Parts

Parts

Radeon 5770

Radeon 5770

OCZ Power Supply. It turned out to be broken.

OCZ Power Supply. It turned out to b...

Monster CPU Heatsink: Noctua NH-D14

Monster CPU Heatsink: Noctua NH-D14

Front panel card reader and fan controller

Front panel card reader and fan contr...

6GB RAM, 1600MHz

6GB RAM, 1600MHz

Sata Lightscribe DVD burner

Sata Lightscribe DVD burner

80GB Intel X25-M SSD

80GB Intel X25-M SSD

Intel i7 930

Intel i7 930

Asus P6X58D - Overclocker board :D

Asus P6X58D - Overclocker board :D

Blower just in case (didn't use this)

Blower just in case (didn't use this)

Lian-Li A05NB - AWESOME case

Lian-Li A05NB - AWESOME case

Top USB/Audio connectors

Top USB/Audio connectors

Gettings started

Gettings started

Checking out the heatsink

Checking out the heatsink

Time to open the motherboard

Time to open the motherboard

Motherboard shots

Motherboard shots

And the CPU

And the CPU

Junk heatsink :(

Junk heatsink :(

Back bracket for my fancy heatsink

Back bracket for my fancy heatsink

The back bracket in place

The back bracket in place

Mounting points for heatsink

Mounting points for heatsink

CPU time

CPU time

CPU in place

CPU in place

heatsink in place (probably should have done this last...)

heatsink in place (probably should ha...

It's a monster!

It's a monster!

Girlfriend shown for scale

Girlfriend shown for scale

Motherboard in place in the case. the heatsink fits!

Motherboard in place in the case. th...

fan power

fan power

Power supply...

Power supply...

The PS goes in the front

The PS goes in the front

Time to insert RAM

Time to insert RAM

Now for the 5.25 bays

Now for the 5.25 bays

totally easy insertion

totally easy insertion

"click"

"click"

Cable clip came with the case

Cable clip came with the case

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DSC_8643.JPG

Now for the SSD

Now for the SSD

Mounted on its little plate

Mounted on its little plate

Video card time

Video card time

The cabling mess. I fixed this with a modular PS

The cabling mess. I fixed this with a...

All put together

All put together

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DSC_8650.JPG

Closed up

Closed up

Running

Running

Trash

Trash

After a new PS and a 2 TB drive

After a new PS and a 2 TB drive

What it looks like today.

What it looks like today.