[ Project: Omerta ]

[Sneaky]

Well, I've used 2 different Mountain Mods U2-UFO cubes for many different builds and revisions of thoes builds, but now I'm finally opting for something different with this project. I decided that I'm going to be somewhat normal again, plus I want a rig thats easier to transport to LAN's, and one that just doesn't take up as much space or make as much noise. This time around, Its going to be a completely silent air-cooled DX10/Vista build, named Project: Omerta. Omerta is the vow of silence taken by Italian mafioso, and thoes who break Omerta are punished by death, without exception.


Welcome to the realm of Project: Omerta



Case/Components:
Enclosure: Lian Li PC-S80B Silent Black Aluminum Server Case - HAVE

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe - NEED

Motherboard: Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro 975X - HAVE

Memory: 2GB (2x1GB) Super Talent DDR2-800/PC2-6400 T800UX2GC4 (4-4-3-8) - NEED

Graphics: HIS Hightech Radeon X1950XTX 512MB - NEED (or use current X1900XTX until next gen cards)


Audio: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card - HAVE

Storage: 2x Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000RPM 16MB Cache SATA (RAID 0) - HAVE
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache SATA II (Backup Drives) - HAVE

5.25 Devices: 2x Black Samsung 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write - NEED

Power: Zippy/Emacs PSL-6701P-SATA 700w w/ Full PFC - HAVE

Display: Samsung SyncMaster 940B 8ms 19” LCD – HAVE



Cooling:

CPU Heatsink: Thermalright Ultra-120 - HAVE

GPU Heatsink: Thermalright HR-03 - HAVE

North Bridge Heatsink: Thermalright HR-05 - HAVE - But doesn't fit - using NB-1C currently



Fans:

CPU Heatsink Fan: Arctic Cooling AF12025 120x25mm- HAVE

GPU Heatsink Fan: Arctic Cooling AF9225 92x25mm - ORDERED

120mm Case Fans: 3x Arctic Cooling AF12025 120x25mm - HAVE

80mm Case Fans: 1x Arctic Cooling AF8025 80x25mm - HAVE

[Sneaky]

ok, I got the case yesterday and just threw everything in the for the time being


and yeah... I already cut into the case to make my ultra 120 fit, because I was in a hurry to get it all fit in and running again, and I kinda regret it, but when I take it all out again when I get a new PSU, I'll take my dremel and clean up the hacksaw job I did on the case


but so far, so good - case looks dead sexy and is dead silent as well... and this IS NOT LIGHT - all the case panels are made of 2mm thick aluminum :drool:


http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/c1_01.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/c1_02.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/c1_03.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/c1_04.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/c1_05.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/c1_06.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/c1_07.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/c1_08.jpg

[Sneaky]

did some wire management - modified a molex to SATA power cable and added extra snap-on SATA connectors spaced for the drives :)


http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/wm_1.JPG

[NickS]

Nice. Do the drive HS/Fs even get warm?

[Sneaky]

the raptors get a tiny bit warm, but otherwise they're pretty cool, especially with the 2 120mm's in the front blowing right over them

[SparkyJJO]

Get a HIS IceQ 3 series card to silence it, a friend has it and it is quiet and works well. Wish I had one but they didn't exist when I built my system :(

Looking good!

[Sneaky]

i have a thermalright HR-03 GPU heatsink coming :)


not gonna spend the money on a new card just to get the heatsink, when the thermalright HR-03 is still better than it :) (see thread in air cooling section for performance specs on the HR-03)

[SparkyJJO]

really... hmm... I thought it would be plagued by the same problem the vf900 and accelero have with not evicting the heat from the case. If it doesn't though then that might be what I should get then :)

I just noticed, nice mod job to get that ultra 120 in there :D

[Sneaky]

here's user results of the HR-03 off of OCforums.com



Arctic Cooling X2 on 2 Sapphire X1900XT 512mb in crossfire mode:
TIM: Arctic Silver Ceramique
idle: 56C
load (2h of Oblivion): 78C

Thermalright HR03 (passive without fans blowing on it)
TIM: Arctic Silver AS5
idle: 45C
load (2h of Oblivion): 67C

Thermalright HR03 (with 2 S-Flex 120mm fans blowing from side of case)
TIM: Arctic Silver AS5
idle: 38C
load (2h of Oblivion): 58C


and I'll have a 92mm fan mounted directly on the heatsink, so temps should be even sexier than thoes :)


and yea, I did a quick hack job to make the U-120 fit in the case, but I'm gonna clean it up later with my dremel later to make it look a bit nicer and less ghetto

[en4cer]

Oh man, Nice Case :D


I've been thinking about getting one myself.

