Build log: (\/)0n0L17(-) II & HAL 1.0

awhir · 16-07-2007 5:15pm

**** it should be look.

ahh if only i was a mod i could change that

can i also have some of that leprechaun ?

L31mr0d · 17-07-2007 10:34am

Damn well looks like Vista doesn't like my main quad core rig. Vista wouldn't install on it so I assumed it must of been a problem with the disk. But I just installed Vista on my HTPC last night and it was grand.

Going to have to troubleshoot now what could possibly be causing Vista to not like my 680i setup yet install fine on my 965 setup... damn I knew I should of avoided the NV chipset

-TK^Creator · 17-07-2007 12:47pm

so ya spend hours of ur time specing parts,buying searching for best deals and parts. Then labour away sanding, filing, sawing ur case then the wiring it just squeezing it all in carefully (as seen in the 1mm gaps everywhere in ur pc) and...then windows kills it :rolleyes: typical hehe unlucky about that boss. hope it gets going again

hehe great build log btw leanred alot of new things (lapping for one)

SwampThing · 17-07-2007 12:50pm

Where deos the install fall over?

L31mr0d · 17-07-2007 12:55pm

-TK^Creator wrote:

so ya spend hours of ur time specing parts,buying searching for best deals and parts. Then labour away sanding, filing, sawing ur case then the wiring it just squeezing it all in carefully (as seen in the 1mm gaps everywhere in ur pc) and...then windows kills it :rolleyes: typical hehe unlucky about that boss. hope it gets going again

hehe great build log btw leanred alot of new things (lapping for one)

no you misunderstand. This is a log of 2 builds. My first build which was simple enough to complete with the quad core and 4GB of RAM is the one that I want to install 64bit Vista onto but it keeps crashing. The HTPC build that I just finished is running better than I could of expected.

I'm going to dual boot XP and Vista 32bit on it for the time being until i'm confident there are no problems with Vista. Then i'll fully move over to Vista.

EDIT:

SwampThing wrote:

Where deos the install fall over?

On my main pc (in my sig) I can sometimes get all the way into the Vista desktop then it will BSOD, other times it will just hang during install. I've tried installing both x86 and x64 on both drives both in and out of RAID to no avail. The funny thing is XP installs fine and has been running stable for the last few weeks.

The BSOD error I get is: "kernel_data_inpage_error"

L31mr0d · 19-07-2007 11:32am

Ok well I tried installing again last night it went fine. The last time I had tried installing Vista I was using a 512MB stick of DD2 PC4200 from work. This time I had 1x2GB stick in the machine and I got no BSOD at all.

Problem is now, because i'm dualbooting XP and Vista, XP is holding onto the C: drive and Vista is on the E: drive (the DVD drive has taken the

drive) Which is going to make using Vista a headache should I ever want to get rid of XP, as Vista has installed a load of files onto the C: drive.

Anyone know if theres a way to have XP show up as being on the C: drive in XP but also show Vista as installed on the C: in Vista?

L31mr0d · 21-07-2007 3:36pm

Ok well I just got the HTPC set up, all the network, audio and power block cables hidden under the carpet. I'm going to format the HTPC and install Vista 32bit as the main OS (I want to try out Lost Planet:Extreme Condition at DX10

) I'll have XP also on their to save any headaches should Vista crap out on me on movie night or something.

Here are some pics of the setup, notice the great german layout keyboard, I managed to switch the letters around so they match the IE layout, but all the numbers and symbols are messed up. So if you know of any Germans looking for a good wireless keyboard and mouse set give me a shout :rolleyes:

This is the set up. The resolution is set at 1080p, the text and icons are 2 small at this res for browsing and typing, so I usually have it at 720p for normal use. But when i'm watching movies or playing games I set it to 1080p. The remote has a handy button that allows you to automatically switch between your prefered resolutions. The more I use this iMon remote the more I love it. All the buttons are configurable and the Media Center program is leagues ahead of the one bundled with Vista and MCE.

This is the logitech keyboard, mouse and imon remote. The keyboard is super thin and the buttons are silent.

Close up of the TV and HT setup. Presently watching the Matrix again at 720p using MPC as the player (best media player ever, end of story)

This is my main rig setup. Will hopefully be adding a 1TB NAS and 24" screen to it in the next few months.

