My Rig Finally Complete

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Mike_Litoris_za

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These are now outdated go to page 3 for newer pics and specs

The Rig

Mainboard: ASUS M4A89TDPRO/USB3
CPU: AMD 8120 8 Cores @ 4GHZ X8 @ 20 degrees (40 when gaming)
CPU Cooler: Based on DEEPCOOL ICE WIND PRO + 2 Corsair SP 120 performance edition
custom made 2 to 1 fan converter witch disables one fan when
running at less than 50%
Ram: Geil EVO CORSA 16GB @ 1866 (Stock clk speed)
GPU: 2x MSI Radeon 5870-PM2D1G @ 1000MHZ GPU & 1324MHZ RAM (5696 GDDR5 speed)
PSU: Huntkey X7 900watt modular
Storage: 1X Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD (500+ Read/Write)
3x Seagate ST1000DM001 Storage
Chassis: Cooler Master HAF912 advanced (Air cooled 2x 200mm fans 6x 120mm fans)
Fan Controller: Aero Cool 4ch
Keyboard: GX Gaming Imperator PRO
Mouse: X7 X-750BK 3600dpi on a gigabyte mp-8000 mousepad
GamePAD: Xbox 360
Monitors: Main 1x Samsung S23A950 120hz @ 1920x1080
Sides 2x Samsung S23B300D 60hz@ 1920x1080
Optical: Bluray Combo
Headset: EV 55
Sound: Sony 6.2 home theatre

Some Pics
setup_2.jpg

inside_closed.jpg

inside_open.jpg

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cpu_cooler.jpg


Benchmarks

Still to be done (benchmarks before tweaks are on the old forum links bellow)

Original thread and build pics

Link to original thread(more info here)
 
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Wenzdayz said:
Oh nice, love the black and orange!
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For me if there are blue lights, it's the same sort of wow. My CM case and G19 kb give off the blue. The lights might be bling to some, but like this rig, it really makes it come alive :)
 
very cool!

Im running almost the identical setup except in a cosmos case.

5870's are still amazing cards especially in crossfire mode
 
Oh cool setup, I was really surprised by how you managed to squeeze in another HDD in the last image like that. Never seen that before.
I'd like to hear about your impressions of eyefinity. Do the bezels bother you at all? Have you tried portrait mode for the monitors?
 
StrawberryZA said:
Oh cool setup, I was really surprised by how you managed to squeeze in another HDD in the last image like that. Never seen that before.
I'd like to hear about your impressions of eyefinity. Do the bezels bother you at all? Have you tried portrait mode for the monitors?
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i liked eyefinity but its not worth it your fps drops a hell of a lot. its beter to have one descent screen i opted for a 40" series 7 Samsung with 3d... i miss the 120hz but the experience is way better than eyfinity. as for the bevels after a while the kind of don't bother you anymore
 
B1nary said:
What is your ambient room temp with those cpu temps?
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when i still used that cooler and the fans at about 75% it was 3.5 degrees over ambient temp and at full load 15-20 degrees ambient room temp those cooler master fans are the boss! with the standard fan it was about 20 over ambient and 35 at load.

but with the updated rig i opted for silence and still get 20 isg degrees 35 ish in game
 
I can never understand why people run eyefinity, the black borders of the screens would really bother me.
Wish they would make borderless screens for that then I would consider doing it.

Nice rig though.
 
Update

just a quick update i still need to take pretty pics and do benchmarks ;) (phone cam sucks)

quick list of changes
R.A.T 5 mouse
corsair liquid cooler
2x7870's
touch fan controller with temps
better cable management
oc tweaks
custom red accents
128 corsair ssd
case customization's including huge window


custom back-plates on the twin HD7870 SOC "1100mhz std":p
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lights on (still to bright might change led strip to 7 volt)
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a quick video to demonstrate noise & lighting levels. :) its really silent :) (sorry for the tv in the backgroud)(HD)
 
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simon said:
I can never understand why people run eyefinity, the black borders of the screens would really bother me.
Wish they would make borderless screens for that then I would consider doing it.

Nice rig though.
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the eyfinity was not really planed and used for gaming. i used it for racing games sometimes. i use multiple monitor for multitasking as i normally have remote support and a webpage and notes plus a movie or a game running at once.

and yes i agree the borders are annoying but they were .5cm so i got used to them. no i don't run eyfinity anymore as i have a 40" 3d tv and a 23" side monitor now. this is way better than eyefinnity
 
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