So my saga starts last Oct. I was gonna be one of the first to own the new MM H2G0 case. The original info said it could hold up 2 PA120.2's & 2-PA160's. I already had the 160's & I scored a decent deal in the classies on a 120.2, so I ordered another 120.2 & I was set. I ordered the case, it came & whoops, the 160's didn't fit by about an inch.
So that case & the new 120.2 went back to MM & I decided to wait until the "choose your own" case was shipping. In the interest of saving money & due to the fact I already had a MCR320. I planned on using that in the front & the 120.2 in the lower rear. I was having some brackets made up so that I could put one or both of my 160's where the 5.25 bays go on a Horizon case.
Well due to a compound error I received the wrong back panel. No biggie, Ben sent me out the right one to rectify that. So if you are still with me, I tore down my existing PC, converted it to air & began putting my new baby together.
It was when I attempting to mount the MCR320 to the front panel that I realized I had been sent the PA style front. So I had one of those fits of "questionable inspiration". I took that as a sign I should just go all out so I would never have any cooling regrets!
So I am selling tons of my cooling gear & I ordered 2 PA120.3's for the front & back. I also ended up with only one PA160 in the case as well for two reasons. One with two 120.3 I was already at overkill cooling wise. And two I stumbled across this.
I have a 16GB SSD HDD for the OS, drivers, & small apps. All my games & other stuff will be on a 4x80GB 2.5HDD RAID 0 array in that awesome little enclosure. It is literally the size of a CD-ROM & should be an awesome little data array.These drives are so quiet & vibrate so little considering they are hard mounted it is amazing. Another plus is that laptop hdd's use the 5V line "heavily" which will help against cross-loading of my PSU.
So this build consists of the following-
1-MM Horizon wrinkle black case
2-PA120.3 rads
1-PA160 rad
2-MCP350's with PT-DDCT-01s tops
1-Apogee GT CPU WB
1-VJ Vipervenom IV WB
10-Masterkleer 7/16" tubing
1-CorsairHX620 PSU
4-Hitachi 80GB 2.5 SATA HDD
1-Lite-on Sata DVD-R
1-MTRON Mobi 6000 16GB SATA HDD
4-1GB Ballistix 6400 CL4 Ram Module
1-HR-07 Duo RAM Cooler
1-HR-05 NB cooler
6-Petra YL's SL fans
1-Nexus 92mm fan
1-Nexus 80mm fan
1-Fan Controller
1-E6600 w/ 1.2875 coretemp VID
1-VJ modified 8800 Ultra
1-DFI LP DK P35-T2RS w/ NB & SB cooling hard mounted w/AS5
My goal with this setup is 450x9 on the CPU & 450 w/ a 4x1 RAM config with the tightest I can crank the timings down on. These will be 24/7 clocks as I use it for Crysis & TF2 mostly. I am on a 7900GTX right now, & I cannot believe how much slower it is next to my VJ8800. Well here are some pics to whet your appetite. Plus the amount of Horizon pics on the net are aburdly low.
So that case & the new 120.2 went back to MM & I decided to wait until the "choose your own" case was shipping. In the interest of saving money & due to the fact I already had a MCR320. I planned on using that in the front & the 120.2 in the lower rear. I was having some brackets made up so that I could put one or both of my 160's where the 5.25 bays go on a Horizon case.
Well due to a compound error I received the wrong back panel. No biggie, Ben sent me out the right one to rectify that. So if you are still with me, I tore down my existing PC, converted it to air & began putting my new baby together.
It was when I attempting to mount the MCR320 to the front panel that I realized I had been sent the PA style front. So I had one of those fits of "questionable inspiration". I took that as a sign I should just go all out so I would never have any cooling regrets!
So I am selling tons of my cooling gear & I ordered 2 PA120.3's for the front & back. I also ended up with only one PA160 in the case as well for two reasons. One with two 120.3 I was already at overkill cooling wise. And two I stumbled across this.
I have a 16GB SSD HDD for the OS, drivers, & small apps. All my games & other stuff will be on a 4x80GB 2.5HDD RAID 0 array in that awesome little enclosure. It is literally the size of a CD-ROM & should be an awesome little data array.These drives are so quiet & vibrate so little considering they are hard mounted it is amazing. Another plus is that laptop hdd's use the 5V line "heavily" which will help against cross-loading of my PSU.
So this build consists of the following-
1-MM Horizon wrinkle black case
2-PA120.3 rads
1-PA160 rad
2-MCP350's with PT-DDCT-01s tops
1-Apogee GT CPU WB
1-VJ Vipervenom IV WB
10-Masterkleer 7/16" tubing
1-CorsairHX620 PSU
4-Hitachi 80GB 2.5 SATA HDD
1-Lite-on Sata DVD-R
1-MTRON Mobi 6000 16GB SATA HDD
4-1GB Ballistix 6400 CL4 Ram Module
1-HR-07 Duo RAM Cooler
1-HR-05 NB cooler
6-Petra YL's SL fans
1-Nexus 92mm fan
1-Nexus 80mm fan
1-Fan Controller
1-E6600 w/ 1.2875 coretemp VID
1-VJ modified 8800 Ultra
1-DFI LP DK P35-T2RS w/ NB & SB cooling hard mounted w/AS5
My goal with this setup is 450x9 on the CPU & 450 w/ a 4x1 RAM config with the tightest I can crank the timings down on. These will be 24/7 clocks as I use it for Crysis & TF2 mostly. I am on a 7900GTX right now, & I cannot believe how much slower it is next to my VJ8800. Well here are some pics to whet your appetite. Plus the amount of Horizon pics on the net are aburdly low.
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