OCM's 24/7 Rig

[OC Maximus]

After a few months of being down to one working computer I finally have a main rig again.

Case: Lian Li PC-A05NB (New) $110
PSU: Corsair HX620w (Used) Freebie
Ram: 2x2Gb Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz (Used) $65
Mobo: MSI H57M-ED65 (Used) $50
CPU: Intel i5 670 (Used) $100
CPU HS: Thermalright Venomous X (Used) $30
HDD: VelociRaptor 300Gb (Used) $50

Total Build Cost: $405

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Lightly clocked to 4GHz for 24/7 use.

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Thank you for looking ;)

OCM :thumbsup:

[ocgmj]

Sweet 24/7 ride brother.

[Witchdoctor]

Sexy case ....

Nice portable little grinder ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :thumbsup:

[GFDuke]

I always likd Lian cases. THey look so smooth.

[Chuchnit]

Whoa whoa whoa mister. What camera are you using? Those first two shots are amazing quality. :thumbsup: I've always had a special place for that case. It's just so clean and simple. You gonna add a GPU later to make a gamer out of her?

[OC Maximus]

Sweet 24/7 ride brother.

TY

Sexy case ....

Nice portable little grinder ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :thumbsup:

;)

I always likd Lian cases. THey look so smooth.

I agree, love the minimalistic look myself.

Whoa whoa whoa mister. What camera are you using? Those first two shots are amazing quality. :thumbsup: I've always had a special place for that case. It's just so clean and simple. You gonna add a GPU later to make a gamer out of her?

Thank you Sir ;)
Its just one of these little cheap Sony Cybershot DSC-WX1/B.

As for GPU and gaming rig, it all depends. I've always been a console guy but maybe I'll get into PC gaming one of these days...........

OCM :thumbsup:

[Chuchnit]

Once you get the hang of the keyboard/mouse combo in FPS games you will never want to look at a joystick again.;) That is until you play Kal in UT3 and he makes you want to give up gaming all together.

[OC Maximus]

I hear ya. Did play quite a bit of BFBC2 with the 965be and a pair of 5770 Hawks in Crossfire before getting deep into overclocking. Unfortunately I no longer have a computer desk. I now sit on the couch like a potato with a wireless keyboard which makes it quite difficult to game on my computer.

Anywho, here are my current clocks and temps just for fun ;)

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/fun.png

OCM :thumbsup:

[OC Maximus]

The time has finally come to water cool her. Breaking out the dremel.

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Lian%20Li%20A05N/DSC04419.jpg

[Witchdoctor]

This should be fun :thumbsup:

[kikicoco1334]

dude! sexy build!

[OC Maximus]

Lower Radiator Mounted

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[Mr.Scott]

Looks good. Think you'll get enough air draw from that small space? I mean, the feet are only like 1/2" tall.

[OC Maximus]

Upper Radiator Mounted

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[OC Maximus]

Looks good. Think you'll get enough air draw from that small space? I mean, the feet are only like 1/2" tall.
Thanks. Probably not, I need to order some taller case feet.

[kikicoco1334]

DUDE IT LOOKS SO GOOD!

[OC Maximus]

Thanks buddy :D

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Lian%20Li%20A05N/DSC04455.jpg

[Chuchnit]

Looks awesome mang! :D You and Drnip have a knack for great pics. Two questions though. What hardware is going back in there and where is the final resting place of the pump going to be?

[OC Maximus]

Looks awesome mang! :D You and Drnip have a knack for great pics. Two questions though. What hardware is going back in there and where is the final resting place of the pump going to be?

Thanks, not sure on hw yet. Just the MSI board and i5 670 for now. The pump will stay where its at, right on the rad.

[OC Maximus]

Here she is all back together. Kinda need her to perform her regular 24/7 duties. I'll work on her some more once CPU block and Res get here sometime next week.

