/Guts/ new May may's edition?

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Lets have something different. Here's my router, because I had it open recently. It's a Pentium G3258 running pfSense in one of those generic 2U cases from Newegg. It's way more powerful than my router needs to be, but I had the CPU, RAM, and some other bits lying around.

>>62069069
Cool.

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>>62068956
Not the first time posting this. But I have some follow up pictures.

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>>62070115
With this being the place-holder case.

>>62070115
>that cute chipset fan
was it actually overheating or was it just because you could?

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>>62070843
It was mostly just because I could.
But on the other side of the motherboard is an SSD which gets quite hot, and with no real way to get rid of the heat.
So cooling the chipset was one way to solve that.
I don't think I actually hit any thermal-throttling but it is always nice to have some more headroom.

Also the NOCTUA fans on the graphics card are not as powerfull as the stock ones, but it looks better. (I know poofan, but the other ones was red)

>>62070115
I didn't even know Noctua made fans that small. Love how compact this is, though.

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>>62068956
what did i fuck up on

>>62073172
The picture and the CPU
>skylake
That one tells it self

And the fact that there is no reason to show your CPU-Z since your CPU is idle and not showing it's actual OC specs and voltage

>>62073228
I haven't overclocked it yet so is there really any point to have cpu-z on the picture then?

Also, how can I improve on the picture?

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>An entire year old
>people still fighting to overpay for my GPU
>CPU still more than adequate (even though /g/ flipped the "CPU really doesn't matter" meme over to hype AMD lately)

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>>62073268
Guess what kind of productivity my machine is for

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>>62069069
Why did you make a dedicated PC based router? For what benefits?
>>62070115
>>62070124
Never really understood the hard one people have for mITX builds. Especially with the potential thermal throttling you were talking about being a problem or hindering performance. My server is mITX with 7 drives in its case. What a nightmare.
>>62072808
hmmm. Case is a... Cooler Master HAF 912? I've seen custom blacked out versions of that case that looked great. Although temps don't change, you should put the heatsink fan on the other side. Looks better aesthetically unless the RAM is interfering.

Nice GPU brace.
>>62073172
In my opinion? Buying an i7-6700k unless you got that pre-Ryzen. Also what on Earth is a "Microsoft Storage Space Device"?
>>62073209
There's something lewd about having a motherboard completely filled with expansion cards. Specs? What's it use?

Here's my POS. Haven't done much to it recently.

>>62073268
>>62073290
gaymen

>>62073242
No there is no point for the CPUZ
that was the only issue with the picture

>>62073305
With mini ITX you get a smaller computer over all.
Which in itself can be interesting to work with.
It isn't more prone to thermal throttling than any other poorly managed build of other sizes.

>>62073305
I got it about a year ago, and the Microsoft Storage Space Device is a 10gb partition for running virtual machines

>>62073491
I'll take it out then, thanks

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RAM is probably next to upgrade

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>>62072808
ayy

shitty phone pic edition

>>62074787
As if your picture looks any better than mine lmfao.

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first time sharing this frankenstein

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R8/H8. Waiting on new sleeved cables before I finish tidying up everything.

>>62075199
Is that a Micro USB angled connector on that WC block?

>>62073305
>>Why did you make a dedicated PC based router? For what benefits?
pfSense is actively patched and maintained, unlike most router firmware. My former router (which is now just an access point) is an ancient Asus (like, 2007ish) running a 2.4 series kernel. I don't trust it to be exposed directly to the internet. I mean, I could buy another consumer router, but why bother when I could run a real computer with something supported?

Also pfSense lets you have much more fine-grained firewalling than any consumer router will. I can have wireless on a separate subnet, and let my laptop access my server but keep everything else blocked, for instance.

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>>62075293
Not him, but it's probably for Corsair Link. My PSU has it too, it's a mini-USB connector in my case.

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Before I replaced the cooler.

>>62075535
Oh, I see.
For a moment I believed that the water block was powered via USB.

>>62075293
he has to charge it, dummy

>>62075535
You are correct sir.

>>62069069
How do I make my own router?

>>62076154
With pfSense? Get one computer that has at least two network interfaces. Boot the installer with every network jack unplugged. It'll ask you to plug in the WAN (internet), LAN, and any other interfaces in sequence. Bam, router, with DHCP, DNS, and all the usual trimmings on (by default) 192.168.1.1. From there you can log into the web interface and change whatever you want. Any feature you would find in any router is there, from ordinary consumer port-forwarding to VLANs and OpenVPN server setup.

Caveats: wi-fi support is ass, it's a lot easier to do wireless by switching a consumer wireless router to access-point mode and plugging it into an interface on the pfSense box. Also you need x86-64 and AES-NI, which means Sandy Bridge or newer, since i386 support is being dropped in 2.4 and AES-NI will be required in 2.5. Be willing to learn shit and use trial and error if you aren't already a networking wizard (I presume you're not since you're asking the question)

>>62076254
Thank you good sir. Im a pleb when it comes to networking. Ill probably be using Ethernet LAN

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>>62075120
I was stating mine was a shitty phone pic numbnuts.
>>62074598
Like the colors
>>62075167
that yellow pcb, old 775 asus?
>>62075199
looks good, black/red or red cables and red fans on pull instead of push would prob tie it all in.

