Update: I completed build #2. Good & Bad news.
Good news. Awesome case in general. I am not a fan of how the side panels are attached, but that is minor compared to the next thing. Bad news. Discovered front power on logic board is damaged. There's probably a short somewhere. The damn thing doesn't turn on and stay on. It turns itself off within a moment. My RMA PSU returned and is working like a champ. The 7970's run and run hot, but are chugging away mining bitcoins. I so wish I bought at 50$. They're over 150$ right now. Go go bubble #2 of this year. Grabbed a i5 3570K for this 2nd build. I spread the 8 gig ram sticks out, since most games can't use more than 3.5 (let alone virtual address two gigs). Ordered another case that was on sale. Fractal Design XL R2. Wish I lived nearer LA, since the microcenter is selling 3770K's for over a hundred bucks cheaper with in store pickup (only). Going to return the Deep Silence 2 case. Shame, it is nice, just not functional.
Good news. Awesome case in general. I am not a fan of how the side panels are attached, but that is minor compared to the next thing. Bad news. Discovered front power on logic board is damaged. There's probably a short somewhere. The damn thing doesn't turn on and stay on. It turns itself off within a moment. My RMA PSU returned and is working like a champ. The 7970's run and run hot, but are chugging away mining bitcoins. I so wish I bought at 50$. They're over 150$ right now. Go go bubble #2 of this year. Grabbed a i5 3570K for this 2nd build. I spread the 8 gig ram sticks out, since most games can't use more than 3.5 (let alone virtual address two gigs). Ordered another case that was on sale. Fractal Design XL R2. Wish I lived nearer LA, since the microcenter is selling 3770K's for over a hundred bucks cheaper with in store pickup (only). Going to return the Deep Silence 2 case. Shame, it is nice, just not functional.