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Please help spec me a £4k gaming rig
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You don't really need a multimeter, I plugged it in and it just worked. However yeah the hue is excellent, though I'd prefer a remote instead of having to go to the box (I'm lazy
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lol, yeah that was the main selling point for me too. As you can see my table is full of remotes but that's because my Harmony remote got stood on.
I think once I find the hue the I'm looking for I'd most likely leave it be anyway so I don't mind the button one. Except my little 3 year old loves buttons too so there's no doubt I'm going to have to find that perfect setup quite often
Hm, dilemmas eh.
I think once I find the hue the I'm looking for I'd most likely leave it be anyway so I don't mind the button one. Except my little 3 year old loves buttons too so there's no doubt I'm going to have to find that perfect setup quite often
Hm, dilemmas eh.
Yeah, have always lived here so got to live with it. Main problem is the house prices might be 50% more than say Birmingham (where the misses wants to be because of family) but the wadge difference at least for myself is closer to 5%. So yeah, I am the only one with an income and paying mortgage/bills myself plus we have one little one at the moment.
Fair enough, I think that says everything that is needed to to be known about 3D and what it brings. I don't think I will ever buy into it.
Yeah a beautiful 60" 1440p TV that has a pure game mode with great latency etc would be spot on right now. I would probably be willing to drop £1k on it right now as well and ditch my 4k Samsung monitor.
That's OK, the Hue to me being plug and play just made it so much simpler. If I can I often find something that just works, has a warranty and don't have to worry. DIY systems are great for value and custom needs but with my spare time at moment and I can only imagine yours with the Children etc, this seems like a simpler option.
Yeah, there are some great builds, anything take your fancy?
Can't wait, I think I am almost as excited as you haha
Luckily I work from home but for the last year I've taken on double the work after a guy left so I don't get as much spare time as Id like, but that's ok, it's allowed me to be able to afford this pc and get my house up to scratch.
Yeah there's a lot of decent stuff. I've almost got through the Corsair 540 specific thread and I'm working through the "Show Us The inside of your Case!" thread at the same time. Some very inspiring stuff and like you, I have loads of ideas that I'd love to try. At the moment I consider myself a total newb so connecting those ideas with the knowledge needed to implement them is the issue for me. That'll come with time and the invaluable help I get from guys like you Curlyriff and for that I'm so grateful.
Can't wait, I think I am almost as excited as you haha
I've got over a hundred PC games so getting this PC back is better than 10 christmas days all in one
I bought a lot of the games during Steam sales and am yet to try 50 percent of them so I hope that some day I'll get through them all. Looking through some Steam profiles I see people that have over a thousand games and I'm like 
That's alright then. What you doing for work? I need to get a better paying job tbh. This all fine and dandy but just to be able to get a luxury item ever couple of months without having to remortgage the flat would be a godsend.
Haha, yeah there is just so much inspiration to be found in the modding community. I am really wanting to do an acrylic tube build with the new Monsoon water cooling gear. Custom braided cables and some custom acrylic sheeting in a large cube case. Colour wise I want to get back to Yellow or Green. Something other than the unfortunate situation of Red & Black we have at the moment.
Ha, I think I have 4 games in total at moment. I haven't had my PC more than a month and I always buy a game, complete it, maybe play again depending and then buy another.
I can't imagine having 10 games tbh mainly because I need to sort out more hard drive space. Having things on my 3TB HDD is a chore and such a throwback for me. I just want SSD's everywhere. Small, silent, reliable and reasonable in cost to storage.
I work for my Father in Law who's based in Ohio, designing custom paint schemes for all sorts of stuff but mainly cars and bikes. Getting all the stencils made etc so I'm lucky enough to have a cutting machine in the workshop.
lol, yeah I know exactly what you mean regarding the red and black. That hasn't been helped by the simply gorgeous looking Asus and MSI motherboards. Hence why I went for white tubing, to try to get a little bit away from that red and black dominance. But they do look superb.
