[Case Gallery] Phenom Cube

DrunkenMafia · Oct 5, 2008

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Specs:
Phenom 9550 B3
GA-MA780GM-S2H
4gb G-Skill PI series 1066mhz
2 x 640gb WD's RAID 0
HX520 modular psu
NH-C12P cpu cooler
2 x 120mm fans
80mm fan cooling Hdd's
Samsung 2232BW 22" Monitor
Microsoft 6000 laser mouse/kboard

Mods:
Only minor mods atm. Cut 1 of the cd drive bezels to allow psu cable through to tidy up wiring. painted 120mm fan bracket black. still have matching black ally dvd drive cover to mod and fit. Did have a swiftech water cooling setup in it but the pump was to noisey, RMA'd it for the NH-C12P. Sleeved all wiring with black snake skin and mounted all fans on anti-vibration mounts.

alexp999 · Oct 5, 2008

Wow, thats one big ass cooler you got there. Only thing I'm not liking is the cooler/PSU placement. There is virtually no gap between them

Either the CPU and PSU fans are working against each other (bad)

Or they are working together and the PSU is exhausting all the CPU heat (also bad)

Is there any other way it could be done?

DrunkenMafia · Oct 6, 2008

Yeah, I know it isn't ideal but there is no other way. I was thinking of maybe mounting the fan on the side of the h/sink facing into the case but there is not much room on the side. I might even cut the side of the case and put a 120mm fan there with a filter to blow air thru the cooler rather than down onto it.

The psu still runs very cool and quiet but the cpu idles around 36 @ stock. I live in a very hot humid area though.

As much as I love the case it has terrible ventilation.

MKmods · Oct 6, 2008

very clean build, nice job.
( the CPU cooler fan is on backwards, the exhaust is supposed to be facing up so the PS can exhaust the air out the back. Right now the PS and the CPU cooler are fighting for air)

MRCL · Oct 6, 2008

That Scythe Orochi there, I think its massive enough to work passive, since the PSU fan is there for air exhausting anyways...

DrunkenMafia · Oct 6, 2008

yeah I haven't tried it yet without a fan. These phenom cpu's get friggin hot but!!!! I was used to the core 2's and forgot what amd chips were like.

I think I am going to go with the side fan option and see if that helps. the case has 2 120mm intake fans but no exhaust area at all. there is a 80mm exhaust in the hdd cage but that is kinda seperate and no where to put another fan. there is a small perforated area on the back of the case that could house a couple of 40mm fans but that is about it.

DrunkenMafia · Oct 6, 2008

yeah I haven't tried it yet without a fan. These phenom cpu's get friggin hot but!!!! I was used to the core 2's and forgot what amd chips were like.

I think I am going to go with the side fan option and see if that helps. the case has 2 120mm intake fans but no exhaust area at all. there is a 80mm exhaust in the hdd cage but that is kinda seperate and no where to put another fan. there is a small perforated area on the back of the case that could house a couple of 40mm fans but that is about it.

Odin Eidolon · Oct 6, 2008

are you sure those rams are running dual channel? usually there should be one for each couple of slots, but it depends on the mobo

DrunkenMafia · Oct 7, 2008

Yes they are. Luckily the slots are next to each other or that ram wouldn't have fit with that cooler. as it is now the ram is just touching the heat pipes of the cooler.

I used MX-2 paste and it reckons there is no cure time but my temps have dropped almost 4c since installing heatsink and I haven't done anything. not complaining though

Thanx for the fb

warup89 · Oct 11, 2008

I voted 10/10 because:

best cable management for such a little case!

DrunkenMafia · Oct 13, 2008

Cheers warup

. I didnt really try to make the wiring that neat, it kinda just fit in there like that.

I am considering selling the phenom though and going to a core 2 :eek:

its just so damn hot in there!!!

DrunkenMafia · Nov 26, 2008

Its ok now. All my temp problems solved. I turned the h/s fan around so it blow up and into psu and got a new mb. same model but rev. 2 and it is cool as a cucumber.

kid41212003 · Nov 26, 2008

I think you need to take pictures that show 3 dimension of the case, because I can't picture the overall look of the case.

