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Updating current system

TazzMania

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Processor AMD XP 2800 Barton @2193.53 Mhz
Motherboard ABIT NF7 Ver 2.0 NForce-2 Ultra 400
Cooling 3 Antec Case Fans , Antec CPU Fan
Memory Corsair TWINX512-3200 @ 350 Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire X800 GTO 256 Meg AGP (Not O/C)
Storage 3 Segate 120 Gig
Display(s) Sony 17 inch Flat panel
Case Antec
Audio Device(s) Nforce 2 onboard 5.1
Power Supply Coolmaster 450w dual 12v Rails
Just took my current system and installed some new cooling to aid with o/c the machine

New parts::cool:
  1. Artic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 Rev 2
  2. Thermaltake A1899 Extreme Spirit North and South bridge cooler and heat sinks
  3. Additional 80mm intake fan in front of case
  4. PC toys ATA 133 18/24 inch round ide cables
  5. PC toys FDD 18 inch round cable
  6. Sunbeam Chameleon Laser Light controler w/4 lights (just for fun)

Here are the pre-mod motherboard pics
Premod1.jpg


Premod.jpg


Pre-mod X800 GTO by Sapphire
X800withStockCooler.jpg


Northbridge Cooler installed:
NorthBridgeThermalTakefan.jpg


New Cables
NewCables.jpg


Artic Cooling Ati Silencer installed
ArticCooler.jpg


ArticCooler2.jpg


Laser Lights on the X800 GTO

X800withArticCooler.jpg


and on the Northbridge cooler

NorthbridgeCooler.jpg


Over all front and side of case

backtogether.jpg


backtogether2.jpg



Sidepanelview2.jpg


CaseFront.jpg


Still need to do some cosmetic wrap up inside and to fix the faceplate of the watt meter.

Airflow is greater and idle temps are down by 5-10 C. :)

Will post images of lasers (when dark) later on.

Tazz
 
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