Show us your rig thread

[NeonSamurai]

I considered going with a 17inch gaming laptop, but as I need to carry it around to class and use it, i though it would be too much of a pain so i went with a 16 inch model instead. That though meant i had to sacrifice on video a bit. Still the video chip is pretty good, it can play most games other then the newer high demand games (Crysis) maxed out and can do the newer games pretty well too if the graphics are toned down a bit.

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

I considered going with a 17inch gaming laptop, but as I need to carry it around to class and use it, i though it would be too much of a pain so i went with a 16 inch model instead. That though meant i had to sacrifice on video a bit. Still the video chip is pretty good, it can play most games other then the newer high demand games (Crysis) maxed out and can do the newer games pretty well too if the graphics are toned down a bit.

yeah...at almost 10 pounds mine would be a pain for school or commuting. Portable enough to move from room to room and that's about as far as it goes. It has a Kensington lock slot which would come in handy if I had to leave it alone for awhile.

Wow! Mr. Chris has got quite the powerhouse rig. Do lights dim in Cyprus when you fire that up?

[AVGWarhawk]

What is the benefit of having the PSU on the bottom as opposed to the top like most cases are set up? I see Mr Chris has his PSU on the bottom

Sweet rig Mr Chris

[Arclight]

Room for big fan at the top. They say these cases have better airflow; hot air rises. Hot air from PSU and other components rises to top and is exhausted by big ass fan.

[Reece]

Just a comment of curiosity!! When you look at the box layout all the cards are facing down so you only see the soldered side of the boards, wouldn't it be better to have the motherboard mounted on the opposite side so that you can see the component side, would look a lot nicer. Maybe it's for dust purposes that they keep the components on the underside, Do they actually make a case with left & right reversed? or is this a left/right hand thing?

[Digital_Trucker]

Originally Posted by Reece

Just a comment of curiosity!! When you look at the box layout all the cards are facing down so you only see the soldered side of the boards, wouldn't it be better to have the motherboard mounted on the opposite side so that you can see the component side, would look a lot nicer. Maybe it's for dust purposes that they keep the components on the underside, Do they actually make a case with left & right reversed? or is this a left/right hand thing?

I'm just guessing here, but I believe that the reason the components on the cards are mounted on the bottom is so that the cooling devices have access to the cooler air in the bottom of the case. Just a guess.

@AVG Yep, that radiator looking thing does a pretty good job of cooling

[Task Force]

I dont have a camera. so...

Antech 900 case
Intel e8400 3.0ghz
windows vista 32bit
Bfg Nvidia 8800gts 640MB
Asus P5K deluxe motherboard
Samsung HD501lj HD (with 330GBs left.)
28 inch Hannspree monitor. (and a 22 inch HP monitor for duel screen.)

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

I'm just guessing here, but I believe that the reason the components on the cards are mounted on the bottom is so that the cooling devices have access to the cooler air in the bottom of the case. Just a guess.

@AVG Yep, that radiator looking thing does a pretty good job of cooling

I would guess a dust thing also. Imagine getting dust out of the diodes, Then again, there is a fan blowing across it anyway. Who knows.

Yeah I bet it keeps it cool. You see in mine the sideways mount for the CPU cooler? I was a bit leary about this set up and the performance. It works very well. Blows the heat back towards the larger exhaust fan. As you can see the intake fan right on top of the CPU fan area. Constantly pushing cool air to the CPU fan and the CPU fan pushing it out. You can not see it but behind the little radiator type deal for the CPU there is a vent that channels air to the mobo itself.

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Reece

Just a comment of curiosity!! When you look at the box layout all the cards are facing down so you only see the soldered side of the boards, wouldn't it be better to have the motherboard mounted on the opposite side so that you can see the component side, would look a lot nicer. Maybe it's for dust purposes that they keep the components on the underside, Do they actually make a case with left & right reversed? or is this a left/right hand thing?

Some cases are ATX and BTX standard which means you can basically reverse the way the motherboard is mounted so that the expansion cards face up and not down. BTX was devised by Intel back when they were producing those hot hot hot pentium 4 prescotts. ATX was not designed for optimal coling of those beasts. Intel tried to strongarm the industry in ditching ATX for BTX but that didn't come to pass. So we are still stuck with ATX excpet for some specific (and costly) cases that implement both standards. Right now with cpu that are very efficient in terms of thermal dissipation there is no need for a BTX standard.

[Reece]

Thanks for the info goldorak, it's purely for looks but would be better for heat sinks etc to be facing up rather than down, I'll do a search for BTX but like you say, probably rare and costly, you'd think some Chinese manufacturer would produce some to see if it kicks off!!

[mr chris]

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Wow! Mr. Chris has got quite the powerhouse rig. Do lights dim in Cyprus when you fire that up?

Not yet but my other Graphics card arrived today. Just waiting for my New PSU then i will install them both. Then i will try and bring down the camp's power grid