>>62075629
like an angel

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Here's mine, Ive sinced removed the cotton candy and replaced it with pure white.

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Shit picture, I need to take some better ones
Ask me anything
>resisting the urge to upgrade to kikeripper

>>62077125
r8s h8s apreci8s and questions now, to give the thread some fucking substance
>>62068956
looks good on the whole, but cables could be cleaner. why did you decide to go with green? seems like a pretty old case, what you got there? why do you still keep it?
>>62070115
>that dan case
i love it man, but why the fan on the fucking chipset? your vrm should be fine with the other cooler
im hard for that torn down gpu though got daaamn son
>>62070124
i got a giggle
>>62072808
shit picture, basic entery level build though, cleanup your cables
please tell me that fan is pulling and not pushing
>>62073172
>what did i fuck up on
the nxzt h440 for a start, the strix 1070 to finish
but the rest of the build looks really good
>what the fuck is that noctua doing up there
>>62073209
nice server anon, doing anything in particular with it?
>>62073268
you could at least try to manage the cables anon, other than that looks like a nice solid build, if i was you id sell while you can and buy used, something like a 980ti, or get a fat $400 discount on a 1080ti or similar, then not upgrade for years
>>62073305
>them ssd
>that classified
>that not noctua cooler
is that a thermalright? what is that? and im very interested in what this meme machine is used for, looks like youve got 32gb of ram, plenty of ssd space and a nvme, as well as some decent hdd space and a overkill psu. did you pick that for a reason or just muh efficiency? also whats in the 5.25 bay?
>>62074598
>>62074787
shit pictures make it hard to tell, looks like clean up your wires, too much led/rgb for my taste
try turning down your exposure time a bit on your camera if shit phone and its dark/with lights
>>62075167
is that a 775? xeon or what? and that looks to me to be an old 500 series, what you got anon?
a modular psu would help you a lot
>>62075199
>that green ssd in that red build
>that black and blue 24pin in that red build
what the fuck anon get it together, could use some tidying up

>>62077261
continued
>>62075629
looks good anon, how you liking the taichi? love mine so far, although bios updates have been a ride
whats the expansion card? ethernet? i would route that gpu cable over the card
>>62076980
still love this build, ancient case, solid mobo solid cpu and lotsa ram, looks good my man. is that strix a 200 series or gtx? iirc the amd strix were garbage
>>62077074
define s air cooling builds always look empty, get a action figure or gundam and put it up there. get some cable combs and pure white or cotton candy youve got a great looking build

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Is GPU sag bad for long term?
I just got a MSI 1080ti and it had some minor sag while in the case. my turbo autism activated and I created a small GPU jack and made it level.

But I was wondering if GPU sag was even bad in the first place, like over a long period of time can the GPU just bend due to heat and die?

>pic related, its my homemade GPU support

>>62077322
It's fine.

>>62077322
GPU sag is bad.

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>>62077261
>is that strix a 200 series or gtx
390°x, CUIII is a joke on these. Popped up for $175 on craigs and I got it for $165, arctic grizzly and thermal pads to the backplate helped but it's still a housefire.
>>62074787
This is the same build with all the lights on. Hard to get a pic in the dormer window its stuffed in.

>>62077125
I love that new Thermalright heatsink. They did a good job on the asthetic design with top plate being black and the rest being non shiny grey. In addition they also made it very thin. Probably one of the thinnest 140mm coolers ever I think. So the question for you is how do you like it?

>>62077631
I'm a big fan!! Got it for 40 bucks shipped and I've been very impressed. Keeps my 1600 at 3.9 1.3375v at around 74c for a 4 hour ibt load, and even at top fan speed it's almost silent. Definitely kills the h7 for what it is, looks better too imo. Only issue is it blocks the top pcie slot on my motherboard, so I had to move my second nic to another spot. Not end of the world but still kinda sucks. In a normal case I suppose you could rotate and have it exhaust up but that isn't an option in my case

>>62077261
>looks good on the whole, but cables could be cleaner. why did you decide to go with green? seems like a pretty old case, what you got there? why do you still keep it?

I did a red and a bule theme before so i wanted a change and my wife likes green,black and silver so that that was the theme of the build.

As for the Old case it's the same age as the skylake system its just a budget brand I'm not interested in asthestics but the case fuction its a; Vortex 2 by raidmax.
At the time the case had good storage features and since I knew upgrades on HDD to SDD's was my intended upgrade path.
dispite being cheap and noisey its one of the best ventated Cases I've ever seen for a budget case.

With every 3rd new build I like to try something new.

As for the PSU its a 80+ gold Raidmax 600w PSU
Its a stand in for another PSU later on.
But as I was recoving from replacing my car that blew up on the highway some things in the budget had to be sacificed.

