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[Case Gallery] Streamlined sword

hockeygod1225

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Specs:
Core i7 920 @ 4.1ghz
Asus Rampage 2 extreme motherboard
12GB gskill 1600 ram
BFG EX-1200 watt power supply
2 XFX ATI 4890 graphics cards
Limited edition Thermaltake Sword M case
Thermaltake p500 Water pump
Alphacool NexXxoS XP waterblock
2 raptor 10k rpm hard drives (raid 0)
1 samsung 1.5 TB hard drive
7 thermaltake 120mm fans
2 Scythe ULTRA KAZE 120mm Fans
Rheobus extreme fan controller
thermaltake Copper radiator
pioneer dvd-rw
lite on dvd-rw

Mods:
modified hard drive bay and front intake fan, Modified thermaltake radiatior frame mounts, replaced thermaltake low rpm fans replaced with scyth Ultra Kaze 3000rpm fans to cool radiator,lapped cpu block, modified motherboard tray to accomidate PSU cables behind it.
Customer fit Diamond plating covering Hard drive bays.

Installed the second 4890 and upgraded power supply from OCZ 800w to a BFG EX-1200.
 
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mummie

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System Name HD media centre
Processor e4500
Motherboard gigabyte Q31-S2
Cooling Thermalright huge fin block
Memory 4 x 1gb geil-6400
Video Card(s) Sparkle 9600 gt - passive cooling
Storage 2x500gb, 1x320gb
Display(s) 32'' sony HD TV
Case Thermaltake Mozart with imon and media lab
Audio Device(s) on board
Power Supply Enermax Liberty 400watt (yes it is enough!!!) modular
Software vista 64 ultimate
superb work, decent hardware......8/10

one question, though.... are u certain that the psu is insufficent for the 4890 crossfire?
800w should be enough!
 

hockeygod1225

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superb work, decent hardware......8/10

one question, though.... are u certain that the psu is insufficent for the 4890 crossfire?
800w should be enough!

Thanks for the review
Yes i have tested it quite vigorously and get a BSD when i push it to hard. I tried a friends power supply and it worked flawlessly. I needed more connections anyways.
 
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Location
Chicago, IL
System Name Stealth 2 Duo Turbine
Processor Intel e6850 @ 3.8ghz
Motherboard Asus Striker Extreme
Cooling CoolerMaster V8 Modded With 2 white LED's & 100CFM fan
Memory OCZ DDR2 1066_ SLI Black-4GB
Video Card(s) 2xMSI 8800GT"s SLI
Storage <<HDD For OS>> 2x150GB_Western Digital Raptor_Raid 0. <<HDD For Storage>> 3 x 1TB
Display(s) ACER B273HU 27" LCD 2048x1152
Case Apex SuperCase_Custom 7 month Build
Audio Device(s) Striker Extreme Add-In Card HD-Audio
Power Supply EnerMax INFINITI 720watt
Software SE7VEN ULTIMATE 64bit
Benchmark Scores 3DMark01=NTTA, 3Dmark06=NTTA 3Dmark_Vantage=NTTA, Core Temp v0.99.5=28C
It take a careful hand to make a build look good in that case,, The hardware is awesome but the build needs work.
 

Woody112

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System Name Woody's MBP
Processor 2.4 C2D
Cooling Frikin Air
Memory Munskin 2x2 gig 1066mhz
Video Card(s) 9400gt/9600gt W/512mb
Storage 1TB WD scorpio blue
Display(s) 15.4" on lapie/ 24" Acer P241w on the wall/ 52" LCD TV
Software OSX/ Win 7
That's a lot of tower for what hardware you have. Just a suggestion, is to sleeve and cable tie all those cables neatly out of the way it would really clean it up for ya. 6/10
 
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System Name no remorse
Processor i7 2600k @ 4.7 ht on
Motherboard gigabyte z68x-ud3p-b3
Cooling xspc rasa cpu block, bitspower restop, mcp355
Memory 4 x 4gb corsair vengance 1600 8-8-8-24
Video Card(s) 570 gtx
Storage 2x32 gb patriot ssd's in raid 0 (os & games) / 2 x 500gb barracuda (storage)
Display(s) 25 inch 1080p widescreen i-inc
Case cooler master haf x
Audio Device(s) turtle beach earforce px21 headset (usb)
Power Supply corsair HX850
Benchmark Scores super pi 1m : 7.160 sec. 34,837 3dmark06
lol like thermaltake much, nice rig bro looks good.
 
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