I know this is a HUGE shot in the dark, but I have the following for sale or trade (the prices on each line from left to right reflect what I paid and then the going rate today):
2 x eVGA GeForce 8800GTS Superclocked 640MB 640-P2-N825-AR 2 x $414.00 = $828.00 2 x $289.00 = $578.00
Retail boxed Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Kentsfield 3.0GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache $979.00 $739.00
eVGA nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI 122-CK-NF68-A1 $249.00 $159.00
2GB (1 x 1GB dimms) Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8500C5D $194.00 $54.00
Western Digital 320GB 7200rpm hard drive $89.99 $79.00
Antec P180 case $189.00 $149.00
Antec NeoPower 650 Blue power supply $129.99 $104.99
Sony Optiarc 20x DVD-R/RW burner $29.99 (still about the same price today)
Total components price when I bought them: $2,688.97
Total components price now (mostly Newegg pricing): $1,892.98
Cooling setup:
Swiftech Apogee GT CPU water block $39.99
2 x Swiftech Stealth video card water blocks 2 x $89.99 = $179.98
Swiftech MCP655 317gph water pump $74.99
Swiftech MCR320 triple fan radiator $49.99
3 x Antec Tri-Cool 120mm fans on radiator
MCB-120 Radbox External Enclosure Kit $29.99
DangerDen 5.25" single bay water reservoir $24.99
ClearFlex 1/2" x 5/8" Tygon clear water tubing $14.99
UV orange tubing coils $9.99
Screw type tubing clamps $4.99
1qt Feser One F1 coolant (clear normally and glows blue in UV lighting) $19.99
Swiftech MC14 BGA Ramsinks on motherboard R50 capacitors $17.99
Thermalright HR-05-IFX-SLI northbridge cooler $24.99
Vantec Iceberq CCB-A1C southbridge cooler $13.99
Sunbeam Silent Core SCRF-08 8025 Fan $4.99
CORSAIR CMXAF1 Fan on ram modules $19.99
UV Cold Cathode Light $9.99
3 x Scythe Ultra Kaze 120mm 3,000RPM Case Fans (only 1 installed) 3 x $14.99 = $44.97
Total price of cooling equipment: $586.80 (This prices on this stuff hasn't changed in the past three months)
Some prime and leak check pictures:
Up and running pictures:
Note: All of the above pictures are prior to installation of the ramsinks, ram cooler, northbridge cooler, and southbridge cooler.
Since installing the watercooling equipment, the processor has been safely overclocked to a modest 3.75GHz. Keep in mind that Intel made the Extreme series of processors to appeal to the overclocking enthusiast crowd. Core temps at idle are 47c, 47c, 44c, and 44c respectively. Under full load 66c, 68c, 63c, and 62c respectively. The system has also benched a 18089 in 3DMark06 which is respectable considering the 8800GTS cards are consider lower to middle of the road in the GeForce 8 series. When playing games, this setup is friggin awesome!!! Photoshop and Lightroom is also fantastic especially when working with large (8000+ pictures) catalogs.
Why am I selling? I'd like a desktop buddy for my lonely Macbook Pro! All joking aside, my photography business is growing quickly and I'd like to switch my Lightroom workflow completely over to OSX instead of opening stuff between OSX and Windows environments. I'm also a huge sucker for the beauty of Apple hardware which should explain why I'm sacrificing this system at a pretty low price.
I will consider trades for a Mac Pro Quad or an outright purchase of $2,200 shipped. If wanting to trade, an escrow service will be involved to ensure that we are both getting what we expect. If purchasing the computer, PayPal is the only way I'll accept payment to ensure security. I highly recommend using a credit card for the transaction for your safety.
The computer will be shipped with the coolant drained and the radiator removed since it's larger than the original shipping box for the computer case. Priming the coolant system is pretty easy to do, and you'll have to learn it anyway since you really should change the coolant in the computer every year or so.
If any of you are reluctant to take the watercooling jump, I wouldn't be. The coolant I use in my system is non-conductive. Yes, it's not as efficient as straight up water, but there is NO RISK of frying your equipment in the event of a leak (which this system has never had).
I know my post reputation is non-existent on MacNN. I literally have only one other post in the classifieds for a Powerbook sale back in November of 2005 that never went through. Make no mistake, I've trolled the pages of MacNN since roughly the summer of 2003 without registering for the forums. I do have plenty of feedback as a seller on eBay (username Emulsifide) with just over 250 positive responses. I've also sold high dollar camera equipment on fredmiranda.com (username Mr. Pute) and on dgrin.com (username Emulsified).
Serious inquiries only. If you want to talk to me on the phone about trading or purchasing the system, PM me and we'll hash it out. Thanks.
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