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Fractal R4 Transplant

Pyr0monk3y
By Pyr0monk3y
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This build has been operational for about a year and a half.  A month ago I got fed up with my HAF 922's constant vibrations and lack of cable management.  The build was just a mess.  I picked up a Fractal R4 and a few fans and set to work... or play rather.

 

 

 

 

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It's super quiet, the dust seems to be keeping out, and temps are a couple degrees lower.  A quality case makes a huge difference.  It just makes your whole computing experience a little better.  Fractal has hit a home run with this one.

 

 

And yes, that is an IDE ribbon.

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Nice work its a massive improvement. I have a similar thing with the lighting around the window it looks great.

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Yeah defo a massive improvement and the bits of lighting just add that extra awesomeness.

Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy?

 

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one suggestion is that carefully split the IDE cable in to SATA-ish size and tie them up. it will look much better.

 

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Big improvement and omg haven't seen an IDE cable in a build for a while awesome job man!

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It looks much better. What are the specs?

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Thanks for the feedback everyone.  Specs are as follows:

 

Mobo: MSi 890FXA-GD70

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100t

Cooler: Cooler master Hyper 212+ w/ Noctua NF-F12

GPU: MSi 560ti

Ram: Patriot 8gb @1600 mhz

SSD: Samsung 830 128gb

Storage: WD Blue 1TB

Power: Cooler Master silent pro Gold 800W

Case: Fractal R4

Optical: Asus DVD burner  IDE for the win!

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The comparison is crazy considering its the same set of parts. DAT IDE cable thou.. :D

I dream of 0s and 1s folding to my every command,

algorithms seeping from the back of my head when I need them.

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Nice upgrade! 

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev. 2.0)    Micron C400 256GB SSD     MSI GTX 660 Ti PE OC     Logitech G510

Intel i7 960 @ 4.125GHz                        WD Black 1TB                         Windows 7 Pro 64bit        Logitech G9x

Kingston HyperX 6GB                             Corsair TX850M                     Corsair H50                        Logitech z906
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You should turn the heatsink fan the other way and turn that back fan into an exhaust. :)

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You should turn the heatsink fan the other way and turn that back fan into an exhaust. :)

The rear fan is an exhaust.  The fan on the heatsink is in "pull" configuration.

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Nice job. Looks great!

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