The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[alexp999]

Hey testing out games even if they crash is much better than making the tea!

Would anyone in here be interested in a Xigmatek Red Scorpion but with a S1283 fan?

You are basically getting an S1283 with nickel plated heatpipes.

Its the best option I have for getting one of those Xigmatek White LED PWM fans.

 

[Dice]

I was only going to be there for the week, when i complained to my parents my mum phoned them to see if my job would vary. hence 3 days holiday.

 

[Dice]

Hey testing out games even if they crash is much better than making the tea!

YOU wernt there man! you don't kow what it was like Man, i saw bordom like you would'nt belive Man!!

sits staring into space, shivering.

 

[alexp999]

You dont know boredom till you have worked for Hampshire County Council

And in other news,

I'm trying to resist buying the Xigmatek Dark Knight

 

[Ketxxx]

Stop whining. Grown up life is boring, and most jobs are MUCH more boring than the chance you had Way to prove your worth too, getting your mummy to phone them instead of you asking yourself lol.

 

[Dice]

thats a little harsh l was 13 at the time....

 

[Ketxxx]

lol I was the same age when I went on work experience. I had to have a chat with a few people to get things sorted out as they had me doing real boring shit, I went there to build PCs not arrange books.

 

[_jM]

Really nice fan that CM one. I like the LED placement on it too

Now, for me I'm thinkinh I really need on of these to finish my cooler off:

http://www.materiel.net/live/42450.jpg

I have a few ways of doing this:

- Buy a 120mm XLF fans (Non PWM)
- Buy the Achilles of Fit if he will ship to me
- Buy the Achilles for £10 more in the UK
- Buy the Red scorpion, nick the fan and sell the new HSF on with my original fan

I have 6 of those that have never been opened and a X-Fi Titanium card too....(i need moneys) Great fans non the less. I think I have decided to go ahead and keep the interior of the case the way it is and use white lighting instead of this "red"... looks more like an orange to me.

 

[kyle2020]

I did my work experience at work

Just got paid a normal wage and got a cracking write up from my boss.

Erm alex, if you go for the achilles I may have the HSF off you, Im thinking of doing a black & white theme in my 690 and fancy a change - thats if I dont go H20. either way that bloody HDD cage is getting ripped out this weekend

 

[alexp999]

The S1283 is actually better than the achilles, or I would be using it myself.

I am now VERY tempted to pick up the Dark Night and just sell the complete S1283 and backplate. With any luck it will only cost about £10 for the "upgrade"

 

[kyle2020]

Get it done youth, itll match the rest of your case / theme.

 

[alexp999]

Its so sexy, mmm black HSF :drool:

Then main reason is that I have a dark spot under the CPU cooler and the only way I can fix that without it looking ridiculous is with a LED fan on the cooler.

But I want a PWM fan, and the only white LED PWM fans you can get are Xigmatek ones, but they only come with their coolers.

So its now a decision between:

Get the Red scorpion or Achilles and sell the base on with my original fan

or

Get the Dark Knight and sell the S1283

But the funny thing is, the S1283 is still the best Heatsink out of all the Xigmatek ones. The Dark Knight is said to be a touch behind at slow fan speeds due to the Nickel plating. That said it makes up for it on load temps, for the fact its Nickel plated and the fan shift ALOT more air.

Decisions, decisions....

 

[kyle2020]

Dark knight . . . slap some Christian Bale in it

 

[MoonPig]

I'm getting the Xigmatek 120mm. They've just come back instock on WaterCoolingUK.com, I used to have free postage there....

 

[alexp999]

My multimeter has arrived!

 

[MoonPig]

lol, why? haha

 

[alexp999]

I can now read the voltage that the LED switch is outputting, so I can by the corresponding relay switch to control my cathodes!

Oh and Dark Knight is ordered, should be here tomorrow

And I also got the new style of Core 2 Quad sticker arrive today, just to decide where to put it...

 

[MoonPig]

Jesus... Pimp my Sniper...

lol

 

[alexp999]

WTF, the led switch is outputting 12v. I expected it to be much lower as the cathodes wont light up. I guess it must be limiting the current instead somehow.

Just asked in my thread about it, so hopefully someone will be able to tell me what relay i need.

I also love the fact it is 12.00v Corsair FTW!

 

[aCid888*]

I got ed and was bored.

 

[alexp999]

They are my two favourite pics, lol.

What you do to them?

 

[aCid888*]

Have a look at your original images and you tell me.

 

[alexp999]

They just look a bit darker and fuzzier

 

[aCid888*]

First one is 'fuzzy' but the second one should be sharper, all intended.


Cant go showing too much off, add a bit of mystery to things and give it more shade.

 

[alexp999]

I will be updating those pics when my Dark Knight arrives

EDIT:

Seems they are sending the V, which means I will be Core i7 ready!