Hey guys sorta OT, very OT actually but I am at work on lunch and what the hell.

I just upgraded my PC @ home. I had been using:

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ 3200+ speeds
1GB DDR Kingston Memory
Epox 8RDA3+ Motherboard
ATI X800 Pro video card
160GB IDE
120GB SATA
Coolermaster Mini R120 self-contained water cooler
WinXP Pro 32 bit

I couldn't play any new games really, I was running out of hard disk, and honestly I am working now so I figured what the hey, build a kick ass system!

So what I got is:

Intel Quad Core Q6600 2.4GHz @ 3.1GHz
eVGA 680i SLI Motherboard (NF68-A1, can overclock the quad)
4GB DDR2 800 G.Skill Memory (2 x 2GB, may bump to 8GB for shits)
eVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX 768MB DDR3 Card
2x Hitachi 500GB SATA drives in RAID 0
700w Thermaltake PSU
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit

So needless to say the system is fast and I am very happy. Still going to add another 500GB drive, and probably another 4GB of RAM (I want to run Ubuntu and have a dedicated drive, but want to be able to run Windows Vista in a VirtualBox session with 2 - 3GB of RAM dedicated).

The only thing I sort of regretted was that I used my old PC case which is a nice Antec tower, but the finish (factory paint) had scratches/chips. So I powder coated it gloss white, which was nice.





Thats the new PC in there.

However, the space was tight, so I decided to look at new cases (and the fact that I now have a Athlon XP system with no case!).

The CPU was also "average" in terms of temperature but the video card was heating the hell out of the case. So, time for a bigger/better designed case.

I went and ordered the Thermaltake Armor LCS - its a big nicely designed case with tons of room, but it comes with a decent water cooling setup. I got the black version but the front looks like...





You can see the new water cooling and all. I am adding a 2nd radiator 320mm in length to supplement the stock 240mm radiator, so as to provide me with the ability to add the video card and north bridge into the water loop.

Anyone else into this stuff at all?