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>>62075476
I see. Makes sense.
>>>62073305
>>them ssd
>>that classified
>>that not noctua cooler
>is that a thermalright? what is that? and im very interested in what this meme machine is used for, looks like youve got 32gb of ram, plenty of ssd space and a nvme, as well as some decent hdd space and a overkill psu. did you pick that for a reason or just muh efficiency? also whats in the 5.25 bay?

The cooler is a thermaltake silent 14. Better than the CM 212 EVO by a little, but the heatsink is sized differently so that even with a fan installed, it doesn't block the ram slots. Noctua fans are ok. They're heatsinks are as good/bad as anyone else. This $40 cooler keeps my 1700X under 58C even when encoding or editing. Youre right about 32GB ram. Ddr4-2400mhz, CL12.

The SSDs are 120GB, 250GB, 500GB Samsung variants. Dedicated boot, scratch disk 2, and game install drive. The Nvme drive is my main scratch disk. I take a lot of photos with my DSLR camera in RAW format. I also rip/encode my own remuxes and edit video. The thing in the bottom 5.25" bay is a drawer. Pic related. Holds all my USB drives and microSD card cases so I don't lose them.

>>62078604
i used to have one of those when my case had 5.25 bays. they're pretty handy desu
i figured it was a scratch disk, just wasnt sure for what. nice to see a system with more than 2 drives for once in here tough, looking at grabbing a nvme scratch disk and 2 more ssd myself, then i can ditch the spinning rust for good, at least in my main machine
people really over value noctua for cooling and for fans. for airflow you can go with an arctic f12 and get 95% the performance with only 1-2db more at most, and for the price you can get a 5 pack of those fans for the price of 1 noctua. as for sp they've never been better than a gentle typhoon, and never will. GT are still cheaper too. and for coolers most of the time you can find something better for less, or something 2 degrees warmer for around half the price

>>62078658
The drawer is a good investment. Especially since it only cost me $10 at microcenter. I have a fractal R5 case, so the door that covers the 5.25" bays hides the ugly well.

And yea noctua is good, but expensive and there are cheaper just as efficient options out there. The nvme disk really helped as a way to have a dedicated work space. Speed things up too.

And I forgot to mention, the power supply I had was a CM V1000 gold certified. It was powering my old r9-290X xfire/ 5.4ghz clocked FX-9590 build a while ago. It gave up the ghost, so I bought the best PSU I can get my hands on this time around. 650w seasonic titanium prime.

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>>62068956

Early generation "Quicksilver" PPC Arch with Open Firmware.

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>>62078721
Oh and here's what it's running, absolutely no "dashboard" with "Genie" the Top Secret network exploitation! This puppy is still using Rosetta, that piece of Amasing software that Steve Jobs said and I quote "You'll never see!" I dont put it online - at all, unless it's to gather a few updates and cross compilers, it doesnt use any x86 instruction code at all and I am happy with it remaining that way!

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It ain't mine but the way the lighting breathed was kinda cool. way too much spent on lighting though

>>62078721
>>62078796
No one cares mactoddler.

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>>62073305
I like this a lot, but my question is why don't you get rid of the upper HDD cage? Put two HDDs and one SSD in the lower cage, remove the upper cage and put the two remaining SSDs on the back of the motherboard.
>>62077074
this one's sweet, I wish the colours weren't mismatched. I'd just probably run it on low brightness blue/white.
>>62077322
moderate sag isn't that bad but it's always better to support it in some way.

>>62078796
>Powermac
>OSX 10.12, so new it's not even OSX anymore
Wat

>>62078854
Oh that! LMAO - no thats just a skin!

LeopardRebirth!

I killed most of the Propreitry apple shit when I disabled the dashboard. Firefox is the next thing to Die!

>>62078874
I thought it was a skin, it does a good job of it.

>>62078854
I'm working on it, because gasp horror I code, so I was thinking to go lightweight with no heavy browser's more along the lines of Lynx or eLinks and getting rid of a lot of the bloat and have it hosting hardened apache inside a chroot shell running a few Mods.

>>62078888
Oh it's fast... Compared to an Intel it flys!

They should never have killed off Open PowerPC with propreitry intel shit, they're struggling to bring them back.. LOL

Case in point TALOS II

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Recently just delidded my 7700k, before it wouldn't do 5ghz and crash instantly upon boot up. It would max 81c at constant full load for 10 minutes now its running 5ghz with max 65c. Going to undervolt next.

>>62078846
>>62073305
>I like this a lot, but my question is why don't you get rid of the upper HDD cage? Put two HDDs and one SSD in the lower cage, remove the upper cage and put the two remaining SSDs on the back of the motherboard.

Thanks, and it's Because the R5 case looks kind of dumb without its cages. And with how the connectors are on my power supply, it'd be a hassle to route the wires for the SSDs in the back of the motherboard tray. There is no difference in airflow either because I don't even have fans on the front.

