This is my rig, I'm happy with it. . .
Show Us Your Setup
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whipdiddywhip
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my setup
Update to my rig since my last post on this thread for those who have missed it elsewhere:
and a close up:
and a game relevant vid (there's some making of vids there as well):
and a close up:
and a game relevant vid (there's some making of vids there as well):
[video=youtube;wc10g6E6J80]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc10g6E6J80[/video]
I know it isn't on the level of a lot of setups here but its mine
I definetly need to work on the cable management though.Edit: Forgot to post some of my basic PC specs
i5-2400k @ 3.1GHz | EVGA 4GB GTX 970 | 8GB DDR3 RAM | 1TB HD | BenQ RL2455HM | NZXT Phantom 410 Mid Tower
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I have a motion simulator that I use with the DK2. It is from Canada and called a "Dreamflyer" it is sold in black and orange. I've added my own flair to it, using orange felt, and hardware to mount surround sound speakers where the monitor(s) would typically be. A double camera mount in the front allows the DK2 camera and a webcam to see me / track me.http://twitch.tv/captainoculus
It's pure Ecstasy... and yes... I'm a pilot.
It's pure Ecstasy... and yes... I'm a pilot.
Add motion for the full space cowboy effect.
you'll never fly stationary again. I promise.
Man ... I see all these awesome setups, and I'm just sitting here :
The computer is a Lenovo Z500 :
other than the computer itself :
I'm able to play E: D in High presets at 45fps average with a few tweaks, which is totally fine for me.
When I finish school and find a job I plan on upgrading MASSIVELY
The computer is a Lenovo Z500 :
- i5 3230M 2.6-3.2GHz
- Nvidia GT 645M with 2gigs of VRAM
- 8gigs of RAM
other than the computer itself :
- A 5 years old Team Scorpion X-Luca mouse (very good and durable, I recommend it )
- Cheap(est) microphone headset around the neck to talk with friends
- 50 euro JVC headphones
- And the most important : a digital watch to keep track of time and make sure I sleep enough
I'm able to play E: D in High presets at 45fps average with a few tweaks, which is totally fine for me.
Well it's finally happened, the wife got sick of my rig in the living room.
I used to happily laze away on the couch in front of my 47" tv, joystick & keyboard all wirelessly sitting on the coffee table when playing the game, but no longer, i have now been kicked to the bedroom.
Secretly i prefer this, (but don't tell her), and it was also a good excuse to get a new desk, headphones and a t flight hotas.
See my before and after.
Before.
After
I used to happily laze away on the couch in front of my 47" tv, joystick & keyboard all wirelessly sitting on the coffee table when playing the game, but no longer, i have now been kicked to the bedroom.
Secretly i prefer this, (but don't tell her), and it was also a good excuse to get a new desk, headphones and a t flight hotas.
See my before and after.
Before.
After
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See my profile picture for an older picture of my rig... the colours of the fans have changed but the general design/layout has not.
Current System specification (Partial):-
Current System specification (Partial):-
- Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.0 GHz
- 32GB G-Skill DDR3-1866 (Dual Channel)
- Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK M/B
- Gigabyte GTX 770 4GB O/C
- Coolermaster HAF 932 Case (with Coolermaster LED fans)
- Coolermaster Hyper Evo CPU Heatsink (with Coolermaster LED fans)
- ASUS 24" FHD/144Hz NVidia 3D Vision Ready Monitor
- NVidia 3D Vision 2 Kit
- Logitech G910 KBD + G700s MSE
- Logitech 5.1 Speaker System
- Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X
Here's my set up (also posted in the elite dangerous top 10 thread on page 2)
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I started off with a dining room with the PC tucked in the corner. Gradually it's 'Evolved' into what my Mrs calls the man cave lol. I moved the dining table out, a sofa in, then started to build it up from there.
