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mayunaise wrote

Misaka: None yet ;w;

PC literally unusable.

Gotta love that cable management just above the PSU though ;p - mine's not much better, if at all better.

It's always confidence inspiring to hear coil whine in your PSU that sounds like arcing.

What I have here is my old school wooden workdesk that never gets old, Logitech speakers, keyboard and mouse, and an auto backup power supply unit in case of blackouts. I have a modem with four slots (4 computers fit for a family of four), a router as my overall connection indicator, running on Windows 7, a highly sophisticated single HDMI LED Senseye 3 4k monitor, and my tower is CM STORM. Inside my workdesk's only storage cabinet are all my school supplies, a few important memories from my younger years, and a few additional storage containers.

Sorry, I have no pics depicting my two floor apartment room, but to my interpretation, it feels kinda small but neater and not as claustrophobic than most people's stations. The room I am occupying now all to myself was used by someone else years before I moved in, so the condition back then was a tad bit terrible, they even tend to smoke and messed up one of the two windows a little.

EDIT: Ah, here it is, nothing too fancy with my desktop background.

My workstation lacked a certain degree of RGB aesthetic, so I decided I'd grab the extra-large version of the Cooler Master MP750. It's rather primitive, supporting only solid colors, but it's big enough to accommodate a full-size keyboard and mouse. I've found it works best on a black desk, where in dimmer light it resembles a ring of inlaid LEDs.

Backlash wrote

My workstation lacked a certain degree of RGB aesthetic, so I decided I'd grab the extra-large version of the Cooler Master MP750. It's rather primitive, supporting only solid colors, but it's big enough to accommodate a full-size keyboard and mouse. I've found it works best on a black desk, where in dimmer light it resembles a ring of inlaid LEDs.

I'm sorry, but there is no such thing as not enough rgb~

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

The waifus add an additional 40 FPS.

... yes, it's horrendous. Especially the Phanteks Halo fucking taped to the GPU power cable. I kinda had to limit myself to avoid migraines. But at least I know this case was worth it. ^~^

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Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

The waifus add an additional 40 FPS.

... yes, it's horrendous. Especially the Phanteks Halo fucking taped to the GPU power cable. I kinda had to limit myself to avoid migraines. But at least I know this case was worth it. ^~^

redacted

But Misaka will get cold! How come the PSU isn't where it normally is~?

Aside from the halo taped on there, it looks good!

But why redacted indeed~

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

The waifus add an additional 40 FPS.

... yes, it's horrendous. Especially the Phanteks Halo fucking taped to the GPU power cable. I kinda had to limit myself to avoid migraines. But at least I know this case was worth it. ^~^

redacted

But Misaka will get cold! How come the PSU isn't where it normally is~?

Aside from the halo taped on there, it looks good!

But why redacted indeed~

See that little partition behind Kirino? That's actually the case's version of a PSU shroud. That giant hole on the left is meant to accommodate add-on brackets for a mITX system or a secondary PSU, but I haven't been able to find the plain backplate to cover it again. ^^'7

And I just really didn't like my cabling job, honestly. Luckily the sun came out, so I was able to touch things up and get a really nice shot of Kiririn and Misaka. This one, I'll keep. c:

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

The waifus add an additional 40 FPS.

... yes, it's horrendous. Especially the Phanteks Halo fucking taped to the GPU power cable. I kinda had to limit myself to avoid migraines. But at least I know this case was worth it. ^~^

redacted

But Misaka will get cold! How come the PSU isn't where it normally is~?

Aside from the halo taped on there, it looks good!

But why redacted indeed~

See that little partition behind Kirino? That's actually the case's version of a PSU shroud. That giant hole on the left is meant to accommodate add-on brackets for a mITX system or a secondary PSU, but I haven't been able to find the plain backplate to cover it again. ^^'7

And I just really didn't like my cabling job, honestly. Luckily the sun came out, so I was able to touch things up and get a really nice shot of Kiririn and Misaka. This one, I'll keep. c:

Ooh, it looks much nicer in this light! And yes, it looks far better without that fan ^_^'

When you say add-on brackets for a mITX system, do you mean like, a second PC? Because that would be insane lol

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

The waifus add an additional 40 FPS.

