Beginnings

First off, let me thank Romdominance for the opportunity to contribute here and all others who dedicate themselve’s to making this site possible.

I thought I would kick this off by showing in chronological order my overclocking experiences and hardware collection from the beginning. Let’s get started…

This DD WaterBox is where my OCing ventures began in earnest. What an ordeal! It was a pita to put together and to be candid, was the catalyst for my future “caseless” builds. It sure was flashy and it did produce results, but it was like performing open heart surgery just to swap out a video card. On a positive note, the results and my determination led to some recognition and an invite to join the NBOC Hwbot team where I reside to this day. At the time it held a Evga Vanilla X58 and a Intel 920 CO.

Wind tunnel cooling…

From there I progressed to my first true bench rig.

Oooh baby! Thought I was really high teching now! Check out the “custom” chiller set-up I have going on…

The above was a much needed improvement but I was on a quest now. It led to the incarnation of the “DoubleDoowieGigantunourmousTortureRack”. I designed a little chilled water set-up that I thought was the cat’s meow. I was bringing a cooler of ice home every evening.

Well, you know how it goes…always looking for that majic bullet. Finally bit it and had sdumper build me a SS phase unit. Made a huge difference in my daily bench sessions (no more ice to deal with or water to dispose of after every bench). Upgraded to a Classified mb and a PC Power & Cooling 1200w psu while I was at it. With the addition of a 965XE/950 DO/920 DO selection of chips, this is where the bench rig is at the moment.

I was in a hurry to get it up and running so I used a cardboard “Cuisinart” box to set the phase unit on. It was aptly named the “Cuisinart” by fellow NBOC members.

We all got a laugh out of this when I pointed it out…

Alas, the cardboard Cuisinart could not stand up to the pressure and I was forced to build another base. She will be sadly missed…

A recent addition to the family is this dedicated game rig just completed. It holds the original Vanilla X58 mb, a 965 cpu and two Zotac 8800 GT’s.

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You knew I could’nt resist benching it at least once…

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Currently testing a Evga X58 LE mb which will become my 24/7 pc.

Been toying with AMD here lately after many years absence…

Note to self…insulate – insulate – insulate

And I really need to get my butt in gear for this…