My NZXT Phantom build

Phil2008 · 28 Sep 2010 at 21:41

Heres 2 pics of my build so far. You guys might think my way of buildings pcs is a tad odd, cos I install everything and sort out my cables before installing the board. I will post more pics tomorrow when build is completed.

1 thing tho, there's not much space between the motherboard tray and the side panel, because I had to hold the side panel while I secure it with the thumb screws

Phil2008 · 29 Sep 2010 at 02:37

Heres 1 other pic for you guys before I go to bed,,,,,, its spaghetti junction

I cannot make the other side any tidier, there's just too meny cables. I would have gone for a modular psu, but Im building this for someone and I doubt he would have wanted to pay extra for a modular psu

Marvin said:
Agreed with Fozzy. Looks like it's got some good cable management. Feel good quality to you?

The phantom feels really good quality, even the plastic bits feels solid, Might have to buy 1 for myself

Ah yeh,, Mine hasnt a front fan, or I dont think it has one. Will take the front off tomorrow to check for sure.

Phil2008 · 29 Sep 2010 at 11:31

Aeleys said:
its solid,best i have seen in ages

Yeah it is,, and it coated in foam on the inside of the door too.

I can confirm the case has no front fan and it says in the specs that it has 1 included on the front :confused:

So mine has a rear, top and 2 side fans, and 3 fan controll fan leads that are not connected to any fans, but cant see where these connect to. so Im guessing they are for the optional fans for the case, but this means 3 of the fan controls on the case wont do anything :confused:

Phil2008 · 29 Sep 2010 at 12:31

Quick question guys, with the front audo sockets on the case, do I use the hd audio or the ac87 to connect up to the motherboard?

Heres the motherboard Im using
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-235-GI

Phil2008 · 29 Sep 2010 at 12:40

reflux said:
HD Audio/Azalia.

Soz put up the wrong pic, but updated it now. So I use the hd audio connection?

Will be posting more pics of the completed build later tonight guys.

Phil2008 · 29 Sep 2010 at 19:13

Even the box says the front fan is included ummmm.

Anyway my build is now complete accept having trouble detecting all 6gb. When you switch on it detects 4gb, but then in windows 7 64bit it says in the computer "6.00gb (4gb usable)" Someone says it might be cos of my cpu cooler too tight, so I will loosen that a tad and see if that works. If that fails I will see if updating the bios does the trick.

Heres a pic of the completed build guys.

Phil2008 · 29 Sep 2010 at 20:43

PAULRYAN52 said:
i've got it working, it seems the mb doesn't like using anything other than standard performance for the ram, i had it set to extreme and that's why i think it didn't work

Fixed, but mine was on turbo.

Phil2008 · 30 Sep 2010 at 03:38

The plastic optical drive bay clips feel nice and strong and wouldnt let a optical drive slide out. My only prob with them, is that thay dont keep the drive very central in the bay as you can see from these 2 pics

Using the clips only

Using the clips and screws

Phil2008 · 30 Sep 2010 at 13:29

Aeleys said:
looks very nice.

is it a micro-atx? or just a normal atx? looks like a regular atx to me... but damn you get a lot of space lol

can allways think of things to put there.

Its a normal atx

Eames said:
Some external shots please, thats what this case is all about, looking like a stormtrooper

I will try to get some external shots for you guys, but with it not being my case, I dont really want to pull all the protective sheets off, but I will see what I can do. If that fails, I think I will be buying a phantom for myself next week, so I'll post loads of pics up then.

Ah yeah, Ive just looked at the box again and it dont say if front fan is included or not :confused: