Cable Management Helpdesk - Page 16

scaminatrix · Jul 9, 2011, 02:10 PM

Okay, got another item I just bought that might help you with cable management - especially if you're using a Raven 2 with a Crosshair IV Formula and an optical drive plugged into the Marvell controller. I was looking for one of these for ages, didn't even know whether they existed or not.
It's called a Horizontal Right Angle Sata Cable. The only place I've found them so far is on cheesefeat's shop on eBay. He's only got them in 15cm lengths, and he said his supplier is very slow so don't expect longer ones soon.
I just bought 2 of the cables and a male-male connector (to connect the two short cables together) and I'm pleased with the (small) difference it's made in my rig!
Before and after's, plus a pic of the cables + connector:

WhiteLotus · Jul 9, 2011, 03:22 PM

They are pretty sweet!

Anyone had a joy and quick and easy fix in making power cables more flexible? The Corsair cables are stiff as hell and I have a hard time moving them about.

scaminatrix · Jul 9, 2011, 03:30 PM

Seems I'm plugging cheesefeat's shop everywhere

Yea I got that problem with my cables - I just grin and bear it. I think the size of my case helps though. The biggest help for you would be upgrading your case IMO. With a decent case, you won't have to worry about bending the cables too much I reckon.

entropy13 · Jul 9, 2011, 03:31 PM

There are a lot of sellers of right-angled SATA cables over here, some are even sleeved already too.

My MSI board also came with one (the other three aren't right-angled).

scaminatrix · Jul 9, 2011, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by entropy13

There are a lot of sellers of right-angled SATA cables over here, some are even sleeved already too.

My MSI board also came with one (the other three aren't right-angled).

They're not normal right-angled cables, look again.

Chicken Patty · Jul 9, 2011, 05:38 PM

Those cables are awesome, nice find! Looks a lot nicer.

scaminatrix · Jul 9, 2011, 06:18 PM

If anyone needs help sourcing any of these bits I post about, just chuck me a PM. I regularly buy wierd niche bits, and I'm well versed in shipping abroad

I figured I'm not going to be able to contribute much to helping people with their cable management, so I'll just post about bits that help me that I haven't seen before. The glue lined 4:1 heatshrink I mentioned in the last page is one that excites me somewhat

cable pr0n FTW!

Athlonite · Jul 10, 2011, 01:13 AM

He's got some very interesting bits n bobs in there and good prices to when compared to what I'd have to pay here in NZ good find Scaminatrix

FTW PC · Jul 23, 2011, 04:53 PM

Here are a couple pics of some crunchers. Nothing special. I still have to sleeve the cables with our custom sleeving which will take time. I also need to change the tubes of the watercooled rigs, as the stock XSPC tubing looks a dingy, nasty brown.

Those systems are i7-2600K at 5.0 ghz. One with a GTX 580 Direct Cu II, and one with 2 GTX 580 Direct Cu II.

Here's a third 2600K at 4.8 under a Corsair H60 with a GTX 460 768mb Direct Cu.

Here's the sleeving I'm going to use.

Folding stats.

4 million points in a month and a half isn't bad.

TRWOV · Aug 17, 2011, 05:46 AM

Here's my improvement:

Before:

After:

Quote:

Originally Posted by antuk15

Mine

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...ty151986/5.jpg

I've reversed the HDD's since then so you can't see the cables and now have a graphics card with a balck PCB

Hadn't thought about that!!! That'll surely come in handy. Thank you!!!

I'll reverse the HDDs and take a new picture.

EDIT: Done. I had to actually mount the HDD cage backwards to achieve this.

EDTI: There's still room for improvement. I've ordered 75cm SATA cables to route them below the board. I'll also need a longer IDE cable and I've left the floppy unplugged for the time being as my Physx card makes it impossible to plug it but I'll order a longer cable too.

1nf3rn0x · Aug 21, 2011, 02:44 AM

What can I do about this? Little bro's pc.

