My New Custom Build with Pics

[toon_mad]

3rd Custom Built PC I have done, feel free to comment

PS, I know the cable management is pretty bad, I had no cable tidy strap things, will do that at a later date

All Games run at 1920x1080 with max settings and Highest AA with no frame drops (have not tried Crysis yet) - but everything runs smooth and looks amazing on the big TV

The Spec:

700W OCZ ModXStream
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO USB3
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.85ghz (will aim higher soon)
2x2GB G.Skill RipJaw @ 1600mhz
1GB MSI GTX 460 H.A.W.X SuperOC Edition (doesnt even need overclocking - but i will anyway )
1TB Sata Hard Drive
NZXT Guardian 921 (used from old build, really like this tower)
Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro rev.2 (does ok but I will look into better cooling in the future)
Windows 7 Ultimate X64 Retail
22" BenQ Monitor, 40" Samsung HD TV both at 1080p

Onto the snazzy pics (should have took more of the tower but oh well)..

Fallout New Vegas maxxed out - pics do it no justice though
Oh and the white light on the top of the tv is just reflection from window

Thanks for looking

 

[RJC]

Nice system

 

[pv123]

Cool thread and build, highly doubt it runs all games on max settings smoothly. Mine surely dosen't and its a 2500k with a 570GTX... - I get frame drops on max settings on various games, just depends on situation, but then again is smoothly for you 30fps? Because 60 fps is smooth for me. And I definetly don't have steady 60fps in some Crysis scenes and even on RIFT with a lot of action. Nevertheless it suffices... for now.

Pv123

 

[toon_mad]

Nice system

Thanks

Cool thread and build, highly doubt it runs all games on max settings smoothly. Mine surely dosen't and its a 2500k with a 570GTX... - I get frame drops on max settings on various games, just depends on situation, but then again is smoothly for you 30fps? Because 60 fps is smooth for me. And I definetly don't have steady 60fps in some Crysis scenes and even on RIFT with a lot of action. Nevertheless it suffices... for now.

Pv123

Well games tried so far have been Fallout New Vegas, NFS Shift and Dead Space, I know they are not the most of demanding games but playing at 1920x1080 resolution at 60fps according to fraps with max AA on the games is perfect for me. And to be honest how many games are there out there that are as demanding as the likes of Crysis, not many - so works perfect for me and I have not even started overclocking the graphics card yet.

 

[HazardO]

Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro rev.2 (does ok but I will look into better cooling in the future)

I think your cooler would work better if it was pointing in the right direction (It's a push design IIRC). At the moment it's trying to fight against the PSU fan. The fan should either be pushing air upwards into the PSU, or towards the back into the exhaust fan.

 

[pv123]

Read some benchmarks and reviews, it's indeed a pretty surprising card, does about 30FPS average with Crysis @ 4xAA.

The temperatures of the card were also pretty decent so you can OC it quiet a bit.

 

[Rexton]

Nice system, but as Hazard said, point your cooler in the right direction

 

[Gelly54]

Nice system, I love the look of them gfx cards

 

[Tomcat825]

Everyone's beat me to the cooler Opposite direction or fan blowing towards the rear. Either will work.

 

[toon_mad]

doh! I had the cooler the other way before, i thought the PSU was pushing cool air down, and the heatsink fan also down, oh well will turn it back