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CptFalcon

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Hey guys, I completed a rig for a friend of mine a few days ago and have fully tested it with Memtest, Orthos, and done a HDD test with HD Tune and it is %100 stable.

Specs: (All are stock.)
Coolermaster Centurion 534 (the LED's on the front are really snazzy ;))
Intel C2D E4200 1.8GHz
Gigabyte 965P-DS3 Rev 3.3 Mobo
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 (@ C5 for maximum life, fast as it is already)
250GB 16MB Western Digital Caviar HDD
EVGA 7900GS Graphics Card
FSP Group 400watt Saga PSU (don't really like it but it works fine)
Floppy drive (his mom has some stuff on floppies still :rolleyes: )
Lite-on SATA DVD Burner
3x Zalman F3 120mm (Quiet!)

I know the system is old but him and his dad had a falling out period a year and a half ago and hid the parts in his closet but now that they need a more powerful system he paid me to build it. All we have to do now is buy there own copy of Windows Vista from Microcenter on sale for $80 and ESET Home Security and they are good to go.

I also have some pics below:

An overall shot of the innards.
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A shot of the PSU. I don't really like it but it works just fine even at full load.
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A pic of the HDD.
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The front of it, the stickers are not aligned correctly, he didn't care though. :p
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And last but not least, a pic of my awesome cable management. I can't do much with this case though.
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All in all a very nice build. I don't have a worklog, this is all I can do.

I hope you guys like it. My first Intel system to boot! :D
 
Good job.

The cables are organized about as best as they can be for things that have to cross over the mobo.

I don't really like power supplies that aren't modular, but that can't be helped sometimes.

My case is about the same setup, and I found that airflow increased when I removed the front intake fan. Since the HDD tray is blocking all of that intake, it was better for mine to suck air around the HDD case instead of through the small holes. The fan sidewalls kinda prevent that air from moving in that fashion.
 
vicaphit said:
Good job.

The cables are organized about as best as they can be for things that have to cross over the mobo.

I don't really like power supplies that aren't modular, but that can't be helped sometimes.

My case is about the same setup, and I found that airflow increased when I removed the front intake fan. Since the HDD tray is blocking all of that intake, it was better for mine to suck air around the HDD case instead of through the small holes. The fan sidewalls kinda prevent that air from moving in that fashion.
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Thing is though I had a temp problem with the HDD, it would operate at 50C and that is way to hot even for a Hard Drive. I put it there to cool it down, and it cooled it down to 38C. A much more manageable temp.

Temps are all in line for the CPU, GPU and mobo.

And the thing is they don't have alot of cash and they can't buy a lot of stuff.
 
Introduce his mom to USB Flash drives. :p Oh, and thanks for the pics! :D

CptFalcon said:
Thing is though I had a temp problem with the HDD, it would operate at 50C and that is way to hot even for a Hard Drive. I put it there to cool it down, and it cooled it down to 38C. A much more manageable temp. ...
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Indeed. The fan is there to help cool the HDDs, so the HDD cage isn't really blocking airflow. I have the 532 and experienced the same exact thing... that overall temps (mainly the HDDs) were better with a front fan than without; in other words, the front fan didn't hurt.
 
Thank you for the compliments, I am thinking of selling my current rig and rebuild it with a Intel CPU and a more powerful GPU.
 
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