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- Mar 27, 2008
Just got the Pinnacle Case from Mountain Mods in yesterday. So far, I have installed everything, but I havent had a chance to fill and leak test my loop yet.
so here's what I have:
E6600
Gigabyte Ga-965p-S3
2x160gb WD in raid 0
1x120gb Maxtor
Xtreme Gamer sound card
4x1gb OCZ Platinum Revision 2
8800GTS 640mb
COOLING:
TC 120.3pa Rad
Swiftech MCW30 on NB, MCW60 on 8800GTS, MCRES 2
D5 Vario
7/16" Tygon R3603
All Yate Loons Mediums
Sunbeam Controller
DD MC-TDX on cpu
All hardware is from a prior build, the only upgrade here is the case.
So first, MM took 11 days to ship, however, I do not completely blame them for it.
1) the weather was absurd over there.
2) stock was replenished right as I ordered so everyone already waiting jumped ahead of me in the list.
In the end, MM offered to pay 50% of my upgrade from 5 to 3 day shipping ($10).
So now.... the case. We all read the dimensions when we order, but we can never really imagine how big these things are until we have them. The pictures will speak for themselves.
The edges on the front of my 5.25" do not look smooth. I may try to detail it in a picture later. Its really not that big of an issue and it doesn't stand out that much.
Although I knew it when i purchased, I do miss front USB ports. I am currently considering adding them.
Nice finish (Anodized for the extra $70, ridiculous, I know)
Some edges are sharp, but hey, we aren't 6 years old, right?
I love the hyper modularity
So what I went with:
Solid Side panels. TC spacing (obviously) in front. And a 3x120mm with Thermochill spacing up top as well. And, as stated above, an anodized finished.
So you will see in the photos below:
- the TC rad does have a Shroud on it.. absurd how much space there still is.
-I mounted the hard drives where they are because I am scared they may fall from above and smash my bored.
All in All, I really like the case. Total cost: $415.. Worth it? Can't put a price on happiness, right?
Oh an also, you will see it side by side below with my Lian Li PC61, which is a midtower. This will give you an idea of its size.
You can see I also sleeved, cut, and changed the connectors on the case fans. So there will be 6 on the rad, 3 up top, and 2 in the back.
I also just noticed these pictures really suck. I will upload better ones either tomorrow or Monday.
Also, Photobucket keeps rotating 2 of the pictures where the case is laid out. sorry.
so here's what I have:
E6600
Gigabyte Ga-965p-S3
2x160gb WD in raid 0
1x120gb Maxtor
Xtreme Gamer sound card
4x1gb OCZ Platinum Revision 2
8800GTS 640mb
COOLING:
TC 120.3pa Rad
Swiftech MCW30 on NB, MCW60 on 8800GTS, MCRES 2
D5 Vario
7/16" Tygon R3603
All Yate Loons Mediums
Sunbeam Controller
DD MC-TDX on cpu
All hardware is from a prior build, the only upgrade here is the case.
So first, MM took 11 days to ship, however, I do not completely blame them for it.
1) the weather was absurd over there.
2) stock was replenished right as I ordered so everyone already waiting jumped ahead of me in the list.
In the end, MM offered to pay 50% of my upgrade from 5 to 3 day shipping ($10).
So now.... the case. We all read the dimensions when we order, but we can never really imagine how big these things are until we have them. The pictures will speak for themselves.
The edges on the front of my 5.25" do not look smooth. I may try to detail it in a picture later. Its really not that big of an issue and it doesn't stand out that much.
Although I knew it when i purchased, I do miss front USB ports. I am currently considering adding them.
Nice finish (Anodized for the extra $70, ridiculous, I know)
Some edges are sharp, but hey, we aren't 6 years old, right?
I love the hyper modularity
So what I went with:
Solid Side panels. TC spacing (obviously) in front. And a 3x120mm with Thermochill spacing up top as well. And, as stated above, an anodized finished.
So you will see in the photos below:
- the TC rad does have a Shroud on it.. absurd how much space there still is.
-I mounted the hard drives where they are because I am scared they may fall from above and smash my bored.
All in All, I really like the case. Total cost: $415.. Worth it? Can't put a price on happiness, right?
Oh an also, you will see it side by side below with my Lian Li PC61, which is a midtower. This will give you an idea of its size.
You can see I also sleeved, cut, and changed the connectors on the case fans. So there will be 6 on the rad, 3 up top, and 2 in the back.
I also just noticed these pictures really suck. I will upload better ones either tomorrow or Monday.
Also, Photobucket keeps rotating 2 of the pictures where the case is laid out. sorry.
ti the forums. Yeah, he can, it should be pretty simple (cut the end off & solder more wire on & resleeve), the only thing that sucks is he already sleeved it.
It'd be great if they had extension cables he could use - do they even make those? If he were to solder extensions, I hope he uses a no-clean style flux solder because you don't want a corrosive flux wicking under the wire insulation. I'm IPC certified in soldering and have been doing it for a number of years. Case looks great, i'm looking into getting a Bob Slay model for my new build.
