QuakeCon 800D - First Place at QuakeCon 2012 - Page 5

hey NavyChief

I want to know, do you have hard time putting back the Window Panel on your 800D after putting the PSU cover? And how thick is the PSU cover plate?

Thank you

Well then. Just stumbled on this and it's absolutely fantastic. Great work.

Great looking build. I like how you placed your radiator at the bottom on edge. I am going to do the same thing with my bottom rad. I was going to cut out the bottom like I did on another build, but this would give me room to mount one of my swiftech pumps in the bottom as they are quite large.
I was also wondering if you would be willing to give me the dimensions for the side cut outs. Also did you use a holesaw, a jigsaw , or a dremel to cut these out. I have the same rad as the one you used on the way. I already had one on hand but it was 13 cm and did not fit. Thanks and great build.

I know about the hole saws. I am an electrician by trade and use them occasionally for recess lighting and they are not cheap. I used a jig to cut out a custom window on my very first build and it worked ok, just the panel was a little warped due to the fact that it is not as thick as the corsair panel. It was a bear paw design with claws and now houses my WHS V1 which I still use as a music server mostly.

My other question is how far from the corner is the first hole at the bottom to the edge of the panel. Also are both side holes in the same location on each panel? Basically, how far are the cover holes in from the side and up from the bottom would be the best way to ask I guess.

I hope my radiator and the rest of my supplies get here today. I have a lot of new Sandy Bridge parts waiting to go into my case. I just did not trust the back 140 mm with a Koolance radiator in push /pull to cool two new EVGA GTX 680 Hydro copper cards. My old cards were 570s and it did an ok job of cooling them. Not to mention my "better half" is getting impatient about this build with about another $2,000 in parts just sitting around.

Basically I had to rebuild due to a MSI Z68 board that seemed to be promising, but started losing sata ports and acting up. It also killed one of my 570 cards because it surged the PCI x 16 slot and killed the slot and card. I knew I should have used a Gigabyte board. That is all I have ever used in every build I have done in the past. Never had any problems.

Thanks for the quick reply and I really do like your build a lot. Orange is my favorite color. I am stuck with blue since I better not even consider buying all new fans, LEDs, and colored tubing.

I appreciate your help,
Texasbear

Thanks for the info. I got my MNPC grills today and my radiator and four Aerocool shark fans really late this afternoon. I am going with the Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 motherboard and two 680s in SLI. This is with out a doubt the most I have spent on two cards and a motherboard. I still can not believe I spent $400.00 on a motherboard. I am also running the Corsair 1200 power supply and of coarse, shortly after getting it, the fancy 1200i series came out. I guess with computers you are six to eight months behind since new stuff keeps coming down the pipeline. Intel is releasing their new chip this spring. I got the Ivy Bridge I7 3700K around the holidays on sale. Then I hear about the new Corsair 900D and I cringe because I know it will be pricey as hell and I will want it, but I just need to wrap this project up. I am also in the middle of putting in a home automation system and it is near completion so now I can knock out this build hopefully by next week since it is just basic black. I do want to do a custom window at some point since I have the solid left panel as well, but that an wait.

Anyway, thanks again and I will get started this week on the build. I'll post a couple of pictures. You have been very helpful and I am glad you were able and willing to answer my questions.

Keep building and hope you "BLOW OUR MINDS" again with your new build,

Texasbear