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05-28-11, 08:03 PM | #47 |
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I won't go into my whole rig but I useing an ULTRA 1600 and 1200.
Bottom case mounted and both tops are cool to the touch. The exterior of cheap PSU's will get hot. |
05-28-11, 08:13 PM | #48 |
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05-28-11, 08:16 PM | #49 |
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05-30-11, 09:50 AM | #50 |
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I think I have finally decided on this case (the Rosewill)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147153 as it's the only one I've found that will fit and has a drive bay configuration that will work for me. Plus I can get it from Amazon and I have a $25 gift certificate coming (and Subsim will get a little something). Although I might get this first instead: http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-TMC...=1081UJTDTV61F since it will allow me to get rid of the surge processor with all the plugs sticking out that I use to turn on the monitor, speakers, DSL modem, etc. It's up on the shelf above the computer for easy access but is very unsightly no matter how I try to hide most of it with well-placed knickknacks. And it makes external cord/cable management a small nightmare. With those things plugged in somewhere else and still powered on/off with one master switch, I can put that ugly SP under the desk where it belongs and just use it for the computer or even get a small UPS unit for that instead. |
05-30-11, 09:58 AM | #51 |
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Sounds like a good decision, I think
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06-01-11, 05:12 PM | #52 |
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Update!
Got the mobo and CPU today. They're so pretty, and have that new mobo and CPU smell.
Of course I don't know what to do with either of them, and can't really do anything at this point anyway other than open them to make sure they look okay and undamaged. I guess I can start reading the documentation to whet my appetite for things to come. Edit: another question: currently I have fans on my internal hard drives, more or less like this one: They just attach to the bottom of the drive, I don't know how much good they do but they were cheap and they are pretty quiet. The case that I plan on getting has a vented or mesh front, whatever, in front of the HDD cage, with a 120mm case fan in there to blow air in and through the hard drive bays. So I'm wondering if I even need these little individual fans on the drives? I ask because using them cuts the available HDD space by 1/2, since any drive with one attached takes up two spots. Of course it's possible they won't even fit in the new case, depending on how the cage is made, so it could be a moot point. I seem to remember I had to do some grunt work to get them to fit in the current one. Last edited by frau kaleun; 06-01-11 at 05:36 PM. |
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Espacially not with the fan in the front. Harddisks don't usually get very hot. Good luck! And don't forget to post some pics! |
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06-01-11, 07:43 PM | #56 | |
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My old pc which I had running well for 7yrs with an upgrade of the graphics/cpu & ram twice during its life was a standard size gaming case with the fancy artwork, nobs and bells but the case was a magnet to dust which then generates more heat, I had to clean this pc twice a year within a couple of months it would be dusty I had fans blowing in & out and it was sealed to its best. This new pc I checked inside the other day for the first time 5 months old now & found not a spec of dust inside clean as a whistle. Put it down to a good PC case which is usually overlooked when buying/building a pc. |
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06-11-11, 05:05 PM | #58 |
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Looks like you found the right case. Toss or use on something else the hdd little fans.
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06-11-11, 07:05 PM | #59 |
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Lol, I almost didn't get it.
I have everything I buy online shipped to my work address since someone is always there during delivery hours. The day it was supposed to be delivered I went looking for it and they said nothing had come for me. Well it turned out they had ordered a whole new system to replace one that died in another of our offices, and it all came at the same time as my case. So all the "computer" stuff got stacked by the back door for someone to take to the other office. Luckily I passed that way on my way out that door and saw it. OTOH it would've been funny if they'd taken it over to the other place... I can just imagine someone there on the phone to Dell trying to convince them that they shipped us a case with no computer in it. |
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