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

GhostlyPea · 26 Mar 2008 at 11:51

I have a USB/Firewire bracket in mine. very rarely gets used though.

- Pea0n

BFG_9000 · 26 Mar 2008 at 13:27

jamesy said:
Just wondering what are most Eclipse owners using in their front PCI slot.
The only thing i've found of any use would be this: Akasa SATA to eSATA Adapter Kit
Anyone know of a Headphone/Mic one?

Never had to use mine... have seen some owners use fan & light controllers in there.

Tute · 27 Mar 2008 at 20:58

*Puts hand up*

Just ordered my Eclipse-62. Cost me £69 inc delivery, gotta love B Grade!

Will be building the system early next week, i'm really looking forward to getting a system into this case, given my last one was a Sugo SG03 (pretty cramped).

BFG_9000 · 27 Mar 2008 at 21:03

Tute said:
*Puts hand up*

Just ordered my Eclipse-62. Cost me £69 inc delivery, gotta love B Grade!

Will be building the system early next week, i'm really looking forward to getting a system into this case, given my last one was a Sugo SG03 (pretty cramped).

£69

A bargain... :cool:

Look forward to seeing some pictures

Tute · 27 Mar 2008 at 21:17

Will do my best.

Can't decide if the Paxmate stuff or the window is worth it.

And what's the deal with that "Thermally Advanced Side Panel"? Good idea?

BFG_9000 · 27 Mar 2008 at 21:30

Paxmate is just a cosmetic way of finishing off the looks of the cases base, I do like the window panels makes a massive improvement on the apperance, If you see my last build you will see what I mean..

Grimley · 27 Mar 2008 at 21:31

jamesy said:
Just wondering what are most Eclipse owners using in their front PCI slot.

I put the esata bracket in supplied with the DS4, handy if I decide to put the buggy bloatware that is vista on a spare HD. :rolleyes:

Tute · 31 Mar 2008 at 20:45

Case arrived, just like new. Can't even tell it's B Grade.

I'll get some pics when I start the build, either tomorrow or Wednesday.

Mangelwurzel · 31 Mar 2008 at 21:23

What's the easiest way to fix the HDDs to the top 5.25 bay, is there some bracket I need?

Grimley said:
...... if I decide to put the buggy bloatware that is vista on a spare HD.

How is Win 98 these days?

Tute · 31 Mar 2008 at 23:47

Okay, problem.

As I said above, the case is B Grade.

But I seem to be missing just about all the screws that come with the case (a whole bag of various things like motherboard risers, backplate screws etc) and as a result, I can see the build being problematic. After all, I can't do anything without motherboard risers can I?

What do you suggest? Returning it? It cost me about half what the new one is.

BFG_9000 · 1 Apr 2008 at 09:27

Tute said:
Okay, problem.

As I said above, the case is B Grade.

But I seem to be missing just about all the screws that come with the case (a whole bag of various things like motherboard risers, backplate screws etc) and as a result, I can see the build being problematic. After all, I can't do anything without motherboard risers can I?

What do you suggest? Returning it? It cost me about half what the new one is.

Not a problem M8... I will look in my PC tool box and see what I have this evening (At work now) Have built a few Akasa Eclipse's so I will have some spare components..

The most important screws you will need are the Motherboard risers, all the other screws like the backplate screws are generic so any PC screws will fit there fine.. I will reply this evening Tute... :cool:

Steeps · 1 Apr 2008 at 12:04

I'd still have a screw at the shop, yes Bgrade is Bgrade, expect the odd scratch, no manuals, maybe one or two missing screws but without any screws it cannot be used.

Blackhawk47 · 1 Apr 2008 at 16:21

should probably ask overclockers for some screws. see if they can send some out maybe.

any way the akasa eclipse looks like a nice case though. i dont know what case to get for next build.

akasa eclipse + the window side panel
lian li pc7 + the window sidepanel
Antec Nine Hundred
nzxt lexa ( :/ )

Tute · 1 Apr 2008 at 17:56

I ended up buying a bag of random screws from a well known high street retailer.

In the end, I was worried OcUK would just ask for the case back and i'd have lost myself a bargain, so I stumped up the few quid. Still cheaper than an Eclipse-62 new!

The person before me really had a go though - polystyrene packaging was all trashed, no screws, also no drive brackets and no case fans either.

BFG_9000 · 1 Apr 2008 at 22:00

Tute said:
I ended up buying a bag of random screws from a well known high street retailer.

In the end, I was worried OcUK would just ask for the case back and i'd have lost myself a bargain, so I stumped up the few quid. Still cheaper than an Eclipse-62 new!

The person before me really had a go though - polystyrene packaging was all trashed, no screws, also no drive brackets and no case fans either.

Glad you got your screws for your case, look forward to seeing pics of your new build...

Tute · 2 Apr 2008 at 11:35

BFG_9000 said:
Glad you got your screws for your case, look forward to seeing pics of your new build...

Still a "work in progress" at the moment...

The following inside...

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
DFI Lanparty LT X48-T2R
2GB G.Skill NR-6400
Sapphire ATi Radeon HD3870X2
250GB Hitachi Deskstar
Samsung SATA DVD-RW
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Zalman CNPS8000 CPU Cooler
Corsair HX620

More money coming my way on Friday, plus I have a Raptor currently on RMA that's going straight in there. The CPU cooler is going to be a TRU-120 Extreme as soon as I can source one, and it's going to be paired with a pair of 12V Yate Loons. The RAM is going up to 4GB (probably Ballistix).

What do people recommend as case fans? Need something good but quiet as well.

Oh, and not only is this case big, but my god is it heavy! :eek:

Almost did my back in lifting the thing last night

whiskycycle · 2 Apr 2008 at 11:38

jamesy said:
Anyone know of a Headphone/Mic one?

Haven't found one yet that I think is suitable. Really want front panel audio on it, but don't want one of those duff loop-thru devices that hangs off the back of the motherboard.

To this end, I've started butchering a spare front panel from an Antec P160, which unfortunately is too wide to fit in a 5 1/4 bay. Will get it in there somehow and it might be messy, but it's about the only solution I can think of until I come across a bog standard FPAudio connector that's an add-on and that'll connect directly to the motherboard.

BFG_9000 · 5 Apr 2008 at 12:31

Tute said:
Still a "work in progress" at the moment...

The following inside...

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
DFI Lanparty LT X48-T2R
2GB G.Skill NR-6400
Sapphire ATi Radeon HD3870X2
250GB Hitachi Deskstar
Samsung SATA DVD-RW
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Zalman CNPS8000 CPU Cooler
Corsair HX620

More money coming my way on Friday, plus I have a Raptor currently on RMA that's going straight in there. The CPU cooler is going to be a TRU-120 Extreme as soon as I can source one, and it's going to be paired with a pair of 12V Yate Loons. The RAM is going up to 4GB (probably Ballistix).

What do people recommend as case fans? Need something good but quiet as well.

Oh, and not only is this case big, but my god is it heavy!

Almost did my back in lifting the thing last night

Looking good Tute...

SGWills · 5 Apr 2008 at 17:26

get those wires sorted tute ! now!!!!

Tute · 6 Apr 2008 at 00:43

SGWills said:
get those wires sorted tute ! now!!!!

I will when it's done. There's no point in doing it yet as most will just have to be altered again.