Captain Tibbz's project of fail.

Redek said:
Awesome pics and log mate..

I got that case, but Im havin trouble with the fan controller and temp readout :confused:

Good luck with the cabling!
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Lol I will need the luck, but I think I have the cabling ok now. I don't plan on doing much else in the future, the back looks messy but it's covered and can't be seen :D

There is enough airflow for me too.

And yeah my fan controller doesn't work which I guess is because I haven't plugged it in :p

Don't know about the temp thing though, mine seems to be running fine (temps of 18-22C)
 
Cable management is a fine art! Took me well over an hour to sort mine out and that was with a modular PSU as you have to plan where each cable will run and where you'll hide it lol. Does make a difference on system temps though in smaller cases.
 
RJC said:
Nice build, the CPU cooler seems the wrong way, which way is the rear fan blowing and the CPU cooler fan.
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Thanks :)

Yes it is unfortunately, I just wasn't thinking about it's orientation when I was fitting it because it was so tricky and annoying to mount, so when it finally went on I just thought "Finally - im never touching that again!" :p

I don't think it will make too much difference though hopefully because of the intake fan on the side and exhaust right above it anyway? :confused:



James J said:
Cable management is a fine art! Took me well over an hour to sort mine out and that was with a modular PSU as you have to plan where each cable will run and where you'll hide it lol. Does make a difference on system temps though in smaller cases.
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Yeah it is an art that I will not master with the mess of cables coming out that PSU! :p

However when I next upgrade a major part I will get a more powerful and modular PSU and cable manage properly! At the moment in the Z9+ ive sort of pushed and tied the cables so there is some decent airflow infront of them :p
 
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Yo mate, I have to ask, as you went for the same mobo ;
Have you had any issues installing the drivers? I can't get the newest BIOS for starters...
 
Redek said:
Yo mate, I have to ask, as you went for the same mobo ;
Have you had any issues installing the drivers? I can't get the newest BIOS for starters...
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No I just got all my drivers on a USB and installed them straight on no problems mate...

Don't think I got the new BIOS though, I didn't really need it.
 
Tibbz2 said:
Thanks :)

Yes it is unfortunately, I just wasn't thinking about it's orientation when I was fitting it because it was so tricky and annoying to mount, so when it finally went on I just thought "Finally - im never touching that again!" :p

I don't think it will make too much difference though hopefully because of the intake fan on the side and exhaust right above it anyway? :confused:
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Only thing I was thinking is the CPU fan might be fighting against the rear extract fan, is possible to turn the CPU cooler fan around so it pulls air accross the cooler and straight out the rear extract fan :)

I know what's you mean regards fitting the CPU coolers, I lost count of cut fingers fitting certain coolers! :(
 
RJC said:
Only thing I was thinking is the CPU fan might be fighting against the rear extract fan, is possible to turn the CPU cooler fan around so it pulls air accross the cooler and straight out the rear extract fan :)

I know what's you mean regards fitting the CPU coolers, I lost count of cut fingers fitting certain coolers! :(
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Yeah, I think there is a curved side where the fan goes, I tried turning it once but it was too fiddly at the time! :p

I will take a look tomorrow though when I get back to it and see if I can do anything! :)
 
SouthEastBlue said:
Nice build in the Z9, but sort the spaghetti junction and it will look awesome! ;)
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Cheers.

And lol i've sort of pushed it back and hidden it sort of, and people seem more attracted to the fans so that's fine with me :p

Pleased with the performance im getting even with the buggered up CPU fan!

Playing games the GPU max's out at 60C and the CPU just a few degrees lower :)
 
Well been fiddling around and im rather happy overall now!

GPU maxes out all games I throw at it, which is awesome, and doesn't go above 57/8C with the fan very quiet!

The CPU maxes at about 58-60C but never above that which is fine :)

Lovely jubbly!
 
Good news! Having a massive clear out of my room and decided to do some long awaited cable management!

Don't expect too much though, after all this is a completely failed project! :p

And cable management must be the 8th level of hell! D:

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