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[Witchdoctor]

Had some time today and thought I would get some tools out and do some prep work for an inpending build.

Wanted to go small form factor but ultimantly decided to go full ATX ....
This was the smallest AXT case I could find that I liked.

Specs:
Case = Lian Li AO5NB Mini ATX
Power = Antec TPQ1000
CPU = Intel 2600K
CPU Cooler = Corsair H70 closed loop
Motherboard = Still not decided with the chip set debacel (Leaning towards UD7 ATM)
Memory = G.Skill Ripjaws 2133 7-10-7-24
Video = 2x eVGA 580 vinilla's
Sound = Creative Xfi Pro
Win 7 64 drive = 60GB OCZ Vertex 2
Win XP drive = 74Gb raptor
Game drive = 80 GBIntel SSD
Boneyard drive = WD Black 640


Had some fun playing with power tools today ..... :laughing:
Through some handles and a couple intake fans in the top

More to come :thumbsup:

Here are some more pics

http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=73581&postcount=44

[Chuchnit]

Good start dude. Now hopefully the mobo's come in stock so you can finish.

[Cyberjackal]

Not bad at all bud. Looks sweet! :thumbsup:
Good luck on your project

[GFDuke]

Nice start Bri. Are those the handles you wanted me to look into for you?

[Chuchnit]

Dr. Witch will adding those two fans give that case enough ventilation for those massive cards?

[Neuromancer]

Interesting.

Those fans just placers or you going with top down intake?

[Witchdoctor]

Duke, yea they are, found them at Lowes ........... :laughing:

Chuch, They will roll 220 CFM into the the case as intake air, Roughly enough air to heat or cool 14' x 20' room with two windows ........ :laughing:

Neuro, Yes down firing intake This case it is the only logical way to cool it

I used to have a down firing system that was really efective back in the day, so thought I would roll with it again ....

[OC Maximus]

Love my Lian Li AO5NB. Great Case!

[kikicoco1334]

Love my Lian Li AO5NB. Great Case!

You have a case?

[OC Maximus]

You have a case?

Yeah, for the main rig. http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=66138&postcount=1

[kikicoco1334]

Oh didn't know that lol
it's a good lookin case tho I have the thermaltake ix

[Witchdoctor]

Love my Lian Li AO5NB. Great Case!


Packing a Antec TPQ 1000 in it is a biatch

If I end up with M4E it will be really tiight as the board will blow past the drive cage :laughing:

[OC Maximus]

Packing a Antec TPQ 1000 in it is a biatch

If I end up with M4E it will be really tiight as the board will blow past the drive cage :laughing:
Yeah, it will surely be a tight fit. Thought you were getting the UD7.

[Witchdoctor]

LOL

I am leaning that way but getting the itch,

it may boil down to what becomes availible first, but I really do wnat that 2x 16 lanes on the UD7 .....

Rediculous that Asus did not address that on their flagship board ...

both boards are bad ass though .... was looking at the Marshall but pricing with Lucid willl be insane, will MSI ever figure out it is crap ???

like the UD5 you have as well.... Also reading up on the Biostar EX ....

and the AsRock Ex as well

I am keeping an open mind, one thing is for sure. As soon as I hit the buy button an end all solution will be released ......... :laughing:

[Splave]

I will either get a ud5 or M IV E...I need hyper ram support lol!

[Witchdoctor]

Lots of good choices for sure, now they just have to get them on the streets.

I ready for SB benching, Everyone else is having all the fun

Going to milk every card I have left out for max hardware .... and try to rip some global with the new chip and the 580's, OCM is pounding hardware boints by the bushel and you are pnwing the entire world .....

