[OcUK Staff Builds] rjkoneill's FT01

I may look into this case for my current hardware as the case it's in at the moment is shocking, no cable management holes whatsoever and one lone 120mm exhaust fan. I was thinking of an Antec 900 two for my current hardware and a 1200 for my new build when money permits it. Does anyone know how this case fairs against the 1200 cooling wise? If it's similar I may get two of these! xP
P.S. apologies for the semi-hijack, it wasn't intended! ;)
 
no worries
i have to say - from using them at work - the 1200 is the king of aircooling

the advantage of this case is that it comes close to the 1200 in terms of airflow but is very quiet compared to the 1200

i just prefer the way this case looks tbh
it looks like a cut down tj07 - thats what attracted me to it
 
What are the temps like now that you're running at 3.8GHz - especially since you're only running a single 120, even if it's the thicker TFC?

Would there be room for a 240 in the case or perhaps a second slimline 120 (such as the XSPC) by the rear 120mm case fan?
 
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the temps are 34 idle

mid 50s after 3 hours gaming

under prime they reach 75 max

that is with all fans set to low on the controller

a lot better than most imo

a 240 would struggle to fit

there really is no room in the case now

could probably get another 120 in by the rear fan but i personally dislike thin radiators
and i also dislike having a rad in that position

i was thinking of watercooling my cards and having them on a loop to a triple/double tfc mounted on the back - but i really cant be bothered with the hassle of watercooled cards as i swap out too often
 
here it is

finished now [hopefully]

just getting a new monitor so that i can take advantage of the sli

then thats my upgrades done for a while [well, a few months anyway ;)]


heres an arty photography shot for Chimerical :p
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N19h7m4r3 said:
Very nice! Would look good with thodr gpu's under water also :)
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whilst that idea is [very] tempting i would want a 120.2 feser rad at a minimum to cool them both down

that would have to be mounted outside the case as there is no room inside for one

its cramped with an sli setup and one waterloop - if it was a TJ07 i would be looking at it as an option [well it would be a crime not to tbh]

i swap my graphics cards out too much to bother buying blocks and another loop [then trying to cram it all in!] :p



EdGey said:
lol nice - very nice.

loving the look of the sli
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its a good layout for two card sli on the p6t especially for stock aircooled ones as they have a one slot gap to draw air in

most of the tri sli x58 boards [rampage2/gigaextreme/evga] are bunched together allowing little airflow

i find the temps are the same on both cards as they were with just one card

so its either a credit to the board layout or credit to the airflow in the case
 
agreed, would look better if they were both black. but might be a pain to remove!

edit: also, just a quick question. is it possible just to install a 120mm fan by itself using the lian li drive bay radiator mounts?

thx
 
its not - my trick with the last one was to put the fan on 50% and overclock it using my benchmark settings so its still stable

do 3 vantage runs and peel it off on the third with a pen knife

a fellow ocuk colleague had three bfg 280s and the stickers [side/top and fan] all peeled off during normal use

he has them watercooled now anyway

check out his rig here

its pretty epic
 
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EdGey said:
edit: also, just a quick question. is it possible just to install a 120mm fan by itself using the lian li drive bay radiator mounts?

thx
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yes - there are two ways to do it

the lain li grille comes with mounts for a 120mm fan anyway

i only took it out so i could mount the rad as well

but if you used normal fan screws on the rad brackets then that could work
 
Just ordered one of these (£125 delivered, awesome value at that price!) and a big reason for chosing it was your log, so thanks a lot. :)
 
Just a quick question, is the PSU alright with its exhaust fan pointing down? I see you have set yours up like this and I can see that there is some kind of ventilation mesh below the PSU, but I just wanted to make sure.
 
lankymorley said:
Just a quick question, is the PSU alright with its exhaust fan pointing down? I see you have set yours up like this and I can see that there is some kind of ventilation mesh below the PSU, but I just wanted to make sure.
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That's the PSU intake, not exhaust, hence the need for the filter.
 
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