Also, for my wallpapers, I get them from http://interfacelift.com/. Great resource for HD and normal wallpapers.

rsynnott · 31-07-2007 5:26pm

L31mr0d wrote:

:mad: "Its Clobberin time"

If one more person feels the need to pointlessly remind me of the "dangers" of RAID 0 I won't be held accountable for what i'll do.

Ooh, SOMEONE'S never had a disk fail.

As long as you have backups, though, yep, it's not all that risky, assuming you can tolerate reinstalling everything if necessary.

L31mr0d · 31-07-2007 5:33pm

rsynnott wrote:

Ooh, SOMEONE'S never had a disk fail.

As long as you have backups, though, yep, it's not all that risky, assuming you can tolerate reinstalling everything if necessary.

lol, more than you know. You are far more likely to have an OS mess up because of user error (i.e. virii, malware, ID10t issues

) than hardware failure.

If you have a good system, MFT, pagefile and registry defrag routine in place you can use an OS for years on a HDD and hardly see any slowdown. But i'm a compulsive upgrader and formatter, so I rarely have an OS for more than a year anyway so RAID 0 works perfect for me.

EDIT: I've also found the replacement for my P180b, the CM Cosmos 1000 *drool* Its like a PC builders dream come true. Has everything i've been looking for in a case for years

Large enough to house modern coolers and graphics cards and still have room to move
Bottom mounted PSU: I especially like that the fan sucks in air externally.
Top mounted extraction fans
The top mounted power button and usb ports: I usually have my computer on the floor beside me so having the buttons on top is a bonus
Sound dampening construction
Screwless design
Good cooling design
Those included handles are excellent, a feature I miss when trying to man handle my steel P180b around

Hendrix89 · 09-08-2007 3:34pm

Very nice setup. I'm jealous. Still stuck on 939. Just spent a 5hitload on a new monster (guitar) amp so i'm broke

I have that keyboard you just got. It's real nice. I don't use the mouse that came with it though. I prefer my Razer.

Anti · 09-08-2007 3:43pm

i gotta say i dont like the look of that case inside or outside. It has some ncie features though. Just not my cup of tea at all.

L31mr0d · 09-08-2007 3:55pm

Anti wrote:

i gotta say i dont like the look of that case inside or outside. It has some ncie features though. Just not my cup of tea at all.

what case? the cosmos or my HTPC? yeah the cosmos is ugly but it has all the features i've been looking for in a case for years.

I'm not into bells and whistles, all I want is a sturdy, quiet workhorse of a case that fills all my needs.

Anti · 09-08-2007 3:58pm

No no, the HTPC is fantastic looking, but the cosmos is ugly as sin

Id actually be ashamed to let someone in my house to look at it

It looks like its made by jeantech or some other ****ty make. If only they could have made it look more like a stacker then it would fly off the shelfs.

Blazer · 10-08-2007 9:40am

L31mr0d wrote:

Anyone know if theres a way to have XP show up as being on the C: drive in XP but also show Vista as installed on the C: in Vista?

Can't be done. It's to do with the MBR or something like that.
What I normally do when reinstalling is unplug all other hard drives bar the one I'll be using. Partition C for Vista since this is my main one and then D for XP. Reason for this is if I decide to get rid of XP I can reformat the partition and have Vista merge it into the C partition. I also rename both partitions to their respective OS's so I don't make a stupid mistake

Once finished I plug the rest of the drives in and rename then as need so all the hard drive letters are in sequence and same for optical and removable.
By default installing any programs into either OS will automatically install it to the OS partition bar for drivers such as Dell/Nvida/ATI but these are not biggies.
Hope this helps.

L31mr0d · 10-08-2007 10:35am

bah I think i'm just going to not bother with dual booting and just go vista. I've been using it for a few weeks on my HTPC playing games, movies and using various other peripherals without incident. I think a lot of the fear mongering out there about vista is to do with n00bs not installing something correctly or having odd peripherals that vista drivers haven't been released for yet. I'm going to leave a 20GB partition in place anyway, should something go wrong and i'll need to install XP.

Finally got confirmation off the guy in the states that he will be sending out the accessories for my 680i, i've been putting off overclocking until I got them as I want to get the NB fan installed to lower temps.

I'm also going to reseat the Tuniq so that the fan is blowing towards the top exhaust instead of the rear, as currently the idle temps are in the high 40's with all my fans on high.

