As some of you may remember, a while ago I started a project worklog, named iProdigy. This was going to serve as a small, yet powerful gaming/everyday monster for my iWife
Well, the system is doing really well, I gave it a few weeks burn-in on the online racing simulator, iRacing, where it performed exceptionally well, driving the 30" display at full game settings, with a single GTX 670. You can see more from the link in my signature.
Well, the PC has finally found its berth on her Desk in the study, so I need a new iRacing monster.
Thus starts project iDuplex.
What should it be capable of?
A monster gaming rig, running 8-12 hour iRacing sessions, while driving triple 30" at 2560x1600 res, full graphics settings.
Needs to perform this in the finicky climes of Melbourne Australia, where summer temps can sometimes approach/exceed 43-45 deg C.
Platform
Micro-ATX, all watercooled
Hardware- already in my hands
Asus Rampage Gene IV MATX motherboard
Intel 3930k Processor
4x 4GB Samsung Slimline low-voltage Dimms (yes, them ones!)
2x MSI 680GTX Lightning cards
1x Corsair AX1200 (overkill, but no one wanted to swop for a Seasonic 860 Plat)
2x 256GB SSD Drives
1x Alphacool 280mm UT60 Rad
1x ApogeeDrive II for Socket 2011
1x Aquacomputer 680 GTX Waterblock (need a 2nd one, ordered)
1x Aquaero 5 Pro, temp and flow sensors
1x Red Prodigy mini-ITX case (wtf, Beano, you have a micro-ATX motherboard, idiot, case is mini-ITX?)
1x Dangerden micro-ATX rear port plate (ah, I see what you did just then)
Hardware - on order
1x Aquacomputer 680 GTX Lightning Waterblock - ETA 13 Feb 2013)
Well, the system is doing really well, I gave it a few weeks burn-in on the online racing simulator, iRacing, where it performed exceptionally well, driving the 30" display at full game settings, with a single GTX 670. You can see more from the link in my signature.
Well, the PC has finally found its berth on her Desk in the study, so I need a new iRacing monster.
Thus starts project iDuplex.
What should it be capable of?
A monster gaming rig, running 8-12 hour iRacing sessions, while driving triple 30" at 2560x1600 res, full graphics settings.
Needs to perform this in the finicky climes of Melbourne Australia, where summer temps can sometimes approach/exceed 43-45 deg C.
Platform
Micro-ATX, all watercooled
Hardware- already in my hands
Asus Rampage Gene IV MATX motherboard
Intel 3930k Processor
4x 4GB Samsung Slimline low-voltage Dimms (yes, them ones!)
2x MSI 680GTX Lightning cards
1x Corsair AX1200 (overkill, but no one wanted to swop for a Seasonic 860 Plat)
2x 256GB SSD Drives
1x Alphacool 280mm UT60 Rad
1x ApogeeDrive II for Socket 2011
1x Aquacomputer 680 GTX Waterblock (need a 2nd one, ordered)
1x Aquaero 5 Pro, temp and flow sensors
1x Red Prodigy mini-ITX case (wtf, Beano, you have a micro-ATX motherboard, idiot, case is mini-ITX?)
1x Dangerden micro-ATX rear port plate (ah, I see what you did just then)
Hardware - on order
1x Aquacomputer 680 GTX Lightning Waterblock - ETA 13 Feb 2013)