Looks good :D

One issue I have with the rampage IV formula is the placement of the front panel usb 3.0 header, on the top right of the board. would have preferred this at the bottom, but oh well.

Thanks! They're xigmatek fans:
 
http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16835233045
 
I like them, brought them over from my old build.

one to you too! thanks!

Yep!
Really nice rig dude!! well done!

hoserx

Thanks guys! I just yanked out my x-fi soundcard.... it was causing all sorts of problems in games. I think it doesn't want to play nice with the asus board.... maybe it's them telling me to get an asus soundcard. That being said, I switched to the supreme fx III audio on the R4F and it sounds pretty good actually. (plus no more game stuttering, or windows sound crackling)

 
Quick question, do you think sound cards are worth the investment over on board sound? I have always kinda wanted to try out a sound card but dont really have the money to just try something out. I have 5.1 but its nothing studio quality, do you think it would make a difference? 

Thanks, Sleinous! I appreciate it. 
 
BigH: I tend to think that they are worth it, I can tell the difference in quality between my x-fi that I yanked and the supreme FX (which is just a realtek chip covered with x-fi software). I was going to buy a new card, but there really isn't anything better than what I have for 5.1 channel gaming / overall performance sadly. Most new cards are made for headphone users, or people with two speakers, or folks who want to output optically to a receiver. Well, I want to actually use the power of my sound card so optical out is out of the question.  My next step here is just to try and get my x-fi to work properly without crackling......I'm going to reinstall windows this weekend and get to the bottom of it. 
 
   edit: and oh....yeah...... I have another piece of "red" hardware to put into the machine arrivng tomorrow! Don't worry, it's not a graphics card. 

Nice clean build, love it! +1

How is she running?

NLGarett: I debated whether to go with the 3820 or a 3930k........ being able to get the 3820 for $229 really made the decision easier. I'll go six core when I need six cores. 

well your cpu score is about 1500 higher than mine, but the 680s win by about the same amount on the GPU. that makes sense, no? Ivy bridge being a bit more efficient, plus you have 100mhz extra on your overclock.  All seems right.  Nice setup you've got too!
 
my 680 overclock is mild, one card goes to 1215, the other to 1229.

LOL you promise. (fingers X) 

Very nice!  I like that case a lot.  Might be time to go back to a full tower, in either matte black or gunmetal.  Great work, enjoy your system!

I've already got a sound card installed. It works perfectly now using the beta driver creative has hidden on their site. Thanks for the compliments regarding my build, and yeah I can't see why the h100 has a freaking molex connector.......... at least give it a really long hideable cable so i can make it **** of the visible portion of my rig. haha.