System build 2010 completed!

After a good 2 weeks of building and bench testing, my new rig is complete. The 200mm fan was delivered today, and it went in with absolutely zero hassle. It adds a bit more noise to the system- something I didn't want to do at first, but the results are well worth it. At a relatively low speed temperatures are quite cool and it is still much quieter than my old PC. Cranking it up makes for a bit of a persistent angry sounding whine from the fan, but that's exactly why I have it hooked up to the manual fan controller. Also, though the overall noise level is somewhat subjective, I must add that I've been bench testing with the rig about 3 feet from my head, in a very acoustically reflective room with no carpet. It may get even quieter when placed in a room with carpet to absorb some sound, as well as being further from me.

It almost makes me want to overclock a little bit more with 36 degrees leeway to TJMax of the cores; but I will refrain from doing so since I've had my fill of stress testing and tweaking.

Now all that's left is to see how it stands up to Starcraft II or Crysis or something...