>>62078937
>Compared to an Intel it flys!
I've got a handful of iMac G3's and G4's, plus some powermacs, and running 10.4 they all seemed a bit slow (The G3's choked, the G4's did better), so I wonder if you have any advice for speeding OSX up?
I'd love to use an iMac G4 as my main machine if possible.

>>62078941
>delids cpu
>undervolts
fucking what? why not chase that sweet ass 5ghz or higher?

>>62078941
The paste Intel uses should be considered criminal. We're not talking a 2C difference when running an LN2 setup. It's almost a 20C difference on an off the shelf AiO. Ridiculous.

And I'm surprised your itx board can actually pump out the amount of voltage/power needed to push an i7-7700k to 5ghz.

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This is the desktop system.

There are also other systems.

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>>62079588
This is another picture of the same technology.

>>62079646
you need a GPU brace bud that sag is horriable.

>>62069069
Nice. Real clean and nice.

>>62072808
Where did you get that anti-GPU-sag thingy? I want/need something like that.

>>62073305
I use a PC as a router too. There's advantages as a pure router but to me it's more about the ability to run all kinds of things like tor, bitcoind, yacy and things like that on a 24/7 box. I guess it's also kind of a habbit thing, I've had a dedicated PC as a home router since the late 1990s when web hosting was more of a do it yourself kind of thing.

>>62077074
Nice. Very nice.

>>62077322
Nice. I also need some anti-GPU-sag thing. My MSI card looks a bit banana shaped in there.

>>62079751
>you need a GPU brace

So where can I get one?

If you look closely you'll see that I actually hung it with a plastic strip. Instead of sagging in a downward slope it now seems to be kind of banana shaped, sagging in the middle. Not sure what to buy and how to fix this. Also, it works so I'm not sure it's the worlds biggest problem. It just looks silly.

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>>62079817
Pic related. Same one I have in my build.
>>62073305

Works great. The feet are magnetic so it doesn't move around. Also can support 2 GPUs at once

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>>62068956
AMD Phenom 9750
Radeon 7950
Eight (8) GB of Ram
Custom GPU and CPU cooling

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Continuing the maymay and shitty phone pic editions.

R7 1700
16gb g.skill ripjaws V 3200
Gigabyte x370 gaming 5
2x GTX 970s

>>62080569

Why is 4chan rotating my images. God dammit.

>>62077261
Yeah, said in my post that I am waiting on my new sleeved cables, then I will tidy it up. As for the green SSD. Yeah, it ruins the aesthetics a bit, but I got it for a great price. So meh.

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>>62068956

sup

>>62073553
> mini ITX
applel tier shit

>>62081662
what the fuck is going on in your machine?
>zotac heatsink ziptied the too exhaust slot
> second graphics card on some daughterboard shit with USB cables coming out
>rat's nest cables.
>>62080569
Sli 970s? I'm so sorry anon.

>>62081662
this build, is off the fucking rails
i fucking love it. what are you mining anon-kun?

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>>62082655

>what the fuck is going on in your machine?

Mining, playing games...

>>62082921

Thanks senpai! :3

SIGT, ZEC, ZEN, ZCL... depends on who is being most profitable.

>>62083016
i usually just pick one and go for that hodl strat, but thats just me. usually it works out that per month im +/- 5% over dicking around with what is most profitable, and i get those sweet 7-20 day uptimes so thats cool
what cards you got there man?

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>>62083039

>>62082625
Portability and miniaturisation has nothing to do with Appler's overpriced stuff.
I guess you don't like watch general either and think that everyone should just use standing clocks.

>>62076980
>>62077261
you guys are gonna hate me but it's an old HP Pavilion with a Core2 Quad. It used to have an ATI HD3650 but my exGF gave me her 560Ti when she won a 1080Ti in a giveaway.

I put 2 harddrives in it that I found in the trash, and my sisters friend gave me some ram so it's at 7 gigs. I used to play skyrim on it with that 3650. It can run oblivion on max settings now :3

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Hello, I am looking for feedback on this build I put together.

This PC is for my mother. She just wants to be able to stream movies (Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc) and play flash games. I tried to make this future proof while staying on a tight budget of $700, and that's including monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

My only concern is how the AMD CPU will interact with the GeForce GPU.

>>62083720
Oh, I guess I had one more concern. The case only comes with 1 fan, but mounts for more. Will 1 case fan be enough airflow? I don't think this machine will operate very hot, and I am not overclocking the CPU.

>>62083720
And an i3 setup would be better powerwise?
Especially since you might be able to get lower noise, depending on her hearing will be something you want to go after.

>>62083748
I was completely confused why you would recommend an i3 over an FX but after reading that it's for his mom to watch movies on, you're totally right.

>>62083748
Yeah, I was initially gonna go with an i3, but figured going with the FX chip would help to future-proof a bit. She probably won't buy another PC for another 5-10 years, knowing her.

