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stringfellow
post Jun 9 2016, 02:32 PM

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Lounge area. Running the VR rig "The Ampersand". Core i7 4790K overclocked to 4.8Ghz and GTX1080 FE, the only version that fits into the Raven RVZ01. Custom AIB cards are fat f**kers.

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"The Ampersand" rig hiding behind the TV. Slim makes it possible.
The Oculus Rift has since been moved to the main rig "The Endgame 3.0".

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My "The Ampersand" parts list, as compiled by PCPartPicker. Running core i7 4790K "Devil's Canyon" liquid-cooled by Corsair H100 AIO and GTX1080.Not entirely complete, since PCPartPicker is missing price list for the motherboard and the monitor. Also, using the Samsung SUHD 4KTV mostly now. Price bloated to USD3071 due to the inclusion of the HTC Vive Headset. Also using the Razer Turret and the Xbox One Elite Controller which I deemed necessary for couch gaming, although the Turret will be replaced with Corsair Lapdog once it is released. "The Ampersand" is built specifically with VR in mind, as well as keeping its form factor as small and slim as possible, to either fit into the entertainment cabinet in a typical living room setup, or be as small and unobtrusive enough as well as stylish enough to suit its placement in the more common and frequented area in the living space of your home. The Silverstone Raven RVZ01 can be placed in the vertical orientation (to slip into the space beside or behind your living room big screen TV) or horizontal orientation (to be placed inside your entertainment cabinet shelf). Physical size is slightly bigger than an Xbox One. Who says PCs have to be big hulking ugly towers? wink.gif


http://pcpartpicker.com/list/tCxypb

The rest of the items in that entertainment cabinet are: Sony BD Player, PS4, Nvidia Shield first-gen, Denon AVR, 2011 Mac Mini working as Plex MEdia Server (using it with wireless Apple Keyboard and Trackpad second generation), Nvidia Shield TV Android console, Sony HMZ-T3W Head Mounted Display Personal Home Theatre, and an Xbox One. The Ampersand is so slim, it fits behind the 4KTV. The breakout box with wires are unavoidable, I run the HTC Vive with "The Ampersand".

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Size comparison of "The Ampersand". No longer using that Microsoft All-In-One Keyboard, now using Razer Turret. No longer using that wireless Xbox 360 controller, now using Xbox Elite Controller.

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Couch gaming and VR happens here. The rollaway table is a staple necessity if you see lots of living room VR setup where you roll away the table to provide for the VR Room Scale area to walk around in.

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I spend lots of my time in VR. Serious VR involves the HTC Vive, but if I just wanna chat with folks in AltSpace VR (think of it as a chatroom, but with you moving around in virtual space), I use my Samsung GearVR to stay untethered.

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My "The Endgame 3.0" parts list, as compiled by PCPartPicker. Not entirely completely part listed, since PCPartPicker does not include custom liquid-cooled components like waterblocks (I have three for the three Titan X GPUs, one CPU waterblock for the overclocked 5930K, flow indicator, pump blocks, acrylic tubings, TONS of shiny silver Bitspower tube fittings, 360 radiator at the top, one 240 radiator at the bottom, two high pressure pumps pushing custom red pastel liquid coolant from Mayhem, and liquid reservoir cylinder in vertical configuration.)


http://pcpartpicker.com/list/TRgRsJ

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Core i7 5930K overclocked to 4.5Ghz, Tri-SLI Titan X overclocked, Asus ROG Swift Ultrawide PG348Q 3440x1440 G-Sync 100Hz. Oculus Rift VR system. Since the Rift is a seated experience, I paired it with this setup since I can freely swivel on the DXRacer seat.

Not pictured, the Razer Atrox fight sticks I use for online Mortal Kombat X and Killer Instinct PC matches, or the MadCatz Killer Instinct Tournament Edition Fight Stick if I feel like fighting on the Xbox One and using the larger 55" 4KTV. wink.gif

Online matches ping manageable under VIP100 100Mbps UniFi. 192ms ping to west coast of USA, unless I get connected to rural America then even the local American players would be grumbling when they connect locally with that said player. tongue.gif

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post Jun 13 2016, 03:52 AM

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QUOTE(PapaGator @ Jun 13 2016, 03:50 AM)
*HEAVIEST BREATHING INTENSIFIES!!* sir  notworthy.gif ,you got a nice gaming ship! But sir, are you are Malaysian? Because that Vive and Oculus is not available in Malaysia. Only 24 countries..if I not mistaken....where did you bought that VR? .....*Damn,wish I was in your ship* thumbup.gif  thumbup.gif
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Unless I'm using that Unifi 100Mbps in LA, ..... tongue.gif

Oculus Rift and HTC Vive purchased via Craigslist and friends in the US, shipped back to KL.
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post Jun 16 2016, 03:16 PM

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Added an Orbweaver into the mix. Also fabricated a white piece of acrylic to plug that hole in the PSU shroud.

