> ctrl-f > Guts > No guts Let's change that!

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We same parts now.

>>57925980
That's beautiful anon. Nice wiring and we have the same PSU! But why so many HDDs? Data hoarder?

>>57925982
Nice kraken and I love the braided wiring. Where did you get them from?

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spilling my guts

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>>57925975
New dually build, no more liquid cooling.
Second 980 Ti is on the way.

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Because I'm happy with how it turned out.

>>57925975
>>57925980
>>57925982
SO MUCH RED

>>57927253
black and white is 4 plebs
red is where its at

Daily reminder that you're a retard if you buy ATX but only put one video card in there and leave the other expansions slots empty, because you don't need them.

>>57928934
pretty sure server boards don't come in miniATX you punky looking motherfucker

>>57929045
What does the server in the name stand for?
>I need a server at home because reasons
Edgy 1337 haxor faggot.

>>57929059
>being surprised that people on /g/ have server/workshop boards instead of some gaymer shit
no wonder these threads die out so fast

>>57927142
>1080ti is almost out
>he buys a second 980ti
whats it like being a fucking retard ?

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Going to try and install a bios update that enables LLC, because I was a fool and thought LLC was a standard on all motherboards these days.

>>57928934
What if I have a 360mm radiator, 5 HDDs, 1 SSD, one graphics card, and a sound card ?
Am I a retard because nothing less than ATX will fit my drives, or because I will soon need an add-in SATA/SAS controller since I have run out of SATA ports ?

>>57929459
>3 fans top
>3 fans forward
>no fans bottom
>1 fan behind
reported to the police

>>57929471
3 in, 4 out.

Come at me.

Why is water cooling more commun for CPUs when GPUs run hotter/make more noise?

>>57929637
you have to modify a GPU to add water cooling and that voids the warranty. High end cpu's dont come with coolers so its normal to add any cooler you like.

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>he doesn't have all white internals/externals

white supremacy

>>57929743
>>57929637

I'm seeing a new interest in stock liquid-cooled high-end GPUs, I hope it catches on

How old is too old?

>>57929257
Unless the 1080 Ti is priced similarly to the 1070, it's not going to matter. I got the first one for around $60 under market value and the second one for around $125 under market value. I don't pay retail for GPUs.

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Why are mATX popular, considering you're only saving maybe an inch or so of space?

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>>57931630
12

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>>57925975
>>57925982
Hi, S340 brothers.

>>57925975
How detrimental is gpu sag?

>>57925982
>EVGA
Enjoy your house fire.

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Am I cool guys?

>>57933081
>tfw your ram doesn't have leds

>>57933081
Jesus, I just don't understand the attraction behind CLC.

Yes, they can be convenient, but beyond that.....
>They're loud
>They more prone to catastrophic failure
>They're more expensive
>And they're only marginally better than a halfway decent HSF

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>>57932700
Mine is 14 y.o.
Intel Pentium4, 2.0GHz, 512 MB RAM, 80GB HDD, ASUS AGP-V7100PRO 64MB GPU, ASUS P4B motherboard.
Two optic drives that doesn't work, and floppy disk drive that still works.

>>57933081
imo get rid of the cable combs, or at least make them look better

>>57933800
You do know that there are leaking capacitors on your motherboard, right?

>>57929465
>what is mATX
>need triple 120 because reasons
>I will soon need an add-in SATA/SAS controller since I have run out of SATA ports

Yes, you're a full-on retard. Use an external enclosure. If you need the SATA bandwidth for all of those drives, then you do shit at home, you aren't supposed to be doing on a home computer, faggot!

>>57933930
>then you do shit at home, you aren't supposed to be doing on a home computer, faggot!
Fuck off.

>>57933948
Triggered that I am right? Oh well...

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>>57933903
How bad is that?

>>57928934
Post your computer.

>>57933975
Not my fault you're too stupid to understand people have different uses and needs out of their computers than yours.

>>57934016
It's a fully utilized mini ITX board down to the last motherboard pinout, that's all you need to know.

>>57934050
Not my fault you're into some illegal shit. Nobody needs that much storage space at home, for legitimate purposes period.