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Lian%20Li%20A05N/DSC04457.jpg

[Witchdoctor]

Sick OC ......... :thumbsup:

[Mr.Scott]

Looks great. Nice job on the space management. Looks good for a fairly small case. I'd never get my baseball mitt sized hands in there. I need a full sized tower, or bigger,......or no case at all. :laughing:

[kikicoco1334]

M&M that is a suck beautiful setup bro
can't wait to see when is 100% done!
i am working on my as well i'll be posting soon :P

[OC Maximus]

Got a little work in today. Fitted a Phobya Water Temp Sensor in the 3.5" bay bezel. A little Monday night drilling, filing and fitting.

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[Splave]

siiiiick :)

[GeorgeStorm]

Was already thinking that it was looking good, but the temp sensor looks incredible!
Looking forward to seeing it completed

[ocgmj]

You have a gift OCM.

[Kal-EL]

Hey that looks nice OCM, you do good work when you're bored :)

[Neuromancer]

Wow. You freaking people and your immaculate cases pshh.

jk

Looks great man! I am very jealous.

[OC Maximus]

Thanks gents ;)

Ran into a couple problems fitting the EK Spin Reservoir today. I do have to say, it is one pretty piece of POM Acetal. Super nice piece EK :thumbsup:

Going to have to trim a small section of the lip in the drive bay for the reservoir to fit in snug. Also going to trim on the case around the fill port for easier access.

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[Splave]

great worklog man, but I vote we close this thread and you get back to bointing like a mofo ;)

[DOM]

great worklog man, but I vote we close this thread and you get back to bointing like a mofo ;)
:laughing:

[OC Maximus]

great worklog man, but I vote we close this thread and you get back to bointing like a mofo ;)
Yeah, no shit lol. I do need to get her done before I start cranking out them boints again. Being UD5 less has been quite the drag. But no worries, going to try and button her up by this weekend. Then I'll be back to benchin with a vengeance :)

[kikicoco1334]

dude that looks amazing!
nice work bro!

[OC Maximus]

Here's another look at the hand drilled top panel with stainless pan head screws painted black.

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[OC Maximus]

And a look at the pump and lower radiator.

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[DrNip]

Nice location mount of that pesky pump that always seems to gets in the way when doing a water build.

[Witchdoctor]

Dude your work is awsome ....

like the braded hose covers ... clean ........

[kikicoco1334]

it may just be me bro but i think it looked the same from last night :P
still tho nice work

[OC Maximus]

Power chord shortened and sleeved. Rig going back together slowly but surely.

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[Splave]

sleeved tubing looks sick bro

[Neuromancer]

Wow. I dont like the look of indiviudally braiding every PSU wire, but the hosing and stuff looks amazing.

24pin might look good braided too if it was broke to into groups of 4 or something instead of every wire.

[OC Maximus]

sleeved tubing looks sick bro
yeah, I really like it :)
Wow. I dont like the look of indiviudally braiding every PSU wire but the hosing and stuff looks amazing.

24pin might look good braided too if it was broke to into groups of 4 or something instead of every wire.
not really planning on sleeving the psu. Too time consuming but who knows, maybe I'll get a wild hair one day.

[OC Maximus]

No GPU in the loop yet. Need to get my hands on a decent card and nickel waterblock for this rig.

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Wish I was better at taking pictures, proper case lighting can be quite the bitch.

[Splave]

dude your pictures are stunning mate :) dont worry about that!

[DrNip]

Wish I was better at taking pictures, proper case lighting can be quite the bitch.


Maybe this can help bro. I like the monitor with a white screen idea in the thread posted below.

http://www.overclock.net/computer-cases/912437-how-photograph-your-rig-updated.html

I used a fluorescent lamp with the flash off on my most recent mini itx build.

[Neuromancer]

Fl;ourescent was always a nono in photography but that is all I use too.

Reflected light is key, gets it bright enough without getting glare spots.

Also photos can be brightened in software, so too dark is not necessarily bad, dark photos software lightened are how to get great pictures of ICs and the writing on them IMHO.