TRWOV · Aug 21, 2011, 03:02 AM

Based on what I've experimented so far:

You might need longer SATA cables and extensions for the 4pin connectors in order to achieve this. Also zip tie mounts. If your case is like mine, there's enough space behind the tray to arrange the cables as flat as posible (do not twist them).

By the way, is that the Scythe Gekkou case?

fast fate · Aug 31, 2011, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laurijan

A little update with the usb and firewire cables disconnected and the audio cable routed through the hole. Really no comments?

http://img.techpowerup.org/080117/HPIM1837.jpg

Well, just looking through and I shall comment.
First why not have a working computer for us to comment on/
Plugging in a PSU with a few lights does not = a working computer.
Let's see HDDs and optical drives, maybe some RAM, is there even a processor under the cooler ??
Callin' it the way I see it.

Thrackan · Aug 31, 2011, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fast fate

Well, just looking through and I shall comment.
First why not have a working computer for us to comment on/
Plugging in a PSU with a few lights does not = a working computer.
Let's see HDDs and optical drives, maybe some RAM, is there even a processor under the cooler ??
Callin' it the way I see it.

Lol, wut? Tell me you at least see the RAM

TRWOV · Aug 31, 2011, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fast fate

Well, just looking through and I shall comment.
First why not have a working computer for us to comment on/
Plugging in a PSU with a few lights does not = a working computer.
Let's see HDDs and optical drives, maybe some RAM, is there even a processor under the cooler ??
Callin' it the way I see it.

HDDs are in the bottom cage by the PSU; just follow the cables.
Optical drive is missing but I guess he has an external one or installed Win7 from a USB stick.
The processor I can't tell but there's definitively RAM in the red slots.

Chicken Patty · Aug 31, 2011, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fast fate

Well, just looking through and I shall comment.
First why not have a working computer for us to comment on/
Plugging in a PSU with a few lights does not = a working computer.
Let's see HDDs and optical drives, maybe some RAM, is there even a processor under the cooler ??
Callin' it the way I see it.

Nothing wrong with "callin' it how you see it", thing is, you just saw it totally wrong.

TRWOV · Sep 17, 2011, 04:16 AM

Done for at least the following 4 months:

I forgot to plug the 24pin connector before taking the pic

What I did:
- Got a 2TB drive to replace 3 500GB ones. I now have only 3 drives: a system drive, files drive and a media drive.
- Routed the 4pin molex, 6 pin PCIe and CPU 12V connectors below the motherboard.
- Got a longer SATA cable for the DVD burner
- Got an extension for the CPU 12V connector
- Reversed the HDD cage to hide the cables
- Used some zip tie mounts to keep wires in place

Looks nice and runs cooler. Nothing compared to the rat's nest I used to have. I'm still deciding whenever to use the TX3 sans fan or the stock intel HSF to cool the i3.

What do you think?

Athlonite · Sep 18, 2011, 01:47 AM

nice job TRWOV I'd say you've very successfully banished the previous rats nest

as for the HSF I'd personally go with the TX3 with a quiet fan those stock ones from Intel can get a little annoying when they spin up and down every few seconds....

OH just before I go don't forget the 24pin power cable

TRWOV · Sep 18, 2011, 02:03 AM

The stock CM fan that comes with the TX3 is very noisy. There is a 92mm exhaust at rougly the same plane as the TX3 fins and I think it might be enough for the i3. I'll test and report.

EDIT:

Idle:
Intel HSF 44ºC
TX3 no fan 41ºC

running 10 loops of Intel Burn Test maximum
Intel HSF 70ºC max
TX3 no fan 66ºC max

Athlonite · Sep 22, 2011, 01:11 PM

you wanna see if you can find one of those fan ducts they put on case sides so the gap between HS and exhaust fan is limited

silkstone · Oct 8, 2011, 02:41 PM

I have done some cable sleeving on my rig. I'm not to sure about the results though

I really want to make it a little neater. The ATX cable, i'm going to route behind the mobo tray after i finish sleeving an extender, but beyond that i am not sure what to do. I think that the GPU power cables look kinda messy from where they come out behind the mobo tray. Would cable ties help with this? I only have a couple of spare black ones so i don;t wanna use them all up if it won't help.