Gam'ster · Dec 5, 2008

I voted 10/10 because:

I love it, im really into the whole m-ATX thing. Very nice work drunk. 10/10

System Name	GaMEr / HTPC
Processor	FX8320 4.5ghz so far NB- 2815mhz / X2 255 @ 3.2ghz (Temp till BD)
Motherboard	990FX-UD5 / GA-MA785GPMT-US2H
Cooling	XSPC - 240rad 480rad 5 x 120mm out, 6 x 80mm in / H220-edge 1/2" & 2 x 120mm Magma
Memory	4gb PI 6,8,6,18 1T 1706mhz / 4gb Crucial D9's 1400 @ 6,6,6,18,1T
Video Card(s)	3gb HD7950 / Onboard
Storage	2 x 120gb Sandisk ultra plus 2tb WD / 60gb vertex 2 + 2 x 2tb WD Greens
Display(s)	3x24in Dell Ultra (portrait) / NEC 32" FullHD LCD
Case	LL PC71A Full tower / Antec fusion black with Imon remote Modded for WC
Audio Device(s)	OB / Auzentech cinema 7.1
Power Supply	TT 700w TR2 / TT 600w Litepower modded with Noctua S12 fan.
Software	7 Ult / 7 premium x64

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

System Name	GaMEr / HTPC
Processor	FX8320 4.5ghz so far NB- 2815mhz / X2 255 @ 3.2ghz (Temp till BD)
Motherboard	990FX-UD5 / GA-MA785GPMT-US2H
Cooling	XSPC - 240rad 480rad 5 x 120mm out, 6 x 80mm in / H220-edge 1/2" & 2 x 120mm Magma
Memory	4gb PI 6,8,6,18 1T 1706mhz / 4gb Crucial D9's 1400 @ 6,6,6,18,1T
Video Card(s)	3gb HD7950 / Onboard
Storage	2 x 120gb Sandisk ultra plus 2tb WD / 60gb vertex 2 + 2 x 2tb WD Greens
Display(s)	3x24in Dell Ultra (portrait) / NEC 32" FullHD LCD
Case	LL PC71A Full tower / Antec fusion black with Imon remote Modded for WC
Audio Device(s)	OB / Auzentech cinema 7.1
Power Supply	TT 700w TR2 / TT 600w Litepower modded with Noctua S12 fan.
Software	7 Ult / 7 premium x64

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	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

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Processor	e6300 @ 3000, stock Volts
Motherboard	msi p35 neo2-FIR
Cooling	HDT-1283
Memory	2gb tracers 1066 micron d9GMH, cooled by a modded CoolIt Memory Cooler
Video Card(s)	HIS 4850 ICEQ4
Storage	WD Caviar 16 320gb WDAAKS + 640gb WDAAKS
Case	CM RC-690 sligthly modded
Power Supply	Bequiet darkpower PRO 850W (say overkill? :D)
Software	kubuntu 8.10 + Windows XP, soon Windows 7 too

System Name	Iam-a-computah
Processor	i9 9900k @5 Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Auros z390x
Cooling	Custom water loop, x2 280 radiators
Memory	16gb Corsair Dominator
Video Card(s)	MSI 1080 TI FE 11gb WC
Storage	SSD: 256gb Samsung 840pro & HHD: WD black 2T
Display(s)	LG 34" UW screen
Case	EVGA DG-86
Audio Device(s)	Creative x-FI
Power Supply	EVGA super NOVA 1300wtt
Keyboard	G710
Software	W 10

System Name	Toshiba L350
Processor	AMD QL-65
Motherboard	Toshiba 780G/SB700
Cooling	Laptop
Memory	3GB
Video Card(s)	ATI HD3000
Storage	250GB
Display(s)	17" Widescreen
Case	Black/Carbon effect
Audio Device(s)	OnBoard
Power Supply	Brick
Software	WIN7