Ok, so once again thank you for your help with choosing my parts, here are some pictures you asked for that I took while building - please excuse the fact I haven't done any real cable management, only the basic stuff, but I'll get to it soon. The machine runs great, 20-24C (CPU) on idle, and highest I've seen it was 34C while playing Space Marine, and that's on minimum fan speeds! I think that's quite impressive @ 4.5Ghz. I did however not use the thermal compound they put on the H80 - I wiped that crap off, it's not that I don't trust Corsair thermal compound - I just really don't trust Corsair's thermal compound
so I gave it my Arctic Silver 5 instead.
Um, what else...I will be getting the Sapphire HD6950 2GB Toxic and update bios to 1536 as it destroys the 570, and is equal OR better than the 580GTX, but costs only $290. Once my friend showed me benchmarks of this card I was blown away because they usually just test the card stock w/ out updating bios and it performs quite shitty like that. (here is the review w/ benchmakrs if you care http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/08/29/sapphire_toxic_hd6950_video_card_review)
Ok anyway here are the pics
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150302020184894.359206.694069893&l=88225903a4&type=1
PS: I get asked about those stuffed animals, um yeah im 27 years old and those are from my GF except the voodoo doll, don't ask about that one lol, also don't hate on my john deer trash can it was FREE! Doesn't fit here but i like it
Um, what else...I will be getting the Sapphire HD6950 2GB Toxic and update bios to 1536 as it destroys the 570, and is equal OR better than the 580GTX, but costs only $290. Once my friend showed me benchmarks of this card I was blown away because they usually just test the card stock w/ out updating bios and it performs quite shitty like that. (here is the review w/ benchmakrs if you care http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/08/29/sapphire_toxic_hd6950_video_card_review)
Ok anyway here are the pics
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150302020184894.359206.694069893&l=88225903a4&type=1
PS: I get asked about those stuffed animals, um yeah im 27 years old and those are from my GF except the voodoo doll, don't ask about that one lol, also don't hate on my john deer trash can it was FREE! Doesn't fit here but i like it
