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district_11
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ok so I've had lots and lots of people confused and unable to comprehend why I'd build such a machine for such simple tasks, but it was definitely the right route to go down.

 

I have a high end gaming PC, but it's in my bedroom, and although it's pretty quiet, some of the lights inside the case cannot be turned off, which keeps me up at night.

 

All this rig is used for is browsing the web, burning DVD's (external drive) and downloading/unraring torrents. The 'PC' I used before it was a nasty cheap Pentium prebuilt with 4GB ram and a laptop style power brick (bought before I knew any better!). It was so slow that going from my gaming rig to that one made me want to pull my hair out! :wacko:

 

This rig stays on almost every night and is extremely quiet. I love it nearly as much as my gaming rig!

 

Plus, it can easily handle a GPU to turn it into a gaming rig, should I need to sell/repair my main PC. 

 

and the way I see it, it will be a long, long time before the hardware starts to show its age, given it's light use.

 

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350D

4670k

8GB Vengeance LP

Z87 Gryphon mobo

Corsair H75

RM550

250GB SSD

4TB WD Green HDD

2 x AF140

1 x SP120

 

 

Has anyone else built a non gaming machine just to have an excellent experience using the web/Windows? and how do you find it going from your rig to a 'normal' PC, say in school/work/friends house etc?

Corsair C70 Black Windowed | Asus Sabertooth Z87 | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 1866Mhz | SLI GTX 780 Classified | Corsair AX860 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 2x2TB WD Green


Corsair 350D Windowed | Asus Gryphon Z87 | i5 4670k | Corsair H75 | Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4GB 1600Mhz | Corsair RM550 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 4TB WD Green.


Bitfenix Phenom ITX White | Asus Z97i-Plus | Pentium G3258 | Noctua NH-L9i | Kingston HyperX Fury White 2x4GB 1866Mhz | Silverstone Strider 550 | Crucial M.2 120GB SSD | 4x5TB WD Red. (work in progress)

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Looks amazeballz

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

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Looks better without a video card in my opinion, looks so elegant mate.

 

You've certainly done PC building/builders a service mate, you should be very proud of yourself :)

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Wow, Beautiful!

I5-8600K - GTX 1080 - 16GB RAM - 1.5TB SSD

I want everything pink

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Looking nice. I'm guessing your saving up for the MSI Lightning card then?

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Can you build me one too? :P

My PC CPU: 2600K@4.5GHz 1.3v Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE2 MB: ASUS Maximus IV RAM: Kingston 1600MHz 8GB & Corsair 1600MHz 16GB GPU: 780Ti Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD, Samsung 830 256GB SSD, Kingston 128GB SSD, WD Black 1TB,WD Green 1TB. PSU: Corsair AX850 Case: CM HAF X. Optical drive: LG Bluray burner  MacBook Pro, Hackintosh

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where is the hdd?

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so much overkill, i like it :D

ITX Monster: CPU: I5 4690K GPU: MSI 970 4G Mobo: Asus Formula VI Impact RAM: Kingston 8 GB 1600MHz PSU: Corsair RM 650 SSD: Crucial MX100 512 GB HDD: laptop drive 1TB Keyboard: logitech G710+ Mouse: Steelseries Rival Monitor: LG IPS 23" Case: Corsair 250D Cooling: H100i

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Looking nice. I'm guessing your saving up for the MSI Lightning card then?

No, no video card will be added since it doesn't need one.

On board video handles HD content and I have SLI 780's if I want to game :D

Corsair C70 Black Windowed | Asus Sabertooth Z87 | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 1866Mhz | SLI GTX 780 Classified | Corsair AX860 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 2x2TB WD Green


Corsair 350D Windowed | Asus Gryphon Z87 | i5 4670k | Corsair H75 | Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4GB 1600Mhz | Corsair RM550 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 4TB WD Green.


Bitfenix Phenom ITX White | Asus Z97i-Plus | Pentium G3258 | Noctua NH-L9i | Kingston HyperX Fury White 2x4GB 1866Mhz | Silverstone Strider 550 | Crucial M.2 120GB SSD | 4x5TB WD Red. (work in progress)

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where is the hdd?

SSD is behind the move tray, HDD is in a 5.25 bay

Corsair C70 Black Windowed | Asus Sabertooth Z87 | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 1866Mhz | SLI GTX 780 Classified | Corsair AX860 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 2x2TB WD Green


Corsair 350D Windowed | Asus Gryphon Z87 | i5 4670k | Corsair H75 | Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4GB 1600Mhz | Corsair RM550 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 4TB WD Green.


