My First Ever 'From Scratch' Build!
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Thanks GTO! They are pretty quiet, they only run at about 1500RPM most of the time. They are certainly audible but not to a level that is offensive. The LED's in them are pants though, not very bright at all. If you want a quiet fan that runs LED's I recommend these. Used them in one of my friends systems, the LED's are very bright and these fans shift a lot of air!
Thanks mate, will consider them both.
Glad you enjoyed it! Great sig btw, Pac-Man for the win!
Looks great, very neat too. Interesting read
Hey Simon, thanks!
*UPDATE*
Hey everyone,
Been a while since I posted on here, but I just wanted to share a upgrade to my rig with you guys.
It's my Birthday today and the postman was kind enough to bring me this!
SSD Goodness!
So far I've got the Synapse all installed in her new home with the Dataplex software installed and enabled. Just finishing off some benchmarking and I should know how much of a performance increase I've gotten. I'm report back when I know more!
Hey everyone,
Been a while since I posted on here, but I just wanted to share a upgrade to my rig with you guys.
It's my Birthday today and the postman was kind enough to bring me this!
SSD Goodness!
So far I've got the Synapse all installed in her new home with the Dataplex software installed and enabled. Just finishing off some benchmarking and I should know how much of a performance increase I've gotten. I'm report back when I know more!
Soldato
Happy Birthday
Interesting to see the benchmarks on that beast.
Interesting to see the benchmarks on that beast.
Happy Birthday
Interesting to see the benchmarks on that beast.
Hey Rhys,
Thanks man, I hope to have the benchmarks up later this evening!
*UPDATE*
Hey guys,
I've been quiet on the OC forum of late but plan to change that over the next few days. Now if you've read this thread in its entirety you will no doubt know that the colour scheme of my rig is black, red, gold and silver. This is the colour scheme of the inside however and I've always felt as though the outside was a little plain...
The mesh of my Shinobi case is black and the Bitfenix badge has a brushed aluminium look to it. I have wanted to liven up the outside but didn't really fancy dipping my toes into the modding scene, however the other day I was window shopping on the overclockers main site and came across some pretty awesome Bitfenix accessories.
This is one of the reasons I love Bitfenix so much, they really stand behind their products. They sell their alchemy pre-braided cables, case LED's, stealth drive covers and a front USB 3.0 upgrade kit! Now though they also sell replacement mesh strips and Bitfenix case badges!
So I purchased myself some to make my case truly unique! They are still on their way to me at this point but I started stripping down my case today in eager preparation.
The old mesh strips aren't too tricky to get out, you just need to bend some tabs and they pop off fairly easy (some bending may be required to get them straight again). The case badge also just pops out, its almost like they planned it!
I will leave the colours of my accessory bits a secret for now but here are some shots of my Shinobi stripped down ready for her posh bits:
The Old Plain Jane Mesh & Badge
Hey guys,
I've been quiet on the OC forum of late but plan to change that over the next few days. Now if you've read this thread in its entirety you will no doubt know that the colour scheme of my rig is black, red, gold and silver. This is the colour scheme of the inside however and I've always felt as though the outside was a little plain...
The mesh of my Shinobi case is black and the Bitfenix badge has a brushed aluminium look to it. I have wanted to liven up the outside but didn't really fancy dipping my toes into the modding scene, however the other day I was window shopping on the overclockers main site and came across some pretty awesome Bitfenix accessories.
This is one of the reasons I love Bitfenix so much, they really stand behind their products. They sell their alchemy pre-braided cables, case LED's, stealth drive covers and a front USB 3.0 upgrade kit! Now though they also sell replacement mesh strips and Bitfenix case badges!
So I purchased myself some to make my case truly unique! They are still on their way to me at this point but I started stripping down my case today in eager preparation.
The old mesh strips aren't too tricky to get out, you just need to bend some tabs and they pop off fairly easy (some bending may be required to get them straight again). The case badge also just pops out, its almost like they planned it!
I will leave the colours of my accessory bits a secret for now but here are some shots of my Shinobi stripped down ready for her posh bits:
The Old Plain Jane Mesh & Badge
Soldato
Yeah I really like BitFenix, their accessories are great and the coloured mesh for the Shinobi is a great idea. Looking forward to seeing more
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Been reading this whole thread and I have to say what a great job! Sweet build, it has made me think about braiding cables for my new build.Iv never braided cables before so I will be doing my research.
Thanks man! I think braiding your cables make your cable management look so much neater, not to mention that it looks sweet! There are lots of videos on Youtube showing you how to sleeve or if you don't fancy the DIY route Bitfenix sell pre braided cables that will go in any PC. I actually made a guide on Youtube showing you how to de-pin the 6-pin PCI-E connector (you use the same method to de-pin the 24 pin and the 8 pin CPU connector), check it out:
http://m.youtube.com/#/my_subscriptions&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Yeah I really like BitFenix, their accessories are great and the coloured mesh for the Shinobi is a great idea. Looking forward to seeing more
I will upload some new pics when the postman arrives! Stupid Bank Holiday!
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I think the DIY route is better if you are like yourself building from scratch or have done in the past.
I will have a watch of the video now, need to find where to get the tools for the psu. Wish ocuk sold them (Hint Hint Gibbo
)your link didn't work is this the video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5_5...DvjVQa1PpcFMWvr_cRsjXn_sBtDmhFu9oYKuRn_s9o3U=
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I think the DIY route is better if you are like yourself building from scratch or have done in the past.
I will have a watch of the video now, need to find where to get the tools for the psu. Wish ocuk sold them (Hint Hint Gibbo
your link didn't work is this the video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5_5...DvjVQa1PpcFMWvr_cRsjXn_sBtDmhFu9oYKuRn_s9o3U=
Yeah that's the video sorry about that.
Well if you go down the DIY route I would suggest getting your sleeving, heatshrink and pin-removal tool from MDPC-X (I believe OCUK don't sell the parts on their own and so I'm not breaking forum rules!). Nils is the chap who single handedly runs, owns and ships all the sleeving gear so his website is only open at certain times! 10:59pm this evening is the next time its open!
Practice makes perfect with sleeving however so give it a go on some random cables before committing yourself!
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The video is great! Well I think I will go DIY route try my hand at sleeving see what happens.
Anymore pics on your build?
Anymore pics on your build?
Great stuff! I suggest heading over here to get you motivated!
The only pics I have are the ones on here I'm afraid! I'm thinking of getting on of the new Z77 boards though so If I do that I will strip my case and photograph everything properly!