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Started this build in July, my second build overall (first was a disaster). Got my Cooler Master V8 today, and cleaned up the wiring a bit, I'll post some before and after pics. First the specs:
ZALMAN ZM1000-HP 1000W Continuous PSU
EVGA 01G-P3-1280-AR GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Acer P243WAid Black-Silver 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
Now the before pics:
And after:
Huge improvement I think.
Upgrades on the way:
Cooler Master HAF 932 Case (about a week away, painting inside all black)
Second GTX 280 (as soon as I find one on the cheap)
Water Cooling (1-3 months, bought VGA blocks and heatsinks, looking for other parts)
I'll edit as I upgrade. Criticisms and fresh ideas are welcome.
ZALMAN ZM1000-HP 1000W Continuous PSU
EVGA 01G-P3-1280-AR GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Acer P243WAid Black-Silver 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
Now the before pics:
And after:
Huge improvement I think.
Upgrades on the way:
Cooler Master HAF 932 Case (about a week away, painting inside all black)
Second GTX 280 (as soon as I find one on the cheap)
Water Cooling (1-3 months, bought VGA blocks and heatsinks, looking for other parts)
I'll edit as I upgrade. Criticisms and fresh ideas are welcome.