Arctucas · Oct 8, 2011, 03:08 PM

Mine needs a little fine tuning.

Athlonite · Oct 8, 2011, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silkstone

I have done some cable sleeving on my rig. I'm not to sure about the results though

I really want to make it a little neater. The ATX cable, i'm going to route behind the mobo tray after i finish sleeving an extender, but beyond that i am not sure what to do. I think that the GPU power cables look kinda messy from where they come out behind the mobo tray. Would cable ties help with this? I only have a couple of spare black ones so i don;t wanna use them all up if it won't help.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8...anagement4.jpg

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9...ment5.jpg:wtf:

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/4...anagement6.jpg

I think the first thing you need to worry about is the major dust build up in your system in that second pic it looks like it's about to become a sentient dust bunny

think about fan filters they save a shitload of cleaning

also you do realize your killing you PSU quicker by running all that on it
an OC'd CPU and GPU + all those HDD's = Minimum PSU Wattage: 537 W

Chicken Patty · Oct 8, 2011, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silkstone

I have done some cable sleeving on my rig. I'm not to sure about the results though

I really want to make it a little neater. The ATX cable, i'm going to route behind the mobo tray after i finish sleeving an extender, but beyond that i am not sure what to do. I think that the GPU power cables look kinda messy from where they come out behind the mobo tray. Would cable ties help with this? I only have a couple of spare black ones so i don;t wanna use them all up if it won't help.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8...anagement4.jpg

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9...anagement5.jpg

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/4...anagement6.jpg

If you can find a way to get a piece of aluminum, then you can bend it into shape and cover the PSU area. Like it can go in front of the PSU then along the mobo tray towards the HDD cage. Then you can route the wires behind it neatly zip tied together or something and they won't be seeing. If you can do it nicely, it'll look good.

As far as your sleeving, it didn't come out bad bro, sleeving takes a lot of practice dude.

TacoTown · Oct 8, 2011, 06:01 PM

Just leavin' this here

Jul 9, 2011, 02:10 PM	#376
scaminatrix Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: By the Channel Tunnel, Kent, England Posts: 2,432 (2.06/day) Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 802 Times in 672 Posts System Specs	Okay, got another item I just bought that might help you with cable management - especially if you're using a Raven 2 with a Crosshair IV Formula and an optical drive plugged into the Marvell controller. I was looking for one of these for ages, didn't even know whether they existed or not. It's called a Horizontal Right Angle Sata Cable. The only place I've found them so far is on cheesefeat's shop on eBay. He's only got them in 15cm lengths, and he said his supplier is very slow so don't expect longer ones soon. I just bought 2 of the cables and a male-male connector (to connect the two short cables together) and I'm pleased with the (small) difference it's made in my rig! Before and after's, plus a pic of the cables + connector: Attached Thumbnails __________________ MKMods Tribute Rig - the Power of the Community HeatWare Did I make the 2,000,000th post? If an 8 Core can hit 6Ghz with an H100 i'll post pictures of my hot fiance - Pestilence Every day I come to this site, I am reminded why I come to this site every day!!! - Iggster Last edited by scaminatrix; Jul 9, 2011 at 06:19 PM.

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Motherboard:	ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (2002 BIOS)
Cooling:	Thermalright TRUE 120 Black + 2 Xilence Red Wing PWM 120mm (push/pull) + polycarbonate fan holders
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Optical Drive:	Optiarc SATA DVD-RWDL Bla Bla
CRT/LCD Model:	ASUS PA823Q
Case:	Silverstone Raven 2 (all cables custom sleeved with velcro mod on side panel...)
Sound Card:	X-Fi (Onboard) + Technics SA-GX530 amp powering JVC HA-RX700's with Zalman mic
PSU:	Corsair HX650W
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Jul 9, 2011, 03:22 PM	#377
WhiteLotus Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 4,809 (2.26/day) Thanks: 531 Thanked 856 Times in 682 Posts System Specs	They are pretty sweet! Anyone had a joy and quick and easy fix in making power cables more flexible? The Corsair cables are stiff as hell and I have a hard time moving them about. __________________ “Sorry but I cannot respond now, I am running a full virus scan on the internet.” -brandonwh64

