Key features
The build
Painted the inside of the case a semi-gloss black to match the exterior. Installed a side panel window using Lowe's plexiglass (crummy btw). For edge trimming I used Autozone's edge trimming for cars. Dremeled out sections on the motherboard tray for better cable management. Dremeled out the front and rear stock fan grills for better airflow. Dremeled out the majority of the hard drive slots to free up unused space. Used Lowe's provided screws and washers to mount the hard drives in the optical bays. They were mounted backwards for better cable management. Installed foam on both side panels, bottom of the case and top of the case for sound dampening/dust trapping. Installed two white cold cathode lights for bling. :) The next change will be a Phenom II 940.
System specs
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II 920 @ 3.5 GHz
- CPU Cooler
- Scythe Katana II
- Motherboard
- MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
- RAM
- G.Skill DDR2-800 4x1 GB
- GPU
- XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition
- Storage
- WD 74 GB Raptor + Seagate Barracuda 320 GB
- PSU
- Thermaltake PurePower RX 600 W Modular
- Case
- HEC Black Steel
- Fans
- Noctua NF-B9 92 mm + 2x Noctua NF-S12 120 mm
- Monitor
- Acer AL2016W 20"
- Keyboard
- Razer Lycosa
- Mouse
- Razer DeathAdder
- Headphones
- Sennheiser HD 485
- Mousepad
- Razer eXactMat
- Speaker
- Creative 2.1
25 Comments on AMDVidia v2.0
Just to give you guys an idea of what I was working with, here is my case in its stock form:
Here is how the back of the case looks now, rats nest.
I will eventually be replacing the sata cables with right angle 24 inch black sata cables and might possibly sleeve the other cables. For now all funds are saving for the awesome Phenom II 940.
I would pay you $50 to re-route the cables, and clean up my case.
anyway.... this is a well thought project, clean application of proper mods, which provide superb airflow and looks. Welldone!
chk my rig... www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1832.html
Nice job, but use some more cable management.
Negative things:
-Cables are a mess(use zip ties)
-Too many fans(dust collector)
-AMD Phenom and not Intel Quad or C2D(which performs better in most test's) - EDIT: Without overclocking!
Positive things:
-Very beautiful case(a VERY nice job)
-Sound dampening(foam)
-Nice white light and not just standard blue
Do you notice a large or small difference?
The Noctua fans look really out of place. I know the performance is good on them, but they're flat out ugly. Always been their main detriment.
Your I/O shield looks out of place on the back, as with the bottom PCI device.
Aside from that, your rig is like hot sex. :)