"Official" KestrelFlight v2.0 Worklog

[xaruum]

I wish you luck!

That is not a large or forgiving case. The overall finish of the case is quite good, but I ran into few unfinished edges and had to use more than a couple of band-aids.

I have a Z7plus that I picked up back in December ( for $8 dollars from frys!! ). It took about 2 weeks to set up, with -a lot- of trial and error, here is what I stocked it with:

EVGA 790i FTW + Q8200 + Koolance 330 + 6GB Corsair XMS
XFX 5870 Black + EK5870 v2 Full Cover
OCZ StealthXtreme 700W
2x 250Gb Maxtor
1x 360Gb WD
1x Plextor DVDR
Swiftech MCP655
Swiftech MicroRes
XSPC 240 rad
5 Zalman 120mm fans

And this uses -all- the available space, things are actually stacked inside the case, I can post a pic or two if you like.

Of course, if you are handy with a dremel, you can disregard this.

[jedihobbit]

You did well with yours and yes I wouldn't mind seeing what you did!! This build is called v2.0 as I've been working on an air cooled version and this is the work log........

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=254649

Here are a couple of pix at its current state......



BTW the reason for the 1000PSU is I was slated to have 2 x 580s!!

[jedihobbit]

While doing some prep work for laying out the rads on both Celtic Spirit (CS) and KestrelFlight (KF) made an interesting discovery.

While using mnpctech's free template http://mnpctech.com/mnpctech_fan_tem..._spacing_2.pdf made an interesting discovery.........

"Industrial Standards, what farging industrial standards!!"

It seems while most of the "biggies" use 20mm spacing magicool's slimline 140mms use 16!! However if that is the only problem I have with the rads I'll be happy as their quality seems great and they are a dandy size for small cases.

And the mnpctech template...that'll be great for the CS build!!

[xaruum]

I pulled out my camera and found it DOA.

Time for a new one, craigslist here I come! I should get enough back from taxes to cover that expense. Then I can get you a pic.