The perfect beauty

Hey kids, it's time again for another episode of "upgrade my pc".
This is my biggest upgrade yet this year. And the most expensive. This time I changed my computer case and power supply. Both are least look upon when buying a new computer, yet play an important role nonetheless.

Enough chitter-chatter, time for some pics. Let them explain whats the fuss is about.

The front looks mean, muscular and yet sexy in black

The side also looks muscular, and the HAF label adds class.

The inside of the case as you can see, is very roomy. It can fit full size graphic cards and still have a couple of inches to spare. In my previous case, the cards would hit the harddisk cage.

These are the two GTX260 in SLI. That's a lot of graphic processing power.

You can see the Megahalem cpu cooler in push-pull configuration. Meaning there's 2 fans working together to drive the heat away from the heatsink. The top fans is a HUGE 200mm fan.


In the dark, you'll notice the red front case fan. There's also the blue motherboard LED and green Razer sound card. Not really a light show, so they won't disturb me from sleeping.

Next, I hope you notice how clean and organize the components look inside the case. I spent 2 hours hiding unnecessary cables and routing it through the back of the case. Luckily, the case has a great cable management system with holes in perfect spots to slide cables through. Keeping the cables unseen is really an art combined with skills. It's like rearranging the furniture in your house to make it look roomy and easier to navigate.

Finally, I ran 3Dmark benchmark programs to see how the computer performs. There's huge improvement from my previous score. Also, the cpu runs cooler with a drop of 4C in temp just with the change of case. That's a lot since I said in my previous post, every degree counts.

3dMark Vantage score P20675

3dMark06 score 21492