**Official PC rig Pics/Specs/Mods thread PART IV** GOAT PC Master Race Checking In!

[yourname2221]

I have a windows 10 install disc that I used on my current pc build. I have an older gaming laptop I want to get back up and running for my month in Japan so I have something to play on the road. I need a new HD for it and gonna do a fresh install. Can I use the windows disc i have and just buy one of those codes from the reddit place? Or is the disc tied to that code? I dont have a usd big enough to install windows on for the install.

[freeburn]

Redid my 540 with this blue to match the lighting. Way better then that ****ty grayy I tried.

[KilaByte]

Oooh, I like the front view. (not so much side view since it reminds me of getting pulled over again lol)

[KilaByte]

Agree as long as you don't want an optical drive. I have this case and really like it, am thinkin about modding it with a slot load slim blurry drive.

BTW if u can wait, this case sometimes drops to ~$50

I honestly haven't used an optical drive in at least 5 years. I'd rather get the case I like and use an external if I really needed one.

[Grevl]

feels nice being able to play black ops 3 in 1080p
arma 3 looks amazing in ultra as well now ho lee fuk. Will get witcher on next sale.

i really need to give my pc a good clean and cable tidy lol

rip gtx 1070 29/07/16 - 30/07/17

[freeburn]

Podunks did you clear coat yours? This paint is stinking up my room hard I had to take the panels off for now haha I'm Gunna have to either strip it or coat it in something to remove that strong paint smell.

[Kermeli]

just bought myself a gtx 1080 zotac amp! edition, not the extreme. Going from msi 970 to that fuark.

still rockin a 1080p 120hz tn benQ tho luls.

[freeburn]

You just have to let them air out. I let mine sit out for 24 hours, and the smell is mostly gone now. Clear coating it will just give you a fresh coat of stank.



The smell will fade though.

I think it's the first spray I used. It was like a primer. And it was really old. It stanks hard. Gunna strip it and redo can't even sit near my pc with it on there lmao

[Miraak]

Air 540 bros. How does the mesh part come off? Might paint mine red to match my colour theme.

[freeburn]

Air 540 bros. How does the mesh part come off? Might paint mine red to match my colour theme.

Easy as fuk brah. Just pop off the pieces and there's little screws you undo to seperate the mesh from the plastic part. and that's it. Legit took about 15 min to paint. Highly recommend podunks the trendsetter getting us 540 Bros stylin

[Grevl]

Anyone with 1070/1080's had the black screen issue? i dont want to be leaf my 1070 is dead already. Probably played 5-6 hours on it, crashed, now it wont display anything. LED's and fans still work, pc boots to windows (can hear it) but i just have a black screen.

[InstantLoser]

Anyone with 1070/1080's had the black screen issue? i dont want to be leaf my 1070 is dead already. Probably played 5-6 hours on it, crashed, now it wont display anything. LED's and fans still work, pc boots to windows (can hear it) but i just have a black screen.

Can you get into safe mode? I haven't had any such issues. Also, is your board set to run the GPU at PCI Express 3.0, or 2.0? Is your BIOS up to date?

[Grevl]

Can you get into safe mode? I haven't had any such issues. Also, is your board set to run the GPU at PCI Express 3.0, or 2.0? Is your BIOS up to date?

Dont think i can get into safe mode. After giving up rebooting i put my 660 back in, and when i got to desktop it gave me the blue screen code for previous crash, so im guessing it was giving me the option for safe mode when i couldnt see anything on the 1070.
I just get a black screen, no bios image or anything.

Just had a look around the bios, didnt see an option for changing pci-e 3.0/2.0. But my 660 has worked flawlessly for 3 years. Ive made sure its set to run pci over iGPU.

Bios is up to date, but my mobo is old (msi z87 g41 pc mate) and cheap, so the latest update was 2014-07-24. I have a Corsair RM650, which i believe is a good quality PSU, so that shouldnt be the problem.

Going to try putting it back in tomorrow morning, after using Display Driver Uninstaller. Il check all cables etc too. hoping its some sort of driver issue, but i dont get why it would work fine for a day then just stop, unless its truly dead.


