Your PC ATM

[lexluthermiester]

Noctua is love, Noctua is life.

You need a better life!!

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Noctua is love, Noctua is life. Well, if you manage to match it with something which is pretty hard. Vinyl wrapping rads perhaps?

Embrace the beige. Come to the mismatched light side. Ketchup and mustard uber alles.

Imagine the above in a low, soothing, yet creepy voice for full effect.

 

[Anoniem]

Embrace the beige. Come to the mismatched light side. Ketchup and mustard uber alles.

Imagine the above in a low, soothing, yet creepy voice for full effect.

"Imagine the above in a low, soothing, yet creepy voice for full effect." Yeah that's not helping hahaha

You need a better life!!

I'm perfectly comfortable where I am, cheers mate Three Affligem Tripel are helping a lot in that regard hahaha.

 

[lexluthermiester]

@HQi88
It was joke, no need to be angry..

 

[Anoniem]

@HQi88
It was joke, no need to be angry..

Aye, Noctua fans are ugly in general but can be used in show builds when done right. Their performance is unquestionable, I would even use them in servers. We're all in here for hardware and a good time Signing off, I've had enough C₂H₅OH. Sorry if this is off-topic.

 

[HQi88]

@HQi88
It was joke, no need to be angry..

>.< no need to take me too srsly

 

[8BitZ80]

I got some shots of the Xeon E5-2678 V3 with the new Snowman cooler and my R9 270X swapped in. Up until now I've only sunk about US$400 into parts specific to this build (CPU, cooler, mobo, RAM, case, PSU) and used whatever spare parts were lying around for the rest of it. No complaints about the performance.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I got some shots of the Xeon E5-2678 V3 with the new Snowman cooler and my R9 270X swapped in. Up until now I've only sunk about US$400 into parts specific to this build (CPU, cooler, mobo, RAM, case, PSU) and used whatever spare parts were lying around for the rest of it. No complaints about the performance.

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What case is that?

 

[8BitZ80]

What case is that?

Fractal Design Core 2300 Mid Tower. That's what I call.....contender!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Fractal Design Core 2300 Mid Tower. That's what I call.....contender!

Nice! I wonder if they have a front panel replacement to fit a grill.. The 2300 looks like the better choice over the 2500 as the vertical drive mounting plate seems the better way to mount drives. My question is, do the 3.5" drives mount on one side and 2.5" drive mount on the other? Or is it a one or the other kind of situation?

 

[8BitZ80]

Nice! I wonder if they have a front panel replacement to fit a grill.. The 2300 looks like the better choice over the 2500 as the vertical drive mounting plate seems the better way to mount drives. My question is, do the 3.5" drives mount on one side and 2.5" drive mount on the other? Or is it a one or the other kind of situation?

You know, it would actually be dead easy to make a custom front grill. The insert on the front is held in by clips and can be popped out (insert is upside down in the pic). The insert is flat on both sides so it would be simple to make a cutout and add a metal grill on the inside or something. Maybe even sandwich a dust filter in there. The front fans sit just behind the whole front panel.

It looks like you can mount three SSDs on the outside face of the vertical mount and you can mount three 3.5" hard drives on the inside face. My R9 270X already makes it impossible to mount a 3.5" drive in the middle, but even with a very long graphics card it won't interfere with the other two hard drives. So yeah you can have multiple SSDs and hard drives installed on both sides at the same time, it's not either-or.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You know, it would actually be dead easy to make a custom front grill.

Looks like it. I would Dremmel out the cross section plastic to make for better airflow and get some metal mesh, paint it black and mount it in.

It looks like you can mount three SSDs on the outside face of the vertical mount and you can mount three 3.5" hard drives on the inside face.

That is really cool! I love that there is 2 5.25" bays. I'm really liking that case. Gonna have to order a couple and try out system builds in them.

 

[8BitZ80]

Looks like it. I would Dremmel out the cross section plastic to make for better airflow and get some metal mesh, paint it black and mount it in.

That is really cool! I love that there is 2 5.25" bays. I'm really liking that case. Gonna have to order a couple and try out system builds in them.

If you can find a listing for them on sale then it would be a pretty good deal I reckon.

 

[khemist]

Embrace the beige. Come to the mismatched light side. Ketchup and mustard uber alles.

Imagine the above in a low, soothing, yet creepy voice for full effect.

It's worth checking out the Arctic P12 series of fans, they are almost as good at a fraction of the price.

I have Noctua fans myself but since switching to a case with a glass side panel changed to these and i'll be getting some of the slim 15mm ones so i can use them on a Raijintek Morpheus GPU heatsink, again almost identical in performance for much less.

You just get the fan and Four screws in cheap packaging, so they are saving money that way.

