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Thursday, December 23, 2010 6:48 PM (permalink)
Project Codename: Optimus Prime
 
 
I am currently in process of building an SR-2 machine. This has been an approximately 5-month long build. The computer will primarily be used for Gaming, Work, Folding@Home, Photoshop, and VM. I am not a rich man, this build has been very tough financially, often leaving myself in poverty until the next paycheck. I am not a huge Transformers fan, however the overall color scheme matched what I was going for in this build, throw in the "kick-ass" factor of Optimus Prime, and we have ourselves a build name. Other names that were considered included "Alienator" - which describes my relationship with my wife since parts have started arriving in the mail!
 
I hope to have the build completed sometime Mid-Late January, if all goes well. I will attempt to summarize the build via a parts list followed by pictures below. Please check back in the near future as I will be adding additional photos, as well as responding to any questions and/or comments anyone may have.
 
Case:
Mountain Mods Extended Ascension(Anodized Black/Brushed Aluminum Drive Bays)
Mountain Mods Pedestal 24 (Anodized Black/Brushed Aluminum Drive Bays)
EVGA Custom Etching
 
Power Supply:
(2) Corsair HX1000W
 
Motherboard:
EVGA SR-2 Classified
EK Waterblocks Motherboard Block (Plexi/Nickel)
(2) EK Waterblocks Supreme HF CPU Block (Red Plexi/Nickel)
 
CPU/Processors:
(2) Intel Xeon E5620
 
RAM/Memory:
12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866Mhz
(2) Corsair AirFlow Pro LED Kit
 
Hard Drives:
(2) Corsair Force 80GB SSD (RAID 0)
(4) Western Digital Black 1.5TB (2 Stripe, RAID 0)
 
Video Cards:
(2) EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper 2 (SLI)
EVGA GTX 280 (EK Plexi/Nickel Waterblock/Backplate) (PhysX, Additional Monitors)
NVIDIA 3D Vision
 
Sound Card/Speakers/Headset:
Creative Sound Blaster Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
Logitech G930
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 THX Certified
 
Optical Drives:
(2) Lite-On Blu-ray DVD Burner
 
Liquid Cooling (Dual Loop):
(4) Swiftech MCP-655 Pump
(4) Bitspower MCP-655 Mod Kits (Shiny Silver)
(2) Bitspower Dual MCP-655 Pump Top (Acrylic/Black)
(3) EK Waterblocks CoolStream RAD XT (360)
(2) EK Waterblocks CoolStream RAD XT (480)
(2) EK Waterblocks Multioption RES X2 400 Advanced
Tygon Tubing
EK/Bitspower Compression Fittings/Rotaries/
Koolance Quick-Disconnect Fittings
Bitspower Pass-Thru Fittings
 
Fans/Filters/Grills:
(21) 120MM Yate Loon Red LED High Speed Fan
(21) Aluminum Fan Filter (Black)
(4) MNPCTech Pro-Line 3x120MM Radiator Grill (Brushed Aluminum)
(2) MNPCTech Pro-Line 4x120MM Radiator Grill (Brushed Aluminum)
(3) NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller
 
Monitors:
Alienware 23" 3D LCD (1920x1080)
Dell Ultrasharp 24" (1900x1200)
(2) Dell 20" LCD (1680x1050)
 
Keyboard/Mouse/Game Controllers:
Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G9X Gaming Mouse
SteelSeries SX Gaming Surface
Logitech G13 Gameboard
Saitek X-52 Flight System
 
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post edited by blairnorman - Thursday, December 23, 2010 7:30 PM
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    drinksalot
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Thursday, December 23, 2010 6:57 PM (permalink)
    That is hardware pornography, very nice indeed.
     
    I look forward to following your build log.

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Thursday, December 23, 2010 7:40 PM (permalink)
    Nice!
     
    And my wife thinks I'M crazy...

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Thursday, December 23, 2010 7:53 PM (permalink)
    WOW...thats a lot of nice stuff you have there...can't wait to see it up and running!

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:20 PM (permalink)
    holy mother of !!!!!!!! ... and there i was thinking i spent too much on my build.
     
    this is going to be a great build looks like. 

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 24, 2010 0:00 PM (permalink)
    Very, very sick build.  I'm also putting together an SR-2 build for the new year and this provides a outstanding baseline.  Thanks, good luck with the build.

     
     
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 24, 2010 3:30 AM (permalink)
    I don't even think Optimus Prime has that much equipment in him.
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 24, 2010 3:55 AM (permalink)
    Can't wait to see this thing. Looks great.

