***NEW GEAR*** BM minor rig update

[BulletMagnet]

Yes, it has been indeed nearly 4 years since I build that watercooled rig of mine.
And apart from ditching the two watercooled 8800GTS in SLi for a single GTX470, nothing much as changed.

So, after receiving a litle bonus from work I did some math and felt I could afford to bring my rig a bit more up to date, sine the Q6600 is starting to show it's age and the 780i mobo is certainly behind the times.

I will be retaining the watercooling, but this time I'm only going to cool the CPU and the GFX card, nothing else and most likely not gonna OC the CPU anyway (yet).

First order of parts arrived today, but still waiting for more bits and bobs, to hopefully give the rig a "cleaner" look.

So for now, just some pics of parts looking pretty

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild001.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild002.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild003.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild004.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild005.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild006.jpg

[running sushi]

now I R jealous °°!!

and which games do you have ? or might get ?

[BulletMagnet]

Mostly been playing MW3, a bit of Assassins Creed Revelations, and that's it really.

[zumi3z]

:rox:

Encourages me to stop being lazy and sort mine out, I only really use the PS3 for gaming so I'm going to replace the tower with a uATX Lian Li and retain the 8800GTS. I think I'll go the 2500 and P67 too.

Plus, I'm still using XP although I've had a Windows 7 disk for over a year /gets coat.

[BulletMagnet]

Finally managed to complete the upgrade :)

Here's a reminder how the rig looked before.....
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild007.jpg

Unsightly wormdrive clips...
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild008.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild009.jpg

And in with the new :D
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild011.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild010.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild013.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii126/BulletMagnet88/Rig%20Update%202012/rebuild012.jpg

Used some of the Hexis vinyl I used to do the roof of my car with.
Although not an original idea, it certainly makes the interior look nicer and more fitting colourscheme wise

Thanks for looking

[RU$KY]

alrite BM what you doing with the now redundant graphics cards?