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Completed pics of case.
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Started a new gaming rig here recently. This thread will document its process.

Forgot to take a pic of the case before I started pulling it apart. But it is a Silverstone FT02BW.

Case interior after I removed the fans/shrouds.
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Drive cage has been stripped. Mounted motherboard + PSU.
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The Rasa that I'll be reusing. I used some Koolance 38mm radiator fan mounts to secure the block since I haven't been able to buy the actual mounting.
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Must say that the IO shield for this board looks fantastic. But look at all the steel rivets. Those definitely are going to need replacing.
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HD7970 all nekkid & sexy. Block is back ordered. Hope to buy two more here soon.
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Fusion-IO ioXtreme. 80GB. My gaming and application drive.
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Crucial M4. 64GB. OS drive + less important applications.
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Titanium HD which will be my headphones card.
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And then the trusty Auzentech Prelude for analog 5.1.
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Did some testing for a few days. Can we say ghetto?
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Yup, that looks secure.
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Desk at the moment. I have two U2711's that will be used for some serious eyefinity. Just waiting for the mounts to arrive.
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And a few of the rigs I've done earlier this year.
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How much did you pay for that fusion-io drive?
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Forever alone but awesome.
     
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How much did you pay for that fusion-io drive?

$900USD + duty/shipping about 2 years ago.
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Looks like it will be a great build... but why the Fusion-IO?!
   
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nice, im looking forward to seeing the final build. what did you build the other systems for? for friends/self/profit? and why didnt you use the fusion-io drive when you first got it?? lol i cant imagine spending that cash and not using the thing asap is all
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Pics/cliffs on how the drive cage came out?
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nice, im looking forward to seeing the final build. what did you build the other systems for? for friends/self/profit? and why didnt you use the fusion-io drive when you first got it?? lol i cant imagine spending that cash and not using the thing asap is all
I build the other systems for myself. I either sold or rebuilt them when I got bored of them. I've had the ioXtreme for 2 years and have been using it for that long. I just keep transferring it over to my next build.
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Looks like it will be a great build... but why the Fusion-IO?!
Because it is fast. 2 years old and nothing can come anywhere near close in terms of low queue depth read/writes.
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Pics/cliffs on how the drive cage came out?
You have to remove the steel unibody chassis. Which is just a bunch of easily accessible screws. Then just drill the rivets out. 2 of them are difficult to reach though. I would suggest a rather small drill. I use a monstrous wired hammer drill w/ 1/2" chuck. Wasn't all that easy.

No idea how I am going to reinstall the cage though. I am going to wait until the radiator arrives to see what I have for clearance before I decide anything. I don't need any of them. But it will look too barren without it there.
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Kind of OT, but what are the specs on it?
   
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