I went to UV and orange on my Tesseract and it looked really nice, a little gimmicky I s'pose but I'm not one for creating the same thing twice which is why I went with the Asus board on this build. It had to match in with the surroundings and the white tubing was ideal for that. Oooh, while I was typing I just had a photo sent to me of the build so far, it's looking exactly how I wanted it
I think my obsession stems from the days of the Mega Drive and SNES. I was pretty skint all the time back then, young kids, bad job, no money for games. I always wanted to be able to have more than one or two games at the same time, so that I could pick and choose what I wanted to play. But all I could afford was one or two and had to trade in every time I wanted a new game. I promised myself that one day when I was financially more stable I'd never trade in another game. I know you can't trade in PC games anyway but that's where I got the attitude from
It's probably pointless as I only play maybe 4 or 5 of them at any one period in time but the others are there just in case. With a 1TB SSD I can have 50 decent games installed and still have 400GB left over so it's nice. I've read that the more you fill the space on an SSD the quicker it will deteriorate, is that correct ?
Fair play. Sounds like a great job and certainly gets you some cool tools for home. Ha workshop. I have a kitchen floor with not much space. The ideas that could be finished with the cutting machine etc. I might be down to your at this rate lol.
That is fair play. White tubing looks really good and can go really well I think when the rest of the build is pure stealth black. That would have been my option. Asus black edition mobo, RAM with white LED's and some custom cables that are black with white highlights or similar.
I don't really like the UV of anything. Always makes things look/feel cheaper I have found but Orange itself can look really classy when done right. I saw your old build mind and thought that looked good.
And photos!! Can't wait to see them.
Oh I feel young now. I am only 25 but I have an Amiga 1200 and a Megadrive. The Amiga was awesome. It had about 300 games for it at the time. Most are worn out and dead now but the original Doom, Settlers, Desert Storm, Lemmings were great games that I spent many a happy day playing.
Yeah I am wanting to place 2 x 1TB SSD's in Raid 0 and just have everything on one drive location. The speeds are fast enough and all that. I am just lazy when it comes partitions and set-up. As long as my folders are organised and easy to search for then I am a happy gamer.
And I really wouldn't worry about deterioration. There have been tests done where SSD's have had 600TB of data written over a long term test to them with no issues at all.
My workshop's a little too temporary at the moment as I just got a 16ft garden shed put up quickly before moving here and haven't had a chance to get a decent cabin type workshop yet. The prices are so good these days that it's cheaper to have them built for you than to build it yourself. I used to be a shed builder, back when I was totally skint
I loved the job and I could make any type shed or workshop but the pay sucked. 
I couldn't agree more about UV. I liked some builds that I saw but others lost a certain amount of classiness. In all honesty I didn't like mine too much and was considering putting back the normal led strip. Then this latest issue cropped up and left me with no confidence with the combination of parts I had in the system. I still don't know for sure what caused the problem but ocuk have been amazing sorting me out with a replacement.
I'll get some taken with my good camera on Tuesday and I'll also be asking for ideas on aesthetically improving the system. I have a few ideas but want to run them by you guys first. I may get some ideas drawn up this weekend.
That's a relief regarding the SSD's, I have been concerned about that. I too am lazy regarding setting up the drives, I just settle for what's there instead of planning for something that could be so much better and easier to use. I'm not that good at keeping things organised.
I never had an Amiga, that was not a good time for me financially to be able to get one. I tended to just walk past the shop windows and see them there and cry
I don't know what game it was that I used to see in one shop but it used to impress me somewhat. It was a platformer and there were floating eyeballs to fight, in a forest setting ?Sorry for delayed reply. Work busy and trying to sort out a new Kitchen at home at moment.
Fair play. Yeah, being in the flat means any real work I want done I have to source out. That gets rather costly. And yeah I can imagine the pay wasn't great for that. People don't see it is a labour intensive or skilled job to produce a structure of that type.
I didn't mind yours, but I thought it was more subtle compared to some of those old 70's disco light/UFO systems that are out there. Maybe it was purely that Orange wasn't red that made me enjoy it more. I wouldn't mind doing a black/purple highlight build.
How is the build coming along. I popped on to see if anything has happened but haven't noticed. Maybe you are starting a new thread?