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The last minute white acrylic hole fix. Turns out alright.

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post Jun 16 2016, 03:34 PM

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QUOTE(PapaGator @ Jun 16 2016, 03:26 PM)
NOW THOSE ARE SOME SICK A$$ BUILD!! shocking.gif  shocking.gif  3x  GTX 1080 watercooled? What's the specs of that Nissan GTR PC?
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Titan X only, Tri-SLI Pascal GPUs are not widely supported in games other than benchmarking purposes.

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My "The Endgame 3.0" parts list, as compiled by PCPartPicker. Not entirely completely part listed, since PCPartPicker does not include custom liquid-cooled components like waterblocks (I have three for the three Titan X GPUs, one CPU waterblock for the overclocked 5930K, flow indicator, pump blocks, acrylic tubings, TONS of shiny silver Bitspower tube fittings, 360 radiator at the top, one 240 radiator at the bottom, two high pressure pumps pushing custom red pastel liquid coolant from Mayhem, and liquid reservoir cylinder in vertical configuration.)


http://pcpartpicker.com/list/TRgRsJ

Didn't factor in the GTR logo initially, but Team APES (now defunct, most of this team members are at LucroPC, check them out!) made this promo shot for the rig, so I had to find that logo and made it a reality. tongue.gif

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stringfellow
post Jun 16 2016, 03:51 PM

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QUOTE(PapaGator @ Jun 16 2016, 03:47 PM)
With 3x Titan X, i'm sure GTX 1080 will be down,down,down!  rclxm9.gif  XD!!
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Depends.

If SLI works, then yes. But if it doesn't (like most cases of games in Windows 10), adding cards into SLI will still only yield single card performance.
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post Jun 23 2016, 12:34 PM

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post Jun 23 2016, 01:13 PM

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QUOTE(Vannus @ Jun 23 2016, 12:39 PM)
Amazing setup and beautiful rclxms.gif
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I assume you do coding with that vertical display setup. And you can always hide those cables on your setup too since you have that front divider. I'm just a stickler for neatness. Can't stand visible cables.
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post Jun 23 2016, 07:09 PM

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QUOTE(sai86 @ Jun 23 2016, 03:36 PM)
that razer is your sole speaker? how the sound fares?
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Soundbar. Sounds great to me. Otherwise I use the HyperX Cloud Pro or the Blue Mo-Fi headphones.

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post Jul 3 2016, 11:20 PM

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Nice! You can hide your cables further if you plug in your headphones to the back of your rig and hide it by running it down the right side of your table. Same with your controller. In fact I think if you put your rig on the table itself, it wont be that cramped right? That way you can push the table right to the wall, run the mouse, headphones(back of your rig) and controller cable on the side of the rig facing the wall, and hide it there.
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post Jul 7 2016, 07:51 AM

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Tweaked the lighting, making it more "hellish" red than before.

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post Jul 9 2016, 01:29 PM

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Not exactly workstation, but more like relaxstation.

Just got the Corsair Lapdog, installed the Corsair K70R and Logitech G900 into it. Mad Catz SFV TE2+ Fight Stick.

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post Jul 10 2016, 12:11 AM

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QUOTE(kianweic @ Jul 9 2016, 09:15 PM)
I have been looking forward to Corsair Lapdog since I am using the living room type of setup.

May I know where did you get it from and how much?

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Online on Newegg before it went on backorder for 2-3 weeks now. Shipped to a US address and then reshipped here. USD149.99.

