Full Name: Shane Alleman
Country: USA
City/State: ELY, Nevada
Handle: Mr. Death
Shane enjoys building and customizing computers for fun and ultimately for playing games. His rig has two EVGA NVIDIA 8800 GTX video cards, an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz processor (overclocked to 3.2 Ghz), and two OCZ SLI memory sticks adding up to 2 GB of ram. For sound, he has installed a Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi FATAL1TY Edition and he has powered his rig with a 1000 W Enermax Galaxy PSU. Seven fans and a Zalman CPU cooler keeps everything cool. And as the final touch and to add some extra color, he has installed four green and red lights to brighten everything up.”
We asked few questions, here is what he had to say:
What’s the main reason for building such a powerful system?
I enjoying playing games from time to time and I enjoy building computers for fun; I do it just for the games and I enjoy it.
Aside from installing memory sticks, what was the easiest component you had to upgrade?
The easiest components to upgrade were the CPU and the hard drives. I enjoy modding and building PCs so nothing was really too hard for me.
What game are you currently playing? Why?
The game I am currently playing is Quake 4. Actually, I just finished it about a week ago, I really enjoy first person shooters, in addition, I have been playing the demos for Crysis, TimeShift and Hellgate: London, I'm just waiting for these games to come out so I can put my rig to some abuse...lol. I love the Crysis demo; the graphics are stunning, and the water detail is what really draws me into the game more. I just love how the Video Cards render the water; it’s stunning! I am running windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition.
What would you recommend a novice system builder to avoid when building their first computer from scratch?
If you are a novice builder, start small. I would start with an SLI motherboard, but just one video card and 2 GB of RAM. Stick with a standard heat sink for the CPU. Once that is set up and working, you can research information on how to mod it. If you really want to build a great computer, research different motherboards, CPUs, memory, video cards, and read different people’s opinion, reviews, etc. to find what will best work for you.
THE SPECS:
Motherboard: EVGA Nvidia 680i SLI
Graphics cards: (2) EVGA Nvidia 8800GTX ACS3 Edition
Case: Silverstone TJ07
PSU: 1000w Enermax Galaxy
RAM: 2 OCZ SLI Memory 2 GB
CPU: Intel E6600 2.4 dual core (overclocked to 3.2 GHz)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9700NT
HDDs: 3 Seagate 320GB (raid 0)
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