 

[toilet pepper]

I have the Arctic P14 in white for my Deshrouded 3080 and yeas they do make a difference. I had Cooler Master Sickleflow fans on there before and they can barely push air. The temp difference are not that big but the noise difference is noticeable.

You may also check the Thermaltake Toughfans 120/140. They are blatant carbon copies of the NFA12 and perform the same but they come in gray/black and not brown.

 

[lexluthermiester]

for my Deshrouded 3080 and yeas they do make a difference.

Deshrouded? Pictures? Very intriguing!

 

[toilet pepper]

Yes, it is. It is on a previous post here but I'll just paste the picture. The wood one is the current iteration with the Arctic P14s. Removing the GPU fan shroud of the 3080 Ventus would leave an 8mm gap between the bottom fan and the actual heatsink. Since the NR200 does not support 140mm fans, I had a 120 to 140mm adapter 3d printed to cover the space and sppurt the P14. The fans are controlled by the motherboard. (saves a few watts from the total gpu board power but meh)

Here's where it started. The 120s were a little too noisy for me.

It is heavily undervolted for daily use and gaming. Highest GPU temp is 65C. Ambient is around 30C.

 

[HammerON]

Upgraded my second crunching rig from 1070's to a XFX 6700 XT. I haven't owned a AMD GPU since I had my two HD 7970's.

 

[Morbius2021]

I'm not happy with the tube work (it's bad, I know), but I've only tried it a few times and really need to measure a bit better.
It is what it is for now and I hope to improve it, but I really love this case. I didn't want to waste my new set of tubing, so I used scraps for the one from the radiator to the top of the water block. The other 2 are a bit crooked. Thank you again, Morbius2021 for kind words of encouragement. View attachment 198418View attachment 198419

No worries, glad to see it taking shape, you will get there eventually, as we talked about its a process.

 

[Secret Rival]

No worries, glad to see it taking shape, you will get there eventually, as we talked about its a process.

Great to hear from you! You have been a great help to me in thinking this massive project through.
great advice and a great guy - I will do some re tubing next week and I did get a nice 88 pound wall mount that is perfect for this.
I will keep you posted on any improvements I make - gonna take a while for GPU prices to go down to where I can improve that and water cool it. Once again, thank you for the encouragement and best wishes!

 

[HQi88]

I've got a new computer!

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I had an old HP Pavilion 15 where the chassis broke, but the internals were still good. Specs are:

i7-3632QM
Intel HD4000 iGPU
2x 4GB 1600MHz DDR3
some old SATA III 7.2k rpm HDD

I guess I wont be playing any games on this anytime soon.

Planning to turn this into a SFF desktop but it wont display unless I have the original laptop screen plugged into the motherboard. Guess I need to find a way around that as BIOS doesnt let me use a screen connected to the HDMI to boot up

 

[lexluthermiester]

I guess I wont be playing any games on this anytime soon.

That setup will do a respectable amount of light gaming and even emulation. Personally, I would mount all of it to a piece of good looking wood with mounting posts and hang it on the wall or perhaps lean it on a tablet stand. Displayed properly it would look really cool!

 

[Space Lynx]

I'll be posting new pics tomorrow. EVGA had a half price deal on their official store page. I got a EVGA 280mm AIO for $55 shipped, it arrives tomorrow. Insanely good deal. I have always wanted to experience an AIO. I'm also considering modifying my Corsair 110Q case, cutting out a slot directly where the rx 6800 gpu vents out heat, and getting a plastic shroud that shoves into that slot directly above those reference card vents, so the heat all gets shoved out of the case. it would only need to be about a 1 inch by 10 inch cutout of the side panel... my Uncle has the tools for it.

so I will still have all 4 sound proof foam panels, plus AIO on CPU, and GPU ventilation improvement.

first things first and the AIO gets installed tomorrow. and I will go from there. my air cooler only cost $35, I like it, it honestly holds it own with a strong fan curve.

I'm curious to compare temps with the AIO though. not changing anything, going to run some tests tonight, write down the temps min and max, and after install tomorrow run same tests and compare. I might post results with pics as well.

 

[Deleted member 202104]

I would mount all of it to a piece of good looking wood with mounting posts and hang it on the wall or perhaps lean it on a tablet stand. Displayed properly it would look really cool!

That's a really good idea!

 

[Space Lynx]

Upgraded my second crunching rig from 1070's to a XFX 6700 XT. I haven't owned a AMD GPU since I had my two HD 7970's.

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if this were my case, I would try to get something to fix the sag on that GPU. you have plenty of space to put an extender sag preventer thing underneath the end of that gpu.

beautiful setup other than that. grats on the 6700 xt. we have the same PSU, mine is the 700 GD gold though.