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

[MarcLister]

Yes the three bottom fans are sucking air up through the triple rad, nice cool air off the tiled floor.

It works well

Nice. I bet it does work well. If you've got a chimney vent then having cool air coming in through the underneath can only add to the cooling.

 

[markwilliams82]

these do seem a really nice practical case but dont see them for sale anywhere anymore...are they still available new? any ideas how much I'd be looking to spend on getting one new or second hand?

 

[whipitrnd]

yeah i agree there nice cases. wouldnt mind owning one my self.

 

[MarcLister]

They are still available for sale. About £130 new. You could try contacting Akasa Europe/UK and see if they'll sell you one direct.

 

[easyrider]

I have done a huge overall of my akasa system.

I have laid it on its side

I have fitted it into a 19" home studio rack to save space.

What a faff.

I had to relocate the RAD and relocate the Pump.

But its in place now

Will post pics in a bit

 

[markwilliams82]

sounds good, would love to see pics of that.

so approx £130 new, any ideas what price I might be able to get one 2nd hand if I'm lucky.

 

[marlos]

sounds good, would love to see pics of that.

so approx £130 new, any ideas what price I might be able to get one 2nd hand if I'm lucky.

I found one for £50 with 13 p&p.

PM me if you want anymore details.

 

[MarcLister]

I found one for £50 with 13 p&p.

PM me if you want anymore details.

You can't send or receive PMs on OcUK marlos.

 

[marlos]

You can't send or receive PMs on OcUK marlos.

My bad.

 

[MarcLister]

Very bad.

You could always try http://trust.overclockers.co.uk.

 

[juno12]

another update with 2xf8 fans in my tagan PSU, 2x intel x25v on raid0 and scythe copper ram heatsinks.
at last the pc is REALLY quiet.

 

[xiphrex]

Did you mod your PSU with new fans?

Ive always thought my PSU fan was a bit too loud but never thought it possible or worthwhile to change that fan.

 

[juno12]

ye mate!
it had two 8" tagan fans, which were not sooo loud in the
first place but after 3-4 years i use it, my psu got the noisiest thing
in the case.
so when i found the arctic cooling f8 fans i knew i should do it.
the only tricky part is that i had to solder the 2pin wire from the tagan
fans on the arctic fans because they had the usual 3pin wire and the psu pcb only has 2pin headers.

maybe i should have taken some pics when i did it.
sorry

 

[xiphrex]

ah nice one. I do have a solderer so I guess maybe its time to find where I last put it!

 

[Buckster]

my only annoyance with this case (mine is an early version) ... is looking at other people's cases on the cases pics thread with lots of mobo plate holes - having cables all go to the rear looks FAR FAR neater

I only have one on my 62 - right under the CPU which is no real benefit

 

[setter]

Tbh, the 3 hole mobo trays werent that great for cable management, particularly the 24 pin atx power cable, ideally you needed a hole cut along the top of the case just behind the psu to thread the cable through. The lower hole though helped with pwr/reset cables etc.

 

[Buckster]

true Setter - but this would be nice

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=17158993&postcount=347

 

[setter]

Yep, the 800d is pretty good for cable management, my current Lian Li A70F is good, (if id take the time and do it properly). Only upgraded from the eclipse 62 as i wanted a case with room for watercooling, gotta admit though, the old 62 is still a cracking case, i liked it so much i have two of them.

 

[Buck890]

got round to tidying up the cables a little yesurday and decided to get my dremal and jigsaw out to make a hole for 2 120mm fans at the bottom!! the fans at the mo are just spare i had, will be picking up some decent ones shortly.

 

[Swifty55]

I'm considering going back to my Akasa Eclipse from this CM 690 as it feels that the CM is too noisy with 6 fans, but I dunno if the Akasa still cools as well as it did in its day?!