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Looks amazing Parsley- I've got a Lian Li A71B at the moment and considering moving to a different case - the Silverstone does look real neat, is it aluminum?
Also how are those Enermax case fans, pretty quiet? I'm using a single Apache on my Megahalems at the moment, pretty quiet but a a very deep hum seems to eminate from it.
I'm actually about to change them for some fans with better static pressure and a different bearing type. I find them to be quiet but in push pull and the position they are at, the top fan resonates and it get's annoying after awhile. Add to that these fans don't seem to enjoy being horizontal, they suffer reduced rpm.
It is a shame as without that resonance the system would be pretty much silent bar the gentle wooshing of air.
They'll be going into another rig to be re used though!
The internal "frame" of the case is Steel whilst the panels are Aluminium. The front, base and back panels are infact all one piece of Aluminium bent to form the sides, hence it's unibody construction
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Looks "rag rolled" to me but i'm sure it was more technical than that.
Agree it does look good and very individual.
finally got around to rebuilding my main rig after the hd failure
so i have went from this -
probably the untidiest stacker in the world
to this -
a nice neat fractal design R2 with a new psu for good measure (seasonic x-650)
the fractal has much better cable management and looks a lot better externally but it can't touch the stacker from a cooling point of view
even with 5 fans i'm getting about 5 degrees hotter idle temps and around 10 degree hotter load temps in ibt
so i have went from this -
probably the untidiest stacker in the world
to this -
a nice neat fractal design R2 with a new psu for good measure
(seasonic x-650)the fractal has much better cable management and looks a lot better externally but it can't touch the stacker from a cooling point of view
even with 5 fans i'm getting about 5 degrees hotter idle temps and around 10 degree hotter load temps in ibt 
but the stacker has the drive cage in the way also, i just thought it was because the stacker is so much bigger internally and has the mesh sides ?
*edit - turns out that coretemp and realtemp both report the 10 degrees higher temps but hwinfo32 and everest both report 10 degrees lower which would be in line with my temps in the stacker, which do i believe ?
*edit - turns out that coretemp and realtemp both report the 10 degrees higher temps but hwinfo32 and everest both report 10 degrees lower which would be in line with my temps in the stacker, which do i believe ?
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The stacker hdd's and cage are facing forward though so it's much better airflow with much larger gaps for the airflow to get through.
Use coretemp and make sure the tj max setting is at 100c that will be the most accurate imo.
Most people seem to idle around 30-40c with a q6600 at 3.2 ghz + dependant on ambient temperature of course.
I'll be able to compare with you in a few days as I have a tuniq tower and getting a q6600 in the next few days.
Have you got any fans exhausting up the top ? might want to add one.
I'd say always go with the highest temp unless some setting in the software is wrong.
Use coretemp and make sure the tj max setting is at 100c that will be the most accurate imo.
Most people seem to idle around 30-40c with a q6600 at 3.2 ghz + dependant on ambient temperature of course.
I'll be able to compare with you in a few days as I have a tuniq tower and getting a q6600 in the next few days.
Have you got any fans exhausting up the top ? might want to add one.
I'd say always go with the highest temp unless some setting in the software is wrong.
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i had two at the top but removed the front one of the two as it was just stealing the cooler air from the tuniq, removing it lowered the temps by about 5 degrees.
i used to idle about 28 degrees in the stacker and in the high 50's under ibt or prime.
i used to idle about 28 degrees in the stacker and in the high 50's under ibt or prime.
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Added a much needed 2TB drive for media. Was dreading the added cable clutter and noise but then quietly lolled to myself when I remembered that it would add no extra clutter or noise
Excuse the quick point and shoot pics
Excuse the quick point and shoot pics
Thanks
Cheers,
Its known as a "marble" effect but "rag rolled" is another lesser term used but decribes it perfectly. The case pictured was done with cling film rather than a rag
My first post in this thread.
Have gone from a Jeantech (2002 or so) mid tower case to a Antec P183 with my i7 overclocked rig I got from ocuk.
Here is the old build complete with 2 suspended hard drives, removed fan grilles and a fan modified OCZ StealthXStream PSU (was too damn noisy). As you can see it had not much in the way of cable management opportunities.
And now the P183.
I must get myself an extension for the 8 pin CPU cable and tidy up some of the leads down the bottom. I must also change the fan leads for the Noctua HSF and shorten them or tuck them away better.
It's not as flashy as some of the beautiful builds on here but it's got no window so just needs to be functional.
Have gone from a Jeantech (2002 or so) mid tower case to a Antec P183 with my i7 overclocked rig I got from ocuk.
Here is the old build complete with 2 suspended hard drives, removed fan grilles and a fan modified OCZ StealthXStream PSU (was too damn noisy). As you can see it had not much in the way of cable management opportunities.
And now the P183.
I must get myself an extension for the 8 pin CPU cable and tidy up some of the leads down the bottom. I must also change the fan leads for the Noctua HSF and shorten them or tuck them away better.
It's not as flashy as some of the beautiful builds on here but it's got no window so just needs to be functional.
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Got a fan controller for my kinda new Silverstone FT02. I'll post pictures of it when I completely finish it, which should be next month! I also did a little fan modding!
This is the back of the fan, where I had to do the soldering :< For some reason, the fan wouldn't work without the original speed controller, so my plan was to make it shorter
This is after I cut down and shortened the useless cable, you can see how much unnecessary cable there was!
this When I stuck the fan grill back on, I also stuck some black insulation tape over the wires to cover them up. Before and after
The switch just hung off
So I super glued it on :3
Success
This is the back of the fan, where I had to do the soldering :< For some reason, the fan wouldn't work without the original speed controller, so my plan was to make it shorter
This is after I cut down and shortened the useless cable, you can see how much unnecessary cable there was!
this When I stuck the fan grill back on, I also stuck some black insulation tape over the wires to cover them up. Before and after
The switch just hung off
So I super glued it on :3
Success
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I really really hate unnecessary cables and it keeps them out of the way! I couldn't find anywhere good to tuck them away. Like this, there never in the way. well I thought it was good