My New Toy...

[bullypulpit]

The guts are the same, but the case is a Thermaltake Armor+. Idle temps on the CPU and GPU average about 3 degrees C cooler and about 5-8 degrees cooler under load than my old Antec case. And I've still got 4 x 5.25" drive bays and 6 x 3.25" drive bays for expansion...Liquid cooling!

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/dzadzey/toy2.jpg

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/dzadzey/toy.jpg

[darin]

NERD ALERT!

:p

:D

[jimnyc]

Damn, BP, had no idea you were a fellow geek! Where did you get the case?

[bullypulpit]

Damn, BP, had no idea you were a fellow geek! Where did you get the case?

Microcenter. <a href=http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/>Thermaltake's</a> website has that, and more. ;)

It was amazingly easy to swap out my mobo and drives, took about an hour and a half. The drive bays are tool-less, but you can still use screws to minimize any vibration. The whole mobo tray with exhaust fan assembly slides out and it's a snap to mount the board. There's also plenty of room between the tray and the right case panel to hide wiring.

[jackass]

Very cool!!

[bullypulpit]

Very cool!!

With that 230mm fan on the side, an intake fan for the HDD bay with blue LED's, another 120mm fan on the opposite side of the HDD bay to supply extra cooling for the GPU, and a vented top panel it runs alot cooler.

I had the Zalman CPU cooler when I built the system originally. When I got my bonus from work this year, I got a PNY NVidia 9800GTX. The stock cooler sucked so I stuck a DuOrb cooler on it...with great results. The new case was so I could expand and upgrade for years to come.

I'll start getting the components for the liquid cooling system a payday at a time. Once I get that fully tested and installed, I'll post some pics.

[emmett]

With that 230mm fan on the side, an intake fan for the HDD bay with blue LED's, another 120mm fan on the opposite side of the HDD bay to supply extra cooling for the GPU, and a vented top panel it runs alot cooler.

I had the Zalman CPU cooler when I built the system originally. When I got my bonus from work this year, I got a PNY NVidia 9800GTX. The stock cooler sucked so I stuck a DuOrb cooler on it...with great results. The new case was so I could expand and upgrade for years to come.

I'll start getting the components for the liquid cooling system a payday at a time. Once I get that fully tested and installed, I'll post some pics.


Kewl!!!

I showed the picture to my son and he was chanting off some kind of jargin about MK's DP's KW's and some kinda crap I didn't understand. He ahs a computer at home in his downstairs manroom that looks similar. He's into that gaming stuff where him and his buddies all work together with headphones on and stuff and fight terrorists in Afghanistan and shit.

He also designs websites and hacks with his buddies all over the world. I think it is a bunch of paraplegics personally with straws in their mouth who rule the modern world. Everytime I go in that room I just want out! He talks to the damn thing and it answers him, that's just more than I want my comoputer to do you know?

Anyway....the thing looks cool..................I guess!

[Sitarro]

The guts are the same, but the case is a Thermaltake Armor+. Idle temps on the CPU and GPU average about 3 degrees C cooler and about 5-8 degrees cooler under load than my old Antec case. And I've still got 4 x 5.25" drive bays and 6 x 3.25" drive bays for expansion...Liquid cooling!

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/dzadzey/toy2.jpg

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/dzadzey/toy.jpg

Did you get 22" rims for it too?:cool:

[bullypulpit]

Kewl!!!

I showed the picture to my son and he was chanting off some kind of jargin about MK's DP's KW's and some kinda crap I didn't understand. He ahs a computer at home in his downstairs manroom that looks similar. He's into that gaming stuff where him and his buddies all work together with headphones on and stuff and fight terrorists in Afghanistan and shit.

He also designs websites and hacks with his buddies all over the world. I think it is a bunch of paraplegics personally with straws in their mouth who rule the modern world. Everytime I go in that room I just want out! He talks to the damn thing and it answers him, that's just more than I want my comoputer to do you know?

Anyway....the thing looks cool..................I guess!

H.A.L. ? Open the pod bay doors H.A.L. ! (Astronaut David Bowman in <i><b>2001: A Space Odyssey</b></i>) :laugh2:

[bullypulpit]

Did you get 22" rims for it too?:cool:

Nah...Just a 1000 watt power supply.

[actsnoblemartin]

sweet


The guts are the same, but the case is a Thermaltake Armor+. Idle temps on the CPU and GPU average about 3 degrees C cooler and about 5-8 degrees cooler under load than my old Antec case. And I've still got 4 x 5.25" drive bays and 6 x 3.25" drive bays for expansion...Liquid cooling!

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/dzadzey/toy2.jpg

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/dzadzey/toy.jpg

[bullypulpit]

sweet

Ain't done with it yet... ;)

[Abbey Marie]

Pardon my ignorance, but, is this for gaming?

[bullypulpit]

Pardon my ignorance, but, is this for gaming?

Yep. It's my only vice, so my wife doesn't mind because she can always find me.

[Yurt]

dude, nice

i feel old skool

[bullypulpit]

dude, nice

i feel old skool

That was just after I'd finished transferring my old system. Since then I've sleeved the wiring, and UV interior lighting will be added once it arrives.

[bullypulpit]

Here's with the sleeving added...

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Without lights...

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And it's amazing what a little UV will do...

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[namvet]

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