My first build - Page 3

Bill Nichols · 03-12-09, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

That's not a fan...

It looks more like a nuclear reactor

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

NeonSamurai · 03-12-09, 06:35 AM

Not to be a downer but I have to say I don't much like the design of that case from the stand point of airflow and air sources. With a low front fan and the PSU sucking air from below the case you better put some air filters there, particularly the underside which will be trying to suck up every dust bunny and particle anywhere near it. and clean out the filters fairly regularly or your system may choke on dust. I know my old system which had a low mounted fan sucking air close to the ground would get choked with dust and hair and stuff and send dust all throughout the system. Filters should take care of that though as long as you clean them often enough especialy the one for the psu.

goldorak · 03-12-09, 06:59 AM

I find the case very nice, except that it doesn't have a removable motherboard tray (and to think that CoolerMaster was the one that pioneered that concept years ago).
All in all that computer will seriously kick ass.
Now you can enjoy playing DW at 1000 fps and SH 3 and 4 at 500 fps.

AVGWarhawk · 03-12-09, 07:44 AM

The case is very nice. If she is off the floor dust bunnies will stay on the floor. Mine is about 3 inches off the floor. I tell what is a big help for dust, shut the thing off if you are not using it. My daughters leave their computer on all the time. It gets loaded with dust. I shut mine down when done. No sense running it if I'm not using it. This practice greatly reducing the ever present dust sucking fans from running and for no good reason to be running. Some say that boot up takes forever, yadda, yadda, and leave it on. With my computer and with Bills computer, the power is lighting fast and boot up should be clearly under a minute. Mine is up and ready in about 40 seconds. So shutting it down and booting up later on is not a big issue at all.

Bill, I like the dual video cards

It is electronic Viagra

goldorak · 03-12-09, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Bill, I like the dual video cards

It is electronic Viagra

Yeah, thats some serious horsepower.
Hope the computer doesn't fly away with all the fans it has, including that huge side fan.

Bill Nichols · 03-12-09, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

The case is very nice. If she is off the floor dust bunnies will stay on the floor. Mine is about 3 inches off the floor....

I keep my PC on top of my work bench, so dust is not a problem. (I learned a lesson long ago, when I had a PC fry from sucking dirt and pet hair off a carpet).

AVGWarhawk · 03-12-09, 08:31 AM

Off the carpet for sure but I keep it on the shelf under the desk to keep the noise down there and not up by my head. However, my new computer with quality fans is very quiet and would be fine on my desk. I only hear the video card fan kick to high gear when running some heavy graphics.

Anyway back to you, were are you with the build? Fire it up yet?

goldorak · 03-12-09, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Off the carpet for sure but I keep it on the shelf under the desk to keep the noise down there and not up by my head. However, my new computer with quality fans is very quiet and would be fine on my desk. I only hear the video card fan kick to high gear when running some heavy graphics.

Anyway back to you, were are you with the build? Fire it up yet?

Noise is very hard to keep down in a high performance pc.
My case for instance doesn't have 30 cm fans, only (3) 12cm fans running at 800rpm. Its mostly silent, even considering the fan on the cpu.
What really frustrated me is the fan on the 9800gtx+.
Its pretty quite when I'm working on the desktop, but the moment I go into 3d mode playing some heavy 3d game the fan goes almost at full speed, from 40% to 70-80%.
Ok it keeps the gpu "cool" but the noise is for me unbearable.

ATI and Nvidia should learn to make high quality cooling without resorting to delta fans (who remembers those ?

6000rpm fans).

NeonSamurai · 03-12-09, 11:20 AM

Good that you got it off the ground, that should limit the dust intake, though a case that size for most people would sit on the floor. Beyond that I can't really judge that case given that I do not have hands on experience with it. I am curious though of those who like the case design how many have hands on experience with it, or if your trying to judge it by eye as I.

As for the lack of a motherboard tray, its hardly surprising these days given the size of coolers for the cpu that your average case doesn't have it any more

last reguarding not shutting down a pc, well there are good arguments for leaving the system running, the main one being that it will extend the life of the system due to the micro surges the system suffers each time the power is turned on and off. Though since it seems that a lot of people don't keep their systems for more then 2-3 years, that argument becomes less relevant.

AVGWarhawk · 03-12-09, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Good that you got it off the ground, that should limit the dust intake, though a case that size for most people would sit on the floor. Beyond that I can't really judge that case given that I do not have hands on experience with it. I am curious though of those who like the case design how many have hands on experience with it, or if your trying to judge it by eye as I.