>>62083843
so your looking for moar cores

>>62083843
"""""""""""""""""" future-proof """"""""""""""""""""

You are almost better off buying her a laptop she can connect to a screen and M&K.
They even come with the Windows 10 installed.
I know it will most likely break the budget a little. But you get a complete product you can even RMA if it breaks.

Despite how much I like building desktop/server computers, laptops are just much more convenient for the normie.

>>62079148
I tried 5.1ghz and crashes instantly and 5ghz was the goal to begin with.

>>62079203
Naw this z270i by asus is virtually no different from the other varients and from OC3D review says it has slightly better OC abilities. After a few generations im putting this into a htcp anyway.

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>>62084728
built it yesterday and forgot to delid, too lazy to do it right now but need to eventually, temps are dumb rn

>>62082655

Hey man, those 970s work fine for me. Except they get btfod by a 1070. Its okay, I bought one new on launch day and I got the other refurbed for $160.

When Volta comes if its worth it I'll upgrade

>>62084810
>bought a 7700k in 2017
you fucked up

>>62084829
nice maymayyy my guy

>>62084728
>>62084810
That's actually pretty embarrassing that your stock 7700k is hitting 81C under gaming load with a custom loop. I'm sure sharing the loop on a single rad with a 1080ti doesn't help. But still.

>>62084885
Liquid being already 61 by the time it leaves the GPU certainly doesn't help.

>>62084905
Might try adding a slim rad in the front and do
pump>gpu>slimrad>cpu>rad>res

>>62068956
whats with the odd expansion pci cover plate?

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>>62084847
the only maymay here is getting a quad core cpu that runs at 81c

>>62078818

This would make great lighting for a dick pic

>>62078818
can you just go back to /v/?

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I need to fix this LED shit because it rotates through every color and it's still going when the PC is off

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R8, H8, Masterb8

>>62073172
I had that motherboard, I traded it for an asus, cause for the life of me I could never get my nvme ssd to keep the image. I called gigabyte, and they said it should work, but nope. Didn't bother, got a different one

>>62085221
how's that power supply going for you

>>62085384
Doing really good I've had it for over a year, it was in my old rig but I didn't see the point in upgrading to a different power supply when this one works perfectly fine.

>>62085207
Mine does the same thing. I have the same board. Just turn off the LEDs in the BIOS. The LEDs keep going because even when the PC is off, the board still has power in it. It will stop if you shut down and flip the switch on the power supply.

>>62083647
Why am I gonna h8? Seems like you have a working pc, good enough. Fuck the elitistfags.

>>62085019
its from a older build it keeps the dust out.

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>>62068956
My Mobo is dying
What's gonna be better, the 8700k or ryzen 2?

>>62088498
I think the 1700 or 1600 ryzen because alot of the mobo's support your theme. But if you want to go 8700k then yeah.

>>62088498
8700k if you don't care about power consumption and are planning to de-lid the CPU

1700/1700X/1800X otherwise. Even the 1600X if you're not looking to do anything but game mostly.

But seriously though. The new Intel shit is a mini furnace when you really start pushing voltage for them high clocks.

>>62088959
>new Intel shit is a mini furnace when you really start pushing voltage for them high clocks.

Well, I do have a custom loop. Temps aren't an issue. And I've de-lidded a 3770k and 6700k for my neighbors kids.
A 6core i7 at 5.0ghz is tempting, but the 1700x seems to be far more efficient

>>62088498
>lets pump all this hot liquid from your CPU straight into your GPU that'll fix it
I'm sorry I probably don't understand waterloops at all

>>62088498
my 2 cents
even if the 8700k btfo the current ryzen stuff, its looking like zen 2 has the potential to be the next sandy bridge, in terms of what it brings to the table. if amd can manage a 10% ipc boost (should be totally doable on a new arch) and get the clockspeeds up it'll be more than competitive, given that clock for clock zen is already faster than kaby lake, and smt works better than hyperthreading as well. all that said the node that amd is using is most efficient around the 5ghz measure, if that turns out to be the case on the desktop we're talking about an 8 core cpu with an ipc 5-10% faster than intel's at clockspeeds of 5-5.6ghz, based off of speeds/efficiency of the current node zen is on, with a tdp of around 65w. FAR faster than the intel cpu, better single core performance, and at a 65w tdp as opposed to a 95w tdp, with 2 more cores and 4 more threads, for almost certainly less money
if you go with am4 now, you can just buy a new cpu when it launches, the new amd platform is supported through 2021 at least, whereas you'll need a brand new z370 board to run a 8700k, and probably need a new socket/chipset for anything after it
>>62089765
that does have some impact but the greater dissapation capacity of custom loops as well as the great convection allows them to cool much more efficiently and overcome this issue by great bounds. if you're really concerned about it though you can always do separate loops, as is somewhat common in higher end custom liquid cooling

>>62089701
Yea I have the 1700X. Stock boost to 3.4ghz and I have it clocked to boost to 3.7ghz on all 16 threads at stock voltage. I get 58C under 100% encoding loads on a single tower, single fan cooler.
>>62089765
Close. Not that anon you're referring to, but his loop is
Pump to GPU
GPU to CPU
CPU to VRM block
VRM block to radiator
Radiator to reservoir
Repeat

The best thing to do for multiple components is individual rads. I had a 360mm/240mm rad setup for my xfire r9 290X's and FX-9590. The CPU at 5.4ghz used the entire 360mm rad, and the 290X's had to share the 240mm. But in that anon's case, it doesn't look like he has enough room for another rad.

