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Lillebror

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Processor Intel Core2Duo e8400 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard Asus P5Q Pro w/ mBios
Cooling Xigmatec something with a orange fan
Memory Kingston HyperX 4 gig
Video Card(s) Sapphire hd4870
Storage 320 gb Maxtor 750gb samsung f11 250gb hitachi
Display(s) IIyama e1900s
Case CoolerMaster Ammo
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar D2/PM Pci
Power Supply Corsair 750w
Software Windows 7 x64
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System Name Fractality 1.0
Processor Intel Core i7-860 @ 3.6GHz
Motherboard EVGA P55 SLI
Cooling Prolimatech Megahalems and four Fractal Design 120mm fans, sleeved
Memory 16GB Kingston Hyper RAM
Video Card(s) PNY GeForce 580 XLR8
Storage 64GB and 180GB SSDs / 1TB and 2TB HDDs
Display(s) 24" Acer V243W
Case Fractal Design Define R2, sleeved all I/O cables
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Corsair HX750W modular, sadly only stock sleeving
Software Win 7 64bit
Looks good to me!
 

unibrow1990

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Detroit, Michigan
System Name FUBAR
Processor AMD Phenom II 720BE @ 3.6Ghz
Motherboard Jetway HA06, 780g sb700
Cooling Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer, 2x 40mm fan 1x 70mm hdd fan, 2x 80mm case fans, 4x 120mm case fans
Memory 4gb OCZ Reaper ddr2 800@ 4-4-4-12-1t 2.2v
Video Card(s) HIS 4850 ICEQ4 512mb crossfired with XFX 4850 512mb
Storage WDC Black 640gb SATA, 250gb Hitachi Deskstar SATA
Display(s) Acer X193W+ 19" 5ms 1680x1050
Case Modded Raidmax Smilodon Extreme Black
Audio Device(s) Integrated W/ Altec Lansing 2.1 speakers
Power Supply Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W with FSP Booster X3
Software Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit
It looks like i good build, the only thing i noticed was the samsung f1 harddrive, i think i read somewhere that those drives wern't very reliable but i could just be imagining things, but if you can find one for the same prive you might be better off with a western digital or seagate hard drive.
 
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System Name Fractality 1.0
Processor Intel Core i7-860 @ 3.6GHz
Motherboard EVGA P55 SLI
Cooling Prolimatech Megahalems and four Fractal Design 120mm fans, sleeved
Memory 16GB Kingston Hyper RAM
Video Card(s) PNY GeForce 580 XLR8
Storage 64GB and 180GB SSDs / 1TB and 2TB HDDs
Display(s) 24" Acer V243W
Case Fractal Design Define R2, sleeved all I/O cables
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Corsair HX750W modular, sadly only stock sleeving
Software Win 7 64bit
It looks like i good build, the only thing i noticed was the samsung f1 harddrive, i think i read somewhere that those drives wern't very reliable but i could just be imagining things, but if you can find one for the same prive you might be better off with a western digital or seagate hard drive.

F1 working since half a year almost 24/7, no issues.
 

Sir_Real

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Lincoln England
Processor PC 1: Q6600@3.25,1.34v / PC 2: E8200@3.88,1.35v
Motherboard PC 1: Asus P5Q-SE / PC 2: Asus P5Q-E
Cooling PC 1: Air / PC 2: Air
Memory PC 1: 4gb Ocz PC8500 / PC 2: 4gb Kingston hx PC8500
Video Card(s) PC 1: Saphirre HD4870x2 2GB / PC 2: 2x XFX HD4870 1GB in xfire
Storage PC 1: Samsung 750GB (win7) + Seagate Barracuda 500GB (XP pro) / PC 2: Seagate Barracuda 160GB
Display(s) 2x HANNS-G HH251 24.6" 1980x1080 LCD
Power Supply PC 1: CIT gold 750watt / PC 2: Powercool 850watt modular
Software PC 1: Win7 home 64 + XP pro 32 / PC 2: Win7 home 64
Benchmark Scores PC 1: 3Dmark2006: 18674 PC 2: 3Dmark2006: 19250
Good choice of parts. Should all be fine. Infact its not that far from the parts in my rig.
 
