A few of my recent builds...

The Old School Gamer · 16 Oct 2021 at 09:35

It's still on the bench as I ran out of time last night and didn't have time to update the BIOS.
So I'll take a side view shot without the glass panel today.

The Old School Gamer · 16 Oct 2021 at 17:06

mickyflinn said:
Nice but would like a full side view pic please.

Side view as requested (and yup this PC walked out the door today).

Here is today's PC build, another 3080, 5600X, X570 TUF, 2x8Gb, 240mm Capellix, 4000X.

mickyflinn · 16 Oct 2021 at 22:53

The Old School Gamer said:
Side view as requested (and yup this PC walked out the door today).

Here is today's PC build, another 3080, 5600X, X570 TUF, 2x8Gb, 240mm Capellix, 4000X.

Nice.

Love them side view pics to see all the layout .

Tx.

Rannoch · 31 Oct 2021 at 00:38

The Old School Gamer · 22 Jan 2022 at 19:24

A couple of Alder Lake builds I've done recently.

V F · 22 Jan 2022 at 20:14

The Old School Gamer said:
Here are some more of my recent builds in the last few weeks.
(Sorry about the picture quality on some of them, my phone isn't the best).

Needless to say I've been a busy boy lol.
We are on the run up to Xmas so there are plenty of builds for me to be getting on with that's for sure.

Banged these together to be used at a annual local gaming event / competition (Rocket League).

I really love the case style/branding and colour scheme.

Quartz · 22 Jan 2022 at 22:18

You should try the 180 degree PCIE adapters to route the GPU power cables more neatly.

The Old School Gamer · 23 Jan 2022 at 13:13

Quartz said:
You should try the 180 degree PCIE adapters to route the GPU power cables more neatly.

I can certainly take a look.
Of coarse we are always trying to keep the costs down where we can.
Hence why we very rarely use cable mods or additional adapters etc.
Same with DDR5, we are staying away from it until the price becomes more 'reasonable'.

The Old School Gamer · 1 Feb 2022 at 17:47

Couple more 12th gen builds done today.

This one was an high end build done by my mate and work colleague J.
12900K, ASUS Z690 APEX, TridentZ DDR5, EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3, Corsair 5000D Airflow.

This one I did, 12900KF, ASUS Z690 TUF, Corsair DDR4 Dominator, MSI RTX 3080 Ventus, Lian Li O11 Case

Quartz · 2 Feb 2022 at 09:03

The Old School Gamer said:

That looks lovely but if you'd used 180 degree connectors on the GPU you could have had the GPU power cables going straight down for an even cleaner effect.

The Old School Gamer · 2 Feb 2022 at 17:31

Quartz said:
That looks lovely but if you'd used 180 degree connectors on the GPU you could have had the GPU power cables going straight down for an even cleaner effect.

Yeah I have to look into them.
To be honest the glass side panel is a dark tint so does not make much difference (unless you have OCD lol).

The Old School Gamer · 14 Oct 2022 at 18:27

We updated the bossman's personal rig today so I had a bit of a play around. :cool:

X670E Hero / 7950X / 4090 Strix / 1600w PRIME

With the CPU and GPU maxed out I was drawing 750w from the wall, GPU temp 63c.
Not too shabby.

Cenedd · 15 Oct 2022 at 12:59

The Old School Gamer said:
(unless you have OCD lol).

This is the OCUK project logs forum.... you'd be hard-pressed to find someone without OCD here!

Like the temp readout on the CPU block BTW.

Haz123 · 15 Oct 2022 at 13:33

Is the 600w power cable pressed against the glass ?

I am here and I am pretty sure I do not have OCD and I have never cable managed the hidden side of my PCs , stick the wires in and hide them with the side panel and I am

V F · 15 Oct 2022 at 14:15

Daaaaaaaammmmmmnnnn! The size of that Asus. That's crazy.

Vidar · 22 Oct 2022 at 14:36

I'd kill to have your job!

The Old School Gamer · 23 Oct 2022 at 12:27

Vidar said:
I'd kill to have your job!

Yeah it's a good job, but it's not high end builds all the time.
We are also dealing with a lot of real old and slow rubbish as well lol.

But it is quite varied, one week is never like the last.
Just recently I drained off and flushed a customers loop, and blocked them up a new 3090 to replace a couple of 1080Ti's.

The Old School Gamer · 23 Oct 2022 at 13:27

Haz123 said:
Is the 600w power cable pressed against the glass ?

I am here and I am pretty sure I do not have OCD and I have never cable managed the hidden side of my PCs , stick the wires in and hide them with the side panel and I am

Nah well clear of the glass, those small 12VHPWR connectors are quite fragile so we tend to pre-bend the cables.
Sometimes we go up and across the backplate (like on the O11 below), they is no real right or wrong way, just the way that works.

But as you can see we are not using the included 3 or 4 way adaptors as those things look bloody awful and have very little flexibility.

This is a O11 build I did on Saturday.
7700X / X670 / 3090 Ti Suprim

scaryhair · 23 Oct 2022 at 17:13

As a plumber by trade, i have to applaud your neat pipework

Vidar · 23 Oct 2022 at 17:28

The Old School Gamer said:
Nah well clear of the glass, those small 12VHPWR connectors are quite fragile so we tend to pre-bend the cables.
Sometimes we go up and across the backplate (like on the O11 below), they is no real right or wrong way, just the way that works.

But as you can see we are not using the included 3 or 4 way adaptors as those things look bloody awful and have very little flexibility.

This is a O11 build I did on Saturday.
7700X / X670 / 3090 Ti Suprim

It's the variety that would excite me the most to be honest, that and the constant learning aspects of the work.