Jim vs World: November 2010

Ok so here is my 'TVPC' (sorry, 'T.V.P.C') made from an old 'Thorn Colour' wooden tv box. I found it on the side of the road the other night and was lucky enough to flag down a local with a trailer who was kind enough to help me cart it the 2 blocks home.

I'll keep editing this post to add more detail later, just look at the pics for now (oh and its not finished yet... just up and running)

So after being one of the first 10 people to buy a GTX 480 from PC Case Gear for $399 by selling my PS3 (only 50 available, so hurry) I was worried about the heat that 2 480's in sli in my box would create, let alone trying to wedge a GTS 250 in there somewhere for Physx. So I though about making a 90 degree mounted motherboard case!!!

So here are the specs: (for now)

UD3r2 Gigabyte 1366 Mobo
i7 930 OC'd to 4GHz (191x21) HT off
Kingston 2000MHz DDR3 3x2GB trip chan ram @ 1528 with 8-8-8-24 timing
Zalman Ram Fan
Corsair H70 CPU cooler in PUSH-PUSH-PULL fan setup
Enermax 1250w PSU with 180 amps on the +12v rail
Inno3d GTX 480
ATI 4870 - for boinc (milkyway@home)

And here are the pics: (more to come as I work on it)

God damn I love using power tools!!!!

Yes I took apart my stand fan to put in the bottom, but hey temps are looking great with it on setting 1 and really quiet (sounds like its about to take off on high though)

Woo Hoo, it works!!!

So as you can see, I've cut out the holes with a jigsaw and top mounted my psu and motherboard tray cause as we all know from year 7 science HEAT TRAVELS UP!!!! Even the new cases are starting to employ this 90 degree motherboard mounting system, and let me tell you that it really makes a difference!!!!

The cards you can see there are an Inno3d GTX 480 and an ATI 4870

DVD drive with a bracket to hold it up.... (also has my fan controller above it) need to secure these better when I work on it next.

Cable management is SOOOO easy now. Look at how much freakin space I have!!!! The only issue I have is that I didnt think about the distances from the PSU to my hard drives, will have problems when I add more. Ah ill just add more molex to sata power cables to manage.

Oh i'll have to show pics of the back panel once i've worked on it more as there are a few fans on there. Everything is set to intake except the cpu fan and GPU's (of course). This way im trying to create a positive pressure system to FORCE air up and out of the case.

And here she is up and running. I managed to squeeze my Thermaltake Armor + side panel in for the mo but its on an angle and not how ill have it in the end (cant create a positive pressure system with massive gaps). Think ill buy a sheet of perspex to put in there.