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I've made everything as unique as possible and gone for a black theme, with silver/grey and lots of blue lighting. There's over 150 LED's in the PC with 4 cathode lights, internal electroluminescent wires, plus LEDs under the desks, shelves, table, throttle and footpedals. Also, I've seen many acrylic custom side panels but decided to add a 200mm fan to cool the GPUs, infinity mirror of my initials, plus 80mm cooling the ssd.
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It took a long time as the space in the PC was so limited due to the amount I've built in - even had to use a laptop bdrom as the pc versions couldn't fit (due to the top internal rad). It can't be seen but there's actually an Alphacool Monsta 240 rad in the bottom six drives, with a carefully positioned fan controller in front
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The final upgrade was built for ED and with the intention of using VR in 6 months (hopefully!). The set up consists of:
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CPU:_AMD FX-9590 8 Core @ 4.8Ghz
GPU:_2x EVGA GTX 780 ti sc (SLI)
RAM:_32GB G-Skill Trident CL8
Mobo:_ASUS Crosshair V Formula
PSU:_Antec Truepower Quattro 1200W
Sound:_ASUS Xonar D2X 7.1
Cooling:_Custom Water cooled - 14 fans (11x120mm, 2x200mm, 1x80mm) 4 Radiators (1x Alphacool Monsta 240mm, 2x Alphacool UT60 240mm, 1x Alphacool XT45)120mm)
Case:_Antec 1200 v3 customised to fit horizontal top rad, rear & 2x internal rads, plus side 200mm & 80mm fans.
OS HDD:_Corsair Force Series 3 240GB SSD
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UE55HU8500 Samsung 55" curved UHD TV (preferred a single, larger gaming screen)
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24" primary monitor
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10.4" tablet for roccat custom ED control panel
TrackIR and Pro-clip (Head movement tracker)
VoiceAttack Astra (Voice commands)
CH Throttle Pro (custom stand and lighting)
Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals (on custom floor panel with lighting)
T16000m Joystick
2x Logitech g510 keyboards (one at the desk, one for the sofa)
KOR-FX vest ordered
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Logitech 5.1 Z506 speakers
Basspulse 2.1 speakers
Panasonic SA-AK630 2 & 2 extra speakers
15" active sub
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It's been "finished" a few times but now finally, finished, finished!
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Keep up the great work all. Good hunting,
Evolution
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I started off with a dining room with the PC tucked in the corner. Gradually it's 'Evolved' into what my Mrs calls the man cave lol. I moved the dining table out, a sofa in, then started to build it up from there.
_
I've made everything as unique as possible and gone for a black theme, with silver/grey and lots of blue lighting. There's over 150 LED's in the PC with 4 cathode lights, internal electroluminescent wires, plus LEDs under the desks, shelves, table, throttle and footpedals. Also, I've seen many acrylic custom side panels but decided to add a 200mm fan to cool the GPUs, infinity mirror of my initials, plus 80mm cooling the ssd.
_
It took a long time as the space in the PC was so limited due to the amount I've built in - even had to use a laptop bdrom as the pc versions couldn't fit (due to the top internal rad). It can't be seen but there's actually an Alphacool Monsta 240 rad in the bottom six drives, with a carefully positioned fan controller in front
_
The final upgrade was built for ED and with the intention of using VR in 6 months (hopefully!). The set up consists of:
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CPU:_AMD FX-9590 8 Core @ 4.8Ghz
GPU:_2x EVGA GTX 780 ti sc (SLI)
RAM:_32GB G-Skill Trident CL8
Mobo:_ASUS Crosshair V Formula
PSU:_Antec Truepower Quattro 1200W
Sound:_ASUS Xonar D2X 7.1
Cooling:_Custom Water cooled - 14 fans (11x120mm, 2x200mm, 1x80mm) 4 Radiators (1x Alphacool Monsta 240mm, 2x Alphacool UT60 240mm, 1x Alphacool XT45)120mm)
Case:_Antec 1200 v3 customised to fit horizontal top rad, rear & 2x internal rads, plus side 200mm & 80mm fans.
