haha...ok i found out what i was looking for...

petrashop has the G3/8" to 1/2" for the thermochill...and alphacool makes some adaptors for the eheim so G1/4" fittings can work

does anyone have the revision 2.0 of the GA-P35-DS3R?

it drops the legacy ports for more usb 2.0s...

i'd like to get this board, and was wondering if anyone has the 2.0 one...or are they still selling the 1.x's?

*and a side note...anyone familiar with the jing ting forcetake? is it any good?

from the eheim's website ( http://www.eheim.com/universal.htm ) , the eheim 1048 has G1/4" pressure side, and G3/8" intake side.... i'm confuzzled on the G3/8" part since all the fittings i see are for G1/4" to 1/2" ID or whatever... So i get one G1/4" fitting (like this one: http://www.performance-...

yeah, it will quiet the noise and it is sorta pointless if you got a push pull...

oh, i'm sorry...

your cabling does look very neat (a hell lot neater than mine...thats why i didn't get windows on mine )


hope you have fun! i also have a lian li, but a pc-60

no lian li's?! well, i have a lian li pc-60 (amazing) which matches everything you want for $99, except that 5 external bays...but not to worry, the lian li pc-A16 (link here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112132 ) matches what you need: a) its midtower b) it can fit a 880...

do you already have the 7800gt? or are you planning to buy that? since i wouldn't recommend getting that at this stage. if you already have that, scratch my thoughts you won't need a fan for the top rear exhaust, since a push-pull's gonna do a hell of a job already otherwise than that...good parts a...

nice pc you got there!

for the new front fan...make that blow in, keep the top side blowing out, and make the bottom rear blow out - after that, flip the HSF fan to the front of the ultra 120e so that it blows air out to the rear exhaust for a push-pull

i would suggest a better pump and fan - get yate loons, since they are a lot cheaper, and 7V on a nexus is sorta wimpy, albeit quiet. A 7v on a YL is pretty much a sweet spot for a pump...i was thinking about a eheim 1048 for my plans, but since your loop is more complex, you should get the mcp655 o...

ok, thanks

anyone?

I have a 120mm fan mounted in the rear of the case, as well as the fan in the power supply. My CPU is a 3GHz Prescott Pentium 4. Can I expect this setup to provide sufficient cooling at high load on the 5750GTS? I assume you mean the 8600GTS...but as for cooling...yes and no to put it simply, you n...

thats what spcr is for

well..intel boards like pretty much the generic ol' mobo with nothing special... some people use them for less expensive builds, but generally they look ugly, don't have lots of features, and heat up quickly when oc'd - due to plain old aluminum heatsinks i'm using one, but yes, i AM a student too, ...

I think all N650 boards can only do x8 SLI...since that was the major diff between 680i and 650i boards but i would stick to a P35 board if you are building a pc now well i know for SLI x8 was only slightly lower than x16 performance - little enough to be of major concern... but honestly, i'm not su...

onboard sound is good for the average user...or people who have 2.1 systems. if you have a 5.1 system, you'll want a sound card. what is your 2.1 system? your description sounds like a klipsch promedia ultra 2.0 (aka what i have :D ) people only go creative in my opinion for the EAX and gaming nicet...

Hi all, 1) Can I use the lower slot on these SLI boards? Will the gfx card run at 16x? well, on the gigabyte DS3R, IP35-E, and IP35, you only have one x16 slot... on the ip35 pro, you run a second x16, but you won't be getting true x16 bandwidth..i think its only x4 for that board for the n650 chip...

I'm considering Gigabit boards as well. What's your opinion on the usefulness of dual PCIEx16 slots as an upgrade option? its only useful if you want SLI, simple as that...I personally wouldn't want SLI, since i only run on a 19".. :? but otherwise, unless you want to game on a monster 30" or somet...

possible layout: cpu block: d-tek fuzion (cooling e6420) gpu block: swiftech mcw60 (cooling 7950gt) radiator: thermochill pa120.2 pump: eheim 1048 reservoir: swiftech microres tubing: tygon 7/16" addictive: zerex i'll be oc'ing the cpu to 3.2 ghz (400 fsb x 8 ) if i can, and the gpu core as well... ...

just fyi, the ultra 120 > HR-01 for about the same price otherwise than that, you won't need any silencing foam/insulation - the p182 already has that built in the side panels (partly why its so heavy for a case) a single raptor vs a single 7200 hd won't be super great performance increase, but you ...

thanks for the pics

yeah, i see what you mean...

well, the ultra 120 covers most of the NB, so i guess an aftermarket cooler is not for me...maybe i'll explore this a bit later

but i think i'm set w/ the ultra 120 (non extreme) + the gigabyte DS3R

what if i go for 400 mhz fsb, so i can get 800 mhz ram at 1:1

since i have an e6400, so i'd like 400 x 8 for 3.2 ghz, 1:1 mem/cpu ratio for 800 mhz ram

the ultra 120 should handle 3.2 ghz, no? i'm just concerned about that NB

ok, so i'll most likely settle for the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R one, since i won't need two x16 slots and the revision 2.0 one has USB2.0 instead of all those legacy ports now...if i put a ultra 120 on that mobo, will i have room for a thermalright tower NB cooler? since that gold stock nb cooler looks ...

thats one mighty fine lookin' pc....

just curious, why'd you keep that upper HD cage still in? if you took it out, couldn't the front fan have more air circulating to your mobo?

oh, and i agree on showing us your mobo's backside

hey, can the thermalright ultra 120 fit mounted vertically in a lian li pc-60? or will it bump into the PSU above?

since i don't want to mount it horizontally, cause it would block some ram slots....and i'd like for the fan to push air out the back, not into the PSU

thanks for any info!

hey dazrin, how tall is the NB cooler on the IP35 pro? would a HR-03 fit if i looped it over the back of the graphics card?

since i know the ultra 120 can clear over it, but i'm not so sure on the HR-03...

what?! really? all the Ultras are the same price as the GTX?

well if thats the case, your decision makes sense

the corsair hx620 is very quiet, comparable to the seasonics

oh, for the rubber screw things, are they called "silicone fan pins"? since those are what i've seen...not actual screws..

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std ... ounts.html

just curious on a mid-high end P35 board... are there other good p35 boards out there too? i was considering a IP35 (non pro) version, but is the double boot time any troublesome? For the gigabyte boards, are the only differences between the DS3R and DS3P just the additional PCIx16 slots? Oh, and wi...

hey, does anyone know/confirm that the scythe ninja mini:
(http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu/0 ... etail.html) can fit on the gigabyte P35-DS3P or DS3R series? Or will the northbridge cooler on the gigabytes' interefere with the ninja mini's fins?

Thanks for the help