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

TheMagic1an said:
No problem, glad i can help :).

The screws i used are the self-tapping screws which are commonly used for fans, but you can use any type you like as long as the fan is secure that's all that matters. I've seen some people use the butterfly nuts, but i preferr the self-tapping screw becasue they prevent any vibrations.

Also a thing to note when using the self-tapping screws when your screwing them into the plastic do it very slowly, i nearly cracked mines doing it too fast. Also when your drilling the holes for the screws, don't make them too big.

Heres a pic of the self-tapping screws, you've probably used them before...

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Many many thanks, 1 last question I promise, the cutter size you showed in the picture, is that for a 120mm fan?

Removed the bottom bay this morning and tidied the cabbling up, the airflow is now a LOT better.
 
tyranus said:
Many many thanks, 1 last question I promise, the cutter size you showed in the picture, is that for a 120mm fan?

Removed the bottom bay this morning and tidied the cabbling up, the airflow is now a LOT better.
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I've always had better airfow when the lower bays are taken out, and the HDD is in the 5.25 bays.... any pics M8.
 
BFG_9000 said:
I've always had better airfow when the lower bays are taken out, and the HDD is in the 5.25 bays.... any pics M8.
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Yeah, I'm looking to mount it in those bays, that requires a HDD cooler doesn't it? I'm looking at getting the Akasa.

No pics as yet, the cabling is good by my standards, a bit of an abortion to you lads who know what your doing! The small front panel cables at the bottom are still a bit untidy, not sure anything I can do can sort that out though:(:o

I now know what you mean by the holes in the tray, I have just the one, looking at TheMagic1an's build it would have made life a lot easier:rolleyes:
 
tyranus said:
Many many thanks, 1 last question I promise, the cutter size you showed in the picture, is that for a 120mm fan?

Removed the bottom bay this morning and tidied the cabbling up, the airflow is now a LOT better.
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No problem, ask any question you want :p.

The hole cutter size i used is just a tad smaller since the kit i had didn't have a 120mm size, but the one i used is near enough. To be honest i think it's just the right size. If you do get a kit with a 120mm size then just use it.
 
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Thanks mate, good stuff:D

Looking at the Akasa, it isn't what i need...BFG, looking at the thread its a vantec you have correct? Do you know if they still do that?
 
My corsair hx520 went and broke so been out of action for a while.
Few updates I have bungee modded the hdd's with sewing machine elastic looks messy but I don't really care about looks no idea why I bought the window side panel to this day lol.

The whole thing has had a good clean out including the fans and tuniq.

It looks messy but the cables are all right by the motherboard tray so aren't really interfering with airflow,the sewing machine elastic works incredibly well cant hear any annoying reverb now amazing how quiet the pc is now.
Gigabyte 4850 with s1 is new.

current temps on this humid day
e6420 @3.2 ghz=29c
HD4850 @stock 800rpm 120mm fan=38c
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This is an IDE HDD in the 5'25 bay in front of the kama bay
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Think I may add an 80mm blow hole at the top near the power supply one day soon.
 
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It's the scythe fan that comes with the kama bay I have a yate loon in the bay.
You could make the sewing machine elastic mod far tidier I'm just not bothered about how it looks is all it's just looped through like shoe laces and knots tied.
Really I should have looped it all then tied the knots on the other side of the bays.
I now have to listen closely to even hear the gentle hum of the fans.
 
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my revised eclipse, new motherboard and new psu installed.

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Still needs a bit of cable tidying and 2 new fans.
 
zia said:
some pic's of my mirage
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not much to look at compared to some of the very nice case's in this thread

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Sorry about dredging this up, but does anyone know what zia has his PC on? I could really do with something like that! No idea if its a bog standard table or something else...
 
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