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Profile: newbie
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.86GHz 12MB Cache
8GB Corsair DDR3-12800 1600MHz 9-9-9-24
Two Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATAII S300 16MB Raid Edition 2's (running RAID 0)
One Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATAII S300 16MB (Storage)
Asus P5E3 Premium/Wifi AP@n X48/S775
Saphire ATI Radeon 4870x2 2GB PCIE
Thermaltake Black Kandalf LCS
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Modular PSU
Thermaltake Aquabay flow/level indicator
LG DVDRW
Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v2
Wacom Intuos 3 A5 Wide Graphics Tablet
Iiyama Widescreen 24" 2ms TFT
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers
OCZ 8gb Dual Channel USB flash Drive configured for readyboost (not that its needed lol)
Vista Ultimate 64bit

Few extra blue LED fans, lots of black heat shrink and cable management, AC Ryan Blue UV SATA cables, two AC-Ryan UV cathodes blah

Im gonna replace the tubes and fluid in the LCS (UV blue) at some point, dunno if its worth upgrading the LCS its a cool chip anyway, see how it runs once OC'ed its not gone over 26C stock... the MB is running 33C
Te 4870x2 is FRICKEN HOT! not even put it under load yet :S
Also gonna upgrade to a 30" screen at a later date to get the most out of the gfx card ;)

Got my new leather chair.... just waiting for the fricken desk to arrive now... LOL temporary solution!

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That's sexy.

How many $ does it cost?


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Current Rig Setup:
P180 | Antec NeoHE 500 | Gigabyte P35 DS3R | Q6600 g0 @ 3.2 w/ AF7pro | Visiontek HD4850 oc @ 675/1100 | G.Skill 2x1GB DDR2 800 | Seagate 320GB 7200RPM | Acer 20" Widescreen LCD (1680 x 1050)
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Hehe thanks! :D
Still not tried to run a game on it yet been too busy loading up all my app's.
The 4870x2's just pumping out heat tho even at idle its nuts... it will keep me warm in winter tho!

It cost about £3k Uk moneys, dont know what that would be in dollar's..

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Dollars would be more than I want to think about to be honest :P

I can't imagine the 4870x2's heat, since my 4850 idle'd at 80c before raising the fanspeed.

That thing should be amazing when you finally do load some games or w/e else on it. That's just incredible.


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Current Rig Setup:
P180 | Antec NeoHE 500 | Gigabyte P35 DS3R | Q6600 g0 @ 3.2 w/ AF7pro | Visiontek HD4850 oc @ 675/1100 | G.Skill 2x1GB DDR2 800 | Seagate 320GB 7200RPM | Acer 20" Widescreen LCD (1680 x 1050)
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wow all that on a - whats that 19 inch?

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Read my spec numbnuts its a 24" widescreen

Just in case you cant count to 24 this pic might help you out ;)
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Message edited by RichMcc on 08-22-2008 at 01:28:34 PM

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