Did you get any ideas on aesthetics or sketches for the system?
I have re-installed Sketchup ready to get some ideas going soon.
No problem in regards to the SSD's. Organisation is fine to start with, then I loose interest and just leave everything to make it's own mess and save where it wants etc.
The Amiga was free from my dad's work colleague. It was all we had gaming wise till I saved up pocket money to buy a play station. Honestly can't remember half the games. But I remember playing Desert Strike the most.
Fair play. Yeah, being in the flat means any real work I want done I have to source out. That gets rather costly. And yeah I can imagine the pay wasn't great for that. People don't see it is a labour intensive or skilled job to produce a structure of that type.
I didn't mind yours, but I thought it was more subtle compared to some of those old 70's disco light/UFO systems that are out there. Maybe it was purely that Orange wasn't red that made me enjoy it more. I wouldn't mind doing a black/purple highlight build.
How is the build coming along. I popped on to see if anything has happened but haven't noticed. Maybe you are starting a new thread?
Did you get any ideas on aesthetics or sketches for the system?
I have re-installed Sketchup ready to get some ideas going soon.
No problem in regards to the SSD's. Organisation is fine to start with, then I loose interest and just leave everything to make it's own mess and save where it wants etc.
The Amiga was free from my dad's work colleague. It was all we had gaming wise till I saved up pocket money to buy a play station. Honestly can't remember half the games. But I remember playing Desert Strike the most.
No worries on the delay Curlyriff, we all have lives to get on with and priorities above the internet.
A black / purple highlight build is one that I considered for this current project as it matches one of the sofas in my lounge. I know it's a bit silly to match your furniture but that's me Not only that though, they are subtle yet striking and I've seen only a few around at the moment. The only reason I backed away from it was the availability of parts and finding replacements in a suitable timeframe for me to get a replacement PC..
The PC is coming along nicely. I have had to do a few repairs on it as three fans were not working and one was fouling on the waterloop. I needed to get the thermal sensors relocated as ocuk did a temporary job on those at my request. It needed a good cleanup
I've fitted that NZXT led controller in the back of the case because there was no spare bay due to the blu ray writer and fan controller. That's working brilliantly, I love having the full control of the light levels. I'm waiting on some black numberplate tape to arrive so I can get the led's in properly.
I need to get some combs fitted to my cables which I've got but will wait for the tape to arrive and do that at the same time.
I will be painting a simple mask around the upper and right edges of the clear panel to hide the led's better.
The green led on the left will be put behind the graphics cards water blocks to give the clear parts some light.
Obviously this pic has been taken with a flash and the front panel off so it's all a bit bright but once I get everything the way I like it I'll get some proper pics.
I would like to get rigid acrylic tubing down the line a bit but I can't find any help on those. Do they need different fittings ?
Cheers,
Mark.
A black / purple highlight build is one that I considered for this current project as it matches one of the sofas in my lounge. I know it's a bit silly to match your furniture but that's me
Not only that though, they are subtle yet striking and I've seen only a few around at the moment. The only reason I backed away from it was the availability of parts and finding replacements in a suitable timeframe for me to get a replacement PC..The PC is coming along nicely. I have had to do a few repairs on it as three fans were not working and one was fouling on the waterloop. I needed to get the thermal sensors relocated as ocuk did a temporary job on those at my request. It needed a good cleanup
I've fitted that NZXT led controller in the back of the case because there was no spare bay due to the blu ray writer and fan controller. That's working brilliantly, I love having the full control of the light levels. I'm waiting on some black numberplate tape to arrive so I can get the led's in properly.
I need to get some combs fitted to my cables which I've got but will wait for the tape to arrive and do that at the same time.
I will be painting a simple mask around the upper and right edges of the clear panel to hide the led's better.
The green led on the left will be put behind the graphics cards water blocks to give the clear parts some light.
Obviously this pic has been taken with a flash and the front panel off so it's all a bit bright but once I get everything the way I like it I'll get some proper pics.
I would like to get rigid acrylic tubing down the line a bit but I can't find any help on those. Do they need different fittings ?
Cheers,
Mark.
