Acid_death69
08-02-2008, 11:27 AM
Well my first build was into my thermaltake tsunami dream. It was good for storage and that but temps were getting very high and cable management was getting be a pain in the ass. http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2811/dsc00553pm3.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00553pm3.jpg).
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9349/dsc00488sg2.th.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00488sg2.jpg) . So i swapped cases and my bro is getting the tsunami.
I now have an Antec 900 gaming case:) tis lil bit heavier given that its made out of steel and the tsunami was made out of aluminium. But cable management, air circulation, driver management and the space is a lil better:)
When i swapped cases i just shot everything in to be fair, so the cable management looked a bit like this :whistling http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/586/dsc00082pp9.th.jpg (http://img184.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00082pp9.jpg) a mess really lol.
Ive got a new GPU and heat sink aswell ( thanks for clocker for the heatsink recommendation) i love the funky lil ram heatsink:P http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8917/dsc00622ij9.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00622ij9.jpg) i didnt realise how much bigger the 8800 GT is was compared to my ATI sapphire X1550 http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2590/dsc00071ze3.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00071ze3.jpg)
But ive now had a go at the cable management and also looked into better air circulation for my CPU. ive moved the HDD's down so they are now right beside the GPU. But now my CPU has air moving straight from the front of the case to the outside. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3685/dsc00624ck2.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00624ck2.jpg)
cable management is still a bit bad but its much better than what is was before.
But all is well in my new case and i love it, though it does suck up dust like a vaccum cleaner:dry:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8184/dsc00628kf3.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00628kf3.jpg)
Just thought would post this to hear what you all think:)
Specs are as follows;
Manufacturer: Custom
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz, Black Edition
Memory: 4096MB RAM OCZ
Hard Drive: 660 GB Total
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 920N 19'
Sound Card: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek AC'97 Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: Logitech and Sennheiser eh 350
Keyboard: USB Root Hub Logitech
Mouse: USB Root Hub Logitech
Mouse Surface: Standard
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080425-1930) 32Bit
Motherboard: WinFast
Computer Case: Antec 900 ultimate gamming case, antec 6 fan cooling system
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9349/dsc00488sg2.th.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00488sg2.jpg) . So i swapped cases and my bro is getting the tsunami.
I now have an Antec 900 gaming case:) tis lil bit heavier given that its made out of steel and the tsunami was made out of aluminium. But cable management, air circulation, driver management and the space is a lil better:)
When i swapped cases i just shot everything in to be fair, so the cable management looked a bit like this :whistling http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/586/dsc00082pp9.th.jpg (http://img184.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00082pp9.jpg) a mess really lol.
Ive got a new GPU and heat sink aswell ( thanks for clocker for the heatsink recommendation) i love the funky lil ram heatsink:P http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8917/dsc00622ij9.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00622ij9.jpg) i didnt realise how much bigger the 8800 GT is was compared to my ATI sapphire X1550 http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2590/dsc00071ze3.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00071ze3.jpg)
But ive now had a go at the cable management and also looked into better air circulation for my CPU. ive moved the HDD's down so they are now right beside the GPU. But now my CPU has air moving straight from the front of the case to the outside. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3685/dsc00624ck2.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00624ck2.jpg)
cable management is still a bit bad but its much better than what is was before.
But all is well in my new case and i love it, though it does suck up dust like a vaccum cleaner:dry:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8184/dsc00628kf3.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00628kf3.jpg)
Just thought would post this to hear what you all think:)
Specs are as follows;
Manufacturer: Custom
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz, Black Edition
Memory: 4096MB RAM OCZ
Hard Drive: 660 GB Total
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 920N 19'
Sound Card: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek AC'97 Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: Logitech and Sennheiser eh 350
Keyboard: USB Root Hub Logitech
Mouse: USB Root Hub Logitech
Mouse Surface: Standard
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080425-1930) 32Bit
Motherboard: WinFast
Computer Case: Antec 900 ultimate gamming case, antec 6 fan cooling system