Soldato
Any updates, I saw you buy some watercooling stuff. That means theres some redundant stuff 
Project:- R3s
- Thread starter KiiYzOo
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I bought an r3 last night for £59 and also a pump and res for my main rig, so I'm not sure whether to watercool this rig or not (I'm pretty sure what most answers will be on here 
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and also a pump and res for my main rig, so I'm not sure whether to watercool this rig or not (I'm pretty sure what most answers will be on here )
thanks
yesterday when I got home from school I was greeted by this at the side of my house 
009 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
it's taken me up and till now to build it and post the pics, mainly because I was also re-doing my skelly's watercooling loop, I did have a couple problems too, but it seems to be all good now so enjoy
021 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
001 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
009 (2) by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
011 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
Xigmatek fans installed:
015 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
018 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
023 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
the cable management is slightly different than this now, but not by much
034 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
040 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
last shot from yesterday, windows wasn't installed at that point:
046 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
Then I ran into some problems, mainly, the 260 wasn't displaying properly, so I tried to use my 460 to see what was wrong, it wasn't working with my 460, so after a while I decided to see what clearing the cmos and moving the 260 down a slot got it working
059 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
I thought the xigmateks were a little loud after installing windows so I decided to replace them with my orange bitfenix spectre fans and do a little more cable management, now the system is whisper quiet here is the finished product:
htpc complete by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
Thoughts on the case:
I love it! it's soooo sleek and gorgeous, the finish is amazing!!
there are only two slightly negative things I can say about the case, one, the rubber grommets are too flimsy, and that there are no cable tie down points nearer the back of the case.
Hope you guys like
009 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
it's taken me up and till now to build it and post the pics, mainly because I was also re-doing my skelly's watercooling loop, I did have a couple problems too, but it seems to be all good now
so enjoy 021 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
001 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
009 (2) by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
011 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
Xigmatek fans installed:
015 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
018 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
023 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
the cable management is slightly different than this now, but not by much
034 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
040 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
last shot from yesterday, windows wasn't installed at that point:
046 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
Then I ran into some problems, mainly, the 260 wasn't displaying properly, so I tried to use my 460 to see what was wrong, it wasn't working with my 460, so after a while I decided to see what clearing the cmos and moving the 260 down a slot got it working
059 by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
I thought the xigmateks were a little loud after installing windows so I decided to replace them with my orange bitfenix spectre fans and do a little more cable management, now the system is whisper quiet
here is the finished product:htpc complete by Kieran Horne, on Flickr
Thoughts on the case:
I love it! it's soooo sleek and gorgeous, the finish is amazing!!
there are only two slightly negative things I can say about the case, one, the rubber grommets are too flimsy, and that there are no cable tie down points nearer the back of the case.
Hope you guys like
Soldato
I like... that GPU looks FUGLY though :/
thanks I quite like the stock cooler on it, but I would prefer a better card I like this case so much that I'm considering moving my main rig into it!
I quite like the stock cooler on it, but I would prefer a better card I like this case so much that I'm considering moving my main rig into it!
Soldato
I noticed half way through you changed the mounting of your PSU
Out of interest, you ever tried taking it apart? (Clearly it voids the warranty), but I have one myself that I was considering painting, and for the life of me, even after unscrewing the void warranty stickers I couldn't work out how to get it apart -.-
kd
Out of interest, you ever tried taking it apart? (Clearly it voids the warranty), but I have one myself that I was considering painting, and for the life of me, even after unscrewing the void warranty stickers I couldn't work out how to get it apart -.-
kd
yeah, I like having the fan facing up like ttl does, but the 8 pin was too short 
no I haven't, but I did consider changing the fan and braiding
no I haven't, but I did consider changing the fan and braiding
Soldato
30cm 8. Pin extension?
it's kinda pointless if I can fit it when the cable can reach with the psu the other way
It's an awesome cooler
Pretty much certain that I want to move my main rig into this case, so I need a little help deciding what to do, should I:
1. have a slim 240/280mm rad at the top and remove the hard drive bays and have a thick 240mm rad in the front
or
2. build a rad box to house the two 360mm rads I currently have, and place it underneath my case
1. have a slim 240/280mm rad at the top and remove the hard drive bays and have a thick 240mm rad in the front
or
2. build a rad box to house the two 360mm rads I currently have, and place it underneath my case
Soldato
SLIM 240, depends what ur cooling though
my pentium g620 (plan to upgrade) and my 460, which I also plan to upgrade
Soldato
Is a thick 240 possible at all?
otherwise i would persoanlly just hang a rad off the back
not in the top, but I could remove the hard drive bays and put a second, thick one there
Soldato
not in the top, but I could remove the hard drive bays and put a second, thick one there
i think that'd be the best option then
gonna go with all silver bitspower too and I'll sell the left over stuff and get some upgrades and wait for the raspberry pi's to come out and use one of them as a media pc as they can run 1080p video!
and I'll sell the left over stuff and get some upgrades and wait for the raspberry pi's to come out and use one of them as a media pc as they can run 1080p video!