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[MTG]

Changed it alot.
now consists of

Razer Sphex Gaming Mousemat
Razer DeathAdder V2 Infrared High Precision Gaming Mouse 3500DPI
Noctua U9B SE2 Performance Cooler
Intel Core i7 2600K Processor LGA1155 3.4GHz CPU OVERCLOCKED to 4.5GHZ
Crucial RealSSD C400 128G SATA3 M4 Series
Asus P8Z68-V Socket 1155 Intel Z68 Chipset
G Skill 8G(2x4G)DDR3 2133Mhz PC3-17000 CL8(F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM)
500GB 7200RPM HDD (pictures movies etc)
6900w antec gaming power supply
GIGABYTE OC 6950 radeon video card upgraded to GTX 580 wohoo

super quick build very happy with it, now hummm what comes next. dual GTX 580's? :)

 

[MTG]

so close to maxing them all out at 7.9
once i overclock the cpu to 4.6-5.0 it should be maxed out! ;)

 

[brendore]

Nice work Matt!

 

[MTG]

:D now to decide if i add a second 6950 oc or sell my other one and get a gtx 580

 

[MTG]

6950 Sold and am the proud owner of a EvGA GTX 580
also chucked in a gaming 900w power supply!!!

its finished i swear :D
SLI gtx 580's? yum

 

[brendore]

Hows the performance report looking now Greeny?

 

[MTG]

still maxed out on windows. but in 3dmark 11 a huge increase

went from 5400 3d marks to 6700 3d marks. a much bigger increase. havent even overclocked to new card yet to see what it can do ;) dont think i need to it runs all games on Ultra with no lag.

 

[brendore]

I think I need to learn how to overclock the cards in my PC, its still at factory settings :confused:

 

[MTG]

whats your build?

 

[brendore]

Mines a store bought Pryon 2600SSDV2.. Has the following hardware;
Core i7 - 2600 3 40GHz, 4MB Cache
16GB DDR3 1333Mhz mem
2TB SATA 3GB/s HDD
90GB Solid state
nVidia GeForce GTS-450 - 2GB PCI-E

plus the usual windows shit...

 

[MTG]

nice mate not bad spec
!

 

[Cheeko]

Do you guys worry about power
i just built a i5 2500k Media center over kill i know Uses 38watt of power
including Case Blueray drive massive Cooler 3 Hdd 1 Solid State
so im cheering!!

 

[brendore]

Yes. My computer basically uses the most of anything in the house, I haven't put a meter on it to measure the exact power usage but I wouldn't be surprised to see anywhere upto 500-600 watt...

 

[MTG]

my gtx580 draws like 300w on its own i was reading somewhere lol

just chucked a 2tb western digital for back data

 

[Cheeko]

Unreal guys I need to save Every penny Matt 300watt using it 8 hours a day say that's $192 year
you have to much money matt

 

[MTG]

the whole system draws 600W - 800W at full load :worship

 

[Cheeko]

Well that even more power crazy

 

[MTG]

then combine that with the tank and lcd tv :worship

 

[Cheeko]

I know Tell me about it I just went bought new Samsung 7000 series 55inch uses like 50watt

 

[MTG]

50w thats nothing. must be LED? my tv uses like 170w