Full Name: Mark Plasters Game Handle: USFORCES Location: Rockford IL, USA
When most people think about putting their computer inside their desk, the only thought is whether or not there will be enough room for resting your feet underneath after you’re done. This month’s winner takes the idea to a whole new level. With some woodworking skill and a good plan, Mark has built this custom desk to not only house but show off his rig. As it turns out there’s even more goodness. Here’s what Mark had to say:
“I’m using five less fans now than when I was using a case after getting rid of 3 120mm and 2 80mm fans and the system actually runs cooler. The positive air pressure from 6 120mm fans, housed on two of the radiators, pump enough cool air that I don’t even need any fans on the motherboard radiator.”
Nice! Congrats to Mark on being this month’s Club SLI Rig of the Month winner!
THE SPECS:
CPU: Intel Q9650 Motherboard: EVGA 780i FTW Graphics Cards: 2x BFG GTX 280 H2OC Memory: 4x 2GB Corsair XMS PRO DDR2 6400 Power Supply: Silverstone ZM 1200W Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda Raid 0 Case: Custom Desk Lighting: UV LED strip, a few custom LED’s, 1 green and 1 purple cold cathode tubes Cooling: 3 separate loops each with its own Danger Den pump and Radiator. 1 loop for the motherboard, 1 loop for the CPU, and 1 loop for the graphics cards. Danger Den full coverage blocks for the graphics cards. The rest of the blocks are all EK. Overclocking: CPU @ 4.0GHz 24/7. Graphics cards @ 720MHz core.
What games are you playing and why?
I play a lot of BF2 and sometimes Crysis
What games are you looking forward to and why?
I’m looking forward to Battlefield Bad Company 2. I’m a big fan of the Battlefield series and this new game uses the frostbite engine and DX11.
What was the biggest challenge you faced when building your machine and how did you overcome it?
Making everything work out right and looking really nice.
When do you plan on building your next system and what are you plans for that system?
My next upgrade will consist of a couple of water cooled NVIDIA DX11 cards. I’m also waiting for the 32nm CPUs to come out.
Have you created your own smoking-fast SLI system? Have you pimped it out with the latest mods? Is EVERYTHING in your machine UV-reactive? Do you have seventeen 120mm fans adorning your dual-GPU benchmark-shattering monster of a machine? Do you have what it takes to make the "SLI Rig of the Month?”
Find out – submit your machine for a chance to win glory (and get featured on NVIDIA’s web site!).
To submit your SLI rig for consideration, send an email to us with the information below. You MUST have the phrase "SLI Rig of the Month" in the subject line of your email. Emails without this will not be considered.
In your submission email, you must include the following information:
Full Name
Gaming Handle
Country
City and State or province
CPU brand and model (For example: Intel QX9650)
Motherboard brand and model (For example: EVGA 790 SLI)
Number of graphics cards, brand, and model (For example: 3x EVGA GTX 285’s)
Power Supply brand, model, and wattage. (For example: PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 1200W)
Hard drive brand, size, and raid configuration (if applicable) (For example: 2x Western Digital Raptor 150GB, RAID 0)
Case brand and model (For example: Cooler Master Cosmos S)
Lighting: Please describe any lighting that you have added to the case
Cooling: Please describe you cooling system whether its air, water, or etc.
Overclocking: Please list any overclocking you have done with the parts, clock speeds, and overclocked speeds.
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:
What games are you currently playing and why?
What games are you looking forward to and why?
What was the biggest challenge you faced when building your machine and how did you over come it?
What advice would you give a first time system builder?
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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