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[kolemunky]

working on getting 2 more sb970s. total overkill....thats how i like it.

 

[tecmo34]

@kolemunky... Amazing build!! I would say that is a dream build for most, specially when you get your hands on two more monitors

 

[mjmjpfaff]

working on getting 2 more sb970s. total overkill....thats how i like it.

That will be a HUGE resolution. I envy what you are doing.

 

[jrwizbang]

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t379/krill68/DSC01801.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t379/krill68/DSC01803.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t379/krill68/DSC01802.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t379/krill68/DSC01805.jpg


ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME
3960X @ 4.7
32 GB DOMINATOR PLATINUM 1866 C9
3X GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB
LSI 9266-4I
4X- INTEL 180 GB 520 SERIES SSDs RAID-0 w/ FASTPATH
2X - WD 1TB BLACK
CORSAIR 600T CASE w/ H100
CORSAIR AX1200I
Samsung SB970 Monitor

My dream is complete

Nice! If only I had that kind of money to spend on computer stuffs. :/ Awesome build though. Looking nice and tidy.

 

[amuffin]

I'll take that off of your hands...

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Shame the cablework is less than it could be, and for that money I wouldn't have put a fisherprice cooler on it but great build,
whats your Fps on Farmville?


*Edit, I know, you have tons of cables due to the three gfx cards, I respect what you have managed but I'm narky with cables

Moto

 

[kolemunky]

TRADE.???!!!!!

though the SSD set-up you have is a waste....

waste?! how so...?

and thanks for the comments guys

 

[cmcghee358]

nice build, but 3 x 680 ?!

overkill?!

and driver/micro stutter nightmare me thinks..

If you remember, microstutter is significantly reduced(read:unperceivable) by adding a 3rd card.

 

[Renzkuken1]

2 x msi lightning gtx 680 > 3 x evga 680 <3

Nice build though brother.

How do you go managing heat with 3 cards? Oc'd at all?

 

[kolemunky]

thanks man! heat is not as bad as i thought it would be. oc 1200 gpu, 6800 mem. At load the top card gets pretty warm, 81 max. 2nd and 3rd cards hit 70. they idle at 51,46,39. I have a 140mm corsair fan pointing right at them if you cant tell from the pic. not as loud as one would think either. definitely an improvement over the 580. at 2560 x 1440 im getting up to 2.2 gb vram usage in some scenarios. I was sceptical about this gen at first but im glad i got them.

 

[earl45]

thanks man! heat is not as bad as i thought it would be. oc 1200 gpu, 6800 mem. At load the top card gets pretty warm, 81 max. 2nd and 3rd cards hit 70. they idle at 51,46,39. I have a 140mm corsair fan pointing right at them if you cant tell from the pic. not as loud as one would think either. definitely an improvement over the 580. at 2560 x 1440 im getting up to 2.2 gb vram usage in some scenarios. I was sceptical about this gen at first but im glad i got them.

Very nice build and beautiful choices in parts.

 

[jacknhut]

@kolemonkey, how is the temp on those cards? Looks like you need to spend another grand on the watercooling those cards along with the CPU to make it "completed" lol.

 

[RussK1]

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t379/krill68/DSC01801.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t379/krill68/DSC01803.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t379/krill68/DSC01802.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t379/krill68/DSC01805.jpg


ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME
3960X @ 4.7
32 GB DOMINATOR PLATINUM 1866 C9
3X GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB
LSI 9266-4I
4X- INTEL 180 GB 520 SERIES SSDs RAID-0 w/ FASTPATH
2X - WD 1TB BLACK
CORSAIR 600T CASE w/ H100
CORSAIR AX1200I
Samsung SB970 Monitor

My dream is complete

Nice! I would have went with 7970 Toxics but I think I'm more jealous at the fact that you have the 1200i and I don't.

Nice build! The choice in RAM was a nice touch...

 

[cknobman]

Here is my gaming rig that I built back in June of this year. So far it has run every single game at the highest settings in 1080p I have thrown at it. I play a lot of BF3, Diablo 3, and have been playing the 3 bundled games that came with the graphics card.

To keep costs down I did reuse a few items from my previous gaming rig. Remarkably the 500w power supply has been more than enough for this system, although I have not tried overclocking yet and honestly wont until I get at least a 700w power supply and a better aftermarket cooler for the processor.

New Items
Component Model Price
■Case Antec P280 $100.00
■Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme 6 $160.00
■Processor Core i7 3770K $350.00
■Thermal Paste Atric MX-4 $10.00
■RAM 16GB DDR3 1600 $68.00
■Video card XFX Double D 7950 $350.00
■SSD Vertex 3 120GB $100.00
■Blue Ray LG Reader DVD burner $60.00
■Fans 1 x 120mm $8.00
Total New Parts: $1,206.00

Reused items (cost listed as payed when new)
■Keyboard Logitech 920 $50.00
■Mouse Cooler Master CM Xornet $22.00
■Headset Microsoft LX-3000 $19.00
■Hard Drive WD 320GB $40.00
■Power Supply 500w Modular Bronze $50.00
■Cooler CM 212 $30.00
■Monitor Acer 23 1080p LCD $150.00
Total Used Parts: $361.00

Grand Total: $1,567.00

 

[Uther39]

OK all done just waiting for the GPU now....

 

[Uther39]

And the proof in the pudding...

Thats right got a stable 4.8ghz in the end.

 

[Proximon]

Very nice. I want to build one of those for someone now.

 

[Snowsniper2]

Wow that bitfenix case looks sweet

Heres my other machine which ive been using for my low end games and racing games
Sorry for the bad quality as it was taken with my iphone 3g

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/81728745/Iphone%20009.JPG
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/81728745/Iphone%20010.JPG
Specs
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86ghz
Ram:4gb DDR2
Mobo: Some foxcon piece of rubbish
Case:Aopen Something
HDD 1: Seagate 160gb
HDD 2: Seagate 160gb
HDD 3: Samsung 160gb
GPU: EVGA GT430 1gb
PSU: 450 watt something.

This pc was my dads old one till i aquired it after he built his core 2 Quad
Again sorry for crappy cable management

 

[Motopsychojdn]

I don't know whats worse, the cabling or the fact you try and allay my fury by mentioning you took the pics with a crapple,
sort it out man!

Moto

 

[Snowsniper2]

my iphone is the only phone i have and i inherited it off my dad XD
Moto ive tried managing the cables in that build but it just doesnt work XD

 

[Motopsychojdn]

O'Rly?
Gf's build, similar set up,
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareuk.inc&cat=13&post=287494&page=2&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0

Its hard I know, especially when you have zero space behind the mobo tray, but you CAN make it better,
turning those Hdd's around to feed sata leads through the back is a good starting point, and tucking the Ide cable in the cage more, maybe pin it with a cabletie or Duct tape
I'm only kidding about the I-phone, no offence meant
Moto

 

[Robi_g]

I like the gold IDE cable, you could try cable tying everything behind that so it's just one stripe or something

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Thats the kind of thinking I like Robi
Moto

 

[Snowsniper2]

Awesome thinking i am planning on doing upgrades to that machine soon too i am needing a crossfire or sli capable mobo so i can run dual 6850s or dual 550Tis as this machine is my car simulator and it hasnt been upgraded in a while
Shame i dont have my pertium D anymore as it had an imaculate cable management system

 

[Snowsniper2]

I just realised while reading the thread about ur gfs machine that the reverse hdd wouldnt work as i have a fan in the front as well XD