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Here's my new "mobile" gaming rig, not much room for wire management, but when the graphic card comes in it's all hidden
id like to see how the cables are hidden aka the backside of the motherboard tray and what materials are used since its coming time i re-cable my system so i can use my new shiny ssd
Where did you put your hard drives ?
love the case and your setup makes me cry it's so clean, much cleaner than mine...
pc-a70 i think
pc-a70 i think
Correct. I took out a load of stuff inside as well.
I really like how that looks..if i can find my hard drive cage to mount at the top, I might do the same with my pc-a71b
I got this instead. That way you will have 3 x120mm fans in the front.
http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=42&cl_index=2&sc_index=5&ss_index=12&g=f
I really like the Case, are those 120mm's in the front? What model Lian Li is that?
It's the PC-9F, and yes, those are 120mms up front.
My new build sorry for the crapy picture. That's everything wired up. only missing the tubing. The pump, res and rad are all external.
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looking good, my friend!
Built my 2nd custom PC ever. I think it turn out OK.
Very nice! 90 degree SATA cables on the drives might help, could get blue or black ones while you're at it...
Just built this for a customer.. Think it turned out pretty well. It's a Amd A8, 240gig ssd, 640gig hard drive for the dvr, Slim dvd, 8 gigs of ram. Nice little home computer. I really love this case. If I ever build a SFF pc for my self I'll be picking up this case again.
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PicoPSU and the AC/DC converter.
Thiiiiiiiick front panel.
Parts (aside from the Blu-Ray burner which is on a ship heading here from China).
Mock fitting.
Lapped all the thermal coupling blocks flat (I know, it's not a mirror finish, went up to 2000 grit).
Installed! Arguably the hardest part of the build, used up my entire tube of IC Diamond. Had to scrounge up some Arctic Silver to complete the jobby, no clue why Streacom did not include any thermal paste...
Power and SATA3 cables in place for future 3.5" hard drive expansion. Still waiting on the slim SATA adapter cable to plug the Blu-Ray burner in, allocated a molex connector on the bottom right.
3.5" hard drive mocked in place.
Now for the stress testing portions, sure an i3 doesn't put out that much heat, but the heatsinks still got plenty hot. Ran Prime95 + MSE full antivirus scan for a day just to be safe (partially because I wanted to cure the thermal paste) and found that the temps maxed out at around 70C, which is impressive for a completely fanless case.
Not bad for a consumer SSD.
Some of my opinions after buttoning up the system:
PROS
+Looks amazing
+Passive cooling system works pretty well
+Can fit a surprisingly amount of hardware inside
+Solid construction
MINUSES
-Too many parts make up the case, introduces flex because there are a lot of screw joints, would be better if the sinks were one piece
-Top and bottom panels could be thicker
-Finish could be better, but I understand the 'EVO' edition fixes this
-Cost!
-Unused heatsinks on the left of the case, would be better of the heatpipes were split between the two banks of heatsinks
So far I'm quite satisfied with the system. The SSD definitely speed things up a lot. My boot times were in the 15 second range with the standard installation of Windows 7 before any optimization. It has obviously slowed down a tad bit due to the programs I installed. The HD4000 graphics are amazing and effortless, I do not understand why anyone would pay for a more expensive i5 for HTPC duties (or even i7's) - the i3 is PLENTY.
HOWEVER, the best part of it all? 100% WAF AND its absolutely SILENT.
$300 budget office build: