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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.


Previous Rigs of the Month
August 09
July 09
November 08
September 08
April 08
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December 07
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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:

  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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