FredEx
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I am posting my new system I got by being a winner in the Custom Corsair Christmas Compo. I won an Intel i5 3570K processor, but it turned into my being sent a complete system. It arrived 26/3/2013 via UPS from TTL Towers. If you want to see the full story when Tom built it, go here:
FredEx's competition prize
My original post of my old system is at the following link. I noticed I'd made a minor mistake in the video card, I said it was a 6870, it is a 6850. Just the other day I talked to a guy where I got it as a "brown box" card and he said their "brown box" are Sapphire cards, but because they buy them as unbranded direct from the factory they can't advertise them as Sapphire. He showed me a Sapphire identical to my card. So, from now on I'll call it a Sapphire.
My Current System...OLD
The new system now contains:
Intel i5 3570K processor
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H motherboard
Sapphire 6850 video card (GTX 560 died)
Corsair H60 AIO cooler
Corsair Vengeance C70 Mid Tower
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB RAM
Corsair Vengeance Force GT 60 GB SSD
WD Black Label 1 TB SATA III
WD Green Label 2 TB SATA III
Corsair CX500M PSU
Corsair 1 SP (used with H60) & 2 AF fans
Samsung 22" SyncMaster 226BW
Westinghouse 22" LCM-22w3 (given to me dead and repaired it)
My desk. Running on a Sapphire 6850.
Inside before set-up.
Hit the button, here we go!
UH OH!
Oh really?
OH GEEZ! Install the old video card, I give up.
Original swapping of drives to transfer files.
Next three pics, my first little mod!
Hard drive cage gone, drives moved, fans breathe.
Filling those empty 5.25" bays.
Wishing the SATA power cable was longer, just made it.
Next three pics, my second little mod!
What the heck is he doing?
Here is another hint.
The finished job! I forgot to add that it is not acrylic. I went to see about a piece of tempered glass and my old mate said he'd have to cut down a large piece and it would make the remainder a size hard to find uses for, it would cost me too much. He had a piece of 1/8" thick safety glass nearly the right size already and he'd sell it to me for $4.00. I jumped on that. He just had to cut off 1" off one side and 2" off the other side. I paid him for his time more than the glass since he said it had been laying around a long time.
FredEx's competition prize
My original post of my old system is at the following link. I noticed I'd made a minor mistake in the video card, I said it was a 6870, it is a 6850. Just the other day I talked to a guy where I got it as a "brown box" card and he said their "brown box" are Sapphire cards, but because they buy them as unbranded direct from the factory they can't advertise them as Sapphire. He showed me a Sapphire identical to my card. So, from now on I'll call it a Sapphire.
My Current System...OLD
The new system now contains:
Intel i5 3570K processor
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H motherboard
Sapphire 6850 video card (GTX 560 died)
Corsair H60 AIO cooler
Corsair Vengeance C70 Mid Tower
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB RAM
Corsair Vengeance Force GT 60 GB SSD
WD Black Label 1 TB SATA III
WD Green Label 2 TB SATA III
Corsair CX500M PSU
Corsair 1 SP (used with H60) & 2 AF fans
Samsung 22" SyncMaster 226BW
Westinghouse 22" LCM-22w3 (given to me dead and repaired it)
My desk. Running on a Sapphire 6850.
Inside before set-up.
Hit the button, here we go!
UH OH!
Oh really?
OH GEEZ! Install the old video card, I give up.
Original swapping of drives to transfer files.
Next three pics, my first little mod!
Hard drive cage gone, drives moved, fans breathe.
Filling those empty 5.25" bays.
Wishing the SATA power cable was longer, just made it.
Next three pics, my second little mod!
What the heck is he doing?
Here is another hint.
The finished job! I forgot to add that it is not acrylic. I went to see about a piece of tempered glass and my old mate said he'd have to cut down a large piece and it would make the remainder a size hard to find uses for, it would cost me too much. He had a piece of 1/8" thick safety glass nearly the right size already and he'd sell it to me for $4.00. I jumped on that. He just had to cut off 1" off one side and 2" off the other side. I paid him for his time more than the glass since he said it had been laying around a long time.
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