>>57934092
>won't post his computer while criticizing other's.
>lol bro that's all you need to know xddd ;P

Also
>lel you're into illegal stuff xddddd
>being a fucking moral fag on 4chan out of all the places
>>>/reddit/

>>57934092
Why do you hate expandability? I've been on both sides and frankly mitx was the shittiest.

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my most recent guts.

How can I improve?

inb4 people telling me to get a new GPU

I'm talking about more optimal placement of things if possible. Pretend all the hardware in this box meets my needs perfectly and I don't need to change it. How do I optimize better, if at all?

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r8 my gatsu

>>57934840
Looks good tbqh fampai

>>57934840
Post speccy?

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im pretty content with my guts

>>57925975
op cant inb4
msi a shit
:^)

>>57925980
whats on those drives broski?

>>57926450
I love this build for some reason, what was the purpose? Specs? That doesn't look like a very powerful card and yet it's liquid cooled. Hm...

>>57926562
gorgeous from what I can see.

>>57927253
ayyy sapphire bro

>>57929250
HOH what is going on here?

>>57931142
9/10 "its okay"
-ign

>>57933081
>corsair LED RAM
>corsair closed loop cooler
>that cable comb usage
>pretty much all ASUS and Corsair shit
hey guys look it's every build ever

>>57935007
>guts

Hey guys

Accidentally got a few drops of water on my graphics card, now it is bricked and won't start.

Using a GTX 580 for now as a backup.

Is there anything I can do for my bricked card?

It's a GTX 970 so it is a peice of shit that gave me more trouble than its worth, but getting a better one is going to cost me something like £400.

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>>57934937
thanks bruu
>>57934961
sure. never posted a speccy before.

tbqh i expected
>1000W PSU with single GPU
>that fuckhuge cooler
>not using the entire fulltower case
>that retarded GPU support
>RGB LEDs
>AMD products

OC pushed to 4.5 but it almost never actually pushes there, usually when gaymen it's just like 4.0 or 4.1, only p95 actually pushes it to 4.5.

Can't go any higher, such are the woes of a 3-4 year old chip.

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Gonna change my radiator fans soon. The one on the right makes noise under load

>>57935121
>amd build
Of course it's a power house. I don't know about 1000 watts though.

>>57934904

>CX
>Visible HDD
>Cables everywhere

Anon, I....

>>57935181
Well, I was planning on doing a dual vega card build but not sure if two will be necessary. The 480 is actually plenty for what I play but I'm not going to like, just like someone who would buy a 707hp Challenger Hellcat, you may never actually use the horsepower but damn is it nice to know you will never not have enough. That's where I'm coming from.

Plus apparently PSUs will run most efficiently at ~50-60% utilization so I guess I can justify it that way. Figure I'm probably at about 3-500 watts at any given time. Also I just wanted a platinum PSU since my previous CX750M always seemed to run pretty hot and I liked the idea of a really efficient PSU. Was actually going to get a T2 but Microcenter didn't have a 1000 T2 and the P2 was on sale.

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>>57935194
B-but the PSU hasnt failed on me yet, i plan on changing it if it fails on me

Its good for the gtx 1080..

>>57935255
>Its good for the gtx 1080..
No it's not. CX are never good.

Enjoy having to replace your whole computer.

>>57935255
Is there a rule when buying the PSU?
I always get what's cheaper.

>>57935283
But its been good for 3 years...

>>57935328
You don't understand.

If your psu fails (and believe me it will) it will take out all that is connected to it with him.

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>>57935346
If it lasts me another 2 years... im solid

also speccy, ignore the mobo temps, speccy for some reason shows me these temps.. in bios its 20-40

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How often should you upgrade?
And how long until you need to replace everything?

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>>57925975
>My first ever build that I just finished. I was doing some wiring work on it today but I finally feel confident about it
So are you going to show this computer like a poodle at crufts? hehehehe
picture related
Y M C A

>>57935291

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

>>57935415
This is all placebo.

>>57926028
>>57926028
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw

LOVE THESE FAG THREADS

>>57935390
When the things I use don't supplement my standards and my budget allows. If there's no need to upgrade don't upgrade.

