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Owner: EnergyFX
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Posted: 2008-01-08
Last Update: 2008-06-18 23:05
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» NOT THE POINT!!! » Lian-Li PC-61 case » Intel E6600 - mildly overclocked to 2.7ghz » Enzotech CPU Cooler » ASUS P5K-E motherboard » 2Gb OCZ PC-6500 » XFX nVidia 8600 GT video card with Zalman cooler » WD 250Gb 7200 rpm SATA hard drive » ASUS CD/DVD burner w/LightScribe » Ultra X3 600W power supply
Performed Mods:
Cut holes in rear support panel and MB tray for cable managment. Cut fingers on aforementioned holes while applying edge molding which is supposed to prevent the cutting of fingers... damnit!
Low specs and stock coolers are because this rig was built for my father primarily as non-graphics intense home office type of system. The CPU, memory, hard drive, and DVD drive were all parts I had left over from other builds so all this really cost me was a MB, case, power supply, and video card. He doesn't play games, but he may indulge in the occasional Star Trek themed software from time to time so I at least wanted the system to be able to handle games with mid-range graphics settings. Before I ship it off to him I decided to put a couple of hours into cable managment to see if I can get one up on TKPenalty and SladeSurfer.

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by Techno-Disaster (January 8th - 8:14 AM) - Reply
You my dear friend have done so, AWSOME job on that. 10/10 from me!
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 8:38 AM) - Reply
Alright... that's it!!! I'm going to buy a new camera tomorrow... I promise!!!

Santa sucks!

Don't even say it Slade... that IS THE FLASH!!! LOL
by tzitzibp (January 8th - 8:50 AM) - Reply
fantastic! 9/10
by tzitzibp (January 8th - 8:53 AM) - Reply
who ever marked this as 1/10, has no judgement...plain jealous!
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 8:56 AM) - Reply
Haha... only took about 10 mins for someone to slam it with a 1.

I'm guessing that was probably to knock it down in the overall standing order... I like to give people the benefit of the doubt ;-)
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 8:58 AM) - Reply
by: tzitzibp;601086
who ever marked this as 1/10, has no judgement...plain jealous!
Don't worry about it. This submission has a purpose other than high overall rating.

Thanks for the 9 BTW!
by gamerxpro (January 8th - 9:00 AM) - Reply
what a **** cooler u have there you'd better not buy a new camera but buy a normal cooling like every one s and you even OC it wat temps do you get ???


I have (2) Lians and i posted theme here and you have one or more and you of kind piss the Lian family with that cooler
but other spex are OK
by tkpenalty (January 8th - 10:05 AM) - Reply
I lol'ed... 10/10

When will someone make a...

TKEnergySladePenaltySurferFX Challenge?

hahahahahaha lol you're good

Anyway, join the club :p
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 10:07 AM) - Reply
by: gamerxpro;601090
what a **** cooler u have there you'd better not buy a new camera but buy a normal cooling like every one s and you even OC it wat temps do you get ???


I have (2) Lians and i posted theme here and you have one or more and you of kind piss the Lian family with that cooler
but other spex are OK
LOL... dude, you've seen my other rig... right?

Read the description of what this computer is built for before you go ranting about doing the Lian-Li family injustice. The stock heatsink/fan is perfectly fine for this computer's purpose, but I tell you what... I'll post a screenshot with Everest, Stability Test, AI Tuner, and CPU-Z just for you.

To my own amazement this damn thing is running at about 40C (47C @ cores) under stress load and only 28C at idle. I'd say the stock Intel cooler is doing quite well with a +12.5% overclock.

Speed stepping is enabled on the CPU. My father will almost NEVER hit max CPU load on this system, much less sustain it, so shipping it to him as it sits is the plan.

This is posted here in the gallery for the sole purpose of showing off the cable managment.
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 10:08 AM) - Reply
by: tkpenalty;601119
I lol'ed... 10/10

When will someone make a...

