[Official] Cooler Master HAF-XB Club!

[t77snapshot]

Finally!!! Get the XB with Free shipping @ Amazom now! there going fast! Only 6 left (14 just a few hours ago)

Time to celebrate

Just in time for my Birthday which is on the 11th of Dec

 

[1ceTr0n]

Lol, so the club founder actually gets one now? Don't ya love being Santa all year round? *good song too*

 

[t77snapshot]

Lol, so the club founder actually gets one now?

Yeah you like that The story goes.. the day I created the club was also the day I was going to order the case, but sudden budget issues got the best of me and it didn't happen. So yes, club came before case owned.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I got one coming to me now too.
I also have the CPU watercooling and SSD now.
Now if only i can get my i7 hardware to work right(boot loop issue again) I will be happy when the case comes in.

I think i am going to buy a Gigabyte UDH5 to replace this Anus board.

I will keep working with the Anus board but i need a stable and reliable board now and will build another cruncher around the anus board. (yes i know i just called the Asus board Anus multiple times)

 

[t77snapshot]

At first I thought it was a typo.. until I noticed the 's' was across the board from the 'n' I see what you did there.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

At first I thought it was a typo.. until I noticed the 's' was across the board from the 'n' I see what you did there.

If you couldn't tell,I am not much of an Asus fan.
I have had many different Asus boards on both the Intel and AMD side and I have only liked 1 of them and the Gigabyte counterparts have alway been better to me.

The Rampage gene II I liked so much I named my rabbit after it. His name is Rampage Gene (he is a dwarf so the Gene is fitting)

 

[t77snapshot]

The Rampage gene II I liked so much I named my rabbit after it. His name is Rampage Gene (he is a dwarf so the Gene is fitting)

Ha I like that name

 

[Footman]

well,actually the sidepanel isnt there. The radiator is mounted to the rail with brackets and thumbscrews,and to be more precise its the swiftech H20-220 EDGE HD kit with some love from the guys at corsair.

Let me get this straight you managed to get the H20-220 Edge HD rad/res/pump installed at the front of this case??? I dod not think that there would be enough room for this rad.

Did you have to mod the case to get the rad/pump/res installed.

More photos please. I have a NZXT switch 810 that I want to swap out for this case and I currently have a pair of 670GTX's and 3770K being cooled by a 120mm rad at the back and the H20-220 Edge HD at the top.

Cheers,

 

[Footman]

I wonder if you could squeeze a 280mm rad at the front instead of a 240??? It says that it supports 2 x 140mm fans at the front, so why not a 280mm rad?

Anyone?

 

[Athlon2K15]

yes

 

[Footman]

yes

Yes to what?

 

[1ceTr0n]

He means yes, you can put in a 280mm radiator in front. Hell, this guy is installing 3.

 

[Footman]

He means yes, you can put in a 280mm radiator in front. Hell, this guy is installing 3.


http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/sober4today/Green Machine/100_3990.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/sober4today/Green Machine/100_3991.jpg

OK, I was also curious regarding his H2O-220 kit and weather it can be installed at the front in a vertical alignment.

 

[Athlon2K15]

no

 

[Footman]

no

OK, so I can get a 280mm at the front and a 120mm rad with integrated res at the back. in this way I can use the Swiftech apogee drive 2 to create clean loop.

 

[t77snapshot]

There she is...

Happy Birthday to me!

Yes, the club founder finally got his XB To be honest it looks a little smaller then I expected! Lol which is just fine by me, its just funny because I have read so many comments of people feeling the XB was larger then they orginally thought. Anyway now that I got this badboy in my hands I can start really planning out my mods for this case, its time to bust out the O' dremel.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I have Had my case for a few days, been busy and lazy so didn't post them till now.
Sorry for bad quality pictures, I had to use my phone. I have to go buy a new SD card for my camera.
This case WAS slightly bigger then i first thought from the pictures, but it turned out to be a good thing.

Leak testing the WCing loop

putting the power back to everything

As it sits right now.

(Don't mind my foot )

Specs
i7 3770k@4.2ghz@1.12v
4gb Gskill Ripjaws 1600(upgrading soon also)
120gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
250gb Seagate momentus
320gb Momentus XT
200gb Seagate momentus
1tb Seagate something
Asus Direct CU GTX460 1GB OC
Antec EW 650
DD 6 Nickel CPU block
BI X flow
fatboy barbs
thick walled 1/2" tube (don't remember size or brand but its thick)
XSPC dual drive bay res and pump 750 X2 rev 4

I was going to use the D5 but I didn't want to try and get it in the case without seeing how the XSPC worked for me. So far its been great,temps peak at 51c crunching 100% for days straight.

I loved all of the 2.5 bays so i thought i would take advantage of them, I will likely be getting 2 SSD's and another 1tb just to have a super fast Raid 0 for games that are slow to load and take out the laptop drives and replace them with the 1tb.
going to be changing Video card and going to a modular PSU after the new year so I didn't do very good WM. I also couldn't use the other GPU i had because i don't have enough 4pin molex to use my 4-6 PCI-E with the Hotswap and pump taking them up.
I used the thicker Automotive clamps because this rig will be traveling from time to time and don't want to chance a leak.

