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complete, for now.
pics
parts
case: Corsair 650D
fans: two 120mm COUGAR CF-V12HB rear exhaust
two 140mm COUGAR CF-V14HB top exhaust
one 200mm BitFenix Spectre Pro front intake (cut out metal mesh infront of intake fan)
fan controller: Lamptron FC Touch (didn't fit flush so had to drill holes for it)
optical drive: Silverstone slim form slot load optical drive mounted with silverstone slot load converter bay (also didn't fit flush and had to drill holes)
removed HDD cages
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM,64MB cache, SATA 6 Gb/s (mounted in optical bay using frozencpu's HDD noise reduction system)
SSD: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB (mounted on the mobo tray by drilling a couple holes in the side and another screw holding it on to the opening where there used to be a grommet for wire managment)
removed cables for the top drive jumper and the 1934 cable from the front panel, mounted my phone dock in the drawer that used to be the drive jumper and routed cable into the case.
motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME P67 REV 3
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K
CPU cooler: Corsair H60
RAM: G.skill RipjawsX 16GB (4GB x 4) DDR3-1866
GPU: two EVGA GTX 580 superclocked (got the batman ones so the colors would match) added evga backplates and high flow brackets to both and an evga sli bridge. i didn't like the orange one that came with the board. in fact seeing these pictures makes me notice the bit of orange on this one and i am going to have to go back and cover that up.
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 850W i made most of the wires (so they would be just the right lenght and not have extra connectors) with black 18gauge wire and atx pins i bought off amazon and sleeved everything in black and red 550 cord. the 24pin and 8pin power cords i did not make because they are not modular like the others, i only sleeved them. the psu came with another power connector too that i didn't need so i cut that out inside the psu and secured the wires. i bought and resleeved an nzxt power extension because the cable didn't quite reach.
i think that's about everything... i will probably be doing a water cooling setup with this build in a couple years as well. it looks like a lot of fun but i don't wan't to drop the money right now. maybe on the next tax refund if i get the itch. i really like the ones with all straight tubing so i'll probably try to do that.
pics
parts
case: Corsair 650D
fans: two 120mm COUGAR CF-V12HB rear exhaust
two 140mm COUGAR CF-V14HB top exhaust
one 200mm BitFenix Spectre Pro front intake (cut out metal mesh infront of intake fan)
fan controller: Lamptron FC Touch (didn't fit flush so had to drill holes for it)
optical drive: Silverstone slim form slot load optical drive mounted with silverstone slot load converter bay (also didn't fit flush and had to drill holes)
removed HDD cages
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM,64MB cache, SATA 6 Gb/s (mounted in optical bay using frozencpu's HDD noise reduction system)
SSD: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB (mounted on the mobo tray by drilling a couple holes in the side and another screw holding it on to the opening where there used to be a grommet for wire managment)
removed cables for the top drive jumper and the 1934 cable from the front panel, mounted my phone dock in the drawer that used to be the drive jumper and routed cable into the case.
motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME P67 REV 3
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K
CPU cooler: Corsair H60
RAM: G.skill RipjawsX 16GB (4GB x 4) DDR3-1866
GPU: two EVGA GTX 580 superclocked (got the batman ones so the colors would match) added evga backplates and high flow brackets to both and an evga sli bridge. i didn't like the orange one that came with the board. in fact seeing these pictures makes me notice the bit of orange on this one and i am going to have to go back and cover that up.
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 850W i made most of the wires (so they would be just the right lenght and not have extra connectors) with black 18gauge wire and atx pins i bought off amazon and sleeved everything in black and red 550 cord. the 24pin and 8pin power cords i did not make because they are not modular like the others, i only sleeved them. the psu came with another power connector too that i didn't need so i cut that out inside the psu and secured the wires. i bought and resleeved an nzxt power extension because the cable didn't quite reach.
i think that's about everything... i will probably be doing a water cooling setup with this build in a couple years as well. it looks like a lot of fun but i don't wan't to drop the money right now. maybe on the next tax refund if i get the itch. i really like the ones with all straight tubing so i'll probably try to do that.
Wow, i love it! Very nice, clean look - and my ever favorites, the Cougars inside 😄
I would like to know some temperature values, and your experience with the overall noise...
Any specific reason for having the psu placed with inside intake? (the 650d has the bottom intake holes too, right?)
I would like to know some temperature values, and your experience with the overall noise...
Any specific reason for having the psu placed with inside intake? (the 650d has the bottom intake holes too, right?)
thanks, seeing all the stuff on this forum makes me want to keep going and do so much more... if only i had the resources to do stuff like L3P
i originally placed the psu that way just because i thought it looked much better. i wasn't too worried about it since i didn't have sli at the time. when i added the second card i was going to flip it (650d does have the holes and even a fan filter under the psu) but i had made my cords fit to just the right length and flipping it meant making and sleeving new cords. my temps are pretty good so i'm not too worried about leaving it like this. if temps become worrisome then i will make new wires and flip it.
here are my idle temps:
load the cpu gets to high 40s - mid 50s
top gpu got to a max of 88 in 3dmark during bf3 it typically gets to mid 70s
HDD and mobo temps never get higher than low 30s
i originally placed the psu that way just because i thought it looked much better. i wasn't too worried about it since i didn't have sli at the time. when i added the second card i was going to flip it (650d does have the holes and even a fan filter under the psu) but i had made my cords fit to just the right length and flipping it meant making and sleeving new cords. my temps are pretty good so i'm not too worried about leaving it like this. if temps become worrisome then i will make new wires and flip it.
here are my idle temps:
load the cpu gets to high 40s - mid 50s
top gpu got to a max of 88 in 3dmark during bf3 it typically gets to mid 70s
HDD and mobo temps never get higher than low 30s
I just asked about temps and noise because of the fans, and I was expecting good values... - as they are!
very nice & cleane, love the hd against the window!:cool: Good detail!
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ah, yeah the noise... i forgot about that. it is good, quieter and cooler than stock fans anyhow. only thing i didn't like about the fans was the orange, a good ol can of flat black enamel fixed that right up though 😛
Man, there are black Cougars available!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007998%2050013802&IsNodeId=1&name=COU...
Will be interesting to see how long they will last - painting the blades may take them out of balance...
