Post your Monster Gaming Rig

[cxp213]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

No, actually I have no reason to swap the display, all seen until yet havent that depth and trueful color spectrum as this big thing. As long as its running, I'll keep it

But what about more details/pixels, better response rate, faster refresh, blue light filter, anti-flicker tech, etc.?

[R3dliner]

Or What about 4k!!!!!! Time to upgrade

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by cxp213

But what about more details/pixels, better response rate, faster refresh, blue light filter, anti-flicker tech, etc.?

As you may know:
- Every mesh terrain looses its flair when flying below a certain height and is just noteable as blur
- Every structure on ground become slightly unsharp at appearing because FSX supports not all shaders, roundings and so on
- The lights at the airports are everytime kinda fading, no matter how deep or sharp the adjustments of pixels are
- Depends on your taste of routings, if you are more IFR related, you would see the ground textures only at departing/arriving, if you more VFR then you have the opportunity to add some 3rd party ware to increase the dense of the ground details, but from a certain height the blur effect will occur.

I was at the early beta and later gold phase of the actual dead Combat Simulator (not CSF from MS) and one of the basics of the game was to navigate below or around 2500ft VFR with props into school and later jets at career modus and believe me, that was a hard piece of patience to identify the reference points or targets at the shooting range.
Even the increasing of the pixel factor hadnt change that, at a point the FSX runs outta details and thats it.
Im pleased with the performance and depth of the details but anybody should feel free to test and experiment with other settings and hardware.

[Vulpe]

I wouldn't consider it a monster. In size maybe.

[Banana Hammock]

Recently updated my rig.
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII Hero
CPU: Core i7 6700k (Delidded with liquid metal)
GPU Nvidia RTX2080
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB
Case: Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic

Cooling
CPU: EK M8G Monoblock
GPU: EK Vector RTX2080 RGB
Dual EK Coolstream PE 360 Radiator
Corsair LL120 Fans
Bitspower 16mm Glass Tubing
Bitspower Fittings



IMG_4565 by Bruce Han, on Flickr

[OkieSnuffBox]

If I'm not going to bother with OC'ing and such, I'm not a shooter game type of person, it will mostly be racing games for my new sim rig.

A 1070Ti is going to everything I need on a triple monitor setup, there is no reason to mess with water cooling is there?

[R3dliner]

Originally Posted by Hurricane Beefaroni

Recently updated my rig.
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII Hero
CPU: Core i7 6700k (Delidded with liquid metal)
GPU Nvidia RTX2080
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB
Case: Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic

Cooling
CPU: EK M8G Monoblock
GPU: EK Vector RTX2080 RGB
Dual EK Coolstream PE 360 Radiator
Corsair LL120 Fans
Bitspower 16mm Glass Tubing
Bitspower Fittings



IMG_4565 by Bruce Han, on Flickr

Looks sick. Makes me want to upgrade my case now.
How do you like the RTX card? Was reading consistent 60fps at 4k.

[Banana Hammock]

Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

If I'm not going to bother with OC'ing and such, I'm not a shooter game type of person, it will mostly be racing games for my new sim rig.

A 1070Ti is going to everything I need on a triple monitor setup, there is no reason to mess with water cooling is there?

Watercooling is just a niche enthusiast thing. It does help with overclocking but you're talking percent differences. It's like modifying your car. You don't have to do it but we do it because we enjoy it.

Originally Posted by R3dliner

Looks sick. Makes me want to upgrade my case now.
How do you like the RTX card? Was reading consistent 60fps at 4k.

Thanks! The case market is strong right now. Lots of really nice looking options out.
Honestly, the RTX 2080 is basically a glorified 1080Ti. I don't have a 4k monitor to test this out but the 2080Ti should be better for 4k.

[R3dliner]

Originally Posted by Hurricane Beefaroni

Watercooling is just a niche enthusiast thing. It does help with overclocking but you're talking percent differences. It's like modifying your car. You don't have to do it but we do it because we enjoy it.



