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

BFG_9000 · 14 Jun 2007 at 00:16

lay-z-boy said:
Welcome to one of the few downfalls of the eclipse, it amplifies hard drive noise, it doesn't help that a raptor is louder than most hard drives as well.

(Try and imagine 6 hard drives )

The best way to silence the raptor is to shove it in a caddy of some sorts, any one should do the trick. Imo ones with active cooling and a fancy display would go nicely with it.

Raptor's will be fine in your Eclipse..

snarloas1982 · 14 Jun 2007 at 00:19

its funny cus the two seagates are silent but the craptor is doing my nut in now.....

PinkFloyd · 14 Jun 2007 at 00:22

I've got a pair of 36 ig raptors in raid in my eclipse right now. Noise ftl

Will need to find some way of silencing them soon, I only have one 5.25 drive bay free at the moment..

Zen · 14 Jun 2007 at 00:54

I dont think I can make mine any more quieter than it is, as I am already like running with 5 HDD. :eek:

They are like hot cakes too! Luckilly enough there is a fan blowing down the front

Tom84 · 14 Jun 2007 at 09:09

snarloas1982 said:
whats the best way to shut a raptor up? a hammer???

Use rubber gommets, makes a huge difference

snarloas1982 · 14 Jun 2007 at 17:44

where would i find them mate?

Tom84 · 14 Jun 2007 at 18:59

snarloas1982 said:
where would i find them mate?

Your local B&Q should stock them

dunker · 17 Jun 2007 at 16:29

think i'm being a bit thick here so laugh away,
i got the akasa cable tidy kit and it has these little square "cable clamps" things and i can't get the backing paper off anyway and if/when i manage to get that off how do you get a cable into them?

BFG_9000 · 17 Jun 2007 at 17:51

dunker said:
think i'm being a bit thick here so laugh away,
i got the akasa cable tidy kit and it has these little square "cable clamps" things and i can't get the backing paper off anyway and if/when i manage to get that off how do you get a cable into them?

Not sure what type of clamps they are, can you post some pics, might help..

lay-z-boy · 17 Jun 2007 at 18:27

If they are the ones I am thinking of, you wire through the cable tie in the small slot that you can do so.

dunker · 17 Jun 2007 at 18:29

lay-z-boy said:
If they are the ones I am thinking of, you wire through the cable tie in the small slot that you can do so.

ahh that makes sense doh, thanks

waso_dude · 17 Jun 2007 at 22:16

Just had a quick scan anyone got a pic of one of these with a 120.2 rad on the roof? and pics of them putting it there? The fastenings and that.

As i'm torn between this and the Lian Li V1000 at the moment.

Cheers

Warren

dave24 · 18 Jun 2007 at 23:53

just got mine,nice case to work with.

WJA96 · 19 Jun 2007 at 01:20

waso_dude said:
Just had a quick scan anyone got a pic of one of these with a 120.2 rad on the roof? and pics of them putting it there? The fastenings and that.

As i'm torn between this and the Lian Li V1000 at the moment.

Cheers

Warren

The only reason to consider an Eclipse is that you cannot afford a V1000, otherwise the V1000 is better in almost every respect. And if you want to put a 120.2 in the roof, buy the V1200 and that way it won't block the motherboard.

lay-z-boy · 19 Jun 2007 at 01:30

WJA96 said:
The only reason to consider an Eclipse is that you cannot afford a V1000, otherwise the V1000 is better in almost every respect. And if you want to put a 120.2 in the roof, buy the V1200 and that way it won't block the motherboard.

Er...no it isn't, v1000 is crap compared to eclipse for airflow, thermals, capacity, room to work with and features.
I would know my server is in one and its a ***** to fit a big psu with any HDD's.

Just had a quick scan anyone got a pic of one of these with a 120.2 rad on the roof? and pics of them putting it there? The fastenings and that.

As i'm torn between this and the Lian Li V1000 at the moment.

Cheers

Warren

I am currently in the process of finding the best way to bolt a second 120.2 to the roof, with the barbs in-between the psu and drive bays area. (First is on the back of the case)

Will post pics when it started/done.

dunker · 19 Jun 2007 at 01:54

here's my new one finished

higher-res pics here,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7405500@N06/sets/72157600394749024/

lay-z-boy · 19 Jun 2007 at 02:02

Very nice

BFG_9000 · 19 Jun 2007 at 10:35

dunker said:
here's my new one finished

higher-res pics here,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7405500@N06/sets/72157600394749024/

Nice build... These Akasa Eclipses get better looking.. :cool:

dunker · 19 Jun 2007 at 12:20

cheers

this is my second eclipse, i was thinking maybe try something new, a lian-li or antec but i thought why try something different when i've already found something that works great, very happy i stuck with it

this one is even more silent than my last, 3x scythe s-flex 1600rpm fans with the cpu fan at 1500rpm and the two case fans at 1440rpm.

the e6600 stock idles at 28-32c and load at 46-52c depending on the app, TAT seems to stress it the most about 4c more than Orthos, i wonder what TAT is doing that Orthos is'nt?

i mounted the HD too low for the sata power length and it left two screw scars :rolleyes:

i'll fix that with some model paint.

fobose · 19 Jun 2007 at 12:24

I got some screw scars on my mirage, I noticed in with the screws come some red washers so I used them the second time around (incase I changed them back again) - now I have changed them to a light brown washers which came with my zalman HSF, got about 20! lol.