*-=The Guru of 3D rig gallery rev.2 Part 9=-*

Nothing wrong with old. I'm still on X58. See my recent thread on here for pics of the rebuild with H100i. Just re-optimising my OC now with stupidly fast, stupidly much RAM. Zip-tieing those HDD cables is a brilliant idea, why didn't I think of that? XD

 

You have had some epic systems over the years and I remember every single one, but we're now in the situation where over the last couple of years you've bought 2nd hand stuff off me and it used to be the other way around.

Get back on the horse John

 

I remember when you first built that rig John! Did a great job - and that stacker is still an awesome case for a w/c build. Good to see it get some attention again!

 

True enough, the X58 was stupidly fast for its time so it's holding up quite well still. Especially with some CPU OC. I've not felt the need for more CPU power/memory throughput yet. What are you using 24GB of RAM for though? I stuck in another 6GB for 12GB just now because I just remembered having another 6GB lying around. I could really do with a new GPU though, my X2 is ancient. Although, it still runs games surprisingly well. All proves you really don't need the newest stuff all the time... I used to upgrade everything at least once a year.

Sure, if you're funding it. Since I've been funding your wild life of gambling and drinking, perhaps you could funnel some cash my way for a new build?

Thank you! Good to see you're still around, always with the newest stuff! I put a lot of thought and time into building it back then. Some of the ideas are quite smart if I might say so myself. That became clear as I pulled it apart this weekend.

 

I use 24GB for my audio recording stuff. Got a home studio, record my own music and that of other bands from time to time. That and a certain level of e-peen, plus it looks crap having empty ram slots

 

^^ that picture does not reflect your specs!

 

Love this thread, awesome rigs gurus.

 

New gpu, on the specs, I had planned on getting that hardware just changed my mind forgot to update, it fixed now. Thanks

 

New look for 2013, but getting a 6990 + waterblock soon


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let me know what you think ATM

 

here is my updated system.



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@Romv19, How do you like those fans? I was looking at getting a few of them.

 

Beautiful build! Absolutely love it!

Here's mine:











Specs:

Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D
CPU: i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz
Board: MSI Z77A-GD65
GPU: EVGA GTX680 Superclocked Signature 2
Cooling: Zalman CNPS10X Extreme
RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance Blue DDR3-1600 Low Profile
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB
HDD: WD 1TB Caviar Blue
PSU: Seasonic X-650 Gold Series

Would love to hear what you guys think

 

I really like them they move a lot of air and are very quiet, the build quality is pretty good and they come with rubber guards on the screw holes and come with rubber mounts too. I have 11 of them in my system right now and the only noise i'm getting is all the air moving in my system.
I usually buy them on newegg when they go on sale for $9.99 with free shipping.

 

Yea... Cougar fans are quite nice. Think I have a 140mm as the rear exhaust in my case.... i honestly don't remember. haha. I know i have at least one or two Cougar's in my case... but can't remember where exactly....

 

Here's My Mid Range Updated Specs:

CPU - i7 3770k @ 4.6
GPU - Palit/Inno3d Reference GTX 680 SLI
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws X 32GB @ 2200
Mobo - Asus P8Z77-V
SoundCard - Asus Xonar DGX
Case - CM 690 II Advanced B&W USB 3.0 Edition
PSU - Seasonic X-850 Gold
Cpu Cooler - H100 with GT AP-15 Push and Pull
Fan Controller - Deepcool Rockman
DVD Writer - Ihas 524B with I-Extreme Firmware

Monitor - Asus VG278H 120hz 3d Vision
Mouse - Thermaltake Level 10M
Keyboard - Corsair K90
Mousepad - Roccat Alumic

So what do u guys Think?

Pics:

 

I wouldn't call it "Mid Range"

However, why use 1 monitor when you got a pair of 680s? It's just wasteful if you ask me, you need to pick up 2 more monitors... the other 680 is just sitting idly in your rig.

Cable management can be improved as well in a case such as the CM690 but overall a very impressive rig.

 

Tnx for the comment. My 680 SLI will struggle if I add another 120hz Monitor. Am I right?

 

Updated rig

Hey guys! Here's my updated rig with delidded 3770k (using MX-4) and 2 custom WC loops. Hope you like it!

PC Components:

Case: Full Tower Corsair Obsidian Series 800D
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Delidded @ 5.00GHz (50x100)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus V Formula
RAM: 2x 4GB DIMM DDR3 Corsair Dominator Platinum 10-12-12-31 @ 2400Mhz
Graphics Cards: 2x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DCUII 2048MB SLI @ 1254MHz/3206MHz
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB (Boot)
Hard Drives: 2x Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB Raid 0 (Data)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB (Backup)
Power Supply: Corsair AX850 Gold 850W
Case Fans: Front 1x 140mm + 1x 120mm, Bottom 1x 140mm, Exhaust 1x 140mm

Liquid Cooling:

Loop1: CPU-VREG-Rad1-Tank1-Pump1-CPU
Loop2: GPU1-GPU2-Rad2-Tank2-Pump2-GPU1
Radiators: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 360mm
Radiator Fans: 12x Arctic Cooling F12 120mm Fans in Push/Pull
Pumps: 2x Alphacool VPP655 12VDC
Tank1: EK-RES X3 250 Reservoir
Tank2: XSPC D5 Dual Bay 5.25” Reservoir
CPU Block: XSPC RayStorm Intel CPU Waterblock
VREG Block: Onboard Fusion Thermo Waterblock
GPU Blocks: 2x EK-FC670 GTX DCII Acetal+Nickel Waterblock

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