holy temperature loss batman! new case + as2

locutus12 · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:40

today i got my new case from a kind MM member, the Antec super lanboy (£28!! what a bargain!!) . initially it was a toss up between this, the antec sonata and the coolermaster ammo but 95% of you said to go with this so here i am...

first thing to note is that its tiny!!! :eek:

had a little trouble with the cd drives as the bottom mount for them backs on to the Ram chips, clever boy who ever designed my mobo. i also had trouble with my fan controller in that ive had to remove one of the knobs in order to get the door shut, but ive patched it up so it looks o.k. anyway, its all stuffed in their nice and neat now, ive gotta say i think lights on cases are akin to chavs vauxhall novas with blue strips on the bottom, but given the performance of this case i will make an exception.

TEMPS:

before: (recorded in my old case)
GPU temp 55oC (X1800XT)
HDD temp 33oC
CPU external (surface) temp 32oC
CPU internal temp 37oC (its an AMD a3000+ clocked from 1.8Ghz to 2.4Ghz)
system temperature 35oC

New case:
GPU temp 53oC (X1800XT)
HDD temp 28oC
CPU external (surface) temp 30oC
CPU internal temp 32oC (its an AMD A3000+ clocked from 1.8Ghz to 2.4Ghz)
system temperature 31oC

initial impressions are all good and it seems the as2 i found in a drawer has helped too

now im not sure what section this should go in because its about cooling my overclocked system, but i will leave that to the mods to figure out,

all i will say is this is the first non generic case i have ever bought and the first one ive bought myself in 5 years, the old one i had was big, but not up to todays modern formats, i.e. no front ports, only 80mm fan ports, it did have a handle though, and by the time i had finished with the bolt cutters at the rear, it had 1 120mm fan bay at least

p.s. excuse the trashy wallpaper, its the attick and it hasnt been decorated for a looooong time due to it now being a workshop / study

Roll · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:00

Good work there.

I've built a system myself once using a Super Lanboy and found it to be a decent case. A little tight on space for my liking and it seemed to feel slightly on the flimsy side until everything was installed and tightened up, but nevertheless a good case.

Hope you enjoy it

locutus12 · 18 Apr 2006 at 23:23

im enjoying it a lot, especially the noise level

sooooo much quieter than my old jet engine

the guys on teamspeak have been asking me if i had bought a new mic as its so damn clear to them now, they are used to me sounding like im hoovering at the same time

it was indeed a very tight squeeze and at the moment i can only hook 1 opticle drive up as the IDE cable is not long enough

but when i switch to SATA later this week i will have freed up an IDE cable so will plumb it all in then.

the downside is its creating a hell of a draft and im freezing!!!

volt9291 · 18 Apr 2006 at 23:29

holy temperature loss batman!

LMAO

locutus12 · 18 Apr 2006 at 23:34

volt9291 said:
holy temperature loss batman!

LMAO

im not sure why, but it seemed to fit

Sam666 · 19 Apr 2006 at 11:50

That small temperature drop could be a slight few degrees less in room temp lol

locutus12 · 19 Apr 2006 at 15:19

Sam666 said:
That small temperature drop could be a slight few degrees less in room temp lol

im in the attick, its always warm up here as heat has a tendency to rise... and temp drops of between 2 and 8 degrees across the board isnt small

Sam666 · 19 Apr 2006 at 15:36

locutus12 said:
im in the attick, its always warm up here as heat has a tendency to rise... and temp drops of between 2 and 8 degrees across the board isnt small

No offence but I am being blunt, 2 degrees drop on components is small, my Abit board has room temperature censoring on it even though its not accurate you can notice the different temps. Sometimes I even get as much of 10 degrees off the CPU just by it being a cold day or the central heating is not on etc. And my computer has been in the attic for 5 years since 3 months ago. And Attics tend to be the coldest when it’s cold and the hottest when it’s hot. You live in the UK there is no getting out of that one lol

Yewen · 19 Apr 2006 at 15:58

What a load of rubbish, if the PC is in the same place as before, and in the same conditions and there is a temperature drop with the same ambient temperature; then ultimately it is something to do with the modified cooling solution he has implemented.

Sam666 · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:06

Yewen said:
What a load of rubbish, if the PC is in the same place as before, and in the same conditions and there is a temperature drop with the same ambient temperature; then ultimately it is something to do with the modified cooling solution he has implemented.

How do you know if it’s the same temperature? The temp in the UK is constantly changing and by 2C is ridiculous. My CPU temp is 15C idle on a coldish morning day, later that day if I turned it on it would be 25C-28C like it always is. You should know what you’re talking about before you call stuff rubbish. Just because you own 20 empty LL cases doesn’t mean you’re the temperature expert around here m8.

Raikiri · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:11

Sam666 said:
How do you know if it’s the same temperature? The temp in the UK is constantly changing and by 2C is ridiculous. My CPU temp is 15C idle on a coldish morning day, later that day if I turned it on it would be 25C-28C like it always is. You should know what you’re talking about before you call stuff rubbish. Just because you own 20 empty LL cases doesn’t mean you’re the temperature expert around here m8.

And what makes you right exactley? It may even be warmer in there, how do you know it got cooler?

Some of the temps dropped by 5c, not 2 like you keep stating. The system temp is 4c lower and the case is smaller.

Mr Mister · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:12

Pfft all you guys are complaining about it being a tight fit....

Thats carp, you can fit the works in there plus water cooling on cpu and gpu and pelt on the gpu

Raikiri · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:14

Pffffft only one rad?

Remove the HD bays and get a second one in the front you pansy

HD can go in the external 3.5 bays

Sam666 · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:17

Raikiri said:
And what makes you right exactley? It may even be warmer in there, how do you know it got cooler?

