OC'ing Noob

Case: Aerocooler M40
Mobo: ASUS M2A-VM
CPU: Athlon X2 3800+
GPU: Dell 6800GT
RAM: PNY 2GB DDR2-667
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy 2
HD: Seagate 7200.10 160GB, Seagate 7200.10 320GB
Drive: LiteOn DVD-Burner, Sunbeam 3.5" Rheobus
PSU: Antec 550w
Cooling: Thermaltake Blue Orb, 1 Yate Loon, 3x 80mm CM fans

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OC'ing Noob

The box is very descriptive if not very attention grabbing. Then again, for most seasoned computer builders, its what is inside that counts for anything.

Paint job is top notched, being a baby smooth and high gloss black. Unfortunately, this makes it into a fantastic fingerprint magnet. The front of it looks good and the layout of the drives and buttons are solid.

The back of this case involves 3 80mm vents for exhaust. My question was why not include the fans? There is no point in just including a 120mm intake and have no exhaust fans. Come on Aerocool, 80mm fans cost a dime a dozen for you guys.



The interior of this computer is a true double decker. You can actually flip off the top of the case to work exclusively with the motherboard, as you will see later. Now aside from the double decker design, there really isn't too much to boast about inside the M40. One issue I can immediately see is that the dual hard drive cage is way to close to the PSU. This could present potential heat issues for the hard drives. We will see shortly if it actually does.


Here is the motherboard installed into the M40 and as you can see, there is a TON of space left for whatever I decide to do.

This is it for now. Next time I will be installing the Blue Orb on the motherboard as well as hooking up everything else.

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Over half of the members of this site will piss on their computer if convinced it would increase their benchmark or frame rates by 10% ...talk about performance trumping practicality.

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kingsnake2

Looks good, your a nice brother.

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OC'ing Noob

I am building for my sister...I am NOT the sister.

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Over half of the members of this site will piss on their computer if convinced it would increase their benchmark or frame rates by 10% ...talk about performance trumping practicality.

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OC'ing Noob

new pictures uploaded

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Over half of the members of this site will piss on their computer if convinced it would increase their benchmark or frame rates by 10% ...talk about performance trumping practicality.

Proud member of the Stinger Slinger club, HWLabs Black Ice GTX 480 club, and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 club!

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Starholdest

That's why he said you're a good brother...for making it for your sister...Lol

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OC'ing Noob

oooh i thought he said you have a good brother!

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Over half of the members of this site will piss on their computer if convinced it would increase their benchmark or frame rates by 10% ...talk about performance trumping practicality.

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sublime0

lol What does Mr. Bubble have to say about this?

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Well...I booted it up and tried to install Windows and BAM! BSOD. Rather than panic though, I calmly deduced through trial and error that one of my sticks of RAM was defective. Now, because I wanted the heatsink to also cool my RAM I installed it over the RAM and now I need to remove the HSF to reinstall the RAM. More pictures will be posted tonight when I get home.

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Over half of the members of this site will piss on their computer if convinced it would increase their benchmark or frame rates by 10% ...talk about performance trumping practicality.

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OC'ing Noob

was this a reference to bioshock?

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Over half of the members of this site will piss on their computer if convinced it would increase their benchmark or frame rates by 10% ...talk about performance trumping practicality.

Proud member of the Stinger Slinger club, HWLabs Black Ice GTX 480 club, and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 club!

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