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Project Bordeaux

rocfusion

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Specs:
LD PC-V7 Reverse Black Red 240/360
ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS Dual
2x Intel Xeon E5-2650 V3 2,3 GHz (Haswell-EP) Sockel 2011-V3 - boxed
Crucial 64GB DDR4 RDIMM
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 POSEIDON, 4096 MB GDDR5
4x Samsung 850 PRO Series SSD, SATA 6G - 1 TB
Seagate Enterprise HDD, SATA 6G, 7200RPM, - 6 TB
EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 - 1300 Watt PSU
2x Noctua NH-U12DXi4 CPU-Cooler- 120mm
6x Aerocool DS Edition Fan, Red - 120mm
NZXT APERTURE M, 5,25 Cardreader
Lamptron CW611 Controller
1x BitFenix Alchemy Connect 30x LED-Strip 60cm - blue
2x BitFenix Alchemy Connect 6x LED-Strip 12cm - white

Mods:
Since the LD case didn't have the all of the mounting points for the motherboard, I added them to the motherboard tray of the case. All 4 SSD's are custom mounted. Blue led light used to highlight the entire case and there is white leds to show off the SDD's. All the fans have been resleeved.

So the build is complete, it took 4 solid days to complete.... It's intended as a high end workstation build for photo and video editing.
 
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System Name micropage7
Processor Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s) Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s) Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse Logitech G502
Keyboard Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores Classified
wooow nice rig, maybe you could add some custom sleeving
 

rocfusion

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Thx, all of the fans, have custom sleeves. Just didn't do the PSU, which was more of an time constraint. For the rest its a rock solid system.
 
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System Name Black Box
Processor Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
Motherboard MSI E3 KRAIT Gaming v5
Cooling Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s) Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s) AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s) No need.
Power Supply FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse Yes
Keyboard Of course
Software W10 Pro 64 bit
The upside down Motherboard isn't doing it for me, I'd be concerned over hot air from one CPU blowing through the next, instead of facing the fans up and blowing directly out the top.
 

rocfusion

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That is not a worry, since the fans are setup with positive pressure. The front and top fans are blowing in and the only exhaust fan is at the rear. CPU temps are between 40-50°. there literally a 1-2 difference between to the two CPU's.
 
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Amazing! I don't think your CPU cooler setup is bad at all, as there is enough space between them. The upside-down MB has a lot of advantages, too - CPU's stay cooler at the bottom of the case, shorter distances to connect PSU cables and GPU exhaust going straight up - you might want to consider reversing those top fans therefore. All in all a very powerful and clean machine as well as superb lighting effects. Great job! ;)
 
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