Ok, i went a little bezerk with a build

TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
edited August 2005 in Hardware
I got a couple of the small Aspires and decided to cramp as much as i possibly could into it. I found an Asus OEM S939 m-atx board, NF4, that works pretty well. No bios options at all though, but thats where the A64 tweaker comes in.

Look at the crooked mainboard and the slightly bended case :D
I literally pull apart the case when i slided in the mainboard tray with the XP-120 mounted. Then i had to slide the fan on top of the heatsink from the inside of the case. I even needed my wife to help me as it was soooooo tight.
The silencer was a tight fit too to get in there on the x800 xt pe.
Also note that i replaced the psu that came with the case..it's now a full sized Powerstream 600 in there instead.

aspiresmall.jpg


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Comments

  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    :eek: that is W A Y tight!!!

    Got a shot from a little further out?
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Nice build! Pushing the envelope, as always!
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    This is the other case but with the same videocard and without the silencer.

    aspireside.jpg
  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    thats sweet man, really nice. load taht thing up with some corsair and youll be all set :thumbsup:
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Mack, you are great mate :D

    Any excuse to tinker, toy and defy those who say it cannot be done ;D

    And you managed to get a XP-120 in there :eek:
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    ' wrote:
    [V][AGIC']thats sweet man, really nice. load taht thing up with some corsair and youll be all set :thumbsup:

    Ehhhhh....Crosshair?
  • djstubbsdjstubbs NJ
    edited August 2005
    MackanzOCZ wrote:
    Ehhhhh....Crosshair?

    Bad joke I guess.

    anyway nice build Mack, glad to see someone can cram an xp-120 into that little case.

    this is something of what mine looks like:

    DFIxp-1204.jpg
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Nice work... your pictures look cool :)
  • WingaWinga Mr South Africa Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    DJ that is one of the most serious looking cooling units I have ever seen.
    I'm surprised you got space for anything else in there. Does that chip ever get hot?
  • NLichtmanNLichtman Spring Valley, CA
    edited August 2005
    Wow... super- tight fitting... nice...
  • djstubbsdjstubbs NJ
    edited August 2005
    Winga wrote:
    DJ that is one of the most serious looking cooling units I have ever seen.
    I'm surprised you got space for anything else in there. Does that chip ever get hot?

    Highest I've seen it (peak) is 42 /43 celcius.

    But that's probably 'high' for my xp-120 considering I have an average 120mm fan on it.

    If I had a vantec and better airflow I'm sure it would never go above 40 celcius.
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