... yes, it's horrendous. Especially the Phanteks Halo fucking taped to the GPU power cable. I kinda had to limit myself to avoid migraines. But at least I know this case was worth it. ^~^

redacted

But Misaka will get cold! How come the PSU isn't where it normally is~?

Aside from the halo taped on there, it looks good!

But why redacted indeed~

See that little partition behind Kirino? That's actually the case's version of a PSU shroud. That giant hole on the left is meant to accommodate add-on brackets for a mITX system or a secondary PSU, but I haven't been able to find the plain backplate to cover it again. ^^'7

And I just really didn't like my cabling job, honestly. Luckily the sun came out, so I was able to touch things up and get a really nice shot of Kiririn and Misaka. This one, I'll keep. c:

Ooh, it looks much nicer in this light! And yes, it looks far better without that fan ^_^'

When you say add-on brackets for a mITX system, do you mean like, a second PC? Because that would be insane lol

Right, though? My original plan was to use it as a streaming PC/NAS host, but that kinda fell through after I discovered the joy of SATA controllers. I do still plan on getting crazy with this thing, though. First a triple-radiator open loop in this case, then a 156 TB watercooled Linux server in another. Mind, I don't expect to accomplish the latter till the very end of the decade. ^_^'

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

The waifus add an additional 40 FPS.

... yes, it's horrendous. Especially the Phanteks Halo fucking taped to the GPU power cable. I kinda had to limit myself to avoid migraines. But at least I know this case was worth it. ^~^

redacted

But Misaka will get cold! How come the PSU isn't where it normally is~?

Aside from the halo taped on there, it looks good!

But why redacted indeed~

See that little partition behind Kirino? That's actually the case's version of a PSU shroud. That giant hole on the left is meant to accommodate add-on brackets for a mITX system or a secondary PSU, but I haven't been able to find the plain backplate to cover it again. ^^'7

And I just really didn't like my cabling job, honestly. Luckily the sun came out, so I was able to touch things up and get a really nice shot of Kiririn and Misaka. This one, I'll keep. c:

Ooh, it looks much nicer in this light! And yes, it looks far better without that fan ^_^'

When you say add-on brackets for a mITX system, do you mean like, a second PC? Because that would be insane lol

Right, though? My original plan was to use it as a streaming PC/NAS host, but that kinda fell through after I discovered the joy of SATA controllers. I do still plan on getting crazy with this thing, though. First a triple-radiator open loop in this case, then a 156 TB watercooled Linux server in another. Mind, I don't expect to accomplish the latter till the very end of the decade. ^_^'

Woah, you planning on starting a hugely successful youtube tech channel or something? 156 TB!

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

The waifus add an additional 40 FPS.

... yes, it's horrendous. Especially the Phanteks Halo fucking taped to the GPU power cable. I kinda had to limit myself to avoid migraines. But at least I know this case was worth it. ^~^

redacted

But Misaka will get cold! How come the PSU isn't where it normally is~?

Aside from the halo taped on there, it looks good!

But why redacted indeed~

See that little partition behind Kirino? That's actually the case's version of a PSU shroud. That giant hole on the left is meant to accommodate add-on brackets for a mITX system or a secondary PSU, but I haven't been able to find the plain backplate to cover it again. ^^'7

And I just really didn't like my cabling job, honestly. Luckily the sun came out, so I was able to touch things up and get a really nice shot of Kiririn and Misaka. This one, I'll keep. c:

Ooh, it looks much nicer in this light! And yes, it looks far better without that fan ^_^'

When you say add-on brackets for a mITX system, do you mean like, a second PC? Because that would be insane lol

Right, though? My original plan was to use it as a streaming PC/NAS host, but that kinda fell through after I discovered the joy of SATA controllers. I do still plan on getting crazy with this thing, though. First a triple-radiator open loop in this case, then a 156 TB watercooled Linux server in another. Mind, I don't expect to accomplish the latter till the very end of the decade. ^_^'

Woah, you planning on starting a hugely successful youtube tech channel or something? 156 TB!

Hah! Naw babw, more like split them into three 4-disk RAID 6 arrays (Try saying that five times fast.) of swashbuckled anime, and use the remaining 12 TB disk for a web server and NextCloud. I'd likely never fill it, so maybe I'd cordon off individual terabytes for my friends. Double that for you. c:

Of course, this is kind of the definition of a halo project. I'll need that cash if I move somewhere. ^^'

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

The new build is coming along pretty nice~

That's quite a lot of free space there~ I don't think the figurines will even take it all up!