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System Name The Beast
Processor Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1GHz
Motherboard Asus P8P67 LE
Cooling Stock
Memory 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600MHz
Video Card(s) 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD4650 Ultimate Edition
Storage 60GB Corsair Force LE, 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1, 500GB Seagate
Display(s) 22" Samsung T220HD & 19" Acer X193W
Case Corsair Obsidian 750D
Power Supply Corsair HX650W
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
My F1 drive is serving me well but I've only used it 3 months lol and Komplett FTW! Here's the list in English and Euro: Clicky
 

unibrow1990

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Processor AMD Phenom II 720BE @ 3.6Ghz
Motherboard Jetway HA06, 780g sb700
Cooling Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer, 2x 40mm fan 1x 70mm hdd fan, 2x 80mm case fans, 4x 120mm case fans
Memory 4gb OCZ Reaper ddr2 800@ 4-4-4-12-1t 2.2v
Video Card(s) HIS 4850 ICEQ4 512mb crossfired with XFX 4850 512mb
Storage WDC Black 640gb SATA, 250gb Hitachi Deskstar SATA
Display(s) Acer X193W+ 19" 5ms 1680x1050
Case Modded Raidmax Smilodon Extreme Black
Audio Device(s) Integrated W/ Altec Lansing 2.1 speakers
Power Supply Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W with FSP Booster X3
Software Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Alright I don't know what i was thinking of that made me think i heard bad things about that hard drive so just forget i said anything about it.
 
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get the xig s1283 the 1284 for some reason cooler worse on intel, i think its the way the pipes are arranged

the ram and hard drive are great i have them and can recommend them from personal use
 

Lillebror

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Motherboard Asus P5Q Pro w/ mBios
Cooling Xigmatec something with a orange fan
Memory Kingston HyperX 4 gig
Video Card(s) Sapphire hd4870
Storage 320 gb Maxtor 750gb samsung f11 250gb hitachi
Display(s) IIyama e1900s
Case CoolerMaster Ammo
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar D2/PM Pci
Power Supply Corsair 750w
Software Windows 7 x64
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CDdude55

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Cooling Corsair H70
Memory 8GB Corsair Vengence @1600mhz
Video Card(s) XFX HD 6970 2GB
Storage OCZ Agility 3 60GB SSD/WD Velociraptor 300GB
Display(s) ASUS VH232H 23" 1920x1080
Case Cooler Master CM690 (w/ side window)
Audio Device(s) Onboard (It sounds fine)
Power Supply Corsair 850TX
Software Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1
Everything looks in order.:) Tho i am not a big fan of Kingston memory.(when ever i think of them i think budget)
 
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Memory 128GB (4x32gb) DDR4 3600Mhz | 128GB (8x16GB) DDR4 2933Mhz
Video Card(s) EVGA RTX 3080 | ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage Optane 900p + NVMe | Optane 900p + 8TB SATA SSDs + 48TB HDDs
Display(s) Alienware AW3423dw QD-OLED | HP Omen 32 1440p
Case be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 rev 2 | be quiet! Silent Base 800
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Mouse Razer Viper Ultimate (still has buttons on the right side, crucial as I'm a southpaw)
Keyboard Razer Huntsman Elite, Pro Type | Logitech G915 TKL
S1284 are better for quads I believe ;) but yes, that build looks GREAT... Can you get some thermal paste? like MX-2?
 

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It looks like i good build, the only thing i noticed was the samsung f1 harddrive, i think i read somewhere that those drives wern't very reliable but i could just be imagining things, but if you can find one for the same prive you might be better off with a western digital or seagate hard drive.

had a 1TB F1 since release still working still fast and its my entire systems back up drive. so it gets frequent large volume sustained transfers for hours
 

Lillebror

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Processor Intel Core2Duo e8400 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard Asus P5Q Pro w/ mBios
Cooling Xigmatec something with a orange fan
Memory Kingston HyperX 4 gig
Video Card(s) Sapphire hd4870
Storage 320 gb Maxtor 750gb samsung f11 250gb hitachi
Display(s) IIyama e1900s
Case CoolerMaster Ammo
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar D2/PM Pci
Power Supply Corsair 750w
Software Windows 7 x64
Im not that big of a kingston fan either - but ive bought some corsair dominators, and the whole batch was faulty.. That made me choose kingston for this build. Also ive ben using those Kingstons in other machines and they are running great!
 
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Cooling Intel Stock Fan
Memory 16GB Kingston HyperX 1600
Video Card(s) MSI Gaming GTX 750Ti (For the time being)
Storage 500GB Samsung F1, 160GB Maxtor "Older than god"
Display(s) AOC 28' LCD
Case Coolermaster N200
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Antec VP500P
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores No crashes in the last 24 minutes.
im a kingston user and i guarantee you, they are rock stable
 
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Video Card(s) XFX HD 7950 DD 3GB @ 850/5000Mhz
Storage 240GB Intel 520 SSD + 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s) ASUS PB278Q 27" QHD
Case Fractal Design R5 Black
Power Supply Seasonic Platinum 760W
Mouse Corsair Raptor M40
Keyboard Corsair Raptor K50
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