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Chris B. · 02-07-2014, 01:58 AM

The last one I put together was in the fall of 2012. I used a few parts from my old PC along with a bunch of new parts. I designed and built it to be a quiet gaming rig. When its idle, its 2-3 decibels above the ambient background noise. Background noise in my apartment when I measured it was aroud 33 decibles. When I'm gaming I can't hear it over the sound of the games.

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor overclocked to 4.6 GHz
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-R 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Red LED
Samsung 840 Series 500GB SATA III SSD for the OS and frequently used programs
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherbaord
Two of Kingston HyperX Blu Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory for a total of 32GB of RAM
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 570 HD SLI Support Video Card from my old PC hard drive
HGST 7k400 4TB 7200 rpm hard drive for data storage and working with large files.
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive for backing up the SSD
LG Black 12X BD-R BD-RE DVD+R DVD-RAM BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA 12X Super Multi Blue with 3D Playback & M-DISC Support LightScribe Support
SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus 650W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Antec Sonata Series SOLO II Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
27" Samsung 1920x1200 monitor from my old PC.

02-07-2014, 01:58 AM	#13
Chris B. Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Lehigh Valley Member #14208 My Ride: is Sonic Blue iTrader: (0)	The last one I put together was in the fall of 2012. I used a few parts from my old PC along with a bunch of new parts. I designed and built it to be a quiet gaming rig. When its idle, its 2-3 decibels above the ambient background noise. Background noise in my apartment when I measured it was aroud 33 decibles. When I'm gaming I can't hear it over the sound of the games. Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor overclocked to 4.6 GHz ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-R 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Red LED Samsung 840 Series 500GB SATA III SSD for the OS and frequently used programs ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherbaord Two of Kingston HyperX Blu Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory for a total of 32GB of RAM EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 570 HD SLI Support Video Card from my old PC hard drive HGST 7k400 4TB 7200 rpm hard drive for data storage and working with large files. Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive for backing up the SSD LG Black 12X BD-R BD-RE DVD+R DVD-RAM BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA 12X Super Multi Blue with 3D Playback & M-DISC Support LightScribe Support SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus 650W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply Antec Sonata Series SOLO II Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 27" Samsung 1920x1200 monitor from my old PC. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.