Lian-Li revamped

[chrisf6969]

Ok, last X-mas I made my wife the Purple Pimp PC: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=855304

This X-mas it was time to revamp my Lian-Li main gamer.

The problem was I had a lot of expensive parts in there that I had upgraded to not that long ago. (2x1Gb OCZ cas2 DDR, P4EE 3.4 s478, etc.) The only upgrade I really wanted was a new videocard. Solution to the problem, get the Albatron PX915P4C Pro. It has s478, DDR & PCIe 16x slot!

Ok now to the old mess: 3.4EE, Abit IC-7, PNY 6800GT, 2x1Gb OCZ DDR, 74Gb Raptor

Planned upgrades, new mobo (Albatron PX915P4C Pro) & new videocard (eVGA 7800GT).
plus I need some major wire management revamping!

1st cut the famous Lian-Li wire management hole.

Next cut the back grill and put a wire grill:

I was thinking about putting the harddrive on the bottom in front of the fans. So I cut apart the standard rack. Drilled holes were the bottom mounts are on a harddrive. I tested it out with the brass motherboard standoffs on the harddrive, then I screw the old Lian-Li plate on to it like a motherboard, and thumb screwed it down. However I didn't like the way it looked, so I put it back under the floppy/mem card reader.
Here's a picture of where I was going to put it.

Next wire everything up and test the new lighting. (change from old crappy red neon, to a blue cold cathode)

All ready, videocard came in. Now I had to wait like a week for my motherboard, DAMN UPS!! 4 business days late!! MF'rs!!

Anyway, it gave me time to wire, rewire, re-ziptie, rewire some more, etc..

Motherboard finally came in!!

The wiring would have looked better, but the Vantec wire sleeving was back-ordered. (at so-trick)

http://www.crowdcontrolusa.com/overclock/shizzy.html <-- screenshots & benchmarks

Current configuration:
Pentium 4 - 3.4EE
eVGA 7800GT 465/1150
OCZ 2x1Gb 3200 2-3-2-5-1T
Albatron PX915P4C Pro
74GB WD Raptor 10,000rpm HD
NEC 4x2.4x12 DVD+RW
Soundblaster Audigy
Lian-Li PC-60
Thermalright XP-90C
Thermaltake 480W PSU
Combo 3.5": Floppy & 7-in-1 card reader
Blue Cold Cathode, lighted fan, etc.

Logitech MX1000
Sony 21" Trinitron


I'm going to change the red led fan to a blue one.

EDIT: I changed the Tornado (at 5v) on the XP-90c to a blue LED fan.

More pictures next weekend when I change the fans.

 

[iSkylla]

Cool

 

[Pkirk618]

right on brother

 

[debaucher]

I am curious where you got the Albatron PX915P4C Pro from and for how much?
Also, how is the performance?
I was looking into getting that one, but couldn't find it anywhere.... so am sticking with my IC7maxIII for now.

Anywho, once you get a little bit more tidy on the power cables, everything should look quite nice!

D.

 

[FadedSpark]

why not try this one? ^_-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157075

looking great as well

 

[Asian Dub Foundation]

nice job man!

 

[chrisf6969]

why not try this one? ^_-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157075

looking great as well

b/c its doesn't have a real PCIe 16x slot, and I've heard bad things about it.

BTW, I changed a bunch of pics, to the ones with the BLUE LED fan on the XP-90c, instead of ugly Tornado.

 

[debaucher]

b/c its doesn't have a real PCIe 16x slot, and I've heard bad things about it.

BTW, I changed a bunch of pics, to the ones with the BLUE LED fan on the XP-90c, instead of ugly Tornado.

Exactly, which is why I am looking for the Albatron PX915P4C as the OP.
Any suggestions where to get it????
D.

 

[chrisf6969]

Exactly, which is why I am looking for the Albatron PX915P4C as the OP.
Any suggestions where to get it????
D.

It keeps going in & out of stock at Newegg, several times! If they're selling them that fast, they'll get more in. There is obviously a big demand for the board. You should email newegg and ask for the Albatron PX915P4C Pro AND the Asus version of the board with socket 478, PCIe & DDR.