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With the new pascal architecture being released I decided to up the ante with 2 EVGA 1080 FTW. The cards are not in stock yet but will be on the 23rd :)

 

My current setup:

 

Monitor : Philips 40" 4K LED BDM4065UC

Tower: Phanteks EVOLV ATX

Mobo: Asus X99 Deluxe

GPU's: 2 EVGA 1080 FTW

CPU: Intel 5820K OC to a modest 4.2ghz

RAM: 32GB HyperX Fury 2666MHz 

PSU: Corsair RM850

CPU cooler: Fractal Design Kelvin S36 360mm rad

HDD's: Intel SSD 330, 240GB OCZ, 240GB HyperX Savage

Keyboard: Corsair K65 RGB

Mouse: Logitech G502 Spectrum

Headfi:

Audeze LCD 2.2 :x

Beyerdynamic DT770 pro

Amp: Schiit Lyr 2

DAC: Schiit Gungnir

 

Lighting: NZXT Hue+

 

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How it looked before I got the new wood desk.

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I recently started painting different components white as I am going for a black and white build..

 

Started with the EVGA SLI bridge. I used white matt acrylic paint which worked great with the brushed aluminium. 

Next up was the OCZ 240GB SSD. It has an aluminium case with a sticker on it that was easily removed after i used my hair dryer on it. 

 

I' thinking on painting some sort of black pattern it but haven't decided yet. Perhaps something similar to the blue stripes it had. 

 

I also switched out the stock fans and radiator fans with the Corsair SP120 and a AF140. 

 

 

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I like those headphones

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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Just now, Dackzy said:

I like those headphones

Oh shit there is also a PC xD 

 

jk dude

 

You have a nice DAC and amp combo. Custom cable would be epic and I am not a huge fan of the tubes for the AIO.

 

8.5/10

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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12 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Oh shit there is also a PC xD 

 

jk dude

 

You have a nice DAC and amp combo. Custom cable would be epic and I am not a huge fan of the tubes for the AIO.

 

8.5/10

Thanks! Yeah the LCD2's are great :)

 

Funny I actually just ordered some cablemod cables :) 

https://store.cablemod.com/configurator/#cfgload:578d4622a9d360.70072163

 

Yeah I want to paint the metal spring that is around the tubes white. I think that would look pretty cool, but I haven't drained and refilled an AIO before so I have too look into that. 

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Just now, Noose said:

Thanks!

Funny I actually just ordered some cablemod cables :) 

https://store.cablemod.com/configurator/#cfgload:578d4622a9d360.70072163

 

Yeah I want to paint the metal spring that is around the tubes white. I think that would look pretty cool, but I haven't drained and refilled an AIO before so I have too look into that. 

Nice, well I am not sure that I would even get into trying to paint the spring. 

A black and white build with RGB LED is so nice. 

 

With those cables: 9/10

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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4 minutes ago, catzambia said:

la vache that's a nice rig.

Thanks!

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Good beer is also important :)

 

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2 hours ago, Noose said:

Good beer is also important :)

 

uuuhhh that is nordic beer isn't it? I want to try that.

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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13 hours ago, Dackzy said:

uuuhhh that is nordic beer isn't it? I want to try that.

It was pretty good! Spicy!

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Did some painting today!

 

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Safety first

 

 

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Coming along nicely

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Hoping the tape will come off without any troubleIMG_20160721_000725.jpgimo the best tech show right now

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7 hours ago, Noose said:

 

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Beer check!

 

oh god American beer, yesterday I had 8 different American beer's and they all were just like water with a little taste of beer, two of them were pale ale..

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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2 hours ago, Dackzy said:

oh god American beer, yesterday I had 8 different American beer's and they all were just like water with a little taste of beer, two of them were pale ale..

This one is actually quite good! Tastes nothing like water :)

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41 minutes ago, Kriss ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) said:

Youre norwegian arent you?

Also noice setup.

Ive actually been thinking of getting the Evolve case aswell. How are the gpu temps?

Second gpu is awfully close to the psu shroud

Yup :) 

Thanks, top card is around 75-76 C and the bottom card is 74C. The cards are overclocked. I have all my fans set as exhaust as that was the best result temperature wise.  

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4 minutes ago, Teddy07 said:

pretty sweet pc. :)

Thanks! Gonna be sweeter when I get my 1080's :D

 

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3 hours ago, Noose said:

This one is actually quite good! Tastes nothing like water :)

try a Duvel or Leffe Brune, those are great

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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29 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

try a Duvel or Leffe Brune, those are great

Will do!

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Pretty happy with the result. 

I'm not finished with the SSD, still want to add something more. 

 

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Just found out the 1080's wont be in stock before the 8th next month :( Sucks..

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