Here's an NZXT Phantom 410 I put together for a friend.
For a case I've just started using; I have to say it's nice.
I went overkill with the zipties on the back panel, but I have to say; it really looks nice, IMO.
The PSU was a bit of a tossup, the back mounts wouldn't line up 100% correctly, so I threw it in upside down.
Why?
We will be mounting a fan on the side.
It appears that the PSU is an intake fan, so with the side blowing air in, the PSU will take some of the intake flow, while the GPU takes the rest.
We will have dual intakes on the front panel, dual exhausts on the top, as well as an exhaust out the rear.
In addition, we will have one more fan mounted on the middle drivebay to add additional cooling to the card.
I think this should be just fine.
Thoughts?
And on fan models?
He went out and got the Cool blue Hitlights from Hitlights.com
Did some measuring and went out and soldered it.
I have to say, it came out pretty nice, but if it were me, I'd opt for a few more strips on the top to better accent the back area.
Hooked it up to a 3pin connector, and put it into the fan connectors.
It will now adjust from off, to medium, to full brightness depending on all the other fans.
Pretty nifty!
However, there are many gripes I have with it.
One being that there are little to no wire management holes above the motherboard.
The paint chips very easily (screwing the panel screws in removes the paint from the surrounding of the hole.. weird)
Very plasticy feel (top and bezel).
Bezel is easily removed, way too easily.
Other than that, it was actually really nice working with it.
Looks and sounds a lot nicer than my Salvaged Antec P182.
We're looking to filling ALL the fan spots, as this friend's house is rather...hot.
Anyways, cables!
No sleeving on any wiring, as this is for a friend, who won't be bothered with the bare wires.
Rest of the pictures can be found here:
http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/godzilla1994/NZXT%20Phantom%20410%20Build/
For a case I've just started using; I have to say it's nice.
I went overkill with the zipties on the back panel, but I have to say; it really looks nice, IMO.
The PSU was a bit of a tossup, the back mounts wouldn't line up 100% correctly, so I threw it in upside down.
Why?
We will be mounting a fan on the side.
It appears that the PSU is an intake fan, so with the side blowing air in, the PSU will take some of the intake flow, while the GPU takes the rest.
We will have dual intakes on the front panel, dual exhausts on the top, as well as an exhaust out the rear.
In addition, we will have one more fan mounted on the middle drivebay to add additional cooling to the card.
I think this should be just fine.
Thoughts?
And on fan models?
He went out and got the Cool blue Hitlights from Hitlights.com
Did some measuring and went out and soldered it.
I have to say, it came out pretty nice, but if it were me, I'd opt for a few more strips on the top to better accent the back area.
Hooked it up to a 3pin connector, and put it into the fan connectors.
It will now adjust from off, to medium, to full brightness depending on all the other fans.
Pretty nifty!
However, there are many gripes I have with it.
One being that there are little to no wire management holes above the motherboard.
The paint chips very easily (screwing the panel screws in removes the paint from the surrounding of the hole.. weird)
Very plasticy feel (top and bezel).
Bezel is easily removed, way too easily.
Other than that, it was actually really nice working with it.
Looks and sounds a lot nicer than my Salvaged Antec P182.
We're looking to filling ALL the fan spots, as this friend's house is rather...hot.
Anyways, cables!
No sleeving on any wiring, as this is for a friend, who won't be bothered with the bare wires.
Rest of the pictures can be found here:
http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/godzilla1994/NZXT%20Phantom%20410%20Build/
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The Money Pit
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. Do you mind telling me what CPU cooler that is? I think I've seen it before, but don't remember the name...
