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Specs: - Foxconn G31MXP-K - Intel Pentium E5300 - Zalman CNPS7000C-CU Solid Copper CPU Heatsink - Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2/800 2 Dimms - Seagate Baracuda 160GB SATA 3/GBs 7200.9 - Lite-On CD/DVD Burner SATA iHAS124-04 - Antec 900 / 1 Spray Painted Black - Ultra X3 800 Watt PSU Update: 10/12/2009 - Added 9800GT SSC 512 - Installed Windows 7 64-Bit OS - 3Dmark Vantage Score coming soon.... Benchmark Windows XP 32-Bit: - E5300 @ 2.60GHZ - 9800GT @ 650MHZ - 3Dmark06 score = 10970 - Crysis Wars 32-55 FPS Benchmark - Windows 7 64-Bit: - E5300 @ 2.86GHZ - 9800GT @ 670MHZ - 3Dmark Vantage score = 7163 - Crysis Wars 40-65 FPS - Call Of Duty World At War 80-95 FPS - Battlefield 2142 90-100+ FPS - Counter Strike Source: 100-300 FPS Please note: A 3Dmark Vantage score lower then a 3Dmark06 is normal... from DirectX9 to DirectX10, and the scores should not be compared.  Stripped it down Sep 2009  Micro ATX Cable Management 09/26/2009  Just finished painting 09/28/2009  Lot of overspray, I may touch it up if needed.  Rubber Gromets for cable management holes / Rubber pads for PSU  I'm thinking RED for the side mesh Maybe??  I will try to mount 90CM fans in the middle, back of the drive cages X 2, and no fans in front.  Underneath the top/front panel, 200MM Fan, USB, 1394, etc...  Still waiting for the E5300, HDD, DVD-ROM, & Zalman CNPS7000C  Ultra X3 800 watt PSU needs a to be polished  Back  Through the front bays  Mounted the 92s together for a rectangle dual fan  I think this will pull in some air..  Moved the drive cages up 1 bay to center the inside fans..  Powered on,, updating Windows & Drivers  Temporary Intel Stock CPU cooler, Waiting on Zalman CNPS700C Solid Copper  Extra motherboard bracket, I guess originally it was an AM2 socket only.. Maybe that's why they sent the extra metal socket 775 bracket.  This is a very heavy solid piece of copper, Which will be very effective at CPU temps.  When I installed the Intel Stock Fan Heatsink CPU Cooler it warped the motherboard. This Zalman back bracket not only holds the copper heatsink in place, but also keeps the motherboard strait.  I used Arctic Silver Thermal Material remover to remove the old thermal paste. Followed by Arctic Silver Surface Purifier on the CPU & CPU Cooler.  I used the Zalman ZM-STG1 Thermal Grease - Brush on.. Notice I lightly brushed it on, and evened it out across the CPU, very, very thin layer..  This was the easiest Zalman I have installed, was very simple.  Notice that the 4-pin cpu power cable is run diagnal around the gpu.. This is due to the PSU being mounted on the bottom as opposed to the top. I'm ordering a 12" 4-pin CPU power cable extension, I can run it up the back side.  Added a 9800GT SSC 650MHZ, Overclocked to 670MHZ Also changed ram to Corsair XMS2 DHX (Dual Path Heat-Exchange)  Overclocked the Intel E5300 Dual Core to 2.86GHZ  Complete & ready for gaming... CyberMC's New Gaming Rig..  |