Show Us Your Rig [6]

[sygnus21]

While these things look sexy as hell, and they are, I'll stick with my rather conservative closed loop H100i in my HAF X case

 

[Britton30]

Well, mine are closed loop too. Corsair H80i and Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I'm sticking to air cooling because it works (barely), it's lower maintenance, I don't have room for it in my tight little case for water cooling, and I don't lay awake nights worrying about a coolant leak taking out my expensive machine.

 

[badger906]

I don't dislike nor hate anyone if they have better hardware though.

its not because people have better hardware than me, its just that i want it even more than i did already

might wait till i get my new gpu though, so i can water cool that while im at it.

and after reading countless posts online of corsairs closed loops failing of late i kind of want rid of mine as its almost 3 years old!

 

[sygnus21]

I don't dislike nor hate anyone if they have better hardware though.

its not because people have better hardware than me, its just that i want it even more than i did already

might wait till i get my new gpu though, so i can water cool that while im at it.

and after reading countless posts online of corsairs closed loops failing of late i kind of want rid of mine as its almost 3 years old!

Don't worry about it. We all want bigger and better. It's human nature.

And yeah, as soon as we buy that next big thing, someone comes along and buys the next bigger thing... making our new toy look obsolete

In this arena, trying to keep up with the Joneses will make you go broke

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Hot off the press the totally cool micro sata 6 cables from Silverstone for your viewing pleasure....can you see them?


.......lol

 

[A Guy]

Welcome back Juan! Sorry the doctors had to open your case Hope you are recovering nicely. A Guy

 

[Alsisgevat]

linnemeyerhere, looks awesome! Iv'e heard people talking about the micro sata cables,never seen it before, looks amazing, writing it down for my oneday to come upgrade

 

[badger906]

I read about those cables in Maximum PC this month, i had a quick shop around but there doesnt seem to be a UK importer for them yet

they look super flexible compared to normal cables, so i wouldnt feel so bad bending them past 90 degrees in the attempt to hide them! mainly as my Mobo doesnt have the 90 degree angled SATA connectors, which i didnt realise until id ripped open the packaging installed my CPU and cooler, and then couldnt be bothered to return it and order another..

 

[sygnus21]

What's so hot about those cables?

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Their hot off the press but cool cables ! Are you asking why are they cool ? Maybe cool is in the eye of the beholder.....

 

[sygnus21]

I was just wondering what's so special about them. Someone said there was a write-up about them in Maximum PC. I'm always interested in cable, thus my question.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Maybe this will help?

SilverStone Technology Co., Ltd.- CP11

 

[sygnus21]

The link helped. I see they're just real thin and low profile. OK.

Thanks.

 

[badger906]

i want them so bad! they look so neat, especially as the cable comes out the side, will dramatically increase air flow over the top of them.

 

[Britton30]

Here you go Adam. SIlverstone CP11 Ultra Thin 30cm SATA 3 6Gb/s Certified Cable 90 Degree Angled - SST-CP11 - Scan.co.uk

There may be more vendors in the UK, I stopped looking after I found this one.
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Alan, do you think they would fit side-by-side on a board with 90° connectors? From their pics it doesn't look like it.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Gary look close at my picture above and that's two of them in a row with a conventional sata on the end with one port free.

 

[Britton30]

Right, but your ports are 180°, not 90° as in the pics I posted.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Correct and this is a huge help for sata ports as are mine on the mini-ITX but a normal ATX with ports on there sides likely not so much, but to be honest I haven't tried that layout. Used on the end row of course would be perfect but these in a row......maybe?

Right, but your ports are 180°, not 90° as in the pics I posted.

 

[sygnus21]

Maybe I'm missing something but other than the Silverstone's being ultra thin, what's the other advantage?

You can get standard SATA cables with 90 degree angles. In fact most motherboards today come with a set of both straight and 90 ones.