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

Cheers for the nice comments :)

With regards to the cable, will any IDE rounded cable do?

I heard the pin layout was *slightly* different, involved having to poke a hole to get it to work with the X-Fi bay.

I'm probably wrong though :p
 
The Akasa rounded cables (Bought From OcUK) I use have no hole restrictions, so there should not be a problem in installing it to your XFI.. ;)
 
Dan7 said:
Cheers for the nice comments :)

With regards to the cable, will any IDE rounded cable do?

I heard the pin layout was *slightly* different, involved having to poke a hole to get it to work with the X-Fi bay.

I'm probably wrong though :p
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As I explained you need to find one with two connectors rather than three, one pin is blocked out on the cabled with 3 plugs so will not work.
 
Just got my eclipse after getting annoyed with my old thermaltake soprano, this case is quality. just so easy to work with, and the fans that come with this case are about 1 million times quieter than the ones in my soprano, i had to check if they were on when i first switched my rig on.

could anyone tell me whats the best way to remove the hard drive bay??? as i dont even use it.

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eggcup said:
Just got my eclipse after getting annoyed with my old thermaltake soprano, this case is quality. just so easy to work with, and the fans that come with this case are about 1 million times quieter than the ones in my soprano, i had to check if they were on when i first switched my rig on.

could anyone tell me whats the best way to remove the hard drive bay??? as i dont even use it.
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Hot swap drives eh? fancy :p

If memory serves the HDD bay has screws located behind the front panel ;)
 
You undo the screws then pull the knob thing towards you at the front and you will hear it click out
then just pull forwards the cage.
 
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You have to take the front plastic panel off, undo, i think 4 screws that keep the cage clamped to the front of the case. You then need to pull the small plastic knob that has two screws either side of it until it clicks and then undo both screws that are on either side, should come free no problem. :)
 
Has anyone got images of a Mirage with a Kama bay fitted ? there seems to be large gaps around it when fitted in mine, enough to make me wonder about wether itd be a good idea to fill the gaps in with some foam.
 
lay-z-boy said:
You have to take the front plastic panel off, undo, i think 4 screws that keep the cage clamped to the front of the case. You then need to pull the small plastic knob that has two screws either side of it until it clicks and then undo both screws that are on either side, should come free no problem. :)
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That was simple enough, cheers guys, i only asked as i could have swore i saw someone say they cut theres off?!? Just doing that has droped the case temps down a feew degrees!!

All i need now is a sata dvd drive and some longer sata cables and i will be happy:p
 
eggcup said:
That was simple enough, cheers guys, i only asked as i could have swore i saw someone say they cut theres off?!? Just doing that has droped the case temps down a feew degrees!!

All i need now is a sata dvd drive and some longer sata cables and i will be happy:p
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What is the name/make of the HDD enclosure you're using?

I might steal that idea for my Eclipse :p

edit: Is it the Icy Dock?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-019-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72

Certainly looks very similar... I may have just answered my own question :o
 
nikebee said:
Cool, cheers :)

I'm toying between the idea of a Kama bay or that hot-swappable drive configuration.

Haven't bought the Eclipse yet, but I'll be grabbing one come September
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Get the Icydock it helps to cool the case aswell or it seems to anyway when i put my hand behind it, the fan on the back seems to suck cold air in from the front and blow into the case. :confused:
 
eggcup said:
Just got my eclipse after getting annoyed with my old thermaltake soprano, this case is quality. just so easy to work with, and the fans that come with this case are about 1 million times quieter than the ones in my soprano, i had to check if they were on when i first switched my rig on.

could anyone tell me whats the best way to remove the hard drive bay??? as i dont even use it.

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Like the HDD 5.25 bays... ;)
 
nikebee said:
Anyone got pics of the Eclipse with the HDD bay removed? Do you gain much room from doing so?
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Just finished building my new rig..:D I have all the HDD/FDD bays removed and airflow is vastly improved, I will post pics later this evening...;) Keep posted :cool:
 
Hope you like my new build: Core 2 Duo E6850, 4GB Ballistix, XFX 8800 GTS XXX Edition 640MB, Gigabytes P35 DQ6, 500GB HD & Creative Labs Gamer Extreme Sound Card... :cool:







 
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