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Your System - July/August/September 2013

Post your system specs if you've built/bought a new system during the months of July/August/September.

If you've changed your system, put "ADDED" next to the new component(s).

If you haven't changed anything - don't post!

YOUR SYSTEMS (PART 2)

Intel Core i7 3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Processor
Asus P9X79 Deluxe LGA2011 motherboard
32GB of system RAM (8x4GB)
PNY GTX 670 video card
Asus VE276Q, VE278Q and VK278Q triple 27” (1920x1080) Widescreen Monitor setup (Dual Link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort)
Samsung 840 Series 500GB SATA III SSD
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA III SSD
Rosewill RSV-SATA-Cage-34 Black 3x5.25" to 4x3.5" Hot-swap SATAIII/SAS Hard Disk Drive CageDouble Drive 2.5" SATA Mobile Rack Added
Asus BD ROM / DVD Burner
Antec EarthWatts 650 PSU
Antec P180 case
Microsoft Windows 8 Professional 64bit

Intel Core i5 4430 Haswell 3.0GHz, 6MB, Retail
Asus H87-PRO LGA1150
G.Skill 8GB kit (2 x 4GB) DDR3 Ripjaws x C9 1600MHz
Silicon Power Velox V60 2.5" 120GB SSD SATA3 550/510 - Operating System
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EZRX 3.5" 2TB, 64MB Intellipower - Data
Cooler Master Centurion 6 Black Mid Tower Case - 500W PSU
Samsung SH-224DB 24x Black OEM SATA DVD Writer
Asus VS247H 23.6" Full HD 5MS LED Monitor
Microsoft Wireless Bluetrack Desktop 3000
Logitech Z523 2.1-Channel Speakers
Windows 8 OEM 64bit
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke

eVGA E758-TR.
Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz.
12GB OCZ Gold DDR3-1600 @ DDR3-1066 (due to system instability at higher clocks).
ADDED 8/9/2013: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 4GB.
120GB Corsair Force 3 SATA3 SSD.
150GB Western Digital WD1500ADFD 10KRPM SATA.
160GB Western Digital WD1600JD 7200RPM SATA.
1TB Western Digital WD1001FALS 7200RPM SATA2.
ADDED 8/6/2013: 480GB VisionTek GoDrive SATA3 SSD.
Creative Labs 16x48 DVD/CD-ROM.
HP dvd840d 16x DVD writer.
Samsung T260 26" 1920x1200 LCD.
Windows 7 Professional x64.
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"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." - Bertrand Russell

Intel Xeon E5-2687W 8core 16thread 20mb L3 cache
EVGA X79 Dark
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum
Powercolor 7950 CF
HP ZR30W 3x(I own three but only two plugged in until i build or buy a bigger desk)
Hitachi Ultrastar Entreprise Hard Drive 7k4000 4TB Sata 6gb/s
LG 16X Blu-Ray Burner
Noctua NH-D14
Caselabs Magnum M10 W/ Pedestal & 85mm extended top
Corsair AX1200 W/ White sleeved cables
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64bit

Upgraded EVGA X79 Classified to X79 Dark
Upgraded Asus GTX 670 top to 7950 CF
Upgraded Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8 PRO
Upgraded all fans to Gentle Typhoon AP-15 Black heatshrink sleved
Removed Samsung 840 Pro 256gb
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hmmmmmm....

after months watching sales, codes, mirs - my ~$1K~7.7WEI gaming rig is done

OS: MicroSoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
MOBO: GigaByte GA990FXA-UD5 r3 (NB OC 5% to 210)
CPU: AMD Phenom IIx4 965 (OC 5% over turbo to 4ghz using x19)
SINK: Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM (a bit tall for case)
RAM: Samsung 2x4GB 1.35V (OC 10% Cas9 1760mhz)
GPU: Sapphire Dual-X 7950 (OC 15%, gpu 1164, mem 1438, vddc 1168)
SSD: OCZ Agility4 128GB (OS Boot & Apps)
HDD: HGST 4TB 7200rpm (Software RAID1) 3.63tb available for AV media
HDD: HGST 4TB 7200rpm (AHCI/GPT/NTFS) gaming, torrents, SSD backup
DVD: Asus DRW-24B2ST Burner
PSU: Corsair CX430 (my KillAWatt proves it's enough)
CASE: NZXT Source 210 Black mid tower
FANS: Cougar CFV12HP (side & rear) PWM 120mm
LCD: Asus VW266H 25" 1920x1200 TN (freebie from my P4 previous rig)
I/O: Logitech M570(wireless), K250(wireless), C525 (720p)

all Over Clocks are stable under both real world and burn in utility conditions.
I get heaven & valley 37fps on High with a single 1920x1200 60Hz TS LCD.

2014/15 upgrades being considered include;
CPU: whatever AM3+ will come above Vishera
PSU: 750-850w 80Plus Gold
GPU: crossfire in a second 7950
HDD: another pair of 4TB for RAID10