Cyber Dreams Case

[izzie]

Well I decided to watercool my Amd X6 1090T as it gets fairly hot in the attic during the summer and I also have it overclocked on top from 3.2 Ghz to 4.14Ghz (at the moment)

I couldn't decide on what rad to go with as I originally was thinking about putting in a 2nd graphics card and water cooling the pair so I needed something that could run as a single loop but still be effectively cooled so I just went Seriously OTT hence the reason why you will see my normal NZXT Phantom get a little bit wider lol.

Anyway the components for the system are.

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formular
CPU: AMD 1090T X6 OC'd Currently @ 4.14Ghz Stable
Ram: Corsair 16GB Dominator
Original Graphics: HIS HD5790 2GB (Ended up with Artifacts)
Current Graphics: Sapphire HD7950 Vapor-X 3GB (not watercooled at the moment)
HDDS: 1TB Seagate Barracuda (System), 350GB Maxtor (Rending Data Drive), 2TB Seagate Black Armor Mirrored NAS (Storage)

Watercooling components.
Artic F12 Fans (120mm) x9
XSPC Raystorm CPU Block
Phobya Xtreme Nova 1080 Rad
D5 Pump with Koolance COV RP-450 Pump Top
250ml Phobya Reservoir
Mayhems X1-Blood Red Coolant (Diluted down was to dark)

Okay long story cut very short about this pc.
I didn't pay for it as it had problems which were the result of the owner blowing up the original 16GB Corsair Memory pack when the PC was 1st built and there still being problems and not wanting to payout anymore to get it working right I got given it & I took it as a challenge to get it working correctly.

The only things I have had to pay for is a new graphics card as the original one didn't show it's true colours until it had the waterblock added to it and thats when the artifacts started to show and the constant driver crashes, buying the watercooling setup & paying to have the radiator housing made. Since putting in the new graphics card everything has worked perfectly.

The case was sprayed by a family friend using Pearl Red on the outside & Red Metal Flake on the inside.

Here is a link to a slideshow of all the photos of the case & the stages of it being built if anyone wants to see it. Cyber Dreams (http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/busbyeie/Created/Fat Phantom/?albumview=slideshow)

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I might not bother with getting a waterblock for the new graphics card and build a new system in a cube case just for the hell of it.

Izzie :Peace:

p.s sorry for the crappy pictures was taken using my phone.

[8pecxstudios]

Nice rig Throw in A Couple Of SSD'S And Your All Set he he

[Harvey Sewdin]

Very cool setup you have there mate, and a very nice use of colors :smile:

[izzie]

To be honest I don't trust SSD's enough at the moment I know to many that have gone wrong within the 1st 6 months, don't get me wrong the speed is nice but I would prefer to have the reliability and run just a little bit slower for the time being.

Nice rig Throw in A Couple Of SSD'S And Your All Set he he

[izzie]

Thanks Harvey choosing the colors was fairly easy as the motherboard being Black and Red was just a pain trying to work out the best way to get the damn rad to fit so that it was part of the case and not outside like the rest of the phobya xtreme rads are because of the size.

Nice rig Throw in A Couple Of SSD'S And Your All Set he he

[IceBabee]

That is one Bad Ass rig! Getting it for free just added to the awesomeness.......doing great with it thanx for the share!

[SirSlaughter]

Holy cow, that is pretty awesome. And truth be told, never be afraid to go over the top with your rigs. If you don't then we never advance wth tech. We never push our machines to the limit and learn how to improve.

My 1st question would be:

How are the temps now that you did all of this.

2: How heavy is this sucker? I can only imagine such a large case and mod with all those components must be a bitch to move around. I have moving my phantom around because of how much it weighs.

[izzie]

Thanks IceBabee

SirSlaughter the temps are good I have had the machine running flat out for about 3 hours as I was doing a test render which uses all the CPU it can and the max temp was 51c but that is with the rad fans only running at half speed and I had the heater going which I forgot about so it was a bit warmer then I would normally have the room lol

As for the weight it is roughly about 28lbs was a bit hard trying to weigh it on the bathroom scales and balance it should have stuck with the original name I had in mind "Fat Phantom" lol.