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

BFG_9000 said:
Whisper quiet....:D
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Absolutely. There's more I could do to mine, but it's diminishing returns really, so why bother?! It's rubber washers on screws, Paxmate and where panels meet metal and it's possible, I've put blu-tak on. Sorted.

Fans on Zalman controllers and if I'm gaming, up they go, browsing, nice and quiet. I'm a happy bunny after that.

I'll never have another case for my main machine unless a better variant comes along (audio ports please, but no stupid case doors).
 
Quick question.

Whats the "best" postion for a single hard drive in the hard drive bay?

top?

middle?

bottom?

thanks

here's a picture of my rig, it was my first build last year and i'm just re doing the cabling today, its just waiting for the xonar.

sorry its not exciting like all you guys. :(

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i'm pleased with the tidyness though.
 
The very bottom or top or better still put it in the floppy bay and remove the hard drive bay completely.
 
markyb said:
I've had my Eclipse almost a year now and finding my case getting louder by the day.
My Eclipse is located in my front room and noise wise is very quiet. I have two 120mm fans front and rear both on a fan controller. I find the sides of the case rattle almost all of the time. This can be muted for a while by either taking the side panels off or slacking off the screws slightly... but the noise comes back.

I've just recently re-located by case on the floor. The case now makes a humming noise which is very slight but very irritating. I have rebuilt my rig a number of times. All of my fans are attached with rubber gromits.

I've had three cases in the same location/position with the same internals and never had such a issue.

Anyone else?
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Yes!

The "business side" panel makes an irritating whining rattling noise every now and again - moving the case slightly fixes it for a while.

I've even tried using masking tape to hold the side-panel to the front and underneath of the case but no joy.

Seriously thinking about ditching this case and going for something else quieter but it has wheels which is very handy when I want to do any work on it - I just wheel her away :)
 
Put mine in the 5.25 bay supported with a HDD cooler, this I found best as the front 120mm case fan was not obstructed in cooling components...;) My build pics are on page 33-34 of this thread...:cool:



 
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BFG_9000 said:
Put mine in the 5.25 bay supported with a HDD cooler, this I found best as the front 120mm case fan was not obstructed in cooling components...;) My build pics are on page 33-34 of this thread...:cool:
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sweet,but if i do put it in the bottom of the hdd rack is it fine in the very very bottom? i.e the slot below the lip? basically have to remove the drive to get to.

awesome build bro.
 
tetsuo said:
sweet,but if i do put it in the bottom off the hdd rack is it fine in the very very bottom? i.e the slot below the lip? basically have to remove the drive to get to.

awesome build bro.
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Thanks M8..;) As long as there is enough air circulation around your HDD I can't see any problem... I put mine as you can see in the second 5.25 from the bottom, I just wanted to ensure the two HDD fans on the caddy got unrestricted air flow....:)
 
The very bottom bay would only leave 5mm clearance and doesnt look like i'd would get much cooling. I may just go one up from the bottom. slot number 2 of 5.
 
Thanks for the inspiration guys and cheers for the help BFG m8.

had a re-arrange, i'm not going too nuts with tidiness as i'm not using the side window. i'm doing a windowless build (mirage again) for my next build then i'm going for the dirty neatness like BFG's, carpeting the lot :)

that will be my second build, probably in a years time.

anyway, here's how i've got it now.

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tetsuo said:
Thanks for the inspiration guys and cheers for the help BFG m8.

had a re-arrange, i'm not going too nuts with tidiness as i'm not using the side window. i'm doing a windowless build (mirage again) for my next build then i'm going for the dirty neatness like BFG's, carpeting the lot :)

that will be my second build, probably in a years time.

anyway, here's how i've got it now.

Before

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After

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Very nice work....:cool:
 
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