacool HF 3-way Connection Terminal (titanrig.com)

Add a 3 way splitter, if you wanted to "hide" the fill port, aim the port so that it goes between the rad and the wood panel. 

Add one more of your male G 1/4 fittings to the bottom of the fill port and run an extra tube to the 3 way connector. You'd need a total of 2 male G 1/4 fittings to barb for both sides.

 

Going all Alphacool makes that a bit more complicated than it has to be.

If you were fine with a Barrow fitting, g 1/4 male to male from the radiator, to the 3 way terminal. G 1/4 male to male barb for your tube for the fill port, then mount this as the highest spot.

Barrow Sealing Plug For 1/2" ID Tube, Silver Shiny (6937826608926) (titanrig.com)

Or if you have room, it doesn't even have to be mounted. Could be tucked between the rad and the wood panel when not being used.

 

Thanks but good to go now, swapped to a ATX mobo and a Fractal North case. Getting the bubbles out wasn't so bad once I flipped it and ran it for a bit....now slipping and dinging the right ram stick....

[Sanedish]

Dont ask me bout the scissors, chaos, gpu or why I screenshoted some pictures, I'm lazy, k?

 

[Perritts]

Hi don't judge but for some reason I can't game on a desk, so I made my set up rlly weird... PC: M-itx i7 11700f, 3060, 32gb ram 3600 MHz. it's motorized to go up and down and to tilt the desk (it has a 12v 15A psu so I can charge Lithium batteries, a 100rpm reductor (for tilt) and a drill gearbox with motor (to go up and down), and as I like to play sim racing from time to time this "weird" set up it's very versatile as you can play with a chair, on the bed, on the couch, or just watch movies.

ps: my mobo doesn't have rgb headers, so I used an arduino conected internally to the usb on the mobo (I run a java script with which I can change the "modes" and colors), an H bridge to run the colors, a generic led strip and everything is connected to the psu.

[SimplyChunk]

39 minutes ago, Perritts said:

Hi don't judge but for some reason I can't game on a desk, so I made my set up rlly weird... PC: M-itx i7 11700f, 3060, 32gb ram 3600 MHz. it's motorized to go up and down and to tilt the desk (it has a 12v 15A psu so I can charge Lithium batteries, a 100rpm reductor (for tilt) and a drill gearbox with motor (to go up and down), and as I like to play sim racing from time to time this "weird" set up it's very versatile as you can play with a chair, on the bed, on the couch, or just watch movies.

ps: my mobo doesn't have rgb headers, so I used an arduino conected internally to the usb on the mobo (I run a java script with which I can change the "modes" and colors), an H bridge to run the colors, a generic led strip and everything is connected to the psu.

Excellent.  Don't bring your peripherals to your computer....bring your computer to your peripherals  

[Exponetialy]

On 9/19/2022 at 12:56 PM, LogicalDrm said:

This is THE thread to show off what you are spending your days, nights and mornings at. Because we all know, we can't spend them without something to type with, look at and consume with. All setups are welcome. From your schools Chromebook on kitchen table to the comfy console gaming couch to that sleak, one cable Apple lounge. To those gaming setups filled with RGB-goodness, your nerdy cave with figures, sim racing setups. To any custom builds, be it your first or n+1th.

 

House rules:

• Post your current setup, with pictures. Specs are welcome, but we are here to drool and be amazed of what kind of setups this community thrives from.
• Try to keep discussion on topic, which is the setups. If you have more specific questions regarding troubleshooting or difference of some parts, please use your own thread in proper subforum.
• If you are planning to build something and want to ask advice, proper subforum is New Builds and Planning.
• If you are building or planning to build something from scratch, you might want to log and share the experience at Build Logs.
• If you are caring person, please remove pics from quotes. While current forum version does hide them inside the quote box, they will still load which can be annoying and expensive to those on mobile connections.

Have fun!

 

PS. As some of you might note, this isn't the original thread from 2013. The original, with all its wonderful pics and builds, was lost due its creator deciding to leave us and deleting their account. While it might be possible to get that thread back, it has been decided not to be worth it.

[Donut417]

On 11/27/2023 at 5:31 PM, Perritts said:

it's motorized to go up and down and to tilt the desk

What desk is that?

[Perritts]

On 12/2/2023 at 5:01 PM, Donut417 said:

What desk is that?

I made it

[Exponetialy]

On 12/2/2023 at 12:54 PM, Exponetialy said:

HEH

[O-Mar]

Budget (including currency): roughly $2200 USD including windows for just the PC itself

My second PC build ever decided to take my time with it, feedback is appreciated:

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/L7qp99

 

[Dedayog]

5 minutes ago, O-Mar said:

Budget (including currency): roughly $2200 USD including windows for just the PC itself

My second PC build ever decided to take my time with it, feedback is appreciated:

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/L7qp99

 

You already built it?

