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    3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Sorry for all the reflections, extremely hard to take pictures of a mirror surface

    Sexiest PC in the world? We think so

























    Link to PDF of Review

    http://3xs.scan.co.uk/images/awards/...GreatWhite.pdf
    Last edited by Philipp; 18-03-2009 at 11:16 AM.

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    That is one nice system...

    Wish I had that kind of money

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Lots of unnecessary tubing and the coils aren't evenly spaced, maybe i have OCD but

    It's 4.98*

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    lovely pics!
    i would want to see a simple 2-way SLI configuration where you would use the same tubing for the vga/cpu, but a black 10mm for chipsets etc

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Oh yeah, where did you get the case done or is it a secret?

    It's 4.98*

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by PeterStoba View Post
    Oh yeah, where did you get the case done or is it a secret?
    Top Secret

    The system was designed and built in house, Laser cutters did the laser cutting and the chromers (even a word) did the electroplated chroming

    Sort of a fair point on the tubing, but bear in mind it’s a triple loop set up

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Am I really seeing three water-cooled graphics cards? I do love the tubing, nice contrast going on.

    I tell you what, this could be the prettiest pc ever if it were put in a dust-free case and never touched. Otherwise the dust and finger smudges would ruin the sheen pretty quickly. On a practical level, a matte black finish like on the IBM thinkcentres is where the money is.

    Come on, spill the spec so we can drool.

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Yeah, a triple loop was gonna be tight in there no matter what, but i was on about the cards, can get little things to go between the blocks so you dont need tubing.

    4th pic - dont tell me its running that in the store is it? Get some games on it !!!

    It's 4.98*

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    I have never seen it out of its plastic box before!
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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    It's hot in all meaning of the word

    CPU is a touch toasty...lol.

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Love the finish on this system ...

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve A View Post
    Love the finish on this system ...
    Fingerprint heaven no?

    Pity it's got those nasty 90 deg rotaries.

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by moogle View Post
    Fingerprint heaven no?

    Pity it's got those nasty 90 deg rotaries.
    Yep

    But it comes with a microfiber cloth and polish

    Cheerios

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    Beautiful ! A lovely looking piece of kit indeed sirs ! keep up the awesome work guys .

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    The pics in cpc dont do it justice

    Fantastic looking.

    Agreed on the gfx tubing though :s

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    Re: 3XS Great White - Dream PC Winner 2008

    It certainly looks nice......but over 11 grand?

    ELEVEN GRAND!!

    My god, I still cannot beleive the price.....
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