I did a bit of googling and found a thread on tomshardware, and someone has the same problem. Card worked fine for about 24 hours, crashed, black screen. Gave it to his friend to try, it worked for him for 24 hours and the same thing lmao.

So annoying

Edit: Think i found the PCI 2.0/3.0 setting, its set to auto, or it can be gen 1, gen 2, gen 3. Guessing thats refering to pci-e 1/2/3, so i could set that to 3

[zilaniz]

So I am stumped with how to do the wiring for the case fans, this is pretty much all I have left to do, besides swipe in my GPU and SSD from old PC

I'm confused if I am supposed to be plugging the pre-installed case fan wiring directly into the motherboard like below:

http://imgur.com/DnlQjMY

Or directly into these pre-installed adapters?

http://imgur.com/N5VuAS8

The case also has a fan speed connector, but the directions seem to be misleading

http://imgur.com/I9tnVLH

http://imgur.com/iHAtiP2


Right now the fans are plugged directly into the case, and that #1 adapter in the user manual is plugged into a SATA cable going into the PSU. Or am I supposed to plug the case fans into those adapters? and those adapters are now powered by the PSU?

[InstantLoser]

Dont think i can get into safe mode. After giving up rebooting i put my 660 back in, and when i got to desktop it gave me the blue screen code for previous crash, so im guessing it was giving me the option for safe mode when i couldnt see anything on the 1070.
I just get a black screen, no bios image or anything.

Just had a look around the bios, didnt see an option for changing pci-e 3.0/2.0. But my 660 has worked flawlessly for 3 years. Ive made sure its set to run pci over iGPU.

Bios is up to date, but my mobo is old (msi z87 g41 pc mate) and cheap, so the latest update was 2014-07-24. I have a Corsair RM650, which i believe is a good quality PSU, so that shouldnt be the problem.

Going to try putting it back in tomorrow morning, after using Display Driver Uninstaller. Il check all cables etc too. hoping its some sort of driver issue, but i dont get why it would work fine for a day then just stop, unless its truly dead.


I did a bit of googling and found a thread on tomshardware, and someone has the same problem. Card worked fine for about 24 hours, crashed, black screen. Gave it to his friend to try, it worked for him for 24 hours and the same thing lmao.

So annoying

Edit: Think i found the PCI 2.0/3.0 setting, its set to auto, or it can be gen 1, gen 2, gen 3. Guessing thats refering to pci-e 1/2/3, so i could set that to 3

The Auto setting should be picking 3.0 for you, so that's probably not the issue. Like you mentioned, I'd get into Windows using your 660, run DDU, then shut down, swap the cards, get back into Windows and freshly install the drivers. If you still have issues at that point, it could definitely be a bad GPU. Do you have another PC/friends PC you could test it in?

[yourname2221]

I have a windows 10 install disc that I used on my current pc build. I have an older gaming laptop I want to get back up and running for my month in Japan so I have something to play on the road. I need a new HD for it and gonna do a fresh install. Can I use the windows disc i have and just buy one of those codes from the reddit place? Or is the disc tied to that code? I dont have a usd big enough to install windows on for the install.

Bump any guidance?

So I am stumped with how to do the wiring for the case fans, this is pretty much all I have left to do, besides swipe in my GPU and SSD from old PC

I'm confused if I am supposed to be plugging the pre-installed case fan wiring directly into the motherboard like below:

http://imgur.com/DnlQjMY

Or directly into these pre-installed adapters?

http://imgur.com/N5VuAS8

The case also has a fan speed connector, but the directions seem to be misleading

http://imgur.com/I9tnVLH

http://imgur.com/iHAtiP2


Right now the fans are plugged directly into the case, and that #1 adapter in the user manual is plugged into a SATA cable going into the PSU. Or am I supposed to plug the case fans into those adapters? and those adapters are now powered by the PSU?

If you want to use the case's fan speed selector you run the fans to that, the adapter is just a 4-3 connector allowing both kinds of connectors since most MOBO's are 3 pin IIRC. I just went straight to my MOBO with the case fans instead of using the selector so I could use a custom curve in BIOS and no additional software needed to control.