[DrNip]

Fl;ourescent was always a nono in photography but that is all I use too.

Reflected light is key, gets it bright enough without getting glare spots.

Also photos can be brightened in software, so too dark is not necessarily bad, dark photos software lightened are how to get great pictures of ICs and the writing on them IMHO.

Hmmm really. I know there are alot of fluorescent photo lighting kits out there now. Maybe it all depends on the type and placement of them.

[Neuromancer]

Hmmm really. I know there are alot of fluorescent photo lighting kits out there now. Maybe it all depends on the type and placement of them.

No I think it has more to do with the change to digital photography. I was not saying that no one should use it, just that it used to produce less than desirable effects.

My aunt was a professional photographer and my parents had a darkroom as a hobby in the 70/80s, and both told me that fluorescent lighting was not used for photography (actually found this out shooting video one time as too why... Fluorescent light actually flickers, it is not a steady glow like incandescent).

It does not seem to effect my stills however.. but might explain why I have to make sure to double and triple shoot everything to get that one great pic. (Aside from my over caffeinated hands and poor photography skills)

Considering my work lamp is at least 15 years old, I would assume the change is in the camera equipment (the light looks no different than work lights of 30 years ago. Ballast, bulbs, and starter).

IT is also possible that teh CCFLs used inthose cheap photokits are different. Higher flicker rate maybe.

[thebanik]

Awesome pics and build OCM.....

[kikicoco1334]

Maybe this can help bro. I like the monitor with a white screen idea in the thread posted below.

http://www.overclock.net/computer-cases/912437-how-photograph-your-rig-updated.html

I used a fluorescent lamp with the flash off on my most recent mini itx build.

nice info dude
i was wondering that too :thumbsup:

[OC Maximus]

Thank you men!

Yep, I'm bored :)

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Lian%20Li%20A05N/DSCF0013.jpg

Also, some taller case feet on the way.

http://www.mnpctech.com/itx_matx_computer_case_feet_black_mnpctech.com.jpg

On another note........ Good news! UD5-B3 tested satisfactory last night and I am sooooo ready to get back to benchin. Soon as I redo my loop :thumbsup:

[Chuchnit]

Never Dull. :O


Get that shit away from me!! Oh the hours I had to polish retarded shit with that.

[OC Maximus]

Never Dull. :O


Get that shit away from me!! Oh the hours I had to polish retarded shit with that.
Torpedo tubes while on watch here :rofl

[Chuchnit]

hehe no thanks on rubbing down explosives. :rofl.

[OC Maximus]

Testes, testes, 1-2-3

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Testing out new camera. My 2 year old daughter broke my Cybershot last night :argh:

Let me know what you think. Be harsh please, I have thick skin :D

[kikicoco1334]

dude what cam is that i can't really tell any diff it may just me i am not really hardcore on pix and pix taking

[OC Maximus]

its a kodak disposable camera with flash

:P

[DOM]

looks like my 3yr old can take better pics :D

so when u going to stop playing with yourself and bench :P

[Chuchnit]

Pick looks good mang. It just hit me. What we had to use was brasso but its the same thing.

[kikicoco1334]

its a kodak disposable camera with flash

:P

so it's super cheap :D

kodak is not too bad the only prob is they are cheaply made so becareful using it cuz it may only last you a year or two
saying it from personal experience

i went though 4 cams last year :thumbdown:
lucky bestbuy took care all that :D:D

[OC Maximus]

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[kikicoco1334]

beautiful rig bro

[OC Maximus]

beautiful rig bro

Gracias Amigo :thumbsup:

HHD/SSD Cage complete. Needs a little semi-flat black paint to blend in.

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[kikicoco1334]

this is just making me not like you anymore bro...
NICE WORK MANG! holy shit bro! sick work!

[OC Maximus]

Glamour Shots :D

MNPC Tech, what beautiful feet you have :)

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Holding off on the EK Nickel Waterblock until the whole nickel flaking issue is resolved.

