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[Deleted member 362816]

Air cooling build seems to be decent so far.

Case- Thermaltake lvl 10 gt
Mobo- Asus p8z68 DELUXE
Gpu- gtx 580 sc with zalman vf3000f
cpu-i7 2600k

The beast

 

[genghiskron]

for your enjoyment

oh you want specs.
antec 300 illusion
p67a-gd65
2xsapphire hd6870's (2sr + 3l)
i5-2500k
scmg-2100
8gb ripjaws 1600mhz cl9
caviar blue 500gb
corsair tx750

 

[mxsix]

Just ordered the last of the parts today and will post completion photos as soon as Amazon ships my back-ordered i7!

■CORSAIR Hydro H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
■Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Mid Tower Case
■MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
■CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
■Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
■CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
■Seagate ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
■ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

Can't wait

 

[cmcghee358]

That CPU cooler is MASSIVE

 

[aznshinobi]

I will never get why people love Corsair products (besides ram) and WD products so much...

 

[cmcghee358]

I think Corsair makes very nice products personally.

 

[mxsix]

Accidentally left that WD drive in the specs list. I changed it out for the Seagate now correctly listed above. As for Corsair, I have been impressed by them lately. I didn't used to be a fan trust me, but recently their products have proven themselves (to me anyway).

 

[aznshinobi]

Haha, Corsair just charges way too much for their stuff... An HX650 is $120? A Lepa 850w is $120 to and just as modular with the same efficiency but even more wattage. All in all, Corsair just charges a bit to much for somethings. Especially some of their cases (IE 400R and the 650D, etc)

 

[mxsix]

Well all components came in this week and here is the finished product!

Specs:
■CORSAIR Hydro H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
■Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Mid Tower Case
■MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
■CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
■Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
■CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
■Seagate ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
■ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

At stock speeds, full load CPU temp after 1 hour are 50*C on each core. 26*C Idle

 

[mxsix]

your links don't work....
and what are you using for graphics..?

Sorry about that! Should be working now.

No graphics at the moment, it's a high-end workstation so I'm using the HD3000 integrated graphics. It's also doing quite a bit of Folding@home so the H80 comes in handy.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Few tweaks on the cable management side but otherwise looks good man
Swiss army knives btw?
/shakes head 😛
Moto

 

[striker410]

Swiss army knives btw?
/shakes head 😛
Moto

Agreed. Nothing beats a Leatherman on the belt, and a Benchmade in the pocket.

 

[mxsix]

Thanks guys, I will be working on the cabling but I just wanted it to get up and running for now. Maybe sleeving the PSU cables too I think I'm going to replace the 200mm fans included because they aren't the quietest fans around. And 384-BiT, I do like MSI. Had nothing but their motherboards and they are solid!

 

[FlintIronStagg]

MSI nVidia cards are solid too, I like them more than the MSI motherboards.
(I have not had a MSI motherboard)
I have three MSI cards in my units, 2 TwinFrozr's and 1 Cyclone..

if you go back a few pages you will see my msi board and gpu proudly displayed. <3 Msi products

 

[Lutfij]

will be waiting for it ... [:isamuelson:6]

 

[saint19]

after doing some research it seems the MSI/ Intel motherboards are far better than the MSI/ AMD boards..

A lot better

 

[aznshinobi]

I dunno, my 790FX-GD70 has done me some justice. TBH I love MSI.

 

[addison]

But soon that will change when bulldozer comes. MSI will have better amd boards...

 

[aznshinobi]

^ Lol Mal, the board was made awhile back. For that day an age (2 years ago when I bought the board) it was pretty sweet. SPECIALLY the quad 8x/8x/8x/8x

 

[aznshinobi]

Haha, I wouldn't run it, but it's nice to say that I can.

 

[saint19]

The MSI AMD boards look very solid, at least the current 990 line. Very good for overclock and a lot of features.

 

[FlintIronStagg]

after doing some research it seems the MSI/ Intel motherboards are far better than the MSI/ AMD boards..

Mine runs great for me; I've been fairly impressed so far for the price. It will soon house my BD cpu when they hit.

 

[ChromeTusk]

My recent office/HTPC at work:


CPU/APU: AMD (LLano) A8-3850 = $135
Cooler: stock = $0
Motherboard: MSI A75MA-G55 (ver.1.0) = $100 - $10 mir
System RAM: Corsair CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 = already owned, was ??? when new

Case: Antec Sonata (gen.1) = already owned from the previous build with 2 Antec TriCool 120mm fans
PSU: Antec EA-650 = $70 - $10 mir
Storage: Western Digital WD5000AAKX-001CA = $50
Optical: Plextor PX-B320SA = already owned, was $90-rebate when new
Storage: AreoCool Infinte = already owned from other build; media card reader, front panel audio, 2 USB2.0 ports, 2.5" HDD (PATA-to-USB 🙁 ) hot-swap bay

Hardware Total (w/o taxes) = $355 - $20 mir + $125 (OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit) = $460

All parts were bought locally and price matched when possible. It's main use is productivity, but also provides media playback on a ceiling mounted projector. Gaming is limited to anything that DOES NOT require the Internet since most stuff is blocked.
Upgrades planned within the next year include AMD HD6670 and microATX case.

Cable management in this case is not easy, but I moved the cables out of the way as best as possible. They are either tucked away or hug the walls. Unfortunately, the card reader's cables are too short to do anything with.
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Build Gallery found at http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m489/ChromeTusk/ChromeKali-2011/
Office/HTPC $200 now or $400 later. Needed ASAP

 

[FlintIronStagg]

I take it you have a MSI/AMD board, AM3+.?
which one, I'm curious to look at it..

My build is on page 8

 

[FlintIronStagg]

970A-G45