Black Mesa

 
  • System Owner: texinga
  • 3DMark Fire Strike: 0
  • 3DMark 11: 8,155
  • Community Score: 25
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System Details

Component Type Brand Product

Motherboard EVGA SR-2
CPU Intel 2x XEON E5620
Frequency: 3.8 GHz FSB / QPI: 200 MHz Multiplier: 19 x Stepping: 2
VCore: 1.25000 v VTT Voltage: 1.350 v PLL Voltage: 1.8 v
RAM Corsair 6x Dominator GT CMT6GX3M3A2000C8
Frequency: 800 MHz Timing: 2:8 Voltage: 1.60 v
Graphics Card EVGA 2x GTX470
GPU Frequency: 625 MHz Shader Frequency: 1250 MHz Memory Frequency: 1701 MHz SLI: Yes
Case
Mountain Mods
Extended Ascension
Power Supply
Corsair
AX1200
Heatsink
Prolimatech
Mega Shadow
Keyboard
Logitech
G510
Mouse
Logitech
Wireless Trackman Wheel
Hard Drive
Western Digital
VelociRaptor 600GB
Hard Drive
Western Digital
1TB WD1001FALS
Monitor
HP
ZR30w
CD/DVD
HP
dvd1270
Fan
Enermax
120cm TBSilence UCTB12
Fan
Enermax
120cm Apollish red-led (CPU heatsinks) UCAP12-R
Accessory
Lian Li
EX-H34B Hot Swap Hard Drive Rack
Accessory
Lian Li
BZ-U02B Multimedia I/O Bay
Accessory
Performance PCs
Steel Mesh 120mm Fan Filter Blk ST-Filter120-S-BK
Accessory
Gelid Solutions
GC Extreme thermal paste (CPUs)
Accessory
Zalman
MFC1 Plus Fan Controllers (2)
 

Notes

This is both the largest physical PC I’ve built and the largest motherboard. The Mountain Mods Extended Ascension is a large case no doubt and there are advantages that I appreciate. The first advantage is being able to mount the SR-2 mobo horizontally which no other retail case affords. The Megahalems heatsinks are heavy and with (2) of them, I don’t have to be concerned about the force they put upon the SR-2 if it was mounted vertically. Other advantages to this case is having lots of room to work, route cables and add copious amounts of fans, water cooling (future), etc. It is a big case, but offers big area to work and I think that helps too with heat. The heat has plenty of room to collect, dissipate and be exhausted. If you are into Folding, the SR-2 was "made" for that activity. It also affords so much flexibility in CPU choices with the Xeon 55xx and 56xx series of processors. My E5620 Xeons are overclocked to 3.8GHz which many feel is the "sweet spot" for these CPU’s especially if you are Folding. This is the motherboard I’ve dreamed of having for years and EVGA made that possible with the SR-2.

Comments

Posted By Date Text

Simba123
11/24/2013
01:06 PM
dang that is a nice beast! +1 beautiful work.
bcavnaugh
05/02/2013
05:52 PM
Really NICE, Thanks for the Tips on Folding, Bill
david12857
02/19/2013
11:12 AM
Very nice Tex! Love the case, color scheme, hardware and everything else about this rig.
scaccima
09/23/2012
06:26 PM
Damn nice!! +1 from me.
barnhartmd051977
09/16/2012
03:18 PM
Let me know when your ready to part with the SR-2 and Cpu's!!! +1
Alacran72
02/24/2012
08:33 AM
+1 Fo Sho! VERY CLEAN!
700_up
02/22/2012
03:46 PM
Very nice looking. I just wish you could add more than 6 pictures
slickric
07/15/2011
03:43 PM
Nice rig bro...
armydrifter
06/06/2011
01:43 PM
Very Nice setup I love the case sad thing is I dont have to room for it.
DaveW71
06/05/2011
06:19 PM
Awesome! Love this Rig!!!
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