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i did not spot you were only running a hd6870

Its a pity... A mediocre gpu inside a high end mobo and cpu...

okay its official.

The review for the NZXT Phantom will appear in the June issue of PCF (all the content for that issue will be written by the end of next week)

But I will be buying this chassis. Its just too beautiful.

Originally my pc came with a Cooler Master USP-100 case.

Running the i7 and 2 x GTX460's proved to be too hot for the case. I could keep a meal warm on the thing

What is this? News toys!


Yes, HAF-922 with 2 x 90CFM Sicklefans at the top. Moved the 200mm fan to the side. Turned the H70 radiator so that the tubes are at the bottom as well after I took the pic. This case moves a _lot_ of air! Also added 2 x 1Tb drives while I was at it.

Got some new toys last week Friday...

Cooler Master RC690ii Advanced

IMG_1665 by *Pilgrim*, on Flickr

Intel DP67BG "Barrage" mobo

IMG_1664 by *Pilgrim*, on Flickr


IMG_1680 by *Pilgrim*, on Flickr
An attempt at cable management, at least much better than my previous case but still not neat enough... Will try to redo it when I feel more inspired.

IMG_1675 by *Pilgrim*, on Flickr

Nice rig

Finally got my Rig build complete.

View on my workstation



Inside the Rig.....

HEy guys.... got my rig yesterday ... what do you think?
CPU: Intel Core i7 970 Six Core (3.2GHz, 12M Cache, 12x Cores) Overclocked to 4.0GHz Per core
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Rampage III Formula Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 3GB (2x1.5GB) (2x384bit) 768Bits DDR5 DX11 Dual GPU
CASE: Cooler Master HAF X 942 USB 3.0 POWER SUPPLY: Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular 80+ Gold
RAM/MEMORY: 12GB Triple Channel DDR3 1600MHz High Performance Gaming RAM With Heat Spreader
SSD: UltraFast 60GB SSD Read: 285MB/s Write:275MB/s Solid State Drive (OS Drive)
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA3 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive (Data Drive) x 3
CPU COOLER: Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator 6 Heatpipe with 140mm/120mm Dual SSO Bearing Fans
KEYBOARD: Logitech G19
MOUSE: Logitech G700
HEADPHONES: Logitech G35

Got 2 new big guns on the forums! Nitro shaun and jwilkens. Damn your rigs are awesome! nitro shaun your gpu costs the same as my entire rig!

@ pilgrim u running the same case as me.... they awesome hey? pity your psu cables arent long enough to successfully hide all your cables... my psu has long enough cables but damn there is so many of them....

@ KB what cases are those bro? they are so hot...

@ slim pop another 6870 in there and u will be cruising bro... and yes jwilkens and nitro shaun have mad speced pc's... nitro shaun needs to post some benchies.... and dude you know u can always email me pics and ill post them up for u

@ The_Jelly actually the cables are fairly long, I have made another attempt at cable management and it is looking much better. (Ok, so I got the inspiration from the pics you posted ). Have to say I'm very happy with that case, it has everything I could possibly want and then some.

*Pilgrim* wrote:@ The_Jelly actually the cables are fairly long, I have made another attempt at cable management and it is looking much better. (Ok, so I got the inspiration from the pics you posted ). Have to say I'm very happy with that case, it has everything I could possibly want and then some.

hahahahahaha awesome bro cm FTW.... and agreed about the features.... i removed the extra harddrive bays just to make it look a lil neater and for added space and cooling... if u not gona use them i rate it looks better with out them... i only have one drive(for now) and im using the other harddrive slot for cable management... hahahha! my 6 pin pci-e cables come through the side.... this case really is awesome tho ... Are u goin with a red theme bro? i wanted to go red cause of my mobo and cards but not sure what it would look like... so if u are id be keen to check some pics....

Yes, the idea was to go with a red theme. That's why I went for those fans, just love the look of the transparent black outside (obviously to match the inside of the case), red blades and red led's.

Now I just need to overcome the obstacle with the fans and their cables...

yeah those fans are hot bro... nice choice... only option to fix the fans would be to mod them as said in your thread... otherwise u have to try source those adapters....

Hi guys, here's a couple of pics of my old 775 rig:

Very nice indeed... Love the fans! What fans are those?

Vantec Led UV fans I think

Ok so I'm finally getting around to posting pics of my rig. These pics were taken when I first built it up,this was quite a while ago.

A side shot


My cooler with no fans


My gpu plugged in


Ps I apologise about the full quality images

Very nice

THE_STIG wrote: Vantec Led UV fans I think

I actually ordered Vantec but they delivered Vizo instead. Same thing though

The_Jelly wrote:Very nice indeed... Love the fans! What fans are those?

Thanks man, although the rig is about 4 years old. Time for a complete upgrade later in the year.

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[img]C:\Users\Ronel\Documents\Shaun%20Havelaar\pc\01052011233[/img]
[img]C:\Users\Ronel\Documents\Shaun%20Havelaar\pc\01052011238[/img]

tell me what you guys think =p.... haha hope the images will show this time

CPU: Intel Core i7 970 Six Core (3.2GHz, 12M Cache, 12x Cores) Overclocked to 4.0GHz Per core
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Rampage III Formula Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 3GB (2x1.5GB) (2x384bit) 768Bits DDR5 DX11 Dual GPU
CASE: Cooler Master HAF X 942 USB 3.0
POWER SUPPLY: Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular 80+ Gold
RAM/MEMORY: 12GB Triple Channel DDR3 1600MHz High Performance Gaming RAM With Heat Spreader
SSD: UltraFast 60GB SSD Read: 285MB/s Write:275MB/s Solid State Drive (OS Drive)
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA3 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive (Data Drive) x 3
CPU COOLER: Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator 6 Heatpipe with 140mm/120mm Dual SSO Bearing Fans
KEYBOARD: Logitech G19
MOUSE: Logitech G700
HEADPHONES: Logitech G35

err you cant just upload pics straight from your pc. You need to upload them to a site like photobucket first and then paste the URL(or image code) between [img].....[/img]

Here is some advice on how to do this

//edit. I think most image hosting sites have a guide on how to host images and then how to post them on other sites

lol....thanks.. and sorry im a noob .....Lets try this again><







CPU: Intel Core i7 970 Six Core (3.2GHz, 12M Cache, 12x Cores) Overclocked to 4.0GHz Per core
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Rampage III Formula Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 3GB (2x1.5GB) (2x384bit) 768Bits DDR5 DX11 Dual GPU
CASE: Cooler Master HAF X 942 USB 3.0
POWER SUPPLY: Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular 80+ Gold
RAM/MEMORY: 12GB Triple Channel DDR3 1600MHz High Performance Gaming RAM With Heat Spreader
SSD: UltraFast 60GB SSD Read: 285MB/s Write:275MB/s Solid State Drive (OS Drive)
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA3 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive (Data Drive) x 3
CPU COOLER: Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator 6 Heatpipe with 140mm/120mm Dual SSO Bearing Fans
KEYBOARD: Logitech G19
MOUSE: Logitech G700
HEADPHONES: Logitech G35