Cable management isn't just for "show". It makes it much easier if you replace something (don't have to untangle a bunch of wires) and also improves airflow.
If I were you, I would upgrade the HDD first (my opinion), a HD 6670 is still a decent card. And comparing your PC to the Evolve Alpha isn't really an even comparison, as the Evolve Alpha was made with the Cryengine,
Oh, and Evolve was also terribly optimized, that being because it was an alpha game of course.
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Cable management isn't just for "show". It makes it much easier if you replace something (don't have to untangle a bunch of wires) and also improves airflow.
Yeah, can be a bit of a pain switching stuff around in there. Not too bad though; I've got it down pretty well. Also, I don't plan on switching stuff around too often, other than just a bit of dust removal now and then. As you can imagine, there is a bit of dust that builds up on the cables too.
Airflow is actually pretty great the way I have it set up. Temps are well below where they need to be even overclocked and nearly fully loaded 24/7. But yeah, it would be that slight bit better if I had a case that would allow me to route the cables behind the MB tray.
All in all, it actually runs very well, given that I do have the airflow setup quite well (not fighting convection, well defined cool air intake and heated air exhaust, and a rather large top exhaust fan). It works more than well enough for me were I haven't really had the need to upgrade the case.
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OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
Not a bad build, but that case is HORRIBLE. I imagine you'd have much better temps on those gpus with some amount of cablemanagement and also a much better case. The h80i isn't doing you much good either compared to an actual air cooler.
See post #4344. Yes, there are better cases, but this one works more than well enough for my needs. Likewise for the H80i, which performs a bit above most if not all higher end air coolers. I'm fine OCing my 3930K (6 cores/12 threads) up to 4.8GHz and leaving it there or 4.6GHz fully loaded 24/7, all while staying within conservative core temps.
To put it in other terms that might get through to some people why it isn't a good idea to make uneducated assumptions about other people's computers: Without using any ASIC chips, this specific computer performs (computations per time) within the top 500 of some 13 million computers worldwide that crunch for BOINC (within the top 99.9962%) and climbing while simultaneous hosting three Minecraft servers (with room to grow) on a virtual Linux machine installed on a RAM drive running within Windows and while I game on it or do whatever else normal PCs are used for. Now just imagine what it could do if I put two more Titan Blacks in it. - All that is neither here nor there really anyway. Just trying to put some things in perspective. Bottom line: The case, cooler, et cetera all work well enough for me... obviously.
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OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
It doesn't perform better than the NH-D14 which is slightly cheaper I seem to recall. And more reliable.
Just saying, that case is a fire hazord.
Ha ha... OK. I'll let you guys know when it catches on fire.
Also, part of the reason I upgraded from a somewhat higher end air cool (HAVIK 120) to the H80i was so that there wouldn't be any heated air mixed up at all blowing around inside the case. This airflow management setup works quite well for me with this build, including working well with this case, and keeps all the components nice and cool.
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OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
Yeah, I agree. The Nine Hundred is probably around baseline enthusiast level. It's decent for what it is, but nothing to write home about these days. There are definitely much worse cases out there.
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And that's why I'm getting the 750 ti.
PC specs: Intel Core 2 Duo e8500 @ 3.16ghz / XFX Radeon HD 6670 2GB DDR3 / 6GB 1666MHz DDR3 RAM / Windows 7 Professional
Mine is pretty filled out. Don't mind the "cable management" too much; this isn't a show rig. Updated my signature with system specs.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Oh, and Evolve was also terribly optimized, that being because it was an alpha game of course.
PC specs: Intel Core 2 Duo e8500 @ 3.16ghz / XFX Radeon HD 6670 2GB DDR3 / 6GB 1666MHz DDR3 RAM / Windows 7 Professional
Yeah, can be a bit of a pain switching stuff around in there. Not too bad though; I've got it down pretty well. Also, I don't plan on switching stuff around too often, other than just a bit of dust removal now and then. As you can imagine, there is a bit of dust that builds up on the cables too.
Airflow is actually pretty great the way I have it set up. Temps are well below where they need to be even overclocked and nearly fully loaded 24/7. But yeah, it would be that slight bit better if I had a case that would allow me to route the cables behind the MB tray.
All in all, it actually runs very well, given that I do have the airflow setup quite well (not fighting convection, well defined cool air intake and heated air exhaust, and a rather large top exhaust fan). It works more than well enough for me were I haven't really had the need to upgrade the case.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Nice setup. That internal reservoir and the blue illuminated CPU heat sink and tubing are pretty sweet.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Y U put mini atx in full atx case!!!?!?!??!?!!?!