Bloody at work and can't see pictures again so will have to wait till tonight.
In regards to the acrylic tubing, yes they require different fittings. Check out OcUK for Monsoon free center fittings.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Monsoon Hardline Pro Bender Kit 1/2 x 5/8 (16mm) - Value Bundle £49.99
1 x Monsoon Free Center Hardline 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 6 Pack - Red £24.95
1 x Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 4 Pack - Black - 4x30" £9.95
Total : £84.89 (includes shipping : ).
Here are the fittings, tubing and full tool kit with mandrels for the bending.
In regards to the black/purple. The best I have seen at moment is pretty much stealth black build, black tubing, purple fittings, purple fluid & lights with Black & Purple sleeved cables.
Spray can with some of the Corsair SP120 fans to make the rings purple and you could be set to go.
so will have to wait till tonight. In regards to the acrylic tubing, yes they require different fittings. Check out OcUK for Monsoon free center fittings.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Monsoon Hardline Pro Bender Kit 1/2 x 5/8 (16mm) - Value Bundle £49.99
1 x Monsoon Free Center Hardline 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 6 Pack - Red £24.95
1 x Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 4 Pack - Black - 4x30" £9.95
Total : £84.89 (includes shipping : ).
Here are the fittings, tubing and full tool kit with mandrels for the bending.
In regards to the black/purple. The best I have seen at moment is pretty much stealth black build, black tubing, purple fittings, purple fluid & lights with Black & Purple sleeved cables.
Spray can with some of the Corsair SP120 fans to make the rings purple and you could be set to go.
I'm way too impatient for that, besides, what if I'd dead by then, I'd have missed out on a few weeks gaming
Thanks, glad you like the rig, I'm going to try to make it 'my own' but that will take time. I needed the warranty especially after what happened to the last one.Thanks a lot for those links Curlyriff. I searched ocuk for acrylic tubing and came up empty but that was on my Mac which doesn't surprise me with using Safari. That looks pretty decent stuff for a relatively minor outlay. It's definitely something I want to do in the coming months.
Are those fittings as reliable as the standard soft tube fittings or is there more chance of a leak with the acrylic setups, requiring a lot more precision in the build process ?
So basically without the ROG light in the centre of my board and new extension cables I could quite easily convert to purple at the same time as doing the acrylic tubing, that's another option I'd like to try. Being an airbrush painter I have plenty of different purples to get that exact match on the fan too. Food for thought
Thanks for the help again buddy.
All the hardline gear out there has to be said is pretty good. I just like the Monsoon kit because you can get all the tools in a pack that you need and the 'Free Center' fixtures look great and is the only one that stocks a great range of colours/sizes accordingly.
They certainly are as reliable and actually cutting clean square edges to end of the tube is easier since you have a holding block to keep it in place.
Bending has got allot easier with the mandrels and internal bending tube. Heat up, bend to suit and leave to harder. Move onto the next. All it needs is slightly more pre-planning but the results aesthetically is so much better.
Yep, although I would suggest selecting the shade of purple for your fluid and/or cables first. Then airbrush your fittings and fan rings to match. With that in mind, the white fittings would probably work best to spray over.
Monsoons look washed out, rather than a deep dark purple - but come in both 13mm & 16mm OD to suit.
Primochill look a little pinky - plus only come in 13mm OD tubing
EK doesn't do purple - limited range/tube sizes
Just shown below is both the white and purple Monsoon offerings @ 16mm OD
YOUR BASKET
1 x Monsoon Hardline Pro Bender Kit 1/2 x 5/8 (16mm) - Value Bundle £49.99
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Raspberry Purple Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 4 Pack - Black - 4x30" £9.95
1 x Monsoon Free Center Hardline 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) - Purple £4.99
1 x Monsoon Free Center Hardline 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) - White £4.99
Total : £84.91 (includes shipping : ).
No problem.
Edit: White can also be a great accent colour with Black/Purple builds.
Check out: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YikoMEPRL._SX300_.jpg
It is bedding but shows a great contrast of colours.
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Or if you feel adventurous, you could try Black coolant. Buy some clear tubing, bend it and then airbrush it Purple with black fittings.
