Show Us Your Rig [3]

[JaidynM]

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Silver Arrow wins.

A very close result... Both coolers look decent though, even if the Silver Arrow did win.

 

[R4dul]

Ok... should i dare? Yes i should. Not the prettiest thing but kicks ass in Skyrim so that's enough for me And i mean without OC, i don't need to yet.
And yes it looks better in reality, i took the photos in quite a rush.
The CPU cooler is just called CPU cooler and is of unknown origin, probably China, got it for $5. It had a small diformity on the part that lands on the CPU, but fixed with fine sandpaper.
Same goes for everything except the case itself, motherboard and a HDD. The rest is all repaired/refurbished by me.
The maximum absolute CPU temp is 45 while with the stock Intel cooler it was 55 idle. Also i've placed 2 coolers on the NB of the mobo, only one visible in the photos, so with OC it never passed 40 celsius, and that's very low for Nvidia chipset. Also placed heatsink from older Asus board on the SB, since it came without one and heated badly. That's pretty much it... the case fans do the rest.

 

[Alsisgevat]

R4dul- Now this is what I like to see, making something awesome out of something simple, I like that you spent time in repairing and upgrading products you got, it shows the hard work and makes the end product way more personal and special, WELL done!!

If I may add my 2cents, I would just say that you need to take some time and do cablemanegment, it all goes to waist if you have a nice rig and your proud of the components,but they then get spoiled and hidden by masses of wires. Other than that, it looks very cool!

 

[Andreas W]

Never showed of my computer to anyone but I liked what others have done and thats pretty much what got me inspired on cable management so yeah this is my computer, and yes I know the graphic card is a bit well not straight ^^

 

[Alsisgevat]

Andreas- N+I+C+E job on that cable management, and I never thought anyone would use the brownish fans, so they are a first I see in a chassis, all in all very nice and clean look

 

[StalkeR]

Ok... should i dare? Yes i should. Not the prettiest thing but kicks ass in Skyrim so that's enough for me And i mean without OC, i don't need to yet.
And yes it looks better in reality, i took the photos in quite a rush.
The CPU cooler is just called CPU cooler and is of unknown origin, probably China, got it for $5. It had a small diformity on the part that lands on the CPU, but fixed with fine sandpaper.
Same goes for everything except the case itself, motherboard and a HDD. The rest is all repaired/refurbished by me.
The maximum absolute CPU temp is 45 while with the stock Intel cooler it was 55 idle. Also i've placed 2 coolers on the NB of the mobo, only one visible in the photos, so with OC it never passed 40 celsius, and that's very low for Nvidia chipset. Also placed heatsink from older Asus board on the SB, since it came without one and heated badly. That's pretty much it... the case fans do the rest.

Very good. What's that cooler on the cpu ? That heat sink looks nice.

 

[R4dul]

R4dul- Now this is what I like to see, making something awesome out of something simple, I like that you spent time in repairing and upgrading products you got, it shows the hard work and makes the end product way more personal and special, WELL done!!

If I may add my 2cents, I would just say that you need to take some time and do cablemanegment, it all goes to waist if you have a nice rig and your proud of the components,but they then get spoiled and hidden by masses of wires. Other than that, it looks very cool!

Thanks! Yes i do take pride in this rig, but as far as cable management goes, i'd love to see something done but recently i've been in a world of pain with the DVD-RW, changed 2 of them under warranty until i finally got a working one... different interfaces too, one was IDE, so i had to mess all the cables up and now i ran out of cable ties I'd also love to pass the power cables behind the motherboard support plate but they're not long enough in the FSP power supply.
by the way, great computer you got there... keywords: tidy and stylish.

Very good. What's that cooler on the cpu ? That heat sink looks nice.

As i said, it's just named CPU Cooler, i don't even know where it's made, but it has 4 heat pipes and does a fantastic job. I plan on replacing the cheap sleeve bearing fan with a better, PWM controllable fan (4 wired) so the PC will be more silent.

 

[Alsisgevat]

Thanx,and Aah,yeah,I had the same problem,the onlyway I could fix mine in the end was buying a modular powersupply....but that was a last resort, but your chassis has some nice potential for hiding cables, I think if you take some time you can do very well cable hiding in there.

