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So my old water-cooled socket 949 finally gave up the ghost, so it's time for a new computer. As much as I would have liked to tackle another water-cooling project, I just don't have the time and it was a fight to convince my wife to let me build this one anyway. So as a compromise, I'm back to air-cooling. I also wanted the ability to consolidate my PC and fruity alternative OS into one case. After finding a great deal on a Thermaltake Mozart TX, the project was born (Huginn and Muninn were Odin's two ravens that spied on Midgard for him--weak project name, but it was the best I could come up with to capture the duality of this project).
So, here's the part list so far (prices are merely for reference and to be laughed at in the future):
PC Side
CPU: Intel i5-750 ($190)
CPU Cooling: Prolematech Megahalem Rev.B. ($62)
Mobo: MSI P55-GD80 ($220)
RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB (4 x 2GB) ($260)
Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 ($310)
HDD1 (OS): OCZ Summit OCZSSD2-1SUM60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC (SSD) ($130 after rebate)
HDD2 (Files): WD Rapter (from previous system)
Burner: PTOR 24X DVD/CD Writer Black SATA Model PX-880SA ($45)
PSU: XION Supernova XON-800R14N 800W ($110 after rebate)
PC Total: $1327
Fruity OS Side
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz ($168)
CPU Cooling: SILVERSTONE NT07-775 ($19)
Mobo: ZOTAC GF9300-D-E ($110 after rebate)
RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 ($90)
Video Card: Onboard GeForce 9300
HDD: 80Gb I had laying around ($0)
Burner: PTOR 24X DVD/CD Writer Black SATA Model PX-880SA ($45)
PSU: Thermaltake A2422RU Mini ITX 5.25in Bay 270W PSU ($95)
Fruity Total: $527
Case
Thermaltake Mozart TX ($80)
Fans: 3 x COOLER MASTER R4-L2R-20AC-GP 120mm Blue LED ($30 / $10 ea)
3 x AeroCool XtremeTurbine-Silver 120mm ($42 / $14 ea)
2 x Rosewill RFX-80BL 80mm 2 Ball Bearing Blue LED ($10 / $5 ea)
Fan Controller: mCubed bigNG ($100)
mCubed MiniNG ($55)
Secondary Monitory: 7" Touch Screen LCD Monitor A2413 ($200)
Case Total: $437
On to the pictures...
Here's the case with the HDD cage removed as I start prepping for install
Clean mobo
i5-750 and Prolematech Megahalem Rev.B installed
Prolematech Megahalem Rev.B in profile
PC side of the Mozart Tx before mobo install
...and after mobo install
...and close up (with memory and cooler installed as well--as you can see I had to go with a pull configuration on the Megahalem rather than a push--the memory cooler got in the way. I couldn't find anything definitive on the web about pull configuration, but I thought I remember from my WC days that a radiator with fans pulling air through were fractionally better than pushing...)
So, here's the part list so far (prices are merely for reference and to be laughed at in the future):
PC Side
CPU: Intel i5-750 ($190)
CPU Cooling: Prolematech Megahalem Rev.B. ($62)
Mobo: MSI P55-GD80 ($220)
RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB (4 x 2GB) ($260)
Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 ($310)
HDD1 (OS): OCZ Summit OCZSSD2-1SUM60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC (SSD) ($130 after rebate)
HDD2 (Files): WD Rapter (from previous system)
Burner: PTOR 24X DVD/CD Writer Black SATA Model PX-880SA ($45)
PSU: XION Supernova XON-800R14N 800W ($110 after rebate)
PC Total: $1327
Fruity OS Side
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz ($168)
CPU Cooling: SILVERSTONE NT07-775 ($19)
Mobo: ZOTAC GF9300-D-E ($110 after rebate)
RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 ($90)
Video Card: Onboard GeForce 9300
HDD: 80Gb I had laying around ($0)
Burner: PTOR 24X DVD/CD Writer Black SATA Model PX-880SA ($45)
PSU: Thermaltake A2422RU Mini ITX 5.25in Bay 270W PSU ($95)
Fruity Total: $527
Case
Thermaltake Mozart TX ($80)
Fans: 3 x COOLER MASTER R4-L2R-20AC-GP 120mm Blue LED ($30 / $10 ea)
3 x AeroCool XtremeTurbine-Silver 120mm ($42 / $14 ea)
2 x Rosewill RFX-80BL 80mm 2 Ball Bearing Blue LED ($10 / $5 ea)
Fan Controller: mCubed bigNG ($100)
mCubed MiniNG ($55)
Secondary Monitory: 7" Touch Screen LCD Monitor A2413 ($200)
Case Total: $437
On to the pictures...
Here's the case with the HDD cage removed as I start prepping for install
Clean mobo
i5-750 and Prolematech Megahalem Rev.B installed
Prolematech Megahalem Rev.B in profile
PC side of the Mozart Tx before mobo install
...and after mobo install
...and close up (with memory and cooler installed as well--as you can see I had to go with a pull configuration on the Megahalem rather than a push--the memory cooler got in the way. I couldn't find anything definitive on the web about pull configuration, but I thought I remember from my WC days that a radiator with fans pulling air through were fractionally better than pushing...)