andrevautour
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This is an exciting build that I got to do earlier this year. I did not take as many pictures as I would have liked during the actual build process. But I did get a few shots, plus some shots of the hardware and internals after I finished.
There was a couple of changes that took place with the hardware. One was the Noctua fans on the H100 were changed from NF-P12s to NF-F12s. The other was the 16GB of Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz memory was replaced with 32GB of G.Skill RipjawsZ 2133MHz.
This is a build that is a personal rig for my father. Because of this, there were some parts that I personally would not have picked if it was a build for myself, but overall still a fantastic quality build.
Here is a shot of all the original hardware boxes together on my table at the time.
IMG_1099 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The processor is an i7-3930K
IMG_0954 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Motherboard is an Asus Rampage IV Extreme
IMG_0953 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Graphics cards are Gigabyte Windforce GTX 580 Super Over Clock
IMG_0997 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
This is the original set of memory, a bit out of place in a system like this.
IMG_0956 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Now comes the first of the things I don't personally like in this build. I do not like H100s. I don't like the fans that come with them, I don't like the noise the pump makes (we have 3 different ones and the pump made a ticking noise on each of them) and I dont like the aesthetic of the ribbed tubing used or the thin radiator. But my dad liked this option because it takes up less space around the cpu socket area and is less bulky then a good air cooler, so ended up using an h100. We kept the 3rd unit even though it make the same annoying ticking noise as the other 2.
IMG_0965 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The solid state drive is a Crucial M4 256gb. It will probably we getting replaced by a 512 shortly, though.
IMG_0950 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The 580's
IMG_0971 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
(This is another area which I don't completely agree with the component selection.) The case is a Cooler Master HAF X. The original reason my father picked this case is because he briefly owned a X58 board, a G1.Assassin and needed a case to accommodate the extra height of that board. Personally I think the HAF X is ugly and looks cheap. It's not the worst case I've seen though.
IMG_0972 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The original NF-P12 fans, which have since been put to use in my case.
IMG_0974 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The Power Supply is a Enermax Platimax 1200W. I really like the finish on the Platimax--The paint has large silver chips in it, so it has a texture and also a sparkle to it.
IMG_0993 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
IMG_0978 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
IMG_0986 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
IMG_0985 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
At the time I put it in face down--not 100% sure why,really. But I'm probably going to go back and flip it fan up soon. I guess the upside of having it fan down is the dust filter on the bottom of the case, especially for systems that run for a long time in between getting cleaned.
IMG_0987 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Here is the memory that replaced the corsair stuff.
IMG_2648 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The mechanical storage drives are 2 3TB Seagate Barracuda drives (in raid 1). I don't have a picture of those at the moment, but I will go take one and add it after.
I want to talk a bit about the read/write performance of those too and add a crystal drink mark screenshot.
Basically, the first time I ran crystal disk mark on them they got around 240MB/s write speed and I want to say a similar read speed, but I can't remember for sure. I will go back and run Crystal Disk Mark and add a screenshot.
The monitor is Asus VG279 120Hz 3D LED + 2 pairs of Nvidia 3D Vision 2 glasses.
IMG_0983 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The mouse is Razer Mamba elite (personally not a huge fan of razer either, but the mamba is very nice) My father had this and a RAT and he preferred this.
Keyboard is Mionix Zibal 60
IMG_0970 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Here is a shot of the internals (this was after the initial build, but before I did a post build cable tidy)
IMG_0998 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
And here is a shot after my post build cable tidy
IMG_0213 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Overclocking and Benchmarking.
I was able to get the 3930K to 5.0GHz and it ran Cinebench fine, but I ran 3Dmark at 4.9Ghz.
5.0ghz by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Cinebench at 5GHz
Cinebench (CPU at 5.0GHz) by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
3DMark Vantage with the processor at 4.9GHz and the Graphics cards at 900MHz.
3DMark Vantage (CPU at 4.9 GHz) (GPU 900mhz) by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
3DMark 11 at 4.6Ghz (I did run 3Dmark 11 at 4.9Ghz and it was fine, but I didn't screenshot it because I though I would just wait to run it at 5Ghz and screenshot that but it didn't finish at 5Ghz and I never went back to run it at 4.9Ghz again to get a screenshot.