The waifus add an additional 40 FPS.

... yes, it's horrendous. Especially the Phanteks Halo fucking taped to the GPU power cable. I kinda had to limit myself to avoid migraines. But at least I know this case was worth it. ^~^

redacted

But Misaka will get cold! How come the PSU isn't where it normally is~?

Aside from the halo taped on there, it looks good!

But why redacted indeed~

See that little partition behind Kirino? That's actually the case's version of a PSU shroud. That giant hole on the left is meant to accommodate add-on brackets for a mITX system or a secondary PSU, but I haven't been able to find the plain backplate to cover it again. ^^'7

And I just really didn't like my cabling job, honestly. Luckily the sun came out, so I was able to touch things up and get a really nice shot of Kiririn and Misaka. This one, I'll keep. c:

Ooh, it looks much nicer in this light! And yes, it looks far better without that fan ^_^'

When you say add-on brackets for a mITX system, do you mean like, a second PC? Because that would be insane lol

Right, though? My original plan was to use it as a streaming PC/NAS host, but that kinda fell through after I discovered the joy of SATA controllers. I do still plan on getting crazy with this thing, though. First a triple-radiator open loop in this case, then a 156 TB watercooled Linux server in another. Mind, I don't expect to accomplish the latter till the very end of the decade. ^_^'

Woah, you planning on starting a hugely successful youtube tech channel or something? 156 TB!

Hah! Naw babw, more like split them into three 4-disk RAID 6 arrays (Try saying that five times fast.) of swashbuckled anime, and use the remaining 12 TB disk for a web server and NextCloud. I'd likely never fill it, so maybe I'd cordon off individual terabytes for my friends. Double that for you. c:

Of course, this is kind of the definition of a halo project. I'll need that cash if I move somewhere. ^^'

Hmm, my my only issue with having 4 disks in a RAID6 setup is that you're losing half the storage to redundancy. Well, not like you'll be short on storage anyway, but it does seem rather cost ineffective!

And thank you for the future concern! As long as my GSuite account isn't banned, I shouldn't need the extra offsite storage, but ya never know~

Ah yes, the moving out dilema. I am also finding it very frustrating >_<

(I wonder how deep 2lewd can go with nested quotes~)

Just gonna steal @[deleted]'s layout, buut with a twist!

Unlike the folks before, I'm also gonna share my personal use for the system, my philosophy whilst building it, and how it's performed thus far.

I don't wanna be the gal just screaming out into the void, though. You guys don't hafta share a giant post like this, but I wanna hear you guys tell me about your personal systems too, and what they mean to ya, 'kay? ^^

Pics

Name of System

• Cotton Candy

Purpose and Philosophy

• Who says you can't have it all? When I bought a full-tower case, I knew from the start that I'd be pursuing the absolute maximum amount of performance at the minimum cost necessary. Nearly every component in this build has a much more expensive "premium" alternative, but when some savvy shopping will save ya a thousand bucks in the long run, it's well worth it.

• Color me weird [pun intended], but I've always believed that RGB LEDs oughta be functional before they look cool. There's a reason I've stayed away from "rainbow puke" effects and stuck with solid colors, since it lets me inspect motherboard headers whenever the case is open.

Performance Results

• In the end, though, the system's main purpose is to play games and render anime at 144 frames per second. Both of those are CPU and GPU-intensive tasks, so I've done my best to maximize airflow whist minimizing cable clutter. I'd reckon it works well. ^^

Speccy Specifications

System Parts

• Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe II/719

• Motherboard: MSI X570 Gaming Edge Wi-Fi

• RAM: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200MHz

• GPU: Powercolor 5700XT Red Devil

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X @ 4.3GHz [highest single-core boost I've seen is 4.67. but only for a split second]

• PSU: Corsair RM750x

• CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 w/3x Arctic P12 PWM PSTs

• HDDs: 2x WD White 10TB disks [essentially, shucked WD Elements drives]

• SSD: 1x 1TB Samsung 860 Evo, 2x 1TB Crucial BX500 [ I also had an M.2 drive I harvested from my college laptop. Not sure why it isn't showing up... ]

