An overclocker is never satisfied. We chase our scores like the never ending spinning of the globe. The next best build is always around the corner. The next highest score, the next cooling solution, the next cpu, case, power supply etc. etc. etc.
Although i dont have pic’s of some of the pc’s i started with, i have a few examples of how true this is.
Heres a shot of one of my earliest builds. an AMD FX55 with 2 Geforce 6800gt’s
Later on i moved up to the FX 60 because i was really liking this stuff and i actualy started competing. So i expanded my cooling and bought some more hard drives and started getting into RAID setups and more voltage and more heat meaning i needed better cooling.
I think you can see the trend here. Pc building is truly an art. Its not only about beauty its also about Speed. Speed means higher voltage. higher voltage, more components in the case, means better cooling is needed. I decided to move to a better air flow solution by using an open case and got a rack to mount my hard drives in so that heat wouldn’t be a part of the equation.
Water cooled Tri-Sli in a Danger Den Torture Rack.
Then my move to a Custom Phase Unit.
This phase unit was built for me by the man Drewmeister. Very cool. Pun Intended
So now this is where i am at. Core i7 platform, Tri – Sli GPU’s, 4 – SSD’s in RAIDO. Phase cooling on the cpu, Modded AC Chiller for the GPU’s, Separate loop Water Cooled Voltage Reg with north and south bridge also in the loop. It’s an amazing ride that will never end.
Pc building and overclocking has become a huge part of my life over the past 8 years and will continue to be. I am not an engineer, i have never been schooled in pc building. I am self taught. The one and only reason i can do these things is because of the great online forums that are available, and the super super guys that are a huge part of my life over at NBOC forums, Overclockers forums and the like. I will always be in search of that next higher bench score and i love it. Technology has more than tripled in the last 8 years and it will continue to improve until the day i die. And trust me on that day, i will be at my pc and Overclocking the crap out of it.
More pics to come. So put this site in your fav’s people because it will be updated regularly with some amazing stuff.
Thanks Rom for letting me post here.
NBOC Forever!!
Regards
Duke
Time well spent my brother!
hmmm.. I thought you were Ferengi, but you are flying with the Romulan colors ????
This first entry looks great bud. Keep em comin!
The Phase is a Romulan prototype i got off the black market at Deep Space 9.
lol