Behemoth's mATX Build - Build Pics - 56K Go away !

[Behemoth]

Now that I've got a bit of spare time to do this before hitting the sack I thought I'd post up some pics to show how it all went.

My weapons of choice

Hmmm it's small in there !

For an mATX board it does pack a lot of features !

Board mounted in the case, CPU in place

Hmmm could be a problem with the RAM later

I was right, a VERY tight fit !

Perhaps I should have bought 2 x 4 Gig modules, but nevermind got them all in

GTX 460 in, Soundcard in too, thinking at this point modular PSU should have been ordered

Thinking I might be alright for coolong in this little case

It lives

I know you've all seen it, but the finished article

Phenom 2 X2 Unlocked all 4 cores, standard clocks, 8 gig DDR3 Corsair RAM, Gigabyte GTX460 OC2, 2 TB HDD - very cool, very quiet, very stable.

Ideally before I move I want to crack it open and tidy the cables, but very happy with the build none the less.

 

[stulid]

Very nice

Do I spot a G5/G7 or MX518?

 

[beejjacobs]

Sweet!

I'm liking the look/size of that case

 

[Behemoth]

Thats a G510 and MX518 mouse

Just discovered I had the PSU in the wrong way round so have kust put it the other way

Oddly enough Stulid, will be living in weston next month

 

[Guardsmon]

Looks nice, you should be able to fit some good length GPU's in there. Quick question - why's the CPU Heatsink mounted to pull air from north to south?

Surely this is very counter productive (heat dissipating upwards and all + you've got a space for a nice exhaust fan if you turned it to pull the cool air flowing into the case from the big front fan and then out the back using a 120mm in the rear fan mount, or just none) ?

Also have you got the 2TB drive mounted up in one of the 5.25" bays or in the hdd bay in the front of the case?

 

[Behemoth]

My 3.5 HDD's are in the correct bays for the HDD's as they are not pictured as they weren't in the case when I took the pictures.

Well I've been minitoring the temps on my CPU and to be honest it really isn't suffering from it being mounted that way round, if it become a problem I'll change it round.

 

[Guardsmon]

fair enough, I was just interested how you had the hard drives and to see 2x big long GPU's in there

 

[Behemoth]

Only the one GPU - GTX 460 this mobo has only one PCIE 2.0 slot.

 

[Guardsmon]

I saw - I'd still like to see another in there You need to buy a new motherboard

 

[shadow_boxer]

Nice little system.

 

[pingwing]

I have this case too and did a build last novemeber

It's an awesome little beast and I love seeing other builds into it.

Did you give routing the cables round the back of the motherboard tray a bash?? On mine I forced all the cables on my modular psu round the back which seemed to help.

Iv found no need to run a rear fan too, the big one at the front and a decent cpu cooler is more than enough!

Case is big enough for some massive graphics cards too! Iv got a 6870 (which I thought was big) but there's a good few inches spare if longer is needed

 

[Behemoth]

I saw - I'd still like to see another in there You need to buy a new motherboard

Can't afford to buy another mobo or a GTX 460, not that I really need it. Can't say I've found this PC at all slow, it's certainly got the grunt for what I play on it.

I've re routed all my cables behind the mobo tray now, temps have dropped by a few degress too.