n00bFRAGGER
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Built this at the end of 2013, been running great with the exception of a faulty power supply.
Specs:
Still running the GTX 660TI like a champ, GTA V on ultra with no issues after some tweaking. Will possibly be my next upgrade but at the moment I can't see a reason as to why I'd need a better GFX card.
I overclocked the I7-4770K CPU to 4.0 GHz, PC runs close to 25 degrees celsius during idle, not sure what it's at during gaming but I did set all 5 fans to run at 100% after 40 degrees celsius. I had a tough time installing the Corsair H60 water cooling on this motherboard and I still think I did it incorrectly but it works so I'm not complaining.
I actually really like this ASUS Maximus VI HERO motherboard. A lot of the tricky hardware tweaking can be done easily from the BIOS. Also comes with a lot of tools that are pretty useful like the SSD eraser program that does it the right way without having to "Boot 'N Nuke" it like I've done before.
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Specs:
- CPU Cooling: 1 x CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm
- GFX Card: 1 x ASUS GTX660 TI-DC2O-2GD5 G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI ...
- Case: 1 x Rosewill Mid Tower Case - R5 – Gaming, Black, ATX - Fan Controller, 2 x Front Fans, Front USB 2.0 & USB3.0 Ports, ...
- CPU: 1 x Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150 84W BX80646I74770K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics
- Mobo: 1 x ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- RAM: 1 x G.SKILL TridentX Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX
- SSD: 1 x SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- HDD: 1 x Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
- PSU: 1 x Rosewill LIGHTNING-1000 Continuous 1000W & 50 Degree C Power Supply (BRICKED), replaced with 1 x CORSAIR CX series CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified
Still running the GTX 660TI like a champ, GTA V on ultra with no issues after some tweaking. Will possibly be my next upgrade but at the moment I can't see a reason as to why I'd need a better GFX card.
I overclocked the I7-4770K CPU to 4.0 GHz, PC runs close to 25 degrees celsius during idle, not sure what it's at during gaming but I did set all 5 fans to run at 100% after 40 degrees celsius. I had a tough time installing the Corsair H60 water cooling on this motherboard and I still think I did it incorrectly but it works so I'm not complaining.
I actually really like this ASUS Maximus VI HERO motherboard. A lot of the tricky hardware tweaking can be done easily from the BIOS. Also comes with a lot of tools that are pretty useful like the SSD eraser program that does it the right way without having to "Boot 'N Nuke" it like I've done before.
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