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[kikicoco1334]

damn bro i just put some feet on my server as well :P

you need to get some gaming on man! can't wait you are 100% done it's gonna be magical!

[OC Maximus]

Decided to do my own Feser One F1 UV Blue experiment.

Loop was originally running with Di-water and 4 drops of PT Nuke.

Flushed loop with tap water then flushed loop with 4 gallons of Di-water.

Drained all components then added little less than a liter of Feser One Premix to the loop. No additional additives.

Here are my results after only 1 week of the machine running 24/7 at stock clocks.

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Going back to Di-Water and PT Nuke.

[Witchdoctor]

Yea that shit looks nasty ....

What has always worked will be what still works

[Splave]

yuck! I havent run anything but silver for years now, but I spy a nickel plated EK cpu block ahem.

[Kal-EL]

I'm blind, how'd you break yer fancy knife?

[OC Maximus]

I'm blind, how'd you break yer fancy knife?
Huh??

I is a little slow :blush:

[DOM]

Huh??

I is a little slow :blush:
:laughing:

pic 2 to 3 what happened to the knife its broken bro ;)

[kikicoco1334]

dude it looks super nice man!

[OC Maximus]

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[OC Maximus]

Ordered the wrong EK full cover waterblock. The EVGA GTX 460 EE card I have isn't reference so, me so stupe.

Epic fail on my part :argh:

Good thing Performance PC's came through. Told them about the mixup and they agreed to give me a for a full in store credit once returned. Now I have an EK 580 full cover block on the way. Should be here today or tomorrow so I can finally finish building this machine.

Good on Performance PC's:thumbsup:

[OC Maximus]

Reference GTX 580 hot off the bench. Retired early from bointing duty, she has served us well.

Need to pickup an Asus Direct CUII to bench now....... (hint hint brothas :D)

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Butt Naked

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EK block ready to mount.

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My very first Light Box

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Two nightstand lamps, a diaper box, copy paper, and blue painters tape. Still need to pick up better lamps and bulbs.

Oh, and OCA FTMFW!!! :)

[DOM]

diaper box FTMFW :laughing:

[OC Maximus]

diaper box FTMFW :laughing:

LMAO!!!

[Kal-EL]

Lightbox? that for uber sexy photo shoots or sumtin?

[OC Maximus]

Some sing like dat :)

[Neuromancer]

I need to build me a light box.

You just used copy paper for the diffusion?

[OC Maximus]

Yeah, copy paper. Its what I had on hand. What am I supposed to use?

[kikicoco1334]

nice GTX580 ln2 bro!

[OC Maximus]

Fathers Day present from my beautiful little daughter.

Microsoft Sidewinder x8

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Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there :thumbsup:

Still working on getting the back round whiter.

[OC Maximus]

Not posting a frosty pic just feels wrong so here's a couple :)

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[kikicoco1334]

what is that white stuff on the mouse? :rofl

[OC Maximus]

frosty goodness :D

or just use your imagination, lol

[Neuromancer]

Copy paper is fine I use it on my work lamp. Well actually a roll of art paper, same stuff though.

Problem I have found is shooting during the day, everything gets a yellow tint to it, so I try only shooting at night now.

Pics look great though , I am thirsty now :P

[MaadDaawg]

Beautiful work OCM :)

[OC Maximus]

Beautiful work OCM :)

Thank you :good:

UD5 coming out Maximus IV Gene-Z going in. UD5 will be in the for sale section soon.

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[DrNip]

You'll love that mobo. Made clockin my 2600 and breeze.

[OC Maximus]

I'm loving it so far. Been playing around with ssd caching for the last couple days. Putting them old small SSD's I was using to bench back to work.

[DrNip]

Going to eventually retire mine to the case but not now. Got some benching ahead of me with it. Smexy pics though.

[OC Maximus]

Well, the machine has been running for a little over a month and since its filter cleaning time I thought I'd snap some pics of the progress.



