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Post 59 - Apr 21 2013 - Xfire!
Post 63 - Apr 24 2013 - Mountain Mods H2Go Unboxing & Special OCN Treat
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Post 79 - May 4 2013 - Sleeving sucks!
January 2013 Ultimate Rig
What a great forum! I remember for the 2012 drawing, spending a week or more piecing together everything I would ever want, then being mildly disappointed when I was one of the thousands not picked lol. Everyone enters just about every contest on OCN hoping for the best. When I entered the 2013 Ultimate Rig contest expecting it to be a one time drawing, I thought the odds were going to be insane by the time of the drawing. I told myself, "You can only win if you enter", spent some more time and gathered up what I thought would be a great upgrade to my i5 2500k system.
Two weeks later, I nearly forgot about the contest. I made a comment in the BOINC forums about hoping to win, not knowing I had won hours earlier, it sparked my mind and went to look at the thread. Holy I won! I think I did laps around the house and even intentionally woke up my sleeping gf to take a breather and figure out what just happened! lol
That shock turned into disappointment/anxiety after having several troubles trying to get the ball rolling. Once the issues were resolved, the parts were ordered and on their way! What a relief
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Thank you Admin! Thank you Chipp! Thank you Enterprise! Thank you all of OCN! Best of luck to everyone else for the rest of the year
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Anyway, here are the goods.
[please note that this build will go on over the next several weeks as parts become available]
Initial Parts List
Being so indecisive is a pain when putting together new builds. This rig will be water cooled with Heatkiller blocks. I'm just not yet certain if I will cannibalize my i5 rig, my BOINCER or both.
Here is what I'm thinking so far
Post 4 - Apr 4 2013 - Initial Box
Post 23 - Apr 10 2013 - Hail!
Post 28 - Apr 11 2013 - NZXT Tempest 210 (Temp Case)
Post 33 - Apr 11 2013 - Lutro0 Sleeving supplies
Post 57 - Apr 19 2013 - 3dMark 2011 Solo 7970, Xfire & 1ghz
Post 59 - Apr 21 2013 - Xfire!
Post 63 - Apr 24 2013 - Mountain Mods H2Go Unboxing & Special OCN Treat
Post 79 - May 4 2013 - Sleeving sucks!
January 2013 Ultimate Rig
What a great forum! I remember for the 2012 drawing, spending a week or more piecing together everything I would ever want, then being mildly disappointed when I was one of the thousands not picked lol. Everyone enters just about every contest on OCN hoping for the best. When I entered the 2013 Ultimate Rig contest expecting it to be a one time drawing, I thought the odds were going to be insane by the time of the drawing. I told myself, "You can only win if you enter", spent some more time and gathered up what I thought would be a great upgrade to my i5 2500k system.
Two weeks later, I nearly forgot about the contest. I made a comment in the BOINC forums about hoping to win, not knowing I had won hours earlier, it sparked my mind and went to look at the thread. Holy I won! I think I did laps around the house and even intentionally woke up my sleeping gf to take a breather and figure out what just happened! lol
That shock turned into disappointment/anxiety after having several troubles trying to get the ball rolling. Once the issues were resolved, the parts were ordered and on their way! What a relief
Thank you Admin! Thank you Chipp! Thank you Enterprise! Thank you all of OCN! Best of luck to everyone else for the rest of the year
Anyway, here are the goods.
[please note that this build will go on over the next several weeks as parts become available]
Initial Parts List
- Case - MountainMods H2Go w/ special treat
- Power - Seasonic Gold x850
- CPU - Intel i7 3930k
- Mobo - Asus Rampage IV Gene
- Ram - G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866 16gb
- GPUs - 2x Diamond 7970
- SSD - Samsung 840 Pro 256gb
Being so indecisive is a pain when putting together new builds. This rig will be water cooled with Heatkiller blocks. I'm just not yet certain if I will cannibalize my i5 rig, my BOINCER or both.
Here is what I'm thinking so far
- CPU - Heatkiller 3.0 Copper (from i5 rig)
- GPUs - Heatkiller GPU-X³ 79X0
- Connector - Heatkiller GPU-X² Dual Link (from i5 rig)
- Rads - 2x XSPC EX240 (maybe from BOINCer)
- Pump - Swiftech 355
- Tubing - Primoflex Red or Clear w/ Mayhem Aurora, undecided
- Reservoir - 150 or 250ml horizontally mounted tube
- Fittings - Bitspower Black Compressions 3/8 x 5/8 or Monsoon Black or Red