I've also sent my HTPC mobo off to HWV after a failed BIOS flash. It will probably be 2 weeks now until I see a replacement

Blazer · 10-08-2007 11:24am

Agree with what you said..I'm running Vista Ultimate 64bit and it's running flawlessly. Haven't even used the XP part since I reinstalled. There's still the problem with 5.1 surround with Creative's X-Fi but it's no biggie.
XP was the very same when it came out..loads of ppl bitching about drivers for scanners, printers etc but now thanks to cheap pc's there's a whole load of noobs out there who haven't a fvckin clue what they're doing half the time.
The amount of calls I'm getting daily is beyond a joke and this isn't even my real job :mad:
Should never have told people what I do for a living and just made out I cleaned the toilets or something

Anti · 10-08-2007 11:29am

Creative have fixed this, download the X-fo alchemy patch

Blazer · 10-08-2007 11:59am

have it alright but didn't bother setting up my speaker system as I'm moving house in a few weeks..too much hassle

L31mr0d · 27-08-2007 11:16am

heres a nice bump showing the pleasure pain balance has been restored once again

So, my HTPC in the Lian li case has been a nice ornament/doorstop/dust collector for the last few weeks due to a failed BIOS flash. I've since sent off the mobo back to HWV and have yet to recieve any confirmation whether they have received it or anything. But i'll give it another week before I get worried about it. In the meantime I have my main sig rig back hooked up to my plasma.

On friday last the cables for my mobo FINALLY arrived. There was a screw up with the guy I bought the mobo from in the states. He sent me a sealed RMA board he had received but didn't want to use. Turns out evga don't include any accessories with RMA's just the bare board. EVGA then took over a month to send him out the accessories, then when the cables finally arrived at his house he was away with the navy for a month

then when he got back he confirmed they had forgotten the IO shield :mad: so after another 2 weeks or so with evga not returning his emails I told him to just send on the rest of the stuff.

Luckily, Inquitus here has a 680i and was able to get a spare IO shield sent out from OCuk.

So I took this opportunity to swap out my spare cables for the evga ones and also lap the QX6700 to hopefully reduce my temps

The box of cables and accessories... at last!!!

The NB fan finally installed

The lapped Tuniq and QX6700. They don't look shiny from this angle but they are and they are flat.

cleaned afterwards with Articlean 2 step

I repositioned the Tuniq to see if this angle would provide better cooling. I had a tough time with the mounting bracket though. Turns out the mounting holes for LGA775 aren't completely square so I had to screw some of the screws in at a slight angle.

The extra clearance between the NB and CPU HSF now, and the routing of the 8pin mobo power connector

Main section shot

Full PC shot.

... now that was the pleasure... heres the pain. The lapping made no difference in temps, even though I checked the IHS's surface and it wasn't flat, it was concave in the middle. Rotating the HSF by 90' actually casued the temps to INCREASE. I was getting around 50'c idle and near 70'c load. In fact it would shut down after about 5 minutes. Clearly the wonky mounting bracket was causing the HSF not to make full contact. Also on top of this, the NB fan is LOUD, a lot louder than I ever imagined. It is louder than every other fan in my PC combined.

So, slightly depressed by this, I but the Tuniq back to blowing heat out the rear and removed the middle fan I had pull tied and put the NB fan on the fan controller.

My idle temps are now 41'c to 45'c, and the load at 61'c to 65'c... very depressing as this is at stock volts and clocks.

Should I just throw in the towel and get a good dualcore or G0 Q6600?

Anti · 27-08-2007 12:45pm

Why ? I think its time you went with some watercoling now

Sorry to hear about all the **** you went through though.

L31mr0d · 27-08-2007 1:03pm

Anti wrote:

Why ? I think its time you went with some watercoling now

Sorry to hear about all the **** you went through though.

man i'd really love to go watercooling, but i'd really need an old machine to do my testing on first. I've never watercooled anything and I don't want to start on my main pc that i've JUST got finished.

I'm thinking I might just get the TR 120 extreme with my next order, I need a 1TB drive for my main pc (all these HD movies are destroying my disk space :rolleyes:) and i'm probably going to get a new monitor. Although i'm thinking this just might be a CPU that runs hot. At the moment its not a problem as I haven't played a game yet that slows this machine down at 1080p with everything maxed (the DiRT demo had me worried but the retail version, patched, seems to be a lot better optimized) but in the future i'd like to be able to overclock it and bleed some extra performance out of it.

