The Post Pics Of Your Rig Thread! - ABSOLUTELY NO COMMENTS

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The Post Pics Of Your Rig Thread! - ABSOLUTELY NO COMMENTS

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Keep images a resonable size... if you got a 1Ds for your birthday that dosent mean that we want to download a 4,064 x 2,704 JPEG (It means you should pack it up and mail it to me, PM me for my address.... )

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- NO DISCUSSION - pics only... if you want feedback on your case just post it here and make a thread asking for comments or something like that
 
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My new video card is here. And of course, I just happen to have a camera handy.

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It's friggin' huge! One of the main reasons I went with this one over the GTX 260 was because the GTX 260 supposedly didn't fit in my case with out some bending or cutting. I didn't want any of that.

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Notice how long the card is. It's exactly as long as my ATX mainboard. That's 10.5" or 266.7 mm.

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I had to use the Molex-PCIe power addapter because I couldn't find my extra cables for my PSU. I wish Antec would've known how easily I lose stuff and not made their NeoHE 550 PSU a modular unit. I guess I'll be placing an order from Antec soon. I'll definitely be trying to tidy up my cables soon.

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My girlfriend actually placed the order for me with her ATM card. In with the order, I was surprised to find her belated Christmas gift to me. It's an awesome game. Thank you Chrissie.

The first 2 things I learned about the HD4870 after installing it were that it's loud, and hot. Without any drivers at an idle desktop, the card was idling at 69C. After drivers and manual fan control, It was idling at 45C with the fan at 40%. I ran Furmark 1.6 with automatic fan speed and within minutes it had hit 90C. I stopped it right there.

I had read many Newegg user reviews on all the available HD4870 cards and most said that anything more than 50% fan speed is loud. I had forgotten that sound sensitivity is subjective. My 7900GS wasn't really quiet by any means, but it wasn't distractingly loud. Actually, behind my 120mm and 2x 92mm fans at 12v, plus the Intel OEM heatsink, it's hard to distinguish. The Radeon 4870 is very noticeable at anything more than 25% fan speed. And my computer is quiet, but not SPCR quiet. To combat the issue of temps vs noise, I'm going to be ordering my Scythe Musashi, and Xigmatek HDT-S1283 + bolt-thru kit. My rig will soon be quieter, and OC'd.

I was planning on getting my Asus Xonar D2 sound card, but the HD4870 really pushed upgrading the heatsinks in my computer to a new level of priority. I'm ordering the stuff today. so I'll have more to update on come beginning of next week.
 
My main rig:

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Specs:
Haf 932 - [email protected] w/ V8 HSF - 4x2GB Kingston HyperX - MSI P45 Plat - Antec TPQ 1kw - BFG 260GTX (192) - SB X-FI Ti - BFG 9800GTX+ for PhysX - LG BDROM 6x - LG BDRW 6x - 300GB VelcoiRaptor and several HD's


My wifes rig:
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DFI X38 - 4x2GB Corsair DDR2 - Q6600@ 3.2 w/Zalman 9700NT - Corsair HX620 - MSI 260GTX (192) -
SB XGamer - ATI 650 - 2x Samsung DVDRW - 3x HD's
 
my crappy rig
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specs are
brisbane 4000
2 gig pc26400 ram
1 120gb wd hd, 1 640 gb wd hd
evga 9600gt
430w psu
no name case
audigy 2 zs

hopefully i can upgrade soon
 
new side pannel window w/ 4 120mm Blue Led fans, with Thermaltake Xcontroller
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before installation of new fans, and side pannel
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Setup:
CM CosmoS
Asus M4N72-E
AMDx4 9650
G.Skill 4gb (dual @ 1066)
Thermaltake 850w PSU
BFG gtx 260
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
Dlink Xtreme N Desktop Adapter
WD Black series 1.0GB sata (32mb) HDD
Pioneer sata DVD-RW

Cooling:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler (40cfm)
3x Top Coolermaster stock style 120mm fans (44cfm)
Front 120mm Antec blue led fan (79cfm)
Bottom 120mm CM stock style fan (44cfm)
Rear 120mm CM red led fan (44cfm)
Side 230mm CM fan (150cfm?)
ZALMAN MFC1 Plus-B 6 Fan Controller


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wow, some nice workstations in here. Here are a few pictures of my old beast. the pictures are a bit old, but still relevant, as I haven't upgraded in a while.

Quick specs (it's like a blast from the past!):

Hand built (by me) phase change unit 1/4HP tecumseh compressor, chilly1 spiral evap
Opteron 165
DFI SLI-DR Expert
BFG 7800GTX
2x 74GB Raptors
OCZ powerstream 520
Coolermaster stacker case (matching facade on the phase change unit)
5.25" drive bay LCD

A few pictures of me using the rig as a demo for a company I was working for (computer retail store)
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DAYM that's cold! :p
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My hand made evap housing
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