Mgutierrez33
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In the interest of remaining a fully active member of this community, and given that my original rig took a crap on me (stupid 2600K... stupid...), I figured I would post my girlfriend's computer in the interim since I also maintain, upgrade, and tune it for her.
Name (of the rig, not the girlfriend x-P): (unknown)
Specs:
CoolerMaster CM 690II nVidia Edition
Rosewill HIVE series 750 W semi modular PSU (gotta touch up the bit of paint that got scraped off from my old Lian Li case)
Gigabyte 990FX UD3
AMD FX 8320 O.C. to 4.2 Ghz
16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 Mhz
Galaxy GTX 670 (reference, boosts to 1110 Mhz by itself O_O)
Seagate 500 GB storage
Seidon 120M AIO cpu cooler
all fans are OEM CoolerMaster units except one Lian Li 140mm in the roof
I apologize for photo quality. All I have is my phone camera and I definitely don't have ANY leftover cash to get a decent camera :-(.





Admittedly, the cabling bothers me in this case mainly due to the top cable slot being horribly exposed. I am also aware that the OEM cabling looks haggard as fook on this PSU; custom braiding will wait until she decides to upgrade her case (she wants something yellow next... glad she picked an EASY color... -_-) Sadly the one issue this case has is a lack of space behind the motherboard tray to effectively bundle cables together... but Nikki (THAT'S the girlfriend) loved this case, and whatever baby wants, baby gets! We COULD have gone with a dual rad for this sort of cooler, but I am getting to why we are fine with this one.
The CoolerMaster Seidon 120M was on sale at the local TigerDirect store, and it was damn near christmas time. I got this and the 8320 on the same day. Originally the intent was to leave everything at stock (it HAD to be better than her old 4100 -_-). When I got everything installed, I figured on toying with a modest overclock to see what this cooler could really do. Set it to the boost clock speeds of the 8350, got it stable at 1.36V, and this was the end result after 30 min of Prime95 (after clicking the thumbnail, click the image again to get the full size):

Ambient temp was 19.4 C at the time of testing. Honestly I was a bit shocked to see temps that good (albeit a bit on the inaccurate side... AMD and all). Installation was a BIT of a pain due to the lack of flex the tubing gives you, and given that there is only one way to tell that everything is screwed in the same way: while screwing everything in (a pain in itself since everything is spring-loaded), keep an eye on the backplate of your motherboard and check to see how far in each of the screws is going. Once they are all threaded and look to be even without wanting to jump threads you're good to go. This is also using the OEM thermal paste that comes with it (which you must apply yourself) and having not lapped the cold plate before installing. The pump itself is a bit noisy with the side panel off, but once it goes on I only hear the gentle rush of air... except for the OEM fan for the 120M... SOLID performer, but under full stress it can get a BIT chatterey, just not irritatingly so. For the price, if you're looking for solid, quiet cooling that keeps it's composure most of the time, shows well and has a unique look to it, I'd give this one a shot. Only things that detract are the noise of the fan under full bore and the spring-loaded screws (though that's also a good thing depending on how you look at it, so meh).
Future plans for this rig include two CoolerMaster green LED 140mm roof fans (non SickleFlow to match the rest of the lighting in the case), a Xonar Essence sound card, a 128 GB ssd (she is reluctant to do a full blown reformatting at the moment, and I can't say I blame her), and a second Galaxy GTX 670 when the time calls for it. The goal of this machine is to do some light usage of music editing software (wants to try her hand at making some dubstep/house/trance) and gaming at 1080P with near max to max settings. She uses a Naga Hex for her mouse, and since she has super tiny hands she has an old Enermax small form-factor keyboard with a black aluminum body.
So that's her rig. Upgraded with some of the parts from my old rig, does what she wants it to do the best possible way it can, looks the way she wants it to look, and ultimately that's what counts. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.
Name (of the rig, not the girlfriend x-P): (unknown)
Specs:
CoolerMaster CM 690II nVidia Edition
Rosewill HIVE series 750 W semi modular PSU (gotta touch up the bit of paint that got scraped off from my old Lian Li case)
Gigabyte 990FX UD3
AMD FX 8320 O.C. to 4.2 Ghz
16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 Mhz
Galaxy GTX 670 (reference, boosts to 1110 Mhz by itself O_O)
Seagate 500 GB storage
Seidon 120M AIO cpu cooler
all fans are OEM CoolerMaster units except one Lian Li 140mm in the roof
I apologize for photo quality. All I have is my phone camera and I definitely don't have ANY leftover cash to get a decent camera :-(.





Admittedly, the cabling bothers me in this case mainly due to the top cable slot being horribly exposed. I am also aware that the OEM cabling looks haggard as fook on this PSU; custom braiding will wait until she decides to upgrade her case (she wants something yellow next... glad she picked an EASY color... -_-) Sadly the one issue this case has is a lack of space behind the motherboard tray to effectively bundle cables together... but Nikki (THAT'S the girlfriend) loved this case, and whatever baby wants, baby gets! We COULD have gone with a dual rad for this sort of cooler, but I am getting to why we are fine with this one.
The CoolerMaster Seidon 120M was on sale at the local TigerDirect store, and it was damn near christmas time. I got this and the 8320 on the same day. Originally the intent was to leave everything at stock (it HAD to be better than her old 4100 -_-). When I got everything installed, I figured on toying with a modest overclock to see what this cooler could really do. Set it to the boost clock speeds of the 8350, got it stable at 1.36V, and this was the end result after 30 min of Prime95 (after clicking the thumbnail, click the image again to get the full size):

Ambient temp was 19.4 C at the time of testing. Honestly I was a bit shocked to see temps that good (albeit a bit on the inaccurate side... AMD and all). Installation was a BIT of a pain due to the lack of flex the tubing gives you, and given that there is only one way to tell that everything is screwed in the same way: while screwing everything in (a pain in itself since everything is spring-loaded), keep an eye on the backplate of your motherboard and check to see how far in each of the screws is going. Once they are all threaded and look to be even without wanting to jump threads you're good to go. This is also using the OEM thermal paste that comes with it (which you must apply yourself) and having not lapped the cold plate before installing. The pump itself is a bit noisy with the side panel off, but once it goes on I only hear the gentle rush of air... except for the OEM fan for the 120M... SOLID performer, but under full stress it can get a BIT chatterey, just not irritatingly so. For the price, if you're looking for solid, quiet cooling that keeps it's composure most of the time, shows well and has a unique look to it, I'd give this one a shot. Only things that detract are the noise of the fan under full bore and the spring-loaded screws (though that's also a good thing depending on how you look at it, so meh).
Future plans for this rig include two CoolerMaster green LED 140mm roof fans (non SickleFlow to match the rest of the lighting in the case), a Xonar Essence sound card, a 128 GB ssd (she is reluctant to do a full blown reformatting at the moment, and I can't say I blame her), and a second Galaxy GTX 670 when the time calls for it. The goal of this machine is to do some light usage of music editing software (wants to try her hand at making some dubstep/house/trance) and gaming at 1080P with near max to max settings. She uses a Naga Hex for her mouse, and since she has super tiny hands she has an old Enermax small form-factor keyboard with a black aluminum body.
So that's her rig. Upgraded with some of the parts from my old rig, does what she wants it to do the best possible way it can, looks the way she wants it to look, and ultimately that's what counts. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.
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