Built a supercomputer

[r00t]

yea that was a base install, I hate the unity desktop. I usually go with XFCE

$100 for that AMD processor is also really good. whatsup with microcenter trying to get rid of CPUs at absurdly low prices?

[Nads]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

yea that was a base install, I hate the unity desktop. I usually go with XFCE

$100 for that AMD processor is also really good. whatsup with microcenter trying to get rid of CPUs at absurdly low prices?

Microcenter is just like that. Usually you have to go with a Mobo+CPU combo purchase to take advantage of said deals though.

[diplo]

make sure you have atleast 600W PSU with Bronze lvl +

[Knuckle]

Stuff Arrived:
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Plenty of room with well made case.
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After I put the motherboard in
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Spent more time trying to get the radiator/fan for my CPU cooler in a good spot than I care to admit, once I saw that the tubing could swivel on the heatsink and rotated the radiator lengthwise I was able to remove a sound deadening panel on the top part of the case and mount it there.

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Here's the GPU, significantly more money than I've ever spent on a GPU. Picked it out after reading alot of different reviews. The 4GB memory should benefit with my dual monitor set up.

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Quite a large GPU
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Fully built, I'll buy some sleeves to manage the cables by the gpu, damn cables are designed for SLI and always have some stupid second connector hanging off it.

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Waiting on my Windows disc. Fired it up and everything was running just need my OS to start tweaking settings.

Final Specs:
i7 4770K Haswell CPU
Corsair H90 CPU Liquid Cooler
GTX 770 Gigabyte Windforce 4GB DDR5 GPU
Asus ROG Maximus Vi Hero ATX Mobo
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD
Seagate 7200RPM 64MB Cache 2TB HDD
G.Skill Ares 1866 Mhz 2x8 GB RAM
Soundblaser X-fi Titanium HD Soundcard
Seasonic G Series 750W Gold Rated PSU
Fractal R4 Case with side window.
Asus 24" 2ms LED Backlit monitor(dual pair with old 25" 2ms LED backlit monitor).

[Nads]

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Real nice rig, Knock, but here's a tip if I may. Remove that unused block of hard drive cages. Taking out the unused drive cage will allow for even more air flow to keep your rig cooler.

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Originally Posted by Nads [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Real nice rig, Knock, but here's a tip if I may. Remove that unused block of hard drive cages. Taking out the unused drive cage will allow for even more air flow to keep your rig cooler.

I put it back till I can get the cables better, I'm not OCD but I'm something close, there's a bunch of jungle vine having ass cables back there being partially hidden right now.

[Thulack]

Never understood or really cared to look up why they started making so many bottom mount PSU in cases. personally i just wouldnt want that extra heat rising up to my video card. Nice setup though.

[r00t]

Burn ubuntu and get that supercomputer runnin knuckle. It's lookin real clean with the cables even with the excess SLI

psu on the bottom really isn't too big a deal since it exhausts out the rear. might be better with the center of gravity too vs putting it on the top. only issue is if you put the computer on heavy long carpet or something

[Knuckle]

I'm also going to buy some new cables for the GPU and some of the SATA cables look like shit that they included. Going to buy some nice clean ones. And going to order an extra intake fan for the front.

[radditsu]

Nice toes