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Hard Disk:	WD 6401AALS 640GB// WD 10EACS 1TB// M4 124GB SSD
Optical Drive:	some LG thing
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SM223BW 21.6"
Case:	Generic
PSU:	Corsair HX 520W
Software:	Windows 7

Jul 9, 2011, 03:30 PM	#378
scaminatrix Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: By the Channel Tunnel, Kent, England Posts: 2,432 (2.06/day) Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 802 Times in 672 Posts System Specs	Seems I'm plugging cheesefeat's shop everywhere Yea I got that problem with my cables - I just grin and bear it. I think the size of my case helps though. The biggest help for you would be upgrading your case IMO. With a decent case, you won't have to worry about bending the cables too much I reckon. __________________ MKMods Tribute Rig - the Power of the Community HeatWare Did I make the 2,000,000th post? If an 8 Core can hit 6Ghz with an H100 i'll post pictures of my hot fiance - Pestilence Every day I come to this site, I am reminded why I come to this site every day!!! - Iggster

Jul 9, 2011, 03:31 PM	#379
entropy13 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 3,425 (2.22/day) Thanks: 42 Thanked 1,132 Times in 713 Posts System Specs	There are a lot of sellers of right-angled SATA cables over here, some are even sleeved already too. My MSI board also came with one (the other three aren't right-angled). __________________ MSI P67A-GD65 (B3), Intel Core i5 2500K, Corsair H60, 2x MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr II/OC, G.Skill RipjawsX (2x4GB) DDR3-1600 RAM, OCZ Agility 3 120GB + 2TB, Corsair AX1200, Corsair Carbide 400R MSI Z68MA-ED55, i5 2500K, Noctua NH-U9B SE2, Inno3D GTX 570, Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB, OCZ Agility 3 120GB + 1TB, Seasonic X660, Lian Li PC-V600FB The Big Useful List of Free Useful Programs To Use Usually For Free

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Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit w/ Service Pack 1

Jul 9, 2011, 05:38 PM	#381
Chicken Patty WCG Team Captain Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 23,896 (11.91/day) Thanks: 15,156 Thanked 12,315 Times in 7,779 Posts System Specs	Those cables are awesome, nice find! Looks a lot nicer. __________________ Help save lives, CRUNCH and/or FOLD for Team TPU and make a difference! Crunching with a 2600K, i7-950, FX-8120, Radeon 6850 (2 WU's), Radeon 7770 (4 WU's) *"AlienIsGOD - Awe!!! CP has grown from a small chicken nugget to the IMMENSE PATTY and WCG Team leader he is today"*

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Jul 9, 2011, 06:18 PM	#382
scaminatrix Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: By the Channel Tunnel, Kent, England Posts: 2,432 (2.06/day) Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 802 Times in 672 Posts System Specs	If anyone needs help sourcing any of these bits I post about, just chuck me a PM. I regularly buy wierd niche bits, and I'm well versed in shipping abroad I figured I'm not going to be able to contribute much to helping people with their cable management, so I'll just post about bits that help me that I haven't seen before. The glue lined 4:1 heatshrink I mentioned in the last page is one that excites me somewhat cable pr0n FTW! __________________ MKMods Tribute Rig - the Power of the Community HeatWare Did I make the 2,000,000th post? If an 8 Core can hit 6Ghz with an H100 i'll post pictures of my hot fiance - Pestilence Every day I come to this site, I am reminded why I come to this site every day!!! - Iggster

