[Case Gallery] The Little Unicorn

The Nemesis · Apr 19, 2009

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Specs:
i7 920 @ 4GHz 1.35v
Asus Rampage II Gene
Swiftec Apogee GTZ
Swiftec QP220 Res w/Scythe SlipStreams 110CFM
Swiftech MCW-NBMAX Northbridge Cooler
BFG GTX 280 SLI
3GB Corsair XMS DDR3-1600
Antec Quattro 1000w PSU
Antec P180 Mini

Mods:
Removed Top 5 1/4 Bay, Removed Hard Drive Cages and Shelving, Painted interior white

MKmods · Apr 19, 2009

looks very clean.. Nice job.
I like the DVD below

ShadowFold · Apr 19, 2009

7/10, decent clean rig!

Drizzt5 · Apr 19, 2009

do u have enough dvd's?

fatguy1992 · Apr 19, 2009

Very nice, the only thing i'd suggest is get a better water block?

The Nemesis · Apr 19, 2009

Thanks everyone!

Going Blue Ray now

fatguy1992 said:
Very nice, the only thing i'd suggest is get a better water block?

This block is not as good as the Apogee GTZ I use in my other rig indeed. It's a sufficent setup though considering available space and the mild 4Ghz OC.

MRCL · Apr 20, 2009

Lol at first I was like wait a minute... wheres the friggin pump and stuff? But eh. Google cleared that up. So this kit does a good job then?

Overall very nice system. A bit... cramped, but it still looks very clean.

The Nemesis · Apr 20, 2009

The2LGamer said:
I voted 1/10 because:

...

uh, ok.

kyle2020 · Apr 20, 2009

fatguy1992 said:
Very nice, the only thing i'd suggest is get a better water block?

Its the Swiftech unit, so the pump is integrated into the actual waterblock, clever little space saver for such a small case

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Apr 21, 2009

Very nice in fitting that rad there. Clever! Gave me an idea.. ^^

tzitzibp · Apr 21, 2009

why don't you reverse the rad, cut the hoses short and thus increase heat transfer!

just an idea...

white is... refresing! not sure about the green tubing, though!
6/10!

_jM · Apr 21, 2009

I just realized there is an ass load of DVD's behind that case! Holy smokes! How many you got... almost looks like the wife's collection of Disney movies!

I give you a 8/10 for hardware and putting together a neat little monster you have there, great job with the space you have.

kyle2020 · Apr 21, 2009

tzitzibp said:
why don't you reverse the rad, cut the hoses short and thus increase heat transfer!

just an idea...

white is... refresing! not sure about the green tubing, though!
6/10!

he'll be leaving it as it is due to the fact that if you disconnect anything or trim the tubing you void your warranty with swiftech.

Studabaker · Apr 21, 2009

kyle2020 said:
he'll be leaving it as it is due to the fact that if you disconnect anything or trim the tubing you void your warranty with swiftech.

It would be wise then to use different hoses instead of cutting them

kyle2020 · Apr 21, 2009

depends if you can get the original tubes off without damaging them in any way :ohwell:

_jM · Apr 21, 2009

Im sure it wouldn't be that hard. The hard part would be trying to bleed a fully enclosed WC set-up like that.

The Nemesis · Apr 21, 2009

tzitzibp said:
why don't you reverse the rad, cut the hoses short and thus increase heat transfer!

just an idea...

white is... refresing! not sure about the green tubing, though!
6/10!

The green coils is what came with the swiftec unit. I've got white on the way ifg I don't just change the tubes.

Studabaker said:
It would be wise then to use different hoses instead of cutting them

I was thinking the same thing, just undecided as to what. I use PrimoFlex Pro LRT on my other build.

kyle2020 said:
depends if you can get the original tubes off without damaging them in any way

Yeah they come off easy.

_jM said:
Im sure it wouldn't be that hard. The hard part would be trying to bleed a fully enclosed WC set-up like that.

It's pretty quick, the rad has a top fill reservoir.

Thanks for all the comments guys

kaosII · Apr 22, 2009

I love this case and motherboard. Full featured micro atx!!! Very cool.
So my critique, http://ie.thefreedictionary.com/critique - #1 work of art.
Add a little more red, change the water-block, maybe some red cool-sleeves instead of green, if they are even necessary.
But, with that said it won't be as tidy with a new block, cuz you are gonna need a pump.
There is something to be said about the all in one system, as far as simplicity goes. So maybe just some red or white cool-sleeves.
If temps are good why mess with it.

I have the Antec Quattro 1000 psu, and you NEED to get some air down there
some how. Unless of course you have a fan down there and I just don't see it.
In either case you get a 10 from me.

Great job!!

LittleLizard · Apr 26, 2009

8/10

not practical for normal use

pentastar111 · Apr 27, 2009

A good, clean build...8/10

The Nemesis · May 3, 2009

Okay took some advice I changed the tubing to Danger Den White UV Bue 3/8 in ID 5/8 Outer ID. Since I changed the tubing I went ahead and added Swiftech MCW-NBMAX Northbridge Cooler because this board has high Norbridge temps. Temps are about 10'c cooler than they were previously. Working on windowing out the side panel now.

tzitzibp · May 3, 2009

The Nemesis said:
Okay took some advice I changed the tubing to Danger Den White UV Bue 3/8 in ID 5/8 Outer ID. Since I changed the tubing I went ahead and added Swiftech MCW-NBMAX Northbridge Cooler because this board has high Norbridge temps. Temps are about 10'c cooler than they were previously. Working on windowing out the side panel now.

