1st Watercool build with G70
- Thread starter JaseUK
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Gotta be the window
Yep has to be a window next.
You have got to get somehing laser cut into the side panel JaseUK.
Yep has to be a window next.
You have got to get somehing laser cut into the side panel JaseUK.
Yeah you guys are right, I am in the process of sorting a windowed side panel out (laser cutting).
Dont know whether to go for a something simple or someit a bit different.
Was messing about with paint and came up with this, simple but effective: -
yea that looks good, i would go for a simple plain square like you suggested as it's a very simple case and i think you should keep it that way tbh
your case looks a LOT more sturdy than mine so you might have trouble doing it yourself but how thick are the side panels?
also steel or ali ?
I think my case side panels were 2mm steel and all I had to do was buy a metal fine tooth count blade for my dads jigsaw and away I went. (make sure you use oil on the blade as it started to smoke after 2 long cuts i made.
was £6 for 5 blades. only used 1 in the end.
also steel or ali ?
I think my case side panels were 2mm steel and all I had to do was buy a metal fine tooth count blade for my dads jigsaw and away I went. (make sure you use oil on the blade as it started to smoke after 2 long cuts i made.
was £6 for 5 blades. only used 1 in the end.
Hey, what 'flavoured' feser 1 and UV's are you using, mine looks rubbish compared to yours
Its feser 1 in blue, and using 1 x 30cm standard UV light. Nowt special really
One problem is I wired all the top 3 fans into one plug but the akasa fan controller throws a wobbler when I plug it in. So they are currently powered via molex but bloomin running at full speed and quite loud.
Any tips guys
Any tips guys
7v mod
Many people, while desiring high performance out of their computers, decide that their computer is too loud, so the easiest way to combat this problem is to slow down the fans, which are the major noisemaker in the average computer. To slow a fan down, one must reduce the voltage powering it. The fans that most of us use in our computers are 12vdc fans, but most will run fine at lower voltages, with some going all the way down to 4v without issue. The cheapest and easiest way to slow down a fan is to simply power the fan off a different rail than normal.
Now, most people know that the average computer has a +/-12, +/-5, and 3.3v rail, and it is simple to power fans off of these rails by changing the power lead for the fan from the normal 12v to the 5v rail, as most fans won't start with 3.3v. While these rails are common knowledge, many people don't know that there are also several "virtual rails", the 8.7v, 7v, and 17v, as well as the 24v and 15.3v rails. These rails are not true voltage rails, they are accessed by using one of the real voltage rails instead of the common ground as a ground for that rail, so the 12v=12vrail+ground, 5v=5vrail+ground, and 3.3v=3.3vrail+ground. Now, if you switch the ground to one of the lesser voltage rails, such as the 12vrail+5vrail, you end up providing 7v, which is the popular 7v fan mod. This is by far the most common, because the 4-pin molex connectors used to power devices such as hard disk drives and DVD ROM drives has a 5v line, 2 grounds, and a 12v line. To get 8.7v, it is necessary to bring a wire from the 20 pin ATX connector on the mobo, which is much less convenient. The voltages above 12v simply use the negative rails, but again, these are only found on the 20 pin ATX connector, and are not really very safe to use for this purpose, as the negative rails are very weak, and don't have enough load to absorb the power sent back up the rail.
This is also an issue with the 7v and 8.7v mods, but much less so because of the load of the whole computer that is much greater than the load of the fans, but before doing this mod, always check. It is not a good idea to try this mod when starting a PSU with the wire trick, because unless you are running other things with it, there is no load, and you can cause physical damage to your hardware. Some of the lower quality PSUs also die with this mod, so it is only advisable to do it with a decent PSU.
12v to the fans:
7v to the fans:
5v to the fans:
I noticed the second I saw the picture but didn't say anything
What kind of Les Paul is it?
(ok to keep this on track, I like the case very much)
Its a Vintage (Les Paul sunburst lookalike) do I look like I'm made of money