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Thanks soo much for the positive feedback! i wil post benchmarks and temps sometime next week. i tested a whole evening of left for dead 2 and the cpu stayed under 60 degree/gpu under 75  ^_^  but temps are fairly high!

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Really cool.

Rig CPU Intel i5 3570K at 4.2 GHz - MB MSI Z77A-GD55 - RAM Kingston 8GB 1600 mhz - GPU XFX 7870 Double D - Keyboard Logitech G710+

Case Corsair 600T - Storage Intel 330 120GB, WD Blue 1TB - CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D14 - Displays Dell U2312HM, Asus VS228, Acer AL1715

 

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Outstanding :D Sell patent to nintendo lol. Nintendo should mass produce it as console and sell it as NES One :P

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This is a pretty cool idea, I was just wondering how much luck are you having with the PCI-E extension cable, I have read that they are rather bad but it seems you are having a good go at it with this.

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

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Such a powerfull NES you got there. Contrats to BLOW. I suggest you to get another retro console and mount the psu inside of that instead of having it outside ruining your retro theme.

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So cool !

I7 4770K - @4.5Ghz  |  Be quiet Dark Rock Pro 3  | Asus Maximus VII Ranger Z97  | Kingston Genesis 8GB | Be quiet Power Zone 750w   | Sapphire R9 Fury X |  Sandisk SSD 120Go + WD Green 1TB 7200 rpm | Nzxt Phantom 410

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This is a pretty cool idea, I was just wondering how much luck are you having with the PCI-E extension cable, I have read that they are rather bad but it seems you are having a good go at it with this.

so far i have had no issues at all. (no frame drop, no interference, no input/output lag) i'll let you know if something comes up during benchmarking. :)

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so far i have had no issues at all. (no frame drop, no interference, no input/output lag) i'll let you know if something comes up during benchmarking. :)

 

Thanks, If yours works fine, which it has so far ( not saying it will die lol ) I might try to use these and an SR2.

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

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this is the test setup. i choose and external power supply over a pico psu because either way theres and going to be an external power block, so might aswell have a full psu post-32190-0-62575900-1373329964_thumb.j

 

i had to add an exhaust fan. before the additional fan the cpu ran up to 86 degrees :( i will most likely figure out a way to move it to the back though :D

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cpu-z and gpu-z aswell as intel burn temps. everything stock.

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windows experience index

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cinebench with temps (all temps were reset between tests)

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Game benchmarks with temps. i will re-run some of these with diffrent settings, especially far cry 3. i noticed a stutter which i believe was due to the temps.

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so the temps are higher then expected but ill keep updating till its perfect! :D

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This is the final cut out of the bottom

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I removed the fan from the front and put a 50mm fan blowing out the back

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Also removed the original fan from the 7850 and put in a noctua 92mm slim fan (same as the cpu cooler)

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With the new fans i was able to get somewhat cooler operating temps

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Here is the final setup. The mouse and keyboard are wireless to minimize cables

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Not much bigger than the xbox 360! (but way more power)

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Exterior power supply works fairly well with cable management :D

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I also got to add a 500gb 2.5" HDD.

 

All the parts used are:

 

Intel i5-3570k

Gigabyte Z77N-WiFi

Corsair 4gb Value Ram @1600mhz

Corsair CX500W

XFX 7850 1GB Core Edition

ADATA SX900 128GB SSD

WD Scorpio Black 500GB

Noctua NH-L9i

Noctua NF-A9x14 92mm

Gelid Silent 5

Old Nes Case

+Cables,Screws, etc.

 

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This is the final cut out of the bottom

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I removed the fan from the front and put a 50mm fan blowing out the back

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Also removed the original fan from the 7850 and put in a noctua 92mm slim fan (same as the cpu cooler)

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With the new fans i was able to get somewhat cooler operating temps

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Here is the final setup. The mouse and keyboard are wireless to minimize cables

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Not much bigger than the xbox 360! (but way more power)

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Exterior power supply works fairly well with cable management :D

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I also got to add a 500gb 2.5" HDD.

 

All the parts used are:

 

Intel i5-3570k

Gigabyte Z77N-WiFi

Corsair 4gb Value Ram @1600mhz

Corsair CX500W

XFX 7850 1GB Core Edition

ADATA SX900 128GB SSD

WD Scorpio Black 500GB

Noctua NH-L9i

Noctua NF-A9x14 92mm

Gelid Silent 5

Old Nes Case

+Cables,Screws, etc.

Can you do this mod to a alienware x51? my friend has one but wants a better gpu. (GTX 670)

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Can you do this mod to a alienware x51? my friend has one but wants a better gpu. (GTX 670)

X51 - Physical System Dimensions           Asus - GTX670-DCMOC-2GD5

Height:                                                           Dimensions:

Front-Height: 13.504"  (343mm)                    6.7 " x 4.8 " x 1.6 " Inch

Rear-Height: 12.54" (318.5mm)                    17.01 x 12.19 x4.06 Centimeter

Depth: 12.52" (318mm)

Width: 3.74" (95mm)

 

im not sure what it looks like form the inside but it might fit. it would be very tight and you would need an adequate PSU, which would probably not fit. i would also recomend to get a "powered" PCI-E 16x ribbon cable instead of a regular one. the other thing is the disk drive might get in the way. Be sure to have lots of fans; heat was a hard battle to win with the NES. i have seen some cases for $25 which would be a much more practical approach. but who ever chose practical? ;)

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You should get 8gb of ram

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

Peripherals: Logitech G19 and SteelSeries Sensei RAW

Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb

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That's Sick! Awesome work Sir or Madam.

AMD FX-8320 @ 4.3 ghz | Corsair H60 (Push/Pull)|  8GB Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1.6 ghz | Sapphire HD 7870 Oc'd | Biostar TA970 MOBO|  OCZ 750w  PSU | 2TB HDD + 120gb Kingston V300 SSD| Coolermaster CM Storm Enforcer Case | SoundBlaster Audigy SE  |  Windows 7                                                                                      "I am a leaf on the wind, watch me..."   "You know nothing Jon Snauhh" "Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way."

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