• Case Fans: 4x Arctic P14 PWM PSTs, 2x of their P12s as well

• RGB Accessories: 2x Phanteks ARGB LED strips, 9x Phanteks Halos Digital [ both 120 and 140 ], Phanteks Digital RGB Hub, integrated case RGB controller [ also by Phanteks ]

Peripherals

• Keyboard: Corsair K95 Platinum

• Mouse: G-Skill Ripjaws MX-780

• Mousepad: Cooler Master MP 750 XL [ It has RGB! ]

• Speakers: 7.1 system - 6x Wharfedale Diamond 225, 1x Wharfedale Diamond 240C, 1x Polk Audio PSW10

• Retriever: Sony STR-DN2010

• CD Player: Sony CDP-C515

What would you like to add to it, most likely to least

• Additional P12s on the Arctic rad for a push-pull setup.

• Expansion card with additional internal USB 3 headers

• Additional SATA controllers

• 3 additional 1TB SSDs

• Add a third monitor for better multitasking.

• Save up enough for a 3950X

• Custom liquid cooling

• Dual system build! ^~^

• Find a reason for the dual system build. >~<'

Backlash wrote

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Hehe, well, you already know what my opinion on RGB is, buuuuut, I must say, your build is really pretty! Pretty and pink ^_^
I also like the braiding on the coolant lines~

The only niggles I have are that you used a single 6+2-pin PCIe power cable to power a 2x(6+2)-pin card (probably not a problem unless you're OCing loads), and that the GPU is plugged into the third PCIe slot, which on your motherboard is connected to the chipset, and is only a x4 interface, whereas the top one is x16 directly to the CPU.

If I may suggest a reason for a dual system build... one of them could be a FreeNAS system?

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

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Hehe, well, you already know what my opinion on RGB is, buuuuut, I must say, your build is really pretty! Pretty and pink ^_^
I also like the braiding on the coolant lines~

The only niggles I have are that you used a single 6+2-pin PCIe power cable to power a 2x(6+2)-pin card (probably not a problem unless you're OCing loads), and that the GPU is plugged into the third PCIe slot, which on your motherboard is connected to the chipset, and is only a x4 interface, whereas the top one is x16 directly to the CPU.

If I may suggest a reason for a dual system build... one of them could be a FreeNAS system?

Thankya for the feedback, mal-kun. It means a lot, you know. ^~^

Good catch regarding the PCIe slot. I'd placed it down there ages ago to give the best platform for photographing Nendoroids, buut, given I've taken out the white fans I used to project lighting into the rest of the case, I'd reckon it's a moot point. I've also been having black-screen issues after trying to run triple monitors recently, so I wonder if that's related to the lower bandwidth of that final slot.

I'll also be adding a small expansion card to one of those x1 slots pretty soon. I'm not quite sure how, but the pins on one of my motherboard's two USB 3 headers got bent, and despite working with pliers, I can't quite get it right again. >~<'

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

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Hehe, well, you already know what my opinion on RGB is, buuuuut, I must say, your build is really pretty! Pretty and pink ^_^
I also like the braiding on the coolant lines~

The only niggles I have are that you used a single 6+2-pin PCIe power cable to power a 2x(6+2)-pin card (probably not a problem unless you're OCing loads), and that the GPU is plugged into the third PCIe slot, which on your motherboard is connected to the chipset, and is only a x4 interface, whereas the top one is x16 directly to the CPU.

If I may suggest a reason for a dual system build... one of them could be a FreeNAS system?

Thankya for the feedback, mal-kun. It means a lot, you know. ^~^

Good catch regarding the PCIe slot. I'd placed it down there ages ago to give the best platform for photographing Nendoroids, buut, given I've taken out the white fans I used to project lighting into the rest of the case, I'd reckon it's a moot point. I've also been having black-screen issues after trying to run triple monitors recently, so I wonder if that's related to the lower bandwidth of that final slot.

I'll also be adding a small expansion card to one of those x1 slots pretty soon. I'm not quite sure how, but the pins on one of my motherboard's two USB 3 headers got bent, and despite working with pliers, I can't quite get it right again. >~<'

No problem ^~^

I've heard about others having black screen issues with newer AMD cards as well, so it may well be a driver issue! Hopefully moving it to the top slot will fix it though. It's not unheard of for PCIe cards to run more reliably on a direct interface to the CPU.

Eugh, I have no idea how I haven't broken a USB 3.0 header yet. Those things are just terrible.