PC Gaming

[Solidus]

Probably the best installation vid I've ever seen .

 

[Vader AL]

I went with a closed loop water cooler on the gpu too. i like to tinker too much and change stuff so open loop water cooling wouldn't work for me.

 

[Solidus]

Did you modify a Corsair CPU cooler for your GPU? I get my H100i tomorrow... hopefully, it proves to be a lot better than the cheap H55 I've been using.

There's definitely some cons with open-loop water cooling. But, you have to admit, those set-ups look pretty sweet!

 

[spartan031792]

Heres my build guys. What do you think
980ti strix
Ax 1200i psu
Two 850 pro ssds
Two 5tb Black WD hdd
Rampage V mobo
32 gb ram g skill 2400
5930k cpu
H100i gtx cooler

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[Vader AL]

nice!

What's the case?

 

[Vader AL]

Did you modify a Corsair CPU cooler for your GPU? I get my H100i tomorrow... hopefully, it proves to be a lot better than the cheap H55 I've been using.

There's definitely some cons with open-loop water cooling. But, you have to admit, those set-ups look pretty sweet!

I went with the evga 980 ti hybrids which already come with them (they do sell the cooler kit separate too).

 

[Solidus]

@spartan031792: Nice job on the specs!!! The 980ti was an excellent choice, same with the SSDs. Why'd you for for a 1200W PSU, though?

I went with the evga 980 ti hybrids which already come with them (they do sell the cooler kit separate too).

Oh, I forgot EVGA sold their own cooling kits. I'll have to look into those later on. Foolishly, I decided to SLI two open-air 780s. My temps are out of this world, the bottom card runs 20 degrees cooler than the top one - which is almost always throttling.

 

[darthviper107]

Who all is looking to upgrade when the next gen of graphics cards come out? Or for the Broadwell-E processors?
Had to upgrade a few components recently, but I haven't done a full upgrade for a few years so I think it's time

 

[spartan031792]

nice!

What's the case?

Corsair 750d air flow edition

Something like that haha i forgot the name, google will auto correct it

 

[spartan031792]

@spartan031792: Nice job on the specs!!! The 980ti was an excellent choice, same with the SSDs. Why'd you for for a 1200W PSU, though?



Oh, I forgot EVGA sold their own cooling kits. I'll have to look into those later on. Foolishly, I decided to SLI two open-air 780s. My temps are out of this world, the bottom card runs 20 degrees cooler than the top one - which is almost always throttling.

When i upgrade the rig later or add more gpus. It sort of like a future proof psu. I could haven gotten away with half the psu but this cost me like $240 shipped brand new, so why not. It's usually $300+, back when i got it in August 2015

 

[Solidus]

Who all is looking to upgrade when the next gen of graphics cards come out? Or for the Broadwell-E processors?
Had to upgrade a few components recently, but I haven't done a full upgrade for a few years so I think it's time

I'm still running an i5 3570K on an old MSI Z77A-G45 motherboard. The processor has been running great, but the mobo has been slowly degrading over the months (more recently, a few of the connectors for the front-side USBs are just inoperable). I'm definitely planning a massive upgrade for next year. If my motherboard survives until then. Much sooner if it doesn't.

When i upgrade the rig later or add more gpus. It sort of like a future proof psu. I could haven gotten away with half the psu but this cost me like $240 shipped brand new, so why not. It's usually $300+, back when i got it in August 2015

Oh okay, that's a really good price. I was pretty happy when I caught a Seasonic 850 W PSU on sale last year for $90.

If I may ask, what are you using for LEDs? I like how the white light blends so nicely in with the red on your fans.

 

[spartan031792]

I'm still running an i5 3570K on an old MSI Z77A-G45 motherboard. The processor has been running great, but the mobo has been slowly degrading over the months (more recently, a few of the connectors for the front-side USBs are just inoperable). I'm definitely planning a massive upgrade for next year. If my motherboard survives until then. Much sooner if it doesn't.



Oh okay, that's a really good price. I was pretty happy when I caught a Seasonic 850 W PSU on sale last year for $90.

If I may ask, what are you using for LEDs? I like how the white light blends so nicely in with the red on your fans.

Its one led strip, i got it from frys electronics and it came in a yellow package. It was just a generic led strip but white. I remember there was an American flag on the packaging haha

 

[darthviper107]

If you have front ports not working, check to see if the plugs have come out of the motherboard, I had the USB3.0 ports stop working on my work computer, but when I opened it up to do an upgrade the cable had just popped out of the socket.

 

[Vader AL]

@spartan031792: Nice job on the specs!!! The 980ti was an excellent choice, same with the SSDs. Why'd you for for a 1200W PSU, though?



Oh, I forgot EVGA sold their own cooling kits. I'll have to look into those later on. Foolishly, I decided to SLI two open-air 780s. My temps are out of this world, the bottom card runs 20 degrees cooler than the top one - which is almost always throttling.

Did you plug the monitor(s) into the bottom card? It helped even out the temps with mine.

 

[Solidus]

If you have front ports not working, check to see if the plugs have come out of the motherboard, I had the USB3.0 ports stop working on my work computer, but when I opened it up to do an upgrade the cable had just popped out of the socket.

I already did . I have three USB 2.0 connectors on my motherboard. Oddly, two have failed for no reason, and one works. So, I already switched out two connectors and now I'm on the last one, which has been okay for the past year (knock on wood). I also checked to see if there were any bent pins, but they were all fine.

I dunno, do you have any idea what's going on?

Its one led strip, i got it from frys electronics and it came in a yellow package. It was just a generic led strip but white. I remember there was an American flag on the packaging haha

Nice! I'll have to check that out. It it looks great, and white was a great choice of color for the reds .

 

[Solidus]

Did you plug the monitor(s) into the bottom card? It helped even out the temps with mine.

Wait, that helps with the temps?!! I actually have my monitor connected to the top card .

 

[spartan031792]

I already did . I have three USB 2.0 connectors on my motherboard. Oddly, two have failed for no reason, and one works. So, I already switched out two connectors and now I'm on the last one, which has been okay for the past year (knock on wood). I also checked to see if there were any bent pins, but they were all fine.

I dunno, do you have any idea what's going on?



Nice! I'll have to check that out. It it looks great, and white was a great choice of color for the reds .

I was thinking of getting one more led strip, i feel like its too dark in there.

 

[Vader AL]

Who all is looking to upgrade when the next gen of graphics cards come out? Or for the Broadwell-E processors?
Had to upgrade a few components recently, but I haven't done a full upgrade for a few years so I think it's time

Go for it! Let us know how it is. I'm good till a few down the line.....unless they are really a big enough leap from where i'm at.

 

[Vader AL]

Wait, that helps with the temps?!! I actually have my monitor connected to the top card .

Yep it will help.

 

[Vader AL]

I was thinking of getting one more led strip, i feel like its too dark in there.

I have some that change to all the colors or different blinking patterns and brightness levels. Think I got them at home depot.