Lets see your Akasa Eclipse 62
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Here is mine.
Love the HD suspension, good method. Have held off doing mine but seeing that has inspired me.
Love the HD suspension, good method. Have held off doing mine but seeing that has inspired me.
Helium_Junkie said:Here is mine.
Love the HD suspension, good method. Have held off doing mine but seeing that has inspired me.
Looking good there m8,i also see your a owner of the Hanns-G monitor good choice,go for the suspened harddrive it makes a lot of difference.
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What is the material youve used? Looks kinda like a shoelace 
Is it bungee style cord?
Is it bungee style cord?
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Sorry for the TERRIBLE pictures (old mobile phone). Will try to borrow a decent camera and post some more.
Took a Dremel to the underside of the case, covered it with a thermochill grill and squeezed a thermochill PA 120.2 in and seated it inside the bottom of the case. 2xAkasa ambers sucking cold air through it and blowing onto my GFX ram.
Really wanted watercooling but also wanted it all internally, have had to sacrifice the PCI slots space to do so.
When I upgrade to Conroe may well need to buy myself a new case.
Took a Dremel to the underside of the case, covered it with a thermochill grill and squeezed a thermochill PA 120.2 in and seated it inside the bottom of the case. 2xAkasa ambers sucking cold air through it and blowing onto my GFX ram.
Really wanted watercooling but also wanted it all internally, have had to sacrifice the PCI slots space to do so.
When I upgrade to Conroe may well need to buy myself a new case.
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When I had it set-up for those pics it occupied two. I have since had a change around, and placed one of the akasa ambers underneath on the outside of the case. This has freed up one slot. I tried with both fans on the outside but it didn't cool my gfx RAM anywhere near as good, so I opted for the least aesthetically pleasing option of one fan out and one in.PinkFloyd said:
I have also ditched the Mobo MOSFET water block and just have a 60mm fan blowing over them instead (MUCH more effective but again not pretty
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Here is a pic of mine lit up, I'll add another pic of the inside of the case in daylight later. Would be nice to get all the eclipse users cases up here.
A few details:
Front fan akasa amber @ 5v
rear fan 140mm blue led Aerocool @ 7v
Nexus fan controller
2 x blue 6" cathodes
Stealthed drive
Silentmaxx enclosure rests on case bottom on shock absorbing rubber feet.
Case is nice and cool and very quiet
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This is how mine looks at the moment (I think, I haven't opened it in a while), nothing exciting:
It used to be watercooled, but I never got around to refitting it after the last upgrade. There are still some cables that need tidied up as well, I just never seem to get round to it...
It used to be watercooled, but I never got around to refitting it after the last upgrade. There are still some cables that need tidied up as well, I just never seem to get round to it...
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Right, here's some better quality pics:-
To begin with, how I had it originally.
The grill (the hole could have been neater but it was my first time with a Dremel!):
Where I housed the pump:
The innards as was:
And this is what it looks like at the minute with one fan now housed underneath and the old freezer pro fan blowing on the MOSFETS
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To begin with, how I had it originally.
The grill (the hole could have been neater but it was my first time with a Dremel!):
Where I housed the pump:
The innards as was:
And this is what it looks like at the minute with one fan now housed underneath and the old freezer pro fan blowing on the MOSFETS
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Some nice Eclipse's you lot got here!
I only got mine yesterday, along with a Lian-Li PC7+...and I have to say, that the Eclipse is the nicest case I have ever built into, it all went so smooth! The PC7+ was reluctant to taking any mobo risers, even with the included tool. Ended up screwing a screw into one, then using a screwdriver to screw it into the case! Nice case though, but I like the Eclipse a lot more
One thing thats bugging me though...mine is on the floor, and I can't see the HDD lights from such a large angle as the power light is so much brighter, spreading down the transparent plastic and making it look as though the other lights are lit. Has anyone worked a way around this? I was thinking of taking the plastic out, cutting it into individual lights, and re-glueing it in. Then using blu-tack or something to block the light from getting to the next light. Should do it
I only got mine yesterday, along with a Lian-Li PC7+...and I have to say, that the Eclipse is the nicest case I have ever built into, it all went so smooth! The PC7+ was reluctant to taking any mobo risers, even with the included tool. Ended up screwing a screw into one, then using a screwdriver to screw it into the case! Nice case though, but I like the Eclipse a lot more
One thing thats bugging me though...mine is on the floor, and I can't see the HDD lights from such a large angle as the power light is so much brighter, spreading down the transparent plastic and making it look as though the other lights are lit. Has anyone worked a way around this? I was thinking of taking the plastic out, cutting it into individual lights, and re-glueing it in. Then using blu-tack or something to block the light from getting to the next light. Should do it
I think that would do it, although you might be able to get a dremel in there and cut slots inbetween then just stick some thin black plastic in there. I never really look at the hdd light tbh.LadFromWales85 said:Some nice Eclipse's you lot got here!
I only got mine yesterday, along with a Lian-Li PC7+...and I have to say, that the Eclipse is the nicest case I have ever built into, it all went so smooth! The PC7+ was reluctant to taking any mobo risers, even with the included tool. Ended up screwing a screw into one, then using a screwdriver to screw it into the case! Nice case though, but I like the Eclipse a lot more
One thing thats bugging me though...mine is on the floor, and I can't see the HDD lights from such a large angle as the power light is so much brighter, spreading down the transparent plastic and making it look as though the other lights are lit. Has anyone worked a way around this? I was thinking of taking the plastic out, cutting it into individual lights, and re-glueing it in. Then using blu-tack or something to block the light from getting to the next light. Should do it
LadFromWales85 said:One thing thats bugging me though...mine is on the floor, and I can't see the HDD lights from such a large angle as the power light is so much brighter, spreading down the transparent plastic and making it look as though the other lights are lit. Has anyone worked a way around this? I was thinking of taking the plastic out, cutting it into individual lights, and re-glueing it in. Then using blu-tack or something to block the light from getting to the next light. Should do it
Insulation or brown parcel tape wrapped around the plastic tubing stops the light spreading between them.
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The plastic lens is so brittle, it split while i was cutting it into pieces It's alright though, it still sits fine, and blu-tack stops the lights from lighting up the next lens Still might send a nice email to Akasa, see if they'll send me a new LED lens... 
It's alright though, it still sits fine, and blu-tack stops the lights from lighting up the next lens Still might send a nice email to Akasa, see if they'll send me a new LED lens... 
