Doc's Intel SLI Rig! (Pic Included)

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Well, I finally have an inside shot of my Intel SLI rig so without further ado here it is:

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Please excuse my cabling job as I am not completely finished with it. I want to clean it up quite a bit, but so far that's what it looks like. Now feel free to post comments if you so wish.

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Update: I added another pic of my rig. Enjoy!
 
Actually cabling isnt all that bad. I mean its clean around the proc giving decent air movement. But I would like to see it all done up. It looks sweet man.
 
mac_cnc said:
Actually cabling isnt all that bad. I mean its clean around the proc giving decent air movement. But I would like to see it all done up. It looks sweet man.
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I'll buy some cable ties and clean up the cabling a little bit. I'm finished with installing the hardware, but the cabling is still pretty much a work-in-progress.
 
Is the stock HSF loud when that CPU heats up? Are you entertaining the idea of getting aftermarket cooling?

Looks sweet.
 
Burner27 said:
Is the stock HSF loud when that CPU heats up? Are you entertaining the idea of getting aftermarket cooling?

Looks sweet.
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Yes, I am entertaining the idea of getting some aftermarket cooling. I'll either buy a better heatsink or I'll just give water-cooling a try.
 
that looks like a LGA775 socket cpu, im sorry dude :( . Those suck when it comes to finding decent cooling options in the air market, water would be much better off
 
Nice!

If you need to change the HS, go for Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - I use it and it is good.
 
board2death986 said:
that looks like a LGA775 socket cpu, im sorry dude :( . Those suck when it comes to finding decent cooling options in the air market, water would be much better off
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Sorry, but you are mistaken. There are some very good aftermarket coolers out there for LGA 775:

Scythe Ninja
Thermalright XP90
Thermalright XP90c (I use this one and my CPU idles at 33c)
Thermalright XP120
Thermalright SI120
 
Looks like you have the hard drive connectors facing this way? i'm not sure.. but you could spin them 180degrees and have the connections in the back
 
I don't know what your qualms are with those coolers. They're readily available and are amongst the top performers. Why would you want "variety" of crappy HSFs with solid performers?

I am having trouble following your logic.
 
Burner27 said:
Is the stock HSF loud when that CPU heats up? Are you entertaining the idea of getting aftermarket cooling?

Looks sweet.
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Yeah, they're loud as hell, even when "cool," which is around 45C.
 
Burner27 said:
I don't know what your qualms are with those coolers. They're readily available and are amongst the top performers. Why would you want "variety" of crappy HSFs with solid performers?

I am having trouble following your logic.
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You are putting words in my mouth. I never stated anything against the heatsinks you listed, nor did i say i wanted a bunch of crappy heatsinks to choose from. I agree those are decent heatsinks, but instead of trying to inflate your ego read it right. Simply stating there is a lack of variety among the coolers available for the LGA 775 socket type motherboards in contrast to the 939 and 478 socket types. Next time read closer.
 
I can read fine. You are not addressing what you say about a "lack of variety". What does that mean? Color? Shape? Size? Bling-bling? There are plenty of coolers out there for the socket 775 CPUs. Maybe not as much as for s939 but they're out there. I am not trying to inflate my ego, I am trying to decipher what you are trying to say about the "variety" you are looking for. If you feel the need to attack me as you did in your post, let's spare the OP our differences here, take it to the PMs and get back on topic. OK?
 
I'm going to use the stock cooler for now, but I will look into getting a new heatsink in the near future.
 
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