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See post #4344. Yes, there are better cases, but this one works more than well enough for my needs. Likewise for the H80i, which performs a bit above most if not all higher end air coolers. I'm fine OCing my 3930K (6 cores/12 threads) up to 4.8GHz and leaving it there or 4.6GHz fully loaded 24/7, all while staying within conservative core temps.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Ha ha... OK. I'll let you guys know when it catches on fire.
Also, part of the reason I upgraded from a somewhat higher end air cool (HAVIK 120) to the H80i was so that there wouldn't be any heated air mixed up at all blowing around inside the case. This airflow management setup works quite well for me with this build, including working well with this case, and keeps all the components nice and cool.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
This computer's BOINC Stats: http://boincstats.com/en/stats/-1/host/detail/165430523
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit.
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 @2.6GHz.
4GB of DDR2 667MHz RAM.
"BFG Tech" Nvidia GeForce 9600GT OverClocked.
My current build:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit.
2x Intel Xeon 5050 @3GHz.
16GB of DDR2 166MHz RAM.
ASUS Nvidia GeForce GTX 560.
• Ryzen 9 3900x @4.2GHz
• 64GB DDR4 @3200MHz
• MSI RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio
• 2TB NVMe SSD
• 6TB in HDD space
• Four monitors at 4k
4GB of RAM
HD radeon 4400
128GB space (it's a tablet/PC hybrid)
Not bad actually
Proccesor: Intel core i7 2600
GPU: GeForce Gigabyte 660
Monitor: don't remember but full hd and led power button at bottom
storage: 954G ?
8 gigs of ram. I'm going to get 32 gigs after.
Phantom gaming pc? Its black (not to be racist).
System ---
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte P-41 ES3G
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad (4 Core) 2.7 GHz
Memory: 4GB DDR2
Graphics And Displays ---
GPU / VGA : NVIDIA Geforce GTX650 Ti Boost 3.5GB
Display Mode: 1920 x 1080 (60Hz) (32bit)
Display Monitor: LG 23MP75 (HDMI)
-- Review --
Minecraft FPS (Modded: Flans 4.8.0, MCHeli 0.10.2, Rival Rebels, MCA, Falling Meteors Mod, Mo Creatures Mod, Fossils Mod, Blocks3D Mod, Lots of Foods Mod, etc.) (Total: 23 Mods) : 75 - 195 FPS
Minecraft FPS: (Vanilla) : 190 - 390 FPS
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yes because owning something black is racist. I guess i should be proud of my white iPhone
/sarcasm
Gaming PC Specs - Intel i5-2500K ~ ASUS P8P67M-Pro ~ Hyper 212+ ~ MSI GTX 970 OC ~ 8GB DDR3 Ram ~ 250GB Samsung EVO 850 ~ 500GB HardDrive ~ XFX 550w PSU ~ Fractal Core 1000 ~ Windows 8.1 ~ Samsung P2350 1080p Soon upgrading to GTX 1080/R9 490X + 1440p 144Hz
Macbook Pro 15" Retina - Intel i7 ~ 8GB Ram ~ Nvidia GT 650M ~ 256GB SSD ~ 2880 by 1800 Screen <3
Don't be racist!
• CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 @3.5GHz
• Mobo: ASRock H97M Anniversary
• Ram: Kingston Fury HyperX Black 8GB(2x4) @1866MHz
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2GB GDDR5
• PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB
• Case: Lian Li PC-50
• Monitor: Acer P221w 22" 1680x1050 60Hz
• Headset: Kingston Fury HyperX Clouds
• Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3.5G 3500DPI
• Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid w/ Cherry MX Blues
I guess someone doesn't understand /sarcasm
Gaming PC Specs - Intel i5-2500K ~ ASUS P8P67M-Pro ~ Hyper 212+ ~ MSI GTX 970 OC ~ 8GB DDR3 Ram ~ 250GB Samsung EVO 850 ~ 500GB HardDrive ~ XFX 550w PSU ~ Fractal Core 1000 ~ Windows 8.1 ~ Samsung P2350 1080p Soon upgrading to GTX 1080/R9 490X + 1440p 144Hz
Macbook Pro 15" Retina - Intel i7 ~ 8GB Ram ~ Nvidia GT 650M ~ 256GB SSD ~ 2880 by 1800 Screen <3
Someone doesn't understand a joke.
• CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 @3.5GHz
• Mobo: ASRock H97M Anniversary
• Ram: Kingston Fury HyperX Black 8GB(2x4) @1866MHz
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2GB GDDR5
• PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB
• Case: Lian Li PC-50
• Monitor: Acer P221w 22" 1680x1050 60Hz
• Headset: Kingston Fury HyperX Clouds
• Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3.5G 3500DPI
• Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid w/ Cherry MX Blues