FINISHED! The RIG

[BigD6997]

To view this case mod, go here (http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/260.html).

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Specs:
amd 3500 @ 2640(when benching i bring it up to 2.74), evga 7800gt @ 503/1270(benches at 510/1270), 2g OCZ plat, zalman 9500led cpu cooler, accelero x1 vga cooler, evga sli mobo(free stuff is great),X-Fi xtreamemusic, all in a lian li v1000plus(modded of course)

Mods:
added 2 80mm blue led side fans, 1 120mm blowhole fan, added front 120mm intake fan, 2 blue cold caths, lots of air moving silently!

scores 8470 in 3dmark 05

dropped my load temps on my cpu 3*C overclocked at 2.6 vcore 1.525, it load temp of 41*C, dropped my gpu temp load from 61*C(core at 505mhz) to 49*C!!

[BigD6997]

posted some before pics up as well, didnt have any of the fans

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Nice...

[drade]

Nice job!

[wazzledoozle]

Love the case/lighting. How is the overclocking on that board? I am considering getting one.

[BigD6997]

meh the overclocking isnt very good on the motherboard... very easy to do minor overclocks, it doesnt have alot of options... id stay away from it, im going to pick up a DFI LP board dono if i want to go sli or crossfire in the future

[BigD6997]

thanks for the comments guys

[BigD6997]

the lazer cutting place i brought it to's computer broke..lol... so i had to cut them my self (wich i was kinda scared of doing, but it turned out wayyyy better than i expected, and the pictures dont do it justice

[xylomn]

nice work

[technicks]

Nice job with the up side down mobo.
Great stuff.

[BigD6997]

thanks for the comments, and who is the guy goin around giving everybody 1's wtf?!?!

[bikr692002]

Ehh, just some n00b who's jelous... anyways, nice man, and good job at hiding the wires. I heard it's hard to do that in this case.

[xylomn]

yeah don't listen to them. same happened to me, great work man. They just jelous and need to grow up a bit.

[BigD6997]

yeah it is pritty hard to hide the wires becasue the come up on the opposite side of the mobo so you cant put everything flat behind the 5 1/2 bay, but yeah i spent some time on it

[Cybie1111]

She is a nice lookin machine there.

[devinXkillyou]

Its not "upside down", its BTX form factor instead of ATX, which is basically reversed of normal mobo/case designs. I dont see major advatages, but i may be wrong.

[Azn Tr14dZ]

No, it's not BTX, it's still ATX, just upside down. There's a difference in placement of PCI/E cards and such on a BTX.

[BigD6997]

yeah its soposed to isolate heat sources and cool them seperatly, wich it does a very good job at, except the the grfx card wasnt getting any fresh air, so i put the 2 80mm fans in, im getting almost the same temps as water cooling now!

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Yeah! Go BigD! i wish I had the same temps as water cooling but i have a pentium D @3.3 GHZ and it's hot as hell! So, water cooling here I come!

[BigD6997]

yeah water cooling is great, but on my bigwater 745 the pump broke and the resivor cracked.. lol, and they wouldnt replace it cuz they said they dont know if i dropped it or sumthing cuz its "physical" damage

[PVTCaboose1337]

I think it should be named, "the fishtank," cause thats what it looked like until I zoomed in.

[BigD6997]

I think it should be named, "the fishtank," cause thats what it looked like until I zoomed in.
nah it doesnt look like a fish tank, it just isnt the clearest picture, yet it is pritty blue, i was thinking about putting some green in there

[BigD6997]

wtf no ratings?

[Azn Tr14dZ]

W1zzard reset everything, now you can revoke your vote if you seem to change your mind! Pretty cool feat.

[BigD6997]

yeah thats cool...

[mrshow]

What case is that, and what did you use to cut open the fan ports?

[BigD6997]

What case is that, and what did you use to cut open the fan ports?
its a lian li v1000

used a hole saw

[fireman]

share you a cool case...

http://www.frozencpu.com/search.html?mv_profile=searchstring&mv_sort_field=description&mv_matchlimit=33&mv_session_id=cwUKAUDa&mv_searchspec=masker

[tothebone]

i like your case specialy that color combination :) look at mine :P

[BigD6997]

thanks for the comments everyone