CPU lapped and Tuniq fan changed - WOW!

Legend · 26 Jan 2007 at 12:34

Big.Wayne said:
What case is that btw?

Lian Li A10B. Super case!!

melbourne720 · 26 Jan 2007 at 13:48

Legend said:
Lian Li A10B. Super case!!

Weird, the looks a lot like my P180 with tuniq attached! The layout is the same, and I have black PSU cables.

edit: What's that blue thing in the middle of the case, on the right?

Legend · 26 Jan 2007 at 14:09

melbourne720 said:
Weird, the looks a lot like my P180 with tuniq attached! The layout is the same, and I have black PSU cables.

edit: What's that blue thing in the middle of the case, on the right?

It is Lian Li's rip off the P180 basically, so I would expect it to look similar.

The blue thing is a Silentmaxx enclosure for my Raptor. Keeps it very quiet indeed.

melbourne720 · 26 Jan 2007 at 14:24

Legend said:
It is Lian Li's rip off the P180 basically, so I would expect it to look similar.

Good case to copy

Legend said:
The blue thing is a Silentmaxx enclosure for my Raptor. Keeps it very quiet indeed.

I was going to guess that, but I saw two hard drives below so I thought it must be something else. Raptor for boot and a RAID for space, nice.

What board is that?

Legend · 26 Jan 2007 at 14:56

melbourne720 said:
Raptor for boot and a RAID for space, nice.

What board is that?

Silentmaxx keeps it at same temp as well. Two SATA's have fan blowing on them, but Raptor is only 1 degree warmer inside the enclosure.

Board is the Bad Axe 2.

3t3P · 26 Jan 2007 at 15:16

lol a couple of ppl are confused on this thread, talking of lapping their actual CPU's?!
Did I miss something in the cooling world or do we still only lap HSF's?

Legend · 26 Jan 2007 at 15:17

I lapped my CPU. Reason why I started this thread!

3t3P · 26 Jan 2007 at 15:55

so you did! you nutter! never heard of that before :cool:

Proc · 26 Jan 2007 at 19:15

Well i've ordered 3 S-Flex 1200rpm fans. 2 to replace the stock ones in my PC7+, and 1 to replace the Tuniq. Hopefully going for airflow and silence.

Only thing i have is that the original fan in the Tuniq can be speed controlled, so if it gets hot turn the fan up. With the S-Flex your limited to 1200rpm, could this be a problem or does the S-Flex shift a lot more air than the standard one?

furnace · 26 Jan 2007 at 19:25

Proc said:
With the S-Flex your limited to 1200rpm

I think it's 1200rpm max, you could still turn it down... As for it being a problem, you could check the cfm of both the tuniq tower and the S-Flex. If the S-Flex is particularly far behind it you might notice a slight increase in temps, but I shouldn't expect it to be worth worrying it about!

Legend · 26 Jan 2007 at 19:26

Proc said:
Only thing i have is that the original fan in the Tuniq can be speed controlled, so if it gets hot turn the fan up. With the S-Flex your limited to 1200rpm, could this be a problem or does the S-Flex shift a lot more air than the standard one?

I wondered this myself before I switched it, but I could find no specs on the Tuniq fan which stated how much air it moved - i.e the CFM figure. But I couldn't run it faster than about 1200RPM anyway otherwise the noise just drove me insane! The Scythe fan I have in there now is super quiet at 1200RPM and my temps are great, so I highly doubt you'll have any issues. There is always going to be a small tradeoff for sound vs temps though I think. Unless you opt for watercooling. But unless you go to the extreme one way or the other, your actual performance will not be affected.

Proc · 26 Jan 2007 at 19:31

Cool, cheers for your reply guys. Well it looks and (hopefully) sounds like a decent fan.

Can't wait to try it.

Legend · 26 Jan 2007 at 19:34

You won't be disappointed. I didn't even think the fan was working when I first switched it all back on. I had to go into the BIOS to make sure!