Sorry for the double post, but I thought ya'll might like to see this. You should have seen her, when I accidently messed up her "absolutely perfect" job on the thermal paste. It was funny... Too bad the video card was bad.
CoolerMaster Centurion case
Asus A8N-E mobo
Seasonic 430w PSU
AMD Opteron 148
Thermalright SI-120 HSF w/ Sanyo Denki 102cfm fan
2 x 1GB Corsair Platinum PC3200 DDR
eVGA 7800 GT (currently being RMAed)
74gb Raptor
EDIT: Artic Silver Ceramique was used (left over from my Xeons)
Sorry for the quality, but the lighting sucked...
Installing the mobo
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Holy sh!t, don't get between my wife and her application of thermal paste
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She even sleeved her own cables
Is it hot enough yet?
Yep, it is.
the machine:
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finshed (with CPU & HSF installation), and she's happy
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CoolerMaster Centurion case
Asus A8N-E mobo
Seasonic 430w PSU
AMD Opteron 148
Thermalright SI-120 HSF w/ Sanyo Denki 102cfm fan
2 x 1GB Corsair Platinum PC3200 DDR
eVGA 7800 GT (currently being RMAed)
74gb Raptor
EDIT: Artic Silver Ceramique was used (left over from my Xeons)
Sorry for the quality, but the lighting sucked...
Installing the mobo
#1
#2
#3
Holy sh!t, don't get between my wife and her application of thermal paste
#1
#2
#3
#4
She even sleeved her own cables
Is it hot enough yet?
Yep, it is.
the machine:
#1
finshed (with CPU & HSF installation), and she's happy
#1