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Still need to work on wire management and sleeving. Also need to make a hold down plate for the power cord and the top trim piece for the drive bay.


Mick from Mayhems Dye was kind enough to send me a few samples so look out for my mini Dye review ;)

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[kikicoco1334]

dude lookin good there!
need to keep those fans clean mang!


i need to post some pix of my system up here sometime lol camera is still in the damn bestbuy's service center

[OC Maximus]

Flipped the HHDs around in the cage and pulled out the standard 120mm fan in order to route the wires around the front. Now they are all hidden and out of sight. Installed a slim 120mm fan on the outside as an exhaust fan to tidy things up.

Special thanks to animal0307 from OCN (http://www.overclock.net/15007873-post142.html) for coming up with the idea. :thumbsup:

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MDPC Sleeving kit should be here sometime next week so I can get busy on that psu. :)

[Witchdoctor]

That shit is looking tight bro ............ :thumbsup:

[MaadDaawg]

Did you sleeve the water tubing yourself? Or does someone sell it that way?
Looks saweet :D

[kikicoco1334]

Did you sleeve the water tubing yourself? Or does someone sell it that way?
Looks saweet :D
yes he did - -b

[OC Maximus]

Million-Dollar-PC (http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/) Sleeving arrived today :)

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Thank you Nils ;)

[OC Maximus]

And the work continues....

Finished relocating power plug to bottom right hand corner of case.

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Cut out a cable pass through to SSD in the 3 1/2" bay.

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[kikicoco1334]

dude nice cabling there, can you make guide of how you did it?

[MaadDaawg]

I'd like a copy too please :D

[kikicoco1334]

dude! MM! that site you posted MDPC is crazy awesome!!!
got me some crazy ass ideas!

[Witchdoctor]

Nice work bro............ :thumbsup:

That sleeving is way sick and with the reverse HD mounting reall cleans things up.

You are a patcient man my friend ............. :cool3:

[Kal-EL]

Gadier the perfectionist! :)

[OC Maximus]

Must Eliminate any Existence of Compromise... ;)

Sleeving Complete.
Drive cage Complete.

Next on the list: painting the drive cage mesh, lighting, wire management then final pictures :)

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Lian%20Li%20A05N/2-1.png


http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Lian%20Li%20A05N/3-1.jpg

[Kal-EL]

that mesh does wonders for a build.

[MaadDaawg]

how do you mold the mesh so perfectly? and.. how do you sleeve the water tubing?

I bought some black mesh for a build before you posted your pics, but it's still sitting here in one straight piece. Do you use a breaker bar?

[MaadDaawg]

Just curious - have you sleeved all the wiring and tubing on your sub yet? Bet it's the sickest control room in the fleet :rofl:

[OC Maximus]

Just curious - have you sleeved all the wiring and tubing on your sub yet? Bet it's the sickest control room in the fleet :rofl:
LMAO!!!!

[OC Maximus]

how do you mold the mesh so perfectly? and.. how do you sleeve the water tubing?

I bought some black mesh for a build before you posted your pics, but it's still sitting here in one straight piece. Do you use a breaker bar?
That stainless mesh is so thick I had to use a big ass vice and a dead blow hammer at work. Chopped it all up with a dremel and cleaned it up with a file. Lots of measuring, a little elbow grease with a lot of time on my hands. :thumbsup:

[Kal-EL]

That stainless mesh is so thick I had to use a big ass vice and a dead blow hammer at work. Chopped it all up with a dremel and cleaned it up with a file. Lots of measuring, a little elbow grease with a lot of time on my hands. :thumbsup: :good:

[OC Maximus]

Thank you Sir may I have another!

[OC Maximus]

4 years later................

Rig is about to get a few small upgrades:

:ohcrap:

8 more gigs of ram
500 gig SSD
Trusty ole 580 may be coming out for a 980 or a pair of 970's in SLI

Anyone have some decent GPU's for sale?