[IgniVellex]

It looks really good! I have always wanted one of those cases, but they were pretty expensive, large and I wasn't sure how good the airflow was. Imo it would look really good if you put a fake plant or something on top (maybe like a vine so that it dangles over the side). 

[PDifolco]

38 minutes ago, O-Mar said:

Budget (including currency): roughly $2200 USD including windows for just the PC itself

My second PC build ever decided to take my time with it, feedback is appreciated:

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/L7qp99

 

Pardon my bluntness, it's very nice looking, but a lot of money was spent on bling and you end up with a rather weak 7800XT on this budget level...

It's unbalanced, a $2200 gaming build should have at least $1000 in the GPU, 7900XTX or 4080

Monitors are numerous but pretty cheap too, you could have gotten a good 4K one ($500+)

 

[Middcore]

If you like it and it meets your needs, then it's a 10/10. There is zero point to asking for strangers to "rate" a build that you've already assembled. Time to get advice is before your buy.

[O-Mar]

4 hours ago, PDifolco said:

Pardon my bluntness, it's very nice looking, but a lot of money was spent on bling and you end up with a rather weak 7800XT on this budget level...

It's unbalanced, a $2200 gaming build should have at least $1000 in the GPU, 7900XTX or 4080

Monitors are numerous but pretty cheap too, you could have gotten a good 4K one ($500+)

 

I definitely considered a 7900 XTX but the 7800 XT more then fits my needs, I'm not really a hardcore gamer and the games I do play don't require much to run. Its really more of a workstation with some gaming on the side. Money was not the issue but Id rather just upgrade a few years down the line when graphics cards are much more capable and it totaling the same amount as just getting the top of the line today. 

[CloudGarvin88]

my set up gigabyte b250m-ds3h i5 7600 1 stick of ddr4 ram 16 gb had a 1070 in pic upgrade to a 1080ti hybrid but can only use one ram of my 32 gig kit then wont boot or post with both ram sticks

[StoryVFX]

Here is my current setup that I have upgraded quite significantly recently

 

Went from Rtx 2070 and i7 8700k to Ryzen 7 7800x3d and Rtx 4070

 

Specs

Case: NZXT h700i

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B650-A

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800x3d 

Cooler: Corsair h100x elite rgb

Video card: MSI GeForce RTX 4070 12gb Ventus 3x 

Ram: Corsair Vengeance 32 gb ddr5 6000mhz CL36 

Storage: Kingston Fury Renegade 2tb m.2 & 2tb Seagate HDD

PSU: Evga 850w

 

Peripherals

Monitor: Gigabyte 27" M27Q IPS QHD 170 Hz 

Keyboard: Corsair k70 mk2 

Mouse: Logitech G Pro wireless 

Headset: HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GoliathTheMouse]

My set up is pretty average but I'm enjoying my daily drivers. It's the mz1 mouse and razer atlas. I'm currently using a custom kbd fans keyboard with these cool cyberpunk caps I got from novelkeys. The switches are clear smokey blacks. I'm not into cloth mouse pads so I'm using a glorious keyboard pad for the base for extra keyboard sounds. Can't say I hear anything. But the board itself sounds good and feels good.

[G3ML1NGZ]

I posted this elsewhere but I just got around to taking finalized pictures of my hobby room.

Old hobby space before I moved.

New setup 


Close up of pc. Small screen is a 7" RPI touchscreen I was going to use in my car but decided against it and it now serves as passive media consumption screen while I work on the big screen.


Printers



Other hobby space. Not pictured is the recently added PC and 3d scanner.

[Alex93]

first ever custom build how did i do? 

 

specs 

Gigabyte aorus elite v2 b550 

Ryzen 9 5900x 

Nzxt kraken aio 

Gigabyte reference card rx7800 xt

Kingston fury beast ram 32gb

6 fans not including aio all fans are pulling air in with the top fans exhausting out 

crucial 2.5 ssd for the os & kingston 1tb m.2 for everything else will get a 4tb in the new year 

case is cooler master qube 

Psu 750w silverstone platinum 

 

all up just over $2500 build

a new monitor will be on my waiting list for awhile 

 

also big thanks again to everyone who helped with my previous posts

 

thoughts ? rating? 

[kitnoman]

A+ I guess as a first build. For one, I wouldn't  have use that case for my first build. Smaller case are a lot more tedious to work on. As for cabling, you did what almost everyone can manage with what that case can offer. Fvck them cables!

For your parts though, for a $2500 plus budget, you should have fit in there a 2tb nvme as your main drive for OS and not use a 2.5 ssd. As well as a 850w-1000w PSU at least. What you have aren't bad but you could fit it on that budget of your. But your happy with your build and that's all that matters!