My completed Rig

[unidentical]

Started this build back in October with the main components, just finished installing the last piece which finally arrived today: The sound card. The concept was to make a high performance, but very simple, very reliable machine. I found that having a lady in my life I no longer had time to be fiddling around with things all the time so I just wanted to be able to sit down and game and enjoy it. Video and audio reproduction, speed and quality.

 

Asus PA248Q

Asus PA238QR

Silverstone FT02

MSI Z77 MPower

MSI GTX 670 PE i5 3570K @ 4.0 GHz, 1.080V

8GB mushkin DDR3 1600, CL9

Silverstone HE01

ASUS Xonar Essence STX

Samsung 830 128gb SSD - OS and apps

Samsung 830 256gb SSD - games

3x Seagate 500gb hdd in RAID 5 - backup and storage 

 

 

 

 

 

[chimmychunger]

nice rig but the msi 670 PE isent as good as it used to be if you overclock it the waranty is void.

[unidentical]

Not overclocking though, like I said, I just wanted it to work well, no pushing the limits, just solid, simple performance.

I used to do SLi and crossfire and overclock everything, but then you spend so much time testing to make sure everything works properly and if something fails you have to go back over it all and I just do not have the time.

[MTROB]

What are you going to be doing with the portrait monitor?

[unidentical]

I do a little photography so some shots end up in portrait, also anything text-based goes over there, browsing, word processing, etc.

The ProArt seems like a bit of a waste for that but at $200 for the fully adjustable stand and the IPS panel to match the other, there was no reason to go with an inferior screen.

[unidentical]

Couldn't get the pics working properly on the old forums, new forums are a major improvement. Shameless bump to show off my fortress cable management. (anyone who has one will probably agree that there is NOT much room)

[TicTac]

Looking good man :p

[Nit3Rid3R]

Looks great, neat cable management. 

[unidentical]

Added a couple of shots from early in the build, HE-01 doesn't cover any ram slots, is excellent. (instruction manual doesn't note that what look like insulation pads are actually meant to be used for vibration dampening, and it can be loud as hell without them)