Hey guys, after getting an upgrade to my skelly build, I was left with my old motherboard, cpu and ram and decided that I wanted to do a htpc that I could have in my room, was silent and could do some light gaming in bed when I feel lazy.
Thus Project R3s was born
I'll explain the title first, then list the components. 'R3' represents the Fractal R3 arctic white that the project is centred around, the 's' stands for stealth, not stealth in the conventional sense of all matt black, but more sleek, silence.
I'm warning you now, I got bored and decided to include this duck in the first set of pics:
duck by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
on with the spec.......
i3 540
prolimatech megahalems (run passively)
msi p55a-g55
4gb of corsair xms3 1600mhz ram
zotac gtx260 216 core
wd caviar black 640gb hdd
ocz modxstream pro 500w
sony dvd drive - the only time I'll have a dvd drive in a rig
and, of course, the fractal design r3 arctic white
here are some pics of what I have so far (just waiting on the case and graphics card)
components by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
psu and hdd by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
this pic isn't so good but meh
megahalems by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
mobo and cpu by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
cooler fitted by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
ram by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
so far, I'm planning to:
Hopefully, wrap the case in white carbon fibre vinyl
replace the dvd drive with a bluray drive
replace the hdd with an ssd, and make a file server/get a nas
maybe replace the stock power led (red) with an orange one
so far, I'm not planning on watercooling, but that's not 100%
also if I do watercool, then that'll mean a sidepanel window
I hope you guys like....
Thus Project R3s was born
I'll explain the title first, then list the components. 'R3' represents the Fractal R3 arctic white that the project is centred around, the 's' stands for stealth, not stealth in the conventional sense of all matt black, but more sleek, silence.
I'm warning you now, I got bored and decided to include this duck in the first set of pics:
duck by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
on with the spec.......
i3 540
prolimatech megahalems (run passively)
msi p55a-g55
4gb of corsair xms3 1600mhz ram
zotac gtx260 216 core
wd caviar black 640gb hdd
ocz modxstream pro 500w
sony dvd drive - the only time I'll have a dvd drive in a rig
and, of course, the fractal design r3 arctic white
here are some pics of what I have so far (just waiting on the case and graphics card)
components by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
psu and hdd by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
this pic isn't so good but meh
megahalems by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
mobo and cpu by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
cooler fitted by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
ram by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
so far, I'm planning to:
Hopefully, wrap the case in white carbon fibre vinyl
replace the dvd drive with a bluray drive
replace the hdd with an ssd, and make a file server/get a nas
maybe replace the stock power led (red) with an orange one
so far, I'm not planning on watercooling, but that's not 100%
I hope you guys like....
