My pc

**chuckskull** · 23-07-2006, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by arthurleung

It was horrible when I had 8 IDE hdds with a tiny case.
Now its slightly better with SATA but routing is still somehow difficult with all those molex->sata converters. And I don't think its a good idea to have that much HDDs pulling power from the same cable.

Yeah I had all these in a mATX tower until a couple of days ago, all the HD's are SATA, but even so there was no room to move in there. Nice big thermaltake armour now

My PSU is chunky enough to handle all my drives thankfully.

**baby_ice** · 23-07-2006, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by arthurleung

The case itself would have provided the HDD enough cooling without resorting to HDD cooler. (Conduction through the drive cage)

Doesn't seems like you have an exhaust fan apart from the PSU? The Hiper's fan is not fast enough to handle the heat from the CPU.

One more thing. Since your board have 4 DIMMs I presume its Dual Channel capable? Why one stick only?

I would have installed 2 more fans on the panel to increase cool air intake especially to the graphics card and use cello-tape to block off the holes on the panel just above the CPU cooler to force more air going through the rear exhaust (hence slightly better CPU cooling)

You may want to relocate your SATA cable as they doesn't really like steep bending, and it looked like its going to snap the connectors. Also its blocking a bit of the airflow (not really a big deal though)

the HDD cooler was free with the harddrives scan had on offer , so why not use it, it does seem to work abit

theres now 3 case fans added, 1 at the back sucking out the hot air, and 2 on the side, 1 at the top and 1 at the bottom, seems im always between 40 and 42C no mattewr aht, unlwess it over clocks it still starts getting to 50ish.... just need to get my self some artic silver compound past and resit my freezer pro.

i only have 1 stick because it was 80 quid for 1 gig of ocz , and at the time i didnt have enough money to get anything better for the same price. i got it before i signed up to this site, so it was from my local pc shop.

**baby_ice** · 23-07-2006, 05:33 PM

http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/4610/1002266dc9.jpg

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9228/1002267il0.jpg

**MantisCSS** · 23-07-2006, 05:34 PM

makes sure u get some dust filters for all ur fans m8. u can get them off ebay. give it bout 2 weeks and it will be dust heaven in there

**johnny02004976** · 23-07-2006, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by MantisCSS

makes sure u get some dust filters for all ur fans m8. u can get them off ebay. give it bout 2 weeks and it will be dust heaven in there

yeh there def worth a buy, saves cleaning it every week

**MantisCSS** · 23-07-2006, 05:39 PM

there u go, there are mroe butt hey r the 1st i found http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AKASA-8cm-fan-...QQcmdZViewItem
i had them fans also and i found them quite loud. although u can turnt hem down. maybe look at a fan control such as http://www.fastekcomputers.co.uk/sho...ler-p-269.html

**johnny02004976** · 23-07-2006, 05:42 PM

i prefer the mesh ones

http://www.thecoolingshop.com/produc...oducts_id/1379

**MantisCSS** · 23-07-2006, 05:44 PM

yh they are also nice. probs last longer a do a better job aswell, either or tbh. but its a gd shout cost dust is anoying when ur trying to keep a clean PC.

**arthurleung** · 23-07-2006, 06:47 PM

Try changing the fan on the panel next to the CPU as exhaust rather than intake.

Judging from the distance you're blowing cool air at the exhaust of the arctic cooler which gives no purpose at all.

**barker967** · 24-07-2006, 05:50 PM

Thats a nice tidy looking pc, makes mine look like an absolute tip.

**james.robinson** · 24-07-2006, 10:49 PM

Shame about the components though

**gedalia** · 25-07-2006, 02:09 PM

How loud is the pc? Especially in this summer heat?

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