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Kinda wish I went with a smaller form factor, might put like some sort of statue or figure on the right side.

>>57935459
THE SAG

REEEEEEE

>>57935577
So every 3-4 years?
And a complete replace every 7-8 years?

>>57935672
That actually sounds about right to me

>>57935659
I know. I don't have a good solution. Tied some thread that holds it up at the moment.

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hello

>>57929483
Your fan setup is shit, lol.

>>57935459
>5 fans
for what purpose

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chernobyl reporting in

>>57935749
fun

>>57933081
I like the heaven and hell theme you've got going. Religion combined with tech is the best!

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Well /g/, I'm finally at a point where I feel comfortable posting my guts in here. Needs a bit more work (needs some more red, right now it looks like the red is in the build unintentionally) and another intake fan either on the bottom or above the front rad if I can squeeze it in. Might paint the PCIe slot covers red as the white sticks out big time. When I stop being lazy I'll swap out that rear fan for a black one, but eh.

>>57933081
How much did this cost you?

>>57935714
Get a Cooler Master GPU bolster like mine.
>>57934840
Found it at Microcenter, was like 15 bucks I think. All metal, magnetic base, and can do 2 GPUs.

My friend had my other friend 3D print him a roman column with white material to hold up his 1070. Was pretty nifty actually.

>>57935751
>>57935800
I fucking love both of yours green liquid it's just so cool. I miss UV-heavy builds so much.

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>>57925975

>>57936575
i5-4670K @ 4.2Ghz, 16Gig DDR3 CL8, Soundblaster Zx, R9 290 TriX, 2 SSDs and a HDD Raid 1. Waiting for AMD Vega

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literally impossible to make tidy

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gutsu desu

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Where are my Evolv Itx bros at

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waiting for kaby lake and zen, then I'll pull the upgrade trigger.

>>57929045
X99 has like 5 mATX models and at least one ITX

>>57932438
It's not just the motherboard that makes it smaller, it's case makers specifically going for small builds, it happens more on mATX. The reason ATX cases are huge is more from the tower cooler clearance and 48 HDD bays

>>57933766
>They're loud
>They more prone to catastrophic failure
>They're more expensive
>And they're only marginally better than a halfway decent HSF
Hardly. Maybe the original models from 10 years ago, but anything from the last 3 or so years are really good. Pumps are silent and any sound is reliant on what fans you stick to them. Failure is not an option either. They're made well provided you're not intentionally fucking with the tubes.

All of them come from one of two companies so no matter what you get, it's going to be more or less the same.

Threads like this make me wish I had money

>>57935415
I have an EVGA Supernova G2 850w Gold+

How good am I?

>>57939294

You're set famalam

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>>57937812

>>57940020
>zotac
muh nigga

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Literally just finished. I know it's meh but it's good enough

The HSF touches the GPU. If the GPU cooler wasn't angled at the far end, it wouldn't fit - it's right up against the HDD cage.

>>57925980
Not sure why someone else would post my guts.

>>57926028
Data Hoarder. Anime mostly.

>>57941263
sounds like a close call. is that case is the fractal design arc mini r2? I'm considering that case, how is it?

>>57933766
they're not loud at all, they dont make any sound except when i run stress test and even then it gets like max 65 to 70 degrees C at 4.6ghz

could even go higher but i dont bother

>>57933841
yeah i kinda had to redo the combs cause i took them out recently but im lazy as fuck

>>57935014
asus and corsair shit is the best shit for your pc though

>>57935807
not even that much, i dont know i didnt bought everything at once

the case with window was 100€
the ram also 100€
mobo 150€
cpu whatever a 6700k cost these days
closed loop cooler also €100
gpu is old but it was expensive back in the day
and the ssd's are also kinda old, the harddrives too
the custom sleeved cable set was i think 20 or 30€
and the rgb lightning like €10 from chinese sites

>>57935782
i never really looked at it like heaven and hell

i guess you're right

but the top color changes, i kinda want 2 colors on top and then the basement i keep red

i think i might add some UV as top color

>>57941350
I was nervous when I unboxed the card. The case is a Fractal Design Arc Mini. I like it, and I imagine a full tower would be super easy to build in.

