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4. How much money did you spend on the rig as it is right now?
I believe in the region of £2500 but I lost track a long time ago ….
5. How often do you update/buy a new rig?
Generally whenever a worthwhile upgrade becomes available at a decent price, something a little future proof. I haven’t done a major update on the hardware in about 2 years, and now this cade mod’s finished an update must be around the corner.
6. What components are used?
Rig Components:
- Intel Core i7 860 @ 4.2GHZ
- Sapphire Radeon 5850 @ 950MHz
- 4GB OCZ DDR3 1600MHZ
- Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
- 2x Crucial M4 128GB SSDs in RAID, Samsung F3 1TB & 500GB
- Creative X-Fi Extreme Music
- Epsilon 700w
- Silverstone TJ07
External Peripherals:
- 2x Samsung 22" 2253BW Monitors
- Razer Tarantula Keyboard
- Corsair Vengeance M60 Mouse
- Logitech Z680 Sound System
Water Cooling:
- Heat Killer 3.0
- EK FC5850 GPU Block (Nickel & Acrylic Top)
- EK Multiption Res 250
- DDC Ultra 18watt pump w/EK top
- Thermochill PA 120.3 Triple 120mm Rad
- EK Blue Coolant
- XSPC 1/2" ID White Tubing
- 4x Danger Den Compression Fittings & 4x XSPC Compression Fittings