Looks better, man!

8/10

alexp999 · May 3, 2009

Nice! But I would be worried about those GTX 280s, not only are they really close with little room for intake, but the exhaust of the Rad is blowing at them too :eek:

How are the temps for them?

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · May 3, 2009

Poor thin MCR240

a core i7 and an x58 northbridge for it.. hehe

The Nemesis · May 3, 2009

tzitzibp said:
Looks better, man!

8/10

Thanks!!

alexp999 said:
Nice! But I would be worried about those GTX 280s, not only are they really close with little room for intake, but the exhaust of the Rad is blowing at them too

How are the temps for them?

The rad exhaust actually helps with the overall internel air flow. Warm air is better than no air. The rear 120mm and the top 200mm get all the warm air from getting trapped in the case.

Temps are about the same as they were when they were in my other build but it was a Tri-SLI. 56' idle 83 max @ load. I am however considering running a single GTX280 or pair of4890's

Bjorn_Of_Iceland said:
Poor thin MCR240 a core i7 and an x58 northbridge for it.. hehe

My idle core temps went up 7'c but the 10'c drop in idle northbridge temps was worth it. I've got a My first i7 920 will do 3.8Ghz 1.275v & 3920Mhz 1.32v. I'm gonna put it in and stay @ 3.8GHz 24/7. The chip will do 4.2GHz @ 1.425v but that will be far too much for the current cooling.

Processor	Intel i7 920, 950, Xeon 3570,E8700, E8400, Q9450
Motherboard	Asus:Rampage II Gene, Maximus II & III Formula, EVGA Classified
Cooling	LN2 Dragon F1, Custom Single Stage, Corsair H50, TRUE 120, Noctua NH-U12P SE2
Memory	Crucial 8500 & 5300 Corsair: Dominator's & GT's DDR3-1866 + DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	3 X Saphire HD5850's, XFX 5770, 2 X EVGA GTX 295 CO-OP's, BFG 280GTX's, ASUS 4870's
Storage	2 74GB WD Raptors,2 320GB WD's,3 320GB Segates, 1 500GB Seagate
Display(s)	Dell 2407FPS & 3007WFPHC
Case	Tagan Black Pearl, Antec: P180 Mini Black & White Antec 900, Silverstone SG03
Audio Device(s)	Creative Audigy 2 Platnium
Power Supply	Corsair HX850, OCZ GameXtream's 700w, OCZ 1000w, Antec Quattro: 1000w & 850w

System Name	Crossflow III
Processor	AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III
Cooling	Air
Memory	4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s)	single 9800GT
Storage	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s)	LG Flatron 24"
Case	Custom
Audio Device(s)	AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06--21963 so far

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

System Name	PIA
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Steel Legend
Cooling	Corsair H50
Memory	2x8GB Gskill DDR4 3600
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1660 Super
Storage	Samsung EVO 970 1TB
Display(s)	2xAOC Curved 24" 144hz
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L
Power Supply	CORSAIR RMX (White) RM750x
Mouse	Logitech G305
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	W3570 - W3540 - Q6600 - Celeron 360
Motherboard	EVGA X58 Classified - MSI X58 Eclipse - ASUS Commando
Cooling	Kayl Custom Built Dual Stage Cascade - IFX-14
Memory	Corsair DDR3 Dominator GT 6GB 1866MHz - Cellshock DDR2 4GB 1066MHz
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA GTX275 - 9400GT - 7600GT
Storage	Samsung 750GB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 21.6' 2253LW
Case	Antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	None
Power Supply	TT 750watt - Coolermaster Real Power Pro 1000watt
Software	Windows XP - Windows 7 - what else should I put here?
Benchmark Scores	Too many to list :P

System Name	Fractality 1.0
Processor	Intel Core i7-860 @ 3.6GHz
Motherboard	EVGA P55 SLI
Cooling	Prolimatech Megahalems and four Fractal Design 120mm fans, sleeved
Memory	16GB Kingston Hyper RAM
Video Card(s)	PNY GeForce 580 XLR8
Storage	64GB and 180GB SSDs / 1TB and 2TB HDDs
Display(s)	24" Acer V243W
Case	Fractal Design Define R2, sleeved all I/O cables
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX750W modular, sadly only stock sleeving
Software	Win 7 64bit

System Name	Thakk
Processor	9800X3D
Motherboard	MSI B650M Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Id Cooling A410 + 2400 RPM push pull
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000 C30
Video Card(s)	Zotac RTX3080 Trinity
Storage	Crucial NVME 512 / Intel 250GB SSD / Samsung Pro 512 SSD / SanDIsk 1TB SSD / WD Black 6TB
Display(s)	Acer Predator X34 100hz IPS Gsync
Case	Generic mATX
Audio Device(s)	Hyper X 7.1 USB Soundcard
Power Supply	Corsair CV750 Bronze
Mouse	Logitech G200
Keyboard	Monsgeek MG75S Hall Effect + XDA Keycaps + Holee Mod
VR HMD	HTC Vive
Software	Windows
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/123890762?

