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[Case Gallery] The PITA of Media

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Specs:
Specs
Intel E8200
Asus P5Q pro
Gskill 2gb ram
Lite-ON DVD+-RW
WD 640GB BLACK
Anyware MCE Remote
Galaxy 9800gt (non reference)
Happage 1250
Linksys Wifi G
X-FI xtrememusic
ARK Black Aluminum / Steel HTPC 400BA Case
Coolermaster Silent pro M 600w

Heatsinks:
HR-01 4u
HR-03 r600
HR-05
HR-05 IFX SLI
HR-07 duo Low
HR-09 Type 2 X 2 qty
HR-09 Type 3
HR-11

Fans *updated*
Exhaust: Scythe KAZE JYU SLIM SY1012SL12L 100mm
Intake: San Ace 92mm 9S0912L401 - 5v mod
Exhaust: 135mm fan in PSU 800 - variable fan
GPU: San Ace 92mm 9S0912L401

Accessories:
Lamptron case damping foam
Lamptron PC silencing kit
Techflex non fray sleeving
Thermaltake sleeving
3m thermaltape
3m ceramic thermal pad
Krylon Black spray paint
Vespar Gold spray paint

Mods:
Months of planning before deciding on hardware to use for the build. Interior spray painted case. No Stock heat sinks anywhere. Custom spray painted gold I/o back side. Black spray paint for pci Wi-fi, and Tv tuner for black pcb. Due to Techpowerup picture gallery glitching up, please go to http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=53677 for complete listing of all my images.

UPDATE: New Images. Time to make this? Over a month.
How much I spent? Too embarrassing to say, you do the math.
Why it's called it PITA? It was PITA during installation, that's why.
Update #1: Passive gpu scrapped
Update #2: New images
 
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Processor AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE Deneb @ 3.7GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P
Cooling ZALMAN CNPS9700 CPU Heatsink
Memory OCZ 4GB DDR3 1600 @ 7-7-7-24 1.85v
Video Card(s) ATI Sapphire OC 7850 1200c/5800m @ 64c Full Load
Storage Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB + Western Digital 1TB External Drive
Display(s) SAMSUNG ToC T240 24'' LCD
Case Silverstone FT01-BW
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply ZALMAN ZM-750
Software Win 7 x64 SP1
Very very nice!
 
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System Name Kaos Performance "Studio V3"
Processor i7 940 & 4.20 Ghz. stays very cool.
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D Premium on water.
Cooling Swiftech GTX, 2 x Fesser rads.
Memory 12 gigs Corsair
Video Card(s) 2 x EVGA 460 Gtx on water. Only to run multi monitors and NEC lfd.
Storage 2 Intel SSD for OS and programs. 8 WD Tera drives raid 5
Display(s) 3 x 30" Dell, 1 70" NEC P701-AVT LFD.
Case Raxx's 10U rack unit X 2. One for pc and cooling, one for studio gear.
Audio Device(s) M auidio in and out, split to Tube pres, AB split, and 48 channel Mackie.
Power Supply Antec quattro 1200, Seasonic 650, Power conditioner, Generac NG back-up generator.
Software Win Xp-Win 7. Lots of DAW software & plugins.
Benchmark Scores Not a Bench machine only OC'd cuz it's in my blood. This is boarderline over-kill for my needs, but
Can you close her up? Pipes look like there higher than the case top.
Maybe the angle of the shot. Pic 6.
She is Purrty.
Also did you say you painted the PCB? I did not know you could do that
please explain.
Gave you an 8 till you answer my inquiries. I love it when people full dress in
Thermalright. Kinda like putting on a tux.
Very classy.

Damn animal rights activists!!!!
 