QUOTE(richard912 @ Jul 9 2016, 09:37 PM)
How's the battery life of the G900? Torn between it and the Razer Mamba
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Urggggh, if I can avoid it, I'll avoid using anything Razer. The setting up of Razer peripherals relies entirely on how robust the Razer Synapse software is, and the new version of the Synapse is causing major slowdown on my system, because it will give high priority to itself first checking updates, and syncing Synapse profiles across all PCs you have with Synapse installed. I had to wait minutes to get my desktop working without my mouse jumping around erratically because of the background syncing. I had enough. Even when i set it to run offline, for some reason it still causes erratic jump and mouse pointer freeze because I can use it once it has calmed down.

Get the G900. You will not regret it. For a mouse that is wireless and performs EXACTLY the same when wired. Polling rate up to 1ms, and even has the utility to optimize mouse performance on different kinds of mouse surfaces. In my case, the Lapdog has its own unique surface that is not part of the calibrated surfaces in the Logitech Gaming Utility database, and calibrating it is a breeze and works awesome at all DPI settings.
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post Jul 10 2016, 09:46 PM

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QUOTE(richard912 @ Jul 10 2016, 08:24 AM)
Yeah, that's one of the factors putting me off the Mamba or anything Razer. I'm currently using the MX Master. Got it because my home worktop used to have a layer of glass on it and I always prefer wireless mice. I recently changed the entire top and do not have this glass issue anymore. Although I love the batt life of the MX Master, I find the back of the MX Master a bit high for me to comfortably palm it. So, how's the batt life of the G900?
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To me the battery life is irrelevant. The mouse comes with an extended chord where the sensor is attached. Battery life running out? Pull the sensor out, plug it into the mouse, voila! Wired mouse. It charges the mouse super fast, and then when hit 100% again, detach and become wireless again.

QUOTE(Vannus @ Jul 10 2016, 09:21 AM)
Bro that street figther joystick can connect to PC or PS4? Really loving that legacy stick and buttons smile.gif
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Fans were clamoring for Xinput driver for this stick, Mad Catz answered. Yup, it works on PC and PS4. I was stuck with the Razer Atrox before since that was the only stick that supports PC because it has legacy support for XB360.

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post Jul 13 2016, 10:02 AM

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QUOTE(kianweic @ Jul 13 2016, 09:46 AM)
May I know the specific model of your TV for your living room setup?

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http://www.samsung.com/my/consumer/tv-av/t.../UA55JS8000KXXM
JS8000 model here, JS8500 model known in the US and UK. There's lots of confusion about which model has what, but I know my model is HDR compliant, and all HDMI ports are 2.0a capable.

EDIT: also mine is the 55 inch FLAT 4K SUHDTV. Malaysian lineup only 65 inches and above have curved screen. I dont like curved while watching movies and TV shows.

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post Jul 15 2016, 06:39 AM

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Game Mode. Cuts down the lag.
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post Jul 25 2016, 03:44 AM

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QUOTE(Vervain @ Jul 25 2016, 02:46 AM)
Bro. Given an option. Would you run the setup for 4k resolution 60hz with display port 1.4 or HDMI 2.0 if the TV/Monitor supports both input.
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TV means living room, means connecting to an AVR which means HDMI2.0 has a better advantage. Monitor, I'll go for DP. They're not mutually the same. there's only one TV in the world with DP connection, and no AVR in the world does DP for audio post-processing. I dont watch movies on the living room TV with audio coming from the TV, TV audio is usually crappy compared to a dedicated HT surround system.
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post Jul 28 2016, 10:10 AM

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QUOTE(r47z @ Jul 28 2016, 09:57 AM)
so far Sony W950B seems to best choice. http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/w950b
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The best are Vizio TVs, not that Sony. With Samsung 4KTVs not far behind. http://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/inputs/input-lag

Even my JS8500 55" 4KTV with its 35.9ms input lag, does not exhibit motion disparity between when I press my buttons and when the actions are displayed on screen. And I play fighting games (SFV, KI, MKX) exclusively on this, any input lag would be disastrous with fast reflex-based games like these.
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post Jul 28 2016, 10:39 AM

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In the end, you adapt and improvise. You can never do in really laggy TVs for very twitchy games like CS:Go, but fighting games (which are very susceptible to input lag) has been on consoles for a long time, and people adapted. What worse, is that you may have a 1ms GTG monitor, but your internet connection here may have introduced a much more severe lag than any input lag from the display alone.
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post Aug 28 2016, 08:45 PM

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All that's missing is a rig under construction

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post Sep 16 2016, 03:36 PM

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Almost done. Stress-testing with overclocks

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A few minor touches and program installs and she should be ready by next week.

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