Welchcows

Hey,
I've been having a weird problem with my mouse - windows (8 x64) does not detect the mouse as Black element. It was working fine for the last year. And the app says "Please plug-in gaming device..". Even after re-installing the software. 
Any ideas what I can do?

Just wanted to ask, how many graphic cards are you guys running? 
Do you prefer single card setups or multi card setups?
for me i'm currently using 3 cards but i have 2 cards off about 90% of the time since the games i play run better with just a single

Hi guys, I bought a PC, and they assembled it with the versa H23. Now, I need to clean it, and the dust filters are all dusty, and I don't know how to remove the front panel. I really don't know much about hardware. The instruction manual didn't tell me anything regarding the topic. 

What PC parts did Santa bring your this Christmas?

Hey guys whats up I'm Nick from Dirty South PC Mods. We were given this awesome Core V1 Mini ITX Case to Mod by the generous folks here at Thermaltake.
 
This one is going to be called "Dexter"
 
 
First up I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters 
 
Thermaltake 

You can see more awesome Tt stuff here http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/
 
LutroO Customs

Check out all the awesome sleeving gear here http://lutro0-customs.com/
 
 
 
 

 
 
Specs
 
Case - Thermaltake Core V1 ITX
Mobo - EVGA Stinger Z77 ITX
CPU - Intel 3770K /w EK Block
Ram - 8Gb (4Gb x 2) G.Skill 2133Mhz /w EK Block
GPU - EVGA GTX 660Ti 2Gb /w EK Block
PSU - Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1050W PSU
SSD - OCZ Vertex 4 120Gb
Fans - Thermaltake Luna 20 LED 200mm x 2 and Thunderblade Rv2 80mm x 2
Phobya 200mm Extreme Radiator
Magicool 160mm (80mm x 2) Radiator
Swiftech DDC Pump /w Bitspower Pump top
Primochill Flow indicator
Monsoon Econo line Rigid fitings
Monsoon Blood Red PMMA Rigid Tubing

First up doing a quick dry fit to see if all the parts I want to use will fit. And it looks like they will. The 200mm Radiator however will need a bit of coaxing.
 

 
Ok so now that I know that the parts that I wan't to use will fit. Drilled out the rivets that hold the Mobo plate in place so I can mod it to fit the 200mm Radiator and to prep it for paint. 
 

Using a Right angle grinder with a cut off wheel to remove the small part support on the left so the Radiator will fit. Luckily the HDD drive cage will make up for the lack o support there.
 


After that was cut off we switch to a Flapper Wheel on the grinder to smooth out the edges.
 

 
Once that part was removed the 200mm Radiator will fit with enough room to do a push/pull fan setup


Oh man that is a super tight fit..Running that 24 pin is going to be fun 

Alright time to get this bad boy ready for paint.

When sanding your case for paint. There is no need to go all the way down to the metal just take the shine off. 

And there we have a white Core V1.

Now we need to get the Thermaltake Toughpower Gold 750W PSU headed in the right direction.





There we go much better.

Painted the SSD/HDD Caddy with Banner Red. 

Thermaltake was gracious enough to send me two of the 200mm Luna Red LED fans. Thanks guys

All the Hardware (minus the 160mm rad it is drying its paint)

Having a bit of fun with Tt Dude .





Going for a blood splatter effect I think it came out rather well.




check out the reflection off of the mirrored floor. 

With all the hardware crammed in there you can bet it was no easy task to get that hard-line in there.

After a successful leak test here we go.






Had to get the rigs all shined up for a Local Rock show. Had the Thermaltake Core V1 "Dexter" and Urban T-81 "Man of Steel" folks were really digging on the Core V1. Still need sleeve the cables and do some detail work on the inside to get it ready for HorrorCon 

If you were not limited by cash, skills and/or resources, what would your ultimate rig(s) look like and/or what would be put in it or use it for.
 
Here's one I made up in PCPartsPicker as an exaggerated 4K-ready  setup. Not on the list would be a custom LCS with an EK Fury X waterblock since Tt only has VGA blocks for 980 & 970 Strixes.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
  CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.99 @ B&H)  Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($133.99 @ Amazon)  Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg)  Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($232.99 @ Amazon)  Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ Newegg)  Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card  ($679.98 @ B&H)  Case: Thermaltake Core V71 ATX Full Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Amazon)  Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($167.99 @ Amazon)  Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F025-PL20RE-A 129.6 CFM 200mm  Fan  ($18.99 @ Amazon)  Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F025-PL20RE-A 129.6 CFM 200mm  Fan  ($18.99 @ Amazon)  Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12RE-A 40.6 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($16.97 @ Amazon)  Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12RE-A 40.6 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($16.97 @ Amazon)  Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12RE-A 40.6 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($16.97 @ Amazon)  Monitor: Samsung U28D590D 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($512.15 @ B&H)  Total: $2465.95 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-12 18:43 EDT-0400   Aside from this another build I'd like to do if certain things didn't cost so much would be a Mame cabinet. While it doesn't require that powerful of a PC to run the latest fighters and the more intensive emulators, the real money would go to the rest of the hardware like the internal monitor, the buttons and joysticks, and especially the cabinet itself.

l  Date: Monday – Thursday, 5th – 8th January, 2015

l  Time: 9:30-17:00

l  Venue: Palazzo Las Vegas(3325 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109)

l  Event Page:  http://ces2015.thermaltake.com/

 



 

 

 

 



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