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[Case Gallery] The 2nd Revision2

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pentastar111

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Aug 18, 2006
Messages
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Location
Los Angeles...U.S.A
System Specs
Processor i7 920
Motherboard EVGA X58
Cooling eight 120mm fans, Swiftech GTZ cpu block, 3 120mm radiator, MCP655 pump, primochill tubing
Memory 6 gig G-Skill DDR3 1600
Video Card(s) GTX 285's (SLI)
Storage 500GB Western Digital
Display(s) 3 Asus 23 in inchers
Case Lian Li A77B
Audio Device(s) on board 7.1
Power Supply Corsair 1000
Software win 7 64
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Specs:
CPU...Intel Q6600 "GO"
RAM...Kingston Hyper-X (DDR2 800)
MOBO...Evga 680i A1
GPU"s..EVGA 8800GTS's (SLI) 640mb
Sound card..S/B Fatality pro
HDD...Seagate SATA 320gb
PSU...Tagan 1100-U95 1100 watt
Case...Lian Li PC-G75
Cooling..Swiftech "Apex" Ultra.(CPU and Northbridge)
Sound card..S/B Fatality pro
MONITOR..ACER 22"

Mods:
None really except addition of northbridge cooling and a southbridge chip fan(thumbnail #6) and better wire management. upgraded the existing H2O cooling to include the northbridge chip after failure of the "AR" version of this 680i mobo!! ALSO re-routed the water tubing (Old tube routing in thumbnail No 2#) Doing it this way verses the former way(Thumbnail #2) shaved 1C off of the Northbridge. Idle temps are now at CPU...29C and NB..49 to 50C Have yet to reach over 35C at a room temp of 71F. Even after HOURS of rigorous gaming!! :-)
 
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Nice rig, could use some further management of the wires, but considering how many components and junk that you have in there, it's relatively tidy.
 
tkpenalty said:
You spend so much on water cooling, yet... you dont water cool your graphics cards..
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Been thinking of that, although the cost of two GPU coolers by themselves runs almost as much as the the current cooling system. I'm also looking into some QD's to make the water system easier to disassemble. kinda hard to pin down with 1/2" ID tubing. I must add that the cards current temps are quite satisfactory, for now anyway, as this case runs quite cool. Very loud but very,very cool. 42 and 38C at idle and 50-52C after 3 to 4 hrs gameplay(at room temp of 71F) According to Everest Ultimate.
 
pentastar111 said:
Been thinking of that, although the cost of two GPU coolers by themselves runs almost as much as the the current cooling system. I'm also looking into some QD's to make the water system easier to disassemble. kinda hard to pin down with 1/2" ID tubing. I must add that the cards current temps are quite satisfactory, for now anyway, as this case runs quite cool. Very loud but very,very cool. 42 and 38C at idle and 50-52C after 3 to 4 hrs gameplay(at room temp of 71F) According to Everest Ultimate.
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No, u just get the block and the bga kit... will save u a lot.
 
nice setup 8/10 im guessing its hard to clean up the cables in the case because thers not many places to hide the wires? cool wallpaper lol
 
A Four!!! Thats just mean spirited. What a philistine.
 
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Thanks man.
 
techn0l0gy_b0y said:
I voted 10/10 because:

i didnt voted 1 my fu**** computer have a virus someone signing on my pc and he using the mouse of my pc and he going to my sites and he voting swearing blabla i voted 10 bt he withdraw my vote
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That sucks! Did you find out who it was? By the way sorry for the name calling. thanks man!
 
no i didnt find yet the only i have to do is to reinstall the windows anw is ok for the bad word i forgived u :):)
 
nice 8/10
 
pentastar111 said:
OMG! I really need to know how in the hell you guy's are hiding those cables! Makes mine look like a pile of crap on the inside http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/875.html
Sweet job man!
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I like your rig, but I agree you could benefit from some cable managment.

First off, you have way more cables than I do, so your rig isn't going to be easy. Second, you have at least one IDE cable that I can see, which just adds to the challenge. Thirdly, are you willing to gut your entire computer to acomplish cable managment bliss?

If you want to do this I will help you, but there is absolutely no way to do it without taking everything out of the case. You'll also probably need to spend a little bit of money on wire, sleeves, edge molding, and possibly some connectors.
 
so is that Q oced ? so what do you ride ?
 
pentastar111 said:
Did a mild OC then went back to stock clocks. This rig is fast enough without oc'ing...I ride a 1100 katana... :-)
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so what the fastest you gone ? I got one like in my avatar
 
I've done between 165 to 170 mph, with room for more!...Very, very stable with no stabilizer! Probably due to to steel frame...This bike weighs in at a hefty 600lbs with a full tank of gas...It's not as quick as the new bikes, but at top end speeds she holds her own.. :-) As far as the CPU, I've had her up to 3ghz, ran 3Dmark6, got 13375 then my rig crashed...probably not enough voltage to the CPU...reset the cmos and everythings fine...enteresting experience though.
 
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9/10 from me
 
wowow. I really envy wc setups. Nice specs to boot. Good curves on teh hoses. ^^
9/10 from me.
a tad bit more on cable hiding then add the GPUs to the loop and ill give a 10 ^^.
 
Nice setup for sure! Not too much you can do to hide the beefy piping for the water cooling setup, but hell, its a water cooling setup. You have to show those! :P I gave ya 8/10
 
so when will 3rd revision arrive? ^^
 
Bjorn_Of_Iceland said:
so when will 3rd revision arrive? ^^
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No more revisions for this rig..Accidently deleted the first revision..I'm a moron at times.LOL...Should have new rig built by November or December of this year...:-)
 
nice \m/
 
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