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post #301 of 305
11/30/11 at 9:33pm
Hmm...this motherboard doesn't have IDE

Last time I built a PC, it was almost impossible to even get a DVD drive with SATA...sort of destroys my plan of hooking up the old DVD drive just for the windows install...and this guy doesn't have a SD card reader either (what I used to install OSes on my netbook and my revo)

Its all put together but I guess I will have to wait until I locate a large enough usb thumb drive to hold the bootable installer image.

Pretty cool little case though. It is a bit bigger than I would prefer but matches my receiver perfectly and the price was right. It has all sorts of cool HDD mounting options and lots of ventilation. It didn't come with any fans and I will need *some* airflow (the PSU draws from the bottom and vents out the back so it has no effect) so I'll be looking for some super slow running 80mm fans and some dust filters.
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post #302 of 305
12/1/11 at 6:41am
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Originally Posted by otc View Post

Hmm...this motherboard doesn't have IDE
Last time I built a PC, it was almost impossible to even get a DVD drive with SATA...sort of destroys my plan of hooking up the old DVD drive just for the windows install...and this guy doesn't have a SD card reader either (what I used to install OSes on my netbook and my revo)
Its all put together but I guess I will have to wait until I locate a large enough usb thumb drive to hold the bootable installer image.
Pretty cool little case though. It is a bit bigger than I would prefer but matches my receiver perfectly and the price was right. It has all sorts of cool HDD mounting options and lots of ventilation. It didn't come with any fans and I will need *some* airflow (the PSU draws from the bottom and vents out the back so it has no effect) so I'll be looking for some super slow running 80mm fans and some dust filters.

80mm fans ffffuuuu.gif
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post #303 of 305
12/1/11 at 7:05am
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80mm fans ffffuuuu.gif

Yeah...but the case is only a little bit more than 80mm tall so I am glad it uses 80mm stuff without forcing me to go smaller (any lower than 80 and you only get nasty nasty fans).

There is very little that needs extra cooling right now...the area above the CPU fan is open so that will pull in a little air...and with no GPU or HDD in there right now, it won't get so hot. It has room for up to 4 80mm fans across the intake side--I think I will start with 1 or 2 and just run them as slow as they can go and see if it all stays cool.

Might eventually upgrade the stock CPU cooler to a Shuriken which will just barely fit but should be super quiet.
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post #304 of 305
12/1/11 at 11:21am
I love scythe products.

I have a mini ninja in my old micro ATX Lian Li PC-v350 case which was an boss cooler for how small it was.

I also have eight Scythe Gentle Typhoon special edition 2100rpm 120mm fans (best for WC radiator loops) on the way. I will water cool one of these days...
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post #305 of 305
12/4/11 at 2:43pm
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When Diablo 3 comes out, I may consider more ram (DDR2 800 frown.gif ) and upgrading the video card--maybe even push the CPU except I don't think you can do much better than the E6750 on an LGA775 motherboard (maybe some Pentium D stuff)..

lol...when I wrote this, I just pulled up my newegg order from years and years ago to figure out exactly what CPU and video card I had and it said I bought something like 2 or 4gb of ram (no sense in going higher since 64bit wasn't an option for me until 7 came out). I thought that sounded stupid-low so I said I'd upgrade it.

Turned on the computer today for the first time in a while and saw it spit out a shit-ton of ram. Turns out the ram from my original order was bad and I replaced it with a healthy amount of ram not long after building. Thanks to those of you who offered/pointed out deals on DDR800 but now I don't need any for sure.
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