That could be interesting.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Monsoon Hardline Pro Bender Kit 1/2 x 5/8 (16mm) - Value Bundle £49.99
2 x Monsoon Free Center Hardline 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 6 Pack - Matte Black £24.95 (£49.90)
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Pure Black Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
2 x Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 4 Pack - Clear - 4x30" £11.99 (£23.98)
Total : £153.84 (includes shipping : ).
And it's a shame the Mayhem Aurora is for show PC's only (short term life)
YOUR BASKET
1 x Mayhems Aurora - Galaxy Purple Coolant 1L £14.99
Total : £14.99 (includes shipping : ).
That would be awesome.
That could be interesting.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Monsoon Hardline Pro Bender Kit 1/2 x 5/8 (16mm) - Value Bundle £49.99
2 x Monsoon Free Center Hardline 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 6 Pack - Matte Black £24.95 (£49.90)
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Pure Black Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
2 x Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube 1/2 X 5/8 (16mm) 4 Pack - Clear - 4x30" £11.99 (£23.98)
Total : £153.84 (includes shipping : ).
And it's a shame the Mayhem Aurora is for show PC's only (short term life)
YOUR BASKET
1 x Mayhems Aurora - Galaxy Purple Coolant 1L £14.99
Total : £14.99 (includes shipping : ).
That would be awesome.
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For a 4k£ build, do yourself a favor and buy a proper case.
By that I mean one of CaseLabs have to offer.
Yes,m you will be spending around 400£ for a case, but it is well worth it and nothing can compare to quality and functionality of those cases.
By that I mean one of CaseLabs have to offer.
Yes,m you will be spending around 400£ for a case, but it is well worth it and nothing can compare to quality and functionality of those cases.
Curlyriff, thanks again mate for the help and excellent advice.
Those tube bending parts would actually be useful for other stuff for me so I will have to get that kit when I'm flush again, maybe next month.
Do you know anyone who has successfully painted fittings ?
I'm just curious about how much they can be handled once painted as my fittings are pretty tight and I reckon if I painted them with my current paints they'd likely rub off the edges with the handling they'd need. Mind you I have the dark nickel type fittings at the moment and they could look good without painting.
Absolutely love that bedding I may get a set of that next month as our bedroom is going down the purple, off-white and black route already.
The black tubing has always taken my fancy, I just think it looks classy with an acrylic setup. I think I'd like to have a bit of clear in there also with a coloured coolant because a lot of the people who see my pc in the flesh would need the visual proof that there's actually something running through those pipes
You know the type
It's a real shame about Mayhems Aurora, it looks perfect for that type of setup.
Bart, I love the Caselabs stuff but as Curlyriff says they don't have stock at ocuk at the moment and it would have slowed the build down considerably. I like their Mercury S8 but seeing as my son will get this PC within a year I have to consider that it'll be going into a small room with an even smaller space to fit into. Besides the Corsair 540 is looking rather sweet where it is
Those tube bending parts would actually be useful for other stuff for me so I will have to get that kit when I'm flush again, maybe next month.
Do you know anyone who has successfully painted fittings ?
I'm just curious about how much they can be handled once painted as my fittings are pretty tight and I reckon if I painted them with my current paints they'd likely rub off the edges with the handling they'd need. Mind you I have the dark nickel type fittings at the moment and they could look good without painting.
Absolutely love that bedding
I may get a set of that next month as our bedroom is going down the purple, off-white and black route already.The black tubing has always taken my fancy, I just think it looks classy with an acrylic setup. I think I'd like to have a bit of clear in there also with a coloured coolant because a lot of the people who see my pc in the flesh would need the visual proof that there's actually something running through those pipes
You know the type It's a real shame about Mayhems Aurora, it looks perfect for that type of setup.
Bart, I love the Caselabs stuff but as Curlyriff says they don't have stock at ocuk at the moment and it would have slowed the build down considerably. I like their Mercury S8 but seeing as my son will get this PC within a year I have to consider that it'll be going into a small room with an even smaller space to fit into. Besides the Corsair 540 is looking rather sweet where it is