-My Desktop




This is my main desktop computer. Used for basically everything, it's relatively powerful and loaded with extras. No surprise it cost me a bit and that I take care of it well.

Over the past summer this computer got an unusual upgrade, moving to a smaller case. My mod dubbed "Insane-o-mod 2008" involved the migration to a smaller case as well as the building of a massive dual 3x120mm radiator setup bolted to the top of the case. This radiator assembly houses the pump and radiator as well and offers great cooling performance. Later in the year the hard drive was upgraded and the secondary graphics card added. I made an attempt to get the computer to 6GB, but so far my attempts have yielded no success.

The Specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor @ 3.6GHz with 1.6125 Vcore
Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard
4GB (2x2GB) OCZ SLI Ready DDR2 @ DDR2 800, 5-4-4-15 2T
BFG 8800GT 512MB Graphics Card (Primary monitor), eVGA 8600GTS 256MB Graphics Card (Secondary Monitor)
Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Music
Abit AirPace B/G WiFi Card
Lian Li A06b Case modded for an extensive water cooling system bolted to the top
500GB Seagate 7200.11 SATAII Hard drive with 32MB cache
BenQ DVD Burner
610 Watt PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Viewsonic VP171s 17 inch LCD (Primary)
Acer AL1916w AB 19 inch widescreen LCD (Secondary)
Water cooling system:
-Swiftech Apogee GT CPU Waterblock
-Danger Den Maze 5 GPU Waterblock
-2x Swiftech MCR-320 Radiator
-Swiftech MCP-355 Pump
-Swiftech MicroRes Reservoir
-Tygon 3/8th inch ID tubing
-Feser One Black Coolant
-Custom top mounted radiator assembly


A shot of the computer on my current desk, hooked up to an old record player:




A shot of the tower, head on (note the radiator on top):




11/11/08