b3ar

It's alive...ALIVE!!!!

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Very appropriate image there, b3ar.


Goby, props on all your great work! Been watching it progress these past few weeks. Everything looks excellent, and all your great photo work is really serving the rest of us well! Thanks, mucho!

Another thing: Woot, Indy! Too bad I can't afford an upgrade, cuz it seems like you'd be a great hometown source for guidance.
Speaking of Indy (since I'm just up the road on I-69), how much of your parts have you gotten from Fry's? Ever since you posted about it, I've been meaning to find time to get down there and check that store out...
Good luck with the next chunk of your work. -- I feel your pain on wiring problems: I use ThermalTake PurePower 680W model that has a $h!t-ton of wires that i've had to do all sorts of horrible things to for the sake of hiding and running the wiring for the airways... But, dang, it's nothign compared to the mess you just showed us.

Wankerfx

Is that a TT kit? I wanted to put a swifty kit in a standard TT armor.

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gobygoby

Yes that is a very appropriate image!

Thanks for the kind words! I am always up for hanging out and showing off my stuff and guidance!
actually I havent bought anything at Fry's. They have LOTS of stuff there that I got at moost other places. for my project I shopped at:

FrozenCPU
Newegg
CrazyPC
Dell
AtxCases.com
TigerDirect
DangerDen

I think thats all. Frys had a lot of things for the build like the PSU, RAM, Lights, Fans, Sleeving, dont think they had the case though. I was able to get everything cheaper on-line. I dont think I would buy everything from Fry's, but I would go there if I needed something fast or something not worth paying shipping on. Like I need to stop out there and get some Molex pins. not worth paying $8 in shipping for a .50 item. Its a cool place to look and they have everything you could imagine for computers and electronics. Their selection of graphics cards wa astounding.!

I was all proud about how clean the case looked with the WC stuff in there, then I started adding the wiring....I felt like I was indiana jones in the temple of doom where he is walking through the caves with spider webs everywhere!!! the wires kept getting in my way. I have a big job ahead of organizing, sleeving and hiding the wires!




The only thing on the WC loop that is thermal take is the CPU block, Rad, and tubing. here is the breakdown

Radiator - Thermaltake
Reservoir - Innovatek
Pump - Swiftek D5
CPU block - Thermaltake
Northbridge Block - Vantec (pulled from Stingray kit)
Southbridge Block - Vantec (pulled from Stingray kit)
VGA Block - Danger Den Maze4
Tubing - Thermaltake
Coolant - Thermaltake

The case (Armor LCS) did come with a complete thermaltake kit, but I swapped out the pump, and added the VGA and chipset blocks, and the res.

does that answer your ?

hth
Kyle

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Wankerfx

I meant the standard armor. Is it the same case as the LCS? I'd like to put my rad in the front.

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gobygoby

Yes its the same case.

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l V l

::drools::

Blowie

but would there be any space left for your hdd-bay behind the double fan rad ?

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gobygoby

with the LCS. the mounting bracket for the rad is sized to fit 3.5" items. The ibay or whatever that comes with the regular armor does not come with the LCS, nor does the ibox. they assume HDD's will be stored in the HDD bay next to the PSU or in the new " 3.5" rad tower "

I plan on putting my 150 raptor in the 3.5" slot behind the rad. 2 x 74 raptors in the top HDD box and the other 2 raptors in Vantec ez sawp drives.

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born2killU

So your saying you dont like his kitchen

thats not bery nice