Oh and I ended up using your method of applying the TIM. I tried putting one line down the middle, 2 lines down the middle, then tried your method of smudging the TIM using your finger in a plastic bag. All methods showed no difference in temps. The best I can get with balcony door open and the room so cold I need to wear a jumper is 38'c idle with all the fans on max.

awhir · 27-08-2007 1:36pm

L31mr0d wrote:

man i'd really love to go watercooling, but i'd really need an old machine to do my testing on first. I've never watercooled anything and I don't want to start on my main pc that i've JUST got finished.

I'm thinking I might just get the TR 120 extreme with my next order, I need a 1TB drive for my main pc (all these HD movies are destroying my disk space :rolleyes:) and i'm probably going to get a new monitor. Although i'm thinking this just might be a CPU that runs hot. At the moment its not a problem as I haven't played a game yet that slows this machine down at 1080p with everything maxed (the DiRT demo had me worried but the retail version, patched, seems to be a lot better optimized) but in the future i'd like to be able to overclock it and bleed some extra performance out of it.

Oh and I ended up using your method of applying the TIM. I tried putting onei line down the middle, 2 lines down the middle, then tried your method of smudging the TIM using your finger in a plastic bag. All methods showed no difference in temps. The best I can get with balcony door open and the room so cold I need to wear a jumper is 38'c idle with all the fans on max.

wow man i new quads got hot but not that hot !!!

i say watercooling and a new case as the p180 really is a anit watercooling case

maby a lian li v2000 so you can have to matching cases;)

btw the show on ur sig is from an anime called basslisk i think watched it awhile back.

srdb20 · 27-08-2007 1:43pm

awhir wrote:

wow man i new quads got hot but not that hot !!!

i say watercooling and a new case as the p180 really is a anit watercooling case

maby a lian li v2000 so you can have to matching cases;)

btw the show on ur sig is from an anime called basslisk i think watched it awhile back.

I just picked up a Coolermaster Cosmos, not bad at all.

It already has space for the watercooling tubing and theres plenty of room in there.

Anti · 27-08-2007 3:06pm

srdb20 wrote:

I just picked up a Coolermaster Cosmos, not bad at all.

It already has space for the watercooling tubing and theres plenty of room in there.

Hisssss. That case and me do not see eye to eye at all.

srdb20 · 27-08-2007 3:12pm

Anti wrote:

Hisssss. That case and me do not see eye to eye at all.

Ill post up pics in a few days, JUST FOR ANTI!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Anti · 27-08-2007 3:25pm

I'll tear my eyes out

L31mr0d · 27-08-2007 3:35pm

srdb20 wrote:

Ill post up pics in a few days, JUST FOR ANTI!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

sweet... please do. This is more than likely going to be my next case so the more pics the better. Also detail how easy it was to work and maybe post a size comparison with something. Also detail how well it copes with noise.

srdb20 · 27-08-2007 3:52pm

L31mr0d wrote:

sweet... please do. This is more than likely going to be my next case so the more pics the better. Also detail how easy it was to work and maybe post a size comparison with something. Also detail how well it copes with noise.

Noise wise its very good, i can barely hear any of the case fans and there whizzing away at full rpm's.

I currently have my tuniq maxed out as my temps are crazy at the moment so thats a bit audible (when i lower it down to around 50 - 60 % i cant hear it at all), and the only other noise i can hear is my raptors (just re installed vista and its indexing away, so this should hopefully stop soon enough)

Ye i took a few comparison pics of it against my P180, ill post them later...

The cable tidying features are good, though not as good as i was hoping for they still come in handy.

Hard drive and optical drives are a pure dream to work with and i have never had so much room to mess about with in a case.

Its by far the best case ive ever owned!

Jackz · 28-08-2007 11:09am

Hey L31mrod I have same case and a Tuniq but a Q6600, I changed from the two 3 speed antec fans to quiet scythe fans they are through a fan controller. The tuniq fan is also through a controller and my idle temp is 29 when all three fans are turned down fairly low (I am only using the default motherboard overclock). I also have 2 standard antec 3 speed fans on low infront of the middle hdd caddy and between the power supply and lower hdd caddy.

I doubt its the problem but I have my Tuniq at the same orientation you changed to and I had to take the Tuniq fan out of its holder and turn it around so it was blowing into the top fan. If you have done that I think (This means i don't really have a clue) the top fan would have to turn faster than the Tuniq fan in order to get the heat away from it ASAP.

