[Case Gallery] QD Blu-Ray 280 i7: V8 ENGINE AIR

[iamthewizard2]

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Specs:
i7 Core 965 4.2gig* (*turbo boost peak speed)
Gigabyte x58 EXTREME motherboard
24 gig DDR3 (4gig modules x 6)
x2 GTX280 upgraded to GTX480, then to GTX 580s
Gold lined DVI cabling
x2 WD Velociraptor 300gig Drives in raid-0
x2 WD Raptor 75gig Drives
x2 Seagate 1 terrabyte NS Drives
x2 OCZ 2 240gig SSD
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCIe Fatal1ty Pro
LG Blu-Ray Burner
Coolermaster V8 LG1366 CPU Heatsink and Fan
Lian Li V2010B Hairline Brushed Aluminium Case
Enermax 1050W Power Supply
32' Panasonic LED TV
G15 Keyboard
G9 Mouse with Razer Destructor laser mousepad
LG external super multi drive
G25 Steering Wheel
X-BOX 360 PC controller
Klipsch 5.1 Home Theatre speakers
Sennheiser HD 465 Headphones
Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones (new)
Sennheiser HD 515 G4ME Headphones (new)
Sennheiser CX 500 Gaming earphones
Klipsch Image X10 earphones (new)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

Mods:
Cold Cathode x2 30cm Blue installed on case ceiling and lateral to 5.25 bay, Cold Cathode x2 10cm Green installed underneath 120mm intake Lian Li Quiet frontal fan in a Scythe Kama Bay (sound sensitive module installed), Cold Cathode x2 10cm UV installed near power supply and alphacool setup, Cold Cathodes use extension cables from pccasegear.com, Lazer LED 6 Spotlight (Red) installed near Coolermaster V8 CPU cooler to acentuate red light effect, NOS and Nvidia Custom Decal Art designs on interior + window + exterior, NZXT SENTRY LX LCD METER and the Scythe Kaze Master Fan Controller installed to control a total of 9 fans and monitor 9 temperature regions, 8 inch topside heatsink at rear of case installed through the precut holes for water cooling (removable), Corsair Dominator Airflow Fan attached to memory, Alphacool Reservoir with 20% Swiftech HydrX Coolant: 80% water and UV green and blue PUR tubing placed near power supply, Alphacool x2 Screw Angle Connectors for tubing, Xigmatek 120mm orange-white LED memory and northbridge Fan installed on the graphics card holder -original Lian Li grill removed, x1 Thermaltake PCI slot Fan Cooler (LED Blue) for added hot air exhaust, x2 80mm Silverstone Suscool Blue Fans for added power supply cooling, x1 Antec 120mm Blue LED Exhaust Fan, x2 Deepcool Low Profile Hard Disk Cooler Aluminium Duel Fan + x7 Scythe Ita Kaze HDD Cooler + x1 frontal coolermaster 140mm LED fan combine for superior air cooling of the hard drives, 8 Hard Drive bays unscrewed and reversed so that SATA cables were hidden on right panel, Fans connected using 3 pin extensions from thermaltake, Cable management using a massive 150 cable ties of varying sizes and by hiding them beneath the right panel and 5.25' bays, purchased a seperate left window panel off Lian Li for the v2010B case, a Hybrid Silent Pipe Northbridge Cooler is installed which combines screen cooling + air cooling and water cooling (not installed) to cool the northbridge.

 

[zvonjola]

Sounds great man,but this monster needs more pictures!

 

[zvonjola]

see,much better!great yob 8/10 from me!

 

[iamthewizard2]

see,much better!great yob 8/10 from me!

thanks.

 

[Castiel]

They already have a bracket for socket 1366 for that V8??

 

[andrewsmc]

benchmark of any kind??

 

[Castiel]

Yeah, and some CPU-z screenshots pleaze?

 

[Binge]

They already have a bracket for socket 1366 for that V8??

They had a 1366 V8 before they had the TRUE 1366 bracket. I was offered one when I bought my x58. The TRUE weighs less and cools better.

