Machin3
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[-0MEGA-];1408430 said:Beige cases are so 1990.
This is the case I want:
+1, I also want that case but then I would have to go with liquid cooling and as of right now I'm a little short on the cash. Maybe someday.
[-0MEGA-];1408430 said:Beige cases are so 1990.
This is the case I want:
lol, I didn't think I would ever say this about a caseless setup, but it needs cable management
Better?
much
Is that 2 fans bolted together on your CPU, or is it just one rather large fan?
lmao, my family say the exact same thing when I have parts out
Fan + fan shroud.
That's what the screws are for.
The fan shroud is basically an air tight seal between the fan and the heatsink, which allows for air to pass across all areas of the heatsink, instead of their being a dead spot of - hot - air generated by the fan's hub.
It was good for a 3C temperature drop, and it made my fan quieter.
I just made it from an old 25mm thick fan that I didn't use, and it's pretty awesome. Obviously the bigger the shroud the better. (I think that 50mm is the biggest you should go, anything other than that diminishes performance.)
I was thinking about making a bigger one with another old fan, to be honest, but I'm not sure it's worth my time.
Sorry for the rather long post. >.<
Yea it was the screws that threw me off
I'm not sure if it was over at OCN or OcUK, but tehre was a guy with I think 3 x 80mm 4500RPM fans, 2 on heatsink in push/pull, one on top for exhaust (was the best way because of how the HSF had to sit) and when he fired it up it sounded like a damn airplane taking off
That would probably be like 70 dBA. :O
If a 3000 RPM 120mm fan is like 45 dBa, I'm willing to bet that they'd be close to 70.
Edit: I'll be sad to see that motherboard go soon, though. I'm getting a Foxconn BlackOps and some OCZ Gold DDR3 RAM (2 x 1GB for benching with Dry Ice!) and I'm looking for my 4GB 24/7 kit currently... I think I'm going to get it from the US.
I'm actually making money from moving to the BlackOps.
I rarely need to spend money on parts... I just really buy things when they're cheap, sell them when I can get a better price for it, but stuff when it's cheap, sell it...
The cycle goes on.
For example, I got my Q6600 for £100 ages ago, sold it for £100 D), then bought an E6750 for £40 that did 4GHz, then got my E8500 for £40 + the E6750, so I technically made £20 coming from the Q6600.
Kinda lucky, in my opinion.
Hmm, would I rather leave my case out in the open and be cheap bastard, or protect everything and have an awesome looking case?
Tough choice.
Leave everything out in the open, but do it fairly stylishly and have better hardware?
If I had bothered to buy a case, I probably wouldn't have a HD5850, or a CPU Pot.
what does a case have to do with owing a 5850?
its looks like it fits fine on his motherboard tray
$70 for a CM 690. Fits a 5970 with room to spare. Most ATX cases these days can fit a 5850.size of a 5850, and cost of a case
Bullshit. 5970 is like 2mm away from the HDD bays in a CM690. Lucky the power connector is on the side.....$70 for a CM 690. Fits a 5970 with room to spare. Most ATX cases these days can fit a 5850.