As with Srdb20 the Tuniq is whistly noisy when 60 - 100% but fine apart from that. As i said the iddle temp is 29 with the fans turned down low and turning them all on high only brings the temp down to 27, The northbridge temp goes from 50 down to 40 though, must buy fan for it. Hmm I have a voltage warning- CPU VTT 1.2V

L31mr0d · 28-08-2007 11:17am

do you have thermal throttling enabled? If so it could possibly account for the low temps. Also what program are you using to monitor temps?

Check to see what the clock of the CPU is presently at.

Jackz · 28-08-2007 11:33am

Ext clock 266Mhz according to UGuru. Mystery solved on the temp side of things UGuru is a big pile of crap, coretemp says 37 for 3 cores 39 for 1. I put a probe on the Tuniq and it reading the same temp a uGuru. Would seem the Tuniq isn't drawing the heat away fast/efficiently enough. Will check throttling later im rebuilding my laptop so working on the comp right now.

Anti · 28-08-2007 11:46am

TR 120 ultra extreme, the only way to go lads.

l31mr0d. If you want drop over your quad to me and ill test it on my TR ultra, see if there is much of a difference in temps.

Hendrix89 · 28-08-2007 12:17pm

If it helps I can report the temps of my Q6600 (with Tuniq) when I get it going this week so you can compare.

srdb20 · 28-08-2007 9:04pm

Just a few pics of the Cosmos, none of the inside yet, i think ill wait untill i get my water cooling setup installed....

srdb20 · 28-08-2007 9:06pm

Side by side with the 180

Anti · 28-08-2007 10:19pm

My eyes, my poooooor eyes

awhir · 28-08-2007 10:24pm

wow its a sexy case.must say i like it .

Anti · 28-08-2007 10:59pm

Get out... /me points.

And never speak to me again you heathen

awhir · 29-08-2007 8:03am

anti you must of gone to a brotherhood school and ur head techer must of been father cosmoss cuz thats the only explanation i can find to you not likeing this case.

all those bad nightmares.:rolleyes:

L31mr0d · 29-08-2007 9:54am

srdb20 wrote:

Side by side with the 180

you should post a new thread with those pictures. People won't know to look in here to find comparision shots between the P180 and Cosmos. I know a lot of people have the P180 so they'd definitely be interested. Plus I imagine more and more people (bar Anti, although I still hold out hope

) will be buying the cosmos so a thread about it would serve as a nice place to post pictures and opinions, or flames in Anti's case, lol

Plus its taking my thread off topic which is my high temps.

I got a little scared last night, as I was playing Flatout2 and started getting artifacts and crashing... turns out my temps where grand and the card is fine but the WHQL nvidia drivers I installed the other day (to replace my old betas) where messing up all of my games. I installed the new beta drivers and now all is fine. Don't know what nvidia is up to, but ever since getting this 8800GTX the most stable drivers for me have always been the betas which is very strange.

Anti · 29-08-2007 10:45am

Im using the latest whql signed drivers and i have no problems at all. Have you cleaned off previous version of drivers before installing new ones?

I also picked myself up a B3 Q6600 today And i plan on overclocking it to 3ghz or above. Ill let you know how my temps are compared to yours when it arrives.

L31mr0d · 29-08-2007 10:54am

Anti wrote:

I also picked myself up a B3 Q6600 today And i plan on overclocking it to 3ghz or above. Ill let you know how my temps are compared to yours when it arrives.

Thing is, With all my fans at full wack I can get my average core temp down to about 38'c in coretemp. But the noise coming out of the machine is unbearable.

I'm now thinking it might of been ntune that crapped up my system. As the artifacting usually only occurs when overclocking or overheating. I'd installed ntune yesterday and tested some overclocking and saved some profiles. I think ntune must of been loading one of the profiles, even though I had them disabled, or doing something else. I've been told to steer clear of ntune before but I wanted to use its GPU temperature logging when running games. Without it installed everything is back to running smooth. I'd also installed the nVidia NAM which was also crapping up my internet connection and giving me numerous CRC's in downloads. I now understand why nVidia are refusing to offer SLI support on Intel chipsets, because if they did i'd never buy an nVidia mobo again.

Anti · 29-08-2007 11:15am

Heh. I only use ntune for gpu overclocking. And thats it. Everything else in it is a load of shíte. I tried the system tuning and when i increased the fsb 1mhz the pc bsod's. I also installed the nvidia network manager thing, and i had the exact same CRC problems you have. And it managed to have a huge fight with my upnp linksys router. It was reminissant of the thrilla in manila. So now i have as little nvidia software as possible.

