Steeps' Trashed, but almost silent shuttle

well its only an idea, if it actually managed to power your P4 ok (i reckon it would, cos i dont think P4's are that much more power hungry that Athlons, plus your only using a 9600XT) then it might be worth while for the space you'd save and as ya said, you could mod it :)
 
it didn't seem like a good idea at first because i'm currently using my x800xt in here until i get my replacement a64 motherboard back. found one on the bay but i think i will give it some time. (saw a 300w psu on there too which was tempting)
 
300watts are practically identical to the 250watt ones, just a bit more power :).

my 200watt runs my X800pro at XT PE speeds fine :), dont see why your X800XT should be any different
 
i struggled to get a 10% overclock on the cpu and gfxcard with the standard 250w psu, but with a 460w psu i used when taking apart the other i got 20% stable out of the cpu and graphics card. suppose i won't be overclocking it though
 
i can't believe how STUPID i am!

* i need to format my main shuttle (one shown in project) but trying to backup a 300gb raid is a little trickier than i thought, got 2 more identical hard disks to play with, but no s-ata ports to play with.
* need to build a media centre, already got the parts for it, just need to up an OS and install (now that i have my ram and a graphics card for it)
* need to backup my laptop so i can send it all for repair.
* still chasing motherboard for my gaming rig

so i'm stressing over all this stuff... and the obvious has JUST HIT ME after 4 months! (i'm blond, i'm allowed to be slow)

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it was right in front of me too! i already have a flippin sb75 which was going to be my media centre!

new plan of action:
swap processor in main rig from 3.0 to 2.6
swap heatsink back to the ICE in main rig
swap power supply back to the standard one
hard disks can sit in caddy and stay cooler + stable

install new equipment into new shuttle
attach new hard disks
finish off 9600xt
hopefully mod PSU ready......

so what does all this mean?
it means i have been sitting here worrying about my data that i haven't been modding, and not doing my media station... and not backing up... because i wanted to get this finished but i could just install it into the new cage now and get it all over and done with!

can't do anything now until mid february but the next pics you will see will be 2 completely gutted sb75's transferring hardware.

i love this so much!! :D
 
bit of an update, swapped over rigs and using a geforce2 with a lawnmower fan so i could have the lid back on

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after reading about 140mm fans in a thread on case central i had a bit of an inspiring thought. i need to get airflow in the case, to the cpu, gpu, northbridge and PSU. the xp120 can take a large fan but needs a bit of air, cannot pull it all in itself. the gpu can use the same fan as the cpu (which was intended from the start) but it's in an awkward place. the PSU needs its own source of air too, but only about 10cfm.

all this can be done with one 140mm fan mounted in the top!

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here we can see the PSU sitting on top of the xp120, with still enough flow able to get to cool it. an 80mm hole is already included, however i will make it bigger and put a non restrictive mesh over it so the PSU can get a lot of air

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view from the side... lots of silver!

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looking down on the top, with a 120mm fan sitting where the 140mm would. i need to cut a big hole!
 
if this works its gonna be one VERY silent machine :) 1 fan to cool everythin is a great idea, and when you crank up the speed of the fan.....dang! lol

good luck :)
 
if i had the time to do it i'd have done it by now ;)

currently trying to find the best way of cutting a rather large hole in the case which already has a 92mm hole from a previous blowhole, then all i've got left is to butcher the PSU more, extend some wires, and mount a hard drive in the mess somewhere :)
 
walking through town i came across the 140mm fan in a shopwindow, checked it out and it is the right one, not a bad price either.

just got the badboy home, put it on a fan controller and i can't believe how quiet it is at stock! wish it pushed a bit more air, i won't be lowering it below 12v as i want quite a bit of air in the system

this is it sitting on top of a shuttle, fits inside fine :)

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need to find a new hard disk, or format another so i can finish it off, still need to do the work on the psu though :(
 
according to the back of the box:

54.7 CFM
1000RPM
19.6 db
at 12v

it looks like it only just turns at 5v, can still feel a bit of air, and i can't judge yet how quiet it is because the system i tested it on is around 28db at the moment

it is 20mm/30mm thick as stated above :)
 
ITS ALIVE!!!!!

when did i buy this shuttle? about a year ago and its finally got an OS on it for the first time stable (crashed before, thought it was a dead shuttle :( )

pics of it testing on my desk so far:

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please excuse the mess, still in the process of sorting it all out

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moved the custom made GPU cooler to my GF2 lawnmower as i needed the 9600 to play freelancer with

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pic of my other shuttle and tower happily running

still to do:

* buy some ram for my gaming rig so each shuttle can have 1gb instead of sharing
* cut up psu to fit
* cut up casing for fans
* sort out what graphics card to use, so many options!
 
that looks cool, what temps were you gettin?? i know these will be diff wheny ou get everythin else back in and case on etc, but for a rougth idea :)
 
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