System Name	StarCruiser Dark Knight v.2
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5-3570K
Motherboard	P8Z77-V LX
Cooling	1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory	Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s)	Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage	1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s)	Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case	custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Tagan 900 watt
Software	Win 7 RC / Open office / Games

System Name	The money pit v.2 (v.1 is the wife!)
Processor	Core2Quad-Q9550@3.9ghz/1860mhzFSB @1.344v
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus II Formula = best damn P45 OCer out there!
Cooling	CoolerMster V8-- Custom WC system on the way! =]
Memory	8GB DOMINATORS @1100mhz 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 280
Storage	150GB WesternDigital Velociraptor OS Drive/1 WD 500AAKS for Storage
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 2243SWX 22" LCD
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos S w/custom lighting and cable management
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium (Fatality edition) - paired with RAZER Barracuda's
Power Supply	CORSAIR HX1000W modular PSU
Software	Windows 7 RC 7100--eats vista for breakfast lunch and dinner!
Benchmark Scores	Coming to a theater near you!

System Name	Built Entirely With Parts From CompUSA
Processor	E7400 2.8 @ 3.6 [9.0*400/1.31v]
Motherboard	Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Cooling	Masscool 8WA741
Memory	2x1GB Corsair XMS2 800 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	BFG 9800GTX+OC; GTS250 BIOS
Storage	2x WD 250GB AAKS in RAID0!
Display(s)	19" I-Inc LCD @ 1440x900
Case	Ultra X-Blaster Clear Side
Audio Device(s)	Audigy with X-Fi drivers; Logitech X-540s
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Software	Vista 32-Bit

System Name	Kaos Performance "Studio V3"
Processor	i7 940 & 4.20 Ghz. stays very cool.
Motherboard	ASUS P6X58D Premium on water.
Cooling	Swiftech GTX, 2 x Fesser rads.
Memory	12 gigs Corsair
Video Card(s)	2 x EVGA 460 Gtx on water. Only to run multi monitors and NEC lfd.
Storage	2 Intel SSD for OS and programs. 8 WD Tera drives raid 5
Display(s)	3 x 30" Dell, 1 70" NEC P701-AVT LFD.
Case	Raxx's 10U rack unit X 2. One for pc and cooling, one for studio gear.
Audio Device(s)	M auidio in and out, split to Tube pres, AB split, and 48 channel Mackie.
Power Supply	Antec quattro 1200, Seasonic 650, Power conditioner, Generac NG back-up generator.
Software	Win Xp-Win 7. Lots of DAW software & plugins.
Benchmark Scores	Not a Bench machine only OC'd cuz it's in my blood. This is boarderline over-kill for my needs, but

System Name	The Lizard v2.4
Processor	Intel Celeron G1840 (for the time being
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81-S2PH
Cooling	Intel Stock Fan
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX 1600
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming GTX 750Ti (For the time being)
Storage	500GB Samsung F1, 160GB Maxtor "Older than god"
Display(s)	AOC 28' LCD
Case	Coolermaster N200
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Antec VP500P
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	No crashes in the last 24 minutes.

Processor	i7 920
Motherboard	EVGA X58
Cooling	eight 120mm fans, Swiftech GTZ cpu block, 3 120mm radiator, MCP655 pump, primochill tubing
Memory	6 gig G-Skill DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	GTX 285's (SLI)
Storage	500GB Western Digital
Display(s)	3 Asus 23 in inchers
Case	Lian Li A77B
Audio Device(s)	on board 7.1
Power Supply	Corsair 1000
Software	win 7 64

System Name	Gaming Rig \| Uni Laptop
Processor	Intel Q6600 G0 (2007) @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.45625v (LLC) / 4 GHz Bench @ 1.63v \| AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 2 GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45) \| HP 6715b
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight w/AC MX2 ~ Case Fans: 2 x 180mm + 1 x 120mm Silverstone Fans
Memory	4GB OCZ Platinum PC2-8000 @ 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.1v \| 2 x 1GB DDR2 667 MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX GTX 285 1GB, Modded FTW BIOS @ 725/1512/1350 w/Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 + Scythe sinks\| ATI X1250
Storage	2x WD6400AAKS 1 TB Raid 0, 140GB Raid 1 & 80GB Maxtor Basics External HDD (storage) \| 160GB 2.5"
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster SM2433BW @ 1920 x 1200 via DVI-D \| 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050 resolution)
Case	Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W ~ Logitech G15 R1 / Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000
Audio Device(s)	Soundmax AD2000BX Onboard Sound, via Logitech X-230 2.1 \| ADI SoundMAX HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX650W \| HP 90W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 \| Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DM06: 19519, Vantage: P16170 ~ Win7: -CPU 7.5 -MEM 7.5 -AERO 7.9 -GFX 6.0 -HDD 6.0

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