[Silvermirage]

I like it. I think I'm going to buy some passive HD heatsinks and turn my HD fans to 5v. I never though of that until I saw this post for some reason. Thanks :)

[Sneaky]

was doing an order for a friend/customer, and decided to pick up a set of black anodized aluminum Lian-Li casters from performance-pcs, along with one of thoes little 6-port sunbeam fan plug gizmo's like FCG had in his new Lian-Li build


I'm gonna wait until the caster set arrives before I install the HR-01 and HR-03 on the NB and GPU, as if I'm gonna take everything out of the case, I might as well do it all at once and get the wheels on at the same time :)

[wa77ss]

Sneaky, how much air do those arctic cooling fans push ? And how quiet are they ?

Link to get them ?

Thankyou :D

Also, where do you plan on getting that ram ? Is it handpicked ?


NICE BUILD :rocker: :rocker:

[Sneaky]

yes, the RAM is hand picked (not sure if I'm getting it yet), and the Arctic Cooling fans are found here:

120mm: http://www.svc.com/af12025.html

92mm: http://www.svc.com/af9225.html

80mm: http://www.svc.com/af8025.html


I love them - more airflow than yates and just a tiny bit louder, and its not a sleeve bearing, plus all the wires come sleeved in black already :)

[wa77ss]

Thanks Sneaky !!! :D I think Ill order a few for my case :)

I think I might go ahead and try and do an imitation of your silent build, just need to find a nice case to implement with ;)

Just how big is that case ? I know its mid tower, but is that fairly large or what ? I havent really had one in soo long.

[adamant415]

@sneaky- if you had 90 degree sata cables for your hard drives you could probably get away with turning your hard drives around to help a little with the cable management.

[Sneaky]

nope - couldn't turn around the drives, but I do have 4 90 degree SATA II cables on the way, so that'll clean it up real good


I just used the cables that I had for now when I tossed the build in the case (stock D975XBX cables)

[Sneaky]

just got my HR-03 today and mounted a Arctic Cooling 92x25mm fan on there - HOLY CRAP! full load tops out at 48ºC, and it idles at around 35ºC - that UNHEARD OF for a x1900XTX with air cooling... much less silent air cooling at that


thermalright definitely hit the nail on the head with this! :woot:


but somewhat OT bad news... the HR-05 NB cooler I ordered won't fit on my P5WDG2-WS Pro because the Ultra-120 is blocking it :(, but I guess my old trusty NB-1C will have to suffice (although it does the job just fine)



but here's some pics:

http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/omerta_01.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/omerta_02.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/omerta_03.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/omerta_04.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/omerta_05.jpg

[Sneaky]

thank you to whoever posted a link to silverpcs.com - they had a black Lian Li PSU backplate to replace the silver one on my case, as well as black M3 thumbscrews, plus chrome Lian Li vented PCI cover plates which I had never seen before

ordered thoes, and will hopefully get my black aluminum LL wheels and 90º SATA cables too sometime this week :)

[Sneaky]

got the black aluminum Lian Li wheels in today:

http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_01.JPG
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_02.JPG
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_03.JPG
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_04.JPG




and fixed up my hack job so it looks a little bit less ghetto:


http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_05.JPG

[Shift]

What temps did you get with your water setup on your GPU?

I like your air cooling setup, but I was a bigger fan of your water coling setup:D. looked erally nice.

[Sneaky]

Just finished sleeving the button/led assembly

http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_06.JPG



IIRC, water temps on the GPU were low 30's max load with the BIP II for the GPU loop & MP-1 :)

[Sneaky]

got it all put back together, with a little bit of wire management :) (stupid SATA cables are too long cause the shorter ones were OOS... it works though *shrug*)


http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_11.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_07.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_08.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_09.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_10.jpg

[el rolio]

beauty

[dig412]

Very nice, not putting and handles on it though? :P

[Sneaky]

handles have been a temptation... but we'll see about it



anyways, I got the vented PCI covers and black PSU bracket from silverpcs.com today

http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_12.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_13.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/sneaky/omerta/mod1_14.jpg

[wa77ss]

Kick a** Sneaky !!! I wonder if they would work on my armor ... hmmm

[GAM]

I've never seen those vented PCI slot covers and PSU brackets before. Thanks for the tip ;)

[Mordor]

Hi Sneaky
Very Nice Build, I was wondering where you found the heatsinks for the hardrives, or are they custom built?

[Sneaky]

the HDD sinks came with the case :)

[thunderstruck!]

The real question is...how silent is it? What can you hear?

[Sneaky]

the only distinct sound is the PSU fan (panaflo high-speed 80mm), and my 2 74gb raptors chugging away

[thunderstruck!]

It make it quieter if you soundproofed the case. You don't have to take anything out, just put sound dampening foam on the side panel, bottom, and top, and maybe along the back side. It deadened the noise in my case, can barely hear anything. Frozencpu sells some, and so does mcmaster-carr. I don't know which is better though.