actually splave and romdom cant compete for this one =P

Feel free to start a new thread on the second round Brian. I'm certain there will be tons of questions here and at xs. For instance Natural Ambient temperatures vs a/c cold rooms. Open bench tables vs actual enclosed cases etc.

Not my thing either, but this should have very broad appeal.

:toast: thanks time to focus on benching! :thumbsup:

lightweight is the easy part. threaded rod chassis FTW!!

Thanks for hosting it though...We (Al and I) shouldn't dominate all of the time:cool3: I know that aesthetics will play a big part in this contest as well as weight and performance.
Can I get a big AMEN BROTHER! So totally ready to do that.

Carbon Fiber fabrication FTW :D

if you really wanted to win you could use Carbon Nano Tubes and build a case that is also the heatsink :D

CNT have the same thermal conductivity as CBN and natural Diamond (2400w/m-K) about 6x better than Copper or Silver. Dont forget to use Graphene as your TIM and remove the CPU IHS to reduce overall system weight!

I hope yall have some friends at MIT :D

i'm already thinking of setting up my p55 and my i5-680 with a >>>>>>>>>secret hardware>>>>>

:)

i wanna have a reason to go to cali ..lol

too bad the prizes aren't as good as quakecon...

shouldn't we be talking on anutha thread?????????????