Bhups pc build - Re up

[xbhups]

Hi had some account issues, so I know some of you will have seen this by now.

Ive been looking into upgrading for a while, and finally the time came...

I play every kind of game under the sun, Love racing games etc hence the 3 screen setup, Works well for games like Battlefield too..

Old rig -

Q6600
Powercolor HD6950
128gb intel ssd
2x western digital 500gb hdd's
4gb corsair 800mhz ram
(crappy old case i butchered to get more fans in ( still used to over heat ))

New rig -

Coolermaster Cosmos 2
Asus ROG Maximus V Formula
Intel i5 3570k @ 4.4ghz
Corsair h100 - push pull corsair sp120's
16gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz
Antec Current Gamer 750w
Powercolor HD6950 (flashed to hd6970 bios) - Arctic cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Cooler
128gb intel ssd
2x western digital 500gb hdd's

2x Samsung Syncmaster bx2331 23" led monitors
1x LG 32" lcd tv (main display)

Logitech G510 keyboard
Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse
Logitech G930 Wireless Gaming Headset

Finally Pictures

*still has old Gpu cooler on*

Finally what my desktop looks like.

More picture taken with my dslr

Since the above, I have done more cable tidying and wired the fans directly to the PSU now.

Also changed my mouse and headset to Steelseries products the Sensei and the Siberia V2's

 

[tinytomlogan]

Not a bad start, still needs some tweaking to make it perfect though

 

[xbhups]

what would you suggest tom!?

my list of things I want:

Red braided led strips.
Red 200mm fan for the front.
switch all fans to the corsair sp/af series ones.
Cable extentions to sort out the mobo area.

one day ill move onto water cooling.

Also for those who game I have a g27 wheel for racing..

but heres part of my games list!
I have
Live for speed
Starcraft 2
Simraceway
Diablo 3
Battlefield 3
Battlefield bad company 2
Star wars the old republic
Deus ex: Human revolution
Half life 2
Magicka
Mirror's Edge
Portal 2
Blacklight Retribution
Call of duty: modern warfare 3
Counterstrike 1.6
Counterstrike Source
Left for dead 2
All the GTA's
L.A Noire
Limbo
Super Monday Night Combat
Terraria
Test drive unlimited 2
Tribes ascend
minecraft :/
Planetside 2
Guildwars 2

 

[hmmblah]

That is quite the upgrade. How does the new system play? Are you noticing a difference in your games with the better CPU? Was your 6950 flashed to a 6970 in the old build as well?

 

[xbhups]

Im not sure to be honest, the system runs a hell of alot cooler now everything is...better. Things like battlefield and stuff havn't really improved that much because its still being bottlenecked by my GPU.

I flashed my 6950 after i built this rig. I tried briefly before but never really put any effort into it. And to be honest it doesnt feel like there is that much difference. Im not one for benchmarking so cant say if there is a difference.

What I can say is that recently ive been playing Planetside 2 and have heard of people having issues running the game. I have it on full settings and dont seem to notice any slowdown when I have over 100 people on the screen. In general use the PC is much faster than my old one.

 

[SuB]

yeah planetside is SUPER cpu heavy matey, unfortunately some silly person decided it should be DirectX9 ONLY instead of DX11 with scale-back, so it's VERY cpu dependent, and requires more Hz than cores at this point

most people are having trouble with the CPU bottlenecking their performance (myself included until i overclock her) but with your cpu as well, you should be fine

Nice setup, sleeve that PSU!

 

[xbhups]

Hmmm its wierd that when i pull up the fps monitor it normally says gpu unless i hit a big engagement

And Im planning to get the braided extention cables so i dont have to sleeve the psu.

Im not sure if anyone has any info on my power supply. I was in the situation that i needed it asap and its the best one they had for sale in pc world at the time.

 

[andrevautour]

Love the Cosmos 2 quality. Good looking build.

 

[CPMFW]

a nice looking rig you got there

 

[SuB]

Yeah it will start hitting your CPU hard when you look at anything with more than 30 people or so matey. That's normal.

As for the PSU I'm not sure really. Apart from sleeving. I went hardcore and sleeved mine from the unit outwards hehe. Enjoyed it.

 

[FlangeBBK]

Looks good so far. I think the red PCB on the 6950 doesn't really match and the cables on the psu kind of lets it down a bit. Look at the BitFenix Alchemy extensions.

 

[SuB]

Really? all his fans have red trims? looks fine to me? I think he's already got extensions on the 'to-do' list

 

[FlangeBBK]

Really? all his fans have red trims? looks fine to me? I think he's already got extensions on the 'to-do' list

I don't what it is about it. Think its because the red on the PCB is a different shade to what is on the SP120's

 

[ruairi.C]

red on the PCB is a different shade to what is on the SP120's

#firstworldproblems

 

[FlangeBBK]

#firstworldproblems

#truedat

 

[Whaler_99]

Nice build!

 

[xbhups]

I thought it matched quite well.. and yea the extentions are on my list of things to do

 

[JLR]

I love those Cosmos 2 cases. Looks like a nice setup. Very well done.

 

[Choklitmlk]

some good wiring and a new front intake fan will complete this

 

[xbhups]

Thanks guys, im extremely happy with it considering its my first full build, i had swapped graphics cards and hard drives before but nothing more.

I assure you extentions and a new fan will come as soon as i have the money for it.

What color extentions do you guys think?

Also considering flipping my psu around so the writing is the right side up.