Post by dickhard on May 5, 2010 12:16:23 GMT -5
Next on the list after my "Rig of the month" is a build with a Coolermaster Scout.I won a power supply at Guru3D, and Zotac will provide me a GTX480, as a replacement for a dead GTX295.
With these parts on their way to IJmuiden,the Netherlands,they just beg to be put in a new case...
So my next mission was to do this as cheap as possible,goodlooking, and with Top notch performance.I found a company that buys stuff from suppliers that are EOL,end of live.A lot of these things are new,or refurbished,at very decent prices.I'll get me a Rampage Gene 2, for 100€, just the board, no extra's. 6 month warranty!They even asked me to be put on their mailinglist, in wich you can see what's in stock, or is announced.....Nice....
I can pick batches at another store,a D0 costs 218€, good price i think.
The case was won at a LAN party, so that's as cheap as it gets.Coolingwise, it will either be a Thermalright Ultra Extreme,that is not collecting any dust at the moment, or a H50.Don't know yet.Goal is to get a 4+ghz stable rig,we'll have to see how hot the chip will run.
Ram will be selected by the best deal i can get anywhere,so, if anyone has some ddr3 1600's laying around.....
The completion of the build will highly depend on Zotac....as my GTX295 first landed RMA at their Office 11 months ago....
I'll update with pics when parts get here.
With these parts on their way to IJmuiden,the Netherlands,they just beg to be put in a new case...
So my next mission was to do this as cheap as possible,goodlooking, and with Top notch performance.I found a company that buys stuff from suppliers that are EOL,end of live.A lot of these things are new,or refurbished,at very decent prices.I'll get me a Rampage Gene 2, for 100€, just the board, no extra's. 6 month warranty!They even asked me to be put on their mailinglist, in wich you can see what's in stock, or is announced.....Nice....
I can pick batches at another store,a D0 costs 218€, good price i think.
The case was won at a LAN party, so that's as cheap as it gets.Coolingwise, it will either be a Thermalright Ultra Extreme,that is not collecting any dust at the moment, or a H50.Don't know yet.Goal is to get a 4+ghz stable rig,we'll have to see how hot the chip will run.
Ram will be selected by the best deal i can get anywhere,so, if anyone has some ddr3 1600's laying around.....
The completion of the build will highly depend on Zotac....as my GTX295 first landed RMA at their Office 11 months ago....
I'll update with pics when parts get here.
