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[Case Gallery] CM690 - PL

nazaropeth

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Location
Zielona Gora, Poland
System Name Poor&Old
Processor AMD Athlon 64 2800 S754 @2260MHz HTT1000MHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF GF6100
Cooling Stock AMD Cooler
Memory 2x512MB RAM DDR PC3200 CL 3-3-3-8
Video Card(s) Powercolor ATI HD4650 SCS 512MN DDR2 @ 650/850MHz
Storage WD1600AAJS & ST3250301AS
Display(s) COMPAQ S710
Case Lifetec mATX
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97
Power Supply Mode-Com FEEL 300W
Software Windows XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores 3DMark05 - 8652
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Specs:
AMD Athlon X2 5600 Windsor, MSI K9A2-CF, 2xGOODRAM DDR2 PC6400 CL5, Powercolor HD4670 512MB DDR3, Creative SB AUDIGY SE, WD3200AAKS + WD1600AAJS, Samsung SH-203, CM690, Pentagram Silent Force 460W, Pentagram Karakorum P7015

Mods:
Replace stock cooler with Pentagram P7015, added ram heatsikn on my Radeon 4670 + OC Mem=950MHz, conected front panel to Audigy SE, hidding cables, change direction of airflow in PSU by rotate fan to blow air out of PSU to the floor, replace stock blue fan by green one and make it runs by +5V on 500rpm
 
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System Name Fractality 1.0
Processor Intel Core i7-860 @ 3.6GHz
Motherboard EVGA P55 SLI
Cooling Prolimatech Megahalems and four Fractal Design 120mm fans, sleeved
Memory 16GB Kingston Hyper RAM
Video Card(s) PNY GeForce 580 XLR8
Storage 64GB and 180GB SSDs / 1TB and 2TB HDDs
Display(s) 24" Acer V243W
Case Fractal Design Define R2, sleeved all I/O cables
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Corsair HX750W modular, sadly only stock sleeving
Software Win 7 64bit
I voted 6/10. Its not outstanding, but you did a very well job with what you have. Especially cable management, kudos for that!
 

nazaropeth

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Location
Zielona Gora, Poland
System Name Poor&Old
Processor AMD Athlon 64 2800 S754 @2260MHz HTT1000MHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF GF6100
Cooling Stock AMD Cooler
Memory 2x512MB RAM DDR PC3200 CL 3-3-3-8
Video Card(s) Powercolor ATI HD4650 SCS 512MN DDR2 @ 650/850MHz
Storage WD1600AAJS & ST3250301AS
Display(s) COMPAQ S710
Case Lifetec mATX
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97
Power Supply Mode-Com FEEL 300W
Software Windows XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores 3DMark05 - 8652
THX, this computer is not made to be awesome but to be stable a quiet. Next step is to replace stock GPU Cooler with Pentagram FREEZONE HP-60 Al VGA P 7110 - it's similar to Zalman's cooler but more eficient and cheaper :)
 

Rock God

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6.

If you had an i7 system with atleast 3GB 1600MHz and a GTX 285 or better, I'd give you a 9/10.
 
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Location
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System Name ProtoType D
Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
Motherboard Asus P5Q-E
Cooling Home made custom air cooling
Memory 4GB 800Mhz
Storage 500GB
Display(s) 2 X 17" Samsung LCD
Case Raidmax Aztec
Power Supply 500W Stainless Steel
Software Windows 7 64bit
I would also give it a 6, nothing spec done to the case. The cable management is neat though nice work there.
Well
 

nazaropeth

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Location
Zielona Gora, Poland
System Name Poor&Old
Processor AMD Athlon 64 2800 S754 @2260MHz HTT1000MHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF GF6100
Cooling Stock AMD Cooler
Memory 2x512MB RAM DDR PC3200 CL 3-3-3-8
Video Card(s) Powercolor ATI HD4650 SCS 512MN DDR2 @ 650/850MHz
Storage WD1600AAJS & ST3250301AS
Display(s) COMPAQ S710
Case Lifetec mATX
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97
Power Supply Mode-Com FEEL 300W
Software Windows XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores 3DMark05 - 8652
6.

