Diary of a ASUS ROG Winner

**Arkitek** · 10-13-2011 08:16 PM

Hi everyone I'm new to the forums and I finally got some time to post about my new rig. It was a part of the PAX giveaway and I couldn't be more happy about the awesome new machine!

Here are the specs...
CPU Intel i7-2600K 3.4GHz Processor
MB ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
ODD ASUS Black 12X Blu-ray Burner
PSU Rosewill LIGHTNING-1300 1300W
VGA ASUS MATRIX GTX 580 Platinum (1.5GB)
Memory G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
HDD Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB-64MB Cache-SATA 6.0Gb/s
SSD 2 x Crucial M4 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive
Case Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower

The first thing I wanted to do was swap out the stock cooler with an aftermarket one. I went with the Zalman 9900CNPS-MAX and boy does that thing sure keep things cool! I was amazed!

I cannot wait to learn more about ASUS ROG and all their features on this hardware and mess around with it. I just wish I had more time! I'm not really sure where to head from here on what to do with it now but hopefully browsing the forums I can get some inspiration!

I want to thank Brian@ASUS and Newegg for this awesome machine and I look forward to reading about other ROG users and what they build and use!

-Lance

**Area 66** · 10-13-2011 08:19 PM

Congrats Arkitek, and thanks to come here, so many time peoples win stuff and we never ear about them after.

**Arkitek** · 10-13-2011 08:52 PM

Thanks MarkedOne! Its kinda funny because one of my favorite game series is STALKER so your forum tag and avatar are very familiar with me! I plan on having a run through with Call of Pripyat soon!

**Cyrekk** · 10-13-2011 08:53 PM

Welcome and congrats on winning the rig!

E;

Originally Posted by Arkitek

Thanks MarkedOne! Its kinda funny because one of my favorite game series is STALKER so your forum tag and avatar are very familiar with me! I plan on having a run through with Call of Pripyat soon!

You two should become friends.

**Area 66** · 10-13-2011 08:58 PM

I ear bad news about the new one they gone release in 2012, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. II , they will put parts of the games on their server, so you will need to download stuff as the game progress, all that because of the piracy.

I get contact with Stalker because of Asus ROG ; they include a copy of it in my Maximus Extreme x38 motherboard, I get few Clear Sky on other ROG board too after.

**xeromist** · 10-13-2011 09:51 PM

Very cool! Thank you for coming and sharing with us. MO is right, not many winners even say "Thank you" but we do get a few and we have another winner who posts here as well. He goes by G4MER.

**chrsplmr** · 10-14-2011 12:25 AM

Arkitek, Welcome New ROG Forum Member.

Congrats on Winning. Sweet, Sweet Rig.
Enjoy all that is ROG.
May you find more than you seek.c.

**DaemonCantor** · 10-14-2011 12:53 AM

Welcome and Congrats!....

**G4MER** · 10-14-2011 04:07 AM

Hey Cool I also won a ASUS ROG PC at PAX.. Congrats on your WIN!

**Arkitek** · 10-14-2011 04:25 PM

Whoops, sorry guys i put in the wrong links so the pics did not show up... but here is my reaction to how well the Zalman performs...

xeromist PC Specs
Laptop (Model)	Dell Inspiron 15 7567
Motherboard	MSI x470 Gaming Plus
Processor	AMD 2600X
Memory (part number)	16GB Crucial Ballistix Elite 3600
Graphics Card #1	ASUS GTX 1080 Strix
Monitor	BenQ BL3200PT
Storage #1	Intel 600p NVMe
CPU Cooler	Wraith
Case	custom Antec 900
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000
Keyboard	Logitech Orion Spark
Mouse	Logitech MX500
Headset	Plantronics 777 with Oregon Aero upgrade

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