Full Name: Ryan Sprinkle
Game Handle: NC _Sprinkle
Location: N.C., U.S.A.
If you ever wanted to know what an NVIDIA shrine looks like you should check out this month’s Club SLI Rig of the Month winner. With an nForce based motherboard, dual GeForce GPU’s (of course) and SLI branded case and memory, this case give new meaning to the phrase “going green.” It just so happens that Ryan’s birthday is during the month of August so we’re delighted to give him his birthday wish as this month’s Rig of the Month winner.
Congrats and Ryan and Happy Birthday!!!
THE SPECS:
Intel e8400
EVGA 780i
2 BFG GTX 260 OCs in SLI
4x2gb OCZ Nvidia Edition DDR2 800 5-4-4-15 2.1v
Coolermaster 850w Real Power Pro
1x Western Digital Raptor X 150gb 1x Western Digital 1TB External
Coolermaster Stacker 830 Nvidia Edition
Zalman 9700 NT Cpu Cooler 6x Coolermaster 120mm Fans with Green Leds 1x Crossflow Fan
Gaming Setup CPU at 3.8ghz auto voltage Ram linked and synced at 850mhz 5-4-4-14 2.1v GPU at 678 core 1489 shader 1125 memory
Benchmarking Setup CPU at 4.2ghz 1.41v Ram linked and synced at 933mhz 5-4-4-15 2.1v GPU at 725 core 1489 shader 1225 memory
3dmark06 score 19298
Here is what Ryan had to say in response to our questions
What games are you currently playing and why?
Currently playing battlefield 2 because it’s Very fun to play
Mass effect Great Story
ArmA 2 awsome Graphics and very realistic
Project Torque Fun online Racing game
What games are you looking forward to and why?
Alan Wake cutting edge lighting and graphics
Battlefield 3 cause were long overdue for a new battlefield game
Need for speed shift realistic simulation style game play cutting edge graphics
What was the biggest challenge you faced when building your machine and how did you overcome it?
Wire management. I didn’t go with a modular power supply and had tons of extra cables everywhere. I took my time and laid all the cables out I needed, twist tied the ones I didn’t and tucked them away, and then routed the cables I was using for good airflow and looks.
What advice would you give a first time system builder?
Don’t buy cheap parts! Go ahead and spend some money or you will end up regretting it if you don’t. Do your research to for any questions you have. The answers are out there; just have to look hard enough.
When do you plan on building your next system and what are your plans for that system?
Plan on getting a q9650next month but am waiting for the next batch of i7s to come out and the new series of GPUs. :]
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