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

Daniel said:
Thats great...Thanks for your help.

I know the Eclipse is a couple of years old now but for keeping things cool and after looking at this thread it seems to still be a great case especially that the Tuniq Tower will fit.

I bought a Lian-Li PC-B25B and the Tuniq Tower is a no go :(

Oh well...One for the bay.
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I haven't known any coolers not to fit in an Akasa Eclipse 62, a very spacious case indeed....;)
 
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Thats great news, thanks for that.

I read somewhere...I think within this thread that OCUK are now selling the newer revision of this case.

I see it now comes with fans..Are they decent quiet fans?

And are there any other changes over the older revision?


Thanks for your help.
 
Daniel said:
Thats great news, thanks for that.

I read somewhere...I think within this thread that OCUK are now selling the newer revision of this case.

I see it now comes with fans..Are they decent quiet fans?

And are there any other changes over the older revision?


Thanks for your help.
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The new V2 version of the Eclipse as you have correctly stated now includes 2x 120mm Akasa clear fans pre-installed (Very quiet fans), and Akasa have now made the power supply bay bigger to accommodate the larger PSU's with an additional PSU centre support bracket included.. ;)
 
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Other changes with the V2 are, the Alloy frame of the case is now 1.5mm (V1 1mm),
the MB tray has one large hole, V1 had 3 large holes, with the V2 you no longer get the extra drive bay that fitted to the top.
 
mmm is that true ?

not sure which V mine is

(1)I do have the extra drive bay that fitted at top

(2) MB tray only has one large hole - not 3

so mines a V1.5 ??
 
Bah, I'm having real trouble with mine; a number of different rigs, various mods, age and capacity are beginning to have an effect on my '62 for me. :(

The mainboard stand-offs are falling out of the tray and/or the inner threads have worn out. :(

Going to spend the rest of today seeing if I can fit 2x120.2's a hx1k psu, sli, 6 hdd's :p

I'm sure it can be done while looking nice. :D
 
lay-z-boy said:
Bah, I'm having real trouble with mine; a number of different rigs, various mods, age and capacity are beginning to have an effect on my '62 for me. :(

The mainboard stand-offs are falling out of the tray and/or the inner threads have worn out. :(

Going to spend the rest of today seeing if I can fit 2x120.2's a hx1k psu, sli, 6 hdd's :p

I'm sure it can be done while looking nice. :D
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Hope it goes well for you M8.. :cool:
 
lay-z-boy said:
Bah, I'm having real trouble with mine; a number of different rigs, various mods, age and capacity are beginning to have an effect on my '62 for me. :(

The mainboard stand-offs are falling out of the tray and/or the inner threads have worn out. :(

Going to spend the rest of today seeing if I can fit 2x120.2's a hx1k psu, sli, 6 hdd's :p

I'm sure it can be done while looking nice. :D
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I'd imagine the best way of fitting 2 x 120.2 in the eclipse is one in the roof and one in the floor.

Any other way and you'll loose too many drive bays.
 
First pics (still work in progress):

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I decided I couldn't be bothered to sand down and respray the uv blue rad, so it stays blue for now.

I've got a big sheet of mesh outside drying (just been sprayed black), once its dry i'll be cutting a large strip to go down the inside front to mask the rad a, the cut in the drive bays, and the fans.

The rest will be used to fabricate a FDD mesh cover to alow airflow to the top of the double rad.

The nasty white cables for the UV neons will be spiral/shrink wrapped in black as soon as I can get to the shop to get some, same for the multicoloured front pannel cables. :D


PS - Ignore the paper on the floor, its just still there from leak testing :D
 
HeX said:
First pics (still work in progress):

Water2_1.jpg


Water2_2.jpg




I decided I couldn't be bothered to sand down and respray the uv blue rad, so it stays blue for now.

I've got a big sheet of mesh outside drying (just been sprayed black), once its dry i'll be cutting a large strip to go down the inside front to mask the rad a, the cut in the drive bays, and the fans.

The rest will be used to fabricate a FDD mesh cover to alow airflow to the top of the double rad.

The nasty white cables for the UV neons will be spiral/shrink wrapped in black as soon as I can get to the shop to get some, same for the multicoloured front pannel cables. :D


PS - Ignore the paper on the floor, its just still there from leak testing :D
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Nice work Hex...:cool:
 
Hi,

I now have my Akasa Eclipse setup but think I may have a problem with the front fan.

The rear fan spins at around 1270rpm and the front one only spins at around 720rpm. I'm not using any kind of fan controller and the fans are plugged straight into the motherboard.

Anyone else notice that the front fan spins at nearly half the speed?

Also has anyone else experienced side panels that are so tight that it really takes a lot to remove and refit them again?


Thanks for your help.
 
Just put both mine on max and the front fan spins at 1200 rpm, back one at 1230, according to the fan controller, both are the stock akasa fans.

I do have a problem with one of the side panels being difficult to get off, then it's even harder to get back on, most annoyingly it's the business side as well. Maybe there was a not so perfect batch that slipped through quality control.
 
Daniel said:
Hi,

I now have my Akasa Eclipse setup but think I may have a problem with the front fan.

The rear fan spins at around 1270rpm and the front one only spins at around 720rpm. I'm not using any kind of fan controller and the fans are plugged straight into the motherboard.

Anyone else notice that the front fan spins at nearly half the speed?

Also has anyone else experienced side panels that are so tight that it really takes a lot to remove and refit them again?


Thanks for your help.
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Also plugged my front 120mm fan to Motherboard and it did run very slowly.. then plugged it to molex connector on PSU and ran perfectly...;) Seemed not enough power was getting to fan from 3 pin Motherboard connector..
 
Mangelwurzel said:
Just put both mine on max and the front fan spins at 1200 rpm, back one at 1230, according to the fan controller, both are the stock akasa fans.

I do have a problem with one of the side panels being difficult to get off, then it's even harder to get back on, most annoyingly it's the business side as well. Maybe there was a not so perfect batch that slipped through quality control.
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Found new Akasa Eclipse 62 panels to be very tight fitting, after a few times removing them to clean PC they do get easier to take on or off....
 
Mangelwurzel said:
I do have a problem with one of the side panels being difficult to get off, then it's even harder to get back on, most annoyingly it's the business side as well.
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It's the same side here aswell.

BFG_9000 said:
Also plugged my front 120mm fan to Motherboard and it did run very slowly.. then plugged it to molex connector on PSU and ran perfectly...;) Seemed not enough power was getting to fan from 3 pin Motherboard connector..
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Ah ok...Is this a normal thing with motherboards and fan connectors?

The reason I ask is because everything is brand new and I have a decent power supply.
 
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