well it was pretty boring however this went really smoothly as i'm late to the I7 game. The system replaces my C2D E8400 which i had running at 4GHz (9x445) for forever. Reason i replaced it was that the IP35 mobo was starting to have some issues and i got a massive tax return
Read pretty much every single I7 thread here and would like to thank anyone and everyone who made a helpful post in any of those
anyway the good stuff.
Case: LIAN LI PC-V1000BPlus II
CPU: Intel I7-920 D0
HS: Thermalright Venomous X
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
Ram: 6Gb (3x2Gb) G.Skill Pi series DDR3 1600
Vid Card: GTX 285 OC
Prob gonna leave it where its is now as 4.0Gz on air isn't too bad IMO.
Temps have come down a little since some of these SSes as i reset the HS and replaced some fans.
Its prime stable for 18+ hours on blend same for LinX i just forgot to SS it. I replaced the 3 fans that came with the case (Lian Li Ll121225BL-5s) with 4 Yate Loon D12SL-12, i stuck the 4th one below the 5.25 (just drilled through some mesh covers), The Yates are much quieter and move good air. I will be adding a 2nd GentleTyphoon D1225C12B5AP-15 the VX for push/pull when Newegg gets them back in stock
I prob would have gone with the Megahalem/Mega Shadow if i knew i was gonna have this much room for it. But i wasn't sure as the Ultima 90 i had on my IP35 in this case was a tighter fit due to the slightly higher placement of the CPU socket on the mobo.
From the otherside
Some Cable routing
From the front
Read pretty much every single I7 thread here and would like to thank anyone and everyone who made a helpful post in any of those
anyway the good stuff.
Case: LIAN LI PC-V1000BPlus II
CPU: Intel I7-920 D0
HS: Thermalright Venomous X
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
Ram: 6Gb (3x2Gb) G.Skill Pi series DDR3 1600
Vid Card: GTX 285 OC
Prob gonna leave it where its is now as 4.0Gz on air isn't too bad IMO.
Temps have come down a little since some of these SSes as i reset the HS and replaced some fans.
Its prime stable for 18+ hours on blend same for LinX i just forgot to SS it. I replaced the 3 fans that came with the case (Lian Li Ll121225BL-5s) with 4 Yate Loon D12SL-12, i stuck the 4th one below the 5.25 (just drilled through some mesh covers), The Yates are much quieter and move good air. I will be adding a 2nd GentleTyphoon D1225C12B5AP-15 the VX for push/pull when Newegg gets them back in stock
I prob would have gone with the Megahalem/Mega Shadow if i knew i was gonna have this much room for it. But i wasn't sure as the Ultima 90 i had on my IP35 in this case was a tighter fit due to the slightly higher placement of the CPU socket on the mobo.
From the otherside
Some Cable routing
From the front
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