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First post, by wirerogue

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the war machine is finally complete. the case started with some blue components so i just went with it.

took about 4 months i think. mostly just waiting for me.

cooler master stacker 832 -war machine
seasonic focus 850 gold
evga 680i sli
core2 extreme qx6850
4 x 1GB ocz sli ready ddr 800
2 x evga 8800gtx ko acs3 edition
120GB ocz agility ssd
1TB wd blue
liteon dvd-rw
samsung floppy drive
7 x rosewill 120mm blue led fans
silverstone 8 port fan splitter
windows xp

while the stacker 832 is certainly a large case, once you populate the side door with fans, it starts to get a little narrow. certainly no 120mm tower cpu coolers. i went with a stock 9 series extreme cooler instead. a tiny bit of dremel was required to clear the 680i sli heatsink. on the video cards, i decided to go with some evga powerlinks since i couldn't get the pcie power cable to clear the door fans.

hope you guys enjoy.

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Reply 1 of 15, by wirerogue

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Reply 2 of 15, by chrismeyer6

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That is a beautiful system you built. And it's using one of my favorite motherboards too. How's the heat with the two 8800 gtxs? I have a system with one and it can get kinda warm depending on what games I'm playing

Reply 3 of 15, by wirerogue

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-09-07, 00:12:

That is a beautiful system you built. And it's using one of my favorite motherboards too. How's the heat with the two 8800 gtxs? I have a system with one and it can get kinda warm depending on what games I'm playing

i added screenshot from 3dmark 2006 to previous post. i tried to just add to this post but, i got some warning about "reaction posts" not allowed.

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Not sure how I missed that but the temps are quite good for the space heaters we have as graphics cards. That system must preform quite well

Reply 5 of 15, by chinny22

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The second 775 SLI build in less then a week! I'm liking this new trend 😀
e-nForcer ( Core 2 Quad Q9550, GTX 280 SLI,EVGA 790i FTW)

Also like populating fan bays even if its more just to add character to the case then for the airflow
Usually a theme, Red for the Hot P4, Purple PPro (triple P) My blue rig a dual P3 is because its cool and not just because, honest

Reply 6 of 15, by wirerogue

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chinny22 wrote on 2020-09-07, 09:13:
The second 775 SLI build in less then a week! I'm liking this new trend :) e-nForcer ( Core 2 Quad Q9550, GTX 280 SLI,EVGA 790i […]
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The second 775 SLI build in less then a week! I'm liking this new trend 😀
e-nForcer ( Core 2 Quad Q9550, GTX 280 SLI,EVGA 790i FTW)

Also like populating fan bays even if its more just to add character to the case then for the airflow
Usually a theme, Red for the Hot P4, Purple PPro (triple P) My blue rig a dual P3 is because its cool and not just because, honest

after browsing old stacker 832 builds online, i noticed most of them either had no fans in the door or they had 3 out of 4. this is due to height issues it creates when you populate all the door fans.
just for its over the top look, i really wanted to make sure i had all the door fans populated.
oh, and it's loud as hell of course.

Reply 7 of 15, by Errius

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can the 832 take the cross flow fan?

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 8 of 15, by wirerogue

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Errius wrote on 2020-09-07, 17:33:

can the 832 take the cross flow fan?

i'm not sure i understand your question.

Reply 9 of 15, by Errius

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It's a column-type fan that can be fitted on the swinging door thing instead of two of the regular fans. I know the 830 can take one but wasn't sure about the 832.

Yes, the 832 can take it, but -

http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product_product_id_2703.html

**Cross Flow Fan will NOT work with the Nvidia 8800 Series or the ATI R600 Cards**

ETA: This is what the CFF looks like: https://imgur.com/a/QcxmtPV

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Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 10 of 15, by wirerogue

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Errius wrote on 2020-09-07, 18:44:
It's a column-type fan that can be fitted on the swinging door thing instead of two of the regular fans. I know the 830 can take […]
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It's a column-type fan that can be fitted on the swinging door thing instead of two of the regular fans. I know the 830 can take one but wasn't sure about the 832.

Yes, the 832 can take it, but -

http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product_product_id_2703.html

**Cross Flow Fan will NOT work with the Nvidia 8800 Series or the ATI R600 Cards**

Okay, I remember seeing that in the manual and not knowing what it was.

