Malcolm's - 3XS Black Widow

[Philipp]

Enjoy!!

[jim]

Wow, that really is a beauty - I'm a big fan of well-made air-cooled systems.

Certainly made full use of the front bays - nice optical arrangement along with the fan controller and X-Fi panel, and I'm assuming those are Noctua fans dotted around the case.

Can we have a full spec list in this thread please?

[dave87]

Well chaps, you've surpassed yourselves again.

Loving the interior arrangement - no mess, no fuss. Lucky chap

[pollaxe]

Lovely jubbly!

[icq3800846]

Ooooh, I like those SATA cables, what are they?

Oh no, just realised, that almost sounds like, "Ooooh, I like your shoes........"

You replaced the chassis fans with Noctua? Did you replace the HUGE ones at the top? At the risk of looking Chav like I did quite fancy lit fans at the top, but didn't know if anything would actually fit?

[Vadim]

very nice job and the new Coolermaster case looks like some quality work too

[mightymouse]

this is an excellent build. is the system really loud? i do know that the two gfx will be noisy but what about the system as a whole?

[jetjockey747]

Apologies for not responding to Snooty Jim's request for spec's sooner relating to Malcolm's(thats me) Black Widow but here they are:
ATCS 840 case containing the following:-Asus Rampage II Extreme X58,Intel core i7 920 2.66 overclocked to 3.6GBwith a Noctua NH-U12P-E Heat Sink
Corsair 1000HX PSU.Corsair 6GB1600 Dominator memory.
2 1792MB XFX GTX295 DDR3 Graphic cards.
1 80GB Intel2.5i MLC Client SSD(Operating Sys Vista Ultimate)
2 OCZ 120GB Sata2 Vertex series SSD's in '0' Raid Array for FltSimX.
640WD Sata2 SE16 with 5 partitions for various,apps, back-up,temp folders etc.
2 Pioneer DVD Drives.
1 LG GGW-H20L Blue-Ray Burner.
Akasa Black Card Reader.
System is cooled by 3 230mm Coolermaster fans,4 Noctua NF-P12 Vortex 120mmfans and then silenced by AcoustiPack side linings and bay blocks.
Finally sys is connected to 3 Dell 2408WFP monitors by a TripleHeadToGo Digital System.
The sys is cool under load,very quite and extremely fast.As you can see from the pics posted here Ricks build is very professional and neat.
I thank Philip for his excellent advice on my choice of components and Paul for all his help.
So gentlemen if you want a handbuilt computer I can thoroughly recommend Scan!!

[faraz1729]

Hi Malcolm,

I know I'm bringing up an old thread, but I came across this doing searches for cable management. I recently bought this case and am in the middle of putting it together.

What are those black cable holders that you've used and where can I get those? I've put red arrows pointing to them in this picture:

i42.tinypic.com/30hxx0w.jpg

[RECON]

Hi faraz1729

I have these in my system too

From searching Scans site I can only find white versions

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/100pc...ral-19-x-19-mm
and
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/100pc...ral-25-x-25-mm

You just need some cable ties to wrap into them and around your cable

Hope that helps
Recon

[WN|PREDATOR]

Wow, very nice cable management. Love the front panel's too, another great build from scan!

[faraz1729]

Pardon the n00b question, but I have the same fan controller as above ... how do I install it? It came with screws, but where do I put them in? I can make out the holes where it should be lining up on the side of the drive bays, but it seems hard to get a screwdriver through there. Also, would I need washers and nuts?

[duc]

Nice System. Is the 2nd CPU fan nescessary, with the rear exhaust so close?

Ooooh, I like those SATA cables, what are they?

They look like Belkin ones.

[Fraz]

Pardon the n00b question, but I have the same fan controller as above ... how do I install it? It came with screws, but where do I put them in? I can make out the holes where it should be lining up on the side of the drive bays, but it seems hard to get a screwdriver through there. Also, would I need washers and nuts?

Far-out suggestion and all, but have you tried reading the instructions?

[fz.stop]

nice clean layout for such a build

[Nzastudios]

I am feeling the dual sli graphics cards in there