 

[StalkeR]

As i said, it's just named CPU Cooler, i don't even know where it's made, but it has 4 heat pipes and does a fantastic job. I plan on replacing the cheap sleeve bearing fan with a better, PWM controllable fan (4 wired) so the PC will be more silent.

Thanks for the answer.

 

[tw33k]

tweek, I notice you have air penetrators , nice fans, are the ones on top of your case intake? or exhaust?

All my fans are intake except the rear fan

 

[ZaLiTH]

All my fans are intake except the rear fan

Nice fan setup tw33k, looks like you've got your CPU cooler airflow pretty darn optimal there..

 

[Andreas W]

Andreas- N+I+C+E job on that cable management, and I never thought anyone would use the brownish fans, so they are a first I see in a chassis, all in all very nice and clean look

Thanks a lot. Yeah they are maybe not the most desirable color but I am to afraid to paint them, scared I might do something that destroy them. But I am happy on how it looks. Gotten a few ideas also on how to have the fans so I might change directions on them, so far the 3 top are exhausting, the one in the back exhaust and the 2 at bottom are intake

 

[Infinite]

Never showed of my computer to anyone but I liked what others have done and thats pretty much what got me inspired on cable management so yeah this is my computer, and yes I know the graphic card is a bit well not straight ^^

Looks good, but a bit dusty

 

[Andreas W]

Never showed of my computer to anyone but I liked what others have done and thats pretty much what got me inspired on cable management so yeah this is my computer, and yes I know the graphic card is a bit well not straight ^^

Looks good, but a bit dusty

Haha, yeah havent cleaned that lower part for a while and the graphic card is just weird, wont get much cleaner then that even if I use compressed air, or I just did a bad job cleaning it ^^

 

[Dave76]

Never showed of my computer to anyone but I liked what others have done and thats pretty much what got me inspired on cable management so yeah this is my computer, and yes I know the graphic card is a bit well not straight ^^

Very nice, I like the clean look.
That case has excellent cable management, great work there.
Gotta like the Nocts they are great fans, the color doesn't bother me, but someday they will make a black version and their sales will double.

Hate to break this to you but, someone stole your hard drive(s) :shock:

 

[A Guy]

Never showed of my computer to anyone but I liked what others have done and thats pretty much what got me inspired on cable management so yeah this is my computer, and yes I know the graphic card is a bit well not straight ^^

Noctua heaven

A Guy

 

[vierasniper]

Noctua heaven

A Guy

Or hell considering how a single fan goes for. Id like to get some, but for the price ill prioritize elsewhere on my pc.

 

[Alsisgevat]

Andreas- N+I+C+E job on that cable management, and I never thought anyone would use the brownish fans, so they are a first I see in a chassis, all in all very nice and clean look

Thanks a lot. Yeah they are maybe not the most desirable color but I am to afraid to paint them, scared I might do something that destroy them. But I am happy on how it looks. Gotten a few ideas also on how to have the fans so I might change directions on them, so far the 3 top are exhausting, the one in the back exhaust and the 2 at bottom are intake

Well, from my xperiance (and anyone reading this correct me if i am wrong) I found its better having more intake fans then out take, i read a review on google, and it showed that more intake creates possative airflow and its better to have say 8 fans then 6 willl be intake, the air that gets taken in will xcape via the litle holes and openings in your chassis,so as far as I know its better to have more intake than out take, but i could be wrong, so hopefully someoneelse can add on

 

[tw33k]

All my fans are intake except the rear fan

Nice fan setup tw33k, looks like you've got your CPU cooler airflow pretty darn optimal there..

thanks mate. I replaced the middle fan with a Silverstone AP-121. Have to do some proper testing but temps are down even more.

 

[Alsisgevat]

Well I just ordered my new chassis, it won't arive till 10-15days, but I plan on doing a black and white theme, the chassis is black, but i plan on getting white fans, sofar the only ones I saw was Zalman Shark’s Fin Blade 120mm fan and then NZXT FN-120 120mm x 25mm High Performance Case Fan - 1300 RPM and then Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1450RPM 120x120x25mm Fan. I like the zalmans, cause they seem to be low enough rpms and produce good airflow, but I hear the silent typhoons are also very good, but were I am from have limited stock. Anyway what I would like is a low rpm fan (900rpm-1500) in that range, with High cfm and white fan blades, if the entire fan is white even better. Anyone have some ideas let me know.