Upgraded my computer today (lots of pics)

[Cyrus_the_Virus]

So I upgraded my computer with a new corsair hx1000w psu and 3 evga gtx260 -216's, and modified my case a little bit to help cable management, heres a little log of what I did....

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00073.jpg
Lookie here what came in the mail!

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00074.jpg
Started disassembling my case... (its a Lian Li PC-65B)

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00076.jpg
Videocards and soundcard out...

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00077.jpg
Size Difference of gtx260 and 8800GT

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00078.jpg
Harddrives and Watercooling setup out...

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00080.jpg
Motherboard and old psu out, also moved outside for drilling/cutting

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00081.jpg
Drilled out the rivets for the unused harddrive cage holder

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00082.jpg
Motherboard removed from tray, marked for cable managment holes

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00083.jpg
Holes done!

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00084.jpg
While I had it apart I decided to lap my Q6600, my lapping setup!

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00086.jpg
Finished Lapping with 1000 grit, good enough for me...

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00088.jpg
Starting to reassemble computer...

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00089.jpg
checking new psu size, cant use top fan anymore :( Ohwell! :D

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00090.jpg
Motherboard back inside case

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00091.jpg
3 huge bricks of nvidia goodness installed!

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00092.jpg
Harddrives back in!

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00093.jpg
heres a shot of my harddrive cable routing and a peek at my resevior..

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00095.jpg
Sidepanel on....

and..
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00096.jpg
The Money shot!

sadly i couldn't find my 3 way sli connector so I had to order it :mad:
so Im only running on two gpus right now...
I know its also a very small watercooling setup, but ive run out of room inside to add anything else hehe....
my lapping job dropped my cpu temps by around 5*c under load at 3.2ghz (400x8), hopefully now it will be stable at 3.6 with some more fiddling...

thanks for looking!

[Langer]

I know its also a very small watercooling setup, but ive run out of room inside to add anything else

Looks good mate, but I know for a fact that you could fit a hell of a lot more in a case that size =) (*see sig*)


Is that an old phonograph in the BG of the "money shot?"

[upsidedown]

do you just have a 1x120 rad up top? or is the rad mounted somewhere.. and im blind and cant see it :D

[Cyrus_the_Virus]

not sure what that is... i did this work at my friends house.
Maybe I should rephrase my comment to "Ive run out of room inside to add anything else unless I massivley modify my case" :D
I plan on either getting a lian li 343b or a TJ07 to house my next build, whish should be within a couple months

hey langer I was wondering where did you get that slim line dvd drive and adapter in your prometheus build? Ive been looking all over for one for my next build

[Cyrus_the_Virus]

do you just have a 1x120 rad up top? or is the rad mounted somewhere.. and im blind and cant see it :D
its that tiny blue thing in the front, its a 2x80 radiator :D

[cloned]

Question, why three GTX 260 and not two or three GTX 280s?

[HuffPCair]

I always wonder does that middle card get hotter then the other two since it is sandwhiched in there??

[Cyrus_the_Virus]

well i got the 3 260's because they were $240 a piece compared to the $350-$450 for a gtx280, and 3 260's perform better than 2 280's and only a tad slower than 3 280's...
I like going all out, but im not made of money either :D

[VOID WARRANTY]

nice rig...but i hope your cards can breath..

[Cyrus_the_Virus]

I always wonder does that middle card get hotter then the other two since it is sandwhiched in there??

yes it does... it might just be my crappy setup but the middle card is roughly 5*c hotter than the other two at idle... not sure on load

[upsidedown]

its that tiny blue thing in the front, its a 2x80 radiator :D

hmmm those picts of you installing the blue rad didnt show up last time for some reason :p:, how does the rad preform? similar cooling capacity to a single 120 rad?

[HuffPCair]

yes it does... it might just be my crappy setup but the middle card is roughly 5*c hotter than the other two at idle... not sure on load

So Im guessing the only way to realyl cool this is to water cool it.. Otherwise I dont see how air cooling can do anything with it being in that spot.

I don't do SLI right now so sorry for all the stupid questions lol..

[Zw_Roodbaard]

And it al fits in a Lian Li PC65 :P

Nice build ;)

[ls206]

So I upgraded my computer with a new corsair hx1000w psu and 3 evga gtx260 -216's, and modified my case a little bit to help cable management, heres a little log of what I did....

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/cyrus240sx/DSC00073.jpg
Lookie here what came in the mail!
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I thought you were going to build your PC in that guitar case :D

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Do you plan on OCing them? I want to know how your OC faired vs mine.

[SoulsCollective]

I thought you were going to build your PC in that guitar case :DNow that would be truly awesome.

[DeathTyrant]

Building a PC inside of a Piano would be cool. :D Oh, and very nice hardware my friend, that should be smoking hot rig for gaming!

[Josifek]

Lol i didnt even knew they make 2x80 rads. Nice setup, but i would be afraid of the sandwich setup of 260s, i would go with Fullcover blocks on them...

[Cyrus_the_Virus]

Thanks for the compliments!
I do plan to watercool them, but thats after I buy my next case and get some full cover blocks on them with a 3x120 rad to cool them.
Right now I don't o/c them because of how close they are together in that cramped area, I'll wait till I watercool them.

[Asgard_thor]

get a 480 Rad for the GPU's and a new case or externally mount it :)

[ottoyu34]

its amazing how it all fits in, but Is there enough airflow?

nice work btw

otto