I'm a bit of a geek and love pcs. So was wondering if anyone else takes pride in there PCs as i do. IF you do Place a pic and a spec see whos king of the geeks (sorry if the Pics a re a bit poo but PC is under desk so no light!!)

Coolermaster Stacker 830

Coolermaster 850w PSU

Asus P5N32-ESLI

C2D E6750 (OC to 3Ghz)

2 x BFG 8800GT's OC

2Gb Crucial Balistix Tracer

Frankenstein Water Loop

3D Mark06 was 17,000-ish

Mmmmm watercooled

Question: is there actually much point to water-cooling these days, now that cpu manufacturers have switched to reducing the heat output of their CPUs and increased the surface area of the Die and designed decent heatsink mountings?

I have a oc-ed 3gig Athlon64 on aircooling and that is whisper quiet.

Nice rig tho.. wish i had that attention to detail in cabling.. ill try get a pic of mine on later LOL

Love it.

Is that a 486 DX2 ?

Water and Electrickery? Isn't that dangerous?

Mmmmm watercooled

Question: is there actually much point to water-cooling these days, now that cpu manufacturers have switched to reducing the heat output of their CPUs and increased the surface area of the Die and designed decent heatsink mountings?

I have a oc-ed 3gig Athlon64 on aircooling and that is whisper quiet.

Nice rig tho.. wish i had that attention to detail in cabling.. ill try get a pic of mine on later LOL

Well CPU is running at around 25deg under load, overclocked to 3Ghz and is silent... plus it does look awesome! lol your right not needed but i use it cos i like it. as the temp is so low i could go to 3.2 but its running smooth and cool so no need to

Water and Electrickery? Isn't that dangerous?

Before you use the water cooling loop it's leak tested for 24hrs. chances of leaking is minimal.

Well CPU is running at around 25deg under load, overclocked to 3Ghz and is silent... plus it does look awesome! lol your right not needed but i use it cos i like it. as the temp is so low i could go to 3.2 but its running smooth and cool so no need to

Before you use the water cooling loop it's leak tested for 24hrs. chances of leaking is minimal.

Fair point.. im running 45c at idle.. but i know i need to re-seat my heatsink

Looks like theres plenty of space in that case... im using a Lian-Li PC61, its a bit tight these days with SLI etc

Fair point.. im running 45c at idle.. but i know i need to re-seat my heatsink

Looks like theres plenty of space in that case... im using a Lian-Li PC61, its a bit tight these days with SLI etc

Mines a bit tight for space to Cod4 and FSX have corrupted me

eVGA 780SLi

4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2

2 x 8800GTX in SLi

Aegia Physx card 128MB

4 x WD Raptors Raid 0 / 1

Q6600 Quad core at 3.2Ghz on Air

Which computer do you want

I will post some pictures up with my two 'gaming' computers tomorrow... On laptop atm...

Nice set-up looks tidy.

Mine doesn't look at pretty as yours Pot Of Jam.. I don't have fancy lights etc (no point as no window!)

Still using IDE too... will be getting a couple of bigger sata drive soon.

Antec P180

Thermltake Toughpower 700W (14 cm fan)

Abit Fatal1ty FP-1N9 SLI

Core 2 Quad Q6600 (standard clock)

4x OCZ 512mb DDR2 800

Geforce 8800GTX with HR-03 plus cooler

GUP Smartdrive2002 (hidden under dvd roms)

Dual DBT tuner card, wireless etc

All nice and quiet!!!

so Fluffmeister when you getting your third GTX , also i see your running two different brand carsds. never been brave enough to do that, how does it run?

Are those cases BTX? first time ive seen the PSU at the bottom :confused:

so Fluffmeister when you getting your third GTX , also i see your running two different brand carsds. never been brave enough to do that, how does it run?

Ones a BFG, the other is a OCUK reference card. Same clock speeds, identical RAM on the card and the same HSF combo, the OCUK one has a shield / frame down the side.

Running SLi and clocked in riva tuner to ultra speeds, again without issues, it's totally rock solid and on Vista ultimate

They have behaved flawlessly together, but apart from the badge, they are totally identical. The OCUK 8800GTX is under £200 as well

Col

Mines an Antec 9000, still an ATX case but with the psu at the bottom to reduce the case height allowing a BFO HSF on the CPU

Are those cases BTX? first time ive seen the PSU at the bottom :confused:

PSU at the bottom is normal in most cases due to people installing water cooling and the size of the drives.

I have my PSU on the bottom of my case as it is easy to replace if/when it blows

PSU at the bottom is normal in most cases due to people installing water cooling and the size of the drives.

:confused: Have to agree with Neo_VR, haven't seen a case with a PSU at the bottom before at all. Admittedly I haven't built a PC up for a while, but my current PC's have the power supply at the top so the fan can draw air out from above the processor fan.

Mind you, my case dates back to days when enermax were kings and you wernt serious enough unless you had a Athlon T-bird and a Delta fan

Mind you, my case dates back to days when enermax were kings and you wernt serious enough unless you had a Athlon T-bird and a Delta fan

Ahhhhhh those were the days, I remember writing this guide after replacing my delta

Fan Me baby...

Ahhhhhh those were the days, I remember writing this guide after replacing my delta

Fan Me baby...

I still have a thermaltake all-copper thingy from my old Athlon... weighed 3/4kg and took a 92mm fan. i had to have my tower lay flat to avoid breaking the socket mounting lugs

ahhhh them wert days :rofl:

:confused: Have to agree with Neo_VR, haven't seen a case with a PSU at the bottom before at all. Admittedly I haven't built a PC up for a while, but my current PC's have the power supply at the top so the fan can draw air out from above the processor fan.

Read 'Custom PC' Mags

Homepage | Custom PC

They are all doing it - They have been for years. They did a few tests testing the difference in airflow... I will try and find it and scan it in.

8 CPU's and 20 hard drives in my rig (one of them!) :P

She's gotta go though - Can't afford the electrickery it needs to keep running 24/7

8 CPU's and 20 hard drives in my rig (one of them!) :P

She's gotta go though - Can't afford the electrickery it needs to keep running 24/7

That lot is in your house :eek::eek:

or is it work ???

Are those cases BTX? first time ive seen the PSU at the bottom :confused:

Ppfffttt.....................You ain't no-one unless your PSU is down the bottom, Amatuer:P:P

That lot is in your house :eek::eek:

or is it work ???

It lives in the garage. WAY to noisy for the house!! I am decomissioning it and moving the 16 virtual machines it runs onto something a little smaller

Just seen the post Re: PSU's at the bottom. Mine is at the top, in the middle, and in the bottom!! It has 3 of em, and each is 1,050 Watts :eek:

Needless to say, I keep it switched off these days

It lives in the garage. WAY to noisy for the house!! I am decomissioning it and moving the 16 virtual machines it runs onto something a little smaller

WTF do you do with it ???:confused:

Power NASA or something :rofl:

WTF do you do with it ???:confused:

Power NASA or something :rofl:

See other post "Today my network consists of:" Although (as I said) I am moving the machines to a different server, it basically runs VMware ESX Server 3.5 with various machines such as 2003 Servers, Terminal Server, Citrix Server, XP, 2000, and a number of Linux servers (mail, webserver, fileserver, etc.). All the virtual machines still exist, but are mostly now moved onto my Proliant ML350. Call it greed. Call it geeky. But I use every one of em !!

Ppfffttt.....................You ain't no-one unless your PSU is down the bottom, Amatuer:P:P

Youve got the same CPU cooler as me LOL