My Khaos Gaming Rig

[x.clay]

I managed to win a Khaos here on the forums a while back. My setup has changed quite a bit since then so I thought I would post a couple of updated pictures.

Current Specs:
CPU: Intel i7-870 w/ Zalman 10xFlex
Motherboard: Gigabyte P55-UD4P
GPU: 2x HD 4890s CFX w/ Zalman VF2000
OS Drive: Intel x25-m 80 gb SSD
Storage Drive: Hitachi 1 tb
PSU: Siverstone Strider 700w
Memory: 2x2gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 9-9-9-24
Case: NZXT KHAOS w/ NZXT Sentry LX :cool:

The cable management is a bit challenging in this case but you can hide most of your cables behind the drive bays. For air cooling this case is amazing.

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[Earthmonger]

I didn't know any of the regulars here had a Khaos. Very nice to see someone else using this case! (I often feel adrift in this sea of Tempest, Lexa, M59, etc)

Clean layout. Now get it under water!

[x.clay]

The Khaos club does seem to be a bit small but I think I would have a hard time switching to anything else. I would love to make the jump to water cooling but just don't have the budget at the moment. Maybe one day the economy will perk back up and I'll get a raise or a bonus but until then I will probably stick to air. If you have water cooled your case I would love to see your setup. I have kicked around some different ideas for radiator placement but I have yet to actually see something with water cooling in this case.

Aside from water cooling I have also kicked around the idea of some mods. Realistically I have no mod experience, no tools, and no budget so this will likely never happen but it is fun anyway.

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Playing around with a window concept as well - maybe with tinted acrylic

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Add some white water cooling tubes, black and white sleeved PSU cables, and some blue lighting and it would make for a drool-worthy setup :cool:

[Earthmonger]

I must bow my head in shame for the moment. My Khaos sits beside me, an i7 SLI beast chock full of hardware, collecting dust. The LC setup remains incomplete, and I've never powered it on. The problem, if it can be called that, is my radiators. You see, the Khaos is a BIG case, but not big enough to house my Watercool Mo-Ra 2 Pros (http://reign.dk/EMB181R/Humbug.jpg). They are the equivilent of 6x 120.3 radiators.

Over the winter I got lazy. I had decided that these rads needed their own case, and I began working on it, but it was so cold out in the garage I just couldn't seem to drag myself out there. Now though, the snow is beginning to melt and the temps are above zero. So, there'll be progress soon, with plenty of pics.

The only mods I've done to my Khaos was cut some wire and tubing routing holes, sleeve all the case cables, add a third fan/grill/hdd cage assembly to the front, replace all fans with red Yates, and add custom laser cut fan grills behind the meshes instead of the filters, since all fans are going to run at bare minumum speed anyway. Mounting my VelociRaptors was challenge though. The Khaos' hdd cages weren't made to accept the VelociRaptor's heatsinks. I had to buy two sets of Scythe HDD Stabilizers, cut half an inch off each, and mount the drives horizontal.

I love the Khaos without windows. It's just so refined. A white and black build might be cool though.

[x.clay]

those radiators are huge! So you are basically building a radiator box to house them?

It seems like the easiest place to install a radiator would be in the 5.25" drive bay column, although it looks like the fans wouldn't quite line up so you might need a shroud, etc. to match the stock fan position. My video cards and optical drive cables are already right against the middle fan bracket so it seems like it would tough to mount a radiator in the middle of the case.

I definately want to see some pictures of your setup once you get it put together.