L31mr0d · 29-08-2007 12:16pm

Anti wrote:

I also installed the nvidia network manager thing, and i had the exact same CRC problems you have.

which is VERY irritating... the nvidia NIC's have been dogged by these problems since NF3, you'd think they could fix them by now. Its also irritating as the NAM is purported to allow you to configure your TCP/IP settings to make them optimal for your home network, so you can tune it to work best with your own network. All these features are lost when you don't use the NAM :mad:

If I find Crysis can run grand on just 1 8800GTX i'll be selling this mobo and going for a nice, stable, reliable Intel chipset.

Anti · 29-08-2007 12:44pm

Yep, im thinking of the same, ill try it with a C2D and a C2Q clocked the same, and see if there is a difference. Will probably buy the 8900 as soon as it launches though.

As for the nvidia problem i found using the marvel youkon drivers worked for both the ethernet ports, but the NAM didnt work at all.

/me shakes fist at Nvidia.

awhir · 01-09-2007 7:02pm

what about this man . its mean be good and looks the buissenss.

review:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDkqTcFWu8A

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-028-SW&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=193

L31mr0d · 02-09-2007 11:47am

yeah thanks awhir, I think i'll stick with the tuniq for the time being. I'm realizing I don't know what i'm worried about with the temps. My system is rock solid and i've yet to play any games that have even dropped the framerate below 60 (tried WiC, Bioshock and DiRT at 1080p all maxed out) I'll probably go up to 3Ghz and leave it there which should keep my temps around 80'c under load. If that doesn't cause BSODs i'll be happy with that.

In other news.. I received my replacement mobo from HWV *w00t!* have to say i'm very impressed with the turn around on that replacement. I sent it out 2 weeks ago, and they sent out the replacement the day they received it.

Well I pulled the Lian li out and got ready to install the mobo and all the other components again... then I realized I STILL had to install the Optical drive cover and the lian li fan controller... much frustration and time wasting followed

You can see on the Lian li site HERE that they clearly state that this bezel is "Only compatible with Lian-Li cases". Well it isn't compatible with MY lian li case :mad: There was no mounting holes to make it fit. I emailed Lian li about this, with a rather angry, semi threatening email stating it was flagrant misadvertising. Here's what they responded with.

Lian li wrote:

Dear Sir:

Thank you for used Lian Li products. About this we are very sorry. Our engineer and sales manager will be confirm then feedback to you.

ball0x to that, they couldn't even use proper english, I haven't heard anything since and really don't care at this stage.

So my options where to either sell on the bezel, or mod it and hope for the best. I wasn't about to give it to you feckers so modding it it was.

Here are the side lips on the drive cage that where first to go. A quick bit of dirty dremeling and they where gone.

Next I needed to bend the side mounts back, carefully making not to bend then too fast for fear of breaking them off.

Here it is lined up

After some rather frustrating attempts at mounting it and not getting it secure, I realized I needed to drill some holes in the optical drive :eek: Here are the holes lined up

Here they are drilled

Here it is finished with the fan controller. Let me tell you this was the messiest mod i've ever done, the amount of holes and bits I had to cut out to make this fit correctly was rediculous. For shame of them I haven't posted pictures of them. Lets just say whats behind this bezel is not pretty.

Here is a before:

... and here is the result... was it worth it, hell no! If I could go back I would just sell the flippin thing but I didn't realise it was going to be so difficult to mount. Still its done now

On a side I really do like the feet on this case, pity they aren't more visible in my HT unit

Here is the lian li logo on the case.

I picked up a 500GB Samsung drive off Latenia in town yesterday so i'll be putting that in my main rig today as a backup drive and getting the mobo installed in the HTPC (yes I still haven't done that yet, it took pretty much all of yesterday fitting that freakin bezel)

conzy · 02-09-2007 2:45pm

nice job man, did you tap the holes in the optical drive? very pr0

L31mr0d · 02-09-2007 3:54pm

conzymaher wrote:

nice job man, did you tap the holes in the optical drive? very pr0

lol, well spotted... but i couldn't find my tapping point and hammer so I used an old philips head and the heal off my shoe, lol, seriously. I've had to many drills go awol when trying to drill a hole that I always tap it first to make sure.

Just in the process of finishing it up now. It took a good hour and a half to properly setup the wiring for the fan controller. If I never have to open this case again it will be too soon. Note to self: Avoid mATX cases in the future

awhir · 02-09-2007 4:06pm

more pics

very nice job man..

Build log: (\/)0n0L17(-) II & HAL 1.0

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