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View attachment 68139 well here is my second attempt at a decent build , sabretooth x99 , i7 5820 @4.5GHz H110 GTi , 32 GB Corsair 2800 , you can see the GPU , evga 750W platinum PSU Samsung sm951 NVM-e 256GB, all in the Corsair Air 540 .
it's decent ... no wait ... it's more than decent and also AIR540!

ahah you used the idea i had if i wanted to fit 3 Fury X in mine ... all rad could fit in the front panel :laugh:
not a fan of EVGA but it's nice to see that their tubing are accorded to the Corsair's one (iirc Corsair is the OEM for the hybrid cooler?) not that i am a fan of Corsair either, when it come to AIO.
bonus, seems that the color scheme on the GPU is also accorded to the Sabertooth :roll:
clean looking:toast:
 
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thanks thanks thanks....!
i hate arctic silver, but i hope its work flawless on your rig!!
di you run that rig with the side panel? or window ?
 
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thanks thanks thanks....!
i hate arctic silver, but i hope its work flawless on your rig!!
di you run that rig with the side panel? or window ?
it's a AIR 540: HUUUUGE window :D also ... i don't use AS5 on my rig ... only Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut atm (or Gelid GC-Extreme if i run out TGH)

also Skylake-S OC'ability? craptastic at most ... it can't even handle more than 4.0ghz @ stock voltage while my Haswell-DT did 4.5ghz @ stock voltage
i tried just now it booted once on 4.4 i tried 4.5 and then a 1 second power up then restart, clear cmos then trying 4.4 again : boot loop lowering step by step until 40X100mhz before being able to full boot ... K chip? don't joke Intel :laugh:
(nope i am not disapointed, just amused ... funny how reviewer get good OC result but a semi-enthusiast grade customer get : "NIX" )

update, funny windows re activation: so i got the usual pop up to activate Win i used the toll free line only to get a "your entry is not valid for activation, you might be victim of a piracy act" SNAP! oh well i try to change the key in the system summary and activate it via phone later (maybe i used the wrong key initially, as i have 2 OEM key for 7 64 Pro and one is used in a friends build) i enter the key and click OK : "windows is activated" and the "Ask For Genuine Microsoft Software" label is shown, maybe i should really play lottery today ...
 
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it's a AIR 540: HUUUUGE window :D also ... i don't use AS5 on my rig ... only Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut atm (or Gelid GC-Extreme if i run out TGH)
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thanks for your kind comments Greiver . I use evga because they have very good warranty , and corsair because they have never let me down , but each to his own I say . I have some gold and black PSU cable extentions I may yet add to compliment the gpu and mobo . With regard to your skylake findings , I heard rumblings about this , this is why I went for the Haswell -E .
I use arctic 5 , I have tried one or two others , never really seen that much of a difference , but then again I don't go in for really heavy overclocking ( not enough skill and knowledge yet , maybe next practice build )

I forgot to add , I have turned fan on gpu rad round the other way , so it pulls cool air from outside of case , it hasn't affected cpu temps , but gpu a little cooler and keeps the air flow balanced . #
 
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thanks for your kind comments Greiver . I use evga because they have very good warranty , and corsair because they have never let me down , but each to his own I say . I have some gold and black PSU cable extentions I may yet add to compliment the gpu and mobo . With regard to your skylake findings , I heard rumblings about this , this is why I went for the Haswell -E .
I use arctic 5 , I have tried one or two others , never really seen that much of a difference , but then again I don't go in for really heavy overclocking ( not enough skill and knowledge yet , maybe next practice build )

I forgot to add , I have turned fan on gpu rad round the other way , so it pulls cool air from outside of case , it hasn't affected cpu temps , but gpu a little cooler and keeps the air flow balanced . #
on my setup both rad draw air from out to in, i have a AF120 on the bottom for intake on the PCH and a AF140 on the back for extraction kinda works nice (tho i have all my front fans mounted on the exterior of the metal frame just under the front bezel ventilation grid, otherwise i would not be able to fit that monster of a rad that the Phobya G-Changer 240 V2 is :laugh: )

update on skylake finding, well it seems that Skylake-S prefer BCLK tuning than multiplier raising (specially now that the BCLK is async) so now i am @ 40x110mhz for testing purpose
and you're right :D to each his own :)
 

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Thread needs a lil' boost boys. I guess the home base rig is going to be popping in for a sec to show off its new cable management job. Now I just need to figure out why that 120GB Fury suddenly decided to stop working...

 

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Thread needs a lil' boost boys. I guess the home base rig is going to be popping in for a sec to show off its new cable management job. Now I just need to figure out why that 120GB Fury suddenly decided to stop working...

what a cute rig.... excellent cable management, looks so clear!

