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Minor upgrade.. new case, water pump, processor and moar RAM! Had an Intel i7 920 before, so I more than doubled my passmark score. The new LGA 2011v3 i7's are only about 40% faster, so I figured the $99 CPU upgrade was well worth it.

 

Lian-Li V359
2x 240mm Magicool Extreme Radiators
Phobya DC12-400 12Volt Pump & Alphacool Lighttower All-in-One Reservoir Combo
XSPC G1/4? Plug Temp Sensor (mounted on spare reservoir hole, and plugged into OPT1_TEMP on motherboard for monitoring)
5x 120mm Coolermaster R4-L2R-20CK-GP Fans
GOverlay 2.8" USB LCD for monitoring system
Intel Xeon x5670 @ 4GHz
24GB (6x4GB) Corsair Dominator GT Triple Channel DDR3-2000 RAM
Asus Rampage Gene III
EVGA GTX 980 ACX 2.0
Samsung Evo 840 250GB SSD
Zalman 500W Heatpipe Cooled PSU
 
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Minor upgrade.. new case, water pump, processor and moar RAM! Had an Intel i7 920 before, so I more than doubled my passmark score. The new LGA 2011v3 i7's are only about 40% faster, so I figured the $99 CPU upgrade was well worth it.

 

Lian-Li V359
2x 240mm Magicool Extreme Radiators
Phobya DC12-400 12Volt Pump & Alphacool Lighttower All-in-One Reservoir Combo
XSPC G1/4? Plug Temp Sensor (mounted on spare reservoir hole, and plugged into OPT1_TEMP on motherboard for monitoring)
5x 120mm Coolermaster R4-L2R-20CK-GP Fans
GOverlay 2.8" USB LCD for monitoring system
Intel Xeon x5670 @ 4GHz
24GB (6x4GB) Corsair Dominator GT Triple Channel DDR3-2000 RAM
Asus Rampage Gene III
EVGA GTX 980 ACX 2.0
Samsung Evo 840 250GB SSD
Zalman 500W Heatpipe Cooled PSU
 
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That looks killer, dude. :D

New network additions!!!

Meraki MS220-8P PoE cloud managed switch (all mine too not just review unit)

Valuepoint Networks switch (inactive)

Xclaim Xi3 802.11ac access point

Aerohive AP230 AP

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later... thing is I mess with the stuff too much for that...LOL... 

 

Other additions I've gotten but not pictured:

 

Luxul XWR-1750

Luxul XAP-1500

Netgear WNDR4500V2

Netgear R7000

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