Red Demon:gtx 570 Sli I5 2500k Cm Storm Trooper

[thedave5000]

Hey guys, just thought I'd show off my completed build, This isn't a new build in any sense, but this is after I upgraded a bunch of stuff after a year.

 

Full system specs: 

 

Case - CM Storm Trooper, no real mods done to it

Motherboard - Maximus IV Extreme

CPU - I5 2500k OC depends on how far I want to push it before I go to LAN's and how long it holds out after that noramlly around 4.5Ghz

CPU Cooler - NZXT Havik 140 w. Scythe Ultra Kaze's

RAM - G-Skill Ripjaws 8Gb 1866

Video cards - GTX 570HD DS @ 816Mhz

PSU - Enermax 920w

Boot Drive - Crucial M4 128Gb

Additional Hard Drives - 1 TB WD black for steam

                                    - 1 TB WD black for non steam games

                                    - 2 TB WD green for 'media'

                                    - 640Gb WD green for torrents, backups, and benchmarks

                                    - an assorment of 2.5" drives from old builds in case I need files from them

Fans - mix of bitfenix spectre pro 120 and 140's

         - mix of prolimatech red vortex's 120 and 140

         - 2 scythe Ultra Kazes 3000RPM on the CPU coolers

All the fans apart from 2 are controlled by an nzxt sentry mix, 9 fans total

Monitors - Samsung Syncmaster SA350, Dell 196FP

Mouse - Razer Naga Molten Edition

Keyboard - Microsoft Sidewinder X6

Mousepad - Razer Goliathus

Headset - Logitech G35

LED's - Astrotek 10cm 

 

 

 

Here's some pics

 

 

Standard side shot, props to the EVGA poster in the back

 

 

Yes I run LEDs in a non windows case, but a majority of the time I run without the side panel

 

 

 

Nice shot of my PSU, That things is a beast, hasn't skipped a beat in over a year and can handle three 570's no problem. also the crucial M4 and some other drives

 

 

 

These are astrotek LED strips, I have only ever seen these from a distributor that I only found while working as a PC tech in Ashburton

 

 

Beastly GTX 570's the 1.2Gb of ram is starting to show its age but they still run almost any game totally maxed with the extra screen also running, Gotta love the gigabyte 3-way bridge on the asus board, basically asus thing that puke brown 3-way bridges are fine in enthusiast board

 

 

'nother glory shot

 

 

Beast shot of a beast cooler, NZXT Havik is awesome

 

 

Unplugged all the LED strips, gave a better shot of the bitfenix sleeved cables, just got the 6-pins a couple of weeks ago 

 

 

Dat cable management, I reckon it's pretty good

 

 

just another everything shot

 

 

sweet as monitors so I can work on three things properly

 

 

all those peripherals 

[The1nf3cted0n3]

nice looks amazing

[andrevautour]

Nice!

[S2000Gan]

Very Nice Computer! I'm a little jealous of your deal 570s xD

Is the 1.2GB really giving you any problems @1080p? I mean I've had a FEW with my 560Ti, but I've heard 1.2 works fine for 1080p. (not that it matters as my next upgrade will probably be something with 2GB.)

Also I see you have a Sidewinder x6 keyboard!

I used to use one of those but the black paint on the WASD keys got really worn out, and a little on a few other keys.

Will be updating my build thread (tomorrow I guess) with what keyboard I'm using now.

[thedave5000]

Very Nice Computer! I'm a little jealous of your deal 570s xD

Is the 1.2GB really giving you any problems @1080p? I mean I've had a FEW with my 560Ti, but I've heard 1.2 works fine for 1080p. (not that it matters as my next upgrade will probably be something with 2GB.)

Also I see you have a Sidewinder x6 keyboard!

I used to use one of those but the black paint on the WASD keys got really worn out, and a little on a few other keys.

Will be updating my build thread (tomorrow I guess) with what keyboard I'm using now.

 

I think it may be the additional monitor that is doing it but I am having some lag in the latest games mainly hitman absolution and tombraider, though I think those games may just be poorly coded for nvidia. 

 

nice to see another x6 user