Key features
The build
All in all i have a 360 Black Ice rad on a Danger Den DD-CPX1 12V 3-Pin Powered Pump, 250ml EK res cooling twin 9800gtx+'s (idle is a few degrees above room temp, at gaming i used to hit 48-53C, now its around 30-38C), A 240 Black Ice rad on a 5.25 bay res/pump from XSPC (with blue and red leds) cooling my Phenom (idle 30C, cinebench 10 5 tests, all 4 cores at 100% load=39C). All water blocks are EnzoTech, bitspower barbs, 45/90 and snake style fittings, Koolance quick-disconnects, IandH silver kill coils with Dead-Water, and Feser Base ultra pure water (non-conductive) and base corrosion blocker. 8 LianLi 120mm fans, 1 CoolerMaster R4, 3 Aerocool Shark 140's, and OCZ XTC cooler with blue leds blacked out, 2 12inch UV cold cathodes, 1 4inch and 2 12 inch red led strips. Still pretty quiet and not as bright as some of the pics show.
It took me a while to complete these mods, alot of effort and patience, planning and a few bucks..........be constructive with your comments.......if your a troll, you suck. Thanks for viewing and I welcome your ideas, votes and comments. Until the hardware upgrade...........keep on moddin!!
System specs
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition @ 3.8 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS M3N-HT 780a
- RAM
- OCZ Fatal1ty 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz (2x 2 GB) @ 1000 MHz
- GPU
- EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI x2
- Storage
- WD Caviar Black 750 GB
- Storage
- WD Caviar Blue SE16 250 GB
- PSU
- Corsair TX850
- Case
- Corsair Obsidian 800D
- Monitor
- AOC 32" HDTV 1080p
Performed mods
After i completed the worklog on the single loop..
I didn't like the temps i was getting so i gutted the case again and began modding the case to accept a 240 rad on the bottom panel. LazyMan @ West Coast Mods inspired me on this mod due to his SkullCrusher build. I cut out all 3 mesh grills on the top panel for better airflow of the 6 push/pull 120's on the top 360rad, and mounted a koolance 360 fan shroud with the skull grills from MNPCTech.com. I cut out the bottom hard drive cage, cable management cover and rails to make room for the 240rad, the 120rad is now out. I cut the faceplate of the rad out of the bottom panel and added window edge molding and a 240 magnetic mesh dust filter. I had to add a support bracket to help lift the mid-plate under the hot-swap bays (it was starting to droop), so i used some metal from the bottom panel. I also added a push/pull config to cool the hot swap bays. I cut out 2 120mm holes on each side panel, with the windowed panel as the "push", with dust filter and skull grill (a 140 aerocool shark is drawing air in), and a LianLi fan drawing air out on the other side...it too has a skull grill. I also added a NZXT touch screen fan controller and I modded a 5.25 bay cover to accept 3 led rocker switches that are wired up to the 3 Uv cold cathode lamps. oh, and the 24 pin power to the mobo is sleeved.
I didn't like the temps i was getting so i gutted the case again and began modding the case to accept a 240 rad on the bottom panel. LazyMan @ West Coast Mods inspired me on this mod due to his SkullCrusher build. I cut out all 3 mesh grills on the top panel for better airflow of the 6 push/pull 120's on the top 360rad, and mounted a koolance 360 fan shroud with the skull grills from MNPCTech.com. I cut out the bottom hard drive cage, cable management cover and rails to make room for the 240rad, the 120rad is now out. I cut the faceplate of the rad out of the bottom panel and added window edge molding and a 240 magnetic mesh dust filter. I had to add a support bracket to help lift the mid-plate under the hot-swap bays (it was starting to droop), so i used some metal from the bottom panel. I also added a push/pull config to cool the hot swap bays. I cut out 2 120mm holes on each side panel, with the windowed panel as the "push", with dust filter and skull grill (a 140 aerocool shark is drawing air in), and a LianLi fan drawing air out on the other side...it too has a skull grill. I also added a NZXT touch screen fan controller and I modded a 5.25 bay cover to accept 3 led rocker switches that are wired up to the 3 Uv cold cathode lamps. oh, and the 24 pin power to the mobo is sleeved.
5 Comments on Reaper - Obsidian 800d
Thanks for the tips :) As for the board chipset blocks, you will have to go with after market blocks. This board is quite old and yes the heatsinks are not very efficient when it comes to overclocking.
Koolance make some nice universal chipset blocks, but are a bit over priced IMO.
Also here are some Danger Den Universal blocks that should work as well:
www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=22747
I'm bout to get started on my next addition and next mod if i keep this up. lol
Just a follow-up, I'm building my 12 year old son a gaming rig so he's getting the core components from this build...i.e. the motherboard, memory and gpu's. I'm looking into either using ATI gpu's or staying with Nvidia and getting a few gtX470's but that will require a mobo that accepts a AMD socket, DDR3 memory, and supports SLI. Maybe the 980a, or like i said, I could switch to all AMD components. Thanks for the votes but please don't vote for hardware, vote on the mods (hence the name of the gallery "Case Mod Gallery"). I got older hardware but It still kicks ass.