Thermaltake Armor plus super tower installation

[koc]

I just recevied my ARMOR+ , and i took some shots for the new case

The case is realy huge and not heavy in the same time

The case come with only three fans 120mm ( rear ) , 140mm for the HHDs
and 230mm ( side)

http://www6.0zz0.com/2008/01/22/19/906973112.jpg

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to open the side panel you have to insert nail in the hole and push down

http://www6.0zz0.com/2008/01/22/19/285442518.jpg

side panel lock

http://www6.0zz0.com/2008/01/22/19/830606833.jpg

the HHDs tray has two plastic plates on the top and in the bottom , to absorb all the vibrations from the HHDs

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more pic tomorrow for install the parts inside the case :up:

[RockfordFosgate]

TT+Plastic top = :down:

[TEDY]

ugly

[OCZ«]

Beautiful :) , I've ordered mine but I will get it in two or tree weeks cause I'm in EU and the case is in the US atm lol...
Give us more shots of it when installing it dude :up:

[koc]

TT+Plastic top =

ugly

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Beautiful , I've ordered mine but I will get it in two or tree weeks cause I'm in EU and the case is in the US atm lol...
Give us more shots of it when installing it dude

sure :)

[PaRn ssR]

Show it now

[systemviper]

Interesting new style, i like it, but i have the old Armour Tower and I love it, just finished painting all the inside black and did some accents in blue flake. They are great cases, but i have found people either love them or hate them.

The difference in mine is it doesn't have that sideways HD rack, this allowed me to mount a 120.3 in the front.

Best of luck, you will do well with that case! Love that huge fan on the side window!

[koc]

Today i got some time to complete the Compilation of the parts inside the case

My old case

http://www6.0zz0.com/2008/01/23/21/290905080.jpg

Prepared the parts for the new case

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After I install all the parts in the motherbord tray , i insert the tray inside the case

http://www6.0zz0.com/2008/01/23/21/518802286.jpg

The first problem that the heatsink touch the power supply bar

http://www6.0zz0.com/2008/01/23/21/760671542.jpg

I bend the bar so i can insert the tray

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The second problem is the fan of the power supply almost touch the heatsink

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More pic soon :up:

[OCZ«]

Ugh, that TR is just too tall lol.
Looking good so far, big & stylish !

[vengance_01]

Pictures are not showing:(

[Junimrox]

Pictures are not showing:(

+1

thought the problem as in my connection

[Monkeywoman]

+1

thought the problem as in my connection

+8 use flicker

[koc]

Sorry guys :)

I will upload the pic again

[koc]

pic. fixed :)

[koc]

Well. more pic

The last 4 covers of the drive bays fixed and can not be removed

http://www5.0zz0.com/2008/01/24/21/365437538.jpg

Solid covers , cant be removed

http://www5.0zz0.com/2008/01/24/21/602200756.jpg

Hard drive Lock

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[Junimrox]

Now I can see the pictures ^^
nice case, and veeery nice config!
What fan is that? is it a 120x38? very beautiful, seems powerful.
did you like the tt case?

[systemviper]

Wow, good thing you got that great new case,, it looks like you could catch some squirles with this old one....

http://www6.0zz0.com/2008/01/23/21/290905080.jpg


Best of luck, and wow you have some nice new parts too....:up:

Great work!

[PaRn ssR]

Quickly pls.

[OCZ«]

I wonder could iCage from the old Armor fit here so you can have in the front 1x14cm and 1x12cm fan.
I thing it should fit it's a classic 3x5.25 ...

[The0men]

Don't mean to sound like thread police, but http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=172566 You kind of already started this thread.

The case looks hard to mod, and cannot put a 360 rad in the front. From the outside it kinda looks nice, though I'd pull that top part off if it's possible (is on my original armor)

[koc]

What fan is that? is it a 120x38? very beautiful, seems powerful.
did you like the tt case?

This is silenX 12X120X38mm , its great fan can blow 90CFM with only 18dBA

the case is great over all but only one thing i dont like

the cover of the bay driver in the bottom can not be remove

http://www5.0zz0.com/2008/01/24/21/602200756.jpg

Wow, good thing you got that great new case,, it looks like you could catch some squirles with this old one....

I know its locks like Squirrel trap :D :D :D

I wonder could iCage from the old Armor fit here so you can have in the front 1x14cm and 1x12cm fan.
I thing it should fit it's a classic 3x5.25 ...

Sure it fit in any 3x5.25 from the 7x5.25 , but you can install 7 HHDs in the armor+ :up:

Don't mean to sound like thread police, but http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=172566 You kind of already started this thread.

Well i thought its better if i open new thread for the installation :cool: :cool:

The case looks hard to mod, and cannot put a 360 rad in the front. From the outside it kinda looks nice, though I'd pull that top part off if it's possible (is on my original armor)

360 rad in the front ? NO
but in the bottom there is enough space

[koc]

finishing the installation

All the wires can be keep between the motherbord tray and the pack side panel

http://www6.0zz0.com/2008/01/29/18/448043857.jpg

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The end of the installation :)

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:)

[RockfordFosgate]

Nice system ''koc'' ;)

[systemviper]

Sweet, sweet system, Lots of hard work went into to that and it shows, GREAT....
now put the petel to the medal and let it roar, let's see what it can do or is in just another pretty face :woot:

[[XC] junglemaster]

That's nice. I have the original Armor. I love it. Huge case. Lots of room for most things.

Do they not have HDD space up next to the PSU anymore? Or is your PSU that huge?

[brai]

its looking nice!

[S7VEN]

yeah dude thats a pretty nice set up
im impressed!

[Blasar]

Great system. Congratulations!! The case is nice, but they could try tu use less plastic next time.


off-topic:

That TR is really big, i wonder if it is bigger than the Tuniq?

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[OCZ«]

I bet this would looks awesome with some white cathodes and UV...aww

[koc]

Thank you all guys for replies

I like the case , huge and lots of room

I hope that i can do better OC now :D

Do they not have HDD space up next to the PSU anymore? Or is your PSU that huge?

No. they dont

[Monkeywoman]

if u really wanted, you could lap your TR and your cpu to get 4.0. other than that, looks sexy

[koc]

if u really wanted, you could lap your TR and your cpu to get 4.0. other than that, looks sexy

lapping < No < cooling water < yes :D

[PaRn ssR]

My Temp in case ?

[ineedaname]

This is silenX 12X120X38mm , its great fan can blow 90CFM with only 18dBA


No offense but those SilenX fans have grossly overstated CFM and understated dBA ratings.

18dBA is more like the sound @ minimum while they probably just pulled 90cfm out of their arse. They still do a decent job of cooling its just that I hate how they lie on their packaging.

Btw is the top plastic thing removable? I go the original armor and I already didn't like the top on that one. Now on the armor+ the plastic thing is even bigger. Would b nice if it came off and if it does could u take a pic of it afterwards?

[koc]

My Temp in case ?

The temp in the case is verygood

CPU 23-25 *
VGA 56 *
NB 27 *
ambient - i dont know :)

No offense but those SilenX fans have grossly overstated CFM and understated dBA ratings.

18dBA is more like the sound @ minimum while they probably just pulled 90cfm out of their arse. They still do a decent job of cooling its just that I hate how they lie on their packaging

Well , you are right , the fan do a decent job of cooling , but its noisy , maybe 22 or 25 dBA

Would b nice if it came off and if it does could u take a pic of it afterwards?

the top plastic is hold by four screws and four clips

I open the screws , but the clips cant be open and im afraid that it broke if i apply more force

[PaRn ssR]

Thanks