Core i3 build in Antec NSK2480
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:15 am
Well needed a couple machines for my work, they wanted slimtops so I picked out the NSK2480 because it looked nice and had free shipping at the time.
Outside
Inside
The hard drive cage was a little funky, one side of the drive is accessible inside the case, the other is from the outside on the bottom. The other thing I noticed is that the cage is setup for thick drives. If you have newer'ish thin drive the isolator mounts will hold it, just looks weird with the extra space in the holder.
Since these will be setting on a desk of some folks that are always on the phone I didn't want the noisy stock fan humming away. So I picked out the Scythe Big Shuriken, its low profile, 140mm fan, and looked like it would do the job nicely.
Darn near as short as the stock Core i3 cooler
Uses the push pin style retainers, didn't think anything of it until I went to put the thing on. The pins are all under the fins.
With 6 of these to build I was annoyed.
Working on assembling the second one I grabbed an expansion slot cover I had laying on the table and used that to push the pins. Worked like a charm.
standard or low profile RAM is a must, no matter which way I turned the cooler it blocked a slot.
Finished
Now to get the OS and programs installed on one and start cloning the drives.
Outside
Inside
The hard drive cage was a little funky, one side of the drive is accessible inside the case, the other is from the outside on the bottom. The other thing I noticed is that the cage is setup for thick drives. If you have newer'ish thin drive the isolator mounts will hold it, just looks weird with the extra space in the holder.
Since these will be setting on a desk of some folks that are always on the phone I didn't want the noisy stock fan humming away. So I picked out the Scythe Big Shuriken, its low profile, 140mm fan, and looked like it would do the job nicely.
Darn near as short as the stock Core i3 cooler
Uses the push pin style retainers, didn't think anything of it until I went to put the thing on. The pins are all under the fins.
With 6 of these to build I was annoyed.
Working on assembling the second one I grabbed an expansion slot cover I had laying on the table and used that to push the pins. Worked like a charm.
standard or low profile RAM is a must, no matter which way I turned the cooler it blocked a slot.
Finished
Now to get the OS and programs installed on one and start cloning the drives.