If you had an i7 system with atleast 3GB 1600MHz and a GTX 285 or better, I'd give you a 9/10.

When in my computer shows up an Intel system, then i'll shoot myself :p Always with AMD, form first ATARI to this system :p
 

valik

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I voted 2/10 because:

не нравтса мне отстой
 

nazaropeth

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Location
Zielona Gora, Poland
System Name Poor&Old
Processor AMD Athlon 64 2800 S754 @2260MHz HTT1000MHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF GF6100
Cooling Stock AMD Cooler
Memory 2x512MB RAM DDR PC3200 CL 3-3-3-8
Video Card(s) Powercolor ATI HD4650 SCS 512MN DDR2 @ 650/850MHz
Storage WD1600AAJS & ST3250301AS
Display(s) COMPAQ S710
Case Lifetec mATX
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97
Power Supply Mode-Com FEEL 300W
Software Windows XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores 3DMark05 - 8652
I voted 2/10 because:

не нравтса мне отстой

Can you write in english? Caus'e I don't know why 2/10?
 
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Memory 8GB Mushkin Blackline DDR3-1600
Video Card(s) Gigabyte GTX 670
Storage Intel 520 60GB, Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB
Display(s) BenQ 24" XL2420T
Case Corsair 550D
Audio Device(s) Sennheiser HD600, Audeze LCD-3F, Mytek Stereo 192 DSD, La Figaro 339, Burson HA-160, Geek Pulse X
Power Supply Corsair AX650
Mouse steelseries Sensei MLG edition
Keyboard Cooler Master QuickFire Pro
Software Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium
I voted 5/10 you didn't really do any mods.
 

MKmods

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System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
Very nice wire management. Great start

(I was wondering why you reversed the fan in the PS)
 

nazaropeth

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Location
Zielona Gora, Poland
System Name Poor&Old
Processor AMD Athlon 64 2800 S754 @2260MHz HTT1000MHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF GF6100
Cooling Stock AMD Cooler
Memory 2x512MB RAM DDR PC3200 CL 3-3-3-8
Video Card(s) Powercolor ATI HD4650 SCS 512MN DDR2 @ 650/850MHz
Storage WD1600AAJS & ST3250301AS
Display(s) COMPAQ S710
Case Lifetec mATX
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97
Power Supply Mode-Com FEEL 300W
Software Windows XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores 3DMark05 - 8652
Very nice wire management. Great start

(I was wondering why you reversed the fan in the PS)

To get more efficeint airflow over the radiator's. In this construction blowing air is less efective than this solution. Under load fan speed is ~1300rpm when before reversing it was 1500~1600rpm - so it's more silent :)
 

MKmods

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System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
well its very nice you have given so much thought to this build, good Job.
 

nazaropeth

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Location
Zielona Gora, Poland
System Name Poor&Old
Processor AMD Athlon 64 2800 S754 @2260MHz HTT1000MHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF GF6100
Cooling Stock AMD Cooler
Memory 2x512MB RAM DDR PC3200 CL 3-3-3-8
Video Card(s) Powercolor ATI HD4650 SCS 512MN DDR2 @ 650/850MHz
Storage WD1600AAJS & ST3250301AS
Display(s) COMPAQ S710
Case Lifetec mATX
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97
Power Supply Mode-Com FEEL 300W
Software Windows XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores 3DMark05 - 8652

nazaropeth

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Feb 23, 2009
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33 (0.01/day)
Location
Zielona Gora, Poland
System Name Poor&Old
Processor AMD Athlon 64 2800 S754 @2260MHz HTT1000MHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF GF6100
Cooling Stock AMD Cooler
Memory 2x512MB RAM DDR PC3200 CL 3-3-3-8
Video Card(s) Powercolor ATI HD4650 SCS 512MN DDR2 @ 650/850MHz
Storage WD1600AAJS & ST3250301AS
Display(s) COMPAQ S710
Case Lifetec mATX
Audio Device(s) onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97
Power Supply Mode-Com FEEL 300W
Software Windows XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores 3DMark05 - 8652
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