Project: Titanium Balls

Jeci

Jeci

Jeci

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Hello,

So I recently sold my old computer, it was a little large so I thought it was time to go back to mATX form factor.

New rig spec is as follows:

  • Fortress FT03T
  • i7 3770k
  • 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum
  • Corsair AX850
  • Asus Maximus Gene Z mATX z77
  • HD 7970 CFX
  • Corsair H80i

I've just gotten back from a business trip and I had a few parcels waiting for me, happy days!

What a beauty of a case:

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Cheeky CPU shot:

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Memory shot:

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Both together:

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I'm still undecided on a few things, any suggestions are very welcome:

  • Fans - I'd ideally like something quiet.
  • Which 7970 to go for, need to be able to CFX on a mATX board, so no triple slot coolers.
  • Braiding design.

The motherboard and cooler are on their way to me as we speak, so hopefully I'll have some more updates soon :p :p
 
Well I have a maximus V Gene, and even with 2 slot coolers it's going to be very tight between the gpu's, would be worth getting reference cooled cards so the heat is blown out the back of the case. or stick with one 7970 and see how you get on
 
Somthing Else said:
Well I have a maximus V Gene, and even with 2 slot coolers it's going to be very tight between the gpu's, would be worth getting reference cooled cards so the heat is blown out the back of the case. or stick with one 7970 and see how you get on
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Yeah, getting a refernce card would be the best, exhausting the heat out of the back would really help Xfire temps.

That case is Yuuuummmy
 
Thanks for the positive feedback guys! The CPU cooler & motherboard arrived yesterday so i'll be doing a quick build of everything to test all of the components thus far.

Hopefully the graphics card (7970 3x Windforce) & case fans will be arriving early part of next week. Then what's only left is sleeving the PSU! I'll upload some pictures this weekend of the testing.

Bluntwrapped said:
Looking forward to this man, I'm in the
process of putting together a FT03T build myself. Just got my side panel back after having it cut and window fitted. Will post pics of mine as soon as it's done :)
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I'm also looking at getting a window done, i'll be very curious to see some pictures for inspiration - where did you get the window cut out of interest?
 
Had a chance to do some testing last night - Once I get the case fans i'll be putting everything in the case, for now everything is procariously perched on the edge of my desk :thumb:

Bye Bye Corsair TIM

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CPU seated

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I was getting a little carried away with taking pictures at this point:

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H80i & RAM in place:

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Nice little detail I wasn't aware of - All of the soundcard components are isolated by this red line - SWISH

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Everything is up & running - going to be casing up as soon as I can

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I'm in a little predicament with graphics cards now - i'll update when both the nVidia card & the AMD card arrive :confused: :confused:
 
Looking forward to seeing this finished, top quality components in a top quality case. Great pics as well :)

Does that case have room for sli/crossfire?
 
Jeci said:
I'm also looking at getting a window done, i'll be very curious to see some pictures for inspiration - where did you get the window cut out of interest?
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Check out the FT03 owners club here man:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1174563/silverstone-ft03-ft03-mini-owners-club

Lots of inspiring ideas here.

I'm going to wait until I'm finished before I post any pictures of mine.

I had Tom at Chilled PC CNC my window for me. Really pleased with the quality of work I received. If you have Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape I could send you the vector file I created for laying out the design.
 
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