[Case Gallery] Meaner Blue Meanie

[Maju]

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Specs:
Abit AT8 32X,AMD 64 3700+ San Diego,Gigagyte Powercooler Pro,2x1GB Corsair PC3200 RAM,Saphire X1950XTX, Thermalright HR03 cooler,OCZ 520w PCU,Augidgy 2ZS, TV card,XP Pro SP2,Western Digital 250GB SataII HD, Hitach 250GB Deskstar SataII HDD,Maxtor 80GB, 160GB external HDD,Nexus fan controller, 120/80mm silent eagle fan,92/80/80mm Noiseblocker ultrasilent fans, Saitek eclipse keyboard,Cyberacoustics 5.1 with Tannoy Fusion speakers

Mods:
Painted the inside of the case matt white with gold sparkle,re-routed cathode tube to illuminate printer,Thermalright cooler fitted to X1950XTX, larger heatsinks put on the gfx memory

Second attempt at prettying up/tidying my comp. Also new mobo and GFX card. First attempt was critisised for sloppy cable management so here it is a bit better. Hope you all agree and vote high.

 

[pbmaster]

nice

love that case man, thats why i got one too lol hows that ati perform man?

 

[pt]

8/10
wich fan do you have on your hr-03?
and why did you used different ramsinks on the gfx memory?

 

[2003CRF450GUY]

Since some retard gave you a 3 Ill gave you a 10 even though I feel it really ranks about a 7 maybe 8 I still gave it a 10 just because of the dumb ass that gave it a 3. I will continue to do this, every time I see a grate case with a low score from some jealous punk I will then gave it a 10.

Your computer looks killer I like the gold flake in the paint very nice, that cooler on your x1900xtx is sick looking to.

 

[Maju]

Thanks 2003. appreciated.

pt, the fan on the cooler is 92mm Noiseblocker. Bit of a misnomer as it is fairly noisy at full blast. Thankfully for everday use I don't need to use the fan and the card doesn't overheat. Only have to use it when gaming and then the card runs at about 60 C
Different ramsinks on mem - just coz they were spare and largwer than the ones supplied, plus with the extra fan cooling the ramsinks underneath I thought larger surface area was possibly better - also they're copper as opposed to aluminium.

Performance wise on stock speeds and voltages 3dmark05/06 9975/5008.

Overclocking CPU and GFX card is next on the list

 

[HookeyStreet]

Great PC m8, it reminds me of my old one

 

[Zubasa]

I will give it a 7/10 since I think it lack some other color.

 

[EviLZeD]

that looks great cable managements top the aftermarket graphics cooler looks great but the fans getting close to the cpu heatsink

 

[SlipSlice]

wow man, you definatly know what you are doing..10/10

 

[DaMulta]

What cooler is that on your video card?

 

[pt]

What cooler is that on your video card?

Thermalright Hr-03
the best gfx air cooler on the market

 

[TUngsten]

Thermalright Hr-03
the best gfx air cooler on the market

damn that is HUGE

 

[Branimir]

Very nice rig. I like that. Nice and clean. 10/10

 

[Maju]

that looks great cable managements top the aftermarket graphics cooler looks great but the fans getting close to the cpu heatsink

Thanks all. It's taken me a while to get it to this stage but i'm happy with it.
Yes, the gfx fan is fairly close to the cpu cooler but both fans are blowing into the same space and not sucking each others heat back to the cooling fins. Plus theres a 120mm on the rear, an 80mm on the side and another 80mm on the top of the case pulling the heat away. When everything is blowing and sucking case temp stays at around 22c.
I can live with that.

 

[FanATIc]

Hi!
Lovely GPU cooler, I'm also going to buy one of those I think!
You just need to make some order in your cables!!!
7/10

 

[Maju]

Now overclocked !

AMD 64 3700@2.8Ghz
X1950XTX @695/1062

3Dmark05 11553
3Dmark06 5497

Should be able to get a bit more from the xtx but can't get any more from the cpu. Yet!

 

[blade33]

HI QS about the VGA cooler!

Does your system really have Saphire X1950XTX, Thermalright HR03 cooler and can the cooler
be fit the other way round on card 1950 XTX. cause i got the new zalam 9700NT big cpu fan
so theres not much room at back og the VGA.
I just got new system as well with the same VGA except its powercolor brand.
Your help would be good also have you looked at the new HR03 plus model!
blade33

 

[Maju]

yep, really does. HR03 can be fitted the other way round but due to placment of pci slots on my mobo it wouldn't fit. Don't know about the zalman 9700NT though.
x1950xtx is quite good imho. gives me some high fps in all games that i've played (100-200 everything maxed @1680*1050 in HL2 - nice!)
Hope that your system performs as well as mine but don't know if I can be of more help. Am away for a few weeks now so good luck !

 

[blade33]

New system

The sysem i got is below
ASUS - P5W-DH Deluxe
Corsair Micro - TWIN2X2048-8500C5D
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600(Zalman CNPS9700NT CPU Cooler)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro
Lite-On SHD-16P1S(BLACK) Black 16x DVDROM/48x
Pioneer DVR-111DBK Black DVD Writer, 16x DVR+/-R
PowerColor X1950CF, Crossfire Master Card, 512MB
Samsung 204b 20inch 1600*1200 res
Silverstone ST60F 600 Watt Power Supply
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

I hope to have in day or 2 its been put together and optimized, i can put together easy except
not sure how to optimize and got best performance out of the ddr2 i got.

 

[blade33]

What ram sinks are you using!

With the cooler your using HR03 are you using the ram sinks that came with or did you did you
buy some different type like the zalman or swiftech ram sinks.

 

[flockerzi]

woot aspire x dreamer lol...