TKEnergySladePenaltySurferFX Challenge?
HA!!!
by tkpenalty (January 8th - 10:10 AM) - Reply
by: EnergyFX;601124
HA!!!
Oh yeah by the way... thanks :p


*buys an Ultra X3 600W*


Unfortuneately i don't have the money for that kind of stuff lol... T________T

Damn someone should have told me the P5K-E came with that kind of SATA connector T_T
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 10:20 AM) - Reply
by: tkpenalty;601125
Oh yeah by the way... thanks :p


*buys an Ultra X3 600W*


Unfortuneately i don't have the money for that kind of stuff lol... T________T

Damn someone should have told me the P5K-E came with that kind of SATA connector T_T
I'm not married (at least not until this Sept.) so I still get to spend my money freely.
by tkpenalty (January 8th - 10:27 AM) - Reply
by: EnergyFX;601133
I'm not married (at least not until this Sept.) so I still get to spend my money freely.
Intel stock cooler is cheating btw :p
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 10:30 AM) - Reply
by: tkpenalty;601139
Intel stock cooler is cheating btw :p

What... it has a cable!

You just can't see it!! Ha... *eyepoke*
by Dia01 (January 8th - 12:10 PM) - Reply
I'll give you 10 to offset that ridiculous 1. Very clean!!!!
by shoktongxxx (January 8th - 12:21 PM) - Reply
love that kind of cable management..10/10 vote for me..^_^
by tzitzibp (January 8th - 12:28 PM) - Reply
by: EnergyFX;601089
Don't worry about it. This submission has a purpose other than high overall rating.

Thanks for the 9 BTW!
We both know that, but voting 1 for no apparent reason, cause or intent is plain stupid.... and by doing it, the value of ones work, is reduced... pisses me off...
by zvonjola (January 8th - 12:53 PM) - Reply
nice spec,beautiful cable menangment,great case!all you need is a nice coper zalman cpu cooler.9/10 from me!
by xnox202 (January 8th - 5:11 PM) - Reply
Gotta love that PSU, flex-force ftw! 10/10

Btw, I wanna know, how's that power supply doing for you? I'm looking for a good PSU in the 600-800W and I'm actually looking at the 800W model right now, specs in my current sig. I'm having this blackscreen everytime I load a game up, but yeah.. :D
by sladesurfer (January 8th - 6:19 PM) - Reply
by: EnergyFX;601080
Alright... that's it!!! I'm going to buy a new camera tomorrow... I promise!!!

Santa sucks!

Don't even say it Slade... that IS THE FLASH!!! LOL
HAHAH, Amazing job. I give you 10/10
by erocker (January 8th - 6:24 PM) - Reply
Beautiful job man! 10/10! Now I'm really excited to get my new Lian Li case!!!
I will beat up whoever gave you the one with my old Antec 900. This is the reason that everyone who votes should also leave a comment. TPU please make this mandatory!!
by JrRacinFan (January 8th - 6:30 PM) - Reply
Good job but I see an unsightly cable! Turn your rear 80mm fan counter-clockwise so you can hide it's 3 pin a little better. If I could give you a 20/10 I would, good job.
by zCexVe (January 8th - 6:37 PM) - Reply
well 10/10 from me.
by SRoode (January 8th - 6:47 PM) - Reply
If it were any cleaner, you could fab 45nm wafers in it. 10/10
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 7:04 PM) - Reply
by: xnox202;601421
Gotta love that PSU, flex-force ftw! 10/10

Btw, I wanna know, how's that power supply doing for you? I'm looking for a good PSU in the 600-800W and I'm actually looking at the 800W model right now, specs in my current sig. I'm having this blackscreen everytime I load a game up, but yeah.. :D
Stable and uber quiet... but this is a very low power system. 600W is probably overkill.

I sent you a PM.
by Byro (January 8th - 8:52 PM) - Reply
You fail. There is a unused molex in plain sight on top of the fan infront of HDD cage.


jk. well not about the molex, but that is a damn good job of cable management.
by EnergyFX (January 8th - 9:19 PM) - Reply
by: Byro;601713
You fail. There is a unused molex in plain sight on top of the fan infront of HDD cage.


jk. well not about the molex, but that is a damn good job of cable management.
I've been waiting for someone to point that out!!! LOL

That plug is for a fan controller that came with the case. It's mounted right near the Pwr/Reset buttons. I debated cutting the wire off but decided to just let it be. Good eye my friend, but don't think for a second that I didn't catch it!!

