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  • Daniel F. changed the title to Show us your PC Setup - Bonus points for RGB
41 minutes ago, Daniel F. said:

Nice!!!! but you don't have any rgb on the 1070's or the CPU block so i can't award max points ;)

That's it! I'm getting two 2080 Tis and using NVLINK!! 

 

At least my SLI Bridge is RGB ;)

  • 2 weeks later...

I can't show you it all, as I don't have this done, but all the RGB menace is done. :) 

(My desk is a mess right now, anyway...)

 

Thermaltake Floe AIO Triple Riing RGB 360

GIGABYTE X470 AORUS GAMING 5 WIFI AM4

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition

(unshown) Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 1200W

Fractal Design Define S2 Black Brushed Aluminum/Steel

(more to come, ssd, etc.)

Edit: If you say overkill, I'll whack you!

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Hey everyone! It has been a long time since I visited Neowin. After I built my first PC back in 2004, I stumbled across Neowin looking for wallpapers. Around 2011, I took a break from being a PC enthusiast/gaming to focus on other things. Happy to say I'm back in the saddle and I thought it was only proper to come show off my new baby

 

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Name: toFu

 

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (no OCing/fancy stuff yet)

Gigabyte Aorus B450 WiFi

XFX Radeon RX 570

Corsair Vengence 16GB DDR4 @ 3000 

Corsair CX-M 650w

Some SSD I ripped out of my Macbook to keep costs down. Think its Intel? (although thanks to my job I have a 512GB M.2 to upgrade to now)

2x WD 1TB HDD that were also ripped out of a Hackintosh I built a while back

Thermaltake Water 3.0 120mm AIO

3x darkAura 120mm RGB fans

 

Not pictured:

Asus VG278Q 27" 144hz display

fnatic Streak Mini TKL Mechanical Keyboard (Cherry MX Brown)

fnatic flick2 12k DPI gaming mouse

 

She might not look like much, but she's got it where it counts. Still a bit of a WIP as I want to upgrade the AIO (not really happy with the way this one looks would like to go for a rad that takes up the whole front panel) and I'll probably upgrade the graphics card sooner rather than later. I just wanted to get something I could game at decent framerates on and I more or less maxed out my budget for the time being (don't tell the wife!)

 

 

Just a quick update:

 

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Now with an ID Cooling CHROMAFLOW 240 RGB aio in a push-pull config (2X Corsair LL 120 push - 2X ID Cooling 120 RGB ring fans Pull) and the MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z RGB 

Things have certainly moved on by the looks of this thread, I never realised RGB was such a big thing now.

 

I had a couple of neon light strips, coloured fans and a case with a see though side panel back in 2004, I thought that was pretty hardcore back then.

I prefer my PC to be incognito these days, however Neowin members have some great looking builds! :)

5 hours ago, Daniel F. said:

Now with an ID Cooling CHROMAFLOW 240 RGB aio in a push-pull config (2X Corsair LL 120 push - 2X ID Cooling 120 RGB ring fans Pull) and the MSI RTX 260 Gaming Z RGB 

Think you meant the MSI 2060. ;)

  • 2 weeks later...

And another update.... 

 

I've added an nvme ssd heatsink with integrated aRGB

 

I've also had to change the mobo as the the Asus died :(so it now has the asrock pro4 instead

 

 

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I built this about 5 years ago and still use it as my primary gaming machine w/no need to upgrade yet. I will be building a newer rig later this year.

 

Summary
        Operating System
            Windows 10 v1903 Pro 64-bit
        CPU
            Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz    35 °C
            Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
        Cooling & Soundproofing
            Corsair H100i Pro 240mm Closed-Loop Liquid Cooler
            (5) Enermax 120mm LED case fans w/vibration control kit
            AcoustiPack ULTIMATE PC Soundproofing Kit
        RAM
            Corsair 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (10-10-10-27)
        Motherboard
            ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH Z77 (LGA1155) BIOS 2104
        Graphics
            ASUS VH242H (1920x1080@60Hz)
            2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST (EVGA)
            2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST (EVGA)
            ForceWare version: 430.86
            SLI Enabled

            Microsoft Lifecam HD 5000
        Storage
            232GB Crucial CT250MX500SSD1 (SATA (SSD)) Windows 10 v1903 x64 Pro
            120GB Samsung 850 (SATA (SSD)) Games
            120GB Samsung 850 (SATA (SSD)) Applications
            465GB Western Digital WDC WD5003AZEX-00K1GA0 (SATA ) Storage
            65GB Hitachi HGST Touro Mobile 3.0 USB Device (USB (SATA) (SSD))Gaming Archives
            931GB TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 USB Device (USB (SATA) (SSD))Music, Pictures and Video
        Optical Drives
            LG HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW UH12NS29
        Audio
            Realtek High Definition Audio

            Logitech Dolby 5.1 Surround System

            Steelseries Diablo III custom gaming headset
        Power   
            Corsair TX850 850 Watts 80 Plus Certified Power Supply
        Keyboard
            Steelseries Apex Gaming Keyboard
        Mouse
            Steelseries WoW Legendary PC mouse

        Case
            Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case with High Airflow, Supporting up to Six 120mm Fans and USB 3.0
        Cabling
            Startech custom SATA III Cable system w/tieup kit

        Lighting
            Xidax PC custom lighting kit

 

I have no custom pics right now. Here is a pic I took of my system for a local retailer. This is right before I installed the Blu-Ray drive.

 

 

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@ZimmyantzWhen I first saw that, I saw a smile... top two monitors are eyes, bootom one is nose, your phone is like a mustache. KB and mouse on mat looks like a mouth... :laugh:

3 hours ago, Zimmyantz said:

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Man, that just looks futuristic!! :)

On 3/14/2019 at 6:39 AM, InsaneNutter said:

Things have certainly moved on by the looks of this thread, I never realised RGB was such a big thing now.

 

I had a couple of neon light strips, coloured fans and a case with a see though side panel back in 2004, I thought that was pretty hardcore back then.

I prefer my PC to be incognito these days, however Neowin members have some great looking builds! :)

Yeah, much rather have computer be incognito also, but most of the stuff here just looks insanely cool at same time!

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