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Posted: 2007-06-17
Last Update: 2008-03-09 19:22
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Rating: Superb (8.3)
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System Specs:
» CPU...Intel Q6600 "GO" » RAM...Kingston Hyper-X (DDR2 800) » MOBO...Evga 680i A1 » GPU"s..EVGA 8800GTS's (SLI) 640mb » Sound card..S/B Fatality pro » HDD...Seagate SATA 320gb » PSU...Tagan 1100-U95 1100 watt » Case...Lian Li PC-G75 » Cooling..Swiftech "Apex" Ultra.(CPU and Northbridge) » Sound card..S/B Fatality pro » MONITOR..ACER 22"
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None really except addition of northbridge cooling and a southbridge chip fan(thumbnail #6) and better wire management. upgraded the existing H2O cooling to include the northbridge chip after failure of the "AR" version of this 680i mobo!! ALSO re-routed the water tubing (Old tube routing in thumbnail No 2#) Doing it this way verses the former way(Thumbnail #2) shaved 1C off of the Northbridge. Idle temps are now at CPU...29C and NB..49 to 50C Have yet to reach over 35C at a room temp of 71F. Even after HOURS of rigorous gaming!! :-)

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by DiabloAzul126 (June 18th - 5:38 AM) - Reply
Nice rig, could use some further management of the wires, but considering how many components and junk that you have in there, it's relatively tidy.
by tkpenalty (June 18th - 11:43 AM) - Reply
You spend so much on water cooling, yet... you dont water cool your graphics cards..
by pentastar111 (June 18th - 12:49 PM) - Reply
by: tkpenalty;366236
You spend so much on water cooling, yet... you dont water cool your graphics cards..
Been thinking of that, although the cost of two GPU coolers by themselves runs almost as much as the the current cooling system. I'm also looking into some QD's to make the water system easier to disassemble. kinda hard to pin down with 1/2" ID tubing. I must add that the cards current temps are quite satisfactory, for now anyway, as this case runs quite cool. Very loud but very,very cool. 42 and 38C at idle and 50-52C after 3 to 4 hrs gameplay(at room temp of 71F) According to Everest Ultimate.
by tkpenalty (June 18th - 12:57 PM) - Reply
by: pentastar111;366252
Been thinking of that, although the cost of two GPU coolers by themselves runs almost as much as the the current cooling system. I'm also looking into some QD's to make the water system easier to disassemble. kinda hard to pin down with 1/2" ID tubing. I must add that the cards current temps are quite satisfactory, for now anyway, as this case runs quite cool. Very loud but very,very cool. 42 and 38C at idle and 50-52C after 3 to 4 hrs gameplay(at room temp of 71F) According to Everest Ultimate.
No, u just get the block and the bga kit... will save u a lot.
by EviLZeD (June 19th - 5:03 PM) - Reply
nice setup 8/10 im guessing its hard to clean up the cables in the case because thers not many places to hide the wires? cool wallpaper lol
by pentastar111 (June 29th - 7:05 PM) - Reply
A Four!!! Thats just mean spirited. What a philistine.
by pentastar111 (July 1st - 12:05 PM) - Reply
Thanks man.
by techn0l0gy_b0y (July 1st - 5:24 PM) - Reply
I voted 10/10 because:

i didnt voted 1 my fu**** computer have a virus someone signing on my pc and he using the mouse of my pc and he going to my sites and he voting swearing blabla i voted 10 bt he withdraw my vote
by pentastar111 (July 1st - 9:29 PM) - Reply
by: techn0l0gy_b0y;379310
I voted 10/10 because:

i didnt voted 1 my fu**** computer have a virus someone signing on my pc and he using the mouse of my pc and he going to my sites and he voting swearing blabla i voted 10 bt he withdraw my vote

That sucks! Did you find out who it was? By the way sorry for the name calling. thanks man!
by techn0l0gy_b0y (July 3rd - 8:52 PM) - Reply
no i didnt find yet the only i have to do is to reinstall the windows anw is ok for the bad word i forgived u :):)
by jcmax (December 17th - 5:43 PM) - Reply
nice 8/10
by EnergyFX (January 11th - 12:35 PM) - Reply
by: pentastar111;605513
OMG! I really need to know how in the hell you guy's are hiding those cables! Makes mine look like a pile of crap on the inside http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/875.html
Sweet job man!
I like your rig, but I agree you could benefit from some cable managment.

