My Den

Aquagate Max

2009-05-01T09:22:00.001-07:00

Hey guys...

i've been upto quiet a lot in the past few weeks so i guess its time for me to show what i've been doing..

Last november i picked up the HAF 932 and i instantly fell in love with it...i had a little trouble setting up my 1st LCS the Aquagate S1, personally i hated it but i had no other option here..then in december i managed to get my hands on the AQUAGATE MAX and boy was i excited :D assembling it was just like opening a bithday present..i was very very eager to see it up and running...took me about and hour or so and well here are the results..

that's with the old motherboard the M2N-SLI DX...and AMD Athlon X2 5600+...it idled at 28 to 31c......

Then i thought to myself, the red fan on the haf doesnt go well with the whole green/black combo..

so then i bought a few green led's and changed em on the front fan :D

and this is what its like now

Now i'm running my phenom 940 on the M3N-HT Mempipe and it idles at about 28...i also OC'd it to about 3.4 and at full load my maximum temps did not go over 36c which is phenominal....

i have a few more ideas for the side wall of the cabinet..hopefully i should be able to get to work on it soon...

and here is the complete configuration

ASUS M3N - HT Deluxe MEMPIPE
AMD PhenomII x4 940+ @3.6ghz, 200x18, 1.4625 vcore
EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked
Creative SoundBlaster Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty
2x 2Gb GSkill PI Black DDR800 at 4-4-4-12
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit Sp1
1x seagate barracuda 160 gb, ,2x Seagate 1Tb barracuda 32mb cache
Cooler master Real power 1000 PSUCooler master HAF - 932
Cooler Master Aquagate MAX
Logitech Z-5500 Digital
Logitech G-15 Keyboard

hope you like what i have here...

i plan to add paralell hazard sign sort of yellow black lines to the cabinet..will be sure to post pics as soon as that happens..
comments/criticizms welcome :)

THE NEW CABINET

2008-11-01T02:22:00.000-07:00

so here it goes! after 4 hours of hard work there you have it guys..the HAF 932..

the liquid cooler was giving problems the pipe filled up with air and the pump was running dry..had to hold on to it for like 30 minutes till the water expanded a bit and removed the bubbles so that i could put it back in...phew

well here are the pics

hope you like the pics..:)

finally managed to do what i've been waiting do for a very long time...to put the radiator outside was no easy task...i had to cut the plate they gave where the two holes for the hose coz honestly i did not have the balls to remove and re pinch the pipes in place...besides because of lack of resources here i did not want to take any risks but still i managed

so that is the radiator comin out

all cleaned up with a s***load of zip ties :D

also found a place for my neons :D

there you have it people..a better way to use the HAF 932 :D
i have never spend so much time in organizing wires but now i feel good that i did :D

2008-10-24T22:16:00.000-07:00

FINALLY AFTER A LOT OF HARD WORK AN A LOT OF MOOLAH SPENT HERE ARE THE FINAL SPECS OF MY MACHINE....STILL LACKING ON THE PROCESSOR BUT IT SURE AS HEL DOES THE JOB

Mobo : ASUS M2nsli Deluxe

Processor : AMD Athlon64 x2 5600+ SocketAM2 Processor @2.8ghz

GPU : XFX GeForce 8800 GTx 786 mb GDDR3

Audio : Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 4 Pro - FOR SALE!!!!!!!!

Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speakers - a behemoth among computer audio systems, well the pics will do most of the talking

Memory : 2x 1Gb patriot Ultra low latency DDR800 ram at 4-4-4-12 memory timings

OS : Windows XP Professional SP2

HDD : 1x seagate barracuda 160 gb, ,2 x 1 TERABYTE seagate w/32mb cash:P

PSU : Cooler Master Extreme power 600 sli

Cabinet : Cooler master HAF 932

MOUSE : Razer Lachesis

MOUSEPAD : Razer eXactMat

KEYBOARD : Logitech G-15

MONITOR : Viewsonic 19 inch widescreen

.......ummmm that's abt it... ;D ;D

AND HERE IS THE MONSTER SOUND SYSTEM

THE SPECS 1ST

Total RMS power: 505 watts RMS

-Satellites: 317 watts RMS (2 x 62 W front, 2 x 62 rear, 69 W center)
-Subwoofer: 188 watts RMS

Total Peak power: 1010 watts
Maximum SPL: >115 dB
Frequency response: 33 Hz — 20 kHz
Amplifier: Ultra-linear, high-capacity analog
Signal to noise ratio: >93.5 dB, typical 100
Input impedance: 8,000 ohms

Drivers:

-Satellites: 3” polished aluminum phase plug drivers
-Subwoofer: 10” high-excursion ported driver with 6th order bass reflex enclosure

Surround sound effects

-Hardware decoding for Dolby® Digital, DTS®, and DTS®, 96/24 soundtracks
-Dolby Pro Logic II (Movie and Music modes)
-6 Channel Direct
-Stereo x2
-Stereo

Supported digital formats:

-Dolby Digital
-DTS and DTS 96/24
-PCM (uncompressed stereo): 44.1 kHz / 16 bit through 96 kHz / 24 bit

Source Inputs

-Digital optical
-Digital coaxial
-6 channel direct (3 stereo-mini connectors) for 2, 4, or 6 channel PC sound cards OR
6 channel direct (3 stereo-mini connectors) for 3 stereo analog mini audio source
-Analog stereo-mini (on side panel of control center)

the pics

NOW the CONTROL CENTER

the heart of this unit

THE SATELLITES

NOW THE MONSTEROUS 10 INCH SUB

..lol

and finally the Pro's and Con's

Pros:

- Powerful is an Understatement
- Ten Inch Subwoofer
- 500 Watts RMS Power
- Wakes the Dead

Cons:

- Heavy
- LCD Display Needs a better display and more information
- Heavy
- Did I mention it is Heavy?

And now the gaming Gear