Show Us Your Rig [3]

I started building a new Bulldozer rig but went with a PH II X6 1100T when Bulldozer failed to impress. I can easily upgrade when AMD gets Bulldozer improved.

Here is my specs and some pics.

Case - Corsair 400R
PSU - Seasonic X650 80 Plus Gold Modular
MB - Asus M5A99X EVO AM3+ (Bulldozer Ready)
CPU - Phenom II X6 1100T ($100 cheaper than Bulldozer)
CPU Cooler - Antec Kuhler H2O 620
Memory - 8 GB Crucial Ballistic DDR3-1866 (Bulldozer Ready)
Video Card - MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
HDD - Two WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA III
CD-ROM - Liteon iHAS424 with LightScribe











Soon as I finish this one I need to reload Windows 7 on my old rig to give to the wife.

Jim

Nice rig, Jim!

Muad Dib said:

Ganjiry,

Looks slick to me!

What case are you using?

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Hi Muad Dib
cheers! my case is a antec dark fleet 30
Antec Dark Fleet DF-30 ATX Case Review | A Detailed Look - At the Outside
its ideal for me. it has an internal ssd mount at the botom(not used yet) and a hot swap ssd bay on top(no ssd as yet) they're there ready for when ssd prices drop a lot more
i cant justify the cost of an ssd at the moment. as i mainly use my pc for gaming.

nice lookin rig Phone Man dont blame u not going with a bulldozer. they not lookin to good r they

That is a very nice looking case there Ganjiry. I've found Antec to be a pretty good brand of case with previous builds like the Antec 900 I had before my upgrade.

Not that I can afford to get a new case right now, but I'll definitely be looking for a new housing after I get my end of year upgrade... Anybody here had any experience with the Corsair Graphite Series 600T?



I've pretty much always had my sights set on a CoolerMaster Cosmos, particularly the RC-1100, but their insane price tag makes me really sad (about R3000 to R3500 for my dream case here in SA). So a Graphite 600T for about R1500 (or the mesh panel version for about R100 more) is a bit more bearable. But would you guys consider this case to be worth the money though...?

Darkelk said:

That is a very nice looking case there Ganjiry. I've found Antec to be a pretty good brand of case with previous builds like the Antec 900 I had before my upgrade.

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cheers Darkelk, i like antec cases. this is only my second pc . my first was 1 i payed someone else to build in january. that had a coolermaster elite 335 but i didnt really like that. this one should last me a while as i have room for upgrading

Zalith,
I don't have personal experience with this case but being a research whore I can tell you that this is a completely great mid tower on the larger size. Perfectly set up for the H100 cooler or a 240 rad. in the top and then if needed run the new water rig for the GPU.....see links.
Hydro Series

Omni ALC

Special Edition White Graphite Series

This is the case to have if space or monies force you from the 800D .....IMHO ! Go for it !

linnemeyerhere said:

Zalith,
I don't have personal experience with this case but being a research whore I can tell you that this is a completely great mid tower on the larger size. Perfectly set up for the H100 cooler or a 240 rad. in the top and then if needed run the new water rig for the GPU.....

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Thanks for the links.. I'm definitely considering water cooling for it, but that will come at a later stage (when I need more than 3.3GHz out of my upcoming i5-2500K). I haven't quite decided on whether I'll go with a self-contained unit (like the H100) or a full water cooling loop yet though.. I was just reading through this blog post though, and it seems a full water cooling setup may be a bit of a tight fit (have a look at the last picture). I've got no problem with some minor modding to make things fit, but I can't make plans like that until I actually get the case...

Many people online have said the case looks ugly, unrefined, no clean-cut straight edges, bla bla bla.. Honestly though, I wouldn't ever take one of these "I wish I was a space ship" style cases.... They just don't do it for me. Oh, and if I do get it (very very likely) I'll go with the black version.

linnemeyerhere said:

This is the case to have if space or monies force you from the 800D .....IMHO ! Go for it !

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Two problems with that: it's twice the price of the 600T in SA, and as some people here already know, I've got one paralysed arm.. I really can't imagine trying to move an 800D with one arm! I'd be too scared of dropping it...

Edit: Right, well here's some proof that the H100 rad fits quite nicely in the 600T. Honestly, that was one of my biggest concerns... If that radiator fits, then I should have some space to play around with other water cooling setups further down the road.

Phoneman,

I have a good feeling the bugs will get worked out with BD so don't despair the six core on sale rips up projects like crazy. You've built a wicked rig and it looks way cool. That 400 case is a mad option for the monies ! Great solutions and options........Is Corsair the best case manufacturer at the moment? I think they are by a fair margin !

My samsung 32" LED 1080p tv/monitor, yamaha AV receiver (7.2), ps3, xbox and sky hd


seat and stuff (yes mac boo hiss lol)


my media pc sat on my subwoofer, used just for movie streaming


my rig, in my aging antec 900 case, soon to be an NZXT phantom


sneaky peak inside, currently rocking a stock cooler till i get new case

ZaLiTH said:

Not that I can afford to get a new case right now, but I'll definitely be looking for a new housing after I get my end of year upgrade... Anybody here had any experience with the Corsair Graphite Series 600T?