Jul 10, 2011, 01:13 AM	#383
Athlonite Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 1,386 (1.15/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 441 Times in 345 Posts System Specs	He's got some very interesting bits n bobs in there and good prices to when compared to what I'd have to pay here in NZ good find Scaminatrix __________________

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Jul 23, 2011, 04:53 PM	#384
FTW PC Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 5 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Here are a couple pics of some crunchers. Nothing special. I still have to sleeve the cables with our custom sleeving which will take time. I also need to change the tubes of the watercooled rigs, as the stock XSPC tubing looks a dingy, nasty brown. Those systems are i7-2600K at 5.0 ghz. One with a GTX 580 Direct Cu II, and one with 2 GTX 580 Direct Cu II. Here's a third 2600K at 4.8 under a Corsair H60 with a GTX 460 768mb Direct Cu. Here's the sleeving I'm going to use. Folding stats. 4 million points in a month and a half isn't bad.

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Case:	Cooler Master Gladiator 600
PSU:	Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700w
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Aug 21, 2011, 02:44 AM	#386
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Aug 21, 2011, 03:02 AM	#387
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,064 (3.16/day) Thanks: 797 Thanked 1,071 Times in 556 Posts System Specs	Based on what I've experimented so far: You might need longer SATA cables and extensions for the 4pin connectors in order to achieve this. Also zip tie mounts. If your case is like mine, there's enough space behind the tray to arrange the cables as flat as posible (do not twist them). By the way, is that the Scythe Gekkou case?

System Name:	Tempest EVO
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Sep 17, 2011, 04:16 AM	#392
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,064 (3.16/day) Thanks: 797 Thanked 1,071 Times in 556 Posts System Specs	Done for at least the following 4 months: I forgot to plug the 24pin connector before taking the pic What I did: - Got a 2TB drive to replace 3 500GB ones. I now have only 3 drives: a system drive, files drive and a media drive. - Routed the 4pin molex, 6 pin PCIe and CPU 12V connectors below the motherboard. - Got a longer SATA cable for the DVD burner - Got an extension for the CPU 12V connector - Reversed the HDD cage to hide the cables - Used some zip tie mounts to keep wires in place Looks nice and runs cooler. Nothing compared to the rat's nest I used to have. I'm still deciding whenever to use the TX3 sans fan or the stock intel HSF to cool the i3. What do you think? __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650 Last edited by TRWOV; Sep 18, 2011 at 01:29 AM.

Sep 18, 2011, 01:47 AM	#393
Athlonite Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 1,386 (1.15/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 441 Times in 345 Posts System Specs	nice job TRWOV I'd say you've very successfully banished the previous rats nest as for the HSF I'd personally go with the TX3 with a quiet fan those stock ones from Intel can get a little annoying when they spin up and down every few seconds.... OH just before I go don't forget the 24pin power cable __________________

Sep 18, 2011, 02:03 AM	#394
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,064 (3.16/day) Thanks: 797 Thanked 1,071 Times in 556 Posts System Specs	The stock CM fan that comes with the TX3 is very noisy. There is a 92mm exhaust at rougly the same plane as the TX3 fins and I think it might be enough for the i3. I'll test and report. EDIT: Idle: Intel HSF 44ºC TX3 no fan 41ºC running 10 loops of Intel Burn Test maximum Intel HSF 70ºC max TX3 no fan 66ºC max __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650 Last edited by TRWOV; Sep 22, 2011 at 05:03 AM.

Sep 22, 2011, 01:11 PM	#395
Athlonite Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 1,386 (1.15/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 441 Times in 345 Posts System Specs	you wanna see if you can find one of those fan ducts they put on case sides so the gap between HS and exhaust fan is limited __________________

Oct 8, 2011, 02:41 PM	#396
silkstone Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: HCM Vietnam Posts: 2,187 (1.31/day) Thanks: 323 Thanked 346 Times in 289 Posts System Specs	I have done some cable sleeving on my rig. I'm not to sure about the results though I really want to make it a little neater. The ATX cable, i'm going to route behind the mobo tray after i finish sleeving an extender, but beyond that i am not sure what to do. I think that the GPU power cables look kinda messy from where they come out behind the mobo tray. Would cable ties help with this? I only have a couple of spare black ones so i don;t wanna use them all up if it won't help. __________________ Thanks to BradleyKZN for polishing my sig “oooooooooooh fire!!! and girls...GIRLS and fire!!!!!!! oooooooooooooh runz around clapping hands together” -Marineborn

System Name:	Gaming System / Laptop / HTPC
Processor:	i5 2500K @ 4.4Ghz / i3@2.17Ghz / E3210 @ 3ghz
Motherboard:	ASRock P67 Pro3 SE / Acer / Asus p5k-VM
Cooling:	CM V8 2200rpm + 90mm 3500rpm Intake / Laptop Cooling / Hyper TX 212
Memory:	Corsair Vengance 2x4Gb 1600Mhz CL9/ 4GB DDR3 / 3gb DDR2
Video Card:	Asus EAH6850v.2@975-1150 / G310m / Gigabyte HD6670
Hard Disk:	256Gb Vertex 4 + 2.8TB Other / 120gb Force 3 / 250gb Seagate
Optical Drive:	None / DVD-RW / None
CRT/LCD Model:	LG 19" WS / 15.6" Laptop Screen / LG 42" Plasma TV
Case:	Cooler master HAF922 / Laptop Case / CM 512
Sound Card:	On Board (Xi-Fi Mod) / Realtek On-Board / On Board
PSU:	AcBel 85H 700w / Laptop Power / FSP 500w
Software:	Windows 7 / Windows 8

Oct 8, 2011, 03:08 PM	#397
Arctucas Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cowtown, USSofA Posts: 1,628 (0.65/day) Thanks: 57 Thanked 275 Times in 216 Posts System Specs	Mine needs a little fine tuning. __________________ Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot. over.

System Name:	It's just a computer
Processor:	i7 950 @4.2GHz
Motherboard:	eVGA Classified 3
Cooling:	D5, PA140.3, HK Rev. 3.0
Memory:	Mushkin 998966 Radioactive
Video Card:	2x eVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR in SLI
Hard Disk:	4x 64GB G2 SSD RAID 0
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S223L
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 305T Plus
Case:	Thermaltake Xaser VI
Sound Card:	Auzen X-Meridian 7.1 2G/Z-5500
PSU:	Corsair AX1200
Software:	Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
Benchmarks:	3DM Vantage 36196

Oct 8, 2011, 06:01 PM	#400
TacoTown Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canadia Posts: 1,826 (2.53/day) Thanks: 1,755 Thanked 927 Times in 551 Posts System Specs	Just leavin' this here __________________ Can I see your brown ninja? I ate a taco for the first time ever today. Feb 27/2012 Steam: TacoTown Origin: TheTacoTown

System Name:	Sexy Vanilla Freshness / The Sister / The I don't know what to do with it
Processor:	Core i5 3570K @4.5ghz 1.25V/ Phenom II 925 @ 3.6ghz 1.2V / Phenom II 955
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z77-V / Asrock A770De+ / M4A785-M
Cooling:	Coolit ECO A.C.L / Corsair H40 / stock
Memory:	M379B5273DH0-YK0 2X4GB sticks/ 8 gigs 667 / 6 gigs 667
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 6870 / XFX 5770 XXX edition / OEM 4670
Hard Disk:	Toshiba MK5065GSX+ST375052+WD10EZEX / 1x WD1500 Black / Seagate 160 gig
Optical Drive:	None / LG supermulti drive
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer S200HL+Acer P206HV / LG 22LD350 / N/A
Case:	HAF X 912 / NZXT Trinity / N/A
Sound Card:	Onboard / Onboard
PSU:	Seasonic 750X / ROSEWILL RG630-S12 630W RT / Bestec 400
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit / Windows 7 Ultimate / MacOS
Benchmarks:	Once I saw a turtle with a taco on it's back, I hope hes still out there. Rock on Taco turtle, rock

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