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SLI Rig of the Month
Full Name: Richard Surroz
Country: USA (Salem, Oregon)
Handle: DarthBeavis

Rig’s Name: Hellmouth

Richard did us a great favor by summarizing the background behind his latest mod, so we’re going to let him take it from here:

According to Wikipedia:

“Hellmouths are places of increased supernatural energy. According to the mythology of the "Buffyverse", this is the area in which the barriers between dimensions are weak. The Hellmouth has a focal point which serves as a portal between earth and at least one hell dimension. For these reasons, the Hellmouth attracts demons and other supernatural creatures, becoming a "hot spot" for supernatural activity.”

And if you didn’t already guess that Ricahrd is a “Buffy” fan….

The axe on the top of the rig a replica of the scythe Buffy used to defeat the Uber Vamps in the last season. Richard primarily uses this rig as his home theater PC (HTPC) - it is connected to and Xbox 360 HD DVD unit – but we’re guessing it can also hold its own quite well when put to the test with some of today’s hottest games…

Congrats Richard, and enjoy your reign on the "Rig of the Month" page this April!

THE SPECS:

Motherboard: SLI-Ready EVGA nForce 680i
Benchmarks: Highest 3dmark06 is around 17500 @ 4.2 ghz.
GPUs: 2X BFG Tech GeForce 8800GTX graphics cards
Case: Custom Mountain Mods 22" Cube built around Vapochill and 12" Elo TouchScreen LCD monitor
Cooling: Danger Den waterblocks on each GPU, Thermochill PA 120.3 Rad with 6 SilenX fans in push/pull, plus 7 other SilenX Fans mounted throughout the case
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo X6800 on stock Vapochill LS
Memory: 4 gigs OCZ 1066 RAM
Hard Drives: 750 gig Seagate

Notable: All windows laser etched by MountainMods, case painted by Smooth Creations






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