[Case Gallery] TheCrow's Beast

[TheCrow]

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Specs:
AMD 64 X2 5200 Overclocked to 3GHZ
ZALMAN CNPS 9500 AM2 CPU Cooler,
Abit Fatal1ty AN9-32X
4GB Corsair XMS2 800MHZ DDR2 Ram,
Nvidia GeForce 9800GT 512mb

Mods:
Custom Side Fan, Fan Controller.
Big hole where i punched through the side window in a fit of rage!

Here is my beasty, still got a lot to learn and want to squeeze as much as i can out of her!

 

[TheCrow]

On the right hand side of my desk is (top to bottom)

160gb Network hard drive (linked to my xbox downstairs with XBMC and i can access it through the internet anywhere),
Cable modem (Virgin Media 10mb Connection)
LG External DVD Rewriter (come in handy when im too lazy to bend down)!

 

[c`LoW]

shouldn't you flip your hsf the other way.... isn't it blowing --> and it's suppose to blow <--- towards the rear fan?.....

 

[ktr]

1) Your zalman is backwards, unless you have reversed your air flow direction.

2) really need to tidy up your cables

3) the color combination is quite interesting, having a blue board, with a green led fan, with a yellow lighting, with an orange fan, all in a black case.

sadly, i giving it around a 2-3/10...

 

[TheCrow]

1) My heatsink would only fit on that way, but i'm gonna reseat it again next weeek so will see for definate!

2) The cables are as tidy as they will go unfortunately due to the length of cables and locations on the board!

3) I know what u mean about the colours! But eveycase i see has blue everywhere so i thought i would go technicolour and be differant.

2-.3 out of ten? Wow thats stingy, i am a newb you know! LOL!

 

[ktr]

i haven't voted...just gave my opinion to improve based on the scoring system...so improve and post back

the zalman can fit any direction, what issue you are having with it. For cables, 20-30 bucks you can get some nice long round cables and some zip times and you will be set. For couple bucks more (10-25) get a green fan and a green neon kit.

then i would gives around 7-8, and perhaps a 9...

I usually rate based on the quality of the build, mostly cable management, and taste...very rarely on specs (but some specs has some good taste ).

 

[KennyT772]

Im curious about the nice ram and cpu, then the shitty as hell video card and motherboard?

For another say $200 you could have a computer that is 4 times as fast for gaming. Also some rounded ide cables, matching silent fans, and some wire extenders, wouldn't cost more then $50 and would really make the case loot a lot better. If your hard drives are part of the cabling issue move them up a few slots. You could even get some 5.25-3.5 bay adapters and hide them in the top of the case. I will place my vote when you finalize this case.

 

[mullered07]

ok my 2 cents

nice specs, aside the graphics card, nice case, colors are a little bit mad but hey each to his own i say. cable management, this is what really lets you down, you say youve done your best but i could do a lot better with that as im sure many people on here would, given what ive picked up on i would give you a 5-10 because you could sort the wires out a tad more if you thpught aboput it and put the effort in then you might be looking at a 6-7 out of 10, to be any higher it would really need to be somthing special

 

[MadCadden]

Hide the cables through the hole on the metal plate that the MOBO screws onto at the side of the power supply(have a look at my case).......and get some UV and glow cables or something......thats what i think could be improved,but im a noob, and otherwise think you have a good system there

 

[savillm]

not bad 6 out of 10 mate

have a look at my rig and vote and post for it thx

 

[craigo]

I like the different colours, manufactures seem to think blue=performance, i have blue lights in my rig because it was all i could get my hands on at the time, anyhow looking swell so far 6.

 

[TheCrow]

Im curious about the nice ram and cpu, then the shitty as hell video card and motherboard?

For another say $200 you could have a computer that is 4 times as fast for gaming. Also some rounded ide cables, matching silent fans, and some wire extenders, wouldn't cost more then $50 and would really make the case loot a lot better. If your hard drives are part of the cabling issue move them up a few slots. You could even get some 5.25-3.5 bay adapters and hide them in the top of the case. I will place my vote when you finalize this case.

What makes you say my graphics card and mobo are shitty? At the end of the day my graphics card easily plays all the gmes i enjoy, and my motherboard is fine also, so yes maybe i cant overclock it to 8ghz but i can have a little play without breaking anything and it does the job i need it to.

Admitedly yes for more money i could have better but i had a budget to stick to and got the best i could with the money, and it more than serves my needs.

Im not having a go, just feel that maybe some people on this form do not understand that money doen't grow on tree's for eveyone and they have to make the best of what they have got.

I am planning on adding some round ide cables, etc in the future, but i like the light as it is and the fans do there job with ease and look ok in my opinion. But thanks for your input.

 

[KennyT772]

What makes you say my graphics card and mobo are shitty? At the end of the day my graphics card easily plays all the gmes i enjoy, and my motherboard is fine also, so yes maybe i cant overclock it to 8ghz but i can have a little play without breaking anything and it does the job i need it to.

Admitedly yes for more money i could have better but i had a budget to stick to and got the best i could with the money, and it more than serves my needs.

Im not having a go, just feel that maybe some people on this form do not understand that money doen't grow on tree's for eveyone and they have to make the best of what they have got.

I am planning on adding some round ide cables, etc in the future, but i like the light as it is and the fans do there job with ease and look ok in my opinion. But thanks for your input.

Trust me man, I know about the money situation. I was just wondering why you had a $200 set of ram, $50 cpu cooler and a $200 cpu connected to a $60 mobo and $60 gpu.

With a cheaper cpu, and nicer motherboard you could have easily had the same overclock, if not higher. If you replaced the video card and motherboard your computer would be much more powerful, considering those two things are holding your comp back.

 

[TheCrow]

Well the ram was only £100 as its budget stuff, it works but i don't expect wonders from it, and the mobo semed to be the most upgradeable.

i've been out of the pc game for years until now so its took me a little while to catch up ith whats goos and whats not.