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Jehos

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  • #1
    I saw the 2013 thread finally got locked after 4 years of sporadic posts. Hopefully this one can stay alive for a while.

    My almost-current setup:

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    Skylake i7, 32GB Corsair LED RAM, EVGA GTX-1080, Fractal Design Define C. Not pictured, I've added another SSD and an Elgato PCI-e capture card and I'm now on my 2nd AIO cooler thanks to a pump failure. Oh, and I ditched the rear fan for another Corsair mag-lev one due to them being superior in every way to the stock Fractal fans and stock Corsair AIO fans.

    My desk is constantly evolving as I add and remove music gear. I recently moved my rig to my fiance's house into a room that is full of messy so no nice pics there. It's more like the top pic than the bottom, minus the mic on the boom arm. The rest of the music gear will move later after we clean out the room and decide how we want to set it up. She wants it to be a music listening room, and I have studio-quality stuff so we just have to figure out what goes where and what she wants to listen to.

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  • #4
    mnpctech said:
    Nice digs, do you have a sound cloud account, so we can hear your music? and Mini C is good choice. (I worked with fractal on that design)
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    Sorry, no Soundcloud.

    And it's the full-ATX Define C. Not sure if you worked with them on that one too, but it's incredibly well laid-out. I was already a Fractal fanboy, but this case pushed me even farther. I don't see needing a new case anytime soon.
     
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  • #5
    OK, so now I'm going to have to get more recent pics of my PC rig up. Edited again to add spoiler areas to clean up the post.

    EDIT, got inspired and took a crunchy iPhone pic of the guts of my 900D (Damn the 5S has a lame camera).
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    I have an 2008 MPro that I use for work/music, a 3.2 GHz Xeon quad core dually. Aside from adding 2 extra SSDs in the area where the 2nd optical drive could go using a OWC Drive Doubler bracket, and maxing the RAM out to 32 gigs, it's the same MPro we all know. :bigdumbgrin:

    My PC is a Corsair Obsidian 900D case with parts from 2013:

    - ASUS MAXIMUS VI FORMULA R
    - CORE I7 4771 3.5G
    - CoolerMaster Glacer 240L expandable AIO
    - Asus Strix GTX 1080
    - 2 X SAMSUNG 850 EVO 500 GB for boot, game disk
    - Hitachi Ultrstar 2TB HDs for storage (game back ups for now)
    - 16 GIGs Corsair Dominator RAM
    - Sound Blaster Titanium HD
    - Antec 1200 PSU that I bought back in 2010

    Here're older pics my office/studio before/after installing some of room treatments (I work from home, and the room "rang" something awful)
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    Jehos - Nice controller keyboard, BTW!

    I use a Nektar Panorama 64 and an Audient iD22 for my interface. My MPro 2008 is using Logic X and a lot of VIs. Studio monitors are Emotiva Stealth 8's. My desk is an Anthro Elevate sit/stand.

    Here's my Soundcloud page ("for fun" remixes using acapellas or straight up dub reggae). Any guitar work is from a friend; everything else is me:

    https://soundcloud.com/kirudub

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  • #6
    Kiru said:
    Jehos - Nice controller keyboard, BTW!
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    Thanks! It's a Yamaha KX8. Nothing fancy, you can get them for dirt cheap now, but it feels *fantastic*. It's basically an 88-key weighted graded hammer action keybed with a USB port...and that's about it. I also recommend the Push 2 and the Komplete Kontrol keyboards for non-weighted keyboard feel--they use Fatar keybeds I think.

    What is your desk? I maybe need a new one and I love the clean looks of yours.
     
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  • #7
    Ooohhhh, those Yammies are sweet! You def have some nice gear...

    My desk is an older version of the Anthro Elevate (t's a sit/stand), bought it back in 2011.

    http://www.anthro.com/solutions/Sit-Stand-Desks

    Was very pricey with all of the optionons I chose, but it's built like a tank (it can hold/lift 150 pounds of gear) and I feel it was worth it since it'll last forever.

    Even if the drive motors stop working, it's still a great desk, lol.

    Plus, I don't bat an eye when I can spend 1K plus on new PC parts every few years, soooo :D
     
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    Kiru: The case is an Antec One. The funky beige plug is a 4 port USB 2 backplate. Because it has four ports, it's plugged into two USB headers on the bottom edge of the motherboard.

