Show Us Your Rig [2]

[neeraj]

Holy crap. I saw that case at Fry's Electronics today, in white. It is very pretty, and looks awesome.

Here is my rig as of tonight, with a "shiny" new case ("shiny" meaning matte )

This case, the ThermalTake Armor A90, was clearly supposed to have cable management, but thermaltake decided not to, or whatever. With a little creative dremel work, I cut out the place that should be available for cable management, and covered the metal with a few layers of aluminum tape, so it does not cut the wires. Then I was able to successfully tuck most of the wires where they should be. This case is supposed to be a mid-ATX, but it is borderline full tower, IMO.

very nice my friend..

 

[linnemeyerhere]

To all you modders out there a glued rubber strip around the custom cut outs will give a professional look and can be attached to the thin and very sharp metal and covers the unpainted and raw edge to protect your delicate wires ! It's available at most electronics parts houses and even Home Depot.
U-Channel with Locking Cut Out - Custom Rubber Corp.

 

[LiquidSnak]

Yeah, but at 2AM it's hard to find an open store

Nice tip

 

[Lordbob75]

Yeah, but at 2AM it's hard to find an open store

It was always annoying when I was working on something, and need one little thing. Then you realize it is like 1 am and no stores are open and you spend 3 hours trying to bullshit something instead, only to realize you could just sleep.

~Lordbob

 

[linnemeyerhere]

As funny as it sounds another tip is to take a couple of drinking straws cut them to length for the four sides, split them down the middle. Then take some cement and carefully lay it inside the straw then spread the straws around the metal and voilà !

 

[derekimo]

As funny as it sounds another tip is to take a couple of drinking straws cut them to length for the four sides, split them down the middle. Then take some cement and carefully lay it inside the straw then spread the straws around the metal and voilà !

..........or rubber or plastic tubing.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

All good if laying around somewhere at 2:00 AM ! lol

 

[xarden]

As funny as it sounds another tip is to take a couple of drinking straws cut them to length for the four sides, split them down the middle. Then take some cement and carefully lay it inside the straw then spread the straws around the metal and voilà !

..........or rubber or plastic tubing.

Yep.

All good if laying around somewhere at 2:00 AM ! lol

Im sure theres some connected to the windscreen water jets on your car

 

[LiquidSnak]

You do void warranties :roflmao:

 

[ZaLiTH]

To all you modders out there a glued rubber strip around the custom cut outs will give a professional look and can be attached to the thin and very sharp metal and covers the unpainted and raw edge to protect your delicate wires ! It's available at most electronics parts houses and even Home Depot.
U-Channel with Locking Cut Out - Custom Rubber Corp.

Or better yet, find some old black wire (standard 3-core electrical wire will do fine), strip it and cut one side open. I saw a friend of mine do that when he cut a window in the side panel of his Lian-Li. It actually looks like it was done professionally....

You do void warranties :roflmao:

Of course yes, that's the most fun part of modding anything...

 

[LiquidSnak]

Lol, I'm one to talk, I cut a hole in my brand new case within the hour

Anywho, stress test is over (playing a graphics intensive game for 8 hours) and the temps are in:

 

[ZaLiTH]

Lol, I'm one to talk, I cut a hole in my brand new case within the hour

Good good...

Anywho, stress test is over (playing a graphics intensive game for 8 hours) and the temps are in:

Nice temps! Out of curiosity, was it a cool day by any chance..? Lol.. What games were you playing?

Last winter just after I got my current PC set up (before I got my Zalman cooler) I had a temp monitor open while I played a few hours of Titan Quest (it is actually suprisingly CPU intensive), my CPU didn't get above 22 degrees... But the ambient room temp was something rediculously cold like 10 degrees. The cold was getting to me, so I moved soon after that... Lol.

 

[LiquidSnak]

It is currently 25.2 degrees C ambient

The games were:

Gears of War

Elder Scrolls IV

Fallout 3

 

[ZaLiTH]

It is currently 25.2 degrees C ambient

The games were:

Gears of War

Elder Scrolls IV

Fallout 3

Well then, I'm honestly not sure about GOW and Fallout 3, but Elder Scrolls IV is pretty CPU intensive... So that's quite impressive then. Nice rig!

 

[LiquidSnak]

Fallout 3 is run on the same engine as Oblivion

Zalman CPU cooler = sex

Temps should be going down again when I get 3 more 120mm fans rated at 70 cfm @ maximum RPM. Right now, I've got the zalman copper cooler, two 120mm fans (one front intake, one side intake) and a 200mm exhaust fan.

 

[ZaLiTH]

Fallout 3 is run on the same engine as Oblivion

Zalman CPU cooler = sex

Temps should be going down again when I get 3 more 120mm fans rated at 70 cfm @ maximum RPM. Right now, I've got the zalman copper cooler, two 120mm fans (one front intake, one side intake) and a 200mm exhaust fan.

3 more 120mm...? So you'll end up with a 200mm and five 120mm...? Dang. That's a lot of air movement. Lol. I should probably finish modding my case so I can arrange my four Zalman 120mm green babies properly...

 

[xarden]

Zalman CPU cooler = sex

I wouldnt try it.

I've got 6x 120mm fans, with room for two more on the side panel.

CPU temp never exceeds 26C,
GPU maxed at 41C while playing CODMW2 for 3 hours at max settings.

Its a little bit noisy when watching quiet dvds,
But I got bigger issues to worry about than fan noise while gaming.

 

[NeroDevil]

More new pics (5 to be exact):

 

[xarden]

Sweet looking bass guitar!
24frets?

 

[NeroDevil]

Thanks!
Wow, 24...correct! Good eye!