Project : Object

hutzdani

hutzdani

hutzdani

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Project Object : A unassuming Quiet Gaming and DJ'ing Rig.

EDIT : Unfortunately due to no stock in the UK i have had to change the P280 case for the R3 as this build need to be completed in two weeks.


Compnents :

Fractal R3 ( Expected )

ASUS - 570 GTX CU II ( Received )

Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler ( Received )

2x Gelid Silent 120mm Quiet Fans ( Received )

Intel Core I5 2500k ( Received )

Samsung Spinpoint 500GB HDD ( Received )

OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive ( Received )

OCZ Core 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive ( Received )

Corsair Vengeance 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C10 2000MHz ( Received )

Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ( Received )

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 7.1 Sound Card ( Received )

650w High Power Plus PSU ( Received )

Windows 7 Home Premium ( Received )

15cm 12V Flexible LED Light Strip ( Received ) * For a lighting mod on the reverse of the cases front door *



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Externals

Logitech G510 Keyboard

Logitech G9x

Samsung 22" Syncmaster

Traktor Controller Edition mixing deck

Logitech Wireless Rumble Pad 2

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Well im currently running the basic set up inside an Antec 900 case I had spare to do a basic windows install, so its ready to role once everything is fitted into the new case.

Awaiting Fractal R3 Case


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Things are starting to come together now, picked up some Braided Extensions for the 6 + 8 pin for the GPU and 24pin Extension.
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im expecting the case today on a Saturday Delivery :D so might see some build photos going up in the next few days.
 
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Hard to believe that in tests the 570 CU II was only 3 db quieter than a HD6950 under load and trust me the HD6950 is anything but quiet. Even at idle my HD6950 made a good deal of noise and is only 1 db louder than the 570 CU II.

Just saying that it might not be as quiet as you are hoping for.

Be interesting to see how quiet you can make this rig with an Antec 620 cooler inside.

And High Power Plus PSU? Not really heard them mentioned as a decent brand so beware. Decent kit needs a decent PSU.
 
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Hard to believe that in tests the 570 CU II was only 3 db quieter than a HD6950 under load and trust me the HD6950 is anything but quiet. Even at idle my HD6950 made a good deal of noise and is only 1 db louder than the 570 CU II.

Just saying that it might not be as quiet as you are hoping for.

Be interesting to see how quiet you can make this rig with an Antec 620 cooler inside.

And High Power Plus PSU? Not really heard them mentioned as a decent brand so beware. Decent kit needs a decent PSU.
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Its been running my previous rig for 3 years with SLI 9800GX2's fine, and the case has the dampening so it should be way better than the Antec 900 im using currently.

I have been testing the 570 in my Antec 900 case on Ultra settings on battlefield 3, the fan peaks at 70% and I can just about hear it when I kill all my speakers, so if its that loud in a case with more holes in it than windows Vista, its should be silent :-D
 
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Just crammed in the kit to make sure it all fits into the case, and its tight in there.

Disappointing quality of the case in places, the mounts for the sound card and graphics card looks like some kid had a go at fabricating.

The gromets are ill fitting and fall out the second you try and push any cable through.

The Power switch e.c.t leads could do with being about 10cm longer, so a trip to ******s will be in order.

Images of the shoddy case build quality coming soon.
 
So now I have everything installed into the case.

Boy its a tight fit in there, but all the fans go in apart from the rear top fan which only fits because the top of the case is so flimsy.



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Next stage is to re-wire all the fans and extend the extra 8 pin molex and route everything, also get some rubber grommets on the ANTEC fan as it makes a horrid noise on the back of the case but does a great job of sucking the heat from the radiator.
as you can see the last photo shows how shoddy the back plate is, bent and twisted in alignment might have to do somethign about this as its putting my card at a slight angle
 
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So after Christmas has died down, I have fitted another Gelid Silent 120mm Quiet Fan, as the fan that comes with the with the Closed water cooling kit sounds like its trying to escape of its motor, adding a silent fan made a world of difference.

Also added all the extensions, and untill i get a back plate made up to hide all the cables for the SSD's / HDD / DVD this is the current state of the case.




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