Here we go a few pics of the system idling in bios....nothing too exciting, but at least everything is working (and no leaks too, yay!)
This shows how tall this thing is in relation to my desk. Unfortunetly, even w/o feet on it, it's still way too tall to fit in it, under it, or in front of it (can't open drawer). So, it's home is going to have to be off to the side I suppose.
Here is a bios screen shot of the health of the pc after about 1 hour idling in bios. Core temp is sweet, but the chipset/vcore temps blow. I'm not thinking it will be so good after running some stress tests.
In my newegg order that's on it's way I have a fan to hook up to the transpiper unit on the back of this. Hopefully that will knock at least a few degrees off of this. Would thermal paste somewhere on the heatpipe assembly help out as well? If so, would it be better to put it on the heatpipe itself that goes out the back or on the hold down plate for it or what exactly?
That's going to be all I have for a few days, but I'll make sure I post some more shots when I get something up and running on it. It's pretty darn close to the end now (well, the initial build, I'm sure I'll tinker on this forever).
Things left to do:
Install os hard drive
Install os
Install fan on transpiper for nb/sb/mosfet heatpipe assembly
Zip ties wires on inside
Install floppy drive/card reader
Put on side panels
Tigthen up mounting on back of case where radbox is
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