Hi everyone
Just thought I would put up some pics of my rig. This is only my second build, my last was around 5 years ago which included an 8800gts and a Q6600 GO.
Spec
Case: Coolermaster Cosmos 2
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth x79
Processor: Intel i7 3930k 2011
Cooler: Corsair H100 liquid cooling
Graphics: Nvidia Gtx 680
Ram: 16gb Corsair Vengence ddr3 1600mhz
Boot drive: 120gb Corsair force gt ssd
HDD: 2tb Seagate barracuda
Powersupply: 700w Corsair gamer series
Optical: LG dvd drive
Sound Card: Creative xfi soundblaster fatality
Peripherals
Monitor: BenQ XL2410T 120hz 3D ready
Mouse: Razer Imperator
Mousemat: Steel series QCK heavy XXL
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Headset: Sennheiser PC350
Some pics of the finished build. I need to do some tweaking to the cable management as I am not fully happy with the way it looks. The usb 2 cables have no grommet to run into so a little tidying is needed. I am thinking possibly running them behind the motherboard along with the front panel connectors for the power and reset. Also there is a sata cable that is not there anymore. It was just running like that to transfer files off my old pc's hdd to the new one. I will be putting it back into my old pc and giving it to a family member.
Overall the pc runs very quite with the fans turned down and when I turn them up it is only the H100 fans the make the loudest noise but I wont hear it over my headset so it is fine.
Temps at stock speeds are
Proc: 3.2ghz idle 25-28C and when I run prime95 I hit 55-60C.
Graphics: With the fan at its lowest setting at idle I reach 30C and when playing crysis 2 I was hitting between 60-65C with the fan at 50%
Performance: I can run Crysis, cs:go,civ 5 etc all at 1080p res and highest settings.
Frames: Cpu and gpu at stock speeds
Cs:s highest settings 800-900+
Cs:go highest settings 250-350
Civ 5: Highest settings 250+ fluctuates to 250 when it is loading the next turn but usually stays above 300
Crysis 2: Highest settings, Dx 11 add on averaging 65 fps
All in all I am well happy with it performance wise and temp wise.
I havnt gotten around to seeing how it performs in things like cad or photoshop as I am finished college for this year and I don't have the programs installed but I expect a good increase over my old pc.
Anyway that is about it for now, I will try overclocking the cpu a bit and see how I get on with that. If you have any thoughts or advice about my build please feel free to share because it will help me learn if there is anything I may have missed or could do better.
Just thought I would put up some pics of my rig. This is only my second build, my last was around 5 years ago which included an 8800gts and a Q6600 GO.
Spec
Case: Coolermaster Cosmos 2
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth x79
Processor: Intel i7 3930k 2011
Cooler: Corsair H100 liquid cooling
Graphics: Nvidia Gtx 680
Ram: 16gb Corsair Vengence ddr3 1600mhz
Boot drive: 120gb Corsair force gt ssd
HDD: 2tb Seagate barracuda
Powersupply: 700w Corsair gamer series
Optical: LG dvd drive
Sound Card: Creative xfi soundblaster fatality
Peripherals
Monitor: BenQ XL2410T 120hz 3D ready
Mouse: Razer Imperator
Mousemat: Steel series QCK heavy XXL
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Headset: Sennheiser PC350
Some pics of the finished build. I need to do some tweaking to the cable management as I am not fully happy with the way it looks. The usb 2 cables have no grommet to run into so a little tidying is needed. I am thinking possibly running them behind the motherboard along with the front panel connectors for the power and reset. Also there is a sata cable that is not there anymore. It was just running like that to transfer files off my old pc's hdd to the new one. I will be putting it back into my old pc and giving it to a family member.





Overall the pc runs very quite with the fans turned down and when I turn them up it is only the H100 fans the make the loudest noise but I wont hear it over my headset so it is fine.
Temps at stock speeds are
Proc: 3.2ghz idle 25-28C and when I run prime95 I hit 55-60C.
Graphics: With the fan at its lowest setting at idle I reach 30C and when playing crysis 2 I was hitting between 60-65C with the fan at 50%
Performance: I can run Crysis, cs:go,civ 5 etc all at 1080p res and highest settings.
Frames: Cpu and gpu at stock speeds
Cs:s highest settings 800-900+
Cs:go highest settings 250-350
Civ 5: Highest settings 250+ fluctuates to 250 when it is loading the next turn but usually stays above 300
Crysis 2: Highest settings, Dx 11 add on averaging 65 fps
All in all I am well happy with it performance wise and temp wise.
I havnt gotten around to seeing how it performs in things like cad or photoshop as I am finished college for this year and I don't have the programs installed but I expect a good increase over my old pc.
Anyway that is about it for now, I will try overclocking the cpu a bit and see how I get on with that. If you have any thoughts or advice about my build please feel free to share because it will help me learn if there is anything I may have missed or could do better.