The case is a lot longer than I expected, but that just means I have room internally for my next project…
Watercooling!
Yeah, I was just looking at more detailed pics at Newegg, that thing is insanely long! Still pretty interesting though!
That’s one bad ass system.
I have the BFG 6800 GTOC (further overclocked to 400/1000). It’s a smoking card. You might want to consider it as it has a life time warrenty (pick one up now, then get another later).
Actually, the Prescott core Pentium 4’s are the hottest chips around - those suckers draw 100+ watts of power under load, and the poor stock cooler Intel includes sometimes has trouble keeping them cool. 
Well if we are gonna get technical about it then I am sure it is some early Athlon that’ll ultimately take the cake for “Hottest Chip Around”. Mine actually stays steady at about 62 C
Well then, they can make do with this bad boy. Top it off with a 120mm fan, and you’re set. Poor Intel.
I looked at that monster. It overlaps almost the entire motherboard! Believe it or not though, I have one that’s even bigger - at least weight wise. The Thermaltake Tower112 - 3 lbs of copper that can warp a mobo or crack a CPU. I decided not to use it after weighing the price difference between the cool looking, but relatively cheap heatsink verses the $1000 motherboard/chip combo. It makes a spiffy bookend.
That’s “cool looking”? I guess beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder.
I prefer mine, the Zalman CNPS7700. Would look even better if my case was windowed (but then I’d need to sleeve my wires for neatness).
It’s neater looking “in person”. Plus, it doubles as a weapon in a pinch.
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- I’d suggest that you switch your system hard drive to a SATA WD Raptor. Many many people say running a 10K system drive makes a noticeable improvement in how fast their computer “feels” overall, no matter what else they’re running.
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- And with SATA system drives, it’s wise to install a floppy as well. You don’t need to, but if problems strike, many people who didn’t wish they did.
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Do you mind expanding on this? I haven’t used SATA drives myself, but am thinking of putting in a SATA RAID into a friend’s system. Why would you need a floppy for a SATA drive? Can’t you simply boot from a CD?
You can boot to a CD with a SATA drive, the problem comes when you are trying to install Windows. Windows will not detect a SATA hard drive until you load the drivers for it. The problem is that Windows will only let you load the drivers from a floppy drive during the install program.
Moral of story, you need a floppy drive to load Windows onto a SATA hard drive. You don’t need a floppy to load Windows onto an IDE drive when using a SATA as a second drive.
I see. I’m installing Linux, so I’ll continue to omit the floppy drive. If I put a SATA into my home computer, I guess I’ll have to go buy a floppy.
Thanks for the thorough reply!
Ordering now, in another window. I got the case I wanted – Fong Kai FK-333. It’s a big steel beast.
His name is Anghammarad. 
And I haven’t checked out LSH #1 yet, although the comic store called and wants me to come in and pick up comics – I have rather a large stack waiting for me, I think.