Req: akasa eclipse 62 owners with a ruler!!

Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 02:47

Need some help please.

Thinking of getting one of these cases but i will need to use the removable extra hd bracket as i'm getting a couple more hard drives.
I've got one of these motherboards, not sure what the form factor is called but think it is plain atx:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-017-DF

I am aware that the removable hd tray sits beneath the psu.
I need to know the distance from the bottom of the removable hd tray to the top of the motherboard so that i can ensure that it will fit in with my current cpu hs/fan.

Thanks

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 03:51

Thanks Yewen,

It's a freezer 64 pro for my socket 939 setp (in sig). I thought that it would depend where the cpu is placed on the motherboard too, or is it always the same place on all boards?

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 04:32

Thanks.
Can you install hard drives into the 2 external 3.5 bays? If so i can accommodate the drives without needing to resort to the 5.25s.

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 07:45

Thanks. I don't like the idea of lack of airflow to the drives.
Can anyone recommend any cheap 5.35 to 3.25 bay converters that would get around this problem-type which would fit completely internally ie nothing with it's own faceplate?

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 10:04

Eclipse 62 ordered!!!

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 13:32

Another quick q:
Planning to install front and rear fans. Is the plastic air duct worth using?

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 13:44

Thanks!
Been impressed with the 62 since it came out and looking forward to building it now!

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:05

Thanks for the info. I will be getting a couple of hd anti-vibration rubber blocks for the hard drives from an electrical store which will allow them to fit into the spare 5.25" bays.

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 18:04

How are you measuring hard drive temperatures?

Also what are the drawbacks of having warm drives, do they run slower?

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Hamster · 30 Jan 2007 at 18:35

Flanno said:
I moved my 2 raptors from the 3.5" bay at the bottom as there were already 2 x 7200.10's there, and there wasn't much cold air getting in. I mounted the 2 drives in my 5.25" bays with active cooling.

You need this.
Scythe Kama Bay Cooler with super quiet 120mm fan
It uses up 3 bays, so you can only have 1 optical.
It only needs 2 screws on either side to secure it.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/995/3877pq2.jpg

And these :
Nexus HD mounts
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1043/3850ru2.jpg

Thanks for the info.

I'll be installing a fan controller and one optical drives, leaving me with only 2 5.25 bays spare so can't go for that fan solution. I've gone for the nexus mounts you picture above rather than the crappy all rubber ones from the electrical store.

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