Regards,
 
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Thread needs a lil' boost boys. I guess the home base rig is going to be popping in for a sec to show off its new cable management job. Now I just need to figure out why that 120GB Fury suddenly decided to stop working...


what a cute rig.... excellent cable management, looks so clear!

Regards,
totally agreed! :toast:
 
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Doing some cable management again and exploring cable management technique. I cannot use my cable management hole as my psu is too big only the thin cables fit as you can see below. I just realized molex can fit. I regretted having this psu which die on me before, no more EVGA psu. Bad taste for them. Should have gone cheapskate and thus having a smaller Psu. Well beginner's mistake.

I discovered I can stuff the cpu power cable between the motherboard and psu. Work wells. Stuff the motherboard power cable and try to squeeze it all to one place. I could not get to use this case in its intended way at all.






Remove my front header. :cry: The usb and headphone jack is damaged. Now I just have an empty hole at the front.





Clean everything with alchohol and put it back in. Just look at its face. Just being funny and such. Look like it is laughing at me. I stuff a destressing lego sponge into mouth. I got a love hate feeling for this pc. Wish it had a more powerful cpu, it is lacking a graphic card. That is future upgrades I guess.


 
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Doing some cable management again and exploring cable management technique. I cannot use my cable management hole as my psu is too big only the thin cables fit as you can see below. I just realized molex can fit. I regretted having this psu which die on me before, no more EVGA psu. Bad taste for them. Should have gone cheapskate and thus having a smaller Psu. Well beginner's mistake.

I discovered I can stuff the cpu power cable between the motherboard and psu. Work wells. Stuff the motherboard power cable and try to squeeze it all to one place. I could not get to use this case in its intended way at all.


Remove my front header. :cry: The usb and headphone jack is damaged. Now I just have an empty hole at the front.



Clean everything with alchohol and put it back in. Just look at its face. Just being funny and such. Look like it is laughing at me. I stuff a destressing lego sponge into mouth. I got a love hate feeling for this pc. Wish it had a more powerful cpu, it is lacking a graphic card. That is future upgrades I guess.

giving another chance to a old case?
well done sir! a dremell and some zipties can do miracles modding it!

regards,
 
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giving another chance to a old case?
well done sir! a dremell and some zipties can do miracles modding it!

regards,

Any good dremel that you recommend? I bought this case new though but it is base of an old design. It is tiny for an atx case if you just look at how much space that motherboard took up. I just love that face it have. I got to remove the drive cage to use a long graphic card, and I could enlarge the holes.
 

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Any good dremel that you recommend? I bought this case new though but it is base of an old design. It is tiny for an atx case if you just look at how much space that motherboard took up. I just love that face it have. I got to remove the drive cage to use a long graphic card, and I could enlarge the holes.
there you have:

Dremel the original!

black & decker kit

Wen, chineese option ! >> an office mate have this one, is pretty useful but not strong as the original dremel,

Kawasaki tool:

Craftsman >> personally i want this one, saving some money for it

i love modding, i wish i had more free time and tools for making it,
 

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there you have:

Dremel the original!

black & decker kit

Wen, chineese option ! >> an office mate have this one, is pretty useful but not strong as the original dremel,

Kawasaki tool:

Craftsman >> personally i want this one, saving some money for it

i love modding, i wish i had more free time and tools for making it,
Skip the Craftsman. I've gone through three different Craftsman models, each one has died within a year and I finally said screw it and got a Dremel brand, it has been great.
I will say, though, if you're planning on using it on anything that you give a damn how it looks, make sure you get one that has speed adjustment, regardless of brand.
 
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Wife's lappy was getting on my nerves how slow it is, so I decided to make a budget upgrade. Her CPU is i3-2330m, I ordered a compatible with Dell BIOS second hand i5-2540m (still waiting for delivery). Second part of the "speed plan" is this new kid on the corner: Geil Zenith A3 240GB ssd. Speeds are nothing to write home about (read: 540 mb/s, write: 300 mb/s) , but $90 ( taxes and shipping included). It's cheaper than Crucial MX100/ BX100 in my country. I will wait for the CPU before I open the laptop, because they both require to strip it apart. Geil opted for metal casing, which adds a bit of heft to it, I don't know why they chose metal over plastic. It is also conductive of heat.
 

