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Custom building always produces the best results for getting the most out of your machine given your use...

Also price+power ratio is amazing when compared to manufactured pcs.

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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb @ 3.4Ghz Asus M5A97 EVO Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 
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120GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD (SATA III) Thermaltake Contac 30 (COPPER PIPES) 4 x 120mm Thermaltake Fans  Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
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19" Optiquest Q91b  Thermaltake TR-600 TR2 (600W)  Thermaltake SopranoRS  Creative SB Audigy LS  
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb @ 3.4Ghz Asus M5A97 EVO Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingOS
120GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD (SATA III) Thermaltake Contac 30 (COPPER PIPES) 4 x 120mm Thermaltake Fans  Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorPowerCaseAudio
19" Optiquest Q91b  Thermaltake TR-600 TR2 (600W)  Thermaltake SopranoRS  Creative SB Audigy LS  
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It's alive!!! Made a few compromises temporarily though. I did get an i5 3570k rather than the i7 3770k. I won't be picking up the CS 5.5 collection anytime soon, so the i5 will suffice till then. Also, my case. I am not very happy with it. The top exhaust fan is nearly touching my CPU connector. It was so close I was unable to route the connector behind the MoBo tray out of site. I had to run it under the notch in the 670 near the rear panel to get it to hook up. Also, the PSU went in before I cut out the bottom slot for it, so it is upside down (fan facing inside of the case) rather than drawing for outside. Not acceptable. I understand that it will only effect the temps by a few C but that few C is longevity to me. I will be picking up a 500r from Corsair, which has all the features I need already installed and ready to go. All in all though, this was a pleasure to put together. I had fun building it and as stated many times already, appreciate the assistance from you all here. I will post some high quality pics later tonight and maybe a short video to show the entire rig from front to back. Thanks again and stay classy OC.net!!!
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Last bumps. Got some pic. Decewnt quality but by no means pro. Taken with an iPhone 4s. Have look!159
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Last shot of the build. Out with the old and in with the new. Hope you all like. First time build and it went pretty smooth. Have Win7 Pro installed, all updates for drivers and software and it screams like a beast. 250 FPS in WoW on full settings.
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