As for the lack of a motherboard tray, its hardly surprising these days given the size of coolers for the cpu that your average case doesn't have it any more

last reguarding not shutting down a pc, well there are good arguments for leaving the system running, the main one being that it will extend the life of the system due to the micro surges the system suffers each time the power is turned on and off. Though since it seems that a lot of people don't keep their systems for more then 2-3 years, that argument becomes less relevant.

My old system I turned off and on all the time. Worked for 5 years and is still going. The only thing that went wrong by turning it off and on....the on/off button broke. I went and got a new case with a new button installed.

I prefer to shut it down and just for that reason....dust collecting while not in use.

FIREWALL · 03-12-09, 12:07 PM

I have a CoolerMaster Cosmos 1100 S . All my fans filters includeing the one on the bottom for the psu slide out for easy maintenance.

I also keep mine on the desk.

Bill Nichols · 03-12-09, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Off the carpet for sure but I keep it on the shelf under the desk to keep the noise down there and not up by my head. However, my new computer with quality fans is very quiet and would be fine on my desk. I only hear the video card fan kick to high gear when running some heavy graphics.

Anyway back to you, were are you with the build? Fire it up yet?

I plan to power up and get everything running this weekend. Between travel, work and home stuff I need some time to rest before doing anything more that needs attention.

Onkel Neal · 03-12-09, 05:21 PM

Yeah, and you probably need to get the go-ahead from Edison Electric.

longam · 03-12-09, 06:34 PM

I really hope your not going to limit this system with a desktop OS!

AVGWarhawk · 03-12-09, 06:39 PM

Ok Bill, we are ready for you. Pull the big switch.

03-12-09, 06:35 AM	#32
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Not to be a downer but I have to say I don't much like the design of that case from the stand point of airflow and air sources. With a low front fan and the PSU sucking air from below the case you better put some air filters there, particularly the underside which will be trying to suck up every dust bunny and particle anywhere near it. and clean out the filters fairly regularly or your system may choke on dust. I know my old system which had a low mounted fan sucking air close to the ground would get choked with dust and hair and stuff and send dust all throughout the system. Filters should take care of that though as long as you clean them often enough especialy the one for the psu. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

03-12-09, 07:44 AM	#34
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The case is very nice. If she is off the floor dust bunnies will stay on the floor. Mine is about 3 inches off the floor. I tell what is a big help for dust, shut the thing off if you are not using it. My daughters leave their computer on all the time. It gets loaded with dust. I shut mine down when done. No sense running it if I'm not using it. This practice greatly reducing the ever present dust sucking fans from running and for no good reason to be running. Some say that boot up takes forever, yadda, yadda, and leave it on. With my computer and with Bills computer, the power is lighting fast and boot up should be clearly under a minute. Mine is up and ready in about 40 seconds. So shutting it down and booting up later on is not a big issue at all. Bill, I like the dual video cards It is electronic Viagra __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-12-09, 08:31 AM	#37
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Off the carpet for sure but I keep it on the shelf under the desk to keep the noise down there and not up by my head. However, my new computer with quality fans is very quiet and would be fine on my desk. I only hear the video card fan kick to high gear when running some heavy graphics. Anyway back to you, were are you with the build? Fire it up yet? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-12-09, 11:20 AM	#39
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Good that you got it off the ground, that should limit the dust intake, though a case that size for most people would sit on the floor. Beyond that I can't really judge that case given that I do not have hands on experience with it. I am curious though of those who like the case design how many have hands on experience with it, or if your trying to judge it by eye as I. As for the lack of a motherboard tray, its hardly surprising these days given the size of coolers for the cpu that your average case doesn't have it any more last reguarding not shutting down a pc, well there are good arguments for leaving the system running, the main one being that it will extend the life of the system due to the micro surges the system suffers each time the power is turned on and off. Though since it seems that a lot of people don't keep their systems for more then 2-3 years, that argument becomes less relevant. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

03-12-09, 12:07 PM	#41
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I have a CoolerMaster Cosmos 1100 S . All my fans filters includeing the one on the bottom for the psu slide out for easy maintenance. I also keep mine on the desk. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ??? Last edited by FIREWALL; 03-15-09 at 11:20 PM.

03-12-09, 06:59 AM	#33
goldorak Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I find the case very nice, except that it doesn't have a removable motherboard tray (and to think that CoolerMaster was the one that pioneered that concept years ago). All in all that computer will seriously kick ass. Now you can enjoy playing DW at 1000 fps and SH 3 and 4 at 500 fps.

03-12-09, 05:21 PM	#43
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Yeah, and you probably need to get the go-ahead from Edison Electric. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-12-09, 06:34 PM	#44
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I really hope your not going to limit this system with a desktop OS!

03-12-09, 06:39 PM	#45
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Ok Bill, we are ready for you. Pull the big switch. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road