Tuniq Tower 120 - My installation with pictures

k.Jacko said:
its quite readily available, although the smallest tin of lighter fluid (the yellow tin with the red nozzle) is spot on for use and cheap (i think....i don't smoke, so don't really know).
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No worries I'll have a hunt around! Used to have a bottle of lighter fluid in my pyromanic days...
 
k.Jacko said:
Dude, i have a QX6700 cpu, but same mobo and cooler as you.
I remounted the tuniq with AC5 and this time i screwed the tower down as far as it would go. The result? it wouldn't boot cos i'd screwed it down so far that the screws touched the case on the otherside of the mobo and shorted out, doh! *facepalm* :rolleyes:
However, i then carefully wound each screw back until there was just 2 lines of thread protruding from the mobo on each screw.
The new result? Well the QX6700 which is an extreme cpu runs hotter than hot chilli on a hot day, was now running in the low 20s :D instead of an idle 60°C before reseating. So i mildly clocked it up to 2.7GHz with temps hovering around 37°C now.
Bottom line, i used to b!tch about the tuniq being £35 garbage, but with careful tweaking it shows how good a cooler it can be. Its just a fiddly fugger to tweak is all.
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I didn't think the screws could short out on the case. That would mean the bracket and the whole tower were 'live'.
Could it of been the bracket on the rear, shorting some of the traces on your M/B?
 
Katoom, tbh mate i couldn't tell you. All i know is that when i suspected they were shorting the pc out, i unscrewed them a little so they weren't touching the back of case and hey presto it powered up again!
Go figure! :)
 
Just a quick note on the tuniq tower install for owners with a gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P or similar spec board with the blue heatsinks around the cpu socket as shown below.

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The tuniq bracket would not fit between so i had to cut off the k8 holes with a hacksaw to get it fit as on the pic below.

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Just remounted, cleaned with lighter fluid and applied some AS5. Im going to use my pc as normal, no overclocking yet, and count to 200 hours as Arctic Silver suggest to properly gauge temps.
 
Seen a PC at work that is tucked hidden behind a desk which is so badly dusty on the outside. Took a picture but its on my phone so will have to get it off later, I am scared to open it up and look at the inside, its completely covered on all the outisde vents, cant even tell they are there!

Edit: this might seem a silly question - is the rear fan on the Antec 900 an intake or exhaust?
 
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