X2Beach Mountain Mods Pinnacle 24 Core I7

[X2beach]

I just couldnt Live with the high Temps my Core I7 was giving me in my Coolermaster HAF 932 so I bough all new stuff and Will start this build tommorow When my MM pinnacle 24 arrives.

Here is what I got going in it


Rampage 2 Extreme
Core I7 920
Ati 4870X2
PCPC Turbo cool 860
Koolance CPU-350
xspx 4870x2 Block
MCP 355 Pump with XSPC Reservoir Top (1st Loop)
XSPS DUal Bay Reservoir With pump (for 2nd Loop)
TPC 360 Rad (top) For CPU
PA 120.2 Rad Front (GPU)
Kaze Slip Stream Fans 1600 rpm

[evil-98]

be careful, you may or may not be able to mount that rad up top even with 4 fan spacings because of your rom, unless you flip the face which i even had to consider with the 18

[aspire.comptech]

be careful, you may or may not be able to mount that rad up top even with 4 fan spacings because of your rom, unless you flip the face which i even had to consider with the 18

I'm confused...

[evil-98]

I'm confused...

maybe this will help



look at the top mounted rad, the fan is pushing up against the DVD ROM

i dont know how much fatter a TFC 360 is but im sure there will be some conflict.

now if you flip the face plate so the ROM is on the bottom, problem solved, or even filp just the ROM cage and mount the rom at the lowest point you may be able to mount a 4x fan RAD

[dopestuff]

ps DON'T use the scythe slipstreams on your rads they are terrible rad fans
(because of the smaller motor space they have verry litle static pressure)
further this is gonna be a nice build good luck whit it

[evil-98]

ps DON'T use the scythe slipstreams on your rads they are terrible rad fans
(because of the smaller motor space they have verry litle static pressure)
further this is gonna be a nice build good luck whit it

ive used them on MCR320s, they only thing that i can see that makes a difference is how they sound aside from that, they are adequate fans for either operations (ie. as rad fan or just case fan)

there are obviously better fans, but if he already has them, id say use them

[dopestuff]

yeah treu they do work
i only recently replaced mine on my rad whit some ultra kaze and wow what a diference

[evil-98]

yeah treu they do work
i only recently replaced mine on my rad whit some ultra kaze and wow what a diference

your going to compare the slip streams to a ultra kaze...

different class fans obviously, if you were to compare something within its class its not all that bad

[X2beach]

evil.. Thanks for the tip. I will have my case in the morning.. I take a ton of pictures. My case is the same black wrinkle as yours...

[phil178821]

can you post pictures? i am contemplating buying the Pinnacle 24. also looking to internally mount my 120.3 pa rad.

Thanks


ah edit:

i see you mentioned posting pictures in the previous post.. lol oops

[X2beach]

The Fun Begins


1st pics posted..

[MomijiTMO]

Looks nice now that there are pictures =D.

[X2beach]

running into so problems.. since the front panel is for a tripple thermochill rad and I only have a double.. I got a empyty 120 hole that I can fit a fan in..

[X2beach]

update

[j.almonte]

Looking good "X2Beach"... Im looking forward to see this complete... my pinnacle 24 its on its way !!!

[X2beach]

thanks, Its taking longer then I thought.. I will have it done tonight. Ive been to home depot 3 times buying screws and misc stuff

[shazza]

Looks nice. Can't wait to see the finished product.

[MomijiTMO]

Haha, the most annoying thing is screws because you never buy enough. I went to a couple of stores and totally lost it when they didn't' have what I wanted, further delaying my build as I needed SCREWS lolololol.

[MINIz guy]

Can't you fit a fan there by placing the fan between the front panel and radiator?

Something like this:

Radiator : Fan : Front Panel

[BlueAqua]

Mountain Mods cases eat screws like crazy. I thought 2 boxes from McMaster Carr would have been enough, but I fell short. Now if only they offered some sort of screw package, or fan grill package.

[X2beach]

quick update

getting closer

[X2beach]

99% Done

[evil-98]

hey, sorry i couldnt get to your PM, theres really nothing we can do, i just left it open

maybe MM could make a wrinkled finish 120mm fan cap so we could close up the holes.

also just noticed my freaken case didnt come with the HD mount... i got ripped

[X2beach]

its all good evil, I am going to call MM and get him to make me a custom front with only 2 120MM fan holes.

This case was tough get the cables undercontrol


I really like the HD mount. simple and works well

[ecidious]

I'll second the suggestion to mount the fans on the front radiator to the case and then to the radiator. That'll push the radiator far enough back that you should be able to fit a third fan in the top space.
Hopefully I'm on top of the screw situation for my upcoming MM build, I should have enough hardware to have everything replaced with black socket cap screws including motherboard/CD drives/RAID cage/PCI slots with enough left over for anything I forgot