Show Us Your Rig [3]

[ganjiry]

nice rig u got there jamesandalexis
cant rember who but somebody said that phenomII 965 be's r out of stock everywhere. aria pc in the uk now has some in @ £86.99 AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 125W 3.40GHz C3 (Socket AM3) Processor - Retail - Aria PC only 19 available

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Tiger still shows them available at $124.99
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition AM3 CPU HDZ965FBGMBOX - 3.40GHz, Socket AM3, 6MB Cache, 2000MHz (4000 MTs) FSB, Retail, Processor with Fan at TigerDirect

 

[Alsisgevat]

I just ordered some cable sleeving kits,with the modding tools and 2meter long sleeved led lights! So next week I will start sleeving my psu and every other wire I can find haha.

Amazon.com: mod/smart Full Pin Removal Tool Kit - (M-TOOLKIT): Electronics

Amazon.com: mod/smart Power Supply Cable Sleeving Kit- White: Electronics

 

[Solarstarshines]

I modified my Coolermaster laptop cooler with some cold cathodes. I also changed out the USB fans that it came with with a pair of Scythe fans. I used and old 12V transformer to wire the fans and a fan controller so I can adjust the speed.

That looks off the hook good undercover Raider fan huh lmao Charger country here

Thx Solor, Well we may not be fans of the same team but one thing i'll bet we have in common is dislike for the Broncos

Damn you are good .... I wanted someone to get Tebow bad lol
But still very nice Lappy

 

[lovewin7yea]

heres mine, deets in the sig

 

[Tomha]

Just a little old, but you are awesome if you have a Hyper 212 . Since I got mine I'm surprised by how many people use it, it is indeed quite popular, and incredibly nice for the price too . I am very pleased with the performance I have got from it, a very nice improvement from the stock cooler. I will admit though, my build wasn't made for a tower cooler My vengeance ram is too high for the intake fan to intake from the front, where all my intake fans are. Right now it is fighting against my rear exhaust. I also feel the tower subtracts from the clean look I am aiming for. Come my birthday in September I hope to gather the necessary funds for a corsair hydro cooler (Corsair rocks ).

By the sounds of it, you have put the fan on your 212 on the other side of the cooler, away from the ram? would you not be better then, although still not ideal to turn the fan around so it is pulling air through the cooler and then out the exhaust, as you say to stop it fighting the exhaust?

I have considered that however most fans are much, much better at pushing air through a tight area such as the cooler heat syncs than pulling. The other thing here is that I did try to turn the fan around once, however its mounted to the brackets with some rubber pads for noise dampening, which are placed over the screws with a very stick glue. I tried removing the fan from the bracket, but it was so much hassle and although I understand the airflow is far from optimal, I have no complaints with the temperatures I am getting.

 

[205tim]

I have considered that however most fans are much, much better at pushing air through a tight area such as the cooler heat syncs than pulling. The other thing here is that I did try to turn the fan around once, however its mounted to the brackets with some rubber pads for noise dampening, which are placed over the screws with a very stick glue. I tried removing the fan from the bracket, but it was so much hassle and although I understand the airflow is far from optimal, I have no complaints with the temperatures I am getting.

Fair enough then, temps is what counts.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

lovewin7yea,
Killer system, I like the green led look. Nice cable management and don't you dig that m4 SSD?

 

[A Guy]

Here's my baby. Currently @4.5ghz temps max at 66degrees Celsius with Prime95 running for 24hrs. I'm going to call it done. Next build to come later this year, a 2011 based system.

Did you notice any drop in temps with the 2nd fan on the 212+? I've read that you gain little to none with a 2nd fan. A Guy

 

[M1GU31]

smexy looking liquid cooling you got there

 

[jeepmann4x4]

Nice looking Rig's

@ James & lovewin7yea

 

[Tomha]

I have had the idea to get either some plastic or thin metal laser cut to form a nice backplate and ventilated side plate for my 7950. I'm just not really sure how to go about it, for a start, what material is best? Plastics are easier to get in a nice colour and wont make that really expensive buzzing noise/sparks if it touches the back of the card . Metal however is easier to get in a nice thin and crisp looking plate. Then comes the issues of attaching the plates, getting the measurements just right, and so on. Anyone ever seen anyone try to make their own backplate?

 

[Alsisgevat]

YUP! I did that with my old gtx285 and it looked great, but I took the mesurements of a allready desighned backplate. For example, if you say have a nvidia gtx580, then type in google : ek 580 backplate, it will show you backplates you can buy, then just use those as a giude. I used aliminium(not the best, it gets too bendy) so then I got this hard mix between plastic and perspex,and that worked great, but did nothing else, just looked good.

 

[Tomha]

Thats what I'm after pure aesthetics. Thing with something like aluminium is I would then need to search for a powder coater to get a nice finish. How did you attach the backplate? My card has a few unused holes I could screw through, do I need some kind of washer or something to separate the board from the screws and backplate?

 

[Alsisgevat]

Yeah, best would be to search for your cards buyable backplates, then download the how to install pdf's, thats what helped me with the size of plate and where the holes will need to go and what I needed to assemble. The washer were easy, my problem was finding screws small enough, in the end it was held together with only 2 screws, on either ends haha

But don't go for aliminium, if you make a mistake on it it shows for ever like if it gets a dent or bends, that too was my problem

 

[James7679]

Here's my baby. Currently @4.5ghz temps max at 66degrees Celsius with Prime95 running for 24hrs. I'm going to call it done. Next build to come later this year, a 2011 based system.

Did you notice any drop in temps with the 2nd fan on the 212+? I've read that you gain little to none with a 2nd fan. A Guy

TBH, I never even tried it without. I knew that I would eventually be overclocking so I didn't even think twice. I will say that I know that I am not getting the full potential of even having both fans due to the fact that they are not matched. I know I said I'm done with it, but I intend on buying all new fans from Noctua to replace the ones I currently have. Also, the other point to having push and pull is the actual thermodynamic flow within my case. The top fan pushes air directly over the RAM and then is pulled into the cooler and pushed back out and then out of the case by the rear exhaust. After some more tweaking last night, I managed to drop my max temps down to 64degrees Celsius.

 

[Maxwell]

I haven't posted in awhile, but here I go. My desk has stayed pretty much the same, other than kbm/speakers. I did add some red cathodes to it to match my back lit keyboard though. My actual rig has had a MAJOR overhaul though. New motherboard, graphics cards, hsf, ssd, fans, and soon a new psu and cpu.

But here is where the overhaul has happened!

I am currently in love with my computer.. I leave the side of the case off currently so i can stare at it, its a computer like i have always wanted!

It is going to be awhile till the next update to my rig though.. I need to put some repairs into this guy.

(The red one is mine)

 

[A Guy]

At least one has a V8

A Guy

 

[Alsisgevat]

Maxwell- i like the x-fire, nicly done.

 

[Tomha]

The v8 is such a nice looking cooler