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i5 4690k
msi gaming 5
1tb wd
1 samsaung 850 pro 250gb ssd
16 gb of corsair vengeance
1 evga 1080 sc
1000 w semi modular lepa psu

with x99 mobo and a i7 5820k with 32 gb of corsair vengeance led on the way

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>>57929257
:)

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I love me some poo fans.

Also that GPU barely fits inside my case. I had to remove the motherboard and slide the graphics card into place first before getting it behind the frame. Two millimeters of clearance between it and the side panel now.

>>57942252
>that ugly ass green 1990's motherboard
>that wtf cpu cooler
nigga get a custom loop or something

also

>razor

>>57942339
>that ugly ass green 1990's motherboard
That's an LGA 2011 motherboard. I do have a dual CPU 1990s motherboard but it's yellow.

>that wtf cpu cooler
If you don't recognize Zalmans then you haven't been building computers for very long.

>nigga get a custom loop or something
I built this to replace a dual 1366 system that had a custom loop. This is lighter, quieter, and faster/easier/less worrisome to move.

>razor
Cheap audio upgrade is bad now?

>>57927263
edgy teen

>>57942252
what the hell is that razer expansion card?

>>57942549
retarded queer

>>57942566
Sound card with 7.1 analog out I guess.

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no new pics since phone camera is fuckered. only changes is some fan rearrangement, 2 af140's in the top and 2 blue af140 s in the front

>>57942566
Barracuda AC-1 Audio Card.

Not worth retail but definitely worth what I paid for it, especially considering the motherboards I generally use have shitty or no audio.

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>>57942645
>grateful dead sticker
Nice.
I gotta update mine.

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>>57942645
recent speccy

>>57935725
Is that a Zotac mini? Goddamn they look sexy.

>>57942673
Where did you get that wallpaper?
Also nice satan latency on that ram

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>>57942822
it was a haswell i5 wp so i edited it, ram timings are the most I can do with mismatched ram

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i7 6700k OC'd @ 4.6Ghz
Asus Z170-A
16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX @ 3200MHz
Be Quiet 280mm AIO
Palit Super Jetstream GTX 1080
EVGA Supernova G2 750W
250GB Samsung 850 Evo
2TB Seagate + 2TB WD Black

>>57935194
>>57935283
>CX

Perfectly fine if you're not running the nuts off it...which is likely to be 99% of people who buy something on more of a budget.

Of course if you're the sort of person looking to do the most epic overclocks ever and then running that bastard to max wattage in some sort of tropical heatwave then fine, your point holds.

If you're a regular person doing more regular things it'll be decent enough for the money.

>>57943020
cool you got the same setup as me

but yours doesnt have leds haha poorfag >>57933081

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still rocking a 2600K
GTX1080 2,177mhz

>>57944834
cool

>>57925975
>built new system
>did functional cable management
>didn't even take a pic
I stopped caring at some point.

>>57943020
>>57942645
>>57941858
>>57937812
>>57936799
>>57936575
>>57935612
>>57935170
>>57934904
>>57933081
>>57929459
>>57929250
>>57926562
>>57925982
>>57925975
shit

>>57925980
>>57926450
>>57935388
>>57935725
>>57935751
>>57935800
>>57942252
>>57942662
>>57944834
good

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>i5 4670
>16GB RAM
>Gigabyte Z87-UD3H
>Asus R9 280X
>Samsung 840 Evo 120GB
>2x Seagate ST1000DM003
>generic BD reader

Dusty as fuck, cheaped out on the PSU so the cable management is ass, cables of memefans are everywhere, GPU is sagging like my grandma's tits, CPU cooler is a downblower.

I wanna upgrade something, but what? I've been thinking non-retarded CPU cooler, but it idles between 25 and 30°C, not exceeding 40°C under load. Getting a modular PSU with custom cables is a lot of money for minor aesthetics.

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Does this count as guts? Using a test-bench until the case I want releases. Excuse the potato quality.

