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Eyesonly_dk

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gj!.. and nice to see that the whole thing works! ^^.. 
don't understand the high flow bracket though.. why don't evga just put that on every card instead of the other? :P..
i know it is better ^^

Thank you :) 
Hmm... it's so they can sell it as an accessory and make a little more bucks I guess :) /care really
I can tell that it's now installed in the case, and idling at a rock solid 35c with the room being at 24c! It's nothing short of awesome :) I am so pleased with this right now :) 

hehe.. nice! ^^.. my 2500k idles at 35 degrees too! :).. but even though it goes 5 ghz it does too :P.. because it downclocks to 1600 mhz xD

but amazing cooler even with the original thermal paste! ^^

It sure is :)

look your modsrigs! :)..
 
and requested a br for you! ^^..

Sweet build. I'm going to copy one of your pictures of the motherboard for a possible wallpaper use later on. The one that is a closeup of the EVGA logo on the MB itself from page 1.
 
This one in particular if you don't mind. I try to ask before using a picture taken by someone else.
 
 

Afterburner

AB Was Here  
  
Good effort here for a first timer!!   

 
Thank you  for both the comment and the BR

scaryone
Sweet build. I'm going to copy one of your pictures of the motherboard for a possible wallpaper use later on. The one that is a closeup of the EVGA logo on the MB itself from page 1. 
  
This one in particular if you don't mind. I try to ask before using a picture taken by someone else. 

thank you
Please feel free to do so, if you wan't a higher res version, that can be arranged too 

Nice clean build, bro!

Right, last entry for now in this build log.
 
Overclocking!
Yup, I was hard at it most of last night, and got some pretty decent results. I had hoped for a little more, but for the given conditions, it's quite respectable in my mind :)
 
I started off by doing a check on the stock settings and see where that fell. I ended up with a 3dmark11 score of 5311 and a vantage score of 20327.
I then took a little time reading through my notes about OC, as I have never done it before
 
I set to work, starting at 4,0 and 1,3v. passed 5 runs of linx 20k problem size just fine, and temps where very good aswell. I could doa stable 4,6 at 1,3v actually, without the temps rising more than 5c from the 4,0 run.
 
After this things got increasingly more difficult and I had to chicken out when trying to reach 5,1Ghz when I was trying my last attempt with 1,525v on the vcore. Temps, stopped me though. I think it could be stable at 1,5v but I hit temps of around 92c on the core, so BSOD.
 
My max stable OC is this for now:

 
I then made a 24/7 setting of 4,5Ghz with 1,3v on the vcore, and left the powersaving and EIST on. Tested it overnight with Prime 95, and so far it's solid.
 
 
On the 570, I pushed the core to 910/1820/2000 with a vcore on the at 1,1v.
 
The Score are as follow:
3dmark11 - P6716
Vantage - P26068
 
I don't intend on running at this speed 24/7. Right now I have it clocked at SC settings, and should the need arise, I know what it can handle :)
 
So, that's it for now. Thank you very much for reading and I hope you enjoyed this little story of mine doing this build.

hething

Eyesonly_dk

hething

Since you seem very dedicated to Music i would consider another case.. Have you looked into the coolermaster silencio 550?
- good looking
- noiseless
- good price

Yeah I looked at it, but it's not quite big enough for the plans I haven roaming in my head :)

The Fractal is actually really noise dead so to speak. Look here for a little more info.
The entire inside of the case is insulate with noisedeadning material, and the front door has foam in the inside to further silence the sound from drives and fans.

But thanks for your suggestion non the less :)

As an update I can tell that most of my parts have shipped and only my mobo and GPU from EVGA has yet to be shipped. I expect to have it ready to assemble by the next weekend

the fractal case is good aswell.. good choice..

Thank you :) I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Now, off to buy some games and enjoy the power of this thing :D

hething

Eyesonly_dk

hething

Eyesonly_dk

hething

Since you seem very dedicated to Music i would consider another case.. Have you looked into the coolermaster silencio 550?
- good looking
- noiseless
- good price

Yeah I looked at it, but it's not quite big enough for the plans I haven roaming in my head :)

The Fractal is actually really noise dead so to speak. Look here for a little more info.
The entire inside of the case is insulate with noisedeadning material, and the front door has foam in the inside to further silence the sound from drives and fans.

