Ingenious if I may say so, 30# test cable (believe it or not, temps did go down as the weight of the cooler was pulling the sink away from the cores on top):
Brendan
Ingenious if I may say so, 30# test cable (believe it or not, temps did go down as the weight of the cooler was pulling the sink away from the cores on top):
Brendan
I BLEED TOXIC GREEN
Love the supports!. Its cool.
Last edited by MD]{; 04-25-2012 at 11:05 AM.
AMD PhenomII 1090TX6BE @ 4.700mhz@ WC BY Corsair H70@Scythe - Ultra Kaze 3000 RPM 12cm
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EVGA GTX760 ||| AMD Athlom II X3 450 @ Phenon II X4 B55 ||| Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 ||| 2x4GB Samsung 1600mhz ||| XFX 650W XXX ||| Samsung 840 Evo 120GB ||| Sound Blaster Z
Thermaltake Meka G1 ||| Audio Technica ATH-AD700 ||| Logitech G400S ||| Steel Series Sensei ||| Cooler Master Spawn ||| Zowie G-RF ||| XFX War Pad
Nice support for the heatsink, I wonder if it works with a Noctua D14..
Just put this together today, Not the final build. Going to change a few things while it's still on air. New cooler is on the way..
The back s a mess, but i don't have the door of. So i don't have to look at it. And i might change the psu etc. So i'm just using it as it is
Taken with my mobile, not great pics
Last edited by M40TURBO; 05-13-2012 at 04:30 PM.
CPU: Q9650 MOBO: Asus P5E64 WS EVOLUTION PSU: OCZ MOD X STREAM 900W
GPU: HIS HD 4870x2 Coolance Water cooling RAM: 4x1gb OCZ DDR3 Platinum 1600 7-6-6-20
CPU COOLER: Swiftech GTZ waterblock HD: WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA 3,5"
OPTICAL: Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7203S CASE: Nexus NZXT
After about 3-4 years of WCing, im back at Aircooling with a build i called Mini-B.
Im not gaming that much anymore and i decided to invest in something else than a computer, in futur, house and more !
So here it is ! My new small thing. Ill in the proces of finding a new GPU or two, maybe GTX670's
I alwais wanted to try an mATX build.
I first of put everything inside this new little case and had trouble with the TPQ-1200-OC. I have this PSU for ~2yrs now and it served me very well when i had SLI GTX580 and an I7 920, All WCed and OCed but now that i reduce the rig, its a bit overkill. But the main issue is with the powercache, the big thing on the cables that hold capacitors. They just dont fit very well behind the backpanel of this little case ...
The easyest was to leave them on the floor cause they dont fit behind, the back panel just wont close ...
Sell the TPQ-1200-OC or mod ? Mod it for sure
I removed 2 of the PCIe cables and the second CPU 8pin, this still leave me a second PCIe extension and the 2 modular that i can add ( Still 8 pcie connector total ... ). I can still solder them inside if needed.
Now with less cables on the TPQ-1200-OC, MUCH easyer to hide pretty much every cables.
I think its OK for now.
Last edited by Boulard83; 05-17-2012 at 09:44 AM.
BTTB - Gigabyte Z87X-OC - WCed I7 4770k - 2x8gb Ballistix 1600mhz - Zotac GTX 780
Asus Xonar Pheobus - OS -> Toshiba Q 256gb - Games -> 2x Agility 4 256gb Raid0
Corsair HX850 - Tecnofront HWD BenchTable - Asus VE278Q 5760x1080
Serveur - Asus Z77m PRO - 2500K - NH-C12P - 4x4gb G.Skill Ares 1600mhz
Agility 4 128gb - Corsair CX430M - 1TB Black - 2TB green - 2TB Red
KatPat - Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 - FX-8320 - PH-TC14CS - 2x4gb Viper 1600mhz - GTS 450
Samsung Evo 120gb - Corsair HX750 - Bitfenix Survivor White - Asus VE247H
Nothing special, just my everyday workhorse.
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: Lighting gtx680@ (Accelero Xtreme III)
: DDR3 Patriot DIVISION 2 Viper Xtreme@ 2x4Gb
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: SSD Plextor PX-128M3
: HDD Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003
: Seasonic X-850
: CM HAF 932 Black (in: 200mm Cooler Master MegaFlow (700rpm) + 140mm Cooler Master Silent Fan (1000rpm) +xigmatek xlf-1453 (1000rpm) + xigmatek xlf-f1253 (1500rpm)) out: BitFenix 230mm (900rpm) + xigmatek xlf-f1453 (1000rpm) + 2 Noiseblocker NB-BlackSilentFan XR2 60mm (2200rpm), Scythe Kaze Master Pro
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: Philips 273E3SB/01 (1920х1080)
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You know what: My girlfriend works as an IT Admin in a leading position and loves my hobby She also modded a bit in the past and helps me sometimes with projects. So...it could be not better, i´m in heaven
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Hi Guys
I have done some downsizing recently. Decided to stick my system on air cooling for a while as I need a bit of space. I have recently been put in charge of all of the cooling and modding groups at OcUK, I thought that this would be an excellent opportunity to review some of the hardware I am looking buying.
My biggest bug bear is putting my GTX 590 on air. It has never been ran on air ever so the prospect of taking the blocks off and dealing with a noisy GPU again is a bit of a tough pill to swallow.
The pictures show a 680 but this is just for reference as my 590 still has its watercooling blocks on it.
Full specification for the system is fairly simple:
- Silverstone Fortress FT03 Tower Case - Titanium
- MSI X79MA-GD45 Motherboard
- Intel Core i7-3820
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 590 Graphics Card [not pictured]
- Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (soon to be replaced)
- Corsair AX750w PSU
- Samsung 256GB SSD 830
- Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB
- Samsung 1TB HDD [not pictured]
- Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card
- Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler
- Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PL1 Fan
- Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS
- Gelid Extreme Thermal Paste
only two mods for the system:
SSD Dual Mount mod, this involves two Silverstone SSD mounts layered on top of each other using TJ07 stand-offs
cable braiding on the front panel cables
The case looks superb, the colour is really smart and matches the stand of my Dell monitor well. I was really surprised by the build quality of the FT03. All of the panels are really thick and well made, it has such a solid build quality and is by far one of the nicest cases I have used.
Here is a small modification, the FT03 only allows for one SSD to be mounted using the supplied holes. I decided I wanted to keep my drives together and came up with using the longer TJ07 stand-offs to screw in the first SSD and some nice allen head bolts to screw in the second drive. The plastic on the second ssd was fouling the side panel. this meant that I had to cut the tabs off the sides and use the holes on the bottom of the drive to mount it. Admittedly, this was a bit of a bodge job and needs sanding down to make it perfect. You can see it is a bit rough in the picture.
Cable management in this case is easy, there is acres of room behind the motherboard tray. The only problem I encountered was that I wanted to use my Bitfenix black braided extensions for my main power cables. This was impossible because adding the braided extensions made the cable management a nightmare. It was simply too long in such a small case. I used some P Clips I had from a hardware shop to hold most of the cable routing in place. looked much better than cable ties and the screw holes for the hard drives that weren't in use were a perfect mounting point for them
The rear panel is a fairly standard affair. I swapped the chrome 120mm grill out for a black one and exchanged the Silverstone stock fan for a 900RPM Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro PL1 fan. This is a superb case fan and one of our best sellers. Whisper quiet with unique mounting hardware. I was mega impressed with the way the fan looks and performs. both Noiseblocker fans I used came with modular cables so I could choose either a short or a long fan cable depending on my case layout. Noiseblocker are a brand exclusive to OcUK in the UK too.
Matching the rear fan, I went for the more powerful Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro PLPS PWM fan. This is a PMW fan which spins up to 1500RPM and has incredible performance statistics. I would say that this is easily one of the best fans for a CPU cooler on the market at the moment. It looks superb and performs well. I used the Limited Edition Black Megahalems from Prolimatech to cool the CPU. This cooler is perfect for 2011 and looks brilliant with the 'BlackSilent' range of Noiseblocker fans. This setup ensures that my cpu cooler doesn't foul whatever memory modules I go for.
The overall build looks great in the flesh and is very quiet thanks to the cooling configuration. I fully expect it to get much louder when an aircooled GTX 590 is in there. [The GTX 680 is just a test sample we had at OcUK to test the system with]. Overall I am really happy with the build and the components I have used have really surprised me in terms of quality.
Big thanks to Phil for taking the photographs of the completed system.
≠ 4770K - R9 290X Crossfire
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Looks awesome!
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That Swiftech Helix looks exactly like a Titan Kukri, complete to the Z-bearing. Except that the Kukri available in the US is PWM.
Hotrod: Core i7 860 22x182 4GHz Vcore 1.3125v | Noctua NH-D14 w/ P14 + 2 x AP-14's
Gigabyte P55A-UD3P f13 | 4GB Ripjaws DDR3-2000 @1820MHz | Gigabyte HD 4670 1GB
Kingston V+ 64GB SSD + Barracuda 1TB 7200.12 | NZXT Beta Evo | Seasonic X-650
Seasonic Platinum 1000W + SLI GTX 580 Zotac
Antec P280 + Full Nidec GT + Prolimatech Megashadow
P8P67 Deluxe + I5-2500K @ 4,7Ghz + 2x4 G.Skill 2133Mhz cl9
Crucial M4 128 GB + Velociraptor 150 GB + Barracuda Green 2 TB
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Tubing Comparison: 3/8" & 5/8" from Masterkleer, Primochill, Tygon, Kooolance, Nalgene
Worklog 1: ★★★ Project: Icebreaker ★★★
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Triple (360) Radiator Roundup with 22 Rads !
Swiftech MCP35X Pump Review /// Roundup -> Bay Reservoirs & Laing Tops !
Review: 22 CPU Waterblocks // Review: 4x Tecnofront Reservoirs !
Quad Radiator Roundup - 11 Rads tested
Update: Mora 2 / Mora 3 / Phobya 1080 Xtreme & Supernova 1260
Tubing Comparison: 3/8" & 5/8" from Masterkleer, Primochill, Tygon, Kooolance, Nalgene
Worklog 1: ★★★ Project: Icebreaker ★★★
Bundymania @Facebook: Come and join me now
Triple (360) Radiator Roundup with 22 Rads !
Swiftech MCP35X Pump Review /// Roundup -> Bay Reservoirs & Laing Tops !
Review: 22 CPU Waterblocks // Review: 4x Tecnofront Reservoirs !
Quad Radiator Roundup - 11 Rads tested
Update: Mora 2 / Mora 3 / Phobya 1080 Xtreme & Supernova 1260
Tubing Comparison: 3/8" & 5/8" from Masterkleer, Primochill, Tygon, Kooolance, Nalgene
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