>>57933800
>>57934003
How does focus work

>>57935654
Nice colors.

>>57935800
I go back and forth between wanting that bridge or just having it as I do now.

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Just got my GTX 690 yesterday

>>57948014
>690
Why did you opt for such an old GPU?

>>57948189
$150 for the same CUDA core count and clockspeed as a Titan X

>>57942252
Hm... Interesting... What's wrong with a dual CPU board...I never thought of a server board in a desktop gaming PC. Are those full X16 slots? How old is that board? How much did it cost?

I am all for NOT buying "gayming" gear if it's cost-effective.

Though I'm an AMD fag so I don't know how much stuff that is worth its weight in dirt they have on the server side.

My thoughts are run a dual CPU setup like you have, beautiful, then run the crossfire or whatever dual card protocol is the meme next year, and since it's a server board it probably has all of the PCIE buses running at full speed for RAID cards and shit...And a server board would be pretty reliable ideally. Probably none or very little room for overclocking whatsoever (what business overclocks their servers???) but that's not a huge deal.

Hang on this might not be a bad idea, but in the current market I'd have to go Intel I think.

What's the catch on this? The fact that modern market server boards are ass expensive? I mean my Fractal R2 XL could support a full size server board...So no fancy case needed, it has the standoff holes..

Best build in the thread IMO. Giving me ideas.

>>57942252
>>57949923
Me again, also, loving those Zalman coolers. I almost bought one of their biggest ones for my current rig but went with a Cryorig R1 ultimate with Noctua 3000RPM 140's instead. I've always loved Zalman's coolers. Looks and design. Only complaint I have on Zalman is that it doesn't look like you can change the fan out if something breaks, or, it's a proprietary design. That's one thing that steered me toward the R1U.

>>57938148
I only need three drive bays really

But if I got mini ITX then suddenly I have this mess with no cable management/water cooling space

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>>57949923
>>57948014 (me)
Before I got my current mini-ITX setup, I had a dual 2670 build. The only real catches are (usually) no onboard audio and no sleep ability, along with not-so-great single core performance. Otherwise they're fantastic. I think I had the same board as >>57942252, but I covered mine in black paper so fags in /guts/ threads wouldn't see green and think it's shitty. You can also get obscene amounts of ram for VERY cheap.

My current build uses a $200 12-core engineering sample Xeon in an X99 board

>>57950872

Very well...Man no need to cover it with paper show off that dank green PCB. Fuck all these aestheticfags who think your PC HAS to fit into a certain mold to be visually attractive.

Seriously these server boards are hardcore badass. Really thinking about it but I don't want to leave AMD and I do require better single core performance. I don't think I even max out my single 8350 at all. But god damn does that look cool.

So,
>Sleep
Not that worried. I use it now but for the longest time sleep just flat out would not stay asleep so I got used to shutdown, not a huge deal.
>No onboard audio
Not an issue as well, half decent soundcards are cheap.
>Reduced single core performance
That's my kicker.
>Tons of cheap RAM
Yes but is that like at least DDR3 and ECC enabled RAM?

I've been thinking about doing a home server build as-cheap-as-possible. My starting point right now however is an Intel DQ77MK board I got for work for next to nothing. Nothing near a server-tier board but it can support a good amount of DDR3 (I think) RAM and has an onboard hardware RAID controller, and is micro-ATX formfactor. Onboard video too. I want to turn that into a virtual host that can run a NAS box, maybe an install of Windows (or Linux if it supports it) for a TF2 or Gmod server, maybe a web server or something stupid. I don't know more for honing my nonexistent Linux skills than anything. Board has some dual core I5 on it I think, not sure what GHz but it's half decent.

Also have a DQ57TM I was considering doing the same type of thing with. Actually using that as a FreeNAS box with appropriate upgrades.

Fuck I have two half decent but still shitty mATX Intel desktop boards with onboard RAID. What do as cheap as possible?

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>>57951051
this is my current build too FYI
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>>57935121
I know it's shit but I'm holding out for Vega/Zen.

Does anyone use their PCIe 1x slot?

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Yes, a two-port SATA card that's used as for a back-up HDD