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[Case Gallery] CM690 - PL

nazaropeth

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Joined
Feb 23, 2009
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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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I voted 6/10. Its not outstanding, but you did a very well job with what you have. Especially cable management, kudos for that!
 
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 :)
 
6.

If you had an i7 system with atleast 3GB 1600MHz and a GTX 285 or better, I'd give you a 9/10.
 
I would also give it a 6, nothing spec done to the case. The cable management is neat though nice work there.
Well
 
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
 
I voted 2/10 because:

не нравтса мне отстой
 
I voted 2/10 because:

не нравтса мне отстой

Can you write in english? Caus'e I don't know why 2/10?
 
I voted 5/10 you didn't really do any mods.
 
Very nice wire management. Great start

(I was wondering why you reversed the fan in the PS)
 
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 :)
 
well its very nice you have given so much thought to this build, good Job.
 
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