Old Heart, New Body Rev 2.0 - New Heart

[Madmonsta]

Old System

Case:    Thermaltake M9

Mobo:   EP45-UD3

CPU:     Intel Core2Duo E8400 (stock cooler)

Ram      2x2GB DDR2

HDD;     512Gb Seagate HDD

Drives:   2 x LG dvd

Fans      2x120mm blue led, molex connected (now replaced with 2 non led with 1 in PWM mobo header and 1 molex with 7V regulator)

Psu:       400W-ish (possibly case psu)

 

Rev 0.5  Oct 2014

Added 2x256GB SSD and Windows 8.1  

 

 

New system Rev 1.0

Case:               Fractal Design Define R5 (no window)

Mobo:              Gigabyte EP45-UD3 ATX

CPU:                Intel Core2Duo E8400

CPU Cooler:    Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3

Ram:               2x2GB DDR2

SDD;               2x256GB SSD)

Drives              1 x LG dvd 

Intake Fans:    2 x Fractal Design GA-14 (case fans both on front connected to case fan regulator switch)

Exhaust Fan:   1 x Be Quiet Silent Wings 2 140mm PWM mobo connected

Psu:                 Corsair RM550

 

Above build can be found here- http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/303717-old-heart-new-body-1st-build/

 

 

New Heart Rev 2.0

 

Case:               Fractal Design Define R5 (no window)

Mobo:              MSI X99S SLI PLUS

CPU:                Intel i7 5820K

CPU Cooler:    Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3

Ram:               16GB ram (4x4GB)  HyperX Fury DDR4 2666Mhz

SDD;               2x256GB SSD)

Drives              1 x LG dvd 

Intake Fans:    2 x Fractal Design GA-14 (case fans both on front connected to case fan regulator switch)

Exhaust Fan:   1 x Be Quiet Silent Wings 2 140mm PWM mobo connected

Psu:                 Corsair RM550

 

 

had to remove the outside fan from cpu cooler to get the ram module in first.

 

 

still super quiet, but now annoying when powered off as pc is in bedroom and the OCGenie, Power, and reset buttons on bottom of mobo throwing light out the back of pc :-((

 

 

Installed pics will come with update (Rev 3.0) in about a month when i finish the build with a GTX970

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[PixelPips]

I'm pretty sure you can turn those LEDs off if you get the MSi motherboard program for your mobo. I know I can turn them off on mine.

[Norman_the_Owl]

Oh man so stealthy

[FuzzyYellow]

wow! i really like the black.