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My Dreadnought arrives

Post Date: 2012-06-29
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    Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 6:45pm
Photos below:
My Rig arrived today and the 1st thing I noticed was the box was pretty beat up.  The tape on the bottom of the box was all torn up and one side had 2 small holes in it.  Once I opened the box and removed the case there wasn't any damage or blemishes at all.
 
I removed the plexiglass side panal to install my sound card and noticed the side fan wasn't connected.  Could have come loose during shipping or DS might have left it so I could install my sound card.  There was packing foam surrounding all sides of the Noctua NH-D14 cooler which was a nice touch and easy to remove.  Wow the cooler is huge.  Much bigger that I thought.
 
All the wiring was top notch and clean even on the back panal.  Everything tied nice and neat.
 
I had requested that DS leave room for my sound card and they left open the slot between the 2 GTX 670s and they removed the back plate for that slot.  I though I might have a bit of trouble fitting the sound card into the slot between the GTX 670s but in slipped in on the 1st try.  I installed the front panal control box for the sound card and connected the cables. 
 
I connected everything to the computer leaving the plexiglass side panal off to make sure everything was working and to get pictures of the interior with all the lights.  Even with the side panal off this machine is really quiet. 
 
Turned everything off then connected the side panal fan and put the side panal back on.  I booted it back up and started noticing a clicking sound coming from the side panal fan.  It isn't very loud but quite noticable and annoying.  The fan blades are definitely hitting something.  To make sure it was the side fan I disconnected it and the clicking stopped.  I reconnected it and it started again. 
 
Except for the side fan issue I am very pleased so far.  I have to re-install a ton of mods for Skyrim so I will have to wait to give a review on how this machine games.
 
Now for the pics:
 
 


Edited by Asangard - 30 Jun 2012 at 8:04am
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awesome, just awesome, now just waiting for the sale to pull my own trigger.

awesome rig bud
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Wow Asangard! Great looking rig! Thanks for sharing!
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Stage 1: 6/25/2012
Stage 2: 6/27/2012
Stage 3: 6/28/2012
Stage 4: 6/28/2012
Stage 5: 6/28/2012
Stage 6: 6/29/2012
Stage 7: 7/2/2012
Shipped: 7/2/2012
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That is a hot looking pc. Congrats. The blue one on the floor looks sad though! lol!
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Looks amazing!  Great choice!
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Super setup.  Really looks nice.  Congrats Awesome
 
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Great looking rig. You should be able to have some fun with that. Congratulations
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Wooo weee.

So, can I borrow your computer?  Remember, I asked first.
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Glad to hear you love the PC! Awesome
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Awesome
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