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[MTG]

current parts

Razer Sphex Gaming Mousemat
Razer DeathAdder V2 Infrared High Precision Gaming Mouse 3500DPI
Noctua U9B SE2 Performance Cooler
Intel Core i7 2600K Processor LGA1155 3.4GHz CPU OVERCLOCKED to 4.5GHZ
Crucial RealSSD C400 128G SATA3 M4 Series
Asus P8Z68-V Socket 1155 Intel Z68 Chipset
G Skill 8G(2x4G)DDR3 2133Mhz PC3-17000 CL8(F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM)
Crucial RealSSD C400 128G SATA3 M4 Series (boot and data)
2x7200 WD blacks in mirror (data)
1x7200 seagate 6g for backups
1x2TB wd green for movies
900w antec gaming power supply 40A on 4 individual 12V rails YUM :)
Evga reference GTX 580

put all my gear into a new case :) Fractal Design Arc Midi
Excellent case! plenty of room for my watercooling......

as allways i have to push what i do. going to water cool the gtx580 and cpu. want to see some nice clocks coming out of it. plus alot of wank value. case already has room for a 240rad 60mm and i could squezee in another 140 rad to. or i could be cazy and do some modding to fit a 480 60mm rad. hummm...

need to get a good picture but i spent alot of time building this case. nice and neat and all of its preaty much sleaved.
will have to get a better picture
[Broken External Image]:http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l556/mattgreen2218/3a1d8935.jpg

i am concidering a 240 rad 60mm and using a dual bay res and maybe a another 140 rad on the right.

wondering if i should add a second GTX 580? i allready max out every game except metro. its the only game i cant get above 60FPS on ultra.

heres what the case looks like.

 

[mscott]

Niceone mate.
I should send you up my case to fit out, i have an awesome case, just nothing in it works, haha

 

[MTG]

haha what gear do you have?

 

[mscott]

its all 10+ years old, so i have no idea, i found it in my dads cupboard a few years ago, dunno if he just stopped using it or if it died, but it dosnt work anymore. i believe its an old alienwear case, i know the motherboards a giggabite one, and the graphics card is an ati randeon, its an AMD processor aswell. but other than that i couldnt tell you. (DDR 1= acient)

 

[MTG]

seems like you need to upgrade :D

 

[mscott]

haha, i needed an ypgrade 7 years ago haha, problem being i wanna keep the same case coz its awesome

 

[MTG]

Pics ?

 

[MTG]

This things to much of a beast i dont even push it. this is with photoshop running editing some pics, itunes playing music and browsing 10 web pages

the only thing i can push it with is stress tests :P
i dont do video encoding or anything. even when im gaming on BF3 it doesent max out. i havent hit the 8GB of ram yet. ive come close with alot of images open in PS
although i was allways planning of putting 16GB in it but i dont think i will need to.

anyone that was a kick ass machine for under 2K follow my spec

 

[MTG]

like come on, how about running bf3. not even using more then 50 pct of the cpu

if thats not enough how about running battlefield 3, photoshop, paint.net and browsing the web, still not a sweat.

 

[MagicJ]

You're just showing off now :p

 

[MTG]

who needs the new socket 2011, you cant even utilize all of 1155 :D

 

[MagicJ]

PC have come such a long way in the last 5-10 years that, in reality, 5 yo computers are adequate for the majority of people and 1-2 yo computers can do more than most people would ever need.

 

[MTG]

i think the 1155 socket will be fine for another 5 years for most peoples use. its getting to the point now where its the harddrives slowing down the systems. as we see more ssd's coming with pre built computers people will see a huge speed boost. hell going from my ssd to my back black edition WD 7200rpm drives is torture. the speed difference is insane and the blacks are a very high quality drive!

 

[MTG]

bought a new screen. 26 inch samsung 120htz , man the higher hertz realy help. no more screen tear!

 

[MTG]

hmmmmm tempting!!!!
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1377&products_id=19819
only 700$ for the a new card.

 

[Synodontis]

I have no bloody idea what that bit does, :confused: but it sounds good & I reckon you need one! :D

 

[MTG]

i allready have the old version of it :P thats the new version got released today. somthing like a 30-40pct increase in performance , it handles all the effects for games and makes them run smooth :D

 

[Synodontis]

That's a huge increase, now that you have the 26 inch Samsung 120htz, you really do need this new release piece to make the most of the monitor!! :)

 

[MTG]

only 23inch 120htz :(

just changed my overclock to a nice stable 4.4GHZ on air, temps low

 

['vspec']

wow you guys are nerds! ;)