Sunday, May 29, 2011

New tower!

Hey everyone.

So for the last five years I have been building and upgrading my own PC. It all started the day I fried my first motherboard. Oh the memories are coming back. Wait.. back to the post at hand. My computer has evolved into something more than just a hunk of metal but a really hot hunk of metal with my most recent purchase of a NZXT Phantom case. This is hands down the easiest case to work in.

Now let me tell you this case is amazing. Not only does it hold all of my hardware neatly, it has room to spare. The overall design of this case is amazing and the layout of the case is flawless. If you feel your components are getting too hot inside your case well NZXT thought of just how to fix that problem.

The case features 3x120mm fans, two of which reside on the left door panel to cool your hard drive bays and one on the rear exhaust(like usual). It also features the ability to have 3x200mm fans, one on the left door panel and two exhaust fans on the top. Also the front panel allows for another 140mm or 120mm fan for even more intake. Now your probably thinking, holy hell thats a lot of fans how am I going to power them all. Well NZXT thought of that to by placing a fan control on the top of the case and with just one 4pin power plug you can power every fan in the case and have the ability to control their speed with the slide of..well.. a slider. Now not only does the case allow for multiple fans it also has multiple screen meshes to allow other components the ability to vent. The bottom of the case is drilled with vents but also the right panel has a nice mesh vent. I have to say the overall airflow design of the case is out of this world.

Now when you think, damn this thing has 7 fans, you probably are wonder where the hell all the cables are going to go. Well again NZXT though of that as well. The cord management design is amazing. I have never seen another case able to tend my multiple cables and somehow I found this case really easy to do just that.

The design of the case had me questioning the purchase but I have to say its grown on me. I think the look is very sleek and professional. It feels very well manufactured. And looks great alongside my Razer products. Well enough babbling about it, how about some photos.






So there you have it. My most recent build to my computer. Below are the specs.


Amd Phenom II x6 2.8Ghz - Overclocked to 3.5Ghz
4x Corsair Dominator DDR2 800Mhz - Overclocked to 1000Mhz
Evga Geforce GTX 460 - Overclocked
Gigabyte GA-MA780G-UD3H
1TB Seagate HDD-7200RPM
Corsair H50 Liquid Cooler - Push/Pull setup
Corsair Airflow Memory Cooler
NZXT Phantom Case
Antec 850watt PSU



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