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

BFG_9000 · 31 Aug 2007 at 22:30

And a couple more..

BFG_9000 · 31 Aug 2007 at 22:44

Got a custom grill being made to a spare top panel I have, will post pictures when it arrives, I think its the only addition that Akasa Eclipse 62 case needed..

lay-z-boy · 31 Aug 2007 at 22:56

Nice rig BFG!

Specs?

And what is that stock cooler doing there?!!?! :mad:

BFG_9000 · 1 Sep 2007 at 01:43

lay-z-boy said:
Nice rig BFG!

Specs?

And what is that stock cooler doing there?!!?!

Thanks "lay-z-boy" Specs: Core 2 Duo E6850, 4GB Ballistix, XFX 8800 GTS XXX Edition 640MB, Gigabytes P35 DQ6, 500GB HD & Creative Labs Gamer Extreme Sound Card... Kept stock cooler as I am not going to overclock, its keeping CPU nice and cool..

The way the case is layed out, all components are getting excellent airflow, really pleased with build..

SGWills · 1 Sep 2007 at 02:31

nice looking rig, just finished building my new one (minus the watercooling) pics tomorrow

Reasteh · 1 Sep 2007 at 16:30

new kama bay, is the gap at the top and bottom suppose to be that big :/

BFG_9000 · 1 Sep 2007 at 17:31

As long as the internal bay screws align the gap at the top and bottom is quite normal, looking at your Akasa the gaps seem very even.... Any internal case pics coming....

azteched · 1 Sep 2007 at 17:45

If you use an LED fan, the gaps at the top and bottom are less noticable/annoying.

SGWills · 1 Sep 2007 at 17:47

Nice case to work in, watercooling to come

having a bit of an onboard audio problem but im sure it will be sorted soon

SG

SGWills · 1 Sep 2007 at 18:01

by the way, its not stock cooler but not a good cooler at that, wanted something cheap to tied me over until my custom WC parts arrive

Buckster · 1 Sep 2007 at 18:17

BFG - where did you get that bendy ram cooling fan from please ?

anyone find the Karma drive bay coolers rather annoying to clean ? IE to clean out the filter you have to remove the whole lot !

Mark.

Reasteh · 1 Sep 2007 at 18:23

Heres some pics of the inside

(other stick of ram was faulty, then got lost in the mail, :mad:

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i never realised the hdd's fit in the floppy bay.. ^^ maybe i should move em and take out the hdd bay

azteched · 1 Sep 2007 at 18:32

Buckster said:
anyone find the Karma drive bay coolers rather annoying to clean ? IE to clean out the filter you have to remove the whole lot !

Mark.

Yes, and the bottom of the filter kept getting sucked out to catch on the fan I have in there (faster than the 800rpm one that comes with it). I just took out the filter and run the fan at 7V to reduce the noise (was noticabley noiser without the filter).

Ray.uk · 1 Sep 2007 at 19:44

Or maybe use these
http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/pc-accessory/hard-disk-stabilizer-2.html

toxic · 1 Sep 2007 at 19:49

Buckster said:
BFG - where did you get that bendy ram cooling fan from please ?

anyone find the Karma drive bay coolers rather annoying to clean ? IE to clean out the filter you have to remove the whole lot !

Mark.

Before just run the hoover over the front of it...it removes all the dust///then just wipe the front clean. Worked a treat. You will only have to remove it every so often to give it a proper clean.
I actually removed the filter a few weks ago...as it improved the airflow a bit.

nikebee · 1 Sep 2007 at 22:00

Wow, you get so much more extra room by not using the HDD bays :eek:

Are the HDD bays attached to the FDD bays?
Can you take just the HDD bay out and leave the FDD bay still in?

Gaaaahhh.... can't wait to build my rig now.
Looks like I'm going to have to wait until November 1st though before I can buy all my components.

Will probably pick up the Eclipse, window, cathodes and any other mods I'll have on it pretty soon though. Then just buy the GFX/CPU/mobo etc... next month.

BFG_9000 · 1 Sep 2007 at 22:27

nikebee said:
Wow, you get so much more extra room by not using the HDD bays

Are the HDD bays attached to the FDD bays?
Can you take just the HDD bay out and leave the FDD bay still in?

Gaaaahhh.... can't wait to build my rig now.
Looks like I'm going to have to wait until November 1st though before I can buy all my components.

Will probably pick up the Eclipse, window, cathodes and any other mods I'll have on it pretty soon though. Then just buy the GFX/CPU/mobo etc... next month.

Yep.. You can detach the lower HDD Bay and leave the FDD Bay, or as shown on mine..remove both, great case to work with...

Neoni · 2 Sep 2007 at 02:32

stuff the window took it out replaced all screws will silver caps, rubber edged all the window.

silver fan is blowing on mobo/ghx card, needs securing better, but is really still secure at the moment.

lay-z-boy · 2 Sep 2007 at 02:37

Why is the fan on the outside?

Fans move more air when they push rather than pull. Not to mention less noise.

And you have removed your side window?

Bad for airflow in the case but meh.

Neoni · 2 Sep 2007 at 02:40

the temps are fine, and i wanted to. and it gives my xp-120 more room to cool the gfx.