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[Case Gallery] Black Box

Darknova

Darknova

Joined
Nov 8, 2006
Messages
5,052 (0.75/day)
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
System Specs
Processor AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard Asus Strix B550-F Gaming
Cooling Corsair H100i
Memory 2 x 32GB Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s) Sapphire Pulse 6800XT
Storage 1 x 1TB 980 PRO, 1 x 1TB Corsair MP510 Force
Display(s) 1 x Dell 27" 165hz
Case Lian-Li O11D Evo
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply EVGA 1000W P2
Mouse Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard Logitech G915
Software Windows 11 Pro x64
To view this case mod, go here.



Specs:
Intel E4400 @ 3Ghz
Scythe Infinity
MSI P35 Neo2-FR
Powercolor HD3870 512Mb with Accelero S1 @ 810Mhz/2.5Ghz
2Gb Corsair XMS2 PC6400 @ 1000Mhz
Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 soundcard
Scythe Kama Bay
250Gb Samsung SATA HDD
500Gb Samsung SATA HDD
Hiper Type-M 580W PSU
Samsung 20x DVD-RW
Lian-Li PC-7 Plus

Mods:
Minor Cable Management.
Aftermarket cooling.
All heatsinks etc. replaced with Arctic Cooling MX-2.
 
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Nice, simple and good specs. I like it :) 9/10
 
I agree, simple and practical! 8/10
 
9/10, what a fine selection of components!

eh, when did you get an auzen x-plosion?, guess what i've got?, bloody hell (well mines actually a club 3d theatron agrippa, which is a relabelled x-plosion!, jusy as well i didnt get that lian li pc7 now (i got a cm690 instead)
 
Nice one!
 
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tzitzibp said:
Nice one!
Good choice of components 9/10, good cable management (hide the red sata cable) 8/10... I like the name 10/10!!!
not as clean as it could be though! 5/10
basic mods....7/10

good effort, I like the work done...7/10!!!

my rigs...

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1172.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1155.html
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Good cable management? I think it's atrocious lol. And yeah, I'll get around to hiding those cables eventually.

My air compressors on the fritz at the moment so all I have is a brush to clean it at the moment lol.

Grings said:
9/10, what a fine selection of components!

eh, when did you get an auzen x-plosion?, guess what i've got?, bloody hell (well mines actually a club 3d theatron agrippa, which is a relabelled x-plosion!, jusy as well i didnt get that lian li pc7 now (i got a cm690 instead)
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Bloody hell Grings... you're starting to scare me :P
 
I said good, not great.... good for trying... and hide the red cable....ha ha ha!
oh! try the brush then....
 
nice rig.

do you still have the stock fan in the Scythe Kama Bay? It blows donkey balls...well actually it doesn't blow much at all. I replaced mine right away.
 
Duffman said:
nice rig.

do you still have the stock fan in the Scythe Kama Bay? It blows donkey balls...well actually it doesn't blow much at all. I replaced mine right away.
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I know, it's pathetic. I'll get around to it eventually.

I'm working so much at the moment I just don't have the time or energy to put any real effort into my PC unfortunately. Except for the upgrade to the 3870 it actually hasn't changed in months lol.
 
That's what I call "Smarter Choice". Good selection of components, nice overclock. I'll give you 8/10

What I like: The Lian-Li case, the Scythe cooler, the OC to the CPU.
What I didn't: Nyaah, everything is just fine, please mention your video-card's OC (if any).
 
If I were to vote I would have to give you a 5 or 6 right now. Good selection of parts for a simple and practical build, but they're just slapped together with very little attention to neatness. I'm going to withold my vote for now since you mentioned you still have work to do. I'll keep an eye out for progress.
 
EnergyFX said:
If I were to vote I would have to give you a 5 or 6 right now. Good selection of parts for a simple and practical build, but they're just slapped together with very little attention to neatness. I'm going to withold my vote for now since you mentioned you still have work to do. I'll keep an eye out for progress.
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Mind if I ask what you mean by little attention to neatness?

As for carlos, this is an ENGLISH speaking forum, post in English or you will be ignored.
 
Darknova said:
Mind if I ask what you mean by little attention to neatness?
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2 things mainly. First off, and it might just be the lighting and camera angle making it look worse than it actually is, you need to dust out the case. Second, the cables can be made considerably neater.

If you want the highest votes form viewers, you need to take a lot of time prepping your rig for the photos. Look at it like getting a car ready for a car show... lots of detail work to get the oohs and aahs.

Comprende senior? HAHA
 
EnergyFX said:
2 things mainly. First off, and it might just be the lighting and camera angle making it look worse than it actually is, you need to dust out the case. Second, the cables can be made considerably neater.

If you want the highest votes form viewers, you need to take a lot of time prepping your rig for the photos. Look at it like getting a car ready for a car show... lots of detail work to get the oohs and aahs.

Comprende senior? HAHA
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Dusty, yeah I know. Finally got a replacement for my compressor so I'll give it a good clean today.

Cables....well have you actually ever seen my case in person? I know I need to neaten up the bottom section, take up the slack etc. but the rest of the cables are about as neat as they are going to get. There is just no where to put the cables. No removable motherboard tray. No holes in motherboard tray. So everything has to be routed behind the 5.25" bays, or across the motherboard itself for some of the shorter cables, like the 8-pin power :(
 
I voted 10/10 because:

It looks amazingly impressive to me -- otherwise, I wouldn't have voted!
 
i love those lian-li cases. their cheap, no frills, and easy to mod. plus stock they look nice. Good system specs, i like it nice and simple. 8/10. Only gripe, you need to manage those cables a bit more. they won't constrict airflow but.. make it look pretty ;)
 
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