I need to get in on some of this shit ..... :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

Got my board today, it is Teh sex

hard to get excited though as the past month has been filled with snags
first the chipset issue to start, it is all downhill from here. went with the M4E as it was the first one availible on my short list. Don't regret it as if it preforms half as good as it looks it will ultimantly be win

that being said my new PS does not fit, worse yet it seems I will not get close to what I paid for it in the open market.

today I went to install the CPU cooler and discovered I left the back plate on the B2 board I RMA'd

went up to the local hardware store to get a solution to mount the cooler and got poped for speeding ... $ 158.00 fine and 4 points .... Guess I should not have told him the joke Rick sent ....... :laughing:

That took a half an hour so when I got there it was closed

Bought a CPU pot and now the seller is not returning PM's after promising to send it directly after Cebit ... over on the 5th I beleive ???

Hoping he just did not check his PMs yet, so hope it is all good, seems likea stand up guy.

And the real kicker is the firm I have do my taxes called today and siad I O in $ 2500.00

So needless to say I am having a tough month here, MOM was a refreshing and a great honer, but have to think Bone head of the year would be more fitting.

So I am totally broke, on the edge of losing my liscence, not able to go cold and to top it off can't complete my build .... :ohcrap:


The good news here though is things simply have to get better, there is no where else to go but up :laughing:

So tommorow when you wake up remeber, what ever happens at least your not me :rofl


Here's a few pics of a nice board that is on hold .........

Oyea, how you like the Chief Value box action ......

[kikicoco1334]

hello sexy!

[OC Maximus]

Sucks on the bad luck lately, things can only get better eh ;)

Me wants one of them beauties :D

[DrNip]

Damn that sux. Too bad we don't live closer because you, me, that mobo, and my chip, it would be a blast I tell ya.

[DOM]

damn that sucks but you can send me to mb to do some testing ;) got 2x 2600k and ud5 coming in... and thinking of taking off friday lol

but my speeding tickets where all $250+ :rofl the time i got stoped in my bike they put me in the back seat but let me go and made me late for work :P

[DOM]

its kool :) its been a while since i got one... the bike needs a new batt and some plastic parts which cost alot... you would think there plastic/cheap i wish lol

dont need any tickets 3rd kind nexr month and plus gas isnt cheap and so cant be speed racer in the truck now :(

but it was a on ramp i got busted on the bike he was hiding in the shadows with a lazer gun.. i didnt even know how fast i was going :lauging: but got me at 91 i think i was just in 2nd gear so i must of been 100+ but let off as i was getting on

but im suprised i have never gottn stoped at 150-160 im sure my ass would be locked up for days :rofl


sorry WD i still want ur bebe :taunt:

[Neuromancer]

WD:

Nice board you got there. And sharp looking aluminum case. (alum is good :) )

I am not a fan of the layout, rATX would be better IMHO, but I would be surprised if your changes were not effective :) Could be very nice. Although dusty.

[rickss69]

The gamer lol... http://hwbot.org/community/submission/2141433_rickss69_cpu_z_core_i7_2600k_5303.95_mhz

[Witchdoctor]

yea it can only get better for sure.

Got Spligs 5.6 chip in the waiting. Hope I can get the results he was able to acheive.

Need to regroup here

being carful not to run out in front of any black cats ..... :laughing:

[GFDuke]

LOL the Cheif Value box looks familiar. Sorry to hear about all the bad luck bro. Total suckage there. Things will get better. I am sure this isn't the first time things have gone sour in your life. And you always work it out. You're a scrapper bro. Chin up.

If i was you i'd have a nice You Tube cut scene for ya. But i'm not. looool

[Witchdoctor]

Thanks for the words bro. Just a temporary set back is all.

Just ranting ............. :laughing:

New PS on the way and am calling the IRS for a payment plan .....

Anybody have Barocks number, mybee work it out with him ............. :laughing:

Hope the pot falls in place and things are bound to get better .... and Spring is in the air. :thumbsup:

[Splave]

whos sending the pot ryba or sf3d? or third party

[Witchdoctor]

ryba is who I was dealing with, PM'd him but no responce yet, sent funds on the 3rd of March Per paypal, Gerry hooked me up :thumbsup:

I have no other way of contacting him though ???

