The New Cases Gallery

MOOGLEYS · 2 Jan 2013 at 02:25

My D14 is only a couple of .c behind my H100i with sp120 fans. It is considerably quieter though.

{SAS}TB · 2 Jan 2013 at 06:34

I didn't think the SB-E came with a paste as you don't get a fan ?

Uncle Petey · 2 Jan 2013 at 12:38

^We mean the Silver Arrow SB-E cooler, not the chip itself

@kitkat
May I ask what the temps are/were with both coolers.

Moogleys results sound like the norm to me. They certainly tie in with the chart posted above (which doesn't take into account the fan speeds/noise required to achieve those results).
I do hear anecdotal stuff here and there from people who suggest that water (including CLC's like the H100) has a notable advantage over air on SB-E chips though. I'm prepared to accept that, but not to the tune of 20c. Not calling you a liar, it just seems a bit off

{SAS}TB · 2 Jan 2013 at 12:41

Ah fairy muff and im with you - 20c is a HUGE difference which (IMO) can only be explained by something not being right in the first place

Uncle Petey · 2 Jan 2013 at 12:56

I'm inclined to agree, but you never know. I just dropped 5c at 1000rpm by switching from a Wingboost 120mm to a TY-140...

Insane_Homer · 5 Jan 2013 at 08:01

Finished moving everything over to my new Zalman Z9 Plus Case

very happy so far, Water temp on the Antec Kuler is 7 degrees lower (34 now v 41 before) than in the old case under normal desktop operation.

Case temp from sensor is 23 degrees (in front of the Antec fan above CPU).

I had to move the top case fan over to the second slot to accommodate the Antec Radiator.

Still need to work on the SATA cable and power management and neaten a few things up.

Quality Case at an astounding price.

Roalith · 5 Jan 2013 at 11:55

Was going to say, will probably look quite good with a bit of cable management

Never been one for brown PCBs though, that motherboard looks a little ugly with the blue heatsinks. Guess it would work with Noctua's fans, which are pretty ugly too

dazzyboy10 · 5 Jan 2013 at 16:17

Mutt said:
Got my H100i yesterday and Corsair fans today. Once Christmas is out the way I'll add in some Corsair red braided cables and a decent fan controller.

Hope you don't mind me asking but how did you manage to get the corsair logo to be red on the block or is that a reflection or felt tip

Raikiri · 5 Jan 2013 at 16:29

It's a standard feature of the h100i.

dazzyboy10 · 5 Jan 2013 at 16:37

Raikiri said:
It's a standard feature of the h100i.

So why does the stock photo show it as white then.

H100i

Mutt · 5 Jan 2013 at 16:41

Its changeable in the Corsair Link software. You can change the RGB sliders to create any colour you want.

dazzyboy10 · 5 Jan 2013 at 16:41

Is that only available on the H100i then

Raikiri · 5 Jan 2013 at 16:45

dazzyboy10 said:
So why does the stock photo show it as white then.

H100i

Because they have to pick a colour...

dazzyboy10 said:
Is that only available on the H100i then

H80 and H100 too iirc.

dazzyboy10 · 5 Jan 2013 at 16:48

excellent, thanks

sopran2 · 6 Jan 2013 at 00:27

My Latest baby

I added pictures but they dont show up, sry

Akasa Venom Toxic Full Tower Case - Pure Black
Seasonic 860w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply
Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE Intel Z77 Motherboard
Intel Core i5-3570K (Need 3770k and dont tell me that 3570k is good enough)
Zalman CNPS20LQ CPU Liquid Cooler
Avexir MPower Series 16GB (4x4GB) 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit's (Blue LED's)
MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition (will fit another one for crossfire)
2x Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD (raid0)
2x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s
2x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s
Asus EA-N66 Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Logitech G9x Laser Mouse (best i ever had, better than R.A.T 7 and Gigabyte Krypton)
Razer Nostromo Gaming Keypad
Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard

Top: Akasa AK-FN068 230mm Case Fan
Front: Akasa Super Silent 230mm White Led Fan
Back: Akasa 140mm Ultra Quiet Viper Fan (push pull with Zalman CNPS20LQ Radiator Fan)

Audio: HDMI to Onkyo TX-NR717 AV Receiver (saves money on DAC) +Teufel System 5 THX® Select 2™ Certified "Concert 5.2" Speaker system

WelshSniper · 6 Jan 2013 at 05:30

Thought I would show my PC/Case.

RizGB · 6 Jan 2013 at 23:38

Mutt said:
I started off using the 7v fan speed reducer but there's so little difference in noise compared to 12v I chose to have cooler temps and a fraction more fan noise.

hi mutt i have the same fans here cant seem to change the rpms tho guess it fines cant really hear them tbh sp120 quite
atm its 1290 rpms that ok

dunno why it wont left me change the rpms ;/

here is my setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X2TvRjxFNGk
first build so be nice

should have my 680 some time next week

Mutt · 7 Jan 2013 at 00:36

BloodZeed said:
hi mutt i have the same fans here cant seem to change the rpms tho guess it fines cant really hear them tbh sp120 quite
atm its 1290 rpms that ok

dunno why it wont left me change the rpms ;/

here is my setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X2TvRjxFNGk
first build so be nice

should have my 680 some time next week

Nice looking rig mate. Take some pics when you get your new 680 installed.

You can't control the SP120's with the Corsair Link software. You need this apparently:

http://www.corsair.com/en/corsair-link/corsair-link-kits/corsair-link-cooling-node.html/

RizGB · 7 Jan 2013 at 07:14

Mutt said:
Nice looking rig mate. Take some pics when you get your new 680 installed.

You can't control the SP120's with the Corsair Link software. You need this apparently:

http://www.corsair.com/en/corsair-link/corsair-link-kits/corsair-link-cooling-node.html/

thanks did you change the pump speed on default mine was set to RPM divider two and was going about 2000+ rpm i set it to one and its doing
4308 rpm

also these fans can do Speed: 1450 RPM? Corsair link say 1296 any way to make them max
as there i no way to max them out.

Mutt · 8 Jan 2013 at 15:53

BloodZeed said:
thanks did you change the pump speed on default mine was set to RPM divider two and was going about 2000+ rpm i set it to one and its doing
4308 rpm

also these fans can do Speed: 1450 RPM? Corsair link say 1296 any way to make them max
as there i no way to max them out.

I tried changing the pump speed but it made no difference to the temps so I put it back to the default.

With regard to the fans. Perhaps try connecting them to the fan connectors on your motherboard and use some kind of utility software from your motherboard manufacturer to tweak the fan speeds.