My new gaming rig for 2009 and beyond

My new gaming rig for 2009 and beyond

Last Saturday dated 21/03/2009, I purchased an entire CPU from Compu-Zone located in Low Yat Plaza. The total cost was RM5,600 which is quite significant to my savings. I had to save really hard for two months just to get this gaming rig.

Here are some photos of my new gaming rig:

1. Front view of the entire PC


2. Semi side view of the entire PC


3. Alternate side view of the entire PC


4. Front view of the casing with all the stuff it in


5. Front view of the casing with the side panel taken out


6. Side view of the casing with semi transparent panel on


7. Side view of the casing without the side panel


8. Close shot of the semi transparent panel


9. Close shot of the Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard running


These were the parts that was used in my new gaming rig:
1. Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme with the 1366 bracket


2. Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme heatsink


3. Proper fan bracket for Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme


4. Artic Cooling Extreme Cooler for GTX 280


These were the parts that was not used in my new gaming rig:
1. Stock reference cooler for Intel i7 Core 920


2. Stock reference cooler for Palit Geforce GTX285 (front view)


3. Stock reference cooler for Palit Geforce GTX285 (back view)


The full specifications of the rig is as follows:

Processor: Intel i7 Core 920
Processor Cooler: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme with 120mm Coolermaster fan
Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe
RAM: 3x 2GB DDR3 Kingston Ram
Graphics card: Palit Geforce GTX285 with Artic Cooling Extreme Cooler for GTX280
Harddisk drive: 1x 1TB Seagate 32mb cache
Soundcard: Asus Xonar D2X PCIe
Powersupply Unit: Gigabyte Odin 800 watts
DVD-Writer: 22x speed LG SecureDisc DVD writer
Casing: Cooler Master CM690
Monitor: Samsung T240
Speakers: Logitech Z5500
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Keyboard: Logitech Media Keyboard
Gamepad: 2x Logitech Rumblepad 2
Remote control: Logitech Media Remote Control

I would consider the following parts for any future upgrades for this gaming rig:
1. Any brand Geforce GTX285 for SLI purposes (preferably with 3rd party coolers)
2. Pioneer DVD-writer
3. 1TB or 1.5TB harddisk either from Seagate or Western Digital
4. 3x 2GB DDR3 Kingston / Corsair / Apacer Ram
5. A smaller Logitech keyboard

I am hopeful that this gaming rig would at least be able to last another 3 years like my previous ones as I have spend quite an amount of money on it.