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[Edward_RiD]

Decided to turn this into a general display of my rig.

Specs
Storm Stryker Case
Asus Z77 Sabertooth Motherboard
Intel I7-3770k @ 4.6ghz
Swiftech H220 Waterloop
Patriot Viper 16gb (2x8gb) DDR3-1600mhz RAM
GTX 670 FTW 4GB - (in step up for GTX 780 hopefully by the end of the month )
250GB Samsung 840 SSD
3x1 TB Western Digital Harddrives in RAID5 (amazing)
AX850 PSU
Bluray Reader/burner stealth modded
NZXT Led Controller



Peripherals
ASUS 24" 144hz Monitor
Samsung 17" Monitor
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech mx518 Mouse
Audio Technica ATH-M40 Headphones
Shure SRH440 Headphones
Blue Digital Spark Microphone
Saitek X52 Pro Joystick/Throttle
Xbox Wired Controller



Links to Pictures

General Setup
Stealth Modded DVD Drive
Close Up of Tower
Front Inside of Tower
Back of Tower, notice the 3 Raided Drives

Link to a picture of my RAID5 Read/Write Speeds




In Queue for Upgrade
16gb more RAM (I do a lot of video rendering and more RAM is a godsend)
A second Samsung 840 to RAID0 my boot drive
Second GTX 780 (After I get my first one)
2 More Asus 144hz monitors (way down the line)



Im open to suggestions/criticism.​

 

[Noodles :)]

Looks much better!
So glad Noctua are bringing out black fans, there current colour scheme is so filthy :S

 

[Edward_RiD]

Updated thread to just be an overview of my system, taking any advice!

 

[FishFishy]

Holy shit inside looks so clean man, my cables are a fucking mess.

Whats your voltage on that overclock? I have the same cpu.

 

[Edward_RiD]

I think its around 1.31 or so, when I get more time I will go into bios and change from an offset voltage to a fixed and find what the true voltage for 4.6ghz on my processor is. I find offset overcompensates and runs more voltage than is required.

 

[Noodles :)]

Your builds actually pretty sick, and you've got good peripherals aswell. Well mostly. Mechanical keyboard is defs needed.

How's the ASUS monitor btw? Spent ages choosing between that and the BenQ XL2420T. :S

 

[Edward_RiD]

Your builds actually pretty sick, and you've got good peripherals aswell. Well mostly. Mechanical keyboard is defs needed.

How's the ASUS monitor btw? Spent ages choosing between that and the BenQ XL2420T. :S

I love the 144hz but dislike the non existent flexibility of having bigger viewing angles . But the 144hz for me with 1ms response time overshadows everything negative about it.

And yes thats what I forgot still, mechanical keyboards. I heard that before buying you should try out to see what switches you are most comfortable with. Sadly there really is no computer stores where I live around so trying them out before buying is not an option for me sadly. Any advice on which are the better switches in your opinions?

Cherry MX Blue
Cherry MX Green
Cherry MX Brown
Cherry MX Red
Cherry MX Black

 

[Noodles :)]

I love the 144hz but dislike the non existent flexibility of having bigger viewing angles . But the 144hz for me with 1ms response time overshadows everything negative about it.

And yes thats what I forgot still, mechanical keyboards. I heard that before buying you should try out to see what switches you are most comfortable with. Sadly there really is no computer stores where I live around so trying them out before buying is not an option for me sadly. Any advice on which are the better switches in your opinions?

Cherry MX Blue
Cherry MX Green
Cherry MX Brown
Cherry MX Red
Cherry MX Black

Ah yeah, defs was a hard choice between the two


For switchs, I prefer the MX Browns, due to the tactile feedback when you push the keys, just gives it a better feel. I've used reds, browns and blues before. Reds are linear and I wasn't a fan of them, blues I didn't like due to the clickyness. If you've got a store that sometimes has Razer gear on display they might have a black widow, which uses MX blues, =]
http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide
Really good read, should help you narrow it down a bit.

Good brands=Coolermaster, Ducky, Filco, DAS, Leopold < All of them stock pretty much all the switches.
Corsair & Steelseries also have decent keyboards but they only have one switch(pretty sure it's reds for both, but dont quote me )

 

[Edward_RiD]

Ah yeah, defs was a hard choice between the two


For switchs, I prefer the MX Browns, due to the tactile feedback when you push the keys, just gives it a better feel. I've used reds, browns and blues before. Reds are linear and I wasn't a fan of them, blues I didn't like due to the clickyness. If you've got a store that sometimes has Razer gear on display they might have a black widow, which uses MX blues, =]
http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide
Really good read, should help you narrow it down a bit.

Good brands=Coolermaster, Ducky, Filco, DAS, Leopold < All of them stock pretty much all the switches.
Corsair & Steelseries also have decent keyboards but they only have one switch(pretty sure it's reds for both, but dont quote me )

Ive heard greens are more accurate than blues because they actually have the button click at the actuation, where as on others its a bit right after and so sometimes it doesn't register.

But I think the most important part is that it feels comfortable, and like I said I don't have any places around here that offer many mechanical keyboard options so I could never really try all of the different ones. So for now I think I'll just stick to my G15, its always worked for me.

 

[Fabilin]

That case looks sick

 

[I'm Still Breathing]

Wow, really nice job with the wiring. Looks very slick.

Your Second monitor angled bellow like that looks interesting, how do you like it setup like that? Do you just have it set that way because you don't have enough desk space to set them side by side or do you prefer it like that? I currently have a 3 monitor setup and kind of want a 4th off to the side for misc stuff and was thinking about throwing an hdmi cable over to my tv but the way you have your second monitor up looks like it would work very well.

My only criticism would be the samsung 840, even the older 830 model is faster! While it's an "okay" SSD nothing else in your build is just "okay".

 

[Noodles :)]

My only criticism would be the samsung 840, even the older 830 model is faster! While it's an "okay" SSD nothing else in your build is just "okay".

840 non pro is built with different parts so it ends up cheaper, but suffers slower speeds. Still a really good SSD.

 

[Edward_RiD]

840 non pro is built with different parts so it ends up cheaper, but suffers slower speeds. Still a really good SSD.

It really only suffers in write speeds. Read speeds its right up there with any other top of the line SSD. You have to remember my plan is to get another one and raid0 them together. The speeds are decent for me, since I mostly game/do video rendering I wont need all of that harddrive write speed. What I mostly strive for is read speeds since that has the most direct effect on game loading times etc.