    Jehos: I actually double checked the manual, and the video card is in slot one. Of the two PCI Express x16 slots on the motherboard, slot one is surrounded by a metal bracket to either mark it as number one, or provide extra support for video cards with heavy heat sinks.
     
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  • #15
    whoisit said:
    Jehos: I actually double checked the manual, and the video card is in slot one. Of the two PCI Express x16 slots on the motherboard, slot one is surrounded by a metal bracket to either mark it as number one, or provide extra support for video cards with heavy heat sinks.
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    Fair enough. That's a weird design. Typically mobo manufacturers make that slot the one closest to the CPU.

    I actually kind of like that, it creates airspace between your CPU and GPU. I'm just not used to seeing builds like that.
     
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  • #16
    Jehos said:
    whoisit said:
    Jehos: I actually double checked the manual, and the video card is in slot one. Of the two PCI Express x16 slots on the motherboard, slot one is surrounded by a metal bracket to either mark it as number one, or provide extra support for video cards with heavy heat sinks.
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    Fair enough. That's a weird design. Typically mobo manufacturers make that slot the one closest to the CPU.

    I actually kind of like that, it creates airspace between your CPU and GPU. I'm just not used to seeing builds like that.
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    It may not look like it's in the first slot, because of the USB 3 bracket above the video card. If I remove that bracket, you would see their is no PCI express slot there, but their is an M.2 slot for an M.2 SSD card.
     
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  • #18
    Some quick photos of my mini ITX Coffee Lake rig. Here are the details:

    * i5-8400 with Intel Heatsink/fan - 3.8 GHz all core turbo
    * ASRock Z370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX
    * Zotac Mini GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
    * Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000 MHz @ 3000
    * Seasonic SS-350SFE 350W SFX PSU
    * SilverStone SST-SG05BB-LITE Mini ITX Case
    * Micron M600 240GB M.2 SATA Boot Drive - Win 10 Pro

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    I also built a Ryzen rig using the same components, which I've moved to my Corsair Clear 400C case so I can water cool the CPU and run it at 4 GHz. I originally ran it in at 3.8 GHz the same ITX case as the Coffee Lake setup using the AMD Spire cooler. But while the Spire did OK in normal use, Prime95 overwhelmed it and the temp would slowly edge up to 95C+ after 5 minutes or so. It stays in the mid 70s with the water cooling at 4 GHz. It runs rock solid at 4 GHz with the Vcore set at 1.386V and peaking at 1.408V under 100% load.

    * Ryzen 5 1600 with Corsair H100 240mm Water Cooler - OC'd to 4 GHz
    * Biostar X370GTN Mini ITX
    * Zotac Mini GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
    * Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000 MHz @ 2933
    * Supermicro 665W PSU
    * Corsair Clear 400C ATX Case
    * Intel 600P 128GB M.2 NVMe Boot Drive - Win 10 Pro

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  • #19
    DaveB said:
    Some quick photos of my mini ITX Coffee Lake rig. Here are the details:

    * i5-8400 with Intel Heatsink/fan - 3.8 GHz all core turbo
    * ASRock Z370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX
    * Zotac Mini GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
    * Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000 MHz @ 3000
    * Seasonic SS-350SFE 350W SFX PSU
    * SilverStone SST-SG05BB-LITE Mini ITX Case
    * Micron M600 240GB M.2 SATA Boot Drive - Win 10 Pro

    ...

    I also built a Ryzen rig using the same components, which I've moved to my Corsair Clear 400C case so I can water cool the CPU and run it at 4 GHz. I originally ran it in at 3.8 GHz the same ITX case as the Coffee Lake setup using the AMD Spire cooler. But while the Spire did OK in normal use, Prime95 overwhelmed it and the temp would slowly edge up to 95C+ after 5 minutes or so. It stays in the mid 70s with the water cooling at 4 GHz. It runs rock solid at 4 GHz with the Vcore set at 1.386V and peaking at 1.408V under 100% load.

