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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    I work for tigerdirect... in corporate HQ. BUY IT :P
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Get a fan for your ram, also make sure the fan control in the bios is off, its in a post in this thread somewhere :)
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Mine came with the logo, and I bought the board about 5 months ago... For the record, my skulltrail system is running smoothly, no more memory problems I think I solved the overheating issue. Rob, you said you could overclock the board to 2.8 stable, I have got it up to 2.97 stable with...
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Yeah I got 94C WITH a corsair memory fan on the FBDIMMS. Didn't help much lol!!
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Check your FBDIMM temperatures too. I managed to get them up to 94C :D
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Thermaltake Bigwater 780i Its been working great so far, and easy to install. The waterblocks were the hardest to install because I had to take everything out of my case! One other thing to keep in mind, if you want to run SLI GTX 280's or any other video card which takes up 2 slots, you...
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Hey Mike, To answer the question: I originally bought the Zalmans, and they are working fine, no need to spend more $ unless you just need to silence the PC. The processers are currently overclocked at 2.97ghz (E5410 stock @ 2.33) default voltage in BIOS, 1.3v MCH, 1.35v FSB and the temps...
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Here is updated pic of my rig. Now with northbridge and southbridge on water cooling. I don't have any crashing, even after using my rig for 5+ hours at peak! The cooling on NB and SB really did the trick for everything.
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Hey guys, an update on my system: My 2 GTX 280's running fine with the 1000W PSU and overclocked E5410's. One big problem right now is the MCH (Northbridge) overheating. I would be pushing the system for 4-5 hours straight, getting about 60FPS in age of conan (everything very high, 16Q...
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    An update on my system: I think I am upgrading to two GTX 280's If that still doesn't give me the performance I am looking for I might get a third. Intel supports tri-sli with their new bios update. :cool:
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Mine run about the same. anywhere from 45-55 depending on the load. I think they can safely go up to 65-70?
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    In response to Unregistered: I bought http://www.coolermaster.com/products/product.php?act=detail&id=72 Also, the other question on the Power Supply, I got this one, and got a 2x 4v molex to 8v CPU power adaptor and worked like a charm...
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Surprisingly, I can touch the ram myself after running the computer for hours. The whole case is very quiet, and does not get hot whatsoever. I definately think they revised the boards design before sending this out, as its a bit different from the one pictured in the review. I have my fans...
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    by the way: If you are doing multimedia production of ANY TYPE, there is nothing on the market better then this machine. I am using a full digital system for audio production and I am having no cracking or popping while using over a hundred rendering plugins in real time.
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Pics of the System Here are some pics for viewing: :)
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Well, Everything was a success, overclocked to 2.8ghz, everything is quite quiet, running smoothe, and not very hot at all. Set up was a breeze and computer had no problems posting. I actually used a 1000watt power supply with an adaptor for the second cpu input no problems whatsoever...
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Well thanks for all your help Rob. OC'd no problems, and to add to it, this computer isn't even that loud!! Got it running 2.8 stable no problems whatsoever and cpumark score of 8400+. Will post a pic as soon as I can. Thanks!!! Tim
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    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Cool I will test it all out and let you know how it goes. Also will take a few pics :) Thanks Rob. Great article very helpful.
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