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Old September 25, 2008, 10:59 AM
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My new gaming rig for the next year or so.

Build consist of the following:

Intel Q9550
Evga 790i Ultra Motherboard
Patriot DDR3 Ram
2x Evga GTX280 Superclocked
Antec 1000W PSU
Seagate 1TB HB
Thermalright Ultra-120
Chieftec Dragon Case

The goods !








The Build Begins !


Installed CPU followed by a nice thin coat of ArticSilver 5



Then installed my heatsink & fan







Installed the RAM



PSU Installed in case




Installed Mobo in Case



Video cards installed



and the final product !


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Old September 25, 2008, 11:15 AM
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Diggin the oldschool case Bro! Wheres the Water!!
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Case....not sure what to call it
DFI X38 LT
Xeon X3210 @ 3.2GHZ 1.30V
PNY 9800GX2 (750/2200)
4GB Corsair Dominator 2x2gb kit DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 2.0V
Ultra X3 1000W PSU
HT Omega Striker
2x500GB Hitachi RAID 0, 250 Seagate
Sharp 32" Aquos 1080p
Benq W500 1080i Pojector.

Watercooling:
Loop 1 - D-Tek Fuzion Quad Nozzle Bowed, MCR320+Zalman ZM-F3 Fans, MCP655, MCRES Micro.
Loop 2 - DB-1, DD 9800GX2 block, MCW30, MCR320, tLine res.
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Old September 25, 2008, 11:21 AM
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Looks great, very powerful build, but like Vortex says its begging to be watercooled!
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Old September 25, 2008, 11:23 AM
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nice rig man. Looks like a smoking system.
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Old September 25, 2008, 11:49 AM
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Very nice. Should provide tons of joy.
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Old September 25, 2008, 12:24 PM
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Very nice, powa!
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Old September 25, 2008, 12:52 PM
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Damn there's a lot of room in those cases!!! Great to see them back into the forefront.

Kickass system BTW.... :)
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Old September 25, 2008, 02:55 PM
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Should really consider an alternative fan for the TRUE. The Noctua S12s have horrible pressure so I doubt much air is making it through the heatsink.

Probably be a good idea to add some intake fans too.

Otherwise nice build
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Now with all the cable routed properly and intake fans installed







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Old September 25, 2008, 03:08 PM
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Should really consider an alternative fan for the TRUE. The Noctua S12s have horrible pressure so I doubt much air is making it through the heatsink.

Probably be a good idea to add some intake fans too.

Otherwise nice build
What kind of fan would you recommend ?
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