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What about cable routing? How much space is there in the case behind the Mobo mountings?
At the rear of the case behind the drive bays there is shed loads of space to route cables etc.. can be a little fiddly to get them in there but theres loads of space once there in.
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My Current Spec:
"KANDALF" Lord of the Rigs
SPEC
CASE: Thermaltake VD4000BWS LCS Kandalf Full Tower - Black.
PSU: 720W Enermax Infinity EIN720AWT Modular Quad SLi Quad Core Xfire EPS12v CoolGuard 80%+ Eff'.
MOBO: MSI P35 PLATINUM, iP35, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail.
RAM: Patriot 4GB PC2-6400 Extreme Performance (2x2GB).
GFX: MSI GeForce 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E OC.
SC: Currently using onboard 7.1 HD Audio.
HD1: Western Digital Caviar RE2 500GB 5000YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM.
HD2: Western Digital Caviar RE2 500GB 5000YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM.
OD1: Optiarc (Sony/NEC) AD-7170S-0B 18x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM
BLING: Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin, Sharkoon 12" UV CCFL 4in1 Kit (x4 CCFL Tubes + 2 dual Inverter ), Sharkoon 4" UV CCFL 2in1 Kit (x2 CCFL Tubes + 1 dual Inverter).
MONITOR: TBN
Still some work left to do on it...
1) Swap current SATA II Cables for RED/ORANGE UV reactive cables.
2) Replace Current 92mm Fan in rear of case with Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1500 92mm Fan - 3/4 Pin.
3) Colour All visible caps with Blue UV reactive Gel Pens.
4) Install Bright LED behind LC Reservior to highlight levels clearly.
5) Possibly Mod Drive Cage and install 2 Raptor drives with windows facing outwards so on display.
Possible work to do..(dunno yet)
1) Colour edges of expansion cards and heatsinks with Yellow UV reactive Gel Pens.
2) Cover inside base of chasis with plastic "diamond plate" effect sheet.
3) Surround Rad with Blue/Green EL Wire.
Last edited by Nutter; 31-01-2008 at 05:52 PM. Reason: coz
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Looks very nice mate, I do like the UV
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Also I was planning to watercool both the GTS's with the Thermaltake TMG ND4 cooling block, however they say they are only for GTX cards, does anyone know if they will fit on a GTS board and indeed if there will be room for 2 of them on SLI?
*Bump*
Anyone?
Gamespot has a review/benchmark of the 3870 X2 and it didn't actually have much in the way of a noticable performance increase over a Crossfire-setup pair of 3870s. The Corssfire setup didn't do much better than a single 3870 in the real-world tests, either... :-|Originally Posted by staffsMike
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Hands-On - Features at GameSpot
I've now found out that the thermaltake watercooling blocks only fit 8800GTX's not GTS's
That said is there a watercooling block that anyone knows of that will fit an 8800GTS? If not, whats the best Air cooled solution out there?
Opinions please ladies and gents!
WIll you be taking pix of the build>?
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Most defo, Nothing like getting others opinions on the layout etc, positioning of fans for best airflow.
Exactly all helps..... plus its good to sit back and admire your great work
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Any idea on eta for when the build will begin?
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It's good to get critisism (sp?) as well, I like to know if I could have done something better with it
Im sure u wil have loads of fun puttin her together then tinkerin with her as she progresses to be an almighty bitch
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I'm planning to order all the bits in the next few days but a couple of them are on back order
Looking at mid march atm
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