I've pretty much always had my sights set on a CoolerMaster Cosmos, particularly the RC-1100, but their insane price tag makes me really sad (about R3000 to R3500 for my dream case here in SA). So a Graphite 600T for about R1500 (or the mesh panel version for about R100 more) is a bit more bearable. But would you guys consider this case to be worth the money though...?

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A friend of mine here in pretoria bought that exact case a few days ago when it was on special,he loves the case but he said if he could change one thing it would be that the case should support e-atx motherboards. Other than that he prefers that case above any other, and he has the gtx570 in it with an h70cooler, and it looks great in that case.

Alsisgevat said:

A friend of mine here in pretoria bought that exact case a few days ago when it was on special,he loves the case but he said if he could change one thing it would be that the case should support e-atx motherboards. Other than that he prefers that case above any other, and he has the gtx570 in it with an h70cooler, and it looks great in that case.

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Fortunately the MSI board I'm getting is straight up ATX then.. And I don't have to feel bad about missing the special because I need to sell my current hardware before I can buy a new case. lol. So there's a good chance that my PC will be sitting in pieces in between selling this and buying the 600T...

Oh, and I am so definitely going to mod it.... Custom side panel windows (both sides), extended sleeved cables (from NZXT), and tinted perspex with white EL tape lighting inside.

linnemeyerhere said:

Phoneman,

I have a good feeling the bugs will get worked out with BD so don't despair the six core on sale rips up projects like crazy. You've built a wicked rig and it looks way cool. That 400 case is a mad option for the monies ! Great solutions and options........Is Corsair the best case manufacturer at the moment? I think they are by a fair margin !

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Thanks Alan,
I really like the Corsair 400R case. It came with two 120mm front fans and one rear fan. I replaced the rear fan with the H2O cooler and added 4 140mm quiet fans (60.9 CFM, 16dB-A) One in the bottom next to the PSU, two on the side and one on top. Still room for one more on top. The grommets for the cable cutouts also stay in place even when you shove the cables. My older NZXT case the grommets would fall out just looking at them. The panels on the case bulge out so lots of room for the cables. I got this case for $89.99 after a $10 rebate but I see the price is about $104 now, but well worth the price.

Jim

Phone Man said:

I really like the Corsair 400R case. It came with two 120mm front fans and one rear fan. I replaced the rear fan with the H2O cooler and added 4 140mm quiet fans (60.9 CFM, 16dB-A) One in the bottom next to the PSU, two on the side and one on top. Still room for one more on top.

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Wait... That's... 7 fans? Excluding CPU, GPU and PSU fans of course. So, 10 in total? And you still have space for another one? Unless of course the H20 cooler has two fans, then it's 11... Lol.

You, my friend, have your own personal wind tunnel!

ZaLiTH said:

Phone Man said:

I really like the Corsair 400R case. It came with two 120mm front fans and one rear fan. I replaced the rear fan with the H2O cooler and added 4 140mm quiet fans (60.9 CFM, 16dB-A) One in the bottom next to the PSU, two on the side and one on top. Still room for one more on top.

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Wait... That's... 7 fans? Excluding CPU, GPU and PSU fans of course. So, 10 in total? And you still have space for another one? You, my friend, have your own personal wind tunnel!

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There is also room for two more on the inside of the HDD cage. So you can mount 10 case fans, but I didn't want to over do it.

Jim

Phone Man said:

There is also room for two more on the inside of the HDD cage. So you can mount 10 case fans, but I didn't want to over do it.

Jim

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Lol.. Nice. Yeah, I think with 10 fans (and no speed controller for all of them) it would probably hover above your desk. Or at the very least sound like it wants to...

ZaLiTH said:

Phone Man said:

There is also room for two more on the inside of the HDD cage. So you can mount 10 case fans, but I didn't want to over do it.

Jim

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Lol.. Nice. Yeah, I think with 10 fans (and no speed controller for all of them) it would probably hover above your desk. Or at the very least sound like it wants to...

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I keep my phone books on top to hold it down. I do have a fan controller as the stock front fans are 120mm and a little noisy. But the 140mm fans are really quiet and move a lot of air so I can also turn them down if needed. Still installing software and will play with the fans to balance temps and noise.

Jim

ZaLiTH said:

Not that I can afford to get a new case right now, but I'll definitely be looking for a new housing after I get my end of year upgrade... Anybody here had any experience with the Corsair Graphite Series 600T?

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I have both a 600T (AMD 955BE) and a 400R (Intel 2500K)
To tell you the truth I like the 400R case better. It has a USB3 motherboard header V the 600T where you have to run the cable out the back. The 400R has many more fan mounting points as well.
400R still need to add some stuff, video card, SSD, HD's, fans & controller, media card reader.

Oho... that's very big case. And it looks very good !

Just found this mod on the internet. I must share it. The case looks very good!
[Project] NZXT Phantom Superleggera