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[Case Gallery] Mini-B

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To view this case mod, go here.



Specs:
P8Z77-M Pro
2500K @ 4.5ghz
4x4gb G.Skill 2133mhz
Noctua NH-U12
Asus GTX570 DCII
Agility 2 240gb
Antec TPQ-1200-OC
Fractal Define mini

Mods:
Modded the PSU so i dont have too much cabling anymore. The "power cache" on the cables are the biggest issue since they dont fit very well behind the Define Mini. I own this PSU since a few years now and it served me very well so i dont want to sold it for no reason. ++ its the OC edition.

I also removed all the HDD cage since in only run my Agility 2 240gb and everything else is on my HTPC. Top cage is bolted but had to remove rivet for the bottom cage, sadly Fractal dont "allow" you to remove the bottom one right out of the box.

The 5 last pics are the finnished proct as for now. Im in the process of finding a new GPU or 2, maybe some GTX670s.

Ive been WCing for 5 years now and its my first 100% air cooled rig since then. The temptation to go back top water is pushing hard.
 
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Cooling Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s) ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
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Case Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s) Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
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I like what you did to the PSU. can you get that back panel on? And how about a shot of the whole thing
 
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Motherboard MSI (cant remember model..)
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Memory 8Gb (2 x 4Gb)
Video Card(s) ATI Radeon HD6870
Storage Samsung 1TB, 320 Seagate, 250 Samsung
Display(s) LG Electronics
Case ANTEC Sonata III 500 (found/salvaged + modified)
Audio Device(s) 8Ch + Harman Kardon 2.1 (modified, electronics in JVC wood speakers)
Power Supply It's made in Denmark, never seen a PSU made there..
Software Win7 X64 Ultimate
Voted 8/10 - Modded something, perhaps one day you will mod more on it?
(Anything modified from it's orginial factory build is considered a mod in my eyes).

And to all the "haters", um.. Where are the cases you modded??
 
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Voted 8/10 - Modded something, perhaps one day you will mod more on it?
(Anything modified from it's orginial factory build is considered a mod in my eyes).

And to all the "haters", um.. Where are the cases you modded??

Thanks alot.

Yes the temptation to go back to water is big. IM alwais in the process of buying new toys to play with. This time i wanted to try an mATX case. Job done, maybe more soon !
 
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Case Corsair 550D
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I voted 10/10 because:

haters be gone!
 
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System Name FragBox
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Motherboard Asus P8Z77 WS
Cooling Custom CPU loop
Memory Kingston 12GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s) Galaxy GTX 680/Zotac GTX 680 in SLi/EVGA GTX 650Ti
Storage 2 Vertex 3 120's, raid 0, 2 Seagate Momentus XT 500GB's in raid 0, 1 Hitatchi 2TB for backup
Display(s) 3 Acer S232HLX2 in nvidia surround
Case Corsair C70 White
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Corsair AX1200
Software Win 7 x64 Pro
8/10
Nice, clean build.

Good mods to open up the case and enhance cable management.
 

Flash Gordon

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I voted 4/10 because:

not good
 
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Processor I5 2500K @ 4.8ghz to 1.29 vcore
Motherboard Gigabyte GA Z77X UP7
Cooling Full watercooling EKW / XSPC / Tygoon / Bitspower..........
Memory Gskill 4x2go F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS @ 2250mhz CL 7-9-7-27
Video Card(s) Crossfire HIS 7970 Turbo X @ 1240/1705mhz
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Case XSPC H2 Enthusiast Black
Audio Device(s) ASUS Xonar DX 7.1
Power Supply Enermax Maxrevo 1500W
Software Windows 7 & Linux Mageia
Attractive sober and classy PC

I shall like to know what you know how to make
Given that you say that this modding is bad give we a link to show ourselves of what you are capable
But I think that you do not know how to make better
Are you just voucher to give of bad mark
Bye the flashgordon in 2 bullets LOL

Otherwise I vote for 9/10 because I find this very clean PC
 
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I shall like to know what you know how to make
Given that you say that this modding is bad give we a link to show ourselves of what you are capable
But I think that you do not know how to make better
Are you just voucher to give of bad mark
Bye the flashgordon in 2 bullets LOL

Otherwise I vote for 9/10 because I find this very clean PC

Just clock the other mod i made. My most recent one arnt posted here, the last one you can see is on my testbed with an HD5870 WCed when it cam out.

I had SLI GTX580 WCed and many otrher rig after this but i forgot to post them here ... I can post it if you want, even if they are not anymore in this form.
 
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System Name Overclock pleasure
Processor I5 2500K @ 4.8ghz to 1.29 vcore
Motherboard Gigabyte GA Z77X UP7
Cooling Full watercooling EKW / XSPC / Tygoon / Bitspower..........
Memory Gskill 4x2go F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS @ 2250mhz CL 7-9-7-27
Video Card(s) Crossfire HIS 7970 Turbo X @ 1240/1705mhz
Storage SSD Samsung 830 128go and 256go / 3x HDD Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2to
Display(s) Qnix 32" Super Ultra Pivot 2560x1440 (QX323QHD)
Case XSPC H2 Enthusiast Black
Audio Device(s) ASUS Xonar DX 7.1
Power Supply Enermax Maxrevo 1500W
Software Windows 7 & Linux Mageia
Hi
I want thanks
Be you Quebecer? Or it is just a nickname ?
Bye
 
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Hi
I want thanks
Be you Quebecer? Or it is just a nickname ?
Bye

Yes im from quebec.

I posted a few of my last mod/rig i had. I swap hardware every 1 or 2 months so its hard to keep posting EVERY rig i had and modded ...

I also had a 3930K on this testbed but i never made it "clean enough" to really worth posting.



 

romsSchmeichel

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Video Card(s) Sapphire Radeon 5850extreme 1gb ddr5 256bit
Storage Seagate 250gb 7200rpm SATA-III
Display(s) LG IBM CRT 17inch
Case Cooler Master 690 II Advanced White Edition
Power Supply FSP Aurum CM Series 650watt 80+ Gold
Software Windows-7 Ultimate x64
simple, and clean also..
i like it.. :)
 
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