remember300
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I love that window, wish more cases, had a gorgeous huge window. might have to cut my case to pieces lol 
Water cooled Corsair Carbide Series Air 540
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gerard1021
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Beautiful job,I didn't think you could fit so much in such a tiny case and make it look like you have room to spare...Just brilliant...Four out of five voices agree.
Chris230291
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Looks awesome man.
The only thing i would do is try and find a suitable res for the optical bays, rather than just having blanks in there.
The only thing i would do is try and find a suitable res for the optical bays, rather than just having blanks in there.
Thanks all for comments and nice words
Now I'm done with the cables. I know nothing is good enough for this forum in that respect - so just to let you know - my aspiration was not to have a perfect cable management but just to have it reasonably clean in the back
With my hands shaking I click 'submit replay' now...
Now I'm done with the cables. I know nothing is good enough for this forum in that respect - so just to let you know - my aspiration was not to have a perfect cable management but just to have it reasonably clean in the back
With my hands shaking I click 'submit replay' now...
JonnySuper
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Entire build looks great! How many man hours did you put in to doing this. I know it had to be quite a few.
thanks, I have no clue, this is a fun project, so I don't count billable hours :lol:
Actual assembly (I did it twice - first with two rads and then for final one with 3 rads) took a few hours each. Modding of the case took longer. Probably the most time was spent on planning, measuring and mock-ups.
Actual assembly (I did it twice - first with two rads and then for final one with 3 rads) took a few hours each. Modding of the case took longer. Probably the most time was spent on planning, measuring and mock-ups.
mehere
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remember300
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i think it looks great tbh very tidy
very tidy
Grey_beard
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Well done man Cable management looks clean as it is, I wouldn't worry about it.
How did you mount those SSDs right next to bottom rad?
Cable management looks clean as it is, I wouldn't worry about it. How did you mount those SSDs right next to bottom rad?
Well done man
How did you mount those SSDs right next to bottom rad?
thanks
I used 2 PCI slot covers.
The Orange One
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WOW! Looks so nice mate!
Lystfiskern
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:drool: & :dribble: Nuff said.
As promised some temps results. Please note this is not scientific testing by any means. Actual temps are dependent on many factors.
Ambient was ~22C (+/- 1) during all tests.
Some explanations:
- My 2 rads config was: 1 rad with 4SP120 @ 5V (~950rpm), 1 rad with 2SP120 and 2GTAP15 @7V (~1350rpm and 1050rpm), on top I had 140 fan blowing out @1000rpm
- My 3 rads setup is 3x4SP120, plus 140 fan @ ~600rpm
- stock means: i5-750 @ 2.8GHz (1.17V), gtx670 default settings
- OC means: i5-750 heavy OC @ 4.2GHz (1.376V) gtx670 boost clock 1100Mhz
- all tests included ~1 hour of fps gaming (very good load on GPU and CPU)
- CPU Ave max means average of max core temps registered during the test (HW monitor), delta between coldest and hottest core was never more that 4 degrees
- Case closed, air filters on all rads (also the top one)
The way I see it:
Overall I am very, very happy with the final setup (3 rads @ 5V). This is the first time I'm really satisfied with sound pattern and temps. SP120 @ 5V are humming nicely and quietly. Whatever I do they stay this way and temps are good even under have load and high CPU OC. This is f. beautiful :lol:
At the first glance the 3rd rad is not adding much (results are worse in fact, but within margin of error). I think that having 2SP120 running at 1350rpm instead of 950rpm plus the exhaust at full speed is making the difference.
Anyway - it looks like adding the 3rd rad is not a big improvement [with 2 blocks], but I have a setup ready for 2nd GPU and maybe haswell-e ^_^
Setting fans @ 12V improves CPU temps about 10 degrees, but I can tell you - it is noisy, and the noise is much worse than those fans on a bench. It is like f. jet plane taking off. You would not like to have such a setup, unless you are deaf.
Looking forward to your comments, I think those results are quite interesting
Ambient was ~22C (+/- 1) during all tests.
Some explanations:
- My 2 rads config was: 1 rad with 4SP120 @ 5V (~950rpm), 1 rad with 2SP120 and 2GTAP15 @7V (~1350rpm and 1050rpm), on top I had 140 fan blowing out @1000rpm
- My 3 rads setup is 3x4SP120, plus 140 fan @ ~600rpm
- stock means: i5-750 @ 2.8GHz (1.17V), gtx670 default settings
- OC means: i5-750 heavy OC @ 4.2GHz (1.376V) gtx670 boost clock 1100Mhz
- all tests included ~1 hour of fps gaming (very good load on GPU and CPU)
- CPU Ave max means average of max core temps registered during the test (HW monitor), delta between coldest and hottest core was never more that 4 degrees
- Case closed, air filters on all rads (also the top one)
The way I see it:
Overall