Performed Mods:
Attached 80MM to VGA vent grill for extra cooling, cable management, hid wires behind the motherboard tray. Will save up for a new Zalman Cu Cooler, but my budget does not allow it at the moment.
First real build, so any advice/criticisms would be appreciated.
And I know my parts aren't the best, but then again, my budget isn't the best either. So please don't criticize what makes my rig run.
Thanks for checking out my rig :)
10 Comments on Ophion [First Real Build]
I would suggest cleaning up the wires in the back with either wire sleeving and zip ties... but thats just me. I m just anal about things like that. Also that orange fan tied with yellow string to the side vent looks a lil ghetto =/ and that rear fan should be pointing the other way to exhaust the hot air raising from the video card and CPU.
As for the direction of my fans, I accidentally put it that way during my initial build. When I went back to fix it, however, my temps actually went up, so I decided to leave my fans the way it is now. Right now, I get 20C idle, 35C load for CPU and 46C idle, 58C load for GPU.
And ghetto, I know. :)
As for HSF, I'm pretty tight on cash right now, and probably will be for the next 6 months or so (saving up for a tablet for my girlfriend), but when I do have enough money, I'd probably get a Zalman Cu Cooler. My case is extremely quiet with the exception of my stock HSF, which bugs me really.
But yea, I admit the 80mm fan attachment was, and still is, pretty ghetto.
Thanks for the input :)
It's your pc, If you like it, thats all that matters, just trying to help. not trashing it.
good work man 8/10
Although, can you send me that link you were trying to give me again? The link says that the product you're trying to show me doesn't exist.
And $20 for a good cooler? Any chance you can show me that too? :) All the high performance ones reccomended to me were $70 or so, but I can do $20.
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200036
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835119090
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150092
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835207001
This is the one I like the best, But the motherboard need to come out to install.
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150082
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835128012
Some other ones a little over $20
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185044
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233001
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103031
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233014
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003