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just finished my first dual core, dual opteron 270 build

motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131059

Processors: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103552

video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127098

memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145509 - 4gb total, so 4x1gb sticks

case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811119103

pics in the next post

here are the pics

other 2 sticks of ram are behind the heatsinks

nice!

1/ are those Zalman CNPS-9500 (or whatever it's called, don't remember exact model number) ?
2/ are those 4 Thermaltake 120mm fans? intake, right?
3/ apart from those and the 120mm exhaust fan in the back of the case, are there any more fans in the system ? how many in the PSU?
4/ how noisy is that thing with all the fans running? noisy? do you have a fan-controller somewhere there ?
5/ what do you mean by "other 2 sticks of ram are behind the heatsinks" ?
6/ WHAT OPTICAL DRIVES ARE IN THAT SYSTEM?

Freaking sweet man!

the optical drive is a simple lg lightscribe, picked it up from work

here are the heatsinks: http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/vie ... 5&code=005

yes 4 120 thermaltake fans

120mm intake fan up front

psu has another 120mm, its a 650watt psu

it is pretty noisy and it has a 8 channel pci fan controller

the pictures show 2 of the 4 sticks of ram, theres 4 sticks of 1gb ecc registered ram

Nice...Real nice!

are the Zalman CNPS9500 better than the 7700 ?

what LG drive? can you give the model ?

6 intake 120mm fans and just two exhaust fans (including the PSU) ?
not very good!

well its not that hot, only thing that is oced is the vid card, by a tad

this should be the one i told the buyer of the system to get:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827136091

LG - GSA-H10N

also theres only 5 intake fans from the outside of the case

hoxlund wrote:LG - GSA-H10N

also theres only 5 intake fans from the outside of the case

good choice for the drive.

you said "another 120mm intake fan on front and top" that's why i said 6.
5/6 intake fans and only 1+PSU exhaust fans = too much pressure buildup inside ...

the top is exhaust, its usually never a good idea to have that as intake

hot air rises

so back 120 exhaust, psu 120 exhaust, top 120mm exhaust

Moving to general hardware discussion...

Very nice.

On hot summer days, just swing the side pannel open and turn off the air conditioning in the house...

my personal computer has a lot more airflow though, and is much quieter

but that ability came with a huge price premium

hox, how much did that rig cost ?

just a quick adding up in my head

$5,500+

no monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers

just case and whats in the case

hoxlund wrote:just a quick adding up in my head

$5,500+

Ouch, glad you found a Saudi Prince. Hope you got a down payment or credit card

Very nice looking build, Hox!

What did you use for the power supply?

here is the power supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817194004