Man I want to go back to liquid cooling. I have all the parts in my closet... but that'd rely on a new case and everything.

>>62087694
oh my god it's a fucking unicorn

>>62089793
right on I was assuming it was running from the coolest to the warmest parts, but the idea of sharing coolant just seemed bad to me.
>>62089818
that sounds efficient, but also sounds like it would be a fuckin mess. I hope one day I have the patience, finances, and time to make a build like you said there

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>>62089832
nah I think the same thing. I used to be the standard barely scraping by college student/minimum wage worker. I know what it's like to be elated that you friend is willing to sell you his GTX 550ti 1GB for $50 because his dad got him a GTX 580 3GB for his B-day.

I know what it's like to get excited because you scored a 2GB DDR3 stick out of the dell office PC you found in the library dumpster, and that its IDE based HDD still works. I actually kind of miss poverty builds

>tfw the accomplishment I felt when my bastardized Frankenstein's PC was finally able to max COD 4 on the 1050p monitor an office guy gave me out of pity

That guy was a bro. Said he would just claim it was a glitch in the inventory system since they were tossing them anyway.

>>62089907
You made me FEEL again

>>62089863
>sounds like it would be a fuckin mess

Nah. When done right (i.e. slowly, patiently, taking into consideration hazards) a well built loop is easy to do. The hardest part is usually burping the system. Now finances, yea, now you're right on point. My loop was around $900 by the time I was done with it.
>360mm rad + 240m rad = $240
>2x R9 290X waterblocks + backplates + water bridge = $360
>AMD elite block = $80
>Low flow optimized pump = $100
>DVD bay reservoir = $60
>Fittings and hose clamps = $10 each x 12 requried = $120
>Tubing = $30 per 10ft

Then the little shit. I personally used de-ionized water from the super market and a silver kill coil in the reservoir to prevent algae. This doesn't even cover stuff like the 14 fans I had ($20 each), the high wattage voltage controller to handle the fans and pump.

I did however 1 time run an etheynol glycol mixture. Essentially a mild anti-freeze. That gunked up the blocks horribly.

>>62089988
sounds like it was worth it

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>>62089765
You are a grade A retarded.
You don't understand, because you have Zero knowledge on the subject.
Loop order doesn't matter.

I've run the CPU and GPU in both configs and the temps are the same.
WHY IS THAT?
because the fluid only heats up 1C after traveling through my GPU block.
Lurk more
>>62089818
>The best thing to do for multiple components is individual rads.
>I ahve no idea how thermal dynamics work: the post

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>>62089907
damn dude you're a man of my own heart. I got the HDD's out of the dumpster behind where I used to work. I was about to throw the office trash bag in there like I do every morning before I left, but for some reason I looked into the dumpster and there were 2 PC cases just sitting in there. I ran back and asked the manager if I could fish them out and she was like "yeah wtf would they throw them away for." the RAM was all 512MB but the harddrives were still 500gigglebytes.

>>62089988
yeah that does sound like it was worth it. I never thought you actually used water in those builds, I always assumed it was some kind of mineral oil.

>>62091109
>pic related

>>62091254
Gonna come up with an argument?

>>62091109
>hurrr thermal dynamics

In the end it comes down to how much radiator you have to disperse the heat. I noticed though that my 360mm radiator fans were always at a higher RPM than those of my 240mm rad because my original loop had
Pump to 240mm
240mm to GPUs
GPUs to CPU
CPU to 360mm
360mm to reservoir

Pumping hotter water back into the reservoir wasn't fun and I lowered overall temps on my CPU by 4C when I changed up the loop. In short, get fucked.
>>62091254
Nope. Just plain old distilled de-ionized water. Regular distilled water is even fine. So long as you have an anti-bacterial or silver kill coil somewhere in the loop to stop stuff from growing. I mean of course they make custom liquids that glow and shit like that, but regular distilled water was the way for me.

And nothing tops getting a poverty build up and running from like 30 different computers. It's like all of your hard work of dumpster diving and scrounging around just took solid form. I know when I was younger, it always gave me the "I did it, I built this" feeling.

>>62091347
>Pumping hotter water back into the reservoir wasn't fun and I lowered overall temps on my CPU by 4C when I changed up the loop. In short, get fucked.

So this is how I know you don't have a loop or you are just retarded.
Coolant passing through a water loop has a very small increase in temps.

Example: someone put 8 GTX 1080ti with EK blocks in a row.
The last GPu ran 11c hotter than the first one.
That's 11c over 8, that's 8, GPUs.
That's 1.3C per block
Basically a non issue.