Bitfenix Phenom ITX White | Asus Z97i-Plus | Pentium G3258 | Noctua NH-L9i | Kingston HyperX Fury White 2x4GB 1866Mhz | Silverstone Strider 550 | Crucial M.2 120GB SSD | 4x5TB WD Red. (work in progress)

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I like these type of people who make this awesome builds. 

 

I say do what makes you happy mate. hey If I got extra cash to shell out right now might as well build me another rig just for web browsing and torrenting. sadly life ain't that easy on my pocket.

Live your life like a dream.

 
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needs R9 290X or 780Ti Lightning to just top it off

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Wow, great pictures! For web browsing, and maybe watching some YouTube content, I think an i3 would have been a better choice, but knowing me I probably would've went for something like this just to brag. :P Great build!

Edit: Why is the PSU fan facing up? I usually put mine down because it has a dust filter. Any particular reason?

Build: CPU: Intel Core i5 4690k | CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 | RAM: 8GB G-Skill Ares 1600Mhz CL9 | Storage: 120GB Samsung 840 Evo + WD Blue 1TB 64MB Cache + Seagate Barracuda 2TB 64MB Cache | GPU: MSI GTX 960 | Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer | Power Supply: EVGA 600B Non-Modular | 

 

 

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needs R9 290X or 780Ti Lightning to just top it off

For web browsing? Uhhh no

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Nice build.

I personally don't see the need for two nice rigs but as long as you are happy.

Specs of gaming rig?

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Wait so its used for browsing the web, why did you get that motherboard then, i understand the need for the other stuff due to noise but that motherboard is pretty much pointless

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Nice build. I personally don't see the need for two nice rigs but as long as you are happy.Specs of gaming rig?

It's in my sig mate, but

4770k

Dominator plats 16gb

Sabertooth z87 mobo

H100i

Ax860

SLI 780's

250gb ssd

2 x 2tb hdd's

4 x Bequiet silent wings as intakes

3 x sp120's

Corsair C70 Black Windowed | Asus Sabertooth Z87 | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 1866Mhz | SLI GTX 780 Classified | Corsair AX860 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 2x2TB WD Green


Corsair 350D Windowed | Asus Gryphon Z87 | i5 4670k | Corsair H75 | Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4GB 1600Mhz | Corsair RM550 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 4TB WD Green.


Bitfenix Phenom ITX White | Asus Z97i-Plus | Pentium G3258 | Noctua NH-L9i | Kingston HyperX Fury White 2x4GB 1866Mhz | Silverstone Strider 550 | Crucial M.2 120GB SSD | 4x5TB WD Red. (work in progress)

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I love it,i really do but it's to much overkill in every possible aspect.

Well,if it makes you happy :D

 

Edit* You got me with removing the second fan of the H75 lol

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Wait so its used for browsing the web, why did you get that motherboard then, i understand the need for the other stuff due to noise but that motherboard is pretty much pointless

I liked the armour :P

Corsair C70 Black Windowed | Asus Sabertooth Z87 | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 1866Mhz | SLI GTX 780 Classified | Corsair AX860 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 2x2TB WD Green


Corsair 350D Windowed | Asus Gryphon Z87 | i5 4670k | Corsair H75 | Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4GB 1600Mhz | Corsair RM550 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 4TB WD Green.


Bitfenix Phenom ITX White | Asus Z97i-Plus | Pentium G3258 | Noctua NH-L9i | Kingston HyperX Fury White 2x4GB 1866Mhz | Silverstone Strider 550 | Crucial M.2 120GB SSD | 4x5TB WD Red. (work in progress)

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Your PC looks great.

 

I hate my work computer is so slow if I had no self control I would throw it in the street and stomp on it. Of course ill never do it but its still very slow. Im very close to change the hard drive for SSD or something. My computer at home is the complete opposite even if its not a 3000$ computer.

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A FRIGGING TUF BOARD FOR LIGHT USE.

Y u do dis, me so jelly.

 

I wish i had a TUF board for my one and only PC. Out of all the other motherboards i have seen, the sabertooth ones are my favorites.

 

Anyhow very nicely done, the front IO connector sticks out a bit, but i am not one to criticize on cables.

EDIT: Is that the USB cable instead? The one with a rainbow color theme.

 

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If it isn't working absolutely perfectly, according to all your assumptions, it is broken.

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Is a torrent machine

Has a Sabertooth and watercooling

O_O

 

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SSD:OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB HDD:2x640 GB WD Black Fans:2xCorsair AF 120 PSU:Seasonic 450 W 80+ Case:Thermaltake Xaser VI MX OS:Windows 10
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I have a separate laptop that i use only for work, studying and web browsing.

 

I find there are less distractions helps me concentrate on what i'm doing, compared to my desktop with games and other distracting files.

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