Finished!! - Page 2

01-24-04, 06:21 PM

nice work man, came out pretty good.

as for fans.. my pc sounds like a jet engine.I think i have 7, counting the psu and gpu fans

plus 3 other fans for HD that i havent turned on

01-24-04, 08:36 PM

i think you can get carried away with cooling, some of the more modded cases have like 4 to 8 case fans, thats just nuts, makes your pc sound like a chainsaw (even though mine sounds like a jet)

i have the 2 extra case fans since when i was burning a dvd, my system would start to get slow and very very hot

01-24-04, 08:46 PM

Really looks good. Great job. Now I'm wishing I would have build mine with a plexiglass case.

01-24-04, 10:18 PM

I built a plexiglass case also.:D
That looks good, but cooling would be an issue. I have 11 fans in mine (2 hd fans, spire cpu fan, 5 case fans, geforce ti4600 fan, 2 psu fans), and it still runs hotter than I would like it to. Then again, my parts are one of the hottest they make. I have my zalman headphones on all the time, so noise isnt a big issue.:D

Now that you have your case built, you need to mod it like mine. To bad I don't have a digi cam. 5 of my fans have quad blue leds, and I have 2 12in ccl's. Let me be the first to say, I don't need and lamps in my room. And, I modded the fans so that the lights turn off when needed.

1gb pc3400
epox ep8-rda+
300gb (1: 160gb, 1: 80gb, 1: 40gb, 1: 20gb)
dvd burner
52x cdrw
thermaltake purepower 480wt psu
geforce4 ti4600 (VERRRRY Fast)
spire skivestreme2 cpu cooler.

With the psu out like that, it would have exelent airflow, but i would be more woried about accedently hitting it with another piece or metal (been there, done that).

01-24-04, 10:26 PM

11 fans.:jd: Does it sound like a computer or a helicopter?

01-24-04, 10:29 PM

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Originally posted by dudeman0501
11 fans.:jd: Does it sound like a computer or a helicopter?

More like the next door neibors.:p (and thats worse than a helicopter);) My new 480wt psu is barely chuggin along, but its makin it. I think I am using 450watts of it, so there is room for nice new treos drive selector (*adds to birthday list*).

01-24-04, 11:32 PM

too much sound, my next pc in a year or two I will get a nice sold case and sound insulation :D and a real cool/quiet processor and HSF

stevey500 · 01-25-04, 01:08 AM

Hey thats awsome!! thanks guys!! I want to try a thermoelectric think so I can cool it with just a fan to circulate cool air from a thermoelectric junction, just like how electric coolers work... 11 fans?? WOW!!!! Now thats not something I could sleap notthrough:crooked: But litteraly

01-25-04, 01:41 AM

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Originally posted by stevey500
Hey thats awsome!! thanks guys!! I want to try a thermoelectric think so I can cool it with just a fan to circulate cool air from a thermoelectric junction, just like how electric coolers work... 11 fans?? WOW!!!! Now thats not something I could sleap notthrough:crooked: But litteraly

Sounds cool. I would get dry ice cooling, but is wayyyyyy to expencive.

BTW: I just recieved a spire silent case fan that blows more air that 3 of my case fans put together, and is silent.

Might wanna make that 12 fans now. It is really not that bad, if all my case fans were those spire ones, i could overclock like crazy, and have a pc that doesent sound like a train.

If I were you, I would check them out, they are VERY quiet.
I reviewed them on my website.

01-25-04, 07:54 PM

those spire fans are sweet, too bad i cant have any more fans in my case, 1 is all it supports :(

deftech · 01-25-04, 08:47 PM

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Originally posted by grentz
those spire fans are sweet, too bad i cant have any more fans in my case, 1 is all it supports :(

You can find a way to make it fit. Just need a dremel, some screws, and a little time. :p

stevey500 · 01-25-04, 10:36 PM

Cant go though life without a dremel :p

Iwantbatteries · 01-26-04, 05:40 PM

I have the Antec sonata, and the only thing I can hear whaen that thing is running (even though it has 2 120mm fans) is the high pitched whine of my WDR360 (Western Digital raptor 10,000 RPM drive)