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Post 'em if ya got 'em! I'll lead out w/ Maximum PC's Dream Machine 2013
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"Spec sheet"
For 2013, MaximumPC magazine built their usual maximum, spare-no-expense, power and performance PC and then dressed it in a "classic IBM PC beige" paint job. They even found a sturdy IBM Model M keyboard (21 years old) that works via a PS/2 port.
Some of the highlights are:
Four-Play:
The only thing better than GTX Titan SLI is four-way Titan SLI. Using these video cards, MaxPC was able to crack into the Top 10 3DMark (a graphics benchmarking tool) Hall of fame with ease.
Hybrid This Drive:
They used 4 SSDs and 3 HDDs for a total of 15TB (yes, 15 Tera-bytes) of storage.
Cool and Collected:
With 17 fans and 2 massive radiators, the temps on the overclocked CPU and GPUs moved so little, that they initally thought that their temperature utilities had quit working.
More Room Than You Would Ever Need--Not!
The Corsair 900D (27.2” x 9.9” x 25.6”) looks like it offers excessive space--until they actually put all of the hardware inside of it. Turned out to be a verify tight fit.
Absolute Power:
Behind the radiator lies the LEPA G1600-MA PSU, a 1600W PSU that was initially thought to overkill, until everything was powered up--then it was just barely enough.
Specifications
CPU ----- Intel Core i7-3970X (~$1000)
Mobo ---- ASUS Rampage IV Extreme (~$430)
RAM ----- 8x 8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum (~1200)
GPU ----- 4x EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Hydro Copper (~4680)
SSD ----- 2x 512GB Samsung 840 Pro (~$1000)
SSD ----- 2x 960GB Crucial M500 (~1200)
HDD ----- 3x 4TB WD Caviar Black (~900)
ODD ----- Pioneer 15x BDR-208 DBK Blu-ray burner ($70)
Cooling - Custom Liquid Cooling (~$1000)
PSU ----- LEPA 1600W G1600-MA (~$1000)
Case ---- Corsair 900D Supertower case (~$350)
Paint --- Smooth Creations (~$400)
OS ------ Windows 8 Professional ($100)
Monitor - ASUS 3840x2160 resolution PQ321
Mouse --- SteelSeries Sensei (~$75)
Keyboard- IBM Model M ($50)
Total --- $16,585
The custom cooling includes 840mm of AX-series XSPC copper radiators using 1850 rpm Gentle Typhoons on each side of the radiator to really cool things without a lot or noise. MaxPC replaced the case's front fans with 1450 Gentle Typhoons and the rear fan with a 14cm Arctic Gooling f14 PWN. In combination with the fans left in the case, there wer 17 fans in all.
MaxPC used EK's Supremacy Elite CPU block and a Swiftech MCP655 pump to cool the overclocked CPU pushing its normal 3.5GHz to 5GHz all day long. The EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Hydro Copper video cards come ready-made for liquid cooling in order to reach a overclock speed of 928Mhz, with a boost clock of 980MHZ. -
One of those cards are getting the bad end of the cooling deal.sigpicComment
As long as the pump is good and strong, it shouldn't be too bad. Where they fucked up imo is running one loop.Originally posted by Magnus View Post
I would have kept one for the titan's, and one for the cpu. I mean its not like they are on a budget.
That LEPA psu is the tits though!Comment
Heres my temporary shop system in the garage.
Off-brand microATX cube case with carrying handle
Old MSI socket 775 microATX mainboard
2.4ghz Core 2 Duo
2gb ram
250gb SATA 7200 rpm hard-drive
card reader
LG Bluray/HD DVD rom
old compaq ps2 keyboard
generic ps2 optical mouse
buffalo wireless G pci card
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 210 1gb video card using DVI
K-world HDTV tuner/FM stereo with rabbit ears
Sirius boombox using aux-in (first-saturday computer flea market for 5 bucks)
Acer 19" widescreen LCD panel I picked up at thrift store for 5 bucks
Windows XP home sp3
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Mines not to shabby. Been a few upgrades since these pics, main one being no more GTX 570 SLI, running a single GTX 780 now.
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Very nice!Comment
Thanks! Its a little bit older system but the last two generations from Intel dont give me a reason to upgrade so ill keep it awhile yetOriginally posted by Tx Redneck View Post
Corsair 800D Case
2500k i5 Sandy @ 4.6
16GB 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance ram
Asus Maximus IV Extreme
Intel SSD
WD 1TB HDD
Corsair 1200 AXI
Evga GTX 780 (not in pics)
Sound Blaster Z (not in pics)
All EK watercooling parts
Running on a Asus 3D 120HZ monitor VG278hComment
Pentium 4 all day/every dayComment
Shit i thought my old AMD x2 was old, cannot wait to get my grandfathers 486 CAD machine.Originally posted by CWO View PostComment
strawberrita? nasty mofo!Originally posted by ram57ta View PostHeres my temporary shop system in the garage.
Off-brand microATX cube case with carrying handle
Old MSI socket 775 microATX mainboard
2.4ghz Core 2 Duo
2gb ram
250gb SATA 7200 rpm hard-drive
card reader
LG Bluray/HD DVD rom
old compaq ps2 keyboard
generic ps2 optical mouse
buffalo wireless G pci card
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 210 1gb video card using DVI
K-world HDTV tuner/FM stereo with rabbit ears
Sirius boombox using aux-in (first-saturday computer flea market for 5 bucks)
Acer 19" widescreen LCD panel I picked up at thrift store for 5 bucks
Windows XP home sp3
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All of that and its running Windows 8....Comment
I've come to actually like windows 8.1. Installed classic shell, and just rock on with it.
REALLY improved BF4 performance for me. Haven't had any issues with it yet. Running in for close to 2 months.sigpicComment
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