Visby *56k*

[Ham]

With my new parts on the way i thought its about time i did some showing off.

My new rig: Visby

Named after the Sweedish Stealth ship, the Visby Corvette.

Ive gone with this as I've turned into a bit of a quietness freak. So i want my PC to draw as little attention to itself as possilbe.

Specs:

Antec P180b

Intel Core 2 Duo e4300

Asus P5N-E SLI

1GB Balistix PC6400

XFX 7800GT

Seasonic M12 600W

150GB WD Raptor

200GB Maxtor DimondMax

120GB Seagate Baracuda

Cooling:

Alphacool Xtreme pro 240 kit

NexXxos XP Solid block

DDC + plexitop rez

Xtreme 240mm rad

NexXxos NVXP-3

3x Antec Tircool @ Low setting

Mods:

Cut extra 120mm blowhole for mounting the rad

Cut cable-tidys hole behind case front & in motherboard tray

Custom Fan Grill

Custom Front Bezel temp display

Pump mounting

A few pics:

Will be updating come monday! *fingers crossed*

Any ideas you may have are welcome.

And a huuuge shout out to Kempez and XMS. If it wasn't for them I wouldn't have most this stuff. :wavey:

 

[nathan]

looks promising matey, keep up the good work. O and make sure you share your experiances on the quiteness front!.

 

[FragTek]

Nice specs man, should be a zippy rig when ur done with it!

No phase though???

 

[Rastalovich]

The Seasonic M12 boasts being pretty quiet .. is there prehaps a quieter psu u could get, prehaps passive ?

 

[Ham]

@Frag: Nooo no phase. I simply can't afford to risk this equiptment. Need CSS! Jiffz has already tried to mail bomb me once...

@ Rast: The seasonic was one of the deals i got for a totaly un-beatable price. If its too loud ill change the 120mm and remove the 60mm. The P180s PSU mount has anti-vibration mounts too.

Cheers guys

 

[ai_01]

on to C2D hope ya get that 100% OC out of it =P

 

[JN]

Looks to be a sweet setup mate. Will be good to see you CSS'in again

 

[FarFarAway]

Yay Ham back and CSS'ing

Looking forward to more pics

 

[llwyd]

I hate Ebuyer with every inch of my soul. GL with the project

 

[markkleb]

Quiet= Good ..Im really looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

And to Kempez and XMS a big thanks for helping out a fellow OC3Dr:beerchug:

 

[NickS]

Very sexy

Love the rad placement.

 

[Dav0s]

wow the 180 looks a lot nicer all in black

 

[NickS]

Agreed, it looks MUCH higher-end

 

[Ham]

Pictures spaek louder than words!

Nice bundle arrived thismorning. Fingers crossed theyll be another tomorrow.

 

[FarFarAway]

Nice mate

Why the P5N-E tho?

Why not a P5B?

 

[Ham]

The nvidia 650 chipset has the same comprehensive divider options as the 680. And its was a tad cheaper. Its got a 2nd PCI-E slot wich the vanilla P5B dosn't. A 1/2 decent overclocker according to the reviews, and im not looking to break records. Its got 2 IDE channels and holes to attatch a mosfet sink if i so chose.

 

[FarFarAway]

Fair enough.

You'll ahve to let us know how you get on

 

[Ham]

Got board and started fitting stuff.

Alphacool pwn

 

[ai_01]

love the mirror view on those aphacool blocks

 

[Ham]

Yet more pics:

Just put the lot in. Hardest/worst pumbing job ive ever done.

Need to sort out the cables a bit. Going to leaktest now!