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

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

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Now running at 3.3Ghz
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Is that BFG 02 320/640MB, nice rig... ;)
 
markyb said:
Yeh, BFG 8800 GTS OC2 320mb.

Very impressed with it. Overclocks well, although probably wished now i'd waited a week later for the 640mb Leadtek.

Thanks buddy :)
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Same Card As Mine, good stop gap until DX10 games become available, will be upgrading mine after summer mabey 8900's will be out by then or the ultras come down in price, I am very suprised on how fast this card is, thrown every game at it, and cranked up the graphic settings and dosen't even break a sweat, the BFG 8800GTS OC2 320MB is excellent value for money.. :cool:
 
Buckster said:
did some more experimenting

bizarely I get much better airflow with the following

Front bottom - no fan
Front top - Kama Scythe with 60 cfm Noiseblocker fan in
Side - Scythe fan outlet
Back - 60 cfm Noiseblocker fan out

than

Front bottom - Akasa fan in
Front top - Kama Scythe with noiseblocker in
Side - Scythe fan outlet
Back - 60 cfm Noiseblocker fan out

or


Front bottom - Akasa fan in
Front top - Kama Scythe with noiseblocker in
Side - Scythe fan in
Back - 60 cfm Noiseblocker fan out

Bizarre - but seems to prove that cases really do like "negative" pressure inside for best cooling.

Mark.
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What temp diffrences with fan variants.
 
Got a spare Akasa top lid panel...looking to get a single 120mm fan fitted to get rid of the top excess hot air.....Good to hear if anyone has done this and the temp diffrence to a top exhaust fan fitted... :cool:
 
Flanno said:
BFG, about 6 months ago I got a mate to do just this.
To be honest it only made 3-4 degrees difference to case temps at the time. And I think this is because the fan sits very high on front of the psu area and not closer to the cpu area as on the tj09.

Incidentally did you have a tj09 and move to the eclipse ? wondering why ?
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Yes tried the TJ09, was very dissapointed with the case layout, for one example, I wanted to simply replace the internal centre factory fan for an Akasa LED fan, the centre case fan housing was a nightmare to remove, with all the screws in un-excessable reach when components are installed into the case, not a good design at all, can't imagine if you wanted to get to the fan filter to clean it, The Akasa's design seems flawless, all panels removable through-out, bay cages removable, excellent cooling, very high build quality, all in all a builders dream, the only limitation the Akasa has is the owners imagination, you only have to look at this thread to see the fantastic builds and mods this case has offered..... :D
 
markyb said:
Its pretty big but more than enough room around it to work with. It requires a back plate which you have to remove the motherboard to fit.

Great cooler tho, 32c idle / 48c load E6300 @ 3.22Ghz @ 1.45v



^^ Photo of the Tuniq tower fitting in my rig.
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Can you fit a 120mm fan to these coolers.
 
Anyone got photos of a Akasa top panel mod with fan fitted... thinking of fitting either 80/92 or 120mm fan, still looking for sites that offers a modification service to drill the relevent fan holes.... Recomendations welcome :D
 
Flanno said:
Yes had both, and think the Akasa is better value for money allright.
Some people though have complained about the front fan airflow being blocked by drives, but that's easily fixed with the sidepanel. Would definitely consider the Akasa again if building a new rig.
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Totally agree with you with the front drive bay obstructing the 120mm fan, simple solution is to remove both the hard-drive caddy and the floppy-drive caddy, which then completely frees any fan obstruction. I then bought a Vant** HDD 5.25 twin fan cooler and placed it in the upper 5.25 bays. This gave me maximum cooling from front fan without any hard-drives warming up the air as it comes into the case..... and it looks much tidier as well.. ;) If you want pics just ask.. :D
 
Zen said:
I guessed its time to post mine :D Have this case for so long, never bothered posting it ... *lazy*

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Never good at cable management, at least I have tried :S

Any way of making my cables more tidy?
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Have you got the backing plates off for any reason, not good if you want to keep the dust out, would recommend blanking any extra banks out.. ;)
 
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