My slightly modded CM Centurion 5

[chongo]

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Didn't do too much to it, except for;

1) Making the stock window bigger, applying my own lexan.
2) Cut/Mounted 2x 80mm blowholes out the top of the rig
3) Mounted a 120mm fan in the 3 lower 5.25" drivebays (under the optical drives)

I'd give specs on the system, but I'm in the middle of upgrading some components and don't know exactly what I'm going to end up with. I'll revisit that topic later.

Lights on:
http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/39rig01-med.jpg


Lights off:
http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/39rig03-med.jpg

[Pr3z]

Clean dude clean!

I like the simpleness and the matching color scheme. Good work. I like it.

[pwnstaR.androsovic]

Great stuff.How and where exactly did u place the 120mm? Was thinking off adding one myself.

[chongo]

Great stuff.How and where exactly did u place the 120mm? Was thinking off adding one myself.

I cheapied out on adding that 120mm fan. I used zip ties to secure it to the frame. It was the best solution I could come up with and it didn't worry me too much ghetto-riggin it w/ zip ties because it's not visible at all.

The fan fits perfectly in the space availible, it sits about a quarter of an inch behind the metal-mesh drive bay covers.

I'll see if I can dig up some pics of it, if not, I'll take some tonight.

[pwnstaR.androsovic]

Cool,was thinking of cutting the bay covers and mounting the fan to them so this should be cool

[dchrsf]

You stole my fan controller and case!! ;) Pics if I can get a camera..

[Asian Dub Foundation]

sweet work my dude!

[Zero82z]

Nice work. With mine, I replaced the fan in the back and hot-glued the original 120mm into the bottom drive bays. Basically the same thing you did(in that area), except a little differently. It works very well at absorbing vibrations though, the fan is very silent.

[SCF]

briefly MOD

[N H O]

nice mod man, wat are the system specs?

[ikan_semilang]

Nice work dude. My Centurion 5 still virgin. :D

[chongo]

nice mod man, wat are the system specs?

It's pieced apart right now. I'm currently in the middle of an upgrade, however I believe I'll be ending up with;

AMD Athlon 64 4000+
MSI Diamond Plus
4x512mb Kingston Hyper-X
2x256mb Geforce 7800GTX in SLi
SB Audigy 2
Ultra X-finity 600watt modular PSU (blue)

What you see in the pictures is;
Intel P4 3.2ghz HT
Asus P4C800-E
2x512mb Kingston Hyper-X
256mb Geforce 6800GT AGP
SB Audigy 2
Ultra 500watt modular PSU (blue)

Not too much of an upgrade, but I'm giving the system a nice kick in the GPU ass.

[N H O]

jesus man, thats a bigger upgrade than you think, say is there a reason you are goin with that power supply and why not get 2x1gb's instead of 4x512mb's?

[chongo]

jesus man, thats a bigger upgrade than you think, say is there a reason you are goin with that power supply and why not get 2x1gb's instead of 4x512mb's?

Upgrading the PSU mainly for looks. The new Ultra Flexforce cables look better than the old Ultra cables and are *A LOT* easier to cable manage. Not to mention, the old Ultra PSU doesn't have the PCI-e 6 pin molex, and because I'm going for a "clean rig", I'd rather not use power molex converters. The new 600w Ultra X-Finity PSU is "SLi Ready" and has two of the 6 pin molexes.

When I initially started the project (we'll call it version 1), I started with 2x512mb... Later on down the road I picked up another 2x512mb. This time (Version 2), I'm just moving the RAM over to the new machine/mobo. If I were to pick up a new set of RAM, I'd definately go w/ 2x1gb.

[pwnstaR.androsovic]

jesus man, thats a bigger upgrade than you think, say is there a reason you are goin with that power supply and why not get 2x1gb's instead of 4x512mb's?

he already has 2x512,i figure it'd be easier and (possibly cheaper) for him to just add in 2 more sticks of the same memory

[hignaki]

And to believe that the stock Centurion 5 is what I used to build my parents' A64 machine. Looks like it has some potential :D

[chongo]

Done with the upgrade. Blue v2 unveiling.

Specs;

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ under a Thermalright SI-120 being blown by a 120mm Panaflow
MSI Diamond Plus
2gb (4x512mb) Kingston HyperX PC3200 2.2.2.5
256mb 7800GTX SLi
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
500gb WD Caviars (2x250gb, Raid 0)
Lite-On 4x DVDRW+-
Sammy 48x DVDRom
600w Ultra X-Finity PSU
Modded Coolermaster Centurion 5
5 Coolermaster Fans (1x120mm Intake, 1x80mm Intake, 1x120mm Exhaust, 2x80mm Exhaust)
2 Blue UV Cold Cathode tubes


http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/bluev2_front.jpg
http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/bluev2_side.jpg
http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/bluev2_rear.jpg
http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/bluev2_cables.jpg
http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/bluev2_lights.jpg

[eVGA]

Didn't do too much to it, except for;

1) Making the stock window bigger, applying my own lexan.
2) Cut/Mounted 2x 80mm blowholes out the top of the rig
3) Mounted a 120mm fan in the 3 lower 5.25" drivebays (under the optical drives)

I'd give specs on the system, but I'm in the middle of upgrading some components and don't know exactly what I'm going to end up with. I'll revisit that topic later.

Lights on:
http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/39rig01-med.jpg


Lights off:
http://www.xclan.org/gallery/files/3/9/39rig03-med.jpg


Nice dude. I'm getting the Centurion 530.

[Jordan1]

Nice rig!

[Zero82z]

That's some powerful hardware you've got in there.

[TheCowOfNow]

I really like the power supply color. Very cool. And I want your fan controller.

[chongo]

I've done a few minor, but pleasing, enhancments from Blue v2..
For FULLSIZE pics go here (http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/fullsize/)

As you can see by comparing the new and old pics; I've changed optical drive bezels and gone from my si-120&panaflow setup to a TT Blue Orb II. I know some of you will dog me for it, but since I have no intentions of overclocking, the Orb will do just fine. I also tried cleaning up the wires a bit, however it could be done a bit better.

http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05467%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05471%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05477%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05472%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05473%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05474%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05475%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05479%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05482%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05483%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05486%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05487%20(Small).JPG
http://shit.xclan.org/chongo/Bluev3/DSC05488%20(Small).JPG

[jmroberts70]

nice setup!

[N H O]

i like your picture taking techniques, btw which camera are you using?

[chongo]

i like your picture taking techniques, btw which camera are you using?


Nothing much, a 3.2mp Sony Cybershot P-7.

[synaps3]

Wow, excellent computer. I love it how all the colors are the same; theres no discrepancy. Blue on blue on black looks good....

[papito_85]

Looks really good man.