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The All-Powerful GTX 465s Have Arrived!
My GTX 465's story began fours short years ago when it rolled off the assembly line. Over the past four years I have gained an appreciation/obsession for the 465. It has found its way into everyone of my past and current systems. It has survived PSU meltdowns, overheating, and faulty motherboards. My 465 has been able to handle everything I throw at it (aside from minesweeper) with a fiery passion. I am attached to my 465 and all of its GF100 goodness :wub:
But earlier this year I felt it was time for an upgrade. I asked the forum and what to do and nearly everyone said that I should buy a newer card. I took their advise and I purchased an MSI GTX 770.
I used the 770 for nearly three months, but I just wasn't happy with it. It performed too well. It was too quiet. It was too cool. It was too power efficient. It couldn't overclock. I hated it. I was fed up with it. At the end of June I gave it to one of my friends and I put my 465 back in my system. I decided that I needed to do something out of the the ordinary. @Lord Pantaloons and
@xTrekStorex inspired me to do something different (take a drive off the deep end). I purchased a 3-Way SLI capable motherboard and a 1300W PSU to that could bear the weight of running three overclocked GTX 465s.
Next I needed to track down two more 465s to accompany my 465. I had to scour ebay for other a month to find the correct cards. I managed to find two mint condition EVGA GTX 465 Superclocked cards. One with a high-flow bracket.
Earlier this morning I found a package on my doorstep containing the final 465. I was taken aback by the beauty that was now contained in my Source 210. My dreams have finally been realized.
The Specs:
AMD FX 6350 @5.02GHz
NZXT Kraken x60
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 rev 3.0
G. Skill Ares 1866MHz CL9 2x4GB
EVGA GTX 465 Superclocked 1GB GDDR5 in 3-Way SLI
EVGA Supernova G2 1300W 80+ Gold PSU
Sandisk Ultra Plus 64GB SSD
Mushkin Chronos 240GB SSD
WD Blue 1TB 3.5" HDD
NZXT Source 210
NZXT Sentry 5.25" Fan Controller
SD Card Reader
DVD+RW (Dell OEM)
Rosewill 120mm Blue LED Fans
Bitfenix 120mm White LED Fans
Apevia 140mm Side LED Fan
NZXT 140mm Top Rad Fans
NZXT 120mm Fans
Windows 8.1 Professional 64 Bit
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Spoiler
My system weights in at a whopping 33.2 lbs