Some of the temps dropped by 5c, not 2 like you keep stating. The system temp is 4c lower and the case is smaller.

I have seen proof and who really knows the truth? He could have done it 24 hours later or anything. It could even be better airflow by better cable management I cleaned up my cables and got a lot better airflow and had nearly all of my temp’s drop by 5-7C. But the point is I am not saying your talking rubbish or full of ****. [Removed - Too far]

Raikiri · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:23

Sam666 said:
I have seen proof and who really knows the truth? He could have done it 24 hours later or anything. It could even be better airflow by better cable management I cleaned up my cables and got a lot better airflow and had nearly all of my temp’s drop by 5-7C. But the point is I am not saying your talking rubbish or full of ****.

You have seen proof of what? Lower air temp = lower component temps. Well no **** sherlock.

He (the OP) knows the truth, I was just wondering why you are so confident the OP is wrong and you are right?

Better airflow...that was his point it is a better case so I honestly cannot see what you are arguing against. Just for the sake of it?

Personal attack tbh, shall I RTM it?

Yewen · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:26

Sam666 said:
How do you know if it’s the same temperature? The temp in the UK is constantly changing and by 2C is ridiculous. My CPU temp is 15C idle on a coldish morning day, later that day if I turned it on it would be 25C-28C like it always is. You should know what you’re talking about before you call stuff rubbish. Just because you own 20 empty LL cases doesn’t mean you’re the temperature expert around here m8.

I do not own 20 empty Lian Li cases, I have said what I did based on me using 40 new (to me personally) PC's a month, each re-cased and me noting the temperatures on each.

Now, that makes me have a grounding to say that the temperature difference he is noting is due to the case, or cooling system alterations, as I said I took into acount him maybe tidying the cables up, dusting out HSF etc.

Why don't you get a nicer posting style, and stop being confrontational towards Raikiri; he knows what he is talking about and just because he has similar idea's to me does not place him where you said.

He owned a Lanboy, which makes him qualified to comment on that regard.

Sam666 · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:31

Raikiri said:
You have seen proof of what? Lower air temp = lower component temps. Well no **** sherlock.

He (the OP) knows the truth, I was just wondering why you are so confident the OP is wrong and you are right?

Better airflow...that was his point it is a better case so I honestly cannot see what you are arguing against. Just for the sake of it?

Personal attack tbh, shall I RTM it?

You just don't get it do you?

Yewen said:
I do not own 20 empty Lian Li cases, I have said what I did based on me using 40 new PC's a month, each re-cased and me noting the temperatures on each.

Now, that makes me have a grounding to say that the temperature difference he is noting is due to the case, or cooling system alterations, as I said I took into acount him maybe tidying the cables up, dusting out HSF etc.

Why don't you get a nicer posting style, and stop being confrontational towards Raikiri; he knows what he is talking about and just because he has similar idea's to me does not place him where you said.

He owned a Lanboy, which makes him qualified to comment on that regard.

He is a fan boy of you and your LL / CM crew, how can you say a case reduced my temperature by 2-5C it could be anything. If it was a big difference ok was the case but it might even be he put new paste on his CPU or cleaned the case or anything.

The argument has gotten silly now, don't take what I say personally it’s not aimed at being an insult.

Yewen · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:36

Cases DO make a difference to temperatures. Period.

The case he came from, he had the same system, by changing over the case, and using its design for cable management, it has enabled him to lower his temperatures.

Which can be atributed to the case, and the case alone, as that is the only variable he has listed, so until he says otherwise, we treat it as though only one variable has changed to result in the lower temperatures, nothing more to it really.

New case, his temperatures are down, so it is the case.

Yes other things can make a difference. I know, but he changed the CASE and got lower temperatures, so it was the CASE.

And towards the Lian Li and CM fanboysim. If you read you will see I am advising against Coolermaster at the moment! I have no idea what the hell you are on about, if a product offers great value for money over the others at the price point, why SHOULDNT people recommend them when they have OWNED lots of the cases in money bracket, and one is so superior to the others?

Sam666 · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:42

Yewen said:
Cases DO make a difference to temperatures. Period.

The case he came from, he had the same system, by changing over the case, and using its design for cable management, it has enabled him to lower his temperatures.

Which can be atributed to the case, and the case alone, as that is the only variable he has listed, so until he says otherwise, we treat it as though only one variable has changed to result in the lower temperatures, nothing more to it really.

New case, his temperatures are down, so it is the case.

Yes other things can make a difference. I know, but he changed the CASE and got lower temperatures, so it was the CASE.

And towards the Lian Li and CM fanboysim. If you read you will see I am advising against Coolermaster at the moment! I have no idea what the hell you are on about, if a product offers great value for money over the others at the price point, why SHOULDNT people recommend them when they have OWNED lots of the cases in money bracket, and one is so superior to the others?

The fact is all he might of had to do is just do a bit of cleaning in the case but he would never admit that and you have totally missed the point and trying to make a argument about it.

You can't go 5 posts with out bringing LL into it or how they are great value for money and everyone sees this apart from your LL / CM mix crew. What value for money do you know? You’re only 17 you haven’t long left school.

Yewen · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:48

What do I know.

I am sorry but if I am 17, surely that means I have less money available, so will obviously want to search out the best deal for my hard earned, YES EARNED money.

I put a fair bit into this forum trying to help people out, I try to be polite and curtious to everyone and I don't just recommend Lian Li to people if you would open your eyes.

As I keep saying.

SUGGEST SOMETHING BETTER, or shut up, I am happy to havea debate over my opinions, but just to disregard my knowledge without any backup is, quite frankly, insulting.