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4. How much money did you spend on the rig as it is right now?
I think if I try to sum it all up it wouldn't be fun anymore. Until this year I was always trying to do "budget" type of builds but I've finally realized that it isn't working and I end up spending more that if I bought the proper stuff in the first place, so now I tend to rather "overdo" my builds for a change
5. How often do you update/buy a new rig?
Recently quite often, within last year that's the 3rd rig I've built with most of the stuff being new.
6. What components are used?
PC parts:
- i7 980X
- Asus P6X58D Premium
- Corsair 3x2GB C7D
- 3x ASUS GTX 480 Tri-SLI
- Intel X25-M G2 160GB
- 2x WD 2TB EARS
- WD 2.5" 500GB
- LG Blu-Ray DVD
- Lian Li PC-A77B
- Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W
- 3x Dell AW2310 120Hz 3D + Nvidia 3D Vision Surround
Watercooling parts:
- EK Supreme HF Acetal + Nickel
- 3x EK GTX 480 Acetal + Nickel
- EK Triple Serial SLI Bridge
- EK Asus X58 Acetal + Nickel
- 2x EK Asus X58 Mosfet Acetal + Nickel
- 2x MCP655 with EK D5 Dual Top - Single loop
- XSPC RX360
- XSPC RX240
- (FrozenQ Liquid Fusion Blue/Black - out for RMA - EK multioption for the timebeing)
- Bitspower fittings
- Primochill LRT Black 1/2 ID 3/4 OD
- Aquaero VFD + flow & temp sensors
- 19x Akasa Apache Black 120
7. Why ATI or NVIDIA, why Intel or AMD?
NVIDIA because they have working 3D solution and I just love it - also because SLI scales better than Crossfire and it will be crucial in 3D Surround.
Intel purely because of the amazing horsepower and OC capabilities of their processors. Very recently I've upgraded to i7 980X, but before I've had i7 920 OC'd to 4.2ghz @ just 1.28v which was just amazing - also in the value department.