Your PC ATM

[nomdeplume]

@freeagent

Fixing issue noted above inspired disassembling a hilariously bad temporary permanent ghetto mod. In tune with recent drive changes this brought me down to a single short SATA and removed need of a Molex cable stretching across the entire case. Frame in question can be seen at link. Arrived upon top fan solution looked much better outside the case. Loosened both fans enough to gain a picometer larger gap and got top fan sitting level.

Edit: Looking at cable exit point in first photo I just realized the solution would be switching fan positions. Apparently someone at the factory drilled cable holes downwards into the frame on left side of some and right on others. Meaning they align when I rotate top fan to place both cable between them. Will correct this when I get a SATA powered hub allowing daisychaining them without killing mobo.

 

[SchumannFrequency]

This OpenBSD desktop is finished with two exceptions.
- I am now using a backup keyboard because the old keyboard was not compatible with the new motherboard. It will be replaced in a few weeks
- I will (also) replace the Samsung EVO 850 500GB drive with a > 2000000 IOPS drive. But this is not urgent.

 

[de.das.dude]

This OpenBSD desktop is finished with two exceptions.
- I am now using a backup keyboard because the old keyboard was not compatible with the new motherboard. It will be replaced in a few weeks
- I will (also) replace the Samsung EVO 850 500GB drive with a > 2000000 IOPS drive. But this is not urgent.

my eyes it burrnnnnsss

 

[EddieTan]

All very nice

 

[Scooby24]

Look what just showed up. This thing is beautiful. I was halfway expecting the wood to be some veneer but nope. The curved glass is just....<chef's kiss>

 

[freeagent]

I really like that case, be sure to let us know what its like to build in

 

[stinger608]

This thing is beautiful.

Oh hell yeah!!!!!!! That's an awesome case man.

As @freeagent stated, we want to know how it is to put a system together in that puppy!

 

[Scooby24]

Arctic just needs to hurry up and ship me the 360 rad so I can get started...been like 2 weeks now and it hasn't shipped.

But taking off the glass panel and having all the access in the front without any edges to bend around looks like it will be a pleasure to work with. Without the glass it's crazy how strong it is...almost no flex at all. They are definitely not relying on the glass as any part for structural rigidity.

 

[Ruru]

Last pic with this aircooler, bought an Eisbaer 360 from a friend, should arrive tomorrow or on Wednesday. I may expand it with an another rad and GPU block.

 

[sneekypeet]

Here's to hoping I can hit rapid DDR5 speeds.

 

[wNotyarD]

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Any memory kit in mind?

 

[Veseleil]

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More OC Formula than Taichi board. Which is a good thing performance wise (used to be). So why oh why do they need to slap a Taichi name as well on that one... Sacrilege.

 

[freeagent]

As much as I bug AssRock, I do love their OC Formulas

That one looks way nicer than the Z77 version

Enjoy!

 

[sneekypeet]

Any memory kit in mind?

All of em I can get my grubby hands on.

 

[wNotyarD]

More OC Formula than Taichi board. Which is a good thing performance wise (used to be). So why oh why do they need to slap a Taichi name as well on that one... Sacrilege.

Cash. The answer is always cash.

 

[Scooby24]

Finished with my C8 Curve Wood build - very happy with this case. Quite easy to work in with ample room for cable management.
Specs:
AMD 9800X3D
Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
ASUS TUF x670e plus wifi
GSkill DDR5 6000 CL30 32GB
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
Superflower Leadex III XG 1300w PSU
Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 ARGB
BeQuiet Silent wings 4 120mm Hi-speed fans
Antec C8 Curve Wood

 

[freeagent]

I would touch it inappropriately when you weren't looking..

The case, not myself

 

[wNotyarD]

I would touch it inappropriately when you weren't looking..

The case, not myself

Touch wood!

 

[freeagent]

Touch wood!

 

[Vario]

@freeagent

Fixing issue noted above inspired disassembling a hilariously bad temporary permanent ghetto mod. In tune with recent drive changes this brought me down to a single short SATA and removed need of a Molex cable stretching across the entire case. Frame in question can be seen at link. Arrived upon top fan solution looked much better outside the case. Loosened both fans enough to gain a picometer larger gap and got top fan sitting level.

Edit: Looking at cable exit point in first photo I just realized the solution would be switching fan positions. Apparently someone at the factory drilled cable holes downwards into the frame on left side of some and right on others. Meaning they align when I rotate top fan to place both cable between them. Will correct this when I get a SATA powered hub allowing daisychaining them without killing mobo.
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Do you know how to use the included remote control for these Superflower Megacools? It seems like it should have a receiver but I didn't see one in the box. I have the 14mm model.

Anyway I just installed some of these Superflower Fans. They are AWESOME. I used this 240 to 280 fan shroud / adapter. With the 280mm of fan on this Silverstone case it has FANtastic cooling!

 

[freeagent]

Do you know how to use the included remote

They come with a remote too?

Spoiled

No I have not seen what it looks like

 

[Vario]

They come with a remote too?

Spoiled

No I have not seen what it looks like

Yeah the fans were a triple pack bundle with the power supply. Really really nice fans. Probably my favorite fan so far, the only downside is they claim to draw a lot of juice, so you have to wire them off the SATA power. They are much smoother than the Thermalright TY143.

 

[Scooby24]

They were giving away their fans too with their power supplies earlier this year too...I'm bummed I missed out when I bought my PSU.

 

[Vario]

They were giving away their fans too with their power supplies earlier this year too...I'm bummed I missed out when I bought my PSU.

Yeah I'd say the 14cm models are definitely better then the NF-A12x25 I had in there before. Don't know if the 12CM are better.

 

[nomdeplume]

Do you know how to use the included remote control for these Superflower Megacools?

Out of the box they should be set to Medium. There is no indication other than min/max speed reported showing what setting they are currently in. I just sat in BIOS and set each fan individually to max speed to check how close to claimed figures they hit and power draw. If in doubt stand direct line of sight to front of fan and press desired speed a few times.

Have you seen the revision with reversible fan blades that are remote programmable? This is where memory comes into place. If you only want a couple fans running backwards you can power only them up and set both speed and rotation or just speed for each individual fan before final install. 50rpm difference on bottom and a PWM fan curve alleviate much outside of power use at Low. TPU briefly touched on this and a HF 120 version.

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Yeah the fans were a triple pack bundle with the power supply. Really really nice fans. Probably my favorite fan so far, the only downside is they claim to draw a lot of juice, so you have to wire them off the SATA power. They are much smoother than the Thermalright TY143.

I really like them as well. Performance accessed on low end of speeds is the downside I'd pick compared to quad Noctua (3x NF-F12 + 150mm Chromax) these replaced. For modern processors there is just so much air movement on tap for when temps instantly spike that I'm willing to endure a slightly higher noise floor at idle. Even there smooth equates with above average design that is especially noticeable over the VRM with a tower cooler.

Debating between stock 80 CFM fan on back of cpu cooler, a second Megacool, or leaving well enough alone. Solid block of fan-heatsink-fan-exhaust fan with almost no gap is hardly something I want to emulate. Afraid I'd lose air movement over PWM and board components for not much better cpu cooling.