Soon to be v1000+ owner

David230

David230

David230

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I have been tempted by this case for months and finally thought what the hell, I'm buying one. :D Delivery should be tomorrow!!

Just one question really, are the hard drive cage(s) easy to remove. As in screws only??

If these are riveted I think I have a valid reason to do away with my rubbish Hiper PSU..lol

Any new PSU Recommendations? Max setup is 7800GT SLI with 3800 x2 and raptors..

One more thing, whould the adda fans included be on the loud side. My zalman 9500 and vf700 are about the same and want to keep the db'sdown to the same level. Again recommendations please. :)

EDIT: delivery today even..woohoo!!
 
Screwed in, bit of a nack to removing them easily but should not take you more than 5 minutes to do.

If your after a new PSU the Tagans and Seasonics get my recommendation, I also know how bad Hiper PSU's are!

The ADDA fans at 12v are dire to my ears, what you expect of included fans really but at 7v they become quite good. :)

Not as good as £15 a pop fans of course, but certainly one of the better included case fans you can get.
 
Got it, love it!!

Love this case to bits already. I was getting annoyed with the side panel initially as It was rattling, turns out I just was'nt sticking it on properly.

H/drive is more audiable in the lian li though, even more so than my Jeantech case. Which is a slight negative as far as I'm concerned.

I'm using the rear 120mm as an exhaust and have left the front one off for now. The biggest problem I have is the mobo I use. Its a passively cooled ASUS premium board so did'nt work too great as it was. I have fixed a 62mm fan near to the northbridge and now my temps are 31-32 idle cpu and 33-34 idle for the mobo.. OCCT stab test bought cpu upto 41 thats a massive cut over my previous case and the mobo temp stayed at 34.

I know some people are not too keen on the "cheese grater" looks but I cant get enough of the way it looks in the flesh.. Superb case!

Gonna go watercooled shortly though but want to avoid any mods to the case. Watch this space.lol!!
 
Really low temps now, my K8N Pro Sli's heatsink on the northbridge is at about 55deg, perfectly fine.

Looks better in the flesh than any picture though does'nt it!
 
Looks a lot better. I am glad I went ahead thats for sure.

Took 1 x cage and partition out so I could fit the psu. It is also a nice case to work with inside. Love the seperate levels. Seems like a good basis for a watercooled rig.
 
When you go watercooled post up some pics of your progress mate as I am gonna be getting a Lian Li and am almost positive on the V2000+ but if you fit it all in the V1000 without modding (don't know how your gonna fit the rad etc without modding??) I will reconsider what case to get and may go for he V1200+ if i can find one. So looking forward to what you do :D
 
I'm gonna try out Alphacools cape cora's I htink. They can be made free standing so basically a variation to the reserator. You can literaly plumb in as many of these things as you feel you need. Just need to figure out where to put the pump.
 
:eek: :eek: :eek: WTF, whats happened to the case you were making then?, you haven't scrapped it have you?. Glad your pleased with your new case though, I'm not too keen on the looks myself but then again i like the look of the eclipse so i might not be all there.

Mark
 
lol. no its not scrapped. Just need a decent case, now.

Still in the making, but like I said my times being used up doing other things. Atleast with the lian-li case its all installed, up and running in a couple of hours.
 
In my opinion this is the m ost stylish case ever made. I don't think i will ever change to it to anything else :)

Get the lower front fan running even at 7v, it will drop your HDD temps by quite a bit. I've installed the Akasa Amber series 120mm fans and they are very silent especially at 7v.

I've also modded the AMD cpu cooler fan at 7v to blow onto the northbridge and that has dropped the mobo temp by about 6C.
 
WJA96, please get in touch... i sent you an e-mail on wednesday but have not had a reply yet, i really need a case this weekend, i dont mind if you cant get to coventry but please let me know so that i can go and pick up a cheap one from the local supplier. currently ive got everything i need and am just waiting on a case...


p.s. David230, sorry for the thread hijack...
 
Harib0 said:
Does thin mean your home made case is has gone off the boil?
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for now things have died down with it, yes.

Have by no means finished with it though. I am looking forward to mirror finishing so I dont want to finish yet.lol
 
ChoÞÞer said:
hey man, post some pictures of your beast ;) aka case :P
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Heres the inside, nowt special at the moment. I wont bother tidying anymore in there because I'll be changing the PDU amongst other things very soon.

 
Can't wait to get mine, though have to wait till i get back from honeymoon ;) Still find seeing the m/b that way round odd.

Looking good though David.
 
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