:thumbsup:

[Kal-EL]

best i got is tri-680 4gb dcii's

[OC Maximus]

best i got is tri-680 4gb dcii's

Are these them?

http://rog.asus.com/177262012/gaming-graphics-cards-2/more-trot-less-slot-asus-geforce-gtx-680-directcu-ii-4gb-two-slot-revision/

[Kal-EL]

part no: 90yv0350-mona00
GTX680-DC2-4gD5
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX680DC24GD5/
http://www.amazon.com/Memory-Video-Graphic-Cards-GTX680-DC2-4GD5/dp/B00A7QAKL6

[Kal-EL]

Pretty sure their were 3 part numbers.

1- straight dc2
2- dc2 with game
3- some other variant

[OC Maximus]

Logged on to the Bot today to take a look, its been years..... :eek:

[Kal-EL]

Still ambiguous as ever.

[Witchdoctor]

0E4n30IZovI

[OC Maximus]

New rig is up and running. Some new parts with recycled 2600k and freshly baked Maximus Gene-z motherboard. I'll get some pictures up in a few min.

Rig is patiently standing by for Skylake to hit the market.

[OC Maximus]

Dimastech Nano
Intel 2600k
Gskill Sniper 16gb
Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z
Asus 680 GTX 4gb SLI
EVGA 850W G2 PSU
Samsung 500 SSD
WD Caviar Black 1TB HD
Megahalems Prolimatech CPU Cooler
Gentle Typhoon Fans


7468

7469

7470

7471

7472

[DOM]

Where's the ln2 lol

[Kal-EL]

Clean.

[OC Maximus]

Thanks ;)

Had a an outstanding day of gaming and overclocking today. Pushed and tested stability at 4.8Ghz on the 2600k and the clock is solid on air. From Star Citizen to Counter Strike Global Offensive to Battle Field 4, not a glitch. I'm pretty happy at 4.8Ghz for a 24/7 rig.

7493

7494

Yippie!! :D

[OC Maximus]

Good bye Lian Li PC-A05NB, you've served me well. Now I will take your bits and use them in other projects.

May you rest in pieces. :crazy:

7531

[Kal-EL]

Some potential there for a custom job.

[OC Maximus]

My lastest iteration of a 24/7 rig.

I present you Wall-E. (no pun intended ;))

Asus Maximus VIII Gene
Asus Strix 980ti OC
Intel 6700K
Prolimatech Megahalems
Gskill 32Gb 3200Mhz Ram
EVGA 850w G2 PSU
Sennheiser HD 598SE

Mounted my Dimastech Benches on the wall to free up some much needed desk surface.

She is getting a small upgrade today. Samsung 950 Pro M.2 as the OS drive.

Benchmarks coming soon :thumbsup:

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dimastech%20Nano/20160711_162906_zps2p7ytwpg.jpg

[OC Maximus]

OS up and running. Only drivers installed. Quck and dirty benchmark of OS Drive and Game Storage Drive

Win 10 OS: 950 Pro M.2 NVMe 500gb
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dimastech%20Nano/Untitled_zpsccpihkov.png

Game Drive: x2 850 Pro Sata III 500gb Raid 0

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dimastech%20Nano/Untitled_zpsbgujatke.png

[Kal-EL]

Wow, look at them numbers. Nice addition bro, howz the "snappyness" feel?

[OC Maximus]

Snappy, wappy, tappy, pappy. Its fast in OS. Faster than ever but..... its all relative. The jump from HDD to SSD was HUGE. The jump from SSD Sata III to M.2 MVMe is slightly noticeable. Not really necessary but very, very nice :)

[Kal-EL]

Snappy, wappy, tappy, pappy. Its fast in OS. Faster than ever but..... its all relative. The jump from HDD to SSD was HUGE. The jump from SSD Sata III to M.2 MVMe is slightly noticeable. Not really necessary but very, very nice :)

Mostly necessary...:cool3:

[OC Maximus]

Reminder to self... update this thread.