Key features
System specs
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO
- CPU Cooler
- Swiftech Apex Ultra (CPU and Northbridge)
- Motherboard
- EVGA 680i A1
- RAM
- Kingston HyperX DDR2 800
- GPU
- 2x EVGA 8800GTS 640 MB (SLI)
- Storage
- Seagate SATA 320 GB
- PSU
- Tagan 1100-U95 1100 W
- Case
- Lian-Li PC-G75
- Sound Card
- SB Fatal1ty Pro
- Monitor
- Acer 22"
Performed mods
None really except addition of northbridge cooling and a southbridge chip fan(thumbnail #6) and better wire management.
Upgraded the existing H2O cooling to include the northbridge chip after failure of the "AR" version of this 680i mobo!!
ALSO re-routed the water tubing (Old tube routing in thumbnail No 2#)
Doing it this way verses the former way(Thumbnail #2) shaved 1C off of the Northbridge.
Idle temps are now at CPU...29C and NB..49 to 50C
Have yet to reach over 35C at a room temp of 71F.
Even after HOURS of rigorous gaming!! :-)
Upgraded the existing H2O cooling to include the northbridge chip after failure of the "AR" version of this 680i mobo!!
ALSO re-routed the water tubing (Old tube routing in thumbnail No 2#)
Doing it this way verses the former way(Thumbnail #2) shaved 1C off of the Northbridge.
Idle temps are now at CPU...29C and NB..49 to 50C
Have yet to reach over 35C at a room temp of 71F.
Even after HOURS of rigorous gaming!! :-)













29 Comments on The 2nd Revision2
First off, you have way more cables than I do, so your rig isn't going to be easy. Second, you have at least one IDE cable that I can see, which just adds to the challenge. Thirdly, are you willing to gut your entire computer to acomplish cable managment bliss?
If you want to do this I will help you, but there is absolutely no way to do it without taking everything out of the case. You'll also probably need to spend a little bit of money on wire, sleeves, edge molding, and possibly some connectors.
9/10 from me.
a tad bit more on cable hiding then add the GPUs to the loop and ill give a 10 ^^.
That Kingston HyperX memory is very underrated. I have that in my system and it can easily do 1,120MHz @ 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2V even though it is rated at 1,066MHz @ 5-5-5-18 @ 2.2V. I think it is silly that all this "enthusiest" memory such as the dominator series is so hyped up when sometimes it can't even touch this Kingston memory.