Silverstone FT02 Rebuild

[corban]

I have been posting on the site for a couple of months now a lot of questions and thoughts on advancing things and i decided to get a 570GTX to upgrade my 5850 this progressed into running a dual 570GTX SLI when i found another card for a bargain price. Since then i have upgraded my CPU/Motherboard/RAM as my old board wasnt good for SLI (PCI-E slots too close together causing the cards to touch and overheat).

Anyways the long story short i have changed my CPU + Motherboard + RAM + 2 new GFX Cards + PSU and since this is pretty much a new build i figured id post something of it.

First attempt at posting pics to this forum so please forgive + correct any mistakes i have made please.

There is a CPU cooler on the way (Noctua)

EDIT - Cooler has arrived and have rebuilt the rig again and tidied up a little and now have it overclocked and been hammering BF3 with it for the past 2 days

So there it is , im very happy with the looks all in all , especially seeing as ive gone for performance over looks but still feel it looks tidy and nice enough.

 

[-warheart-]

looks almost exactly the same as my rig^^ only difference is that i got 570 phantoms and a d14^^ i really like how the sabertooth looks like in the ft02!

 

[yassarikhan786]

Looking good mate. What is the temp difference between the two cards?

 

[fcb]

Really like the case. This shouldn't have problems keeping everything running nice and cool

 

[Brooksie]

Looks awesome man, so clean

 

[Dandaman91]

Looks pretty smart.... Good job man

 

[SieB]

Nice rig, the Sabertooth definietly is the board to go with the FT02 the UD7 looks good in it as well though.

 

[corban]

Thanks for the replies , to answer the question the temperature difference is about 1-2 degrees even under full load there is barely a difference between then.

For anyone that read my thread in the gfx card section where i had them in a different board and one card was reaching 92 degrees this is a huge improvment, i havent seen either card over 70 degrees yet with this setup and thats having run heaven/3dmark vantage and crysis 2 with everything maxed.

As i said there is still the Noctua to install when it arrives and an exhaust fan in the roof of the case, but im very happy with the general look of it all , my only grip is the fan cables not keen on them ruining the look so will be looking for some of the braided extensions. I've seen Tom talk about the prebraided cables that he really likes but ive never been able to find stock of them anywhere they were always out of stock!.

 

[Brooksie]

I've seen Tom talk about the prebraided cables that he really likes but ive never been able to find stock of them anywhere they were always out of stock!.

You mean these?

http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/Pre-Modded-Power-Supply-Cables-cid-1584.html

 

[corban]

That'd be the ones , ordering now thanks

Actually those aren't what i meant , but they do seem to have the 4 pin fan cables too! so ill grab those!

My link

Think thats what i need!

 

[Brooksie]

Awesome, glad I could help

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[ShortAlieN]

Nice setup. Looks very tidy. As for adding more pictures, use a website like photobucket or imageshack to upload to. then you can just link your pictures to those sites with ,

... good to go.

 

[dipzy]

i like the way the gpu closest to the 5.25 drive bays hides all the sata, and front panel connections, makes the build look extra tidy

 

[corban]

Added new updated pics with the full build and I managed to post pics properlly i think this time!

 

[fcb]

Hey, it looks great. Thanks for sharing it with us.