3DMark 11 (4.6 GHz) by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
There was a couple of changes that took place with the hardware. One was the Noctua fans on the H100 were changed from NF-P12s to NF-F12s. The other was the 16GB of Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz memory was replaced with 32GB of G.Skill RipjawsZ 2133MHz.
This is a build that is a personal rig for my father. Because of this, there were some parts that I personally would not have picked if it was a build for myself, but overall still a fantastic quality build.
Here is a shot of all the original hardware boxes together on my table at the time.
IMG_1099 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The processor is an i7-3930K
IMG_0954 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Motherboard is an Asus Rampage IV Extreme
IMG_0953 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Graphics cards are Gigabyte Windforce GTX 580 Super Over Clock
IMG_0997 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
This is the original set of memory, a bit out of place in a system like this.
IMG_0956 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Now comes the first of the things I don't personally like in this build. I do not like H100s. I don't like the fans that come with them, I don't like the noise the pump makes (we have 3 different ones and the pump made a ticking noise on each of them) and I dont like the aesthetic of the ribbed tubing used or the thin radiator. But my dad liked this option because it takes up less space around the cpu socket area and is less bulky then a good air cooler, so ended up using an h100. We kept the 3rd unit even though it make the same annoying ticking noise as the other 2.
IMG_0965 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The solid state drive is a Crucial M4 256gb. It will probably we getting replaced by a 512 shortly, though.
IMG_0950 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The 580's
IMG_0971 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
(This is another area which I don't completely agree with the component selection.) The case is a Cooler Master HAF X. The original reason my father picked this case is because he briefly owned a X58 board, a G1.Assassin and needed a case to accommodate the extra height of that board. Personally I think the HAF X is ugly and looks cheap. It's not the worst case I've seen though.
IMG_0972 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The original NF-P12 fans, which have since been put to use in my case.
IMG_0974 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The Power Supply is a Enermax Platimax 1200W. I really like the finish on the Platimax--The paint has large silver chips in it, so it has a texture and also a sparkle to it.
IMG_0993 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
IMG_0978 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
IMG_0986 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
IMG_0985 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
At the time I put it in face down--not 100% sure why,really. But I'm probably going to go back and flip it fan up soon. I guess the upside of having it fan down is the dust filter on the bottom of the case, especially for systems that run for a long time in between getting cleaned.
IMG_0987 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Here is the memory that replaced the corsair stuff.
IMG_2648 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The mechanical storage drives are 2 3TB Seagate Barracuda drives (in raid 1). I don't have a picture of those at the moment, but I will go take one and add it after.
I want to talk a bit about the read/write performance of those too and add a crystal drink mark screenshot.
Basically, the first time I ran crystal disk mark on them they got around 240MB/s write speed and I want to say a similar read speed, but I can't remember for sure. I will go back and run Crystal Disk Mark and add a screenshot.
The monitor is Asus VG279 120Hz 3D LED + 2 pairs of Nvidia 3D Vision 2 glasses.
IMG_0983 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
The mouse is Razer Mamba elite (personally not a huge fan of razer either, but the mamba is very nice) My father had this and a RAT and he preferred this.
Keyboard is Mionix Zibal 60
IMG_0970 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Here is a shot of the internals (this was after the initial build, but before I did a post build cable tidy)
IMG_0998 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
And here is a shot after my post build cable tidy
IMG_0213 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Overclocking and Benchmarking.
I was able to get the 3930K to 5.0GHz and it ran Cinebench fine, but I ran 3Dmark at 4.9Ghz.
5.0ghz by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
Cinebench at 5GHz
Cinebench (CPU at 5.0GHz) by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
3DMark Vantage with the processor at 4.9GHz and the Graphics cards at 900MHz.
3DMark Vantage (CPU at 4.9 GHz) (GPU 900mhz) by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
3DMark 11 at 4.6Ghz (I did run 3Dmark 11 at 4.9Ghz and it was fine, but I didn't screenshot it because I though I would just wait to run it at 5Ghz and screenshot that but it didn't finish at 5Ghz and I never went back to run it at 4.9Ghz again to get a screenshot.
3DMark 11 (4.6 GHz) by Andre Vautour, on Flickr