Reply 11 of 15, by wirerogue

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i finally found the origins of the chassis. project war machine https://web.archive.org/web/20070914141835/ht … .com/gaming.htm

and here https://books.google.com/books?id=NgIAAAAAMBA … machine&f=false

it appears to be a failed oem that existed very briefly. looks like my specs were spot on for this chassis. unfortunately , there are no manuals or software in the archive.

but, i did find some super cool wall paper. neato!!!

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Reply 12 of 15, by Grem Five

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wirerogue wrote on 2021-12-31, 19:28:
i finally found the origins of the chassis. project war machine https://web.archive.org/web/20070914141835/ht … .com/gaming.htm […]
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i finally found the origins of the chassis. project war machine https://web.archive.org/web/20070914141835/ht … .com/gaming.htm

and here https://books.google.com/books?id=NgIAAAAAMBA … machine&f=false

it appears to be a failed oem that existed very briefly. looks like my specs were spot on for this chassis. unfortunately , there are no manuals or software in the archive.

but, i did find some super cool wall paper. neato!!!
war.machine.jpg

Thanks for that bit of info. I wish I had gotten 2 of those chassis instead of just the one.

Reply 13 of 15, by Grem Five

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Looking through the links you posted it seems you built a close build of what was in the War Machine M1 Elite, can't get more period correct than that.

M1 Elite

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 @ 3.66GHz;
  • Motherboard: Evga 122-CK-NF68-A1;
  • RAM: 2GB G.Skill PC2-6400;
  • HDD: 150GB Western Digital Raptor X (2x; RAID 0), 750GB Seagate ST3750640AS;
  • Graphics: 768MB Evga GeForce 8800 Ultra Superclocked (SLI);
  • Integrated Gigabit;
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech G15/G9;
  • Vista Ultimate 32-bit

Benchmark Numbers

3DMark06

  • Overall 18203
  • SM2.0 7532
  • HDR/SM3.0 8327
  • CPU 4976

Reply 14 of 15, by wirerogue

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Grem Five wrote on 2022-01-23, 13:52:
Looking through the links you posted it seems you built a close build of what was in the War Machine M1 Elite, can't get more pe […]
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Looking through the links you posted it seems you built a close build of what was in the War Machine M1 Elite, can't get more period correct than that.

M1 Elite

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 @ 3.66GHz;
  • Motherboard: Evga 122-CK-NF68-A1;
  • RAM: 2GB G.Skill PC2-6400;
  • HDD: 150GB Western Digital Raptor X (2x; RAID 0), 750GB Seagate ST3750640AS;
  • Graphics: 768MB Evga GeForce 8800 Ultra Superclocked (SLI);
  • Integrated Gigabit;
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech G15/G9;
  • Vista Ultimate 32-bit

Benchmark Numbers

3DMark06

  • Overall 18203
  • SM2.0 7532
  • HDR/SM3.0 8327
  • CPU 4976

i was originally going to use the 8800 ultra's but, after receiving the 4th dead card i gave up. finding 2 EVGA 8800 GTX ACS3 made this decision easier as those cards are pretty awesome too.

Reply 15 of 15, by TrashPanda

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wirerogue wrote on 2022-01-25, 22:38:
Grem Five wrote on 2022-01-23, 13:52:
Looking through the links you posted it seems you built a close build of what was in the War Machine M1 Elite, can't get more pe […]
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Looking through the links you posted it seems you built a close build of what was in the War Machine M1 Elite, can't get more period correct than that.

M1 Elite

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 @ 3.66GHz;
  • Motherboard: Evga 122-CK-NF68-A1;
  • RAM: 2GB G.Skill PC2-6400;
  • HDD: 150GB Western Digital Raptor X (2x; RAID 0), 750GB Seagate ST3750640AS;
  • Graphics: 768MB Evga GeForce 8800 Ultra Superclocked (SLI);
  • Integrated Gigabit;
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech G15/G9;
  • Vista Ultimate 32-bit

Benchmark Numbers

3DMark06

  • Overall 18203
  • SM2.0 7532
  • HDR/SM3.0 8327
  • CPU 4976

i was originally going to use the 8800 ultra's but, after receiving the 4th dead card i gave up. finding 2 EVGA 8800 GTX ACS3 made this decision easier as those cards are pretty awesome too.

A little tweaking and a 8800 GTX becomes a 8800 Ultra, there is almost nothing between the two cards IIRC the 8800GTX also has the better solder, which as we all know shit solder is the reason the 8800 ultras fail but bake them in a hot oven and they come back to life usually.