Not going to ignore, other computer forum regs posted on my Facebook calling you out as a challenger!
HAVE AT THEE!!!
Also, have a current pic of my computer setup.
AKA: Motherboard is off for RMA services at ASUS.
Insured for $200, kind of hope they lose it. $200 could get me a far superior motherboard. Boy, P8P67, so overpriced when they launched. -.-
it's not about the pocket change you pay for insurance, its the fact that insurance will always find some dumb excuse to not pay up
Oh how I have been threatening to post my rig... Now that I am (almost) tipsy enough to take pics of it and do so...
Crappy phone pics, so sorry. Also, sorry for the wires in the last pic. Just hooked everything back up after putting some new, nicer SATA cables in.
Stats:
i5-3570k @ 4.3gHz (stock voltage)
Asus P8Z77-V
G.Skill 1600MHz, 1.25v 4GBx2
Noctua NH-D14
Crucial M4 128GB SSD (boot)
WD Caviar Black 1TB (data)
Gigabyte GTX670 WF3
Seasonic Platinum 860W
Silverstone Raven RV-02E
Other specs not seen:
Dell U23HM
AudioEngine D1 DAC
Samson MediaONE 4a speakers
Grado SR-80i headphones
Zalman clip-on mic
Corsair K-90 keyboard
Corsair M-60 + M-90 mice
Yes, I know the PSU is overkill for my current rig. Yes I know I could have gone cheaper with the MB. blah blah blah.
I chose what I did for certain reasons. New GPU coming September~. I needed WiFi, and since I got a great deal on the MB, why not? Etc.
ONE MORE THING! I am consuming beer while taking the pics. I need more to get better pics. And a camera.
Really looking at some of these machines and wondering what I could make in my price range
nice build, will tip my hat to you for your silverstone raven 2 case , hows that treating you, wondering how the bigger brother to my raven 3 is like
It really has been quite lovely. I am very happy with the air-pen fans, dust filtering and overall look. I do wish I had forked out a bit more for the FT-02 though.
I have barely cleaned it in the past ~9 months (since I built it) and really, there was not more than a very fine layer of dust on the fans. There was practically nothing on the components inside, so I would say it is doing the job quite well.
Cooling performance is pretty fantastic overall as well. I have not had the GPU or CPU hit above 59°C even with overclocks and while folding or stress testing.