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

kirkster said:
Guys,
I installed a Scyth S-FLEX 1600 in te rear of my Eclipse. I have had to unplug it, its too noisy.

I have the same fan at the bottom front and it seems not that noisy.

Do you think it's worth cutting out the hexagonal cutout thing at the back of the case (where the fan vents out) so the fan can blow out unimpeded? Anyoen done this? I feel that the noise could be due to a "whistling" effect with the air blowing through.

Likewise with the front, The Sycth has to suck air through the bottom plastic grill which impeds the flow (infact, if I put my hand in behind this lower front fan - I removed the lower drive cage for improved air flow - I can hardly feel anything).


I also installed a Kama Bay at the top front with the Akasa Blue LED fan to make it look nice. Again, can;t feel much air. I also removed the air filter on both the top and bottom front fans.

I am not sure I have my airflows set up correctly....

Any help...
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Would'nt cut the hexagonal grill from the case, it wont make any diffrence to the airflow, any pics M8...;)
 
R B Customs said:
Should be getting mine into primer shortly, I have truly fell in love with this case!

look out for project Crysis lads :D

SGWILLs: ill have a look at the tray in mine and see if it can be painted or not... cant really see a problem with it though.


p.s how come mine has only one big hole, not three?

Rb
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Have found all Akasa Eclipses are now shipped with one motherboard tray hole rather than the usual three....:confused: can't see any logical reason why the design was changed. By the way R B Customs... Like your Bio-Shock case mod that you are currently building 10/10 ;):cool:
 
SGWills said:
i was looking at meshing a window on the side of mine but i thought it might make a dust issue.

tips on it thou - fine tooth jigsaw to cut the mesh or a handsaw, jigsaw and file to cut and smooth window design, and then either black hex bolts or No more nails to secure it :p
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A mesh side window I think would'nt do the Akasa Eclipse any justice, as you correctly stated it would be a dust magnet with all those open grills. Windowed side panel all the way...:cool:
 
Cob said:
Thought I'd update mine-

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Spot the new tubing...
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Nice update...what rad kit do you have.
 
Steeps said:
not the best pic in the world, but I'm finding the eclipse a bit tight for space :(

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s754 setup
1gb ram
2x 500gb samsung drives (at front)
2x 160gb samsung drives (above cpu)
1x 80gb maxtor drive in 5.25 suspended to silence it.

fans are a bit loud at 5v, so is the AC on the x800xt, need some new cooling stuff.

waiting for soundcard and tv tuners, might also add some more sata ports as I'm out of space bar 1 ide channel.
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Hows your cooling with all those HDD's.
 
Amidar said:
It will fit easy but you have to cut the case where the psu's bottom fan is.If you don't do this the case blocks half of the 130mm underside psu fan.I have allready cut mine & I'll try to post a picture of my Eclipse with the Galaxy installed when i get home tonight.
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How did fitting your Galaxy install go..any pics.
 
SGWills said:
little update to my case :) (also in my project log with a bit more detail)

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incase you cant notice :(

motherboard tray has been sprayed black and glossed, sata cables been changed to go with my theme :) graphics, 4 + 24 pin power plugs will be hidden next weekend :)
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Where did you get those red glossy SATA cables :)
 
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