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4. How much money did you spend on the rig as it is right now?
Got this question so many times. I didnt exactly write it down but here are some numbers:
- Hardware 5000 to 6000 EUR
- Watercooling parts 2000 to 3000 EUR
- material for d3sk 100 to 2000 EUR
A lot of stuff I bought and didnt fit in isnt counted in above. Also the sponsors helped a lot .
5. How often do you update/buy a new rig?
Actually I only bought only 2 completely new rigs in my entire life. I keep changing hardware constantly, for 15 years now. Yes Im a real hardware addict.
6. What components are used?
The hardware exists out of:
- Intel Core i7 980X @ 4.5 Ghz
- Corsair Dominator GT 6GB DDR3-2000 CL7 (Elpida) @ 2000 7-7-7-20-1T
- ASUS Rampage III Extreme
- 2 x ASUS GTX580
- ASUS Xense
- Sennheiser Xense
- Highpoint RocketRAID 3560 24x SATA-300 2 GB
- 1x Intel 510 120GB
- 3x Corsair F60 raid0
- 6x Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB raid5
- 2x Optiarc AD-7241S-0B
- 1x Coolermaster Silent Pro 800W
- 1x Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W
- 1x Dell U2711 27" IPS
- 2x Dell 1703 FPt 17" portrait
Blocks - 1 x EK Supreme HF Nickel CPU Block
- 2 x EK-FC580 GTX - Nickel
- 2 x EK-FC580 GTX Backplate - Nickel plated
- 1 x EK RAM Dominator Nickel
- 1 x EK-FB RE3 - Nickel
- 1 x EK-FB RE3 - TOP OP Acetal - Level 2
- 2 x Bitspower HDD Acetal Liquid Cooling Block - Silver
Pumps - 2 x Laing D5-MCP655
- 2 x Bitspower D5/MCP655 Mod Pump Top POM
- 2 x Bitspower Black Sparkle D5/MCP655 Mod Kit
Reservoir - 1 x Aquacomputer Aquatube G1/4 brass
Radiator - 1 x Aquacomputer evo 1080
Fans - 6 x Nanoxia DX Series 120MM DX12 - 1200RPM @ 5V
- 11 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120MM 1450RPM @ 12V
And a very very lot of Bitspower fittings, rotarys, SLI connectors etc.