Dont think i can get into safe mode. After giving up rebooting i put my 660 back in, and when i got to desktop it gave me the blue screen code for previous crash, so im guessing it was giving me the option for safe mode when i couldnt see anything on the 1070.
I just get a black screen, no bios image or anything.

Just had a look around the bios, didnt see an option for changing pci-e 3.0/2.0. But my 660 has worked flawlessly for 3 years. Ive made sure its set to run pci over iGPU.

Bios is up to date, but my mobo is old (msi z87 g41 pc mate) and cheap, so the latest update was 2014-07-24. I have a Corsair RM650, which i believe is a good quality PSU, so that shouldnt be the problem.

Going to try putting it back in tomorrow morning, after using Display Driver Uninstaller. Il check all cables etc too. hoping its some sort of driver issue, but i dont get why it would work fine for a day then just stop, unless its truly dead.


I did a bit of googling and found a thread on tomshardware, and someone has the same problem. Card worked fine for about 24 hours, crashed, black screen. Gave it to his friend to try, it worked for him for 24 hours and the same thing lmao.

So annoying

Edit: Think i found the PCI 2.0/3.0 setting, its set to auto, or it can be gen 1, gen 2, gen 3. Guessing thats refering to pci-e 1/2/3, so i could set that to 3

Do you not have a safe mode button on your mobo? If not there should be a way to force for it in your manual (unless it really is that old). If you have a display port/hdmi off there I would just use that instead of installing the old card to clear the drivers.

dff

Damn man, you dodged a metaphoric and possibly literal bullet.

[Grevl]

The Auto setting should be picking 3.0 for you, so that's probably not the issue. Like you mentioned, I'd get into Windows using your 660, run DDU, then shut down, swap the cards, get back into Windows and freshly install the drivers. If you still have issues at that point, it could definitely be a bad GPU. Do you have another PC/friends PC you could test it in?

Yeah I'm really hoping the ddu will do it, only really got to play black ops 3 so far. I think the fact the gpu is powering on is a good sign? Its just not displaying an image.

Don't know anyone else with a decent rig, I do however have a 'htpc' that I built, I could take the components out of the case and try that, no way the card is fitting in that tiny case. Only thing is it's only a 430w corsair psu so in not sure it's enough juice.
But also judging by the thread on toms hardware, there's a chance it will work, and fail after a few hours.

[Grevl]

Bump any guidance?




Do you not have a safe mode button on your mobo? If not there should be a way to force for it in your manual (unless it really is that old). If you have a display port/hdmi off there I would just use that instead of installing the old card to clear the drivers.

Don't think there's a safe mode button will have a look tomorrow. But even then, I don't know if I would have gotten display in safe mode

[InstantLoser]

Yeah I'm really hoping the ddu will do it, only really got to play black ops 3 so far. I think the fact the gpu is powering on is a good sign? Its just not displaying an image.

Don't know anyone else with a decent rig, I do however have a 'htpc' that I built, I could take the components out of the case and try that, no way the card is fitting in that tiny case. Only thing is it's only a 430w corsair psu so in not sure it's enough juice.
But also judging by the thread on toms hardware, there's a chance it will work, and fail after a few hours.

1080's only have 180w TDP so a 430w PSU with an 8 pin PCI Express connection should be fine.

[Miraak]

Easy as fuk brah. Just pop off the pieces and there's little screws you undo to seperate the mesh from the plastic part. and that's it. Legit took about 15 min to paint. Highly recommend podunks the trendsetter getting us 540 Bros stylin

Going to do this today if the weather is nice, thinking red will look good since my build is black and red.

[freeburn]

Rails for? What you up to over thurrrr

[Grevl]

1080's only have 180w TDP so a 430w PSU with an 8 pin PCI Express connection should be fine.

Wow, so my 650w should almost certainly not be the problem.




I dont understand whats going on...

I didnt run DDU as ive read it can cause more problems, i would rather get all my docs sorted and do a fresh install anyway.

So i decided to just uninstall the 660 drivers, and try the 1070 again.