Thanks! The case market is strong right now. Lots of really nice looking options out.
Honestly, the RTX 2080 is basically a glorified 1080Ti. I don't have a 4k monitor to test this out but the 2080Ti should be better for 4k.

I'm basically playing 1440p on my predator monitor on a 1080. Contemplating if making the upgrade to 4k is worth the price given the fact the 1080 is killing whatever I currently throw at it.

[Banana Hammock]

Originally Posted by R3dliner

I'm basically playing 1440p on my predator monitor on a 1080. Contemplating if making the upgrade to 4k is worth the price given the fact the 1080 is killing whatever I currently throw at it.

Ah gotcha. I'm actually working my way up to your specs. I'm waiting on LGs 1440p 120hz panel to release in November.

Going from your Asus Predator to a 4k 60z means you'll be losing the high refresh rate. IMO, I'd rather keep the smoothness of the high refresh rate than bump the resolution.

[OkieSnuffBox]

Originally Posted by Hurricane Beefaroni

Watercooling is just a niche enthusiast thing. It does help with overclocking but you're talking percent differences. It's like modifying your car. You don't have to do it but we do it because we enjoy it.

Gotcha, that's what I was thinking, but wanted to double-check.

[TurboSid]

Yea RTX hasn't convinced me yet to get rid of my 1080.

I'm using dell 1440p w/ g-sync so im still pretty good on maxing out my games.

Got invited to the AC Odyssey Project stream beta. Its very cool w/ solid internet connection. World is going all cloud based in the next few years.

[StatenEye]

Living room rig
7700k clocked to 4.9ghz
WC-AIO with the DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm CAPTAIN 240EX --Super Silent Pump
MSI Z270 GAMING M7
32gb Gskill TridentZ DDR4 3200
Dual 1080ti MSI Gaming Ed in Sli config
Rosewill 1200w Platnum PSU
Corsair Tempered Glass 570x Case
3 NVMe M.2 in a Raid 0 array for the OS
4 500 gb 860 SSDs in a Raid 0 array for games
3 5tb Drives for Storage

Media Server (old Rig converted)
12 drive 2SHR array Xpenology 32tb usable storage
Thermaltake Core X9 Black E-ATX Stackable Tt LCS Certified Cube Chassis
2 8port SAS controllers
i7 920
Asus Sabertooh Mobo
2 thermaltak 500w PSUs, 1 for each SAS Card
16gb ram Ballistix sport DDR3
AIO Dual Rad Corsair WC

[AugustinPRIME]

Hello guys.

-i7 3930K 4,7Ghz 1.362v
-Rampage IV Formula
-4x4GB DDR3
-Corsair H80i + 2 x Swiftech Helix PWM 120mm
-780Ti
-6 x 2TB
-1 x Velociraptor 600Gb
-1 x Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
-Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ( 2xPhanteks 140mm front, 3 x Corsair 140mm top )
-Corsair TX850v2

[JustinHEMI]

I'm a hobby computer builder and build a new one about once every 2 years for fun. I built this machine about a year ago. I'm primarily a FPS player, so my rig is usually way overkill for anything I'm playing, which is currently PUBG and COD BO4.

At the heart of the machine is the Core i7 8700K..., which has shown itself to be an overclocking champion. I ultimately delidded the CPU to achieve 5.2GHZ on an AIO cooler. I've been running her at 5.0GHZ for daily use 24/7 use over the last year.

Other parts include;

EVGA GTX 1080Ti SC2 graphics card.
Creative AE5 sound card.
Corsair 16GB DDR4 3000mhz memory.
3 Samsung SSDs.
Asus ROG Maximus X Hero motherboard.
NZXT Kraken water cooler.
Fractal Designs Meshify C case
EVGA G3 850W power supply.


Here's some pics.








First things first. Time to rip apart my brand new CPU. Got my "delidding" tool, and other tools ready.





