Twitlive.tv's Ultimate Gaming Machine
Date: 9/2/2008
Category: Modding
Author: Kristopher Wandall
Colleen and the Ultimate Gaming Machine
After finishing my other work, I revisited Colleen and her rig and got to meet Leo Laporte at last. When I was talking to Colleen earlier I mentioned how similar her setup was to mine. So, right after meeting Leo, he invited me to help them overclock their system on a live video podcast for Twitlive.tv. How could I refuse! Well, I didn’t, and I sat down to get to work.
The Twit.tv Ultimate Gaming Machine consisted of an Asus Striker II Extreme motherboard, 8GB of Corsair DDR3 1600 memory, two Velociraptors in RAID 0, a killer custom water cooling system, 3 BFG GTX 280’s, a 1200 watt PC Power and Cooling PSU, a Blu Ray ROM drive and a Blu Ray burner, a Scythe fan controller, an Intel QX9770, a Razer Lycosa keyboard, a Microsoft Razer mouse, and a Dell 30” display.
Here you can see Colleen's moddification for the PSU. To make room for the water cooling setup, Colleen opted to extend the PSU out of the back of the case. As you can tell, it worked very well.
The amazing thing is that this is Colleen's first major build. It only took her five days to get it put together and up and running! That really is some dedication! The UMG isn't done, either. Colleen informed me that the case will be shipped to Alsacorp.com for a wicked chrome paint job on the outside and a heat sensitive paint on the inside. I will have updated pictures once that is complete. Alsacorp is an amazing specialty paint and materials company. I have personally painted my rigs using their exotic paints. Swing by the Alsacorp.com webpage to see for your self: www.alsacorp.com
So, after taking some shots of the rig, I sat down with Colleen and began overclocking the UMG. In the end, we were able to get it up to a pretty stable 4.4GHz. After running 3dmark Vantage we hit a mark of almost P23,000! Colleen was excited to see it hit that high and she wanted to see what the PhysX drivers do to the score. After downloading and installing the latest PhysX drivers, we posted a score of P27520! Personally, this is what ultimate gaming machines are made of, benchmark crushing hardware! Colleen's selection of components was right on the money, especially since most of them can be found in my own ultimate gaming machine.
Meeting Leo Laporte and hanging out with Colleen and the Ultimate Gaming Machine was a dream come true. Not only did I get to meet a legend in the tech world, but I got to do what I love in front of a live audience! My sincere thanks and gratitude go out to Leo, Colleen, and Twit.tv. Check out Leo live on Twitlive.tv!
Oh, and after a long days work, there's nothing like double fisting a couple of BAWLS!
Discuss:
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