lol, yea yea i just got back into it recently. im building a new rig to also use for upcoming games and play some iracing =)

 

For the record I was not kidding. PacMan FTW!!!!! I need to take breaks for days to let the gamers thumb heal lol

What are the specs of your new pc? I don't have time or funds to build a monster PC but still want to eventually for the hell of it. I was going last night to TigerDirect store to pick up a memory card and turns out these mofos closed all but one or two stores. They must have had insane clearance sales and I MISSED IT!

 

MSI Z97 gaming 5 MOBO
I5 4690k CPU
EVGA GTX 780 SC
8GB crucial ballistix 1866 ram
240gb Sandisk Ultra SSD
Antec 850 high output PSU
Corsair Carbide spec 01 case
Cooler master 212 EVO heat sink

 

That's a nice pc you got there. Was hoping for better deals on Amazon Prime day but what thoroughly disappointed

Guess the new phone and pc parts will wait ...

 

I built PC's for YEARS. many liquid cooling systems over clocking ECT. its been 5+ years since I have done it.

im surprised you put the power supply on the bottom they pump out alot of heat that raises up past the GPU and CPU.

I see the top of the case is open to allow air to be pushed out, but does your cpu fan push up or pull down?

the back fan if its a pusher would keep the hot air in the case (unless its a puller which would be dope)


I miss building PC's, but since I dont heavy game on them anymore its not worth it. Been running alienware laptop since 2012 and its been able to handle most games still on max specs

edit:
wireing looks to knotch good job HEZ

 

There was some good deal on primeday. i dont think people knew how it worked. they released new items every 10 mins or so? they had a ASUS Z97 ROG maximus VI board on sale. for 200 $ plus a 50$ mail in rebate. i saw 4k tv's for crazy cheap, and the USB 3.0 flash drives were sold out so quickly. Not to mention there was some high dollar items like a BREITLING !! watch on sale.


Thank man, its my first build. There is a dust filter on the bottom of the case where the PSU goes, and this PSU runs pretty quite. I have recently updated the RIG with a better, more power efficient PSU. I went with a Corsair RM 750 PSU which is 80 Gold rated, the fan does not kick on until it hits a load threshold so its even more quiet than it already is. Aside from being more power efficient and quiet it also comes with Flat Black cables and is completely modular so cable management is even better physically and aesthetically.

The fan on the heat sink pushes up and i have removed the exhaust fan in the rear. i only have one 140mm intake fan running. I have another just in case but so far ive been monitoring my temps and the rig stay very cool since i do not do any OC'ing right now. while the system is running i have only seen 37-42c temps max.


Also with my old rig I have decided to make an HTPC out of it. Its overkill for an HTPC but it will be serving as a NAS/HTPC/lightgaming/workstation. Im using XBMC/KODI and will install Plex later on once I populate the library.

Intel Cor 2 Duo ( lol yeah its old but it runs well )
Its got an XFX 750 atx mobo
4gb of Ram
2x GTX 460 running SLI
Kingston 120gb SSD as a boot ssd with Win 7 64 bit running
Seagate 3TB HDD for mass storage
Antec High Gamer 850 PSU ( one pictured above )
in a Antec One 25 case.

still deciding on which external Blu Ray writer. I chose to keep it in a PC case rather than an HTPC case due to the space available for expanding storage.

Ill get some pictures of both tonight.

 

I guess there were some good deals but all for stuff I didn't want or need. I did pick up a Sandisk SDXC and USB 2.0 flash drive both at 128gb. Both totaled to just under 90 bucks. Not bad but I wanted more cell phone/tablet/computer deals.

I actually just took a $10 gamble on a USED Core 2 duo processor from an Amazon seller. It was a nice upgrade from a P4. I had it for months and finally got around to installing it over the weekend and updating the OS from XP to Win10. I am trying to squeeze all I can get out of my old Shuttle XPC barebone that I built YEARS ago lol So far that little thing is running like a champ still.

 

Just caught something on Gizmodo that was pretty funny
gizmodo.com/primedayfail-is-a-billion-times-better-than-amazons-pr-1718214152

 

let me know how win10 run with that core 2 duo.

 

I have been running it an old x61 thinkpad running core 2 duo @ 1.6ghz, 4gb ram (2.99 usable), 32bit on a standard HDD. Here are my first impressions since I haven't dedicated too much time to it with software installs.

Boot up time is cut in less than half. This thing was running xp than 7 at one point. Both took ages to even prompt my log in screen.

Overall OS navigation is pretty snappy but at times jittery and freezes for a couple of seconds. It might seem like an eternity because I am used to my other newer Core i5 with SSD being super instant type of fast response.

Default install loads a ton of crap into your Start Menu which is now a mix of Win7 and 8 blended together. Tiles are gone from being in front of you all the time to know part of the Start menu. I disabled and unpinned a lot of the tiles since I know they are constantly sucking up bandwidth and that is not good for my pron watching lol jk ... ok maybe not...

All in all I can't wait for Win10. For the first time ever, I am actually planning to BUY the software to install in my older PCs. It is marketed as a cross platform/device OS that will look the same no matter what you are using- Tablet, Laptop, phone, toaster, ...

More feedback to come once I actually start installing applications. I am curious to see how it handles things then. Going to download.com to try things like Audacity and PDF converters.

lastly, I expect it to run even better on my Shuttle XPC since it has 8gigs of ram. Truth be told I keep all these old PCs just to store and organize music. The Shuttle will make a great home media library music station. I don't really do high end audio restoration anymore or high quantity batch conversions so that was when processing power was needed. It's basically just a monster MP3 player using my favorite- Windows Media Player.