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 24, 2010 7:26 AM (permalink)


     
     
     
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 24, 2010 10:20 AM (permalink)
    NICE!!!!!!!!!! Wants more pictures pleeaaaaaaase
     
    Edit : Arfff just give me your adress and tell me when you are not @home

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 24, 2010 9:55 PM (permalink)
    can't say anything after seeing all those goodies. Too busy drooling, dreaming, envying, planning
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:55 PM (permalink)
    I want it so I can fold on it. :D
     
    I can do without all the water cooling, and expensive case
     
    barebones 3gb ram per  i7 920@3.8 with dual megahalems, as many gts450 or gtx460's as I can put on there
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Monday, December 27, 2010 3:38 PM (permalink)
    Thanks for the replies guys! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! 
     
    I was able to get some cable sleeving done over the Holiday weekend (Fans/Fan Controllers/Pumps), and I will post pictures of progress later today. 
     
    I purchased Techflex "Clean Cut" from EBAY Member: "Furryletters", which several people on the forums here have dealt with. He provides great sleeving at an excellent price! I highly recommend him...Also if you e-mail him with a custom order, he will send you a discounted invoice via Paypal, which saves both parties money! The sleeving is great too, very easy to work with, and very difficult to see through!
     
    I also got the 4 pumps mounted to the 2 Bitspower tops and the mod kits installed, so pumps are completely ready to test.
     
    post edited by blairnorman - Wednesday, December 29, 2010 4:11 AM
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Wednesday, December 29, 2010 4:16 AM (permalink)
    Here are some photos of the pumps fully assembled, as well as fan controller cable sleeving, and memory cooling assembly.
     
     
     
     
     
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:17 PM (permalink)
    Are you going to be actively using the memory LED thing? I'm not sure if that'll look that great in the build and there's not too much application for it.
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:45 PM (permalink)
    woow this is one huge build
    can i ask why you are running the 4x1.5hhd in raid 0 is that not a bit risky
    that also alot of water cooling rads are you future proofing for something


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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Thursday, December 30, 2010 5:34 AM (permalink)
    Looks very impressive

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Thursday, December 30, 2010 7:18 AM (permalink)
    Keep it up ! !

     
     
     
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 31, 2010 3:56 PM (permalink)
    @Scottalot - Yeah the memory LED is purely eye candy, I got them 20% off and figured I would give it a shot...may end up selling.
     
    @iancook221188 -
    #1: I am hoping to create 2 stripes (2 x 2x1.5 GB). Used for program, game, media storage etc. I just need large volumes.
     
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    Overkill is apparently not in Liu Kang's vocabulary! - Or mine!
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 31, 2010 4:00 PM (permalink)
    This is looking good! Looking forward to more pics!

     
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Friday, December 31, 2010 4:08 PM (permalink)
    Holy Moses!
    That is one amazing looking build! And a lot of fun in one place!
     
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Monday, February 14, 2011 7:38 PM (permalink)
    The OP has requested that I move this to the mods rigs section.
     
    I am looking forward to the final pics.

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Monday, February 14, 2011 8:13 PM (permalink)
    pretty sick


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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Monday, February 14, 2011 8:24 PM (permalink)
    lol nice. When this beast is setup with all those monitors and that hardware, well, It'll look like Nasa's control centre

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Monday, February 14, 2011 11:33 PM (permalink)
    WOW juST WOW

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Tuesday, February 15, 2011 0:06 PM (permalink)
    HOly balls man! awesome hardware! EK must love you. Im sure a single PSU would suffice for this, but to each his own. your temps should be amazing! If you are going to be using multiple monitors and atleast a single 120hz one, I would urge you to go either 2d or 3d surround. It seems a bit of a waste to have all those monitors and not utilize surround

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:35 AM (permalink)
    drinksalot

    That is hardware pornography, very nice indeed.

    I look forward to following your build log.


    +1, each time I scrolled down and viewed another picture my jaw kept dropping further and further.
     
    Wowza. Cannot wait.

     
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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:29 AM (permalink)
    Someone went EK happy :)
    so many boxes XD

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:47 AM (permalink)
    More pics please!

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    Re:SR-2 Build - Codename: "Optimus Prime" Tuesday, February 15, 2011 5:10 AM (permalink)
    Cost? Do I even want to know? Can I have?.... Can I work with you?
     
    Seriously... its bad for me to look on here... Working part time and going to school and all.
     
    Can I remote in to play games? I doubt you would notice. 
     
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