i put the pieces together and this is what i got.

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

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[tipnitty 10+ year member]

An expensive trolling machine.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Corsair 650d

Corsair ax850

Maximus IV

i7 2600K

Thermalright Silver Arrow

eVGA 570 SLI w/back plates

8g XMS 1333 @ 1.5v

intel 510 series 120gig SSD

2tb deskstar hdd

I saved the best for last:

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

An expensive trolling machine.

i stopped adding it up a while ago.. but it really wasnt too bad.. under $2500

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

Where is the ram?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Where is the ram?

lol completely hidden under the massive hsf. It's in the normal spot to the right of the CPU... just under a bunch of metal and fans.

 

[JL Audio 5,000+ posts]

I woulda just went with an old megahalems or a true120 grit.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

Bf3 ready

 

[tpmeredith 10+ year member]

Nice man I'm jealous, got any benchmarks yet? I bet your glad it's finally together //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

What'd you clock the I7 at?

 

[bigbubba]

Wholy crap that is a sweet machine. Not bad at all for $2500.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

nice set up.......dual 570s,corsair case and PSU

Impressive,what CPU?

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

nice set up.......dual 570s,corsair case and PSU

Impressive,what CPU?

 

[06goat 10+ year member]

goddamnit this makes me wanna build another one

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

here is a quick 5ghz clock ...



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[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

thats WITH hyper threading //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

my 200$ laptop goes to the same internet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I have no idea if this is good or not

Result

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I can find a shat ton of other things to do with 2500 smacks.....lol!

I get by fine on my desktop, which is quite fast enough for me...

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

I need something like that in laptop form!

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I can find a shat ton of other things to do with 2500 smacks.....lol!
I get by fine on my desktop, which is quite fast enough for me...

didnt you trick out a ford focus? you're not exactly one to talk