It basically acts like a guillotine. Clamp it into place, and that little metal plunger forces the lid off.




Please no damage please no damage please no damage!





Success! (I hope). Lid is off and you can see the silicon glue (black) and thermal past between the chip and heat spreader (grey).





Cleaning off all the gunk!





Clean enough for me. Time for new thermal interface material.





I'm using liquid metal. It's a mixture of gallium and indium. A pin head sized drop goes a long way.





Both halves covered. Ready to go into motherboard. I'm opting not to reseal, as the motherboard clamp has sufficient force to hold it together in the machine.





Installed into motherboard, along with memory.





Next the arduous task of just putting all the parts together. Power supply going in.




Motherboard installed into case.





SSDs installed discreetly in back of case.





CPU cooler installed, main power run.





Graphics and sound cards installed. All that's left is initial boot!






She booted first time! w00t! I was so worried about trashing a brand new CPU.


Took about 3 hours to build.





I think I hit the silicon lottery with this chip since 5.0ghz was my goal, but she easily went to 5.2ghz at only 1.4 volts! Chips that could do this were sold at a premium at silliconlottery.com. She passed CPUZ validation and cinebench..., and she only hit 70C! It looks like I have headroom to push her higher if I went with a different cooling setup.







This is her final config. It has all of the RGB stuff, but I'm not too much into that, so I set everything at a blue, except for the water cooler I have it set to rotate blue and red because I think it's cool.






Just a quick crappy vid as she's at full load at 5.2ghz, very very quiet compared to my last machine and it was at only 4.6ghz.

[Dang3r]

Very nice build, mind if add the overall cost? Man, I would never chop a CPU into halfs, even with that tool, what happened when damaging it? Warranty wouldnt cover that, aint?

[SharpAndCunning]

Wow.

I'm over here just trying to upgrade my GPU in a laptop so I can run pubg. (trying to find a 1050ti mobile version).

and you guys have legit simulators in your homes.


I can dream....

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Very nice build, mind if add the overall cost? Man, I would never chop a CPU into halfs, even with that tool, what happened when damaging it? Warranty wouldnt cover that, aint?

Thank you.

I don't remember the exact cost, some of it was black Friday deals, but here's my list on PC parts picker to give an idea.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/JustinHEMI/builds/


If I damaged it, it would be on me. A risk I was willing to take. Warranty certainly wouldn't cover it.


This is relatively minor compared to what you had to do 20 years ago to get a machine running/over clocked. They're all mostly plug and play now.

[cxp213]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

I'm using liquid metal. It's a mixture of gallium and indium. A pin head sized drop goes a long way.

Looks like a fun build, but if that's how much liquid metal you used, then that's too much. You said it yourself a pinhead worth, but your first picture shows way more although your second pictures is better. Hopefully, you applied some clear nail polish to the contact points just in case. I found that scraping off the old glue residue with your fingernail is the easiest method as well.

[Banana Hammock]

Originally Posted by cxp213

Looks like a fun build, but if that's how much liquid metal you used, then that's too much. You said it yourself a pinhead worth, but your first picture shows way more although your second pictures is better. Hopefully, you applied some clear nail polish to the contact points just in case. I found that scraping off the old glue residue with your fingernail is the easiest method as well.

The spread on the IHS and die looks about right so he should be good.

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by cxp213

Looks like a fun build, but if that's how much liquid metal you used, then that's too much. You said it yourself a pinhead worth, but your first picture shows way more although your second pictures is better. Hopefully, you applied some clear nail polish to the contact points just in case. I found that scraping off the old glue residue with your fingernail is the easiest method as well.

It's fine. I spread that drop over the IHS and die. Temps are fantastic.

[Captain Blood]

I'd like to get this for Christmas!

https://apple.news/AF8rv5ZzORlmFqJcOa2SmlQ
This $30,000 rig is the craziest gaming setup we've ever seen