My 2nd X79 machine (Arkbird)

[Gripen90]

It has been a long time underway but it's finally done. Most hardware has been bought used/2nd hand to keep expenses to a minimum. The Cooler, PSU and case were bought as new.
It's my 2nd gaming rig but also my fiancees gamer/workstation.^_^

Specs are:
Intel Core i7 3820 3.6@3.8GHz (Core Boost)
MSI X79A GD45 Plus (socket 2011)
Cooler Master Seidon 120XL H2O
16GB (4x4GB) G.Skill Ares 1866MHz CL9-10-9-28 2T, 1.5v
Palit GeForce GTX 780 Super Jetstream 3GB &
Asus GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC 3GB SLI
OS drive: Kingston V300 120GB SSD
Storage: Western Digital Black 500GB, 7200RPM, 8MB cache HDD
DVD-Drev: ASUS DRW 24F1ST DVD±RW (±R DL) / DV
Aerocool XPredator X3 White case
Fractal Design Newton R3 1000watt 80+ Platinum White

This build is the quietest PC I ever have put together. The Seidon 120XL runs with the two 120mm fans at 5v/900rpm and the rest of the fans in the PC run at 7v. The Palit and Asus cards are likewise super quiet !:beerchug:
This PC is the direct contrast to my other PC http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=59016 with 3x 780's and which is all aircooled - it's sounds like a beast at max rpm settings.:evil:

 

[Bartacus]

That's pretty kick-arse! Nice job man!

 

[Gripen90]

That's pretty kick-arse! Nice job man!

Thank you My fiancee is also very happy with it! now she's gaming Crysis 3 at it's max setting... it's a bit different experience when she used to sit with a AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2@3.6GHz, 8GB DDR2 PC2-6400, MSI GTX 660 TwinFrozr III OC 2GB.

 

[Gripen90]

Just a short video of the PC at night in the dark


And with lights on

 

[Gripen90]

 

[ShaunB-91]

Who took the idea of the top roof vents first, Alienware or? Are they active like Alienwares?

 

[barnsley]

Who took the idea of the top roof vents first, Alienware or? Are they active like Alienwares?

They're not active vents on that case I believe. I'm pretty sure Alienware came up with the idea of motorising them. My old alienware case project had them. I know the Zalman are making a case that has the vents that open/close depending on temperature, which appeals to my inner child no end.

 

[Gripen90]

It's show in the videos regarding the vents

 

[Gripen90]

Got the Inno3D GTX 780 iChiLL HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition Double Hand Selected chips) today and it's freaking HUGH and massive. Max load temp is 53ºc !
Anyhow it's a good boost over the Asus GTX 780 DirectCU II OC which now is sold.
Almost getting reference GTX 780Ti SLI results now

 

[Gripen90]

Changed the GTX 780 cards for MSI GTX 780Ti Gaming 3G cards. - Next step is the core i7 3820 getting replaced with a 4930K (or 3930K).

 

[Dark NighT]

2 of the same gpu's, looks so much better!

Nice rig dude.

 

[Agamemnon]

I agree with Dark night on the gpus, only issue is they dont match the ram

 

[Wraith]

Pretty slick machine you have now.. How are you finding the performance and noise of the Seidon cooler?

 

[Gripen90]

2 of the same gpu's, looks so much better!

Nice rig dude.

Yea it does however they're not that much faster than my previous GTX 780 that were pretty high factory OC'ed. I did a couple of benchmarks to see how much faster the new pre-oc GTX 780Ti's were. In general they are roughly 10% faster.

3Dmark 11
780Ti > 780 - 5.64% better overall score
780Ti > 780 - 12.44% better GPU score

3Dmark 11 Extreme
780Ti > 780 - 10.30% better overall score
780Ti > 780 - 13.41% better GPU score

3Dmark FireStrike
780Ti > 780 - 7.89% better overall score
780Ti > 780 - 14.62% better GPU score

3Dmark FireStrike Extreme
780Ti > 780 - 10.47% better overall score
780Ti > 780 - 16.30% better GPU score

Unigine Valley 1.0
780Ti > 780 - 4.79% better overall score

Unigine Heaven 4.0
780Ti > 780 - 16.45% better overall score

I agree with Dark night on the gpus, only issue is they dont match the ram

Yea, but the Ram heatsink match nicely to the usb 3.0 cable, the blue ice crystal on the psu and the blue leds on the motherboard when in use

Pretty slick machine you have now.. How are you finding the performance and noise of the Seidon cooler?

The Seidon 120XL and the two 120mm fans I have running at 50% (5v) and they are very very very quiet and the performance is excellent - below 50 degrees celcius at all times.

However I'm getting a Core i7 4930K tuesday next week which I bought 2nd hand for £270. It'll replace the 3820.
The 2x MSI GTX 780Ti Gaming 3G I also purchased 2nd hand for £706 total and I sold my 2x GTX 780 for £620 total

My main rig with 3x 780's and ci7 3930K I'll be replacing with X99 and Haswell-E when they get available.^_^

 

[The_Governour]

Nice rig - what were your temps with the 780 SLI? All of them.

 

[Agamemnon]

Yea, but the Ram heatsink match nicely to the usb 3.0 cable, the blue ice crystal on the psu and the blue leds on the motherboard when in use

So it is actually the gpus that do not match the rest of the build because they do not match the usb 3 cable

 

[FourLions]

Looks great loving the blue - green

 

[Gripen90]

Replaced the 780Ti's for MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB's.

 

[The Jniac]

oh man those 970's look awesome. Shame it will be a pain to water-cool them though...

 

[XPredator]

Money is no problem right LOL! Beutiful looking rig!