imperialreign
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System Name | УльтраФиолет |
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Processor | Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved) |
Motherboard | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB |
Cooling | Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler |
Memory | Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T |
Video Card(s) | Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970 |
Storage | (2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA |
Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10) |
Case | Cooler Master Stacker 830 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1 |
Power Supply | Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular |
Software | Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 |
Benchmark Scores | 3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313 |
Thought I'd one-up myself
just a little run down - I posted this here as I'm just wanting people opinions, suggestions ratings whatever . . . this case isn't ready for the gallery, by a long shot, as I still have stuff I'm going to do . . . this turned out to be a rather tough setup for some reason, I think between the case itself, the PSU, and the location of the mobo connectors . . . anyhow, if you want, give me a rating between 1-10, and any comments and/or suggestions to go with it
Anyhow, things I'm not happy with - the primary PCI-E power connector is too short to route behind the tray and under the mobo, or to come around the edge of the tray - which is why it looks as if it's just dangling there. Aside from physcially modding the cable to be longer, I'm kinda stuck with it. The cable is secured, though . . . Also, not happy with the orange SATA cable . . . unless I want to interfere with future RAID setups, I had to go with the SATA connection towards the back of the mobo, which means it's pinched in between the mobo and the back panel, on top of that, it's still too short to route it back under the tray. I'll have to keep my eye out for a much longer cable . . . Tha fans on the side panel I'm not too worried that they're not wrapped, as I plan on replacing them with 4 140mm units in the near future . . . not too happy with the secondary PCI-E adapter, either, as it's rather short in and of itself
I'm keen with it, for now, but I'm wondering if I'm being to critical on myself about some things, so, I thought I'd fish for some opinions . . .
<edit> - sorry bout the poor lighting on the pics, but I turned the exposure rate down so as to not have everything flooded by camera flash - all that shiny aluminum, y'know
BEFORE (this was after I had just gotten the case out of the box and threw all my hardware in it just to get it up and running):
And, this is after toiling with the case and routing for near about 5-6 hours yesterday:
alright - fire at will!
just a little run down - I posted this here as I'm just wanting people opinions, suggestions ratings whatever . . . this case isn't ready for the gallery, by a long shot, as I still have stuff I'm going to do . . . this turned out to be a rather tough setup for some reason, I think between the case itself, the PSU, and the location of the mobo connectors . . . anyhow, if you want, give me a rating between 1-10, and any comments and/or suggestions to go with it
Anyhow, things I'm not happy with - the primary PCI-E power connector is too short to route behind the tray and under the mobo, or to come around the edge of the tray - which is why it looks as if it's just dangling there. Aside from physcially modding the cable to be longer, I'm kinda stuck with it. The cable is secured, though . . . Also, not happy with the orange SATA cable . . . unless I want to interfere with future RAID setups, I had to go with the SATA connection towards the back of the mobo, which means it's pinched in between the mobo and the back panel, on top of that, it's still too short to route it back under the tray. I'll have to keep my eye out for a much longer cable . . . Tha fans on the side panel I'm not too worried that they're not wrapped, as I plan on replacing them with 4 140mm units in the near future . . . not too happy with the secondary PCI-E adapter, either, as it's rather short in and of itself
I'm keen with it, for now, but I'm wondering if I'm being to critical on myself about some things, so, I thought I'd fish for some opinions . . .
<edit> - sorry bout the poor lighting on the pics, but I turned the exposure rate down so as to not have everything flooded by camera flash - all that shiny aluminum, y'know
BEFORE (this was after I had just gotten the case out of the box and threw all my hardware in it just to get it up and running):
And, this is after toiling with the case and routing for near about 5-6 hours yesterday:
alright - fire at will!
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