The New Cases Gallery

gropingmantis · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:00

My shiny new case.

I know its SFF but its powerful enough to roll with the big dogs :cool:

Now just waiting on P67 mITX for ultimate power!

khemist · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:41

Changed all my fans over to AP121's today and killed two of the four fan headers. :mad:

The two that still work run the fans at full speed all the time so i've ordered a rev 3 version of the board.

Made the pics too small and forgot to save.

Parsley · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:53

khemist said:
Changed all my fans over to AP121's today and killed two of the four fan headers.

Running more than one fan off the headers? I find it odd that a single fan would kill a fan header

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It looks nice though! I do like how they have crammed it all in there, what are your temperatures like?

khemist · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:57

It wasn't because of that, i plugged in a splitter when it was running and it went bang .

Cpu temps are lower even though they were fine before, not done any gaming yet to see gfx temps.

Parsley · 1 Apr 2011 at 23:10

khemist said:
It wasn't because of that, i plugged in a splitter when it was running and it went bang .

Cpu temps are lower even though they were fine before, not done any gaming yet to see gfx temps.

Woops!

CM-Sniper · 1 Apr 2011 at 23:16

EniGmA1981 said:
True, neither would I to be honest LOL

Until I get a new desk I've had to put it on the right hand floor shelf purely cos otherwise I cant see my TV

But yeah as soon as I get a new desk its going somewhere that shows off its guts

I didnt buy the window edition for nothing

shaffaaf27 · 2 Apr 2011 at 03:45

the ap121s have white LEDs?

SUPERHAPPYRICHM · 2 Apr 2011 at 04:06

Guitarman0 said:
Probably the best PC I have seen in a while.

Amzing, quad 480's only on 1200kw psu!! Whos this God?

Cream Cheese · 2 Apr 2011 at 10:27

Yaka said:
think its a p183 purely judging by the space between mobo and disk aera

also are thos white things there to stop the gfx card from leaning down wards from the power connector end? only ask as i had that problem and EK's link block as a good fix for it in my p190

Yeah it's a P182, so quit a a bit smaller than the p190

My window was done pretty badly so isn't at all straight or centered

khemist · 2 Apr 2011 at 12:57

shaffaaf27 said:
the ap121s have white LEDs?

Yeah you can get them in white, blue, and red now.

MouthBoy · 2 Apr 2011 at 15:54

khemist said:
Changed all my fans over to AP121's today and killed two of the four fan headers.

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Are you using them as CPU fans too? If so, and if you have any expirence with them, how would you compare these as CPU fans to fans like the apache and viper?

khemist · 3 Apr 2011 at 13:47

@ smeaney i used to use 2x Apache fans on my old setup but can't compare on this one.

I've changed back to my stock fans now and will be sticking these on the mm soon.

The way these direct air doesn't work for a small case like this and motherboard temps have risen around 7 degrees with it not spreading air out and channeling it instead.

For an intake fan it's great or on a rad/heatsink but for this smaller case it's better to stick to normal fans that spread the air out more.

brad257 · 3 Apr 2011 at 16:47

Yaka said:
think its a p183 purely judging by the space between mobo and disk aera

also are thos white things there to stop the gfx card from leaning down wards from the power connector end? only ask as i had that problem and EK's link block as a good fix for it in my p190

Yeh just a couple of tube offcuts to support the cards they are pretty weighty not necessarily needed but just for extra support. I'm switching all my tubing out for PrimoChill LRT black and making the loop more efficient.

Cream Cheese said:
Yeah it's a P182, so quit a a bit smaller than the p190

My window was done pretty badly so isn't at all straight or centered

Yeh looking back at the pics the P182 is a lot smaller than mine, nice job though looks pretty sweet up there on your desk

~REALiTY · 3 Apr 2011 at 19:39

khemist said:
Changed all my fans over to AP121's today and killed two of the four fan headers.

The two that still work run the fans at full speed all the time so i've ordered a rev 3 version of the board.

Made the pics too small and forgot to save.

<3 this setup!

Cookeh · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:23

Image Quoting is for retards...

Khemist, that case is awesome, as is your cable management - but I prefer your previous (FT02 was it?) because it showed off your awesome w/c

MoNkEyMiKeY · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:13

Subtlety not one of your strong points then Cookeh.

cravin penut · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:16

image quoting is annoying though, espcially if you browse the forums off your mobile or tablet (ipads crap 1gb ram)

vas · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:26

Here are some pics of the modification I've done since my last post.

I've replaced the stock paste of the H70 with some Arctic Silver 5 and moved the radiator on top of the case as an outtake. Result; 10c drop :eek:

I've also replace the stock H70 fan with a Xigmatek 120mm silent fan runing at 1600rpm (20dba).

EniGmA1981 · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:39

I read on here a while back that you're better off mounting the fan on the rad in 'pull' rather than 'push'... something about static pressure and forcing the air to be drawn through the rad so the fan can blow it away (don't quote me, can't remember the specifics...)

Try swapping the fan to the other side of the rad (between the rad and the case) but still acting as an exhaust... see if it makes a difference

vas · 3 Apr 2011 at 22:09

EniGmA1981 said:
I read on here a while back that you're better off mounting the fan on the rad in 'pull' rather than 'push'... something about static pressure and forcing the air to be drawn through the rad so the fan can blow it away (don't quote me, can't remember the specifics...)

Try swapping the fan to the other side of the rad (between the rad and the case) but still acting as an exhaust... see if it makes a difference

I tried all the possible ways, the best result are with the push/pull method but way too noisy for me... With a single fan I get better results with a push method, but only 2c drop over the pull method though.