Antec DF-85.

[Stalker_26]

Mornin Happy Campers.

Relatively new to pc building, so forgive any mistakes and feel free to highlight them (with a fix of course)

Component List:
Antec DF-85
Corsair AX1200
ROG Maximus V Formula Thunder FX Z77
ROG HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3gb
EK Supremacy (plexi)
Intel i7 3770k (3.5 stock, running @ 4.60)
16gb (4x4gb) Corsair Vengeance Ram 1600MHz
Corsair Force 480gb SSD (additional games)
Kingston HyperX 240gb SSD (OS & gaming drive)
OCZ Vertex2 120gb SSD (Microsoft office)
2x 1tb Samsung Spinpoint F1 (films & music)

Reduced size build log as i cant find the links

GPU & Mobo same box size lol

Laid bare

CPU Block

Nice finish (when opening the box for the cpu block i was greeted by an incredibly powerfull 'Factory fresh' scent, gave a great sense of perfection)

Block installed

Matrix HD 7970 Platinum edition time

100% fan speed button

Size difference between my old HIS HD 5850 iCooler V-Turbo and New 7970 HD

The shield on the back of the PCB made a lovely difference

Mobo installed

All piping connected

Filling & leak testing

UV Lighting in side of cpu block

Beautiful card

Running nicely

 

[Stalker_26]

Temp wise, i have so far had no higher than 38c, after running BF3 maxed out for a solid 4 hours (res 1920x1080) on a 32"tv.

3D Mark06 gives me a ncie score

 

[chris-82]

Very nice,that mother board looks gourgeous

 

[Stalker_26]

Thanks, took a while to fit, so will be looking at reversing the HDD's to improve the inner look, hopefully they will fit!
The board is brilliant, there are a few things i wasnt happy with;
Mobo feels less rigid than my old (Rampage 3 extreme) whether that is intentional or not, im not keen.
And the barbs for the motherboard block, no mention of size anywhere, unless you get hold of the manual, turns out they are 3/8icnh, which is a killer as i bought 7/16 tubing!! ggrrr. other than that, love the board.
BIOS is epic, endless options to play with, OC's my chip from 3.5 to 4.6 with 1 click (and its stable!)

 

[Skeese]

That's one sexy mobo-*******

 

[IC3]

Nice!