My recent build with pics

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 21:44

Case: Coolermaster HAF 212 Plus

Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD53

Processor: Intel I5 2500k

Cooler: Akasa Venom

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3

Graphics Cards: Sapphire 5850 Xtreme x 2 In Crossfire

Power Supply: XFX Pro 850w Semi Modular

Boot Drive: Crucial M4 64GB SSD

Storage Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

Optical Drive: Pioneer Multi Burner

stulid · 14 Aug 2011 at 21:47

Cool.

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 21:47

Case with psu in place:

RJC · 14 Aug 2011 at 21:49

Nice, the Lizard on the shed looks impressed as well

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 21:49

Motherboard, cpu, cooler and ram ready:

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 21:55

Motherboard fitted in case:

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:00

Not quite finished as i only have one 5850 installed. Need to get a crossfire bridge.

This is how it stands at the moment:

Emphacy · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:00

Looking good bro, always liked the Venom, can't say I'm a big fan of the case though!

EDIT: What's that little black box at the bottom of the case? Is it for a small fan or something?

Freelanc3r · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:03

Emphacy said:
Looking good bro, always liked the Venom, can't say I'm a big fan of the case though!

EDIT: What's that little black box at the bottom of the case? Is it for a small fan or something?

It's a mount for SSD's

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:12

Freelanc3r said:
It's a mount for SSD's

Yeah it is a mount as you say, i put my SSD in a bracket that came with the case. When i install my other 5850 i will try and tidy the cabling up too

movingtables · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:16

Risty do you like the case?
im going for that one on my new pc

Freelanc3r · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:20

Risty said:
Yeah it is a mount as you say, i put my SSD in a bracket that came with the case. When i install my other 5850 i will try and tidy the cabling up too

you can put the front panel headers and the usb/audio cables through the bottom cable management hole, would look smarter

make use of the many cable management hooks behind the motherboard to make everything neater on the other side too

912 is an awesome case for cable management.

Serikiito · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:20

The CPU cooler is pretty good for the price. Don't really like the case though. However, the specs are good though

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:20

movingtables said:
Risty do you like the case?
im going for that one on my new pc

Yeah it is a great case, it all depends on taste as some people don't like them.

They are great for cable management though and that is why i bought it.

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:22

Freelanc3r said:
you can put the front panel headers and the usb/audio cables through the bottom cable management hole, would look smarter make use of the many cable management hooks behind the motherboard to make everything neater on the other side too 912 is an awesome case for cable management.

Thanks for the advice, i will look at that next week sometime

movingtables · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:22

Risty said:
Yeah it is a great case, it all depends on taste as some people don't like them.

They are great for cable management though and that is why i bought it.

cheers.

movingtables · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:28

It looks a nice system mate. enjoy

PsychoPigeon · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:47

How come you didn't get the HAF 932? the extra space is really nice especially for 2 gpus

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 22:49

PsychoPigeon said:
How come you didn't get the HAF 932? the extra space is really nice especially for 2 gpus

I was on a specific budget when i bought my parts. I'm pretty happy with it at the moment.

Risty · 14 Aug 2011 at 23:02

Overclocked to 4.5Ghz prime stable. Looks like i have a lazy chip with the vcore i had to use to get it stable. But i'm happy with 4.5Ghz