[Case Gallery] Phenom | Spider Platform v2.0

johnnyfiive · Jun 17, 2008

To view this case mod, go here.

Specs:
AMD Phenom 9600
MSI K9A2 790FX Platinum Motherboard - 1.1B3 Bios
Scythe Katana II Heatsink
Sapphire HD3870 512MB
MSI HD3870 512MB
G.Skill 4x1GB DDRII PC2-6400
Samsung DVD +/- RW SATA
Seagate 320GB SATA 7200.11K RPM HD
Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA 10K RPM HD
Antec 120mm RED LED 3 Speed Fan - Rear Exhaust
HEC 90mm Fan - Front Intake
HEC Black Steel Case
Acer AL2016W 20" LCD
Thermaltake 600W Modular PSU

Used a Dremel to cut holes to hide the cables better. Added some foam on the bottom inside of the case. Other than that, nothing too special. Just a clean case with goodies. I think I did the best I could with the cable management. The case is very limited.

I figured I'd setup a new case mod page since my old one is out of date. I've changed quite a few things since the first setup. Better cable management, Raptor drive, fans, misc. other tid bits.

jtbond008 · Jun 17, 2008

good setup

very nice.... clean as well those 3870's are rocking

Bytor · Jun 17, 2008

Very nice setup... Love the red....

Very clean cable management...

How do you like that MSI MB? Picking one up myself to mess with..

Working on a Rocketfish case mod now myself....

johnnyfiive · Jun 17, 2008

Thanks guys.

I like the motherboard actually. Has never given me any issues. Solid board if you ask me.

pentastar111 · Jun 17, 2008

Very nice man...Tell me something...Does the first vid card really touch that heat pipe? I keep reading reviews on that mobo and that seems to be a repetitive complaint.

Reaper83 · Jun 17, 2008

Sweet Rig Indeed! 8/10

MRCL · Jun 17, 2008

How did you managed to secure that hd? I tried to put them in the reverse way like you did too, but mine keeps "loosing balance" (sorry cant describe better in english). Would appreciate if you could tell me. BTW, 8/10, I like your rig, nice and clean

johnnyfiive · Jun 17, 2008

Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.

pentastar111 said:
Very nice man...Tell me something...Does the first vid card really touch that heat pipe? I keep reading reviews on that mobo and that seems to be a repetitive complaint.

There is very little clearance but its just enough. Fits fine with my 3870's. I'm not sure about other cards though.

MRCL said:
How did you managed to secure that hd? I tried to put them in the reverse way like you did too, but mine keeps "loosing balance" (sorry cant describe better in english). Would appreciate if you could tell me. BTW, 8/10, I like your rig, nice and clean

I used a standard hard drive screw. Just one on each side. The drive bay is so tight it scratched my drives as I installed them. Aside from the screw, its a tight fit anyway. I used just one screw on each side.

ShadowFold · Jun 17, 2008

I voted 10/10 because:

Nice rig

Great cable management, good specs and looks nice with the red LED's too

johnnyfiive · Jun 20, 2008

Dang, no one comments anymore.

pentastar111 · Jun 20, 2008

I'm going all AMD for the next build (completion sometime in Nov or Dec of this year) In looking at the MSI mobo is it true that if you go with a 9850 phenom you have to have a different CPU in order to boot just to get the bios update to run the 9850?

johnnyfiive · Jun 20, 2008

I'm not sure about that pent. It might be a possibility.

Thermaltake · Jun 21, 2008

I voted 10/10 because:

...no comments just love it...

johnnyfiive · Jun 22, 2008

^^ Glad ya love it! Thanks!

cute_kidchucky · Jun 24, 2008

for a case thats really hard to work with in terms of cable management i would say u aced this one...nice build 8/10

johnnyfiive · Jun 30, 2008

3870 pride! (but really... I want two 4870's

)

Chicken Patty · Jul 4, 2008

very nice rig, 10/10. Red leds looks great.

Bytor · Jul 4, 2008

Very nice.....

I see your not using the PCI-E power plug next to the north bridge.

Have you noticed any stability issues from your video cards?

How do you like the MB?

johnnyfiive · Jul 5, 2008

Thanks Bytor. No stability issues at all and I like the motherboard. It will hopefully last me a while although the features of the SB700 chipset are making me think otherwise.

johnnyfiive · Jul 22, 2008

Anyone have any suggestions for remounting my hard drives in a neater way?

pentastar111 · Jul 23, 2008

batmang said:
Anyone have any suggestions for remounting my hard drives in a neater way?

Looks good as is. I'd leave it...Just enjoy your machine....it's a nice one...

johnnyfiive · Aug 7, 2008

My next " mod ".

Just need $400...

ShadowFold · Aug 7, 2008

Zalman cases are nice. My friend has that case its very nice!

johnnyfiive · Aug 12, 2008

Did some more cable management. Here are the two updated pics:

pentastar111 · Aug 12, 2008

Looks great man.

System Name	thermalman
Processor	Athlon 64 3800+ @ 2.9Ghz
Motherboard	Asus A8n-Sli Deluxe..
Cooling	Thermaltake BIGWATER... adding a second modded radiator soon and waterblock ,lights soon
Memory	Kingston pc3200
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon x1950xtx @ 715Mhz mem @2243Ghz
Storage	Westerndigital 500GB
Display(s)	Mag innovision 17inch crt.. 20' apex...
Case	Thermalrock Eclispe
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC850...onboard sound
Power Supply	Msi turbostream 600watt..
Software	Windows xp media center edition 2005
Benchmark Scores	3D mark 01 23,669 3D mark 03 18,853 3D mark 05 10,593 3D mark 06 5,782

System Name	"The Dark Spider"
Processor	AMD Phenom 9850 @ 3.0
Motherboard	Asus M3A79-T
Cooling	Water: CPU and GPU's, 2 pumps, 2 BIX Rads, D-Tek Fuzion v1, 2 Swiftech MCW60
Memory	4 gigs Crucial Balistix Tracers (1066 @ 1256)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 4870x2
Storage	WD SATA 640 Gig HDD
Display(s)	Acer 24" beast...
Case	Modded Rocketfish
Audio Device(s)	Onboard (only use head phones)
Power Supply	700 watt
Software	a bunch
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark 06: 9859 on 2-X1950 pro's Xfire 3D Mark 06: 12794 on 1-3870 3D Mark 06: 16484 Xfire

Processor	i7 920
Motherboard	EVGA X58
Cooling	eight 120mm fans, Swiftech GTZ cpu block, 3 120mm radiator, MCP655 pump, primochill tubing
Memory	6 gig G-Skill DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	GTX 285's (SLI)
Storage	500GB Western Digital
Display(s)	3 Asus 23 in inchers
Case	Lian Li A77B
Audio Device(s)	on board 7.1
Power Supply	Corsair 1000
Software	win 7 64

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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

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

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Cooling	Thermaltake Water Cooling Kit {Mounted on my case)
Memory	OCZ PC2-6400 800 MHz Dual Channel
Video Card(s)	PNY 8800 GTS 640MB DDR3
Storage	2x Western Digital 80GB SATA
Display(s)	LG 226WTQ 2MS Response Time
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Software	Windows XP Professional
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Video Card(s)	ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO
Storage	Samsung Pro 980 2TB NVMe (OS and Games) // WD Black 10TB HDD (Storage)
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