Going from a tiny case to a monster case... I moved my Hyper-V server to a Define XL from an old 1st gen CM690. Huge improvement in noise reduction. Ahh...
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It's a server. That's the best I'm going to do with it. Before today, the last time I even saw the inside of the CM690 was before Christmas I believe.
I don't think I did too bad of a job anyway. :P
The 8 pin power cable kinda makes it look worse than it really is because there really isn't any good way to hide it at the top of the XL. There's a big fan in the way.
Edit: That stupid M4A89GTD board is also pretty cable management unfriendly too.
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Ehh, it still would have hit the fan I think. The cables on the 750W Antec TPN units are rather stiff.
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Yeah the Define XL doesn't really have a spot like that for the 8 pin connection. The best option is the the grommet to the right of the 180mm "top" fan (which is a cool idea in theory, but in practice it doesn't move a ton of air and tends to get in the way... I can't tell you how many times after I first switched to that case I'd start up my computer and hear *TICKTICKTICKTICKTICKTICK* from that fan hitting a cable that shifted into it's path yet again... after going crazy with the zip ties I got it to stop)
But either way, I don't think the cable management looks all that bad, especially considering it's just a server. Everything looks like it's out of the major airflow, which is what counts
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Yes, we even used a powersupply tester on it.
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Nice stuff, I was going to go for a Fractal case, but NCIX was pretty much sold out of the Define XL across the country, which is the only case I wanted from Fractal. I checked out the Define R3 which they had on a shelf in the store, and I understand why (I believe it was) Deltrus said the thing has frail side panel tabs, because yeah, it does and the material quality as a whole is not nearly as good as the Define Mini is, it's a lot thinner and lighter weight. The side panels are probably half the density of the Define Mini panels.
After weeks of waiting for parts and almost 4 hours of cable sleeving...I think I'm done.
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HTPC/server Ivy Bridge 4-Core build, it's finally done!
Also used for gaming. Games that support (and make sense with) the xbox 360 controller primarily. Such as Vindictus, the batman games, need for speed etc.
CPU: Intel Core i5 3450S - 2.8GHz, 4-core turbo is 3.1GHz, single core turbo is 3.5.
Cooling: Scythe Big Shuriken Rev 2. and 2x Noctua NF-R8 80mm fan
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-M Pro
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7750 Low Profile (tiny!) 1GB GDDR5
TV-Card: Hauppage HVR 5500 DVB-T/C/S Tuner
Sound: Through AMD HDMI to TV and then RCA to reciever.
HDD: 4TB (2x 2TB WD Caviar Green)
Optical: LG BluRay Burner
Software: Windows 7. Setup to switch between WMC and XBMC depending on if I want to watch a movie or watch/record Live TV.
TV: Samsung 46" LED-TV 1080p, all image "enhancement"-yada turned off.
Audio: Reciever and speakers are literally from the 80's!
Crappy cellphone pics inc
That is a snazzy HTPC.
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Nice HTPC, I'm planning to do an HTPC similar to this one:
http://www.overclock.net/t/584302/oc...#post_15086600
Ok guys here is my setup.
Computer
AMD Phenom X4 840 @ 4.0GHz (max temp 65c)
Corsair XMS3 8GB @2000MHz (FSB oc 25%)
MSI GTX 580 Lightning 1.5GB @ 1.1v / 950MHz Core / 1900MHz Shader
Creative Recon3D soundcard
Corsair GS700 PSU
CoolerMaster HAF932 with HAFX side panel
Hyper N520 CPU Heatsink
Peripherals
Razer Blackwidow Ultimate
Razer Nostromo
Razer Naga
Razer Carcharias (with dolby usb from plantronics gamecom 777)
Razer Goliathus Extended
Sights
Acer 23" 1080p
Panasonic ST30 42" 3D plasma (no UI ghosting after long WoW/MW3 sessions!)
Sounds
Sony 5.1 (toslink from Recon3D)
Sony SAW2500 x1
Klipsch VF-36 x2
Klipsch KC-25 x1
Klipsch KB-15 x2
Monster XP Speaker Wire and Banana Plugs
Monster CleanPower (cuts out noise in the electrical system of my 70 year old house)
And for the guitar fans out there that's an 89 warlock custom, full mahogany body, thin neck, jumbo frets, reverse headstock, floyd rose, 10 gauge strings third wound.
Almost all of my wiring is monster, for the one reason that I used to work at Best Buy and with my discount it was cheap as hell.
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