Akasa Eclipse 62's Club... Desktop & Machines.

markyb · 1 Jun 2007 at 18:49

Heres mine, some suttle changes this time.

-Just been given a clean
-Replaced yellow IDE cable for a black Akasa one.
-Bunched the cables together using Akasa cable tie things....

-Replaced GeIL ram with Crucial Ballistix 2Gb PC2-8500C5.
-BFG 8800GTS OC2
-XFi Gamer Sound Card

Now running at 3.3Ghz

Buckster · 1 Jun 2007 at 19:21

got a Scythe Kama 5.25 cooler bay today ...

very well made first off.

2nd - well first installed it as was - made some difference to temps - but not a huge amount - but a good 3 degrees or so

then swapped some fans around - so swapped the 60cfm Noiseblocker from my side vent to the Kama bay, and put the 30cfm Scythe fan on the side vent.

this made a much bigger difference - temps now down in total by about 5-6C for the CPU - and about 7C for the mobo (49C vs 42C) - its the mobo temp difference that I'm most impressed with as its quite a lot lower ...

Mark.

ChoÞÞer · 1 Jun 2007 at 21:52

Wow, nice case, i think i going to order one of these's, next month, and a top end heatsink

fobose · 1 Jun 2007 at 23:15

Buckster said:
got a Scythe Kama 5.25 cooler bay today ...

Me too, I replaced the stock fan for an akasa 38CFM fan and on full speed my CPU is 3c lower now that it was earlier today - although it was a lot hotter then. However I did change my exaust fan (noctua 48CFM) to an akasa 38CFM at the same time as I hated the colour of the noctua.

fobose · 2 Jun 2007 at 16:22

Right with a bit of MS paint'ing I have changed around the kama bay/DVDRW layout - I couldn't figure out how to do it in photoshop and it took me like 2secs with paint so dont laugh

I have it so that the DVDRW is at the bottom at the moment but cant make up my mind if I should have it at the top, I dont think it looks as good though - what do you guys think?

lay-z-boy · 2 Jun 2007 at 17:39

ODD at the top imo.

fobose · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:00

I am glad somebody else thinks so, the only reason I considered putting the DVDRW at the top was as someone else stated the air from the kama will be going mainly towards the mem/cpu, where as the DVDRW at the bottom the kama is in line with my PSU. I am hoping the airflow from the exaust will suck it down over the RAM and CPU tho

Buckster · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:27

I prefer bottom picture TBH

Tom84 · 2 Jun 2007 at 19:08

Definitely leave it as it is mate as you said the optical just doesn't look good underneath the bay

Buckster · 2 Jun 2007 at 19:12

isn't as is - with the bay on-top with the DVD drive underneath ?

or am I getting confused ?

fobose · 2 Jun 2007 at 19:13

The optical is underneath the bay :|

Buckster · 2 Jun 2007 at 19:15

thats what I thought - but Toms post confused me ..

quote

"Definitely leave it as it is mate as you said the optical just doesn't look good underneath the bay"

Jonny L · 2 Jun 2007 at 20:05

Put the optical above the bay, better cooling and looks better.

Tom84 · 2 Jun 2007 at 20:09

Buckster said:
thats what I thought - but Toms post confused me ..

quote

"Definitely leave it as it is mate as you said the optical just doesn't look good underneath the bay"

Yeah meant to say on top of the bay :rolleyes:

Either way leave it as it is mate

fobose · 2 Jun 2007 at 22:50

Er..its under the bay... :S lol so much confusion, just read the freak'n original post!

gt_junkie · 2 Jun 2007 at 22:54

DVD drive at the top would be best.

All it would do with the DVD drive at the bottom would mean the Kama bay might simply end up stirring the warm air at the top of the case.

I always say 'intake lower and exhaust higher'. Hot air rises so it makes sense to me!

gt

fobose · 2 Jun 2007 at 23:26

Damnit, tomorrow I will move the DVDRW to the top. Thanks for all your relpies. If it doesn't change my system temp atleast I will be annoyed

gt_junkie · 2 Jun 2007 at 23:38

TheKnat said:
Cool hope it works well for you. The only downside I can see with it is that the quads kick out a boat load of heat so the fans are quite high all the time. I'm going to proberly end up water cooling it so I can leave it running overnight and not be kept awake

Thanks Knat,

Me too! I'll see how the temps go an keep you all informed.

I might try to keep the quad at stock volts to tame temps and possibly add a second fan to the extreme. Do you know if thermalright sell extra sets of fan clips for it?

Again... nice rig! I am super jealous!

gt

lay-z-boy · 3 Jun 2007 at 00:23

An update over my last one, case has lasted 3 machines now.

Full project in sig.

Flash on

Flash off

from this. For those who were wondering what the hell that card was there for, it was for a test drive of using using a 2nd card for physics that i had on the go at the time.

BFG_9000 · 3 Jun 2007 at 08:44

lay-z-boy said:
An update over my last one, case has lasted 3 machines now.

Full project in sig.

Flash on

Flash off

from this. For those who were wondering what the hell that card was there for, it was for a test drive of using using a 2nd card for physics that i had on the go at the time.

Nice pics.....