"New" X58 System showcase

[neiliohep]

Not sure if this is the right place for this but I just wanted to show off my new custom built system.
My buddy was getting rid of his old X58 system in order to upgrade, he bought an AMD 970 chipset board with an FX-8350 and gave me his Asus P6T X58 motherboard.

I built this system for $650 total and it destroys my buddy's system that he built to "upgrade", I find it hilarious...and naturally he finds it depressing lol.

I made the case myself entirely from the inside guts of an old crappy ATX Case and welding together steel tubing for the exterior cage/frame and then welding metal panels into the frame, took me about 6 weeks to build the case :S.

Specs:
Xeon X5670 6 Core Westmere EP, OC'd to 4.4ghz, (achieved a passmark score of 12000, not to far below a stock I7 5820k!! 😀 )
Cooler Master Seidon 120v Liquid cooler.
Asus P6T X58 motherboard
XFX Radeon R9 280X GPU (will be getting second for Xfire)
EVGA Supernova 850 B2 850 watt modular PSU
Silicon Power 240GB SSD
16 GB G.skill Ripjawz Z DDR3 2400mhz Ram (clocked to 2005mhz)
Coming soon: Western Digital Black 1TB Storage drive
Also, this computer has no power button... who can guess how I turn it on lol

Just waiting for the black end caps for the ends of the side rails to come in the mail!

 

[profoundnoah]

Use a good ol' fashioned screwdriver? XD

 

[Bossyfins]

A 5670 is no slouch. But I really like what you did. +1. Something nice and refreshing

 

[neiliohep]

Profoundnoah, that's close! But no cigar lol

Thanks Bossyfins, I agree, it may be an older CPU but it was an extreme high end CPU for it's day so it performs remarkably well, and it's a Xeon with superior binning and runs at really low temps I have zero issues with temp even at 4.4ghz. It's a beast considering it's age.