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I have been wanting to build a new system for over a year now. I actually bought a PSU, and memory last year and they have just sat there begging me to build. Last month I came into some extra cash so I figured what the heck, let's get busy!
The first pic shows the majority components. Cooler Master Elite 120 case, Asus mITX P8H77-I mobo, Intel core i3 2120 SandyBridge CPU, Corsair H60 water cooling, XFX 6770 video card, Seasonic G550 PSU (replaces new year old PC Power & Cooling 750), LG BluRay and Seagate 500GB HDD, GSkill Ripjaws 8GB.
the first thing I had to do is remove the HDD cage to make way for the water cooler radiator. This involved drilling out 7 rivets. 3 in the optical drive bay and 4 on the under side of the case. They are the little silver areas in the pics.
The last pic shows the removed drive cage. I really did not need it as I only run a single drive in my main system with a majority of my files stored on a server.
One concern was if the water cooling block would clear the caps near the CPU socket. Looks like there is plenty of room.
There was one surprise that kinda pissed me off. All but one of the SATA jacks run the same way. I really wanted to use both of the white ones as the are SATA 6gb/s. I also wanted to use 90 deg cables for better wire management. Guess I just have to live with it.
Here is the system with the PC P&C PSU 750 stuffed into it. Yikes, what a mess and restricted air flow. Luckily I was able to snag a Seasonic G550 off Newegg for $70 with a $15 rebate. $55 and I have the PC P&C on fleabay with a bid of $61 so far. If all I do is break even I will be happy.
Now that the Seasonic is in place you can see the difference in wiring. All the cables bundle real nice between the PSU and BRdrive.
I have already had questions about how I mounted the HDD. I used one of the plastic adapter trays that come with the case. I cut part of it down and was able to mount it to one of the horizontal frames. It works for now. (The first pic is of my first attempt. I cut in the wrong place.)
I am thinking of opening up the front for better air flow. I will be doing some temp readings to see if this is needed.
Thanks for visiting and leave your comments and suggestions.
The first pic shows the majority components. Cooler Master Elite 120 case, Asus mITX P8H77-I mobo, Intel core i3 2120 SandyBridge CPU, Corsair H60 water cooling, XFX 6770 video card, Seasonic G550 PSU (replaces new year old PC Power & Cooling 750), LG BluRay and Seagate 500GB HDD, GSkill Ripjaws 8GB.
the first thing I had to do is remove the HDD cage to make way for the water cooler radiator. This involved drilling out 7 rivets. 3 in the optical drive bay and 4 on the under side of the case. They are the little silver areas in the pics.
The last pic shows the removed drive cage. I really did not need it as I only run a single drive in my main system with a majority of my files stored on a server.
One concern was if the water cooling block would clear the caps near the CPU socket. Looks like there is plenty of room.
There was one surprise that kinda pissed me off. All but one of the SATA jacks run the same way. I really wanted to use both of the white ones as the are SATA 6gb/s. I also wanted to use 90 deg cables for better wire management. Guess I just have to live with it.
Here is the system with the PC P&C PSU 750 stuffed into it. Yikes, what a mess and restricted air flow. Luckily I was able to snag a Seasonic G550 off Newegg for $70 with a $15 rebate. $55 and I have the PC P&C on fleabay with a bid of $61 so far. If all I do is break even I will be happy.
Now that the Seasonic is in place you can see the difference in wiring. All the cables bundle real nice between the PSU and BRdrive.
I have already had questions about how I mounted the HDD. I used one of the plastic adapter trays that come with the case. I cut part of it down and was able to mount it to one of the horizontal frames. It works for now. (The first pic is of my first attempt. I cut in the wrong place.)
I am thinking of opening up the front for better air flow. I will be doing some temp readings to see if this is needed.
Thanks for visiting and leave your comments and suggestions.