 

[yunke]

Just "wow"

Oo men,, this is heavy duty monster rig.. but is also very clean.. i demand you more pics please.. you have a very nice cooling sistem.. i love what yoo got

Great job 10/10

 

[Binge]

Amazing case the V8 looks cool but 8/10 for it because it's not about what looks the best, it's about the best thing for your PC. TRUE or water on the CPU please.

 

[johnnyfiive]

4.2GHz on air... wow! 8/10!

 

[iamthewizard2]

benchmark of any kind??

i havent ran any benchmarks as yet since i just put together this pc just a few days ago....im in the process of installing all the programs and games atm. the only thing i can say is that i ran crysis warhead on full enthusiast, 1680 x 1050, no AA and got 68 fps average.

 

[viczulis]

10/10 excellent job

And I dont think like Binge said whats best for your computer - 8/10 if that was the case every computer in here would get lower ratings.

 

[LiveOrDie]

need more pic of the inside of the case ram and card side on? are you running Patriot Triple Channel DDR3 with a Corsair Dominator Fan?

 

[iamthewizard2]

need more pic of the inside of the case ram and card side on? are you running Patriot Triple Channel DDR3 with a Corsair Dominator Fan?

yup triple channel patriot 1600mhz ddr3 with a corsair dominator airflow fan...will get more pics when i have the time....will post them by end of next week. right now thumbnail 9 and 10 dont seem to work for some strange reason....

 

[Conflict0s]

Wow that is some serious hardware, Love it
I would still love to see this beast on water.
I gave you an 8.

 

[steelkane]

Really nice build, The V8 looks awesome,, I just bought one, but waiting for parts to mod it,, I wanted the true for a long time,, but picked the V8 instead, because it has a better mounting setup. Again great build, & great hardware. 10/10

 

[oli_ramsay]

WOW! nice!

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

Man this is wicked. Im giving 10/10 for the specs itself! geez.

 

[rak526]

First off, great system. 9/10

Second... where did you buy that case window? I've checked the Lian Li website, but it doesn't look like they sell them directly. I also checked Newegg (nothing) and FrozenCPU (their own, really expensive version). I want that case, but only if I can get that window.

 

[iamthewizard2]

First off, great system. 9/10

Second... where did you buy that case window? I've checked the Lian Li website, but it doesn't look like they sell them directly. I also checked Newegg (nothing) and FrozenCPU (their own, really expensive version). I want that case, but only if I can get that window.

depending where you're from, u can go to the lian li website and check the 'where to buy' section by choosing your country/region (http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/where/where.php). Since im from Australia it came up with a list of suppliers....you then click on the suppliers website - but just be wary since this list is only the 'supplier' ...when you go to the supplier website then they will give u a list of 'vendors' which use that supplier. i got my Lian Li 2010B window from the vendor www.i-tech.com.au

BTW i love the case! its big...really really big! has precut holes for water system, duel power supply tray, removable motherboard tray, memory and CPU 120mm fan and more.. but just be aware that there r some drawbacks such as being extremely heavy, plus the panels are quite difficiult to remove and insert.

 

[shoktongxxx]

10/10..vote
this rig & its specs deserves a noble price..^^
excellent work..^^

 

[iamthewizard2]

ive updated the photos using a better quality camera and also got in more views as demanded by the people! the photos now include views of the hard drive scythe fans, better closeup of the rear heatsink, ram area and the hybird silent pipe. btw thanks to all who voted!

Ive also uploaded this photo into this comment which contains even more views of my PC...the pic is sorta cutoff on this website so please feel free to check out my deviantart website to see the full pic at http://fc38.deviantart.com/fs39/f/2008/360/3/9/QD_Blu_Ray_280_i7_by_iamthewizard2.jpg

 

[iamthewizard2]

ive recently purchased some new items inc many high quality headphones and earphones from sennheiser and klipsch - as u can see from my audio gear im quite the audiophile! Ive also purchased another SSD!

Some more pics u might enjoy...

a night pic of the case with the side window on:

my desktop...some dock icons designed by myself:

 

[tzitzibp]

a PRO build, for sure...10/10

chk my rig...http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1832.html