Hopfully he just got busy and forgot about it as he seems like a stand up member of our community .... But I wish he would get back to me, it has been a few weeks now

[Splave]

msn/email is ryba@purepc.pl he is on every day pretty much I would try that :)

[GeorgeStorm]

He is a solid guy from what I know, have contacted him in the past about buying the inflection pot, was too much for me though.
Thank goodness jabski had to downsize ;)

[Witchdoctor]

yea I am sure it is all good,

If you read this ryba, please hit me with a PM with status of my order

Thanks

[Witchdoctor]

Here a few pics, Hardware store = WIN for CPU mounting. Actually like this set up better than the factory mounting hardware. Seems like I got a better feel with the spring action compared to boottoming out factory screws

1000 watt Strider incoming to complete the build

[Chuchnit]

Looking good bradda. I would love to have that mobo since I can use my hypers but I'd have to sell everything I own. :rofl

[Witchdoctor]

G.Skills... may try my ST Chromes in though

[Witchdoctor]

Out all night but tried to get a little dione tonight

love Asus or hate them,,, the Front panlel duhicky should be an industry standard

Want to bench these v2's this weekend and sell them off ..... to pay uncle sam

PM if intrested .... rumore has it 1050 Core stock cooler

we shall see..................... (evil laugh)

[DrNip]

Very nice and tidy! Wish I had that much room to play, rofl.

[DOM]

i wannna see some ocing.... i was just thinking about when u where going to fire that baby up lol

i wouldnt of waited for the new psu i would of had the other one on the table with the side open :)

i cant wait for mine tomorrow :wtf:

and that suck about the irs my mom has to pay cuz a while back my dad didnt wanna pay so it bit his ass in the butt they have to pay 10k+ lmao

[Chuchnit]

What Silverstone PSU is that mang? I know it's high watt to run your 580's. It's really short though.

[DOM]

1000 watt Strider incoming to complete the build

What Silverstone PSU is that mang? I know it's high watt to run your 580's. It's really short though. i would guess the SILVERSTONE ST1000-P 1000W ATX (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256057)the 750-850-1000w show to be the same size on newegg Dimensions 6.30" x 5.91" x 3.38"

[Chuchnit]

Thanks DOM. There gold rated one's are priced very nice right now on performance-pcs, but they are only rated @ 25c on their MTBF. :(

[Witchdoctor]

Yea it is not the strongest 1K out there, much rather use the Antec TBH

But it fits and reviews decent .... time will tell

[Neuromancer]

love Asus or hate them,,, the Front panlel duhicky should be an industry standard



I agree! Its called Q-Connect IIRC... MSI looks like they do it on some of their boards now too BTW

Looks good man, that strider fits in there perfectly.

Old ASS PSU still stepping it up a notch eh :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

Kool .... yea we will see if the Strider has anything once I get the 580's in the slot

here it is, booted

Heading out for dinner and a movie with the girlfriend, hope I get home on time to toss a few OS's on this tonight yet, if not tommorow morning

this case is small once you start throwing parts in it
Think I am naming it

(10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag) ............ :laughing:

[Kal-EL]

Beastly Witchy :D

[GeorgeStorm]

Looks very nice, am tempted by that case for the planned LAN build I'm doing.

[Neuromancer]

Very clean, dunno what you mean by too small. (M4E is an oversized ATX right?) My rosewill midtower is too small. need to add sata cables before anything else, its kinda hit or miss even then...

Easier to add sata cables to mobo route them and then install motherboard *fail

Plus all the cutouts seem to be setup for something other than motherboards.

(thats true of 99% of cases I have seen though).

[Chuchnit]

Very clean looking build dude. Especially for the small size. :eek:

[Neuromancer]

Very clean looking build dude. Especially for the small size. :eek:

QFT :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

Thanks guys ....

now to see if it preforms .... :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

:cool3:

Just grabbed a gold in 05 :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

Here is some results from it's first time out

Lost my XP partion after the CF AM run .....:ohcrap:


Intel M-25 DOA .......... :thumbdown: POS

[Chuchnit]

Hilarious at how small that case is. Smaller than the monitor but packs a punch!! Just ordered me a case this morning. :)

[Witchdoctor]

:laughing:yea it is tiny ....... had to shoehorn the MB ....

funny thing is it is rediculously heavy .....