Dang, now I have to dig it out of there and hide it behind the HDD cage.
by tkpenalty (January 8th - 11:19 PM) - Reply
by: EnergyFX;601765
HAHAHA!!! I've been waiting for someone to point that out!!! LOL

That plug is for a fan controller that came with the case. It's mounted right near the Pwr/Reset buttons. I debated cutting the wire off but decided to just let it be. Good eye my friend, but don't think for a second that I didn't catch it!!

Dang, now I have to dig it out of there and hide it behind the HDD cage.
How about that FDD :laugh:
by EnergyFX (January 9th - 4:53 AM) - Reply
by: tkpenalty;602046
How about that FDD :laugh:
No FDD, is flash card reader. FDD = poop
by steelkane (January 10th - 7:28 AM) - Reply
Full throttle on the 10's from me,, Clean & Cool, 5.5 in Vista is alright by me, Nice Job.
by pentastar111 (January 11th - 12:08 PM) - Reply
OMG! I really need to know how in the hell you guy's are hiding those cables! Makes mine look like a pile of crap on the inside http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/875.html
Sweet job man!
by EnergyFX (January 13th - 10:58 AM) - Reply
by: pentastar111;605513
OMG! I really need to know how in the hell you guy's are hiding those cables! Makes mine look like a pile of crap on the inside http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/875.html
Sweet job man!

Thank you.

I left a comment on your case.
by tkpenalty (January 13th - 12:01 PM) - Reply
by: pentastar111;605513
OMG! I really need to know how in the hell you guy's are hiding those cables! Makes mine look like a pile of crap on the inside http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/875.html
Sweet job man!
Search for the cable management clubhouse on the Cases/Modding section of the forum, I'll help you out. Read the conditions however.
by pentastar111 (January 13th - 8:52 PM) - Reply
I will definitely be in touch with you guys when I get ready to do my next project....Should be by this August or September.....probably going with Phenom and ATI crossfire this round...But yes, I want to step up into the "BIG Leagues" of cables management and you guy's have simply blown me away with what you are able to accomplish.... :-)
by panchoman (January 13th - 8:53 PM) - Reply
beautiful.. it took me a while to realize that the cables were even plugged in! :laugh: 10/10
by Snipe343 (January 13th - 8:55 PM) - Reply
Very nice 10/10
by tkpenalty (January 14th - 12:45 AM) - Reply
by: Snipe343;608854
Very nice 10/10
You mean 1/10?
by EnergyFX (January 24th - 9:36 AM) - Reply
by: tkpenalty;609160
You mean 1/10?

?? huh

TK, the only "1" rating came less than 10 mins after this was posted in the gallery.
by utamarojp (March 3rd - 11:55 AM) - Reply
I voted 5/10 because:

Hello. Nice pc. If some bright photos 10/10!
by EnergyFX (March 19th - 3:21 AM) - Reply
by: utamarojp;684980
I voted 5/10 because:

Hello. Nice pc. If some bright photos 10/10!
I did go buy a better camera, but that system has a new home now so... no better pics.

By the time it was done I had upgraded the CPU heatsink to a Enzotek, added a corsair memory cooler, swapped the standard side panel out with a windowed one, and added a couple of white cathode tubes to show everything off.

That computer is what finally got my fiance interested in system building.
by technicks (March 27th - 4:06 PM) - Reply
by: EnergyFX;707421
I did go buy a better camera, but that system has a new home now so... no better pics.

By the time it was done I had upgraded the CPU heatsink to a Enzotek, added a corsair memory cooler, swapped the standard side panel out with a windowed one, and added a couple of white cathode tubes to show everything off.

That computer is what finally got my fiance interested in system building.

What has the lighting to do with the state of the case. You are an idiot.
Try to get such a nice pc yourself.

