ganzey
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How do I get "coolpoints"?
Would cutting out a side-panel get me some?
hmm, a side panel would give you about 2 cool points, but when combined with cold cathodes, it earns you 4 cool points.
How to cool an ancient case?
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hmm, a side panel would give you about 2 cool points, but when combined with cold cathodes, it earns you 4 cool points.
Stoic Sentinel
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ganzey
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You just said cold cathodes bumps me up 6!!! >.< I was hoping for 8
yes, 6 + 4 for the panel. so thats 10, and on a scale of 1-13, that means ur pc is pretty cool.
ganzey
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but on a more serious note, have you tried the brute force approach to cooling?
G25r8cer
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The sad things is that probably doesnt even cool that well
Drenlin
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^^ Ha! Never done something quite so drastic, but I have used this to cool my laptop before:
I have no idea what graphics card and RAM I'm going to get yet. I'm shooting for 4-6 gigs(ddr3) and 1 gig respectively, with the best chip I can afford on the video card. I'm a college student though, and don't know for sure that I have the job I applied for, so my budget may end up pretty tight. I'm just trying to get the universal stuff like cooling and drives out of the way first.
I have no idea what graphics card and RAM I'm going to get yet. I'm shooting for 4-6 gigs(ddr3) and 1 gig respectively, with the best chip I can afford on the video card. I'm a college student though, and don't know for sure that I have the job I applied for, so my budget may end up pretty tight. I'm just trying to get the universal stuff like cooling and drives out of the way first.
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Drenlin
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Nah, not yet...this build will be pretty slow for me. Right now I'm still getting myself within a budget (and getting a job established), and figuring out what exactly I want to put in this thing. It all depends on what my income will be in the next month. I live in a small town, so if I don't get the $12/hr job that I'm in the running for, then it's back to begging fast food joints and gas stations for a job.
I do have a bit more on the looks though. I originally thought about repainting it, but then I decided to keep the "retro" ~2000 look of it. Check out the drive I'm using...vintage 2002, lol:
(I'm also probably going to put in one of these...I just like the look of the other one, lol)
The end product will look something like this, but clean, with no badges, possibly with a fan controller, and probably with soft white LED's in the vents:
edit: crappy pic...sorry
I do have a bit more on the looks though. I originally thought about repainting it, but then I decided to keep the "retro" ~2000 look of it. Check out the drive I'm using...vintage 2002, lol:
(I'm also probably going to put in one of these...I just like the look of the other one, lol)
The end product will look something like this, but clean, with no badges, possibly with a fan controller, and probably with soft white LED's in the vents:
edit: crappy pic...sorry
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