First off, you have way more cables than I do, so your rig isn't going to be easy. Second, you have at least one IDE cable that I can see, which just adds to the challenge. Thirdly, are you willing to gut your entire computer to acomplish cable managment bliss?

If you want to do this I will help you, but there is absolutely no way to do it without taking everything out of the case. You'll also probably need to spend a little bit of money on wire, sleeves, edge molding, and possibly some connectors.
by DOM (March 10th - 1:02 AM) - Reply
so is that Q oced ? so what do you ride ?
by pentastar111 (March 10th - 1:08 AM) - Reply
by: DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-E;694017
so is that Q oced ? so what do you ride ?
Did a mild OC then went back to stock clocks. This rig is fast enough without oc'ing...I ride a 1100 katana... :-)
by DOM (March 10th - 1:33 AM) - Reply
by: pentastar111;694021
Did a mild OC then went back to stock clocks. This rig is fast enough without oc'ing...I ride a 1100 katana... :-)
so what the fastest you gone ? I got one like in my avatar
by pentastar111 (March 10th - 1:48 AM) - Reply
I've done between 165 to 170 mph, with room for more!...Very, very stable with no stabilizer! Probably due to to steel frame...This bike weighs in at a hefty 600lbs with a full tank of gas...It's not as quick as the new bikes, but at top end speeds she holds her own.. :-) As far as the CPU, I've had her up to 3ghz, ran 3Dmark6, got 13375 then my rig crashed...probably not enough voltage to the CPU...reset the cmos and everythings fine...enteresting experience though.
by mdashoot (March 15th - 7:39 AM) - Reply
9/10 from me
by pentastar111 (March 15th - 11:30 AM) - Reply
by: mdashoot;702294
9/10 from me

Thank man!
by shoktongxxx (March 18th - 5:59 PM) - Reply
nice set up..9/10 vote..^_^
by FlipIt (March 21st - 3:09 PM) - Reply
wheres the 1st revision ?? 10/10
by Bjorn_Of_Iceland (April 7th - 4:28 PM) - Reply
wowow. I really envy wc setups. Nice specs to boot. Good curves on teh hoses. ^^
9/10 from me.
a tad bit more on cable hiding then add the GPUs to the loop and ill give a 10 ^^.
by batmang (April 25th - 3:27 PM) - Reply
Nice setup for sure! Not too much you can do to hide the beefy piping for the water cooling setup, but hell, its a water cooling setup. You have to show those! :P I gave ya 8/10
by Bjorn_Of_Iceland (April 26th - 11:48 AM) - Reply
so when will 3rd revision arrive? ^^
by pentastar111 (April 26th - 10:33 PM) - Reply
by: Bjorn_Of_Iceland;766756
so when will 3rd revision arrive? ^^
No more revisions for this rig..Accidently deleted the first revision..I'm a moron at times.LOL...Should have new rig built by November or December of this year...:-)
by Bjorn_Of_Iceland (April 27th - 8:51 AM) - Reply
nice m/
by hexsolutionsNET (June 3rd - 12:18 PM) - Reply
nice! rig man! 8/10 :)
by MRCL (June 4th - 1:07 AM) - Reply
Looks industrial. I love it! 9/10
by Bluefox1115 (June 10th - 4:29 AM) - Reply
9/10. Awesome looking, awesome job with the WC. +1 for Sein. headset ::rockout:: Try and hide them wires a little more! Not easy, but do-able..
by ty_ger (July 9th - 5:08 AM) - Reply
Nice setup!

That Kingston HyperX memory is very underrated. I have that in my system and it can easily do 1,120MHz @ 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2V even though it is rated at 1,066MHz @ 5-5-5-18 @ 2.2V. I think it is silly that all this "enthusiest" memory such as the dominator series is so hyped up when sometimes it can't even touch this Kingston memory.