Because I mentioned my rabbit Rampage above, Here is a pic of him

 

[1ceTr0n]

Ok, i've got some plans to add some nice subtle lighting to my new HAF XB case and I wanna do it with white LED fans and I'm gonna go ahead and upgrade to 140mm intakes on the front of the case like Prime1974 did with this.

That being said, should I do the BitFenix or the Aerocool models? I don't have any experience with either of these makers, so I need peoples input on this. Again, around 40-50CFM is plenty for my needs, I need them to be QUIET for my HAF XB case build project.


BitFenix Spectre LED White 140mm Case Fan

AeroCool Shark 140mm White, White LED Case Fan

 

[HammerON]

I have Had my case for a few days, been busy and lazy so didn't post them till now.
Sorry for bad quality pictures, I had to use my phone. I have to go buy a new SD card for my camera.
This case WAS slightly bigger then i first thought from the pictures, but it turned out to be a good thing.

Leak testing the WCing loop
http://img.techpowerup.org/121212/IMG_20121208_011125.jpg

putting the power back to everything
http://img.techpowerup.org/121212/IMG_20121208_012526.jpg

As it sits right now.
http://img.techpowerup.org/121212/IMG_20121208_013200.jpg (Don't mind my foot )
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/p_o_s_pc/IMG_20121208_013216.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/p_o_s_pc/IMG_20121208_013420.jpg

Specs
i7 3770k@4.2ghz@1.12v
4gb Gskill Ripjaws 1600(upgrading soon also)
120gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
250gb Seagate momentus
320gb Momentus XT
200gb Seagate momentus
1tb Seagate something
Asus Direct CU GTX460 1GB OC
Antec EW 650
DD 6 Nickel CPU block
BI X flow
fatboy barbs
thick walled 1/2" tube (don't remember size or brand but its thick)
XSPC dual drive bay res and pump 750 X2 rev 4

I was going to use the D5 but I didn't want to try and get it in the case without seeing how the XSPC worked for me. So far its been great,temps peak at 51c crunching 100% for days straight.

I loved all of the 2.5 bays so i thought i would take advantage of them, I will likely be getting 2 SSD's and another 1tb just to have a super fast Raid 0 for games that are slow to load and take out the laptop drives and replace them with the 1tb.
going to be changing Video card and going to a modular PSU after the new year so I didn't do very good WM. I also couldn't use the other GPU i had because i don't have enough 4pin molex to use my 4-6 PCI-E with the Hotswap and pump taking them up.
I used the thicker Automotive clamps because this rig will be traveling from time to time and don't want to chance a leak.

Because I mentioned my rabbit Rampage above, Here is a pic of him
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/p_o_s_pc/IMG_20121108_211307.jpg

What ASUS motherboard is that? Is it the ASUS P8Z68-V Z68? If so how much room do you have on the outer edge where a third GPU would be installed? I have the ASUS P8Z68-V Z68 with three VisionTek HD 7770's and they wouldn't fit in my ANTEC P182 as the last GPU sticks out about 3/4 of an inch beyond the motherboard.

There she is...

Happy Birthday to me!

Yes, the club founder finally got his XB To be honest it looks a little smaller then I expected! Lol which is just fine by me, its just funny because I have read so many comments of people feeling the XB was larger then they orginally thought. Anyway now that I got this badboy in my hands I can start really planning out my mods for this case, its time to bust out the O' dremel.

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a621/tt77snapshot/xb.jpg

Congrats tt77

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Board is a p8z77-v pro
I haven't tried it yet but it looks like it will fit a dual slot card in the last slot.

If it would help you I will get my gtx465 dual slot card out of my other cruncher and put it in the last slot and provide a picture.

 

[HammerON]

Board is a p8z77-v pro
I haven't tried it yet but it looks like it will fit a dual slot card in the last slot.

If it would help you I will get my gtx465 dual slot card out of my other cruncher and put it in the last slot and provide a picture.

That would be awesome! Thanks

 

[p_o_s_pc]

That would be awesome! Thanks

Check back here around 7pm tomorrow(my time), I will do it first thing when I get home from work.

 

[EarthDog]

In! No pics though at the moment... the but it has a MIVE/3570k 4.5GHz/680/Seasonic X550

 

[MTTS]

For those using 200mm fans, I have the following fan but seem to be having trouble getting it to work.

XIGMATEK LED Fan Crystal series CLF-F2003 200mm Gr...
XIGMATEK LED Fan Crystal series CLF-F2003 200mm Green LED Case Fan Molex Adapter/extender included

It seems the holes don't line up with the whats provided on the case. Not sure if I'm gonna need to make a bracket for it, just seeing what others have done to correct this.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I couldnnt fit my 465 in that slot with my watercooling tube in the way so I grabbed my 8600gt that has a waterblock on it,its as big as a dual slot card. Problem is if it vents out the back it won't be able to because the case only has 7 slots and it would need 8 to vent outside. But it should fit the card.