Mounting The Motherboard
In order to fit the motherboard I was going to have to do a lot of work. I needed to cut off the old motherboard standoff's and fit new ones.
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Here the dremel fun begins, I have to cut off all the old motherboard standoffs with the dremel. Lots of sparks and dust later I had removed them all.
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In order to get the motherboard in place I needed to cut the rear ATX I/O plate a bit, again I attacked it with a dremel.
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For the motherboard standoffs I used small 1cm hexagonal spacers. I had to drill the holes and make sure the plastic (Part of the door opening mechanism) was able to move as before. I finally got the motherboard in place. The project was starting to take shape.
Cooling
I wanting to find a great looking cooler for this project. It needed to support 80mm fans and be an excellent cooler. The obvious choice was the Swiftech MCX 4000. Overclock.co.uk, kindly provided the cooler along with a few grills and a filter for the bottom blowhole. Its nice to get some support from stores like Overclock.co.uk and its greatly appreciated.
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The swiftech cooler along with the grills and filter.
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Mounting the cooler onto the motherboard requires the stock P4 mounting to be removed. Then the cooler is bolted into place. It looks great with the 80mm clear fan.
In terms of physical cooling the Swiftech is excellent. It is better than any other cooler I've used before. The temperatures with the fan on really low voltages is amazing.
