I was aiming for a system with high performance, but still maintaining low noise levels. Initially I wasn't supposed to buy the GTX, but I managed to get an RMA'd card cheap (although with much less warranty), so I thought, what the heck, might as well buy the HR03 plus as well
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The NT06 cooler works really great, the big advantage is that the CPU is "passivly" cooled this way, and CPU temps are reasonable (40 idle high 60's load).
I also made a HDD cooler since the drive seemed to get quite hot.
The latest addition that made the final touch was the HDD mount, before that I had the HDD softmounted in the 5.25" slot, but I didn't work as well as I wanted it to do. So I made a mount to place it under the cage. For those of you not familiar with the SG01, when you have the GTX you have to remove the HDD tray, så the only places where the HDD fits are in the 5.25" bay or under it.
One thing to notice, is that I've only got one fan in the system, Nexus Real Silent 120mm. (ok two counting the PSU fan)
System:
Chassi: Silverstone SUGO SG01E
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R
PSU: Corsair HX 520W
CPU: E6600 with Silverstone NT06 Lite Cooler
GFX: 8800GTX with Thermalright HR03-Plus and Nexus Real Silent 120 mm
Temps idle / load
CPU : 40 / 70
GFX : 50 / 70 (underclocked idle / overclocked load)
HDD : 42 - 45 (it's always under load, constant seeder
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So here you go, with a buildlog of the HDD mount:
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This is the only cut I've made to the case. Pretty descent IMHO since this is the first time I use the dremel to cut a case.
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HDD mount buildlog:
The best part of it is that anyone can do it, no advanced tools or expensive material is used!! (in fact, the only thing I had to buy was the duct-tape and motherboard spacers)
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The victims. The white is the same packing that is used to absorb shock (my english is failing me here).
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Test fitting. It wasn't the final fitting procedure, but it's pretty much the same.
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Duct tape is your friend if you don't want to cut up the entire case
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Close fit...
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As a not completly unexpected bonus, due to the new posistion my HDD temps dropped with 5 degrees C
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Thanks for dropping by!
All hail the finally awaited quiteness!!
**Edit: Updated CPU values and made system specs.**[/b]