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Skip the Craftsman. I've gone through three different Craftsman models, each one has died within a year and I finally said screw it and got a Dremel brand, it has been great.
I will say, though, if you're planning on using it on anything that you give a damn how it looks, make sure you get one that has speed adjustment, regardless of brand.
thanks for the advice, i was looking for that one but maybe dremel brand will fit my needs, in still saving money for it and i ill give it a try to it,

thanks,
 
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This was back in 2012!
This is what it looks like now. Probably should do a flush haha :)
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a bit ... i got that with a normal transparent coolant :laugh: when i purged a loop (running the loop unmounted tho), so the green was a bit more deeper, i thought it was the full copper rad who did that ... but no ... it was my CPU block a lot of copper oxide in the micro channel, tho the coolant i used was one with anti corrosion/algae additives, so much for the "anti something" eh? :roll: usually i wouldn't use dye or dyed coolant ... but the Mayhems X1 seems to behave quite well (still keeping a bottle of AT Protect Clear aside, but for my "customers" )

update, well my retailer is awesome ... i got that kit in replacement of my HyperX Fury 4x4gb DDR4 2666 CL15
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yep ... Predator 4x4gb DDR4 2800 CL14, and i got nothing to pay in addition (tho i wouldn't mind to pay the difference) because the seller thought he was at fault because in the mai,l when i ordered the kit and the mobo, i asked if they were compatible and i got a positive answer while it wasn't :laugh: a nice commercial move to make the customer stay "loyal" if i may say so :D

they look good, i was affraid they would be too high to fit under the Corsair Vengeance Airflow i had but ... nope: just the right height
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the only downside it's a 4x4 but they were out of 2x8
 
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update, well my retailer is awesome ... i got that kit in replacement of my HyperX Fury 4x4gb DDR4 2666 C15

Nice! Those look really nice, but I would sadly not be able to put them to good use since 1) H81; 2) those sinks wouldn't play well with my D9L.

I recently got a 16GB kit, the red Fury 1866 2x8GBs. They look very nice, though I wish I had paid a bit more for the white ones. I can't get a photo in because 1) my rig is a mess; 2) I don't have my camera until December; 3) it's really cramped in there and I'm not about to spend another 40 minutes trying to get the DIMMs seated properly. You should feel lucky that you have 4x4GB! On mATX and larger you have so many options for RAM kits. On ITX you have to hunt for the perfect combination of low-profile, low price, and tight timings on 2 DIMM kits only.

No amount of PS CS6 or chrome tabs can stop me now!
 
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Nice! Those look really nice, but I would sadly not be able to put them to good use since 1) H81; 2) those sinks wouldn't play well with my D9L.

I recently got a 16GB kit, the red Fury 1866 2x8GBs. They look very nice, though I wish I had paid a bit more for the white ones. I can't get a photo in because 1) my rig is a mess; 2) I don't have my camera until December; 3) it's really cramped in there and I'm not about to spend another 40 minutes trying to get the DIMMs seated properly. You should feel lucky that you have 4x4GB! On mATX and larger you have so many options for RAM kits. On ITX you have to hunt for the perfect combination of low-profile, low price, and tight timings on 2 DIMM kits only.

No amount of PS CS6 or chrome tabs can stop me now!

More ram is always good! I am surprise just how much ram space browser took nowadays. That I can easily exceed 8GB to 10GB just by browsing alone lol. Even the cpu touch 100% on my overclock pentium frequently. When someone ask me what is my bench marking program I called it "Firefox" or Chrome. :p Back in the windows xp days my 2GB of ram on my core duo more than suffice even with many tabs!

It is great now you have max out your H81 platform for ram. I don't feel lucky not having pc not portable as you haha. Need smaller atx cases! I still have dreams of owning an itx machine like that asrock x99 itx board. That can solve all of your memory constrain problem with ECC DDR4 memory that you can use with a whopping 16GB per stick!

I would still always go for standard height rams just for air cooler compatibility.
 
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Doing some cable management again and exploring cable management technique. I cannot use my cable management hole as my psu is too big only the thin cables fit as you can see below. I just realized molex can fit. I regretted having this psu which die on me before, no more EVGA psu. Bad taste for them. Should have gone cheapskate and thus having a smaller Psu. Well beginner's mistake.

I discovered I can stuff the cpu power cable between the motherboard and psu. Work wells. Stuff the motherboard power cable and try to squeeze it all to one place. I could not get to use this case in its intended way at all.






Remove my front header. :cry: The usb and headphone jack is damaged. Now I just have an empty hole at the front.





Clean everything with alchohol and put it back in. Just look at its face. Just being funny and such. Look like it is laughing at me. I stuff a destressing lego sponge into mouth. I got a love hate feeling for this pc. Wish it had a more powerful cpu, it is lacking a graphic card. That is future upgrades I guess.


wkkkkk... you dont use any zipties to tight those cables?

i may keep the the jack on the front and take off the cables
 
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Here are a few shots of my rig as it is right now.

FRONT:


I added a 140mm noctua fan here, it is mounted to a phobya 140mm fan shroud. perfect fit


Side shot:


panel removed:


closer shot from the left:


closer from the right:


desk, monitor, speakers, etc


closer shot:
 
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