Full Name: John Kenneth Ibanez
Game Handle: knet370
Location: Iloilo City, Philippines
John is certainly not a noob when it comes to building top notch custom PCs. With this month’s win, John becomes a member of a small class of 2 time Rig of the Month winners after having also won back in November of 2008. Consistent theme, clean lines, and attention to detail are just a few of the elements that make these rigs special.
Nice work John and congratulations on your second Club SLI Rig of the Month win!
THE SPECS:
CPU: Intel Core i7 965
Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme
Graphics Cards: 2x Inno3d GTX 285
Memory: 3x 2GB Crucial DDR3 1333
Power Supply: Corsair HX1000
Hard Drives: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
Case: Lian-Li PC-A77
Lighting: LED Lights
Cooling: Custom Water-cooling
Overclocking: CPU @ 4.0GHz
What games are you currently playing and why?
COD4, Crysis Warhead, Prototype, etc
What games are you looking forward to and why?
COD4: Modern Warfare 2, Diablo III, Command & Conquer 4, etc
What was the biggest challenge you faced when building your machine and how did you overcome it?
Fitting all the water-cooling components, routing the tubes, choice of components to use, cutting the top panel to fit the triple radiator perfectly, sleeving every PSU cables individually and cable management for a clean look.
What advice would you give a first time system builder?
Research first which components you want to use and plan carefully how you want your rig to look is the best advice I could give.
When do you plan on building your next system and what are your plans for that system?
Probably when the new Intel processors are released.
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