OS HDD:_Corsair Force Series 3 240GB SSD
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UE55HU8500 Samsung 55" curved UHD TV (preferred a single, larger gaming screen)
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24" primary monitor
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View attachment 56294
10.4" tablet for roccat custom ED control panel
TrackIR and Pro-clip (Head movement tracker)
VoiceAttack Astra (Voice commands)
CH Throttle Pro (custom stand and lighting)
Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals (on custom floor panel with lighting)
T16000m Joystick
2x Logitech g510 keyboards (one at the desk, one for the sofa)
KOR-FX vest ordered
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Logitech 5.1 Z506 speakers
Basspulse 2.1 speakers
Panasonic SA-AK630 2 & 2 extra speakers
15" active sub
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It's been "finished" a few times but now finally, finished, finished!
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Keep up the great work all
. Good hunting,Evolution
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Config:
Visuals:
Samsung S27A950D
Samsung 46ES7207
Sound:
Microlab X15 (5.1) +
Microlab Solo 3 +
Velodine IMPACT Mini +
Buttkicker Gamer (nice thing indeed, can't wait to have an HTC Vive to accomplish the sence of presence)
Controls:
Joystick: Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
Wheel: Logitech Formula Force EX (keys, throttle pedals - increase/decrease)
Gamepad: Genius MaxFire Pandora
KB: A4
Mouse: A4 X7 (XL 747H)
Wireless KB+Mouse: A4
WEBCam: Logitech Webcam 500 + Eviacam (facetracking) + VOXCommando (voice recognition)
PC:
CPU: AMD FX 940 (x4 @3.0 GHz)
GPU: Asus GTX680 (4GB)
MB: Gigabyte
RAM: 8 GB DDR2 800 MHz dualchannel
PU: Thermaltake 750
Case: Coolermaster fan modded, 6ch fan controller, neon.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwLxpkNvzWqkaVEwTlhESGZ6OXc
Visuals:
Samsung S27A950D
Samsung 46ES7207
Sound:
Microlab X15 (5.1) +
Microlab Solo 3 +
Velodine IMPACT Mini +
Buttkicker Gamer (nice thing indeed, can't wait to have an HTC Vive to accomplish the sence of presence)
Controls:
Joystick: Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
Wheel: Logitech Formula Force EX (keys, throttle pedals - increase/decrease)
Gamepad: Genius MaxFire Pandora
KB: A4
Mouse: A4 X7 (XL 747H)
Wireless KB+Mouse: A4
WEBCam: Logitech Webcam 500 + Eviacam (facetracking) + VOXCommando (voice recognition)
PC:
CPU: AMD FX 940 (x4 @3.0 GHz)
GPU: Asus GTX680 (4GB)
MB: Gigabyte
RAM: 8 GB DDR2 800 MHz dualchannel
PU: Thermaltake 750
Case: Coolermaster fan modded, 6ch fan controller, neon.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwLxpkNvzWqkaVEwTlhESGZ6OXc
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Finally done
I enjoy both flight/space sims and driving sims so I wanted to build a rig where I could switch between the 2 without too much hassle.
It's not perfect but I think it does the job reasonably well.
Flight mode:
Race mode:
The pods on the side are modular, the controls are built into shelves that slide into the pods and are then locked into place. No tools required and takes about 20 seconds a side.
The side pods will also rotate back to allow ease of entry/exit and the keyboard tray is on an articulating arm that will slide under the wheel deck.
I did make one big mistake though, NO CUPHOLDERS!
Currently trying to see where I can implement one.
Thanks for looking!
I enjoy both flight/space sims and driving sims so I wanted to build a rig where I could switch between the 2 without too much hassle.
It's not perfect but I think it does the job reasonably well.
Flight mode:
Race mode:
The pods on the side are modular, the controls are built into shelves that slide into the pods and are then locked into place. No tools required and takes about 20 seconds a side.
The side pods will also rotate back to allow ease of entry/exit and the keyboard tray is on an articulating arm that will slide under the wheel deck.
I did make one big mistake though, NO CUPHOLDERS!
Currently trying to see where I can implement one.
Thanks for looking!