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    Wink inter8ection's - 3XS P55 OC Custom Series

    New to this forum, so first of all saying hello

    I have sent an email request for some build pictures if you have time, which by the way is an awesome addition to an already awesome service. Especially for people like us who geek out over details.

    While I await build/pictures/delivery, I had a few general questions and feedback requests regarding my build (which I have posted below).

    • Since I wanted a build with a good balance of value-to-performance, I went for the Scan 3XS Custom Series, which surprised me with its high end, low price, base configuration.
    • I picked the Cosmos case because the Hexus reviews indicated it was likely to be quieter than the Cosmos S, with fewer fans and its acoustic material on the side panels. Is anyone able to estimate how loud this build is likely to be, especially with the O/C?
    • Splashed out on an SSD, for silence and speed. After reading reviews of Windows 7 boot up times, the bottleneck now seems to be the mobo post time, does anyone know specifically how to reduce this on the MSI P55-GD65? I have read about a new Phoenix BIOS which posts in 1.5 seconds, but I don't think MSI use that.


    Thanks,
    Christopher

    • Case: Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos
    • CPU: Intel i7 860 2.80Ghz 8Mb Cache
    • CPU Coolers: Prolima Megahalems Super 6 Heatpipe Tower Cooler
    • Fan: 120mm Scythe Gentle Typhoon Cooling Fan
    • Overclocking: Overclocked by our 3XS engineers by 1000Mhz
    • Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65
    • Memory: 8GB (4x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600)
    • Graphics: 1Gb XFX HD 5870 850Mhz GPU 1600 SPs 4800Mhz GDDR5
    • Power Supply Unit: 550w Corsair VX Series PSU
    • System Drive: 128GB Corsair Extreme Series X128
    • Storage Drives: 2x1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200rpm 32MB Cache, RAID0
    • Optical Drive: Sony AD-7240S-0B - 24x DVDRW
    • Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio - PCI-E (x1)
    • Network: Edimax EW-7728In 300Mbps Wireless PCI Adaptor
    • Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    • Warranty: Standard 3XS System Warranty - 2 Years


    Which comes to just over £1700.

    EDIT: Also wanted to note the incredibly good value offered by 3XS, building this myself would have cost £1655 inc. delivery.
    Last edited by inter8ection; 19-10-2009 at 09:02 AM.

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    Re: inter8ection's - 3XS P55 OC Custom Series

    Systems just moving to QC shortly












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    Re: inter8ection's - 3XS P55 OC Custom Series

    work of art on the cable management tbh ...

    Good work ..

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    Re: inter8ection's - 3XS P55 OC Custom Series

    On picture 3 the heatsink looks like a transformers head

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    Re: inter8ection's - 3XS P55 OC Custom Series

    very nice! as steve says a work of art!

    Seeing what you've done with the cable work with that case... im very temped to change to it! but going to stick it out and keep the P193!

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    Re: inter8ection's - 3XS P55 OC Custom Series

    Quote Originally Posted by Matteh View Post
    very nice! as steve says a work of art!

    Seeing what you've done with the cable work with that case... im very temped to change to it! but going to stick it out and keep the P193!
    P193 is an awesome case

    I am looking at one myself, they have just released the 183 mind!!

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Antec...ays-Quiet-Case


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    Re: inter8ection's - 3XS P55 OC Custom Series

    What a beauty, the cable management and build aesthetic look superb!

    Please pass on my thanks to everyone in the 3XS team, and thank you so much the incredible array of pictures (I looked up Krispy Kremes btw, but they don't deliver, boo).

    Optimus Prime is keeping my CPU cool

    What temperatures did you hit in the stress test by the way?

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    Re: inter8ection's - 3XS P55 OC Custom Series

    Quote Originally Posted by inter8ection View Post
    What a beauty, the cable management and build aesthetic look superb!

    Please pass on my thanks to everyone in the 3XS team, and thank you so much the incredible array of pictures (I looked up Krispy Kremes btw, but they don't deliver, boo).

    Optimus Prime is keeping my CPU cool

    What temperatures did you hit in the stress test by the way?
    Glad you like the build

    Its just finishing QC now, we can have it with you tomorrow

    Shame about the Kremes haha, the system maxed at 80degrees under 100% load, we have about 6 screen shots of your system on test on the desktop for you to look at

    Happy Days

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