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Nice looking build!
    
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post #22 of 38
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Nice looking build!

Thanks!
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Logitech K400 Huntkey 400w Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced 
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i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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post #23 of 38
It's great, I love it.
    
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post #24 of 38
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Thanks a lot again, it was totally worth it. Best investment I've made in awhile.
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Logitech K400 Huntkey 400w Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced 
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i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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Toshiba 500gb  SHURIKEN Rev.B Coolermaster SickleFlow Windows 8 
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i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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post #25 of 38
So was it $500 for the whole thing??? Great deal.
    
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Hitachi 2TB 7200RPM Crucial M4 128GB SSD ASUS 24X DVD-Burner Corsair H100 Extreme Liquid Cooling 
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Logitech G510 Antec High Current Gamer Series 900W PSU NZXT Switch 810 Mionix Naos 3200 
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Hitachi 2TB 7200RPM Crucial M4 128GB SSD ASUS 24X DVD-Burner Corsair H100 Extreme Liquid Cooling 
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NZXT Blue LED 140mm Fans NZXT Switch 810 Case Fbnans- 140mm Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit ASUS VE278Q 
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Logitech G510 Antec High Current Gamer Series 900W PSU NZXT Switch 810 Mionix Naos 3200 
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post #26 of 38
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So was it $500 for the whole thing??? Great deal.

$490 biggrin.gif
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Logitech K400 Huntkey 400w Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced 
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i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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Toshiba 500gb  SHURIKEN Rev.B Coolermaster SickleFlow Windows 8 
KeyboardPowerCase
Logitech K400 Huntkey 400w Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced 
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i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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post #27 of 38
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Originally Posted by Blaze0303 View Post

$490 biggrin.gif

Well crap, thats 25% of the cost of mine for 90% of the performance tongue.gif
    
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Hitachi 2TB 7200RPM Crucial M4 128GB SSD ASUS 24X DVD-Burner Corsair H100 Extreme Liquid Cooling 
CoolingCoolingOSMonitor
NZXT Blue LED 140mm Fans NZXT Switch 810 Case Fbnans- 140mm Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit ASUS VE278Q 
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Logitech G510 Antec High Current Gamer Series 900W PSU NZXT Switch 810 Mionix Naos 3200 
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Hitachi 2TB 7200RPM Crucial M4 128GB SSD ASUS 24X DVD-Burner Corsair H100 Extreme Liquid Cooling 
CoolingCoolingOSMonitor
NZXT Blue LED 140mm Fans NZXT Switch 810 Case Fbnans- 140mm Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit ASUS VE278Q 
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Logitech G510 Antec High Current Gamer Series 900W PSU NZXT Switch 810 Mionix Naos 3200 
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post #28 of 38
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Ok so here's a quick update on this build. I opened it up last night to find a ton of dust building up. I looked around to see where it was all coming from and it was that darn 80mm fan sucking in all the dust. So i flipped it to exhaust and we'll see how it works out. I'll open it up again after a week or so. (This rig runs atleast 6hrs a day so staying dust free is important)

The next and more important thing is this stupid dual graphics mode. At first I was in love with it, now. I hate it.

Why?

I've heard of some people saying that its only good in synthetic (sp?) benchmarks, and thats absolutly true. While playing sleeping dogs (awesome game btw) I noticed that I was getting some serious microstuttering and random framerate drops. I couldnt figure out why, so I cleaned the drivers and reinstalled 12.8 and still no luck. So I figured i'll just try it with the 6670 by itself. It worked flawlessly, AND my FPS was higher! I went from playing mid 30fps to mid 40's. So for now i'm staying with just the dedicated card. Plus the cpu is a lot cooler now.
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Toshiba 500gb  SHURIKEN Rev.B Coolermaster SickleFlow Windows 8 
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Logitech K400 Huntkey 400w Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced 
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i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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AMD A6 3670K Asus F1A75-I DELUXE Corsair Vengeance 8gb @1600 OCZ Agility 3 60gb 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingOS
Toshiba 500gb  SHURIKEN Rev.B Coolermaster SickleFlow Windows 8 
KeyboardPowerCase
Logitech K400 Huntkey 400w Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB Corsair H100 Windows 7  Raidmax 500w 
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post #29 of 38
So sad to hear about the dual graphics setup mad.gif

Keep us (or at least me) posted about the dust. If you do not mind. thumb.gif
 
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Logitech G19 OCZ ZX 1000W 80+ Gold Antec 4U22EPS650 Logitech G700 
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Razer Galiathus X-Fi Titanium 
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Phenom II x4 955 ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 GTS 450 G.Skill 1600Mhz 
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Rasa CPU block 2x EK- Universal blocks SLi Win 7 Ultimate Acer 24" LCD 
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Razer Galiathus X-Fi Titanium 
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Phenom II x4 955 ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 GTS 450 G.Skill 1600Mhz 
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Western Digital 2 Tb green something recycled Win7 Ultimate Acer 18" 
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Logitech mx5500 seasonic 430w Antec Two Hundred Case v2 Logitech M-RCL 124 
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post #30 of 38
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Not a problem, I'll open it again this weekend.
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AMD A6 3670K Asus F1A75-I DELUXE Corsair Vengeance 8gb @1600 OCZ Agility 3 60gb 
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Toshiba 500gb  SHURIKEN Rev.B Coolermaster SickleFlow Windows 8 
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Logitech K400 Huntkey 400w Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced 
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i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB Corsair H100 Windows 7  Raidmax 500w 
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Wife's rig
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CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
AMD A6 3670K Asus F1A75-I DELUXE Corsair Vengeance 8gb @1600 OCZ Agility 3 60gb 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingOS
Toshiba 500gb  SHURIKEN Rev.B Coolermaster SickleFlow Windows 8 
KeyboardPowerCase
Logitech K400 Huntkey 400w Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i3 3220 GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Sapphire 6670 1gb GDDR5 Corsair Vengance 2x4gb 1600mhz 
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB Corsair H100 Windows 7  Raidmax 500w 
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