Checked all cables, unplugged all sata's other than C drive just incase this went badly and took components with it.

Used my other 6+2pin connector. Booted up, and saw the numbers show at the bottom right (just before bios). I forgot to take the fking bit of plastic off the card which protects the logo from scratches, and it catches on the fan so i had to shut down immediately.

Booted up again, black screen. Nothing. Tried DVI and HDMI with no luck.

Then i moved the GPU around slightly to make sure its in properly, and now here i am downloading the new drivers.


The GPU for some reason has quite a lot of movement in the pci slot, my 660 does as well, it doesnt feel solid in place. And where it secures to the case with the two thumbscrews, it doesnt line up with the holes correctly, i have to raise it up slightly (tilting the sli side of the GPU up)


So, i wonder if this is just that the gpu isnt seating correctly on its own due to bad design of either my MOBO or GPU.


Will see how it goes today and update later on.

EDIT:

Well i managed to get it to boot, download drivers, rebooted and its dead again. I give up.

Gonna RMA tomorrow

[Miraak]

got some red gloss spray paint but weather too shyt to do it today, no space in my shed either lol. Hopefully be nice weather tomorrow and I can do it then.

[zilaniz]

Well boyos the time has come, I am officially up and running on my first ever build. Took around 4-5 hours all together, then another 30 minutes or so doing the Win 10 install and updates.







What do you think of the cable management? I think if I did this all over again, I could do it in about an hour, 2 max.

[PositiveCrew]

What do you think of the cable management? I think if I did this all over again, I could do it in about an hour, 2 max.

Sleek looking build. Mirin' time. It took me almost 12 hours to do my first build.

Cable management is probably a 6/10 imo, but you don't really have enough LEDS in there to even show your cables so it doesn't matter.

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lmao WoW's Legion Pre-Patch is bringing my 980ti to its knees

the days of 4k on Ultra at 60+ FPS are gone

[rocketfish]

alright broski's

i got the nzxt s340 case in white from jet.com for $61 and got an Logisys LDXRM12C RGB LED Case Lighting. chit looks crazy bright on youtube and can change to other colors so i'm stoked about it.


Question for the cable management pros, how do people can their wires to look the same color? i've also seen like a nylon shoe lace type running on all their cables. Was wondering the prices to do that? and what is it called?




this is the look i'm going for, except I prob want all black cables instead so help "hide" them even more (this guy i took the pic from has the led strip i also ordered)

[Miraak]

alright broski's

i got the nzxt s340 case in white from jet.com for $61 and got an Logisys LDXRM12C RGB LED Case Lighting. chit looks crazy bright on youtube and can change to other colors so i'm stoked about it.


Question for the cable management pros, how do people can their wires to look the same color? i've also seen like a nylon shoe lace type running on all their cables. Was wondering the prices to do that? and what is it called?




this is the look i'm going for, except I prob want all black cables instead so help "hide" them even more (this guy i took the pic from has the led strip i also ordered)

I use cable extensions but if you have a modular PSU you can buy custom cables, I have a modular PSU but custom cables are damn pricey so I stuck with extensions which are like £5 a cable.

[niktak11]

Sleek looking build. Mirin' time. It took me almost 12 hours to do my first build.

Cable management is probably a 6/10 imo, but you don't really have enough LEDS in there to even show your cables so it doesn't matter.

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lmao WoW's Legion Pre-Patch is bringing my 980ti to its knees

the days of 4k on Ultra at 60+ FPS are gone

lol wtf were you doing for 12 hours?! Took me maybe 2 hours on my first build

[eXistenceLies]

lol wtf were you doing for 12 hours?! Took me maybe 2 hours on my first build

I have about 22 hours into my build overall. But it is also a custom water loop.

[PositiveCrew]

lol wtf were you doing for 12 hours?! Took me maybe 2 hours on my first build

I didn't do any research beforehand, so I was literally watching the video for 5 seconds, attempting to do it, then refresh and repeat.

Most of it was Windows 10 install (had a lot of issues with it) and installing that damn Evo 212.

Such is life