Pave Lows - 3XS Black Hawk Build

[Philipp]

More pictures to follow

As Promised.....

[Pave Low]

Wooohooo

Well there is only one emoticon that can fit the bill for this scenario . . . . .

[chuckskull]

Man I wish my desk looked like that. Looks like Pave Low is getting a nice rig.

Keep the pic's coming I've always been curious about how 3XS goes about things.

[Pave Low]

Thanks chuckskull, Yeah hope so


*The thread with the full system spec and discussion is here

Case: Akasa Omega - Black Aluminum Case

Power Supply Unit: 1000W Corsair HX Series Modular SLi PSU

CPU: Intel i7 965 Extreme, 3.2GHz, 6.4GT/s QPI, 8MB Cache, Retail

CPU Cooler: Thermalright True Black 120 Heat Pipe Black Nickel Plated Heat Sink

Overclocking: 3XS System Core-Logic Overclocking*10 - 20%*

Memory: 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3 PC3-14900 (1866) CAS 9-9-9-24

NVIDIA Graphics: 2x 1GB BFG Tech GTX 285 OCX, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Mem 2664MHz GDDR3, GPU 702MHz, 240 Cores, 2xDLDVI-I/ HDTV in SLI

System Drive: 1x 150 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor, 10000rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.2 Ms

"Games" Hard Drive: 1x 300 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor, 10000rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.2 Ms

Storage Hard drive: 1x 1000 GB Samsung Spinpoint F1, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache

Floppy Drive/Flash Card Reader: Scan Black Floppy Disk & Internal Combo All in 1 Card Reader

Blu Ray Reader/Writer: LG GGW-H20L Super Multi Blu-Ray Writer & HD-ROM Reader inc Lightscribe Support

Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional - PCI-E (x1)

Cooling Fans: 4x 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan, Ultra Quiet and Long life - No LEDs

Acoustic Sound Proofing: AcoustiPack ULTIMATE Multi-Layered Material Kit

Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64Bit

[Bletch]

Nice Hope to see some more when it's built and at home too in all it's glory

Noticed you went for a Blu Ray writer too Pave. I get a bit fed up with people telling me not to bother with them as they're an expensive waste. Media will, as always come down in price. Just a nice little luxury to have

[Pave Low]

Yeah, On my very first "rough draft" I initially selected the Pioneer DVD Writer and "Blu Ray Not Required" As I didn't intend to watch any blu-ray films on it (have a player & 32-in Widescreen TV specifically for that)

but then when I started going through tweaking the various options/components, the GGW-H20L really became a no-brainer for all the different formats it's compatible with and

also it having Lightscribe, which I use a lot on my current system and is very handy for quickly neatly labelling discs when burning (so no more sitting down later with a pile of discs wondering what's on each one and having to play it to find out)

and even though I'm not planning to use the blu-ray for film watching, the massive storage capacity of blue-ray media (25/50 Gb!) is very attractive - especially as you say in time when the price of blank media drops - as even with double layer DVD's you always find something just too big for one disc or have to split on two or more discs.

[Colossous]

Very nice build

[TAKTAK]

If SCAN wants to send me one for 'testing purposes' then i would happily oblige

Do it SCAN, you know you want to...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It doesn't look like a Silkorsky MH-53 though??

At least you did NOT name it after the HH-53 otherwise it would have to be called Super Jolly Green Giant!!

[Philipp]

It doesn't look like a Silkorsky MH-53 though??

At least you did NOT name it after the HH-53 otherwise it would have to be called Super Jolly Green Giant!!

Didn’t have a clue what you were on about then!!!

Google solves everything

[dave87]

If SCAN wants to send me one for 'testing purposes' then i would happily oblige

Do it SCAN, you know you want to...

After me you are first



Seriously nice there matey, enjoy it.

[Pave Low]

Thanks guys

Sure you guys can order a copy... but the "original" is coming home with me

in fact just had a call from Philip to say it has finished tests

[Philipp]

Pave Low,

Going to leave the pictures until tomorrow the cam we have at the moment is rubbish, our dedicated camera spod (ant) left his at home today

I will get some posted up in the morning

Best Regards

[HSK]

is it a set fee for the custom builds (on top of parts prices), or does it vary?


Looks good! PC goodness.

[TAKTAK]

is it a set fee for the custom builds (on top of parts prices), or does it vary?

I would guess that it would vary dependant on complexity (i.e. cooling needs/ component amounts)

Also, i still haven't received my sample PC, maybe you sent dave his first.

[sleepyhead]

I would guess that it would vary dependant on complexity (i.e. cooling needs/ component amounts)

Also, i still haven't received my sample PC, maybe you sent dave his first.

Good luck, I am still waiting for my free monitor