Just helped my brother in law order up his new system!

[SXRguyinMA]

He's already got a Corsair 750W psu and a GTX460, so this is what we got to replace his C2D setup:

NZXT Phantom Black (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146068)

EVGA GTX 460 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130570)

Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3-1333 triple channel kit (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145220)

Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 1366 Mobo (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128456)

Core i7-950 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211)

Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106150)

And an extra 200mm NZXT fan to put in the side panel on the Phantom (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835146003)

I was originally going to put this together for him and do some case mods, but he blew his budget on parts and has none left for modding lol

[Trace]

He'll love that Gigabyte board

[SXRguyinMA]

yea I saw it on here and it helped me steer him in that direction, plus he wanted to go the 1366 route anyways :)

[Trace]

So people do read my reviews! :banana:

[Snowman]

FUNNIEST TITLE MISTAKE EVER.. BROTHER IN LAY... lets hope the mrs. doesn't see that and think she is just a good time for you.. sorry had to call you out on this... other than that awesome system let me know how riding the couch is.

[SXRguyinMA]

yea I noticed that title mishap :facepalm: lol

too bad ONLY ADMINS CAN CHANGE TITLES!!!! we users should be able to change them as well. I want to be able to put "Updated mm/dd/yy" in my titles too!!

[billygoat333]

actually... that is annoying to me too. :)

[dr.walrus]

NZXT Phantom Black (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146068)

EVGA GTX 460 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130570)

Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3-1333 triple channel kit (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145220)

Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 1366 Mobo (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128456)

Core i7-950 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211)

Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106150)

And an extra 200mm NZXT fan to put in the side panel on the Phantom (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835146003)



I just built something similar spec - went with AMD, a 1090T, Gigabyte motherboard and 8GB of XMS3, a H50 and the phantom. You'll love working in the case.

You should have gone with a sealed water cooling loop and the optional side fan, really helps with something as hot as a 4870x2!

[SXRguyinMA]

well he got the optional 200mm side panel fan (for the pair of GTX460's in SLI), but he wasn't interested in WC....yet. he also wasn't interested in OC'ing at all until me talkin about it gave him the bug lol. But I did chose the Frio for him because after reading the review here I know it'll handle that proc with mild OC levels :D

he got all the parts in yesterday and was putting it together last night, I'll see if I can get him to send me some nice pics of this thing

[Oneslowz28]

well he got the optional 200mm side panel fan (for the pair of GTX460's in SLI), but he wasn't interested in WC....yet. he also wasn't interested in OC'ing at all until me talkin about it gave him the bug lol. But I did chose the Frio for him because after reading the review here I know it'll handle that proc with mild OC levels :D

he got all the parts in yesterday and was putting it together last night, I'll see if I can get him to send me some nice pics of this thing

I can fix the title if you want

[OvRiDe]

Your going to love working on the Phantom case!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1019766/100_0942_sm.jpg

[msmrx57]

he got all the parts in yesterday and was putting it together last night, I'll see if I can get him to send me some nice pics of this thing

Or you could just tell him to sign up here. :D

[SXRguyinMA]

I can fix the title if you want

someone already did the other day :D don't know who though :think: lol


Your going to love working on the Phantom case!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1019766/100_0942_sm.jpg


you mean HE is loving working on it, seeing how he's in MO and I'm in MA :D

BUT....I think you know of the special project that's being planned that several BIG sponsors have already signed up for...and....well...ya you know :D


Or you could just tell him to sign up here. :D

done it several times, he's not the forum type though lol

[Oneslowz28]

Time to get that Red Phantom under water!

[OvRiDe]

someone already did the other day :D don't know who though :think: lol

It was me.


you mean HE is loving working on it, seeing how he's in MO and I'm in MA :D

BUT....I think you know of the special project that's being planned that several BIG sponsors have already signed up for...and....well...ya you know :D



done it several times, he's not the forum type though lol

Thats only 14 letters away. :P


Time to get that Red Phantom under water!


It is.. just need to finish up getting some temps on air and then we go with the aqua adventure.

[dr.walrus]

The reason I suggested a H50 or similar is that I don't think that side fan is going to fit with a Frio onboard. I did some reasearch on this and as far as I could tell it looked like a no.

I might be wrong though, could you let me know?

[SXRguyinMA]

well he's got the system up and running and I haven't heard anything bad yet. If it doesnt fit he can always just put it in the second top exhaust hole though

[SXRguyinMA]

just a small update I heard from him today that he's at 3.65GHz with temps steady around 35ºC CPU and 40ºC system :D