My Sandy Bridge Build (with pics)!

[djnsmith7]

Looks good...the red accents add a nice touch...

 

[996GT2]

Just got the same cooler myself and was wondering what your idle and load temps are. Thanks.

Idle temps in the low 30C range.

Load temps 59C in Linpack or 57-58 in Prime95. Specs in Sig.

 

[996GT2]

I like that case. Is it flexible as far as other MOBOs?

It works with all micro ATX and ATX motherboards. I really think this is one of the best cases you can get at the ~$50 price range. I got it when it was on sale at Microcenter, so it ended up being only $28 AR. That's an excellent price considering the cooling flexibility this case gives you, with 5x120mm fan ports (2 top, 1 rear, 1 side, 1 front), a small window to show off your CPU cooler, bottom mount PSU, toolless drive bays, dedicated place to mount a 2.5" drive/SSD (without adapters), screwdown PCI slots (I prefer this to toolless PCI since it's more secure). It's also pretty good as far as wire management goes...certainly better than most cases in this price range.

If you're looking for reviews, look for reviews of the TT V3 Black edition, which is the same except for a different front panel. The V4 is too new for reviews right now.

 

[CraigRT]

Looks a lot like my system...
Same cooler, similar motherboard (P55A-UD4P)
Black case
Corsair PSU...

 

[Mugenx]

@ 996GT2

Wow it looks like the Hyper 212+ is getting in the way of the 1st Ram slot, so I think 8GB of RAM is not possible with this motherboard right?

What do you think? I have some 8GB OCZ Reaper DDR3 1.65v laying around .....

 

[Infrnl]

congrats on your build, looks good. Cooler is crooked though. Also the guy that said put the hdd on sata_0 it doesn't matter which port its in.

 

[wpcoe]

Wow it looks like the Hyper 212+ is getting in the way of the 1st Ram slot, so I think 8GB of RAM is not possible with this motherboard right?

I have the same Hyper 212+ on a different board, and I had to raise the "push" fan (I have push/pull dual fan configuration) enough to clear the first RAM slot. Didn't seem to adversely affect the temps. Not sure how much effect it would have on a single-fan push-only configuration?

 

[AdamK47]

Might want to move the SATA drives from SATA-4/5 to SATA-0/1.

 

[Diogenes2]

congrats on your build, looks good. Cooler is crooked though. Also the guy that said put the hdd on sata_0 it doesn't matter which port its in.

It does now ...

 

[dpodblood]

Nice build. You're going to want to move your HDD to the SATA3 controller though.