First Build in a long time.....

[pacman82]

So decided to completely overhaul my antique rig, this needs to last some time so went a tad over budget to say the least, overall happy with the outcome.



Specs

Corsair 600T special edition white case
Intel Core I7 3770k @ 4.3ghz
Asus P8-Z77 Deluxe Motherboard
Antec Kuhler 620 CPU water cooler
Nvidia GTX 680 SLI
16gb Corsair Vengeance RAM @1600mhz
XFX 850 watt Pro PSU
2 x Corsair Force 3 GT 120gb SSDs in RAID 0
2TB Seagate Barracuda storage HDD
Liteon Blu Ray / DVDRW Combo
BenQ 120hz Moniter 24"

Only thing im not happy with is the crappy SLI bridge my board came with, really sticks out like a sore thumb, Ive ordered a black evga one of fleabay so hopefully that will tidy it up. Only cost £3 including P&P : )

 

[Rastalovich]

Wow, 2x 680 on a 24" monitor... I'd be gagging to up that to 27"/30" with those 2 monsters inside the rig !!

24's good for me though.

Sweet build. Let's see some benchies.

 

[pacman82]

Wow, 2x 680 on a 24" monitor... I'd be gagging to up that to 27"/30" with those 2 monsters inside the rig !!

24's good for me though.

Sweet build. Let's see some benchies.

Ive got a 120hz monitor so the SLI combo helps max top end games out at that refresh rate, Ive also got a second HDMI lead running into a 50" panel on the wall incase I just want to relax on the couch and play.

I have ran some preliminary benches here >>

Selected Benchmarks (All settings maxed/ultra/ubersampling) 1920X1080

3DMark P15914
Battlefield 3 - avg 119fps
Dirt 3 - avg 197 fps
Witcher 2 avg - 65fps
Skyrim - avg 201fps

 

[NRG!]

Is the top fan deliberately set to intake?

 

[pacman82]

Is the top fan deliberately set to intake?

Yes, I get a 2 degree improvement this way on the Mb temps, Plus the positive pressure keeps the dust out :>

 

[NRG!]

I see. I guess with the ref 680s at load you might be hovering around negative though because the stock 600t fans don't push a lot of air. Might wanna find yourself some dust filtering to go inside the roof compartment too or it's gonna get really filthy really quick haha, I tried a similar thing when I got my 600t and it got caked in dust.

Something you can do to improve airflow is mount the HDD in a spare optical bay and remove both the HDD cages. The plastic stand underneath can also be unscrewed from underneath the case (looks dodgy sat there on it's own). This alone will remove some restriction on the airflow from the front intake, but once the space requirement is out of the way you can mount a thicker 200m fan there. I went for the black/gunmetal non-led bitfenix spectre pro.

600t is a lovely case though. I'm pretty set on getting the gunmetallysilver version when it releases even though I already have a 'graphite'.

 

[TheOneHalf]

This rig of yours is very nice

 

[yassarikhan786]

Really awesome specs and an excellent looking rig as well. That will definitely last you a long time

 

[CPMFW]

specs are awesome...
looking really tidy mate

 

[epeets]

neat and powerful! Those 680s looks SWEET!!

 

[Brutos]

Sweet rig mate go the same psu and i was thinking of going sli with my GTX580 how is the power draw with the two GTX680

 

[andrevautour]

Looks very nice. I quite like the blue from the motherboard, green from the GTX cards and red accent from the SSDs.