Show us your rig

[.Joe]

Staff & Grim, you guys have some killer rigs there. I'm running a nice "stock" setup, which punches out some decent numbers, but I'm sure your custom machines will leave it in the dust. Perhaps in the future, I can get a custom rig. Will have to replace my machine someday, and it might as well be a killer rig like yours :D

 

[grimreaper]

Thanx .Joe, and by the way, sanse, you set up is sweet too man ..wow...I had to do a double take on one pic...I like how you rearranged all those wires on the side.
Clean job, awesome!

 

[lee786]

mission control





inside

 

[staffspeted]

Thanks Joe , comments much appreciated.
Rig is running a little warm for my liking , will be modifying a few things (thanks again to Reaper!).
Namely turning the Cooler 45 degrees to create airlow through the cooler and out of the rear of the case. Will have to remove the side fan as it catches on the Thermalright.
Bought an aftermarket cooler (an Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 8800) for my GPU too which has reduced the temp down from 72 deg to 55 deg!

Building a PC is great but the two years of tweaking , overclocking and opening up the caase for the sake of it is what makes this hobby!!
Geez never thought I would sound like a geek!!!!!!

 

[staffspeted]

Nice set up Lee 786 , very spacious.
What software are you using to connect your keyboard?
I have a Yamaha that is stand alone but I want to connect it and enhance my work by recording my compositions etc...

 

[staffspeted]

Who uses cassette/tape decks these days? lol and typewriters?
Anyways, I'll prefer sound coming out of my receiver any day over computers speakers, but that's me.

Reaper on a seperate issue I have my PC in my living room next to my HD Sony amp and 42" Plasma.
How have you connect your rig to your amp?
I have used phono for sound and dvi/hdmi to component for streaming video.
Just wondered if there a better way..sound over hdmi etc??:D

Thanks , Pete

 

[lee786]

thanks mate,

the keystation it self don't need anysoftware in the form of drivers or anything
windows already has whats needed

its connected via midiport using a sound blaster 2 platinum ex sound card/breakout box but is powered via the usb

i use fruityloops or cubase or kontact as a vst host and alsorts of plugins like ultra focus

 

[grimreaper]

Reaper on a seperate issue I have my PC in my living room next to my HD Sony amp and 42" Plasma.
How have you connect your rig to your amp?
I have used phono for sound and dvi/hdmi to component for streaming video.
Just wondered if there a better way..sound over hdmi etc??:D

Thanks , Pete

Nice setup...sounds like what i have.
You see there are people who like having, let's say 2X20-22"LCD multiple monitor setup, then there's people like me(or you) who prefer hooking up to a 40"+(in my case 46"1080P) for video.
I hook mine up from DVI(GPU) to HDMI(TV) 1080P HD signal, as for audio, I hooked it up via optical digital cable from my motherboard(output) to my Pioneer AMP 7.1 optical (input).
Now that's me, but everybody is different, depends on their own preferences, and obvious budget costs. lol

 

[Young Baird]

i love music have it rigged up just too 3 amps then out too 5 or so 500 watt speakers. i havnt got all the parts for it yet but i will have soon. oh and i take it back amps are so nesacary. i will NEVER go back to old pc speakers

 

[Element]

First pic, this is of my monitor/speakers/keyboard/mouse the tower in this shot is my old one which my wife will be inheriting.



Second pic is my new pc which has the components in my signature.



I love this case btw, its an Antec 900 and its just simply put, amazing for the $100 I paid for it.

 

[grimreaper]

That's a nice case bro

 

[roy69]

Ahh the Antec case Good choice.

 

[mkprilliman]

I totally agree with grimreaper and roy69 regarding the Antec 900 chassis, they just rock! And, as I have one as well, I can fully understand why you chose a 5.1 speaker configuration that is optimized to drown out the fan noise it emits.

 

[Element]

Actually I have all my fans set to the medium setting and even with no sound playing I don't hear them, maybe if I put them all on High it might be an issue but right now it's all quiet.

 

[KingJ50]

Here Mine:

I'll get more later, but my camera isn't working right now

 

[Young Baird]

hey KingJ50 What case is that, It look totally class? How much was it?

 

[sanse]

i love music have it rigged up just too 3 amps then out too 5 or so 500 watt speakers. i havnt got all the parts for it yet but i will have soon. oh and i take it back amps are so nesacary. i will NEVER go back to old pc speakers

sansui es-200 speakers are indeed old, but not pc-speakers. high class 3-way speakers from the seventies built in cases higher than a antec solo. excellent sound. and only 2 of them. just stereo. not 5.1 or 7.1, cause those would give huge amounts of cables again in the livingroom.

 

[grimreaper]

Just as an update...I'll be off line for a few days starting 05.06.08 working on another build for myself..yeah here we go again to this never ending hobby I so enjoy every moment I get
780i, memory, and CPU is already sold, for (hopefully) a evga 790i Ultra SLi and possibly either Corsair or OCZ DDR3 1600 PC3-12800+ ...but here's the kickoff-the case-I'm customizing it....shhhh it's a secret.
Still deciding on the CPU....will keep you posted.

 

[BigEasy18]

Well I finally decided to take some good pictures when i got home, since taking them though I took my whole computer apart and moved some things around for better airflow.(I don't know why it's so fun to take things apart for no reason)
Since everyone is showing off their Antec 900's I figured I'd throw mine out there too:

It's impossible to tell but my cpu cooler light is actually green.

I put a cold cathode in the top of my case and another 3speed fan on the side and I'm happy with it. (Maybe I won't have the urge to take it apart for another month....nah)

I should take some pictures at night, man this thing can light up the whole room.

 

[Bubba]

Ok, I'm pissed lol. I have an antec 900 as well, but mine came with those big three pronged power jacks for the fans that wouldn't plug in to my motherboard. I replaced the fans with after market ANTEC fans that had power jacks that WOULD plug into my MB, but they didn't have the cool blue lights on them. I know converting the power jacks on the original fans has to be something easy enough for a moron like me to be able to do, but i don't know what it is. How do I do it so I can get those cool blue lights back?

Big Easy: how did you get a side fan with a blue light? On my case the side fan is an after market thing and the after market fans have no lights...........