But thanks for your suggestion non the less :)

As an update I can tell that most of my parts have shipped and only my mobo and GPU from EVGA has yet to be shipped. I expect to have it ready to assemble by the next weekend

the fractal case is good aswell.. good choice..

Thank you :) I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Now, off to buy some games and enjoy the power of this thing :D

sounds like a good Idea.. maybe you should get your hands on black ops.. then we can play..:D

I would just get my ass handed to me :P But I will look into it. 

hething

Eyesonly_dk

hething

Eyesonly_dk

hething

Eyesonly_dk

hething

Since you seem very dedicated to Music i would consider another case.. Have you looked into the coolermaster silencio 550?
- good looking
- noiseless
- good price

Yeah I looked at it, but it's not quite big enough for the plans I haven roaming in my head :)

The Fractal is actually really noise dead so to speak. Look here for a little more info.
The entire inside of the case is insulate with noisedeadning material, and the front door has foam in the inside to further silence the sound from drives and fans.

But thanks for your suggestion non the less :)

As an update I can tell that most of my parts have shipped and only my mobo and GPU from EVGA has yet to be shipped. I expect to have it ready to assemble by the next weekend

the fractal case is good aswell.. good choice..

Thank you :) I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Now, off to buy some games and enjoy the power of this thing :D

sounds like a good Idea.. maybe you should get your hands on black ops.. then we can play..:D

I would just get my ass handed to me :P But I will look into it. 

COD Black Ops is pretty cheap.. 

This getting to be a big quote on quote :P
 
Bad company 2 is even cheaper As a warmup for BF3. I think that's one of the games I need

if you decide to go with black ops , we could game over skype! :) me and HeThing do that sometimes! ;).. 
 
but i am beginning to look forward to BF 3 :P.. but every time i look at a video, i think to myself.. i am neeeeeever gonna run that!.. think my gts 450 wil start lagging SOOO HARD!.. 
 
edit: btw, order the nzxt extension for 24pin cable too ;).. 
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=634056

Eyesonly_dk

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if you decide to go with black ops , we could game over skype! :) me and HeThing do that sometimes! ;).. 

but i am beginning to look forward to BF 3 :P.. but every time i look at a video, i think to myself.. i am neeeeeever gonna run that!.. think my gts 450 wil start lagging SOOO HARD!.. 

edit: btw, order the nzxt extension for 24pin cable too ;).. 
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=634056

Your 450 will probably struggle a little with that game. but time will tell. Otherwise it might be an option to go SLI with a pair 

Regarding the extensions. Yeah, that is in the plans for sure :) probably going to draw some inspiration from Afterburner and do the 24pin and the 2 6 pin PCIE in white, just to give it some contrast.

hehe.. nice.. your motherboard is pretty much all black so would look nice.. mine is black and has blue coolers on it! :/.. nice motherboard though, so i went with black :P..
 
i really don't think i would ever upgrade to a pair of gts 450, i know i pretty much double performance, but a gtx 560 which is pretty much the same price, a little more expencive, i double it too, and then i even have a physx card.. so i guess thats my plan at some level ..
but i am gonna buy a new phone tomorrow so there will be a money problem for the next couple of months xD 

Very cool build.when I bought my EVGA GTX 570 same one that you have it actually came with high flow bracket which was a plus all i had to do was buy the EVGA LEET plate and voila all done.

Oh hai there :)
 
It's been almost 2 years since I did this build and boy have I enjoyed it! So many hours of great gaming experiences 
 
Over the course of 2 years I have made some small modifications, additions and upgrades that I thought I would share with you here.
So- pictures:)

 
First off you will notice that I have added another EVGA GTX 570 to the machine for increased SLI goodness and Oumf in games.
A few more shots of the SLI cards

 

 
White NZXT extension cables is there to increase the aesthetics of the build a little, though no one ever sees it aside from here on the pictures. But I know they are there, and that is what counts
 

 
I have made several iterations on the cable management and has for now settled on the following.
 


With the added GTX 570 and a fan controller the mess on the back has increased a little.
 
So, that's what has been going on here over past couple of years. The next step is going to be a bit more radical for a novice like me. I have been contemplating a full custom waterloop and have actually settled on the parts and how I would do it, I just need the finances to move forward with that project :)
 
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed the update. As always feel free to leave a comment, suggestion or just general banter down below. Also check out my modrigs page and perhaps give a +1 and a comment if you like it

Lovely ! 
Really nice pictures too! Computer (& guitar) + awesome camera = GAS!

 
Nice build.