    * Ryzen 5 1600 with Corsair H100 240mm Water Cooler - OC'd to 4 GHz
    * Biostar X370GTN Mini ITX
    * Zotac Mini GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
    * Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000 MHz @ 2933
    * Supermicro 665W PSU
    * Corsair Clear 400C ATX Case
    * Intel 600P 128GB M.2 NVMe Boot Drive - Win 10 Pro

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    This of course leads us to wonder what the i5-8400 can do with the Corsair H100 240mm Water Cooler. :)
     
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  • #26
    Jehos said:
    This is the current leader in the "not fucking around" category.

    I'm guessing something like an X-99 board? I know not much besides that and Xeon have 8 RAM slots.
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    Or an X299 Intel board or X399 AMD board for something more current, they also have 8 slots. Or, it could just be that the fans on the left could be blowing on the VRMs and then it could be most anything especially with that legacy PCI slot peeking out. :confused:
     
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  • #27
    I built that rig exactly 5 years ago. Asus X79 Sabertooth, 3930K @5.02GHZ in that picture. It held the Passmark CPU score record for a 3930K for over a year with a 17,341 (still not bad today). Corsair 500R case and everything in it has been swapped out for other things over the years. 64GB G.Skill DDR3 1866 back then, Asus Xonar D2X, XFX R9 290X, Corsair H105 w/4 Silverstone FM121's in push/pull, I think I'd just put a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro in when that was taken, it's had several different mechanical hard drives in it, LiteOniHBS212 Blu-ray, Plextor 880SA, Corsair HX1050. It's been a test bed for many pieces of hardware and is still in use today running Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64. The CPU has been dialed back to 4.7GHZ and will eventually be replaced by a 4930K or 4960X when it finally dies, the years of hard overclocking are taking their toll now because it doesn't run nearly as cool as it used to. I had a 3960X in it for a short time but it wasn't a good overclocker so the 3930K went back in. It also has two Silverstone FHP141 140mm fans in the side panel that's not in the picture.

    I have a newer X99 rig with an Asus X99 Deluxe and 5930K @4.8GHZ with 64GB of G.Skill DDR4 3200 in a black version of that case that doesn't look as pretty but scores higher in all benchmarks running Win 10 Enterprise 64. XFX R9 290X, Asus Xonar D2X and a Seasonic 1250X. It also has a MyDigitalSSD 480GB NVME system drive and 4 2TB Seagate hard drives. Both rigs are used for A/V production work. I got the current GPU's in both of them dirt cheap from somebody that was parting out bitcoin mining rigs a few years ago.
     
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  • #33
    Jehos said:
    DaveB said:
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    There's so much room for activities!
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    I did that for awhile and it really bothered me so I ended up selling the ITX motherboard and swapping it for ATX without doing much else to my rig. Doesn't meaningfully change much obviously but I could finally route my wires properly. The mobo power could not be routed through the back with the ITX board because the cable wasn't long enough since the connector on the ITX board was further away from the routing holes.
     
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  • #36
    I should NEVER have come back to this part of the forums. Only thing between me and madness is that I'm a bit more than 2 hours' drive from my closest microcenter!

    (last complete build was more than 10 years ago when I got lazy and just started buying off the shelf, then lazier and buying from apple store...)

    so much has changed since athlon and win2k...
     
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  • #37
    Why not both?

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    That's a MBP on top of a homebrew gaming rig.

    My last home-built system before this one was before Intel switched to their "Core" nomenclature if that tells you anything.

    Things have gotten *much* simpler since then. Just the physical assembly is a no-brainer--hell, they even removed the pins from the CPUs. Now they're on the socket where you can't bend them easily. The two hardest things are figuring out your cable routing and making sure you wire up the power switch, LEDs, etc. correctly, and many mobo manufacturers are making that simpler too.
     
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  • #39
    Back again. I couldn't pass up the Microcenter Ryzen 7 1700X $230 deal so I picked it up with a Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 mobo for a total of $260 plus tax (after $20 rebate). Put it in the trusty Corsair Clear 400C case with my trusty old Supermicro 665W PSU, G.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3200 Samsung B-Die RAM, Zotac Mini GTX 1080 GPU and cooled by a Corsair H100. Updated the BIOS, made 4 changes to the settings, and it's running at 3.94 GHz with the memory at 3200. Vcore at 1.380V going to 1.392V under max load, temps at 100% load just topping 70C. Here's the obligatory bad photo!

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