Your PC ATM

[musek]

Well, just a little update, most current pics I have.

This one just arrived to me today when I was at work :

Please don't look at my cables. I do a lot of drive swapping so power cables can't be hidden to much. It doesn't have a bad impact on my airflow, as my fans are mostly in the upper part of the case (you can see the one blowing fresh air towards the CPU, memory and GPU on the third photo):

And at the end the final look of it at work. I'll do some cable management at home soon. I promise.

And I must say one thing:

Total to the 5870's noise and heat levels compared to it's performance and to the performance itself.


PS. Oh, one more thing - for those interested in NZXT Alpha and HD5870 - it's totally a "NO GO". The card simply won't fit in. As for the CM690 - it still have ~4-5cm free space, so I guess that 5870X2 will still fit in it.

 

[IINexusII]

^^ haha, but i think youll need a better monitor to see this baby's potential , good stuff tho

 

[CDdude55]

Thanks for posting that musek, that assures me that a 5870 can fit in my CM690.

 

[IINexusII]

it must fit my antec 300 then as its the width of a motherboard

 

[musek]

IINexusII
This was at work. At home I have 24" 1920x1200 LCD.
And the card is much longer than the motherboard. It's somewhat the size of my 4870X2.

CDdude55
Omg, a typo, I also have CM690 of course. Bitch-slap for me.


PS. A picture of 5870 + NZXT Alpha = Error

 

[Stonesour767]

brand new kit arrived today, still got it as a skeleton till i've finished destroying/modding my case!

 

[musek]

I must be a weirdo, but it looks nice IMO. ^^

 

[Laurijan]

So now my system with the new card
http://img.techpowerup.org/091009/IMG_0103.jpg

The components have to be build on the desk until my WC system is cleaned with vinegar... i decided to pump vinegar through it for several days...

Now i am on WATER again!!

I know the HDD case has to be installed but before i do it the HDDs needs to be bad sector scanned...

 

[pantherx12]

Ha ha, I love you've just got the whole faceplate from a computer so you can switch on the rig, are the buttons non removable?

 

[YinYang.ERROR]

Thanks for posting that musek, that assures me that a 5870 can fit in my CM690.

I second this.

 

[musek]

My pleasure mate. As I said - thanks to putting 6pin's on the side even 5870x2 should fit without any problems. And that's why i don't quite like the 5850 design...

 

[Velvet Wafer]

they should have made them at the top, for the 5850 series too... maybe some custom pcb will clear that.

 

[pantherx12]

Actually on short cards I prefer them being at the end, tidier cables heh.

 

[musek]

pantherx12
IMO you can't call HD5850 a 'short card'. Shorter yes, but not short.
Putting the 6pins just like they are in 5850 can make fitting it in cases like NZXT Alpha a bit difficult.

 

[pantherx12]

I've always found it pretty easy even in quite "snug" cases, put the power cables on first fold the wires as flat as you can, and bam

I've got used to having a big case now, all cards are small to me XD

 

[musek]

I've always found it pretty easy even in quite "snug" cases, put the power cables on first fold the wires as flat as you can, and bam

It is that easy as long as you have to bend cables, not the plugs.
PS. I can measure the NZXT precisely on monday, I have some at work.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Here is my i7 ATM. I know, the top left post I could not get it to screw in more to save my life, it's tight as hell though and the whole thing is rock solid, so I left it like that

 

[musek]

This looks totally sweet!
Hmmm I think I could make myself something like this. ^^

This one screw is a bit annoying though.

 

[pantherx12]

I'm not sure if I like work stations : /

to messy for my tastes.

 

[musek]

They should make special big motherboards with slots for psu, hdd's and optical drives so you could plug them like a PCI. No more cables. ^^

 

[pantherx12]

A standardised optimised mobo layout would be good ha ha, then case designers etc could all have really sweet cable management .


never going to happen though.

 

[musek]

never going to happen though.

Sad but true... SATA cable manufacturers hired to much ninjas.

 

[Binge]

Here is my i7 ATM. I know, the top left post I could not get it to screw in more to save my life, it's tight as hell though and the whole thing is rock solid, so I left it like that

http://img.techpowerup.org/091010/PA093192resized.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/091010/PA093195resized.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/091010/PA093193resized.jpg

Looks beautiful CP. Are you air cooling the cpu with the stock cooler?

 

[mlee49]

I though the same thing too after he didn't show a top down view

Here's a sneak peak at my latest addition:

Parent's dell case almost, literally almost fit in the mobo area. If I took of the front bezel of that small thing it would fit perfectly.

Got a few detailed parts today, like Black screws to mount the case along with matching fan mounts. The 120.3 will have 3x1900 S-Flexs blowing up with two 800rpm LianLi(superquite) on the top ends. It'll look sweet!
This case will handle my future TRI SLI 275 plan perfectly and perhaps if Christmas is extra nice I could drop another 120.3 in and water cool all three of them. (I'm already considering adding a 120.1 on the back exhaust.

 

[pantherx12]

Nice case man, definite upgrade from the sunbeam.