Full Name: Nigel Vanoyen Country: Australia (Brisbane Queensland) Handle: Savage_Rabbit Not bad for his first time! Nigel comes to us with his very first self-built DIY PC project. While some could argue "beginner’s luck", we beg to differ! In this first DIY project, Nigel poured himself into research, spending over 2 months choosing the best hardware for his new PC. His goal? "I research the parts I wanted for about 2 months and I’ve built a SLI rig which is high end at the moment but also has plenty of room for upgrading in the future." What kind of mods did he do? "After building the pc, I set the two hard drives in Raid 0 and added an extra 2gb of RAM for a little more kick. I replaced the rear stock case fans (molded in white) with a pair of blue LED fans to add a bit of ‘bling’ to the case." Was he too scared to try overclocking on his very first DIY PC? "I overclocked the CPU from 2.4GHz to 3.3GHz (without raising the voltages so the temps stay cool) which helped a lot with extra 3D Mark points. After that I overclocked the Graphics card to get a core speed of 610.56 and a memory speed of 1092.86. After overclocking I benched the pc using 3D Mark 06 and got a score of 14383." What’s next for this project? "The first upgrade I’m planning will be a water-cooling system which will allow me to overclcock a bit more and squeeze a few more points out." Congrats Nigel, and enjoy your reign on the "Rig of the Month" page this June! THE SPECS: Motherboard: BFG nForce 680i SLI Graphics cards: (2) XFX GeForce 8800GTXs in SLI Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 PSU: Enermax Galaxy 1000w RAM: 4GB (2 x TWIN2X2048-6400C4 800MHz EPP) Soundcard: Creative Labs X-Fi Fatal1ty Xtreme Gamer CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E6600 2.4 @ 3.2 (Stock Intel Cooler) COOLING: Zalman CNPS9700 NT HDDs: (2) Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200rpm SATA II in Raid 0

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1. Full Name
2. Gaming Handle
3. Country
4. City and State or province
5. CPU brand and model (For example: Intel QX9650)
6. Motherboard brand and model (For example: EVGA 790 SLI)
7. Number of graphics cards, brand, and model (For example: 3x EVGA GTX 285’s)
8. Memory amount/configuration, brand, and type. (For example: 2x2gb Corsair Dominator DDR2 8500)
9. Power Supply brand, model, and wattage. (For example: PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 1200W)
10. Hard drive brand, size, and raid configuration (if applicable) (For example: 2x Western Digital Raptor 150GB, RAID 0)
11. Case brand and model (For example: Cooler Master Cosmos S)
12. Lighting: Please describe any lighting that you have added to the case
13. Cooling: Please describe you cooling system whether its air, water, or etc.
14. Overclocking: Please list any overclocking you have done with the parts, clock speeds, and overclocked speeds.
15. Photos of your machine! Please provide photos of both the inside and outside of your machine. Keep in mind, the more photos you have the better look we get of your machine.

– PLEASE USE ONLY ".JPG" FILES, AND DO NOT SEND ".ZIP" FILES). Please limit your total photo attachments to 9 MB or less in your email.

Also, please answer the following questions:

1. What games are you currently playing and why?
2. What games are you looking forward to and why?
3. What was the biggest challenge you faced when building your machine and how did you over come it?
4. What advice would you give a first time system builder?
5. When do you plan on building you next system and what are you plans for that system?

You may also write a short description of your machine, and what you’ve done to it to make it stand above the rest but please keep it less than 150 words.

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