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My next project is a gaming server built on the P3 800EB and SOYO mobo. The case will be the ANTEC SX1030 in black, of course, and there will be some serious porting on that case, as well. Perhaps I'll go the window and sunroof route, as well. Eventually this chassis will be the basis for a New AMD DDR system in the spring. (When my wallet thaws out!) And I LOVE this case, too. What a dream - and ya can't beat the price, too! **See the new updates below!
Lotsa room in that case, plus (4) 80mm fans and plenty of drive bay cooling is a good place to start. I will add a blowhole, intra-compartment ducting, a 120MM cold air induction fan on the side to start. Most likely, I'll use the Digital doctor to control the 80mm fans, with just the basic 120mm fan running off the powersupply. The digital doc is cool and can be had at www.Millisec.com. Should this case work out as well as I hope, I will most likely use this as the basis for my DDR system in the spring. More will be revealed, I guess. The Anaconda I: First Generation
First generation was with the PIII 800 OC'd to 900.
Anaconda II: 2nd Generation Jan 16th, 2001
I decided to go and install the 800 Duron I had on another Abit KT7-RAID board. The system is noticeably faster at 1.09GHZ than the PIII @ 900MHZ which makes sense, of course! I worked extra hard on routing the cables with that black "borg" snake tubing and it keeps things neat and tidy. AMD Duron 800 OC'd to 1064mMHZ - Mad Onion Score: 8508 http://www.madonion.com/compare.shtml?1246964
Cooler Master DP5 6h51 works pretty well, it's not as cool as the FOP 32's or 38's but not as loud either! Without increasing the voltage past 1.85, it's hard to get this chip past 1.09GHZ. TKMcKay over at www.madonion.com has done a terrific job of pushing the envelope on the Durons using the www.Overclockerz.com modified KT-7. I'm going to hold off on more OCin' for now, until I can get my hands on the new KT7A w/ 133fsb on it. I'll post new benchies when I get one.
You can actually see the temp of the CPU - this case runs COOL! Quick System Config Rundown:
Here's the GFORCE MX. I added a card cooler that I made by fabricating a bracket I had laying around, if you look close, you can see the sensor "3" under the ELSA G Force MX Heat Sink. It's not actually between the chip and sink, but right alongside it. This sensor works with the Digital Doc and monitors / controls the fan on the card area. As I don't OC this card except for running benchies, it's more than adequate to keep an eye on things and these cards run very cool to begin with.
Originally, I was going to add a blowhole on the top, however after using the case, the stock 4 fans (2 induction on the front, 2 extraction on the rear) provide plenty of cooling as it is so I just put in one cool air induction port / fan on the card area and that wraps up the porting on this case. Overall - I LOVE this case and system. The beast is cool, never crashes and makes a great gaming server.
Gotta get "The Doc"! BTW - The folks over at www.Directron.com and www.Millisec.com are fantastic. I rate them highly, as well as the good people at www.overclockerz.com. If you buy from them, you're assured great customer service and speedy shipping, too! Tell them Johnny sent ya!
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