byteninja2
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So, as there was no computer contest here at Computer Forum, I decided to make one. This is June 2012's contest,and the winner will be announced below.
Days of month 1-10| Part 1-Submitions: This is were you will submit your computer, no voting will take place.
Days of month 10-20| Part 2-Main Voting: All submissions (unless there are many submissions, than sacrifices will be made) are put into a poll thread, and people will vote for their favorite computers in the poll.
Days of month 20-25| Part 3-Final Voting: The top 3 computers from part 2 will be voted on, and the computer with the most votes will go on to part 4.
Days of month 26-| Part 4-Winner: The winner of part 3 will have a whole thread devoted to his computer, showing off pictures of it, and asking the owner about it.
Lets all give user ScottALot a round of applause, he has won June 2012's Unofficial CF Rig of the Month! We will have some questions about his Rig below.
1. How much money have you put into this rig? | About $1200 I think, give or take $100. A few things were used, including the MSI Big Bang X-Power motherboard, which I got really cheap from a famous over-clocker (Splave).
2.What will be your Rig's next upgrade? | Probably the GPU. I've got an MSI GTX 460 Hawk that I might retire into folding so I can get something else, as I think it's a bit too late for SLI.
3.Do you regret buying any parts of this rig? | Water-cooling had its own set of challenges, some were my fault. The radiator was a birthday present, but it had to be RMA'd because she got a single-pass radiator by mistake. The Swiftech reservoir had a leak as well, which was solved via RMA (thank God). Tubing is cheap, but I was too indecisive on that. I tried two colors of tubing before I ended up using clear Tygon and Mayhem's dye (good stuff). If you're considering water-cooling, I suggest these things. 1) Buy all water-cooling components at once after proper planning. Buying these things separately leaves a lot of room for second-guessing yourself, and second-guessing yourself is expensive. 2) Use bay or tube reservoirs. The pump-mounted ones are awkward to get to and are very difficult to quality control at the factory. The bay/tube reservoirs are much more convenient and aesthetically-pleasing, well worth the slight premium. 3) Use rigorous out-of-case testing of the loop, and lay towels everywhere .
4.What is your favorite part about this Rig? | My favorite part is the NZXT LED cable. It was very cheap off of FrozenCPU, a breeze to install, and it lights up your rig brilliantly. The sleeved extensions from NZXT are also cheap and easy and give your rig a wow factor.
5.What is this Rig's primary purpose(CAD, Photoshop,Gaming,ETC.)? | I'd say gaming. However, it gets a lot of rigorous general use. For example, I like to load a lot of Youtube videos at once while raiding in WoW, haha!
6.Does this Rig live up to your expectations? | At first, I wasn't crazy impressed. I've got to say, NZXT's accessories in this build really made an improvement, bringing out the true beauty of the rig.
Specs:
i7-930 (Overclock ranges depending on ambient temperature. I've had it from 3.6-4.2GHz)
MSI Big Bang X-Power
MSI GTX 460 Hawk (Can do 1000MHz on Air, though slightly unstable. 975MHz is my OC for 3DMark)
Mushkin Redline 1600MHz 3x2GB CAS 6
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black HDD
XFX 750W PSU
HAF 932 Painted
Cooling:
Black Ice GTX 360 Radiator
3x 120mm Ultra Kaze 3K
3x 120mm Scythe S-Flex
4x 120mm Cooler Master R4s
1x 120mm Cooler Master Excalibur
1x 230mm Cooler Master HAF 932 Stock Fan
Lamptron Fan Controller (thank God)
Tygon Tubing
Mayhem's Dye
Swiftech MCP355 Pump
Swiftech MCP Reservoir
Days of month 1-10| Part 1-Submitions: This is were you will submit your computer, no voting will take place.
Days of month 10-20| Part 2-Main Voting: All submissions (unless there are many submissions, than sacrifices will be made) are put into a poll thread, and people will vote for their favorite computers in the poll.
Days of month 20-25| Part 3-Final Voting: The top 3 computers from part 2 will be voted on, and the computer with the most votes will go on to part 4.
Days of month 26-| Part 4-Winner: The winner of part 3 will have a whole thread devoted to his computer, showing off pictures of it, and asking the owner about it.
Lets all give user ScottALot a round of applause, he has won June 2012's Unofficial CF Rig of the Month! We will have some questions about his Rig below.
1. How much money have you put into this rig? | About $1200 I think, give or take $100. A few things were used, including the MSI Big Bang X-Power motherboard, which I got really cheap from a famous over-clocker (Splave).
2.What will be your Rig's next upgrade? | Probably the GPU. I've got an MSI GTX 460 Hawk that I might retire into folding so I can get something else, as I think it's a bit too late for SLI.
3.Do you regret buying any parts of this rig? | Water-cooling had its own set of challenges, some were my fault. The radiator was a birthday present, but it had to be RMA'd because she got a single-pass radiator by mistake. The Swiftech reservoir had a leak as well, which was solved via RMA (thank God). Tubing is cheap, but I was too indecisive on that. I tried two colors of tubing before I ended up using clear Tygon and Mayhem's dye (good stuff). If you're considering water-cooling, I suggest these things. 1) Buy all water-cooling components at once after proper planning. Buying these things separately leaves a lot of room for second-guessing yourself, and second-guessing yourself is expensive. 2) Use bay or tube reservoirs. The pump-mounted ones are awkward to get to and are very difficult to quality control at the factory. The bay/tube reservoirs are much more convenient and aesthetically-pleasing, well worth the slight premium. 3) Use rigorous out-of-case testing of the loop, and lay towels everywhere .
4.What is your favorite part about this Rig? | My favorite part is the NZXT LED cable. It was very cheap off of FrozenCPU, a breeze to install, and it lights up your rig brilliantly. The sleeved extensions from NZXT are also cheap and easy and give your rig a wow factor.
5.What is this Rig's primary purpose(CAD, Photoshop,Gaming,ETC.)? | I'd say gaming. However, it gets a lot of rigorous general use. For example, I like to load a lot of Youtube videos at once while raiding in WoW, haha!
6.Does this Rig live up to your expectations? | At first, I wasn't crazy impressed. I've got to say, NZXT's accessories in this build really made an improvement, bringing out the true beauty of the rig.
Specs:
i7-930 (Overclock ranges depending on ambient temperature. I've had it from 3.6-4.2GHz)
MSI Big Bang X-Power
MSI GTX 460 Hawk (Can do 1000MHz on Air, though slightly unstable. 975MHz is my OC for 3DMark)
Mushkin Redline 1600MHz 3x2GB CAS 6
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black HDD
XFX 750W PSU
HAF 932 Painted
Cooling:
Black Ice GTX 360 Radiator
3x 120mm Ultra Kaze 3K
3x 120mm Scythe S-Flex
4x 120mm Cooler Master R4s
1x 120mm Cooler Master Excalibur
1x 230mm Cooler Master HAF 932 Stock Fan
Lamptron Fan Controller (thank God)
Tygon Tubing
Mayhem's Dye
Swiftech MCP355 Pump
Swiftech MCP Reservoir
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