AdmiralDonut
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So some of you may have seen my attempt at case modding a little while ago. I took a cheap, no name case and tried to make it look like something from a higher price bracket. While I feel I did a pretty damn good job for a beginner, it left me wanting something more, something...pure.
So with the blessing and assistance of my wife (I don't speak German very well still) we ordered a few shiny bits from various places. The main thing being the case, a beautiful, crisp white, clean lined NZXT Source 340; a purchase I wholeheartedly attribute to TTL (thanks fella!).
Along with some fans, and new HDD and a very comfy chair, I also got my very first AIO in what is likely to be the first of many toes I dip in to the world of watercooling, though for now an AIO will easily suffice.
Having desperately wanted to make my original case look clean and tidy, and not coming as close as I wanted, this case fulfills every desire I had in terms of clean lines, spaciousness and most importantly tidiness. So, out came all my old hardware; my heavily modded and custom painted GPU, the rather snazzy looking (if I do say so myself) white painted RAM and my awesome MSI motherboard, the old case relegated to becoming a future testbed, and in everything went to the gorgeous NZXT Source 340.
I hope you like the pics, I'm still getting to grips with a DSLR after using a camera phone for years:
The rest of the album, as it stands at the moment, can be found here http://imgur.com/a/8M1T7 Full list of specs follows:
NZXT Source 340.
i5 3570K 4.2GHz@stock voltage.
16GB Corsair Vengeance LP RAM 4x4GB custom painted.
MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming motherboard.
Inno3D GTX 670 2GB with modified cooler.
OCZ Fatal1ty 550W Semi-modular PSU.
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD.
WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM Mechanical.
Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM Mechanical.
Cooler Master Seidon 120V AIO Water Cooler.
Individually Sleeved white 24-pin cable from Akasa.
Flat Ribbon Motherboard 8-pin from Akasa.
2 X Arctic Cooling F12-pwm rev 2 120mm fans.
1 X LC-Power Red LED case fan (Came with old case).
1 X 1 Meter Sleeved, NZXT Red LED light strip.
LG Flatron IPS224 21.5" LED monitor.
Packard Bell/Acer Viseo223DX 21.5" TN monitor.
Steelseries APEX RAW Keyboard.
Perixx MX-1000 gaming mouse.
Speedlink Wireless PC Strike-FX Gamepad.
Perixx DX-2000 900mm Gaming Mat.
Trust 2.1 gaming speaker system.
Sharkoon XTATIC Wireless Gaming Headset.
Brateck 2 Arm Desk Mounted Monitor Arm. (Bloody awesome by the way).
EDIT: Just thought I'd update after having extensively reworked the cabling job I did. Have some nice shiny new pictures
So with the blessing and assistance of my wife (I don't speak German very well still) we ordered a few shiny bits from various places. The main thing being the case, a beautiful, crisp white, clean lined NZXT Source 340; a purchase I wholeheartedly attribute to TTL (thanks fella!).
Along with some fans, and new HDD and a very comfy chair, I also got my very first AIO in what is likely to be the first of many toes I dip in to the world of watercooling, though for now an AIO will easily suffice.
Having desperately wanted to make my original case look clean and tidy, and not coming as close as I wanted, this case fulfills every desire I had in terms of clean lines, spaciousness and most importantly tidiness. So, out came all my old hardware; my heavily modded and custom painted GPU, the rather snazzy looking (if I do say so myself) white painted RAM and my awesome MSI motherboard, the old case relegated to becoming a future testbed, and in everything went to the gorgeous NZXT Source 340.
I hope you like the pics, I'm still getting to grips with a DSLR after using a camera phone for years:




The rest of the album, as it stands at the moment, can be found here http://imgur.com/a/8M1T7 Full list of specs follows:
NZXT Source 340.
i5 3570K 4.2GHz@stock voltage.
16GB Corsair Vengeance LP RAM 4x4GB custom painted.
MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming motherboard.
Inno3D GTX 670 2GB with modified cooler.
OCZ Fatal1ty 550W Semi-modular PSU.
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD.
WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM Mechanical.
Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM Mechanical.
Cooler Master Seidon 120V AIO Water Cooler.
Individually Sleeved white 24-pin cable from Akasa.
Flat Ribbon Motherboard 8-pin from Akasa.
2 X Arctic Cooling F12-pwm rev 2 120mm fans.
1 X LC-Power Red LED case fan (Came with old case).
1 X 1 Meter Sleeved, NZXT Red LED light strip.
LG Flatron IPS224 21.5" LED monitor.
Packard Bell/Acer Viseo223DX 21.5" TN monitor.
Steelseries APEX RAW Keyboard.
Perixx MX-1000 gaming mouse.
Speedlink Wireless PC Strike-FX Gamepad.
Perixx DX-2000 900mm Gaming Mat.
Trust 2.1 gaming speaker system.
Sharkoon XTATIC Wireless Gaming Headset.
Brateck 2 Arm Desk Mounted Monitor Arm. (Bloody awesome by the way).
EDIT: Just thought I'd update after having extensively reworked the cabling job I did. Have some nice shiny new pictures




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