Case: Thermaltake VA8003SWA Armor Super Tower Aluminum case Silver w/ 25cm fan side panel
Motherboard: Asus Striker II Formula
Cpu: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40, OCed to 3.4
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS-9700LED
RAM: 2 x's OCZ Gold Sticks (800MHZ), 2 x's OCZ SLI Sticks (800 MHZ) both in Dual-Channel Timings: 3-4-4-11
Hard Drives: 3 x's 250 Gig SAta. 2 of which are in RAID 0
Video Cards: 2 x's Galaxy 9600 GTs Clocked at 675 mhz and 1000 mhz. (temporary till the 9800 GX2 come out)
Drives: LG DVD drives x's 2
PSU: Corsair HX620 Watts
Mouse: Habu
Keyboard: Reclusa
Monitor: 17 Inch Monitor ( I have it since 2002 or so I'm surpised its running so well...I never turn it off lol)
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CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.6, RAM: 8 gig OCZ 1:1, Fan: Water Cooling, Mobo:Striker II Formula, HDD: 2x's 150 Raptor (RAID 0), VGA: 9800 GX2 Quad PSU:CorsairHX1000 Windows Vista Ultimate 64
Gigabyte 3D Aurora, Msi P35 Neo2-Fr, Q6600@3Ghz T.R.U.E. WITH NEXUS 120PWM Fan,
Patriot PC6400 2x1Gb @ 4.4.4.12 kit 3x Seagate 500Gb Sata 300 drives, 1x seagate 200Gb Sata 300 drive,
6800Gt 256Mb. Liteon Sh-16a7s SDVD-RW, TSST Sh-s203D DVD-RW Hiper 580w Type R PSU
Antec Veris MX-1 Esata Enclosure (on E-sata) with Maxtor 200Gb Sata 150 drive.
Running Windows XP/Vista Ultimate/Linux
Antec Atlas (Black one), Asrock 939N68PV-GLAN, Athlon 3800+ x2, Artic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM, 2x 1Gb DDR400,
2x Maxtor sata 150 Drives, Nec ND-4570a DVD-RW, Sony CRX330E DVD/CD-RW, USB Internal Card Reader.
Hiper 530W Type R PSU. Running Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition
ThemalRock Eclipse (Silver one) Asrock 939SLi-Esata2, Athlon 3500+, Arctic Colling Frezer Pro 64,
2x512Mb DDR400, Ati X300, 1x maxtor 200Gb Sata 150, 1x HGST 160Gb Sata 150, 1x Maxtor 160Gb Sata 150,
Liteon 52x32x52 CD-RW, 1x Nec ND-3540A, internal Usb card reader. Jeantec 450W PSU
I think what I like best about my set up is two things:
1.) I installed a 23" florescent kitchen light under the desk over the keyboard tray. It makes viewing the keyboard MUCH easier! I use it a lot playing games at night in the dark.
2.) A gaming rig would never survive in a hutch like mine due to lack of ventilation and heat. SOLOUTION: I drilled a 120mm hole in the back of the desk and installed a 120mm LED fan. I installed a PCI power bracket on my PC which transfers power from inside the case to outside of the case to power the fan. If I ever see the LEDs go off on the fan I know it got disconnected from the computer. However that almost never happens. Only occurred 1 time with in a year's time. See picture below. The computer cabinet is now only a few degrees warmer than the outside air. It is a very minor difference like 2/3 degrees F. My computer would never survive with out it. Cost: PCI Power bracket $9, Cooler Master LED fan $4.50 (2 for $9 on newegg.com)
I just now rebooted my computer and checked the system temp in the Bios:
CPU: 39c/102f
System: 37c/98f After 5 hours of running
Message edited by Rwayne on 03-17-2008 at 01:02:04 AM
NICE machine. I like the water cooling. You got that set up well. I love the cable management. I noticed you got 3 zip ties on that cross bar at the top of the case I assume funneling cables across it. Never tried that before. Are those data or power cables you got crossing over that bar or both?
Is that a modular power supply you got?
Message edited by Rwayne on 03-17-2008 at 12:40:21 AM