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']['error wrote:

lol media center rig in the garage?

Last edited by wodstlk (2008-05-20 20:08:52)

Sydney wrote:

Moar cable management for me, happy now freezer?
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3954/cabehu6.jpg

Poseidon wrote:

CaptainSpaulding71 wrote:

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 … 008172.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 … 008173.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 … 008174.jpg
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Intel QX6700EE running at 2.67GHz
EVGA 680i mobo
4 sticks of 1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1066 memory with LEDs
dual nvidia 7800GTs in SLI
Mountain Mods U2:UFO case
Tagan BZ series 1100W power supply
LG blu-ray burner
Matrix Orbital Typhoon GXE tricolor LCD display
Ultra MD3 media reader
Creative XFi Fatal1ty sound card
3 250 GB SATA2 HDs
1 500 GB SATA2 HD
Zalman 9700 cooler
Razer Tarantula keyboard
Razer Lachesis mouse
Razer Barracuda Headphones
Logitech extreme 3d pro joystick

Windows vista and XP dual boot

i just finished the build but haven't really had time to customize the system much.  The guts i pretty much robbed from an earlier build.  The weakest link is definitely the gfx cards.  I'm waiting until mid-june to get the new GTX280 nvidias which i'll put in SLI again.  The processor is great so far - i can overclock up to 3.4GHz without any problems but noticed my 3dmark06 scores didn't improve by much - just runs the processor at hotter temps so i backed off for now.  i don't see any benefit currently in overclocking in terms of performance for bf2 or other games i'm running as my gfx cards are the bottleneck.  Maybe eventually i'll move to a RAID also.

inside the case, i'm very happy with all the room.  it's a 18" cube and indeed fits on my desk fine.  there are 8 aerocool turbo 3000 fans cooling the case and the temps seem ok.  on the left side i have the mobo and on the right side i have the HDs and other front panel peripherals.  To add some ambiance, i added a lumindisk for the front-panel which replaced my original idea of using a plasma globe.  The plasma globe was prettier but i was afraid of breakage during lan party transport if it was poking out of the front panel fan port.  On the right side also is an actual 12" wafer i got from a friend who works in semiconductor field.  he had no idea what the chip is - said it was probably a bad lot of test chips.  useless without being cut up, tested and packaged anyway.  but it looks cool.

on the front panel, i have a matrix orbital LCD display.  I can monitor the CPU load on all 4 cores, temps and fan speeds, itunes info, network traffic, and pretty much anything you want.  the program that comes with the unit allows you to customize the display and change colors, etc.  Also for convenience i have a military switch for resetting the CMOS which comes in handy for overclocking.  The front panel switches were swapped out for bulgin style switches with LED inside the switches.

one thing i'm not too crazy about is the look of the spiral wrap.  i'm going to re-sleeve the gfx and mobo power cables in proper sleeving soon.  The SATA cables are by AC Ryan and are electoluminescently lit - that's not uv reactive - they are flourescing actively.

well that's it for now.  hope you all like it. 

All that flashy stuff like a Blu-Ray drive and you only have 2 7800 GTs? Seems like a waste tbh. I'd upgrade atleast to a 9800 GTX if I were you. Same with the mobo...680i's last gen and so is that CPU. You should atleast pick up a Q9300 + 780i. If you had enough money to build that, I'm sure it won't be a problem for you.

Last edited by CaptainSpaulding71 (2008-05-28 07:44:35)

.Sup wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

CaptainSpaulding71 wrote:

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 … 008172.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 … 008173.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 … 008174.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 … 008175.jpg

Intel QX6700EE running at 2.67GHz
EVGA 680i mobo
4 sticks of 1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1066 memory with LEDs
dual nvidia 7800GTs in SLI
Mountain Mods U2:UFO case
Tagan BZ series 1100W power supply
LG blu-ray burner
Matrix Orbital Typhoon GXE tricolor LCD display
Ultra MD3 media reader
Creative XFi Fatal1ty sound card
3 250 GB SATA2 HDs
1 500 GB SATA2 HD
Zalman 9700 cooler
Razer Tarantula keyboard
Razer Lachesis mouse
Razer Barracuda Headphones
Logitech extreme 3d pro joystick

Windows vista and XP dual boot

i just finished the build but haven't really had time to customize the system much.  The guts i pretty much robbed from an earlier build.  The weakest link is definitely the gfx cards.  I'm waiting until mid-june to get the new GTX280 nvidias which i'll put in SLI again.  The processor is great so far - i can overclock up to 3.4GHz without any problems but noticed my 3dmark06 scores didn't improve by much - just runs the processor at hotter temps so i backed off for now.  i don't see any benefit currently in overclocking in terms of performance for bf2 or other games i'm running as my gfx cards are the bottleneck.  Maybe eventually i'll move to a RAID also.

inside the case, i'm very happy with all the room.  it's a 18" cube and indeed fits on my desk fine.  there are 8 aerocool turbo 3000 fans cooling the case and the temps seem ok.  on the left side i have the mobo and on the right side i have the HDs and other front panel peripherals.  To add some ambiance, i added a lumindisk for the front-panel which replaced my original idea of using a plasma globe.  The plasma globe was prettier but i was afraid of breakage during lan party transport if it was poking out of the front panel fan port.  On the right side also is an actual 12" wafer i got from a friend who works in semiconductor field.  he had no idea what the chip is - said it was probably a bad lot of test chips.  useless without being cut up, tested and packaged anyway.  but it looks cool.

on the front panel, i have a matrix orbital LCD display.  I can monitor the CPU load on all 4 cores, temps and fan speeds, itunes info, network traffic, and pretty much anything you want.  the program that comes with the unit allows you to customize the display and change colors, etc.  Also for convenience i have a military switch for resetting the CMOS which comes in handy for overclocking.  The front panel switches were swapped out for bulgin style switches with LED inside the switches.

one thing i'm not too crazy about is the look of the spiral wrap.  i'm going to re-sleeve the gfx and mobo power cables in proper sleeving soon.  The SATA cables are by AC Ryan and are electoluminescently lit - that's not uv reactive - they are flourescing actively.

well that's it for now.  hope you all like it. 

All that flashy stuff like a Blu-Ray drive and you only have 2 7800 GTs? Seems like a waste tbh. I'd upgrade atleast to a 9800 GTX if I were you. Same with the mobo...680i's last gen and so is that CPU. You should atleast pick up a Q9300 + 780i. If you had enough money to build that, I'm sure it won't be a problem for you.

Whats the difference between 680i and 780i? The first doesn't have pci-e 2.0 but so dont his GFX cards so there not point in upgrading the mobo and even if he would have a 9series card, "upgrading" to 780i dont make much sense.

.Sup wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

.Sup wrote:

Whats the difference between 680i and 780i? The first doesn't have pci-e 2.0 but so dont his GFX cards so there not point in upgrading the mobo and even if he would have a 9series card, "upgrading" to 780i dont make much sense.

45nm support.

But if hes only going to buy a new GFX card why a new mobo then? Sounds like a waste of money.

.Sup wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

.Sup wrote:

But if hes only going to buy a new GFX card why a new mobo then? Sounds like a waste of money.

With the way his rig is now, it's obvious he likes to remain in the now...so I doubt he'd want to keep a 65nm CPU past this year.

Well Nehalems will be released at the end of the year. That and a new Nvidia/Ati card would be win.

SoC./Omega wrote:

CaptainSpaulding71 wrote:

Razer Lachesis mouse

Have you owned a Copperhead? How do you like the Lachesis; would it be worth upgrading from a copperhead to Lachesis?