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phillyd
06-07-2012, 07:15 PM
This is a mod that I am planning to start on the 20th or so of this month, and end on September 1st. It will be an NZXT Switch 810 in matte black, with a green and black boombox theme.
The parts that are confirmed are as follows:
Intel i7 3770k Ivy Bridge CPU
Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 z77 EATX Motherboard
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466925/width/400/height/264 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466925/width/400/height/264)
NZXT Switch 810 Matte Black
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466926/width/600/height/450 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466926/width/600/height/450)
Danger Den GTX 680 Blocks
Hardware Labs Black Ice GT Stealth 240x120mm Radiator
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648417/width/350/height/350 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648417/width/350/height/350)
Hardware Labs Black Ice GT Stealth 360x120mm Radiator
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648418/width/500/height/500 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648418/width/500/height/500)
Monsooon Compression fittings, in black, green and the rotaries in black with a green color plate
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466939/width/600/height/450 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466939/width/600/height/450)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466943/width/600/height/468 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466943/width/600/height/468)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466944/width/600/height/450 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466944/width/600/height/450)
Monsoon Modular Reservoir
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648425/width/600/height/436 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648425/width/600/height/436)
Mouse arrived!
Mionix Naos 3200
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2502742/width/600/height/450 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2502742/width/600/height/450)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2502733/width/600/height/450 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2502733/width/600/height/450)
My mousepad arrived
Mionix Sargas 260
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2491212/width/600/height/450 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2491212/width/600/height/450)
and the keyboard later
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2482916/width/600/height/450 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2482916/width/600/height/450)
and maybe this headset
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2482926/width/600/height/450 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2482926/width/600/height/450)
Silverstone Strider 850W
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648386/width/560/height/420 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648386/width/560/height/420)
Corsair Air Series SP Performance Edition 120mm (10)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648409/width/500/height/500 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648409/width/500/height/500)
Corsair Air Series AF Quiet Edition 140mm (3)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648413/width/600/height/677 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648413/width/600/height/677)
Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648368/width/500/height/500 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648368/width/500/height/500)
or Samsung DDR3 With a Zalman RAM Cooler
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648374/width/560/height/700 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648374/width/560/height/700)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648377/width/500/height/500 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648377/width/500/height/500)
Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce (for the 680 style PCB)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2519758/width/600/height/401 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2519758/width/600/height/401)
Plextor M3 128GB SSD (2 for RAID0)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648405/width/437/height/380 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2648405/width/437/height/380)
the rest is up for question.
heres the (cheesy) design sketch
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466949/width/600/height/448 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2466949/width/600/height/448)

And a special thanks to my sponsors
http://www.motherboards.org/sites/default/files/gigabyte_logo_6.jpg
Gigabyte (http://www.gigabyte.us/?f=g)

http://cdn.overclock.net/6/64/600x153px-LL-647b1639_Capture.PNG
Monsoon Cooling (http://www.monsooncooling.com)

phillyd
06-15-2012, 03:23 PM
Please sub and leave feedback!!

phillyd
07-10-2012, 03:00 PM
Sorry for the delay guys, I've got my test bench from Dwood (more pics soon) the 3770k, and the G1.Sniper 3. I've got it up and running with some of the Water Phanom (http://www.overclock.net/t/1215605)'s parts.
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2641744/width/523/height/700 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2641744/width/523/height/700)
http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2641745/width/523/height/700 (http://www.overclock.net/image/id/2641745/width/523/height/700)
theres going to be an unboxing of the mobo up soon, then a review of it. stay tuned!

And a special thanks to my sponsors
http://www.motherboards.org/sites/default/files/gigabyte_logo_6.jpg
Gigabyte (http://www.gigabyte.us/?f=g)

http://cdn.overclock.net/6/64/600x153px-LL-647b1639_Capture.PNG
Monsoon Cooling (http://www.monsooncooling.com)

phillyd
07-26-2012, 05:59 PM
Got my Performance-PCs box! They are getting the res from their supplier for me so it's not here quite yet.
http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/976280/width/500/height/1000
Also found my tripod so no motion blur