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Atomic Obsession

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July 15th 2007

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Jul 15th 2007 - 1:56 PM

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Key Features:

System Specs:

Thermaltake Kandalf
Intel Core 2 Duo E600 OCed to 3.4GHz
2GB RAM OCed 1266MHz
Nvidia nForce 680i SLI motherboard
EVGA nForce 8800 GTX KO
3 Enclosed HDDs (1.1TB)
2 eSATA drives (410GB)(300Mbits/sec)
DVD lightscribe
Zalman Heatsink
Silentx Fans
Sunbeam fan controller
Sunbeam multicolor lasers
UV wiring

Performed Mods:

Overclock CPU + RAM, custom rocker switchboard panel, custom wiring mods, UV molex exchanges, UV cables, custom paint, atomic decal, horizontal 120mm LED fan under HDDs, vertical 120mm LED fan on iCage, workstation mounts for underside wiring + surge protectors + subwoofer, eSATA panel

I love working at this rig. It now has Ubuntu Studio with Beryl/Compiz running dual desktop and is freakin sweet to sit/stand/work in front of. Streams media to my modbox in the living room. Bluetooth stereo headset and keyboard/mouse make desk surface wire free.

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9 Comments on Atomic Obsession

HookeyStreet

Eat, sleep, game!

Can I be the first to say that your PC is a work of art! 10/10 from me m8

steelkane

Dont think I would keep a nice system like yours by a window, so ppl can see what you have.

mullered07

nice hardware, i know your cables are all uv from the looks but i would still try and do some cable management 7/10 as is and 8/10 with cable management

mikey8684

WAWAWEEWA NICE.....

Kick ass setup dude, 10/10 from me ... I'd give you more but its not possible.

Thumbnail 12 reminds me of "Minority Report" and "The Matrix" for some reason ... very futuristic looking with the chair and monitor arm and such. Maybe you should Photoshop it so the cars outside the window are all Hover cars or what ever.... LOL.

c`LoW

wheres the watercooling that came with the case?

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this kandalf is not coming with watercooling kit is the kandalf lcs only this is the first thermaltake kandalf normal

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Way better than when Dad had it!

I'm impressed bro, now you just have to do something with it! When UT3 comes out Nov Nvidia will hopefully have their drivers fixed for your card. I forget, is the 8800 you got a GIG of video memory? What is the GPU speed? I remember benchmarking it against my Mac Pro's ATI, but the results were not correct because Nvidia had not completed their drivers for Vista 64 yet.

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Does anyone have some suggestions for better cable management? I agree with mullered07 that although the UV cables are nice and all, it could look better organization. I'll try twisty ties for now. Oh and that's for cable management in the *visible* areas. I think some people would get a kick out of seeing the jumble of wiring and electrical tape under the back panel so I'll post a pic of that soon.

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More Pictures!

From both a tech and an asthetic perspective, Atomic is a beautiful machine.

However, having personally seen it, I must comment on an additional, little feature not depicted. I simply love that you can change the back ground color with a mixture of red, green and blue lights. The pictures you have on this site show blue, but you should consider posting other colors. :)

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