Custom PC Builds

[Em6Ry]

Anybody have a custom PC, that you may have built? If so share your builds here, even if you slightly modded a PC, share it with us. Let's see how many computer enthusiasts we have.

[Mystelinth]

Well i've build one.. sorta. It was mainly a friend of mine who put it together, i was the one that payed for it and looked in awe as i saw him doing his thing.

Either way, i didn't really want to make something amazing, simply because i didn't think it was worth it. But, its good enough to run the the most recent games.

If you want you can press on this link to see the things that are in the PC.


If you happen to be too lazy to press it, then in short

Intel Core i5-4670 (its better than you'd think)
Club 3D Radeon R9 280X RoyalQueen
240 GB SSD
1TB HDD
8GB RAM

[nslay]

I built 2 machines back in 2010. I still use both.

Machine 1
Processor: Intel Core i7-950 (First generation Core i7)
Motherboard: Asus P6X58E-PRO
Memory: 24GB of Kingston HyperX (DDR3 1600)
GPU: nVidia GTX470 (First generation Fermi)
PSU: Kingwin Mach 1 (1000 Watt with PFC)
Case: Antec 900 (I don't recommend this case, no dust cover!)
HDD: 1TB Western Digital drive (still works amazingly)
Optical: HP 1260i Multiformat DVD Writer
Displays: two 25.5'' Asus VW266H

I used it to finish my dissertation work. I ran a lot of my experiments on this machine (some of which were written in CUDA!). It still works perfectly, but now it's used mostly for Diablo 3.

Machine 2
Processor: Dual Core+HT Intel Atom D510 (soldered into the motherboard)
Motherboard: SUPERMICRO MBD-X7SPA-H-O Mini ITX Server Motherboard
Memory: 2GB of Crucial 200 pin DDR2 667
Optical: LITE-ON Slim CD/DVD (internal drive, if you ever intend to get a slim drive, be sure to purchase a SATA to Slim SATA cable as they do not have standard SATA plugs)
Wireless NIC: D-Link DWA 556 (Atheros chipset, first generation 802.11n chipset)
Case: Winsis Wi-02 Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case with 200W Power Supply
HDD: Some laptop SATA drive I had laying around.

I built this to be a small personal router/server. It serves Wi-Fi and wired Internet, SVN, Samba, NFS, and OpenVPN. It also periodically synchronizes firewall rules from emergingthreats to block all sorts of cybercriminals. It runs FreeBSD and it just works.

[Ranshiin]

I learned that buying pre-built computers sucks. I've bought my own gear custom ever since I learned about 10 years ago.

Anyways, I bought and built this about 18 months ago. All custom. As far as futureproofing goes it's pretty much going to be bulletproof for however-long-it-lasts. Which I hope is 6-7 years, but I doubt it.

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Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 mid-tower gaming case
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79
Processor: Intel i7 3930-K 12-core (6 physical cores + hyperthreading), O/C'd at 4.2Ghz
Processor Cooling: Corsair h80 closed-loop liquid cooling with custom Corsair Air SP120 Static Pressure fans to replace the stock ones (they get noisy). The h80's fans are doing their work as case fans instead. Saving up for a h100i and more fans.
RAM: 2x Corsair Vengeance PRO 8GB DDR3 2400Mhz (overall: 16GB)
Graphics: PNY nVidia GTX660 XLR8 edition, 2GB GDDR5
Disk Drives: 240GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD hooked to the 6GB/s port, and a 2TB Samsung 3GB/s SATA HDD for non-important stuff.
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, SP1.
Gaming Peripherals: Xbox 360 controller, Logitech G27 steering wheel, 27" 1ms-response Asus gaming monitor (whoo whoo).

Photo of the system before I swapped the stock fans (ignore the green RAM. I'd just gotten it back after having the water-cooler installed (( because I didn't install the cooler myself I got someone else to do it )) and they didn't take the old RAM out even though I told them the Vengeance RAM would blow them up. Guess what happened? They blew up when I booted.






I know what you're thinking. The graphics card sucks. Yes, I know. I bought it on purpose, because I wanted everything else to be bulletproof and the 660 is more than capable of handling everything on high/max at 720p. I'm getting an 880 later this year when they release. Then I'm set.

[AllHopeInEclipse]

Built this back in late 2008/early 2009. It's still my main PC. The 9800 is OC'd now, but otherwise it runs pretty much everything I throw at it.

- XFX GeForce 8200 Motherboard AM2/+ socket
- AMD Phenom X4 9550 Quad Core 2.20GHz
- XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512mb
- OCZ SLI-Ready Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz
- Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB
- Sony DRU-V200S/BR DVD Rewritable Drive SATA
- NZXT Tempest ATX Mid-Tower Case
- NZXT PP-600 600-Watt PSU
- COOLER MASTER DK8-9GD4A-0L-GP

[Konkulf]

Built this computer in the early part of 2013 somewhere, all custom. Do however want to change out the CPU-cooler at some point, probably for a custom loop.


Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Black Limited Edt.
PSU: Chieftec Super Series 750W PSU
Mobo: Asus Maximus IV Extreme B3 P67
CPU: Intel Core I5 3570K @4,5GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80
RAM: 12GB Kingston ValueR. DDR3 1333MHz
GPU: Asus Geforce GTX 680 DIRECTCU II OC 2GB @1280MHz/6600MHz
SSD #1: Corsair SSD Force Series™ F60, 60GB
SSD #2: OCZ Agility 3 120GB
SSD #3: Samsung 840 EVO SSD 500 GB
HDD: Western Digital Caviar® Green™ 1TB
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence Stx
Peripherals: Corsair K95, Logitech G500, Razer Naga 2014, QPAD QH-1339

[gobSIDES]

i7 2600k
GTX 670 4gb Asus Direct CUii Tops
8gb Ripjaws
OCZ Agility SSD
1TB HDD
OCZ 80+ Gold PSU
BitFenix Shinobi XL white.

Built about 12-14 months ago from savings.

[BusinessFace]

Dang, Ranshiin! Leave some CPU for the rest of us, lol.


i7-4770k [email protected]
MB: ECS Z87H3-A2X-Extreme
RAM: 8GB G-skill 2400mhz
VID: MSI GTX 760 ITX 2gb
Case: Some 30-year old POS
HDs: 90GB Corsair Force 3 SSD, 32GB mSATA (came with the MB), 8.5TB in a Vantec Hx4R.


Looking to double the RAM, SLI a 2nd video card, and throw a water cooler in so I can OC without worries.


Oh, and Windows 8.1 Pro