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    Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    Dual GTX 690 dream machine reviewed and rated.
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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    Would be good to know how much this costs to run electricity wise yearly then add it to the power bang 4 buck just for lols
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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    Insanely good.

    But I don't believe you Hexus. Please send the machine to my house so I can do some long term verification

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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Insanely good.

    But I don't believe you Hexus. Please send the machine to my house so I can do some long term verification
    Just buy one! Then you can spend as you long as like verifying that it's a benchmark-masher

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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    Quote Originally Posted by neonplanet40 View Post
    Would be good to know how much this costs to run electricity wise yearly then add it to the power bang 4 buck just for lols
    If you can afford the machine, you can afford the leccy, I guess.

    A back-of-the-envelope calculation, based on three hours full-on gaming and three hours idling, using an average 15p per kilowatt hour, seven days a week, comes to around £150 per year.

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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    So... I don't really get where the cables go on this thing. You've got all this crap plugged in the top, but does it all fit under that grill easily enough? And then the cables run out through the hole in the rear panel?

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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    Quote Originally Posted by Fraz View Post
    So... I don't really get where the cables go on this thing. You've got all this crap plugged in the top, but does it all fit under that grill easily enough? And then the cables run out through the hole in the rear panel?
    Yes.

    http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...2/100_0711.jpg
    http://localhostr.com/files/5f62ea/f...ck%20angle.JPG
    http://www.modders-inc.com/modules/N...ne_FT02-43.jpg
    http://www.modders-inc.com/modules/N...ne_FT02-42.jpg

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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    I can't believe that on such an expensive, niche build, it's still stock cooling / air cooled.

    I'd love to know how many of these they sell...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tattysnuc View Post
    I can't believe that on such an expensive, niche build, it's still stock cooling / air cooled.
    And it's not like they've never water cooled before.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fraz View Post
    So... I don't really get where the cables go on this thing. You've got all this crap plugged in the top, but does it all fit under that grill easily enough? And then the cables run out through the hole in the rear panel?
    I've got the FT03, and it really does work surprisingly well. What's more is that it makes it so easy to change cables around if you need to at any point.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tattysnuc View Post
    I can't believe that on such an expensive, niche build, it's still stock cooling / air cooled.

    I'd love to know how many of these they sell...
    I don't doubt they'll be doing an equivalent with water cooling. Given the complications that can be involved with watercooling - harder to upgrade, especially if you didn't put the system together, and more to keep an eye on and maintain, it's not inconceivable that people might prefer an aircooled option.

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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    Monstrous POWWAAHH!! Looks good but damn expensive

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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    ...Just about puked in my own lap. It's hard enough to get your hands on 1 GTX 690 for the price it's going for. TWO!? Mind has been blown.

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    Re: Reviews - Scan 3XS Carbon SLI

    Am I the only one who thinks this is just way too OTT

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