Syrillian

CPU Magazine ~ Mad Reader Mod (June 2009)


























Yours truly, Syr




NOTE: The images above are of an ATI-based system. I have since swapped out components to an Nvidia-based system.

Hardware:

• Q9550 @ 4.0
• EVGA 780i FTW
• (2 x) 2 GB Corsair PC2 8500
• (2 x) 280 GTX in SLI
• (2 x) Velociraptors in RAID 0
• (2 x) Zalman MFC1 fan contollers
• Plextor slot drive
• Silverstone 1200W PSU

CPU/NB Loop:

• Laing Vario pump
• HW Labs 480 GTX radiator
• EK150 reservoir
• D-Tek Fuzion V2 CPU block
• EK NB Block

GPU Loop:

• Laing Vario pump
• HW Labs 480 GTX radiator
• Swiftech Microres V2
• 2 x Danger Den full-coverage blocks

Build notes:

• Sliding PSU tray
• Sliding HDD cage tray
• Sliding carbon fiber motherboard tray
• External fill port for GPU loop
• Trap-door fill-point for CPU loop
• Modular front panels that can accommodate a combination of air/liquid cooling components to include 120, 220, 360, 480 and PA160 radiators, 120 and 140mm fans, and window-blanks
• Internal space to accommodate 2nd MATX system on the backside of the existing motherboard tray
• Top-mount hinged front access

**Note** This thread is volatile and unruly, occasionally it wanders off in odd and off-colored directions.....

Post #2 contains permalinks to all build-relevant posts.

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WIP: Scarab
Custom Cases:
Silentium, Halcyon, Indigo, Gemini, Prometheus, Anvil
Case Mods:
Liquid Chameleon, VF1000 LAN box

Semper Fidelis