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[Cheese_On_tsaot]

My case is huge, over compensation...

 

[Audioave10]

I like big cases, since I only use air-cooling. Nice keyboard too!

 

[tabascosauz]

Nice, that was fast.

Yeah, I went and picked it up cause I had a dentist appointment anyways. Set my alarm earlier in the morning so I could reserve one once they put it up on the website. Most people are [rightly so] staying with the sale-price 5600X so I didn't need to wake up so early.

Simple swap. I guess the heatspreader pic will have to wait for another day, I was so excited I completely forgot about that part despite telling myself to grab a picture.

 

[Cheese_On_tsaot]

Yeah, I went and picked it up cause I had a dentist appointment anyways. Set my alarm earlier in the morning so I could reserve one once they put it up on the website. Most people are [rightly so] staying with the sale-price 5600X so I didn't need to wake up so early.

Simple swap. I guess the heatspreader pic will have to wait for another day, I was so excited I completely forgot about that part despite telling myself to grab a picture.

Nice and elegant, was this photo taken in a hospital?

 

[Ruru]

Big cases? I used to have a CM Cosmos S several years ago.

 

[SN2716057]

Big cases? I used to have a CM Cosmos S several years ago.

Pff, I used to have a Case Labs M8 Magnum with extra bottom cage (with wheels). I went smaller with the Mercury S8. Next!

Edit: with pic

 

[freeagent]

Pff, I used to have a Case Labs M8 Magnum with extra bottom cage (with wheels). I went smaller with the Mercury S8. Next!

Edit: with pic
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Stacker STC-T01, still have the wheels and most of the pieces too

 

[Space Lynx]

@Cheese_On_tsaot that arctic cooler is a really underrated cooler. I used to own it before I went back to laptop gaming.

I used a fairly strong fan curve, around 75 celsius it was targeted for 100% fan speed on the fan curve. and even then it really was not loud. great fans.

with a strong fan curve it goes toe to toe with the big Noctua's at stock.

 

[lexluthermiester]

So as discussed sometime ago, got around to painting my Dell T3500. Ffigured it could only be improved giving how scratched and banged up it was. Not perfectly happy with the result.
Before;

And the result;

Think I should have gone with silver after all. Going to repaint it. It's not that the gold doesn't look as it should, just that it doesn't go as well with the silver front plate, which is not going to be painted.

 

[micropage7]

So as discussed sometime ago, got around to painting my Dell T3500. Ffigured it could only be improved giving how scratched and banged up it was. Not perfectly happy with the result.
Before;
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And the result;
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Think I should have gone with silver after all. Going to repaint it. It's not that the gold does look as it should, just that it doesn't go as well with the silver from plate, which is not going to be painted.

wait, you don't use any masking at all?so it bleeding all the way through
actually i prefer something that close to the stock color (dark color) but you may sand it for better result

 

[lexluthermiester]

wait, you don't use any masking at all?

What?

so it bleeding all the way through

What are you talking about?

actually i prefer something that close to the stock color (dark color)

Naw, I like the gold. It just doesn't work well with the front plate.

 

[FireFox]

I went smaller with the Mercury S8. Next!

Why would you do that?

 

[micropage7]

What?

What are you talking about?

Naw, I like the gold. It just doesn't work well with the front plate.

the front mesh sprayed too, it should be only the side panel that sprayed?

 

[lexluthermiester]

the front mesh sprayed too, it should be only the side panel that sprayed?

No, I sprayed everything that was originally painted black by Dell. I did not paint the black plastic parts as the paint did not stick well to that plastic even when sanded.

 

[micropage7]

No, I sprayed everything that was originally painted black by Dell. I did not paint the black plastic parts as the paint did not stick well to that plastic even when sanded.

oh, i think it's bleeding since from the pic half of the mesh still dark

 

[lexluthermiester]

oh, i think it's bleeding since from the pic half of the mesh still dark

That's just a trick of the light. It's all painted.

 

[freeagent]

I started getting rid of some of my thick fans.. I have one left running the exhaust. Thermalright TY series are not a good match for bolt spacing in the Meshify C.. 2x 140mm fans with 120mm spacing.. it would have been nice to have 2x 140s and a 120 up front but whatevs.. maybe later. I used some duct tape to block off the bottom for now, and a strip at the top where the top is blocked off with the noise insulated top hole covers from my define R4. It actually works pretty good like this. 130cfm coming from the red one lol.. 95 from the bottom. I thought that fan was dead but apparently it is alive again. Must have been a bad connection or something. The dead 147A is still dead however.

And these are what I took out

It is much quieter now.. until they ramp up



Edit:

I did end up taking that last thick fan out.. ahh silence.. till it’s not

Edit:

 

[Audioave10]

That's why I like the bigger cases...more room for options when it comes to Cooling. (and I never use water-cooling)

 

[freeagent]

I still have big cases, my current front fans were intended to cool CPU’s and not to be used as case fans. But had they not had the odd hole spacing I would be able to use 3 fans up front. They still work great in my little case. Just like my 120x38s are awesome in my Meshify, and pretty good in my Define R4.

 

[Audioave10]

I still have big cases, my current front fans were intended to cool CPU’s and not to be used as case fans. But had they not had the odd hole spacing I would be able to use 3 fans up front. They still work great in my little case. Just like my 120x38s are awesome in my Meshify, and pretty good in my Define R4.

I still consider your case to be big enough...because you do have options. That's still a Mid size case. (and somewhat open-air)

 

[FireFox]

That's why I like the bigger cases...more room for options when it comes to Cooling. (and I never use water-cooling)

What about this?

 

[Space Lynx]

I am in the market for a budget case that will fit 420mm AIO arctic cooler. Best I can find is around $126, Phanteks Enthroo Full Tower.

the arctic 420mm AIO is $130.

and I was thinking I'll set a slightly aggressive fan curve over stock on the AIO and rear exhaust fan of the case. should be a fairly nice cooling setup.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

I am in the market for a budget case that will fit 420mm AIO arctic cooler. Best I can find is around $126, Phanteks Enthroo Full Tower.

the arctic 420mm AIO is $130.

and I was thinking I'll set a slightly aggressive fan curve over stock on the AIO and rear exhaust fan of the case. should be a fairly nice cooling setup.

I think the p500a supports a 420mm in front.

 

[basco]

@lynx29
here ya can put in the radiator size and even if ya want it on top or in front:

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[Audioave10]

What about this?

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Great! That's a big boy with lots of room...including for water-cooling.