Loop order doesn't matter, never has.
Trying to argue 4c difference is also retarded as a simple spike in ambient temperature can cause that.

>>62092611
the led are a nice touch anon

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Its an alright picture. Ill have to adjust some things for the next picture as well. But i love this new case.

>>62089701
>Well, I do have a custom loop. Temps aren't an issue.

The entire issue with Intel chips is that the heat produced from the die can't be properly transferred to the IHS. This traps all the heat under the IHS, reducing the cooling performance of even high end custom loops to that of a typical tower cooler on a soldered chip (Or delided.) But if you know how to delid it doesn't matter much either way really.

Ryzen 2 could be really good, but 5GHz on a 6 core unit seems great as well. It's a coin toss really right now. Just one you have to put a bit of extra work into.

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>>62092362
I've seen this here before. very nice. I like the blue fittings and metal bits. What is that bottom pci expansion card?
>>62088498
I like the funky tube directions. Makes it look like a sci-fi machine of some sort.
>>62085221
Ugly, but good specs aside from the single-stick ram. Can't hate too much. Try routing some stuff through the back though. Twist ties and zip ties are less than pennies.

Rate me fags. Ignore the unplugged usb header. It's been fixed, just too lazy to take a new pic. 6600k / Rx 480.

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r8?

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>>62093410
pic of powered on

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>>62068956

>>62093410
>>62093441
red zone / 10

>>62093441
>>62093220
extremely similar to mine, lol. Makes me want to get some Non-LED fans instead.
I think your setup might look a little better with the led set to white (hue+?). Assuming your components are high end, I think custom cables or cable extensions would look great on your pcie cables.

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Fun with a stained glass light bulb.

>>62085097
what?

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>>62094333

muh dick

I'm gonna experiment with light sources aswell

>>62085221
manage your cables, my guy

>>62095212
>black/red colour sheme
way to ruin good gut

>>62095212
that's a nice case.

>>62095338
meshify c.

>>62095212
how quiet is the case? considering getting the meshify c, seems like a great case and one of the few that still have large amounts of 3.5 bays

>>62095404

Really depends on your components and fans, there is definitely a difference between the Meshify C and the Define R5 (the case I migrated from).

While my computer got a little louder, thanks to the open front panel, my CPU and GPU got cooler. This is with running the fans at lower RPM than I did in the R5.

Really doesn't matter for me though, because my computer is in another room, so I can just close the door when my reference graphics card ramps up during gaming.

I bought it solely because of the Deus Ex-inspired front panel desu

>>62095335

I know. The motherboard's lights can only be disabled with MSI's bulky program and not in the BIOS. And that program forcefully installs their mouse dpi booster and a VR booster button that does jack shit kek.

I'll try the program again and maybe even cover up the graphics card's red text while I'm at it.

>>62095635

and about the graphics card, i also needed to close my door when I had the Define R5.

I keep my door open all the time otherwise when not gaming, so it really depends on the components. My Ryzen 7 1700 with the Dark Rock Pro 3 for example, can be 100% utilized during HandBrake encoding and it still sounds like the computer is idling.

I'll buy an AiB Vega 64 when they're available at a non-retarded price

>>62095635
mesfiy c > r5?

im considering getting noctua fans and a d15

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>>62069069
>>62070124
>>62073209
These are interesting.

>>62080409
Looks like my stuff 15 years ago.

>>62081662
Madman.

>>62088498
Clean loop, too many LEDs.

>>62089765
Doesn't make a difference, as >>62091109 said, the water will have pretty much a single average temperature because it has such a great thermal capacity.

>>62092362
Interesting.

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R5 1600 gtx 1080 hydro (kit) 16gb ddr4 3200 720gb ssd 4tb bdd empty m2 (for now) psu is 750w

>>62096026
>watercooling a 7970
but why though? Neat system nonetheless.
>>62097376
I don't quite understand how the airflow really works in here, but I'm impressed at getting it all in the small box.

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Waiting for a new hard drive, not sure where to put it yet

>>62100512
Velcro to the bottom maybe?

>>62098620
>>watercooling a 7970
>but why though? Neat system nonetheless.
Because I've had that GPU for ages already. It's still fine for slightly dated stuff at 4k and overkill for work. It's mainly under water so that the PC stays silent and because Vega56 hasn't released yet.

>all this light-up shite
lord jesus have mercy, what has computing become

>>62101750
>What has it become?

Been like this for a while now grandpa. Don't you know that moar LEDs makes the computer faster? Similar to stickers on a car. Adds horsepower.

Almost impossible these days to find computer cases or components that don't try and bundle some form of RGB into them. Keyboards and mice as well. The most you can do is what I did. Buy the best components money can buy that fit your needs. Stick all of them and their RGB nonsense into a windowless case. Done in one.

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/guts/ unfinished third workd poverty edition.
Malaka.

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>>62076980
>Like an angel
Love that, I really miss the stock cooler. Wish they offered the wraith max for sale individually.

