SG-01 Modded and OC'd

Collection of posts over the pas few months ----

Specs:

GA G33-DS2R Motherboard
E6600
2x1GB GSkill 800 4-4-3-5 Ram
xfx 8800GTX xXx
Xfi Extreme Gamer
75GB Raptor 2x200GB Storage
Enermax Liberty 620Watt

Cooling consisted of a Zalman chipset cooler and Thermaltake Blue Orb 2

Task ahead:

Relocate PSU,
Install Thermalright cooling setup:
1x Ultra 120 eXtreme CPU cooler
1x HR-05 Chipset cooler
2x HR-07 Ram coolers

Before:



The tare down (note old cooling)





First fit of the Ultra 120 eXtreme


Fitting it all back in


Checking space



The bling!


I'm the man at cabletieing lol



Finished setup


Wish I didn't put the fan on the HDD's as I can't get the cover over the system now or else it would be all completely enclosed!!!

Temps are low as now, 21ish on idle at 3ghz OC'd 334x9 ran othos and 37 under 100% load.

Time to OC more


Going to get a 90deg power cable so I can put the rest of the front panel back on, run a short cable to the back and make a back plate with plug so it plugs in like normal at the back


Now idles low 20's on 3.4ghz OC'd and max 42 on full load orthos


Took the fan off and moved it beside the XFI and 8800GTX to get more heat out of that area, need to cut a bigger whole and make a duct o the side of the case for the Ultra 120 for better flow

Pics:







The small hole is from my Thermaltake Blue Orb 2 and will be enlarged with a duckt and mesh for the Ultra 120








Cut the side window to fit the Ultra 120 better





Made a 90 deg cable to fit up front behind the pannles, modded the HDD rack to fit the 75gb and 500gb HDD's underneath the PSU with a fan to take the heat away!

Temps hardly change now with the case on, looks pretty sweet IMO stoked!


NEW Specs:

GA G33-DS2R Motherboard
E8400 @ 4.4GHZ
2x2gb axeram 1066 cl5
xfx 8800GTX xXx
Xfi Extreme Gamer
75GB Raptor 500GB Storage
Enermax Liberty 620Watt

themalright ultra 120fan cpu cooler
thermalright HR-05 80fan Chipset cooler


Pics:







Just got the PC back from powdercoat, looks FN sex pics don't do is justice at all!

Waiting on noctua 120 CPU and 3 case 80's to turn up and will assemble later next week.

Here are some pics, more to come after assembly!








Need to use a digi cam not cell cam later =/

Well I got some ****in flue or something so had the day off and decided I'd put the PC back together.

New additions are:

3xNoctua 80's
1xNoctua 120 CPU

Powdercoated case in Onyx black

Shitload more cabletieing and tidying up

2xMounted HDD's up the front

Pics:
















Finished!









Some pics with the case on (bad quality again):





Ok the Thermalright HR-03 and HR-11 arrived today with the rest of the Noctua's.

I did a few checks before assembling and it looked tight for the HR-11 but do-able.. But coming to the HR-03 I had no idea where my sound car was going to go and last resort was to bend the HR-03 90def so the fan would point up but the rad would stick out of the case a little..

Lucky for me, everything fits perfect as per photo's below

Overall reaction is "****in stoked" Yes my soundcarde is between the xfx 8800GTX xXx and the HR-03 rad hahaha.

So far temps sit 17-19deg cooler on idle for the xfx 8800GTX xXx whcih I'm more than wrapped with!

Pics:

The card




Fitting it up




Yes the soudcard fits






HR-11 Sticking out






Specs to date 8/6/2008

GA G33-DS2R Motherboard
E8400 9x445 @ 4.0GHZ
2x2gb axeram 1066 @1068 5-5-5-15
xfx 8800GTX xXx 630 now 660 clock - 1000 now 1061 memory - 1350 now 1414 shader
Xfi Extreme Gamer
75GB Raptor 500GB Storage
Enermax Liberty 620Watt

themalright ultra 120fan cpu cooler
thermalright HR-05 80fan Chipset cooler
thermalright HR-03 8800 GPU cooler
thermalright HR-11 GPU Back cooler

5xNoctua 80's
1xNoctua 90
1xNoctua 120 CPU

Still need to finish front bay covers, acrylic side panels and tidy up the cables.

OMG that is some awesome!

Could please tell or explain how to the PSU mod in front - since it makes the SUGO so much more AWESOME!

YOu seriously make the impossible possible by using every single bit of space available ..

I love the the PSU mod and sound card placement trick .. awersome .. !!!!.

Cheers guys

The PSU mod is easy, all I have done is cut right side (facing the case) of the CD drive bays off turned the PSU over and there is enough room between the front of the case and the PSU for the cables etc

Then when I hatd it powder coated I riveted the platform the PSU is on to the front of the case!

Looks great!

Wouldn't making the fan on the Thermalright out help with temps?

Tried that and no it doesn't actually, it's better pulling the cooler outside air in over the heatsink rather than pulling the hot air off the back of the GTX and general hot case air over the heatsink and out

Cheers

Phenomenal work!

I just assemble an Ultra MX-6 with a E8400 that is cooled by an Ultima 90. I though it came out very nice for my first SFF, but your work puts mine to shame.

You are the man when it comes to cabling.

What are you using to cool left side hard drive?

Cheers! This is my first SFF but I've had it over a year from the first pics up the top so have had trial and error and alot of planning.

The HDD's have the fan "near them" But not directly over them and keeps them at a normal 35ish deg C and the HDD under the PSU is about 28-low 30's with the fan right beside it.

Thanks again for your comments!

Wow SolidWorks 08 is awesome..

R window


L window


Got a guy making these up for me

Replaced the PSU fan with a 120 Noctua CPU fan running directly off Mobo power with the ultra silent resistor on it. Gives more flow than stock and is still quet as with the ultra silent resistor

30cm cathodes turned out to be too big with the latest mods so will try 10cm when I can be bothered.

Waiting on the acrylic windows to be cut within the next week or so.

All is coming along nice for xlan

are those HD 5's I see?

HD555's you are correct sir

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s32/DVS-VR/PC/070620081198.jpg

oh man. thank you for that pic... i always wondered if a card would fit in there

Yea I was supprised.

I bought the HR-03 and HR-11 with no clue as to if it would fit at all. Then I noticed the PCI slot would still be free and put the sondcard there!

Works out perfectly

Damn nice rig. You got me smiling there bro

But when I saw that HR-03, I immediately though SELFOWNED HE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE HIS SOUNDCARD, and then I see that.

Nice and original idea, I would've never taken that risk, good work mate.

Hahaha cheers man had a laugh at " SELFOWNED" But yea I seriously had my doubts when I ordered all the GPU cooing (HR-11/HR-03) but worked out in the end and I feel the soundcard is not in any danger as I have accuretly monitored the temp with my high tech finger temp gauge and it's not any hotter maybe cooler than when it was in the open because the heat is spread away from the sound card and sucked out by the 92mm Noctua

Cheers for you comment!

wow how gay all the pics got removed

Pics are still up

This is by far one of the coolest SFFs I've seen. Any estimate on build cost for the case?

Cheers,

Build cost for the complete box? or JUST the case.

Few more pics:

good job at fitting everything in...
there is no wayy to fit a normal sized psu inside my 1380... with a gpu. lol =))

That is a beefy little sucker.

hey i got the same case as yours i was wondering where did you put your cd drive? and on my case i have water cooling for gpu and cpu also how did you get your hdd stands up lol very nice mod indeed

ninjai123 said:

hey i got the same case as yours i was wondering where did you put your cd drive? and on my case i have water cooling for gpu and cpu also how did you get your hdd stands up lol very nice mod indeed

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He uses an external drive.

well done. I have to admit I wasn t a fan from the early work in progress pics and I actually felt bad for your case but the most recent pics remove all doubts, you pulled it off. Can t wait to see the finished panels.

The sound card placement is great.

Some really nice engineering there! Makes want to get off my ars and finish my not so unique Evolution.