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McTaggart:
I had a look around before measuring the 4870 and thinking it wouldn't fit and there were no mATX AM2+ motherboards with Crossfire that were cheaper than the case I'd intended to get and in stock in Perth. It's all built and working now, save for tweaks like a big, quiet heatsink and maybe quieter case fans.
clockworkjames:
I bouht big ezpensive pretty and quiet fans... neglected to remember that my boot drive is the loudest thing in my room by far.
Shit.
GuitarFreak:
--- Quote from: est on 05 Feb 2009, 21:42 ---Fuck yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou!
I mean uh, nice rig.
Ok, pics time.
New case, outer (and I still haven't taken the plastic off yet. Scared of scratchessssssss):
New case, inner:
New mobo, DFI LanParty Jr (mATX P45/ICH10R board):
Mobo, PSU and DVD drive in place. No drive cage, just put the lower drive bay fan in place:
With drive bay in place:
CPU fan (Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, of course) in place blowing upward because it wouldn't fit the board otherwise:
Shot showing the top and bottom compartments:
I'm pretty happy with the layout. Hot air from the CPU fan is thrown up through the 200mm "Bigboy" exhaust. I'm pretty sure that thing can handle it. Have the drive bay fan pulling air straight through onto the graphics card and an extra fan pulling air through up near the cpu.
After reading a bunch of stuff online I expected that my dvd drive wouldn't fit up top. However, it fits quite easily so I am not sure what people are smoking. As a result of this I have a shitload of space down in the bottom 5.25" drive bays (bottom-right of the second and last pics) and a fair amount of space in the drive bay area holding the fan.
When I decide to go with watercooling I will probably put a drive bay res down the bottom and put the pump up next to the video card with the fan blowing over it, as I have heard some pumps can get hot. The TRU120E will go, replaced by a cpu block. I will put the 1x120 rad I was given outside the rear exhaust port. At the moment I am trying to figure out if I should leave one fan inside and push-pull through the rad or just pull through with one fan on the outside. Either way there is plenty of room in this relatively small case.
Oh and I guess for e-peen embiggening my specs are now: DFI LanParty Jnr mobo, E6750@stock for the moment while I test everything out, 4gb OCZ Reaper ddr2 ram, Radeon 4870@860 core/910 ram, a 150gb VelociRaptor for OS and apps and another 500gb drive for general data.
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Nice rig. +1 for the TRUE :D
Also, I have most of my watercooling parts, still need the rad and pump, but I have the rest. I got a swiftech apogee GTZ for the CPU and I'll also WC my NB since the blackops is awesome like that. Need to pick up another top for the NB though since the one on the board is aluminum.
yay!
dennis:
GuitarFreak: nice build. That Foxconn BlackOps is a serious piece of hardware. Also, impressive OC on the e8600. I got my e8400 up to 3.6 with stock volts. I hit 4+ stable for 4 hours with minor volt increases, but my memory wouldn't stay stable past that (I'm just running DDR2 800). Also, how are you liking the Cosmos S? I considered it, but I decided to go for quiet, since this would be the third computer in my small office. Also, I previously had an Antec P150 that I liked.
Est: Nice! I'd never considered going small form factor before, but you might have changed my mind. My previous build had a Lanparty NF4 board, but I decided to go with the Gigabyte this time to save some money. What kind of temps are you getting in your case?
clockworkjames: It was me with the Tuniq Tower. I've never used any other 775 coolers before, but I can't really see a compelling reason to switch. I am amazed at the efficiency of this cooler. I'm afraid it might break my mobo in half someday, but I do like it anyway.
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Anyone got any recommendations for PWM fan controllers? The Tuniq has a manual fan, and I've got an Enermax Cluster (which are going for like, $7 on Newegg right now with a rebate) for the middle chamber, so I thought I'd put in a controller.
est:
Couple of things:
GuitarFreak, nice block! I am pretty sure that is the block I want when I finally get a decent one. (or an EK, not 100% but I think the Swiftech is easier for me to get).
Dennis, since buying my board I've noticed a lot more mATX stuff coming out. Asus is bringing out an mATX range in the Republic of Gamers series with the suffix "Gene". Looks pretty good for a high-end enthusiast board (aka $$$) but I am still really happy with my LanParty Jr.
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