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Motherboard ASUS Maximus II Formula = best damn P45 OCer out there!
Cooling CoolerMster V8-- Custom WC system on the way! =]
Memory 8GB DOMINATORS @1100mhz 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s) EVGA GTX 280
Storage 150GB WesternDigital Velociraptor OS Drive/1 WD 500AAKS for Storage
Display(s) SAMSUNG 2243SWX 22" LCD
Case Cooler Master Cosmos S w/custom lighting and cable management
Audio Device(s) X-Fi Titanium (Fatality edition) - paired with RAZER Barracuda's
Power Supply CORSAIR HX1000W modular PSU
Software Windows 7 RC 7100--eats vista for breakfast lunch and dinner!
Benchmark Scores Coming to a theater near you!
Man that is one of the nicest HTPC's I've seen in a while! Good job man, really good work :D
 

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Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790x-DS4 BIOS Ver. F6
Cooling CM Vortex 752
Memory apacer PC6400 800mhz x 2
Video Card(s) Two ATI Radeon 4850's in xfire
Storage Seagate 7200.9 320gig+250gigx2
Display(s) Acer P191w 19' wide
Case Antec 900
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Antec Power trio 550watts
Software Windows 7 x64 Build 7100
beautiful work 9/10
 

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Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120a
Memory GENERIC 2 GB DDR2 800
Video Card(s) NONE!! Beat that!!
Storage 500GB SAMSUNG SATAII, 250GB SAMSUNG SATAII and o'l crappy 4gb maxtor
Display(s) ACER X223W Q
Case AEROCOOL ZERODEGREE (planning to mod)
Audio Device(s) REALTEK ONBOARD
Power Supply GIGABYTE 460W
Software Win 7 x86 build 7022
Benchmark Scores Super Pi 1m 17.000 :(
Nice camera skillz:)
Good case;)
8/10
 
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Cooling 1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s) Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage 1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s) Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Tagan 900 watt
Software Win 7 RC / Open office / Games
Can you close her up? Pipes look like there higher than the case top.
Maybe the angle of the shot. Pic 6.
...........................
Very classy.

I was thinking the same thing...

anyway,great overall looks of this rig! nice work
 

AsRock

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9/10 for sure. I was going pick one of those cases up of egg around $100 and if i can i will for sure now.

Wa going build a HTPC but was not worth the cost when i could just use my older ABIT AMD 3800 x2 which be sweet in that case.

My main reason of thinking of building a new one is to get the power usage down which would of been around 50w were as my 3800x2 takes about 85w so did not think it was worth it.


But thanks for proving me right about that case :).
 
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Motherboard Gigabyte G1 Z170N ITX
Cooling H55 AIO
Memory 32GB DDR4 3100 c16
Video Card(s) Zotac RTX3080 Trinity
Storage Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD / Intel 250GB SSD / Samsung Pro 512 SSD / 3TB Seagate SV32
Display(s) Acer Predator X34 100hz IPS Gsync / HTC Vive
Case QBX
Audio Device(s) Realtek ALC1150 > Creative Gigaworks T40 > AKG Q701
Power Supply Corsair SF600
Mouse Logitech G900
Keyboard Ducky Shine TKL MX Blue + Vortex PBT Doubleshots
Software Windows 10 64bit
Benchmark Scores http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12108888
Nice postprocessing on the photos, average but good rig.
 
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My god, thats damn nice.

Congrats mate, you deserve it.
 
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Memory OCZ DDR2 1066_ SLI Black-4GB
Video Card(s) 2xMSI 8800GT"s SLI
Storage <<HDD For OS>> 2x150GB_Western Digital Raptor_Raid 0. <<HDD For Storage>> 3 x 1TB
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very nice build, the chosen heat sinks make this a smart awesome looking build.
 

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Motherboard P5B Deluxe Wifi
Cooling Thermalright HR-01 Plus
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Video Card(s) ATI HD4850 512MB
Storage WD250GB
Display(s) Viewsonic 19"
Case Cooler Master Centurion 531
Audio Device(s) Audigy 2 Platinum ZS
Power Supply Antec Trio 650W
Software WIN 7 + WINXP FTW
Nice system. BTW Thanks for the info again about getting the HR-03 R600 for my 4850. (from SPCR)
 

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Due to extreme temperatures of the GPU in a Home theater cabinet under load, I had to scrap the whole passive GPU

In order to make room, I moved the Tv tuner card to a different location. In the images as you can see, the fan barely even fits when a HR-05 IFX sli is right next to it and the fan clips barely arced over the Wi-Fi card. I honestly think Thermalright made their IFXs too damn big, why discontinue the more compatible regular HR-05.
 

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Whats the little heatsink on the v card ?.. and were could i got one ?.
 
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I think this is one hell of a build. Its million dollar pc worthy IMO.
 
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