Scratch Build – In Progress ___The "MOD MEN" PC___is FINISHED!!!

Thanks!
@Achron - If I remember right, Bill wanted a decent optical in this so he could USE it. "The laptop Blu-ray drives are $200, and they work like (*&*^*&%."
@GCOFIELDD - Now that you mention it... I modeled this with an outdated PSU model that was too short. Bill had to search for a short PSU with the right power rating.
...CM fans, then?

The ugly little secrets start to surface.

 

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Amen to that fact

 

Hm, speaking of Bluray, are there still no mediacenter applications that can play bluray out-of-the-box? (Ie. they would still require a 3rd party tool, such as PowerDVD and the likes...)

 

I'm curious, is the back of the case outfitted with the motherboard I/O faceplate? Or is it an "open concept"?

 

@Nutman, As far as I'm aware, you still need 3rd party software.
@Nitrixflare, it's open.

PC temps before and after being Overclocked to a stable 3.6 GHz. This is best OC I'm finding others achieve out of Zotac's H55 as well. No surprise, it's a HTPC board and not intended for Overclocking.

Motherboard = ZOTAC H55 ITX 1156
CPU = Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core
GPU = ZOTAC 470 GTX
SSD: Mushkin Callisto 64GB
PSU: Silverstone 600W

COOLING SPECS:
CPU = Custom Copper water block
GPU Cooling = EK-FC470 GTX water block

2.93 GHz Core i7 870 Lynnfield CPU at stock and Idle



Overclocked to 3.6 and running Prime95 (core i7 860/870 has a 100c max)

 

That looks mighty epic there Bill . +rep

 

Kinda feared that would happen. -Still, 3.6 X4 kicks my newest rig's butt.

 

Rep the cheaps too! Thank you!

 

Bill, This looks great!
Well done!

 

Looks like mod of the year is going to be hard this year also, very nice contender u got there!

 

Absolutely .
What Watchtown said about MOTY contender I really hope this is in MOTY 2011 I know you sponsor MOTM & don't mind ducking out of it but this has got to be in MOTY imo, there are other team mods & cnc mods so this surely should be in there too, have to say I'd be disapointed if it wasn't.
+rep Bill & cheaps

 

Oops, can't forget cheaps can I .

 

Or me!

 

Thanks, guys. I'm not hurtin' for rep, though...
@Waynio & Watchtown - Bill sponsors MOTY too, so I doubt this will be in the comp.

 

Even so, it should be there and then Bill could abdicate the prize, people mainly want to see where it would end up in the rankings. Just 2 cents from a nobody

 

Wow I wasn't aware Bill sponsors MOTY as well , truly a very eye catching case though this .

 

I've just had a though. If Bill wins MOTY, how does that work?
Do you just pick your own prize out of your own pile of stuff and sit there feeling all smug...

I've obviously got to much time on my hands if I'm thinking about this sort of stuff

 

Yep, I'm excluded from entering MOTM and that is fine, because I love sponsoring it.

lol @ Mod Men PC!

 

Damn you are always climbing another step in the modding business

Loved this modding..