I like how you made a nice hole for the 24 pin connector.
great stuff. Also 8 from me.
by intel igent (March 27th - 4:10 PM) - Reply
by: technicks;720169
What has the lighting to do with the state of the case. You are an idiot.
Try to get such a nice pc yourself.

I like how you made a nice hole for the 24 pin connector.
great stuff. Also 8 from me.
no offence but how a case with no mods gets a 10 in a case mod gallery is beyond me?

you have a nice rig there energy 6/10 from me
by SK-1 (March 27th - 4:35 PM) - Reply
I thought this place was called just Case Gallery,..so 7/10,...nice and clean.
by technicks (March 27th - 4:53 PM) - Reply
[QUOTE=intel igent;720171]no offence but how a case with no mods gets a 10 in a case mod gallery is beyond me?


Why?
People like it.
by intel igent (March 29th - 11:36 PM) - Reply
by: technicks;720224
[QUOTE=intel igent;720171]no offence but how a case with no mods gets a 10 in a case mod gallery is beyond me?


Why?
People like it.
its a nice rig definately, i just think 7/8/9/10 should be reserved for the ones that deserve it.

by definition a six is "excellent" which his case is
by Azazel (March 29th - 11:42 PM) - Reply
awesome cable management
by technicks (March 30th - 12:30 AM) - Reply
by: intel igent;723920
[QUOTE=technicks;720224]

its a nice rig definately, i just think 7/8/9/10 should be reserved for the ones that deserve it.

by definition a six is "excellent" which his case is
Fair enough.
by Salvadorian Stuff (April 6th - 12:09 AM) - Reply
Awesome! pretty clean decent ring. 10/10. Just use another heatsink with lights.
by EnergyFX (April 12th - 3:01 AM) - Reply
by: intel igent;720171
no offence but how a case with no mods gets a 10 in a case mod gallery is beyond me?

you have a nice rig there energy 6/10 from me

Just because mods are in plain view and easy to spot doesn't mean they aren't there buddy. Anybody can hack away at a computer and add 13 colorful fans... it takes time and patience to mod a case in such a way that you would swear it looks stock. That was the whole point of this particular case. The goal was to make it as clean and simple as possible without adding equipment or altering the originality in any extreme way. I actually had to almost completely disassemble the entire rig to get this end result.

And I know all you have to go by are these photos, but when it was done and shipped, it had a better HSF on both the CPU and GPU, RAM fans, a windowed side panel, and white cathodes to show it all off.
by Nitro-Max (April 12th - 4:18 AM) - Reply
very tidy rig 9/10 for you
by intel igent (April 12th - 5:46 AM) - Reply
by: EnergyFX;745397
Just because mods are in plain view and easy to spot doesn't mean they aren't there buddy. Anybody can hack away at a computer and add 13 colorful fans... it takes time and patience to mod a case in such a way that you would swear it looks stock. That was the whole point of this particular case. The goal was to make it as clean and simple as possible without adding equipment or altering the originality in any extreme way. I actually had to almost completely disassemble the entire rig to get this end result.

And I know all you have to go by are these photos, but when it was done and shipped, it had a better HSF on both the CPU and GPU, RAM fans, a windowed side panel, and white cathodes to show it all off.
youre right energy, but as i already stated I choose to save 7/8/9/10 for the "1337" rigs like Mkmods or CyberDruid for example

sorry if you dont like my honesty in saying that you have an "excellent" rig
by EnergyFX (April 12th - 12:00 PM) - Reply
by: intel igent;745545
youre right energy, but as i already stated I choose to save 7/8/9/10 for the "1337" rigs like Mkmods or CyberDruid for example

sorry if you dont like my honesty in saying that you have an "excellent" rig
I have no issues with your (or anyone's for that matter) rating and voting philosophy. I was mainly responding to the "no mods" comment.

I agree that higher votes should be reserved for rigs with more work than this one, my previous post was not intended to discredit your vote, it was only meant to counter the comment that went with the vote.
by EnergyFX (April 15th - 11:19 PM) - Reply
Found a picture of the finished rig. Gallery is updated with it as the main image.
by batmang (April 22nd - 9:39 PM) - Reply
beautiful job!