New rig... bit OTT

BaDBoY_uK · 18 Feb 2011 at 12:48

Hi all

Long time no post. With games like Crysis 2, Dead Space 2 and BF3 (later) coming out, I wanted a new rig. I went a little OTT tbh - okay, a lot OTT - but I always have done

Anyway, just ordered and getting this tomorrow. Will take me a day to build, based on previous experience. This will include building/testing outside of the case and then putting it all away

Having just seen a youtube video about the HAFX, I see that it is a monster

i7 2600K with Gigabyte P67-UD7 mobo and H70 with 2xScythe 1900rpm
2 x 6970s HIS in crossfire (planning on another 450 for PhysX soon)
64GB (OS) and 128GB (Games) Crucial RealSSD 6Gb/s SSD drives
2 x 1TB F3s storage and 2x Sony Lighscribes (SATA)
Vengeance 1600MHz 8GB (2x4GB) kit
Asus Xonar D2 PCI with Speedlink Medusa 5.1 headset
HAF-X with 3 x Antec Big Boys
1250W Enermax PSU (>90% eff.)
26" Iiyama 1920x1200 monitor (1 for now but two more coming once get bigger desk!!)
G19, Attack 3 joystick, Coolermaster CM Storm Sentinal + Coolermaster battlepad mouse mat

Not a truly original build - having read other threads where people bash builds that are not made of lego or cheese - but it should be fun to use

I'll post some pics tomorrow

Thanks for looking

danzhang16 · 18 Feb 2011 at 12:49

Damn, that looks freaking awesome. If you don't mind me asking how much did all that cost you?

BaDBoY_uK · 18 Feb 2011 at 12:55

danzhang16 said:
Damn, that looks freaking awesome. If you don't mind me asking how much did all that cost you?

Dude, your signature scares my eyes!

A lot mate is the answer. An investment for sure. I'd rather not to say exactly

mikey1090 · 18 Feb 2011 at 12:58

We want pictures when this is complete! And some benchmark tests

SupermotoMX · 18 Feb 2011 at 12:59

woah.. very impressive, looking forward to seeing pictures once its all finished, possibly a build log?

King Damager · 18 Feb 2011 at 12:59

Very nice build! Might have gone for 580's myself, but that would have cost more xD

now get those pics up!

kd

BaDBoY_uK · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:03

mikey1090 said:
We want pictures when this is complete! And some benchmark tests

SupermotoMX said:
woah.. very impressive, looking forward to seeing pictures once its all finished, possibly a build log?

I'm thinking it will cope with minesweeper maybe?

I will take some pictures of the build. The last one was 2009, so I might take longer this time

King Damager said:
Very nice build! Might have gone for 580's myself, but that would have cost more xD

now get those pics up!

Yeah, with 580s, I would have put myself over the £3k mark! Not good.

Will do mate. Fingers crossed it all works

wakayoda · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:07

Go 5950 and do the bios change.

Tomcat825 · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:08

Damn. Got a pay bonus or something?!

Should be a wrecking ball of a machine.

BaDBoY_uK · 19 Feb 2011 at 18:40

Built... just putting all software one

powelly · 19 Feb 2011 at 20:13

virtual high five!!!!!!!

same sound card as you

BaDBoY_uK · 19 Feb 2011 at 20:23

powelly2010 said:
virtual high five!!!!!!!

same sound card as you

Thanks mate
Haven't really played with but it looks awesome

powelly · 19 Feb 2011 at 20:29

BaDBoY_uK said:
Thanks mate
Haven't really played with but it looks awesome

trust me mate you won't regret it.
i find the best settings are

pcm
then dolby pro logic IIx
and then on dance setting

oh and when wearing headphones in a game like bfbc2 that has special dolby thing white stuff might seep out of your ears

BaDBoY_uK · 19 Feb 2011 at 21:39

Oooooooooooooh havent even been in the setting yet. Been trying to update my bios from F3 to F7 for the last hour

Thanks for the tip m8