Pics of my comp!!!

Mrvile

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Well it's been a while since I put this puppy together. Back in October November last year I ordered and built the initial setup, and have been making upgrades and truck since. Original setup had a XP-90 on the CPU, stock video cooling, yucky ribbon cables, etc. Since then I've added an NV5, which I then sold along with the XP-90 after upgrading both to water. So this is the final build, six months later, for my fellow ATers to enjoy!

Here a general angle shot. From there you can see my beautifully ghetto electrical taped molex cables. If you look closely enough you can see that I had to dremel off the ramsinks on the video card directly underneath the waterblock, I think they sent me a low-profile one. Oh well.

Here is a closer shot of the video card. You can see how I got the ramsinks to stay...a little hot glue gets the job done.

Here is a close shot of the CPU block. Dangerden TDX baby.

Here is a shot showing some of my cable management. Not very clean but at least they're hidden. And I've got that fugly pump down there too.

Here is another angle shot (hmm I wonder why I took two?). Anyway if you look closely you can see that the radiator/fan setup isn't attached to the case; it just sits there. I don't move my case around ever so it saves my lazy ass some work.

Here is a shot of the whole case. Yep.

Here is another closeup shot of the video card (why do I keep taking two pics of the same thing?). Some near kinkage but not enough to hurt.

Here is a shot of the little modded blowhole in the top of the case (sorry about the blurriness...I'm retarded and focused on the wrong godamn thing). I took the fan bracket from the front of the case and attached it to the top so it could hold the filter in place; the blowhole fan is actually an intake.

Here is a shot from the bottom of the case looking up. Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard, AddA fan.

Here is another shot I guess. Same angle as the fourth one.

Here is a shot from the front. You can see the tube can weaves down through the front of the case to get to the pump down below.

Here is the last shot of the comp with the side panel on. Lookin good!

And finally, for you guys that take one look at my video card and say, "Hey, that's no Ultra, that's a GT!" I've got a screenie showing that yes, it is at least an Ultra on the inside. I guess it was factory-flashed before I received it. Oh well, no complaints here.

So what do you guys think? It's a bit crowded on the inside (which is how I like it, actually), but at least it's clean. And Tas, feel free to post some of these pics on your website.
 

Safeway

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Yea, I thought that was blinds - doesn't it take quite a bit of resources and slow the GUI down? Once I get setup, I'm going to start using Samurize and Blinds again since I'll have 2GB RAM.

Oh, and by the way (sorry to thread crap) ... I think I am buying a Lian Li PC-71 so I can mount the rad internally without moving the PSU or something.
 

Fullmetal Chocobo

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Can't wait for the additions to the page. Or should I grab some from this post?? *eg*
Tas.
 

Mrvile

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Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Can't wait for the additions to the page. Or should I grab some from this post?? *eg*
Tas.

Yeah, these are all the pics, unless you want a specific one?
 

Fullmetal Chocobo

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Nah, that's cool. I'll download all of these. (Damn that server is slow though. Takes forever for the pics to show up). downloadTHEMall doesn't work either... Ugh. Oh well. hehehehehe. I'll post your update in a few.

Wait... No night shot? No lights or anything installed? That's a shame, cause you could do some cool stuff with the front with a light stick. Very nice man.

And what ID hose is that, if you don't mind me asking?
Tas.
 

SketchMaster

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Very nice!

The ONLY thing I can find to nitpick at are the cables shoved under the PSU. :p

But overall very clean and neat. Extra points for taking good pictures!
 

JBDan

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Originally posted by: Safeway
Yea, I thought that was blinds - doesn't it take quite a bit of resources and slow the GUI down? Once I get setup, I'm going to start using Samurize and Blinds again since I'll have 2GB RAM.

Oh, and by the way (sorry to thread crap) ... I think I am buying a Lian Li PC-71 so I can mount the rad internally without moving the PSU or something.

Blinds does absolutely nothing to the performance for me. Takes up about 2200K of mem. Nothing. I have 1G of RAM. Sharp looking pc! OP :)
 

glorygunk

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Niiice...I dig the garden hose look! Fan for your Audigy 2? Now that's something to brag about.
 

Safeway

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Originally posted by: glorygunk
Niiice...I dig the garden hose look! Fan for your Audigy 2? Now that's something to brag about.

Lol - garden hose look.
 

Mrvile

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:)

Thanks guys. As for the cables under the PSU, it might block off some airflow to the PSU but not enough to do any harm, so it's ok (plus it's the only place I can find to put them). Tubing across the front? If you look at how the case is set up, you can only have tubing go across the front, so there's not too much I can do about it. I like that look personally though, I'd rather see clean tubing and cabling over motherboard and circuitry. Maybe I'm just weird. And for the fan across my soundcard...that's not actually how it works. I have that fan there to blow air down across the video card (to cool the ramsinks) and although it's being blocked by the sound card, it adds some airflow.
 

ssvegeta1010

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Originally posted by: glorygunk
Niiice...I dig the garden hose look! Fan for your Audigy 2? Now that's something to brag about.


Has anyone ever used garden hose for a water cooling system? That would be a funny mod...
 

HardWarrior

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Fabulous job, Mr. You've got a great eye for style and order. Well done. :thumbsup:
 

slash196

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Mmm, sweet looking rig. Not exactly top-of-the-line anymore, but the cooling and casing is still second-to-none. Thumbs up.