I've got a desktop PC and not afraid to admit it thread

[geeks]

Where is everyone buying their water cooling gear from? I am looking into it and alot of the cool (pun intended) case builders on Faceache and YouTube are buying parts from Alibaba.. thoughts?

dmsims said:

FukeLreeman said:

2 x 4GB's in RAID 1 too for all my crap.

You won't get that much crap in there

I am sure he meant TB!!

[130R]

geeks said:

Where is everyone buying their water cooling gear from? I am looking into it and alot of the cool (pun intended) case builders on Faceache and YouTube are buying parts from Alibaba.. thoughts?

I think people tend to buy Barrow kit from there. EKWB is based in the EU / sold by UK based retailers, and probably easier to get going with since you can buy full kits from them (avoid their SE series rads though). Mayhems seem to be most popular for fluid and also sold by UK based retailers.

Edited by 130R on Thursday 3rd January 12:55

[HM-2]

130R said:

geeks said:

Where is everyone buying their water cooling gear from? I am looking into it and alot of the cool (pun intended) case builders on Faceache and YouTube are buying parts from Alibaba.. thoughts?

I think people tend to buy Barrow kit from there. EKWB is based in the EU / sold by UK based retailers, and probably easier to get going with since you can buy full kits from them (avoid their SE series rads though). Mayhems seem to be most popular for fluid and also sold by UK based retailers.

Edited by 130R on Thursday 3rd January 12:55

Quite a few of the bits I've been getting are from the usual suspects like Scan and Amazon, or directly from EKWB.
I've used Watercooling UK for radiators, PETG tubing and the like.

[curlyks2]

geeks said:

Where is everyone buying their water cooling gear from?

Scan, Amazon, Watercooling UK, Aquatuning, CCL, EKWB directly, Overclockers.

[FukeLreeman]

geeks said:

I am sure he meant TB!!

Whoops! deffo 4tb. They're old drives now too, 5 years I reckon!

[FukeLreeman]

anonymous said:

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I've found that as long as you have the cash and are willing to go whenever, you can pick up some brilliant deals off facebook/Gumtree.

Bought the CPU/MOBO/1080GTX/PSU/CASE/2133MHZ RAM/SSD off some chap for £800 off Scumtree, then sold the RAM and GPU for £425, and picked up the TI and 3200MHZ for £550 off two bloked off Facebook.

[snuffy]

You start off with a small upgrade....

I decided to upgrade my motherboard and add a some more RAM just after Christmas. By the time I'd finished, not only had I done that, I'd also bought a new GPU, a new SSD and a new watercooler, and even more RAM. So the only original bits are the CPU, PSU and other drives.

My build is now:

Motherboard : ASRock Pro4
CPU : i7-6700K
RAM : 48GB DDR-3000 (but runs at 2166)
GPU : RTX2060 (Gigabyte OC Windforce)
Cooler : Corsair i80 V2
Disks: 1 x NVMe M.2 500GB (EVO 970) , 1 x SATA M.2 250GB, 2 x SSD 250GB, 1 x 2TB HDD, 1 x 3TB SSD

That should keep me going for a bit !

[The Li-ion King]

HP TouchSmart 7320 PC, picked up for £100 in a computer shop in Potters Bar Runs Windows 10 no problem, with built in WiFi which is great linked to HP 352dw PageWide printer (also WiFi capable) - we will always need desktop PC's - even some of the new Samsung Galaxy Note's mimic laptops as they have detachable keyboards and can run MS Office via the cloud

[Type R Tom]

I recently decided I wanted to build a HTPC for the living room that will allow for VR, so I took all the components of my main PC out and started to squeeze them in to a SilverStone SST-GD09B. The specification is
I7 4770k (4.0ghz) with 240mm AIO
MSI Z87
1080ti with NZXT bracket 120mm AIO
16gb DDR3 RAM
2 x SSD and 1 x HDD

Couldn’t fit both AIO radiators in case so took the Dremel to it and stuck the 240mm on the outside. SSD/HDD were squeezed in where possible and cable management was no existent, it was a tight squeeze. Works well on VR but can’t game at high res anymore unfortunately until I get a new TV / Projector as the 1080ti can just about run 4k on some games. Games are streamed via Steam to PC in the office (CAT6) which now runs i5 4460, 8gb ram and an SSD. Not working too well at the moment so need to play with it a bit. A few photos:


AIO outside of case


1080ti with NZXT bracket, AIO below graphics card bottom of shot


Trying to sort the mess out

Edited by Type R Tom on Monday 4th February 21:02

[h0b0]

Recently built a new desktop.

CPU. 1950x Threadripper.
MB. Zenith extreme
Graphics. Vega 64
HD. 970 pro 1 tb
Western Digital 2tb
Ram. 16Gb viper 3600
Cooler. AIO NZXT 3 fan radiator
Keyboard. Corsair N95


Primary use...........working from home. I did play secrete of monkey island on it and I have bought several games but just not had time. Windows updates amuse me now as they last a couple of seconds when they took an eternity on my i5 this box has replaced.

Im a big fan of NZXT products. The CAM dashboard is good to keep an eye on the temperatures. Not that I have pushed it beyond ambient +10. The keyboard is very loud but very fast to type on. I’d highly recommend it. I have LGB (sorry RGB) everything. It’s like a disco when it’s all flashing. I’m old so I turn it off. My kids like to see the cooler spinning and the case breathing so I can do shows on request.

[ZesPak]

Fetched this yesterday.
Will fit my GTX 960 for now, got an option on a 980 ti. Will pick up pc gaming when that happens.

Assembling later this week. Will replace my perfectly fine 7yo i5 2500k rig.

Overkill on the PSU (price difference was minimal) though.

Edited by ZesPak on Wednesday 6th February 08:59