>>62077286
Love the board, bumpy ride on bios updates between 2.0 and 2.4, 3.0 doesn't work with known working settings, nor will it import saved profiles. So I sit on 2.4 because I have yet to even find any information on what AGESA 1.0.0.6a offers over 1.0.0.6. I couldn't even tell a difference. The expansion card is an ATTO r380 raid controller. Running an external raid array of 4x HGST 7k4000's, and 4x 7k1000's in a 8x1TB raid 5. Still need to get 4 more 7k4000's one day. Also want to make up a backplate or something for the card to mask the green.

Personally not a fan of the idea of having the PCIE cable sitting broadly exposed over the gpu. I'll consider it if I ever get sleeved cables.

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Is my cable management bad or acceptable?

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>>62105645
Other side

>>62105645
>>62105663
Better than mine to be quite honest. But I was lazy with my air 540 and never bothered to do proper cable management in the back chamber.

>>62095212
omg hej judeanon :3

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>>62105645
>>62105663
now with specs

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Waiting for a 7700K and a sleeker motherboard.

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how good can this be for vidya?
gpu is overclocked 25%

>>62106739
peak performance cabling

>>62107061
richfag cablinf

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>>62078941

>>62098821

Looking at various cases Lian Li had made in the past few years I sometimes wonder what were they thinking with some of the front PSU placements, don't you basically have to remove the PSU bracket just so you can switch it off?

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It's been a few months since I've posted
I updated to a 1080ti ftw3 a while back but I've started my senior year at uni so I'm buried in shit I gotta deal with. Most likely won't have time to update the picture for a long time so I'll continue to post this until then

>>62088498
According to WCCtech the 8700k doesn't have any single threaded or IPC difference between the 7700k essentially and the multithreaded isn't much better than the 1600x
I guess we wait for cannonlake or Zen 2 but I think cannonlake is mobile

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Here's the most awesome - in it's own way - build I've done so far. It's totally amazing.

- AMD AM1 motherboard and AMD Athlon 4x2GHz CPU at 25W TDP. With a Artic heatsink.
- Corsair RM650x PSU with is ridiculously over-sized for this build. Passive under 40% load, this build isn't even close
- 128 GB SSD
- One 92mm Noctura fan that's just there in case it would get hot in the box on a summer day, doesn't actually spin (but it can)

Take one guess why this build is awesome and amazing even though the specs aren't top notch.

any white builds?

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>>62068956

Just finished building my new NAS.

>>62108748
>new NAS

I slightly feel stupid for asking but please explain, I don't get it.

There appears to be one SATA cables going from that motherboard to the back. I see 6 3.5" HDDs in 3.5" trays and probably two more in the 5.25" trays. There's also one SATA cable going from the 5.25" bay to the back.

How does this NAS work??

Also, that's a nice case. Looks like a Fractal Design. Which? R4? R5?

>>62108784
The case is a Define Mini (Not the Mini C, that one only has like 3 drive bays)

The drive in the 5.25 bay is a single SSD that is being used as a cache drive. The other bay is unused right now.

The rest of my drives are being driven through an LSI 9210-8i HBA card, which has 2 SAS ports that can each be split into 4 SATA cables. (Currently all my storage/parity drives are hooked up to the card--still have 2 free SATA ports)

I'm running unraid so I needed to flash alternate firmware onto the HBA to make it play nice with software raid (it can support either)

It's been a pretty fun project so far. Still building my parity (its gonna take another half day or so). But I can't wait to set up plex and a bunch of docker apps.

>>62108697
it comes with a free 650watt power supply?

>>62108897
No, that's not it. But I could replace the PSU since it's seriously over-powered.

Here's the gold: You can't hear if this box is on or off.

The PSU fan doesn't spin since it doesn't draw anywhere near it's threshold for being passive at full load. The SSD doesn't make noise. The Noctura fan is just there as a just-in-case and doesn't spin. The CPU is passively cooled.

It's powerful enough for watching videos and light gaming.

As for the PSU, I could use that in another build so if you have any suggestions for a zero noise fanless PSU that's less powerful then please give me some suggestions. Something that's just 200W would probably power this rig just fine.

>>62095212
Why's the front of your case all banged up

>>62108989
>>62108697
If you have the money, you can get fanless 500W PSU, a passive CPU radiator that works for CPUs up to 95TDP and a passive 1050Ti. In short you can get fully silent PC without compromising too much. It only cost me ~500USD to mod my PC so it's not like it's all that expensive.
I think there was even a passive mod for GPUs that could borderline cool a 1060, but I don't gayyym much and I only need ~30fps to be comfortable so I see no reason. In fact I still haven't lowered the settings on any game, DS3 and Witcher were both playable at max settings @1080p.

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First time posting completed guts. Would like to get a difference case and some sleeved cables soon, but I'm pretty content with my components and performance right now.

>>62107992
Why would I need to switch off the PSU? It does the same as pulling the plug out.