I'm running a Barton AMD 2500+ 1.83ghz cpu, I usually have it oc'd to 2.26, but with the heat it makes it so unstable its not funny. Its still running on stock cooling. I've decided not to get the SP-97 tho, I am going to just run it the way it is, and save up and build an ever better setup.
This is what the setup is going to be, parts with a price next to them mean I still have to buy them, and parts will no price mean I already own them:
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Case and Mods:
Cooler Master Wave Master Case: - $138.00
6 Port Bay Bus Controller: - $9.95
Verti-Glow 420w PSU: - $99.95
R Lag Side Window Kit: - $18.95
Long Board Top Window Kit: - $11.95
Blades Window Applique: - $5.00
Blue Techflex Sleeving: - $16.95
Triple Lazer LED Blue (4) - $15.80
pcToys dual 12" UV CCFL: - $9.90
pcToys 18" Silver IDE Cable (2): - $4.40
pcToys 80mm BioHazard (4) - $11.80
pcToys White Paint (2) - $11.90
UV Blue Water Dye: - $6.00
The four tri laser LED's will be one in each corner of the back part of the case, the two UV lamps will be mounted on top and one bottom. Each LED/UV lamp will be hooked up to one of the six switches so that they can be easily toggled on and off. The entire inside of the case will be very lightly roughed and painted with white UV Reactive paint. The side and top window openings will be cut and sanded etc and windows installed. The three fans in the case will be replaced with blue UV reactive fans with quad UV LED's, and hooked up to one of the four knobs on the fan controllers, the 120mm fan for the radiator will reside on the last. The four BioHazard Aluminum Fan Grills will be used on the three fans, the rear fan will have two (on one the back of the case, one on the inside) and the other two will be used on the inside of the case covering the other two fans. The 420 watt power supply has a clear blue structure, dual quad blue LED 80mm fans, and the wires have been wrapped in blue UV reactive sheathing to continue with the blue/white/silver theme. The clear/silver IDE cables speak for themselves, and will go well to blend the silver of the case into the interior so that it doesnt feel completely alienated from the exterior. The sharp edges of the Blade window etching applique will contrast the flowing lines of the windows and case nicely, making it stand out, but not draw too much attention.
Cooling:
CPU Block: Maze4 - $42.00
North-B Chipset Block: Maze 4 - $37.00
GPU Block: ATI Radeon Maze4 - $44.00
Radiator: Black Ice Pro 1/2 OD - $47.00
Radiator Fan: Quad LED Blue 120mm Fan: - $9.95
Hose Clams:10 Blue 1/2inch - $6.50
Water Pump: Hydor L20 - $35.00
Resevoir: Small Round Acrylic - $24.00
Tubing: 10ft Clearflex 1/2 ID 3/4 OD - $10.00
Case Fans: pcToys 80mm Blue UV Fan (3) - $17.85
Thermal Paste: Artic Silver 3 - $4.50
As for the water cooling system, the radiator will be mounted just behind the two front fans in the case, allowing for better cooling of the radiator, not sure where the pump will go, hopefully hidden somewhere. The two front fans will of course be intake fans, and the fan on the radiator will be flipped to draw air through the coils of the radiator as opposed to blowing through them to keep the airflow as it should be. The rear fan will complete the air flow circuit and create a very nice front to back airflow for the parts inside that case that will not be water cooled.
I opted out of fans on the windows, simply because I didnt think the case really needed the extra fans, much less with the water cooling, and I can really do without the noise. Each of the quad UV LED fans is rated at 28.3 Decibles, and currently owning one which is in my case, I know it can easily be quieted down to around 21db or less, leaving my system well cooled and fairly quiet.
Hardware:
Motherboard: ABIT NF7-2 V2.0
Processor: Barton AMD XP 2500+ 1.83ghz 333fsb cpu OC'd to 2.26/410 on air, most likely up to 2.4ghz on water cooling
Memory: 512mb Dual Channel (2x256) DDR PC3500 184 pin DIMM ram from GeIL
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 DDR: - $272.00
Video Capture: ATI TV Wonder VE
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer 5.1 SS with HD Technology
Storage: 120gb 7200rpm 8mb Cache Maxtor - Master, 80gb 7200rpm 2mb Cache Maxtor - Slave, 80gb 7200rpm 2mb Cache Western Digital - External USB 2.0 Drive.
Optical Drives: 52/24/52 CD-RW - TDK, 16x DVD-Rom - Creative
Floppy Drives: 3.25" Floppy Drive - Sony
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Sub Total: - $829.35
Shipping: - $36.86
Total: - $866.03
After this, pretty much the only upgrades will be a 64bit cpu and better/more ram. Now all I need is to save up $866.03, lol.