What case did you go with ?

[Chuchnit]

To be announced soon enough. It is small though.

[Witchdoctor]

Portable benching and gaming FTW .......... :thumbsup:

[kikicoco1334]

:cool3:

Just grabbed a gold in 05 :thumbsup:

you got that mouse pad from BestBuy!!! :taunt:

[Witchdoctor]

:thumbsup: Rockfish for the WIN

[Splave]

awesome job witchie

[kikicoco1334]

:thumbsup: Rockfish for the WIN

sweet setup dude
hahaha i like them too most my stuff from bestbuy is rockfish :D
(kinda work there)

[OC Maximus]

Nice work with them 5770's in crossfire. Wish I could get another crack at them but both my cards are in hw heaven. May they R.I.P.

[Witchdoctor]

Thanks

With this platform the clocks don't even need to be all that .....

may have to revisit some old card I have laying around

[Witchdoctor]

Finally the gamer is ready to load ....


Here are some final pics,

10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag

But the age old question, will it run Crysis .................... :laughing:

[kikicoco1334]

dude nice setup there!

really like the case

[ThreeDhero]

Clean rig, SLi 580's should keep you in the game for awhile.

[Kal-EL]

Nice looking gamer bro, overkill to da maximuz :)

[DrNip]

Nice! I remember when you were talking some type micro ATX shat for this build! ROFL. Definitely overkill to the max. :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

:laughing: Thanks guys,

Yea kinda went overboard but it was good for 500 boints or so, now I am retiring it to it's intended use .......... Gaming



Small break before the LGA 2011 deep freeze, may eff around with some 775 shit to nickel and dime some boints for the team.

Ready to kill some shit and do some racing ....

Loading up the OS tonight, tommorow teaking it up and Wednesday loading games.

It has been awile so will start out with some MW2 then finish up Black ops and on to Crysis 2 FTW :thumbsup:

And the Standards Nascars Racing 2003, GTR 2 and grabbing F1 2010

Heard so many problems with nV Stereo I am looking at this ISP panel instead of tri's

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824185011

Anybody have any insight on a top end IPS or an opinion on the linked one, please I am kinda in the dark on these as I have always just used cheap TN panels ....

trying to keep it under a grand if possible :blush:

Have heard PAnisonic uses IPS screen on the TV's ..... 32" would = WIN, but at the cost of resolution but figuring at 4.8 with 2x 580's should be able to all but max eye candy

[Witchdoctor]

finally have everything ready to roll

trying to keep core under 1.35 for 24/7 gaming

But the best I can muster 4.4 :ohcrap:

The good news is it is crushing everthing I throw at it and will run everything in the start menu similtaniosly .... passed 20 passes of LinX as well, Huston we have stability

LOL it has been a long time since I have even worried about that .... :laughing:

Eye candy has to be controlled from the nVCP as the games don't have high enough settings in the menu's :)

May crank it up to 1.4 core and see where that takes me, 4.6 possibly

mild overclock on the cards as nothing has stresses these things yet

may even load Crysis just to see where the FPS land ............ :laughing:

Grabbing Crysis 2 tonight FTW :thumbsup:

Does anyone else despise Steam or is it just me ......... :blink:

O yea, Check out the new hot rod ROG GPUZ

[OC Maximus]

Dude, I really like your rig.

Just got a pair of second hand EK rads in. I'm monna (ok, I'm not kiki so I won't use monna)... I'm gonna chop up my little Lian Li soon and water cool it during this benching downtime. I'm soooo looking fwd to modding again.

To infinity and beyond>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>OCA FTMFW :D

[Witchdoctor]

:laughing:

That's cool, I had a lot of fun putting this thing together, sure you will have a blast,

I am looking forward to some gaming, have not really played anything in like a year and a half.