{"id":1036,"date":"2021-02-23T20:42:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2023-07-03T00:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T00:17:21","slug":"revisiting-the-frys-past-the-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/revisiting-the-frys-past-the-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the Fry&#8217;s Past: &#8220;The Tower&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I affectionately call this the \u201cpopcorn machine\u201d build.  This the largest case I have ever built in.  The Quadstellar was quite large, but it had for chambers.  This is just one big case.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3113-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3113-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nI mean, this sucker is HUGE.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3114-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3114-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nComplete set of parts<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>Themrltake TheTower 900<\/li>\n<li>Intel Core i7-7700k<\/li>\n<li>Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM 32GB (2&#215;16)<\/li>\n<li>Asus ROG Maximus IX Formula Motherboard<\/li>\n<li>Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD (x2 in Raid 0)<\/li>\n<li>EVGA Geforce GTX 1080Ti (x2 in SLI)<\/li>\n<li>Thermaltake ToughPower Grand 1000W PSU<\/li>\n<li>Thermaltake Water 3.0 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3115-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3115-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nParts needed for POST testing\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3123-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3123-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nNotice the way the second SSD had to be mounted.  That is very odd to say the least\u2026. At this point, I have already completed the POSt test and started installing additional peripherals<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3124-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3124-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nOMG, this thing is big.  The way it is designed reminds me of a popcorn machine at the movie theater.  Probably should be enough room for a few components.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3126-2021-02-23-15-42-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3126-2021-02-23-15-42-rotated.jpg\"><br \/>\nGetting the motherboard installed\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3129-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3129-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nGetting closer.  Video cards installed along with the radiator\u2026 but does it fit?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3130-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3130-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe tubes don\u2019t seem to be long enough\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3132-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3132-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nNope, they are not long enough.  Tried every conceivable mounting spot for the radiator to get the water block to install, but it just wasn\u2019t meant to be.  Next up: air cooling.  This will work well for the CPU unless the customer was going to do some extreme OC.  This air cooler has a push-pull configuration.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3139-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3139-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nFinal product.  It is a fantastically large case but for liquid cooling, it might be better to do a custom loop.  Maybe the customer found a liquid cooler that has much longer tubes\u2026. This system performs, though.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3153-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3153-2021-02-23-15-42.jpg\"><br \/>\nGot the RAID-0 working.  Not exactly sure why use a 500GB set of drives in RAID-1 over just getting a 1TB drive and no RAID.<\/p>\n<p>I am glad you came along with me for this installment of Revisiting the Fry\u2019s Past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I affectionately call this the \u201cpopcorn machine\u201d build. This the largest case I have ever built in. The Quadstellar was quite large, but it had for chambers. This is just one big case. I mean, this sucker is HUGE. Complete set of parts Themrltake TheTower 900 Intel Core i7-7700k Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM 32GB (2&#215;16) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,25,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-custom-build","category-frys","category-frys-builds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1038,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions\/1038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}