deigima
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The Magnicifent S.S. Birds-Nest
--25 feb 2014--
As of this moment, the specs are-
Bitfenix shinobi case (no window)
asus p8-z77-vlk motherboard
4x4gb corsair vengeance ram (1600mhz)
Asus hd7870 DC2 gpu
i5 3450 3.1ghz quad core
H80i water cooling unit, with arctic silver thermal paste
120gb SSD (OS drive)
2x 2tb HDD - programs/games on one, game recordings on other
620w antec modular psu (hcg)
bitfenix hydra pro fan speed controller
This is running through a dual screen set up with mis matched size screens :\ the 7870 is idling around 40 degrees in australian summer and under load it gets to around 60 degrees in dayz standalone, so temps seem to be in check for the gpu. My method of directing orders to my computer is through el cheapo keyboard and a Steelseries Sensei Raw mouse.
Heres the case, i did attempt to clean it but the soft touch finish seems to be rather difficult to keep clean
and heres the inside!
as you can see, theres plenty of cable management to be done yet, i've been doing things here and there trying to improve it over the past two days and i got a few ideas after taking these pictures for what to do next
The back currently, until i get some zip ties its going to be pretty messy back there.
--27th feb 2014--
Today i spent some more time on cable management, and its looking alot neater now, however the hardrive data cables are still making a mess.
I re-routed all the fan control cables so now they arent visible at all, i re routed the cables that go to the button panel, and redid the power cables for hardrives.
I also considered the h80i waterblock rotation, and found theres actually a reason its on its side- it doesnt fit upright, the hoses would hit the RAM. so sorry tinytomlogan, you're going to have to snap your neck when looking at my build
I also replaced some thumb screws that had rust on them with fresh ones, and changed the screws on the disc drive from thumb scews to normal screws. i tried to change the SSD tray screws to black ones, but i only had one screw of same thread.
--25 feb 2014--
As of this moment, the specs are-
Bitfenix shinobi case (no window)
asus p8-z77-vlk motherboard
4x4gb corsair vengeance ram (1600mhz)
Asus hd7870 DC2 gpu
i5 3450 3.1ghz quad core
H80i water cooling unit, with arctic silver thermal paste
120gb SSD (OS drive)
2x 2tb HDD - programs/games on one, game recordings on other
620w antec modular psu (hcg)
bitfenix hydra pro fan speed controller
This is running through a dual screen set up with mis matched size screens :\ the 7870 is idling around 40 degrees in australian summer and under load it gets to around 60 degrees in dayz standalone, so temps seem to be in check for the gpu. My method of directing orders to my computer is through el cheapo keyboard and a Steelseries Sensei Raw mouse.
Heres the case, i did attempt to clean it but the soft touch finish seems to be rather difficult to keep clean
and heres the inside!
as you can see, theres plenty of cable management to be done yet, i've been doing things here and there trying to improve it over the past two days and i got a few ideas after taking these pictures for what to do next
The back currently, until i get some zip ties its going to be pretty messy back there.
--27th feb 2014--
Today i spent some more time on cable management, and its looking alot neater now, however the hardrive data cables are still making a mess.
I re-routed all the fan control cables so now they arent visible at all, i re routed the cables that go to the button panel, and redid the power cables for hardrives.
I also considered the h80i waterblock rotation, and found theres actually a reason its on its side- it doesnt fit upright, the hoses would hit the RAM. so sorry tinytomlogan, you're going to have to snap your neck when looking at my build
I also replaced some thumb screws that had rust on them with fresh ones, and changed the screws on the disc drive from thumb scews to normal screws. i tried to change the SSD tray screws to black ones, but i only had one screw of same thread.
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