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Station_i7

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Posted:

July 12th 2009

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Jul 12th 2009 - 7:51 PM

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Superb (7.8)

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System Specs:

Intel i7 920 (D0) 2.66GHz @ 4.0GHz
DFI LANParty UT-T3eH8 X58
OCZ Gold 3x2GB DDR3 1,600MHz
ATi XFX 4870 X2
Thermaltake PurePower 600W Modular PSU
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM Drive
Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7,200RPM Drive
Samsung DVD-R/RW +/- Dual Layer DVD Drive
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU cooler
Noctua NF-S12 1,200RPM 120x25mm Fans (2x - RAM and Chipset cooling)
Noctua NF-B9 1,600RPM 92x25mm Fan (Hard drive cooling)
Razer DeathAdder Mouse
Razer Lycosa Keyboard
Razer eXactMat Mouse Pad

Performed Mods:

The tech station was built using parts from Lowes. Followed the HSPC Top Deck design to build up this tech station. The hard drives were mounted upside down underneath the top layer. The 92mm fan cools the hard drives. The two 120mm fans cooler the memory, chipsets and add additional CPU cooler airflow. The PSU and DVD drive were also mounted to the tech station to make it LAN portable.

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12 Comments on Station_i7

mlee49

Nice work, 10/10 buddy! I really like the hanging hard drives. SSD would have been a nice touch.

Edit: waiting 17 minutes to vote, stupid rules. There we go, 1st to vote!

Unregistered

good work

im not real big on torture rack type setups just cause i have kids and they like to stick there fingers in moving parts, but you have have some nice personal touches on this one, wich its hard to do that with this kind of setup, 7/10 let me know what you think of my setup.www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2228.html

Thrackan

Looks dang classy for a ghetto bench ;)

denice25

nice job there... 10/10 for you mate!!

johnnyfiive

A 5 and 6? Sheeshh.....I need to start coating my rigs in gold.

boomstik360

Nice job John 10/10 I love it! Hows the rig running? Pretty fast? :p Whats the max OC you can get on your i7?

johnnyfiive

boomstik360Nice job John 10/10 I love it! Hows the rig running? Pretty fast? :p Whats the max OC you can get on your i7?

Thanks Jess! Right now my max benchable is 4.2. I'm sure I can go higher. I've yet to go above 1.35v so I know there is room. I'll see what it will do tonight. Is it fast.. thats an understatement. This is the fastest machine I've ever used/seen in person, period. It is ridiculous how much faster this is than my Phenom II rig was... its not even a close comparison lol.

boomstik360

Lol sweet. I can't wait to get my rig all bought and put together.

t77snapshot

I like how you still performed a some cable management on a tech station :) I also really like your idea with mounting the hdd underneath the top shelf, Very nice Tech Rig! 9/10

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Unregistered

i would like to do a little comparison with you, if you would could you post either a 3dmark06 or a 3dmarkvantage score for me, i would like to see how your i7, 4870x2 rig scores against my q9650, crossfire rig. not a compatition or anything just want to see the difference.

#11

johnnyfiive

digitalblasphamyi would like to do a little comparison with you, if you would could you post either a 3dmark06 or a 3dmarkvantage score for me, i would like to see how your i7, 4870x2 rig scores against my q9650, crossfire rig. not a compatition or anything just want to see the difference.

Sure, here is my latest 3DMark06 score:

I've yet to run Vantage. I'll do that tonight if I have time.

#12

steelkane

Great job on the tech station,, simple & clean

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