So its been about two years with this build with no maintenance. There wasnt any big dust cakes apart from the front honeycomb and temperatures have been stable even during summer! Thanks to placing a small gap at the front glass panel to let air in.
Sadly one of my fans died and ruined the rgb daisy chain but used this as an opportunity to clean install a deepcool fh-10 to control all the PWM fans and bought a new LL120 to restore the rgb lights.
got new 2x 120mm fans installed at the top of my case for better cpu cooling as temps seems bit high ever since the case upgrade (maybe due to lack of fans), he got them for really good price, it can't be any better, 3 new local branded fans with 1 month warranty for only ₹600 (8.2$) from Nehru Place, the one for his skylake-x build he got from where he work
Idk, probably my phone camera, the first pic I took of case lying on bed looked good but idk what happened after that, probably lack of light or tint and glare on my tempered glass
thanks mate, all the fittings are barrow double seal cheap at about £4 each and thay do a fine job. you can add another 480 rad to the top of the P5 if your into making some brackets ive seen it done a few times both flat and standing. i dont use anything apart from distilled water with a bit of inhib anything more and its a step back in cooling i think last time i used colour in a my loops was at least 10 years ago. post a pic of your rigg bud.
One more before I redo the tubes and add a few more fittings. The pump RGB wasn't working, Thermaltake sent me a brand new pump to exchange. They have great customer service, I like all their newer stuff. hope to see more soon.
Idk, probably my phone camera, the first pic I took of case lying on bed looked good but idk what happened after that, probably lack of light or tint and glare on my tempered glass
Wow you still rocking that several years old FX CPU. Nice to see you upgrading to a decent 1080p GPU though
tbh its been pretty adequate with what i do, and since i dont get much time to game everyday, i havent bothered. IT still gives playable fps in all my games so im happy with it!
Rx580 helps ofcourse
Good build, but I would REALLY prioritize getting rid of that rubbish "500 watt" power supply. Only 372 watts total on the 12V rails (the actual output rating) is abysmal, and even then it's totally possible it could blow up before reaching THAT number. There's no guarantees on the cleanliness on the output signal, longevity, anything. There are many many affordable 400W and 500W units available from reputable brands that would be far better in every respect and provide much cleaner power for your brand new parts.
Good build, but I would REALLY prioritize getting rid of that rubbish "500 watt" power supply. Only 372 watts total on the 12V rails (the actual output rating) is abysmal, and even then it's totally possible it could blow up before reaching THAT number. There's no guarantees on the cleanliness on the output signal, longevity, anything. There are many many affordable 400W and 500W units available from reputable brands that would be far better in every respect and provide much cleaner power for your brand new parts.
There are many many affordable 400W and 500W units available from reputable brands that would be far better in every respect and provide much cleaner power for your brand new parts.
It's his decision if he wants to run the PSU at over 50% capacity with the RX580 and make the motherboard power delivery components work harder to filter out the noise on those power rails. It's not like all Thermaltake products are junk, but those bottom-of-the-barrel units they give away with cases aren't worth much.
It's his decision if he wants to run the PSU at over 50% capacity with the RX580 and make the motherboard power delivery components work harder to filter out the noise on those power rails. It's not like all Thermaltake products are junk, but those bottom-of-the-barrel units they give away with cases aren't worth much.
This is the boredom/money to burn swap while I wait for a 5950X to be Avail........ Had a hard time deciding if I wanted to go with my Crosshair 8 Hero or Aorus Master in the end I went master due to it being less work since it was in a box. This will replace my 3900X system whenever I get a hold of the 16 core........
The main hardware swaps.....
Haven't cable managed yet don't Judge
New/ Old
Goodbye my old friend you were a pretty fun CPU gotta say....
Quick stock benchmarks..... Overall the Ryzen based system feels way more snappy gaming is about the same but temps are much lower I really thought the 5800X might be a problem to cool but after an hour in blender I capped out around 74C vs 91C on my 9900k with a 20c ambient which was still much slower at 5ghz rendering....
Thought I'd share the PC I built in 2019. Its been through quite a few changes since then to get to where it is now:
Originally I bought a Cougar MX330 but after browsing Kijiji I found this beauty instead, a Lancool PC-K65 from 2012. Better yet allowed me to fit a larger air cooler too! Unfortunate, the front USBs were not working (located under the flap at the top of the case) so I had to install a drive bay USB expansion thingy.
Current specs:
CPU: Ryzen5 3600X
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S
GPU: Asus R7 260X OC
RAM: 32GB TeamGroup DDR4 3200MHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 UD
Storage: 1TB M.2 NVME
PSU: ToughPower 750W Gold
Fans: 2x 140mm intake + 120mm exhaust (stock fans that came with the case)
Not the best cable management, but it will do for now I guess. That vertical metal channel is really helpful!
Quirks:
I had bought 5700XT when I first built it but then college homework hit and I couldnt really play games anymore. So I grabbed my current GPU off Kijiji for $30 and sold the 5700XT for $700. Hopefully the GPU shortage ends when I graduate next year and I can upgrade.
Motherboard only has 3 fan headers, 1 for CPU, 1 for exhaust, 1 for front intake. Hence the LCD fan controller. Hopefully it looks nice.
Case Modification Plans:
- Got a pair of ML140s but as the fan controller is a 3pin, the ML140s wont spin slower than 950rpm which makes an annoying whoosh sound. Have to buy a PWM Y-splitter and plug that into the PWM fan headers on the mobo
- Replace the CD drive and fan controller with a 5inch AIDA64 that fits in the two 5.25 in bays
- Repaint insides of case a darker shade of grey and repaint outside of case with new layer of black paint
- Shave down the 5.25 bay's length and remove HDD cages
- Build a PSU shroud and add a vertical panel to help cover up the cable channel and the mess of cables there. Probably use a darker wood for that
- Find replacement top IO if possible
I will probably try to get all that done in the summer, might post an update by the end of August or something.
