Mousemagician
Limp Gawd
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- Feb 13, 2010
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Hello SFF maniacs,
Finally, after weeks of projecting, measuring, and second thoughts, I built my new ITX gaming system.
The aim was to build a Small Form Factor Silent Gaming System, with the new Sandy Bridge technology.
I enjoyed a lot my former gaming system with an Intel LGA1366 i7 920 and 2x fanless Gigabyte HD 4850 in CrossfireX in a case Antec P182, but I felt it was time to upgrade to the new Sandy in smaller factor.
I have to admit this build has been much more problematic than imagined, but I like challenges, and still it needs some tweaks.
The first thing I did was to ask directly the major ITX motherboard manufacturers about any future release of P67 ITX boards. I opened this thread showing all the answers.
These are the components that I’ve chosen for the build (in parenthesis the reseller):
Case: LianLi PC-Q08 black (eBay.com)
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3-B3 (Newegg.com)
CPU: Intel i7 2600K (local Microcenter)
RAM: 8GB (2 x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 (Newegg.com)
VGA: XFX HD6950 2GB (Newegg.com)
HD: Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB SATA III (Newegg.com)
PSU: Cooler Master Silent PRO M700 (from my former system)
Fan controller : Crystalfontz DB635-AKTMF-KU3 (Crystalfontz.com)
Aftermarkets:
CPU cooler: Thermalright AXP-140 RT (Heatsinkfactory.com)
GPU cooler : Scythe Setsugen 2 (Newegg.com)
Case fans : Scythe Slip Stream Kaze Maru2 140 series 1,700RPM 92.4CFM (Newegg.com)
VRM heatsinks : Enzotech BCC9 pure copper heatsinks 14 x 14 x 9 mm 8 piece set (Newegg.com)
Thermal Material Remover : ArctiClean 1 & 2 (Heatsinkfactory.com)
This is what I got at the end of the building:
Finally, after weeks of projecting, measuring, and second thoughts, I built my new ITX gaming system.
The aim was to build a Small Form Factor Silent Gaming System, with the new Sandy Bridge technology.
I enjoyed a lot my former gaming system with an Intel LGA1366 i7 920 and 2x fanless Gigabyte HD 4850 in CrossfireX in a case Antec P182, but I felt it was time to upgrade to the new Sandy in smaller factor.
I have to admit this build has been much more problematic than imagined, but I like challenges, and still it needs some tweaks.
The first thing I did was to ask directly the major ITX motherboard manufacturers about any future release of P67 ITX boards. I opened this thread showing all the answers.
These are the components that I’ve chosen for the build (in parenthesis the reseller):
Case: LianLi PC-Q08 black (eBay.com)
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3-B3 (Newegg.com)
CPU: Intel i7 2600K (local Microcenter)
RAM: 8GB (2 x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 (Newegg.com)
VGA: XFX HD6950 2GB (Newegg.com)
HD: Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB SATA III (Newegg.com)
PSU: Cooler Master Silent PRO M700 (from my former system)
Fan controller : Crystalfontz DB635-AKTMF-KU3 (Crystalfontz.com)
Aftermarkets:
CPU cooler: Thermalright AXP-140 RT (Heatsinkfactory.com)
GPU cooler : Scythe Setsugen 2 (Newegg.com)
Case fans : Scythe Slip Stream Kaze Maru2 140 series 1,700RPM 92.4CFM (Newegg.com)
VRM heatsinks : Enzotech BCC9 pure copper heatsinks 14 x 14 x 9 mm 8 piece set (Newegg.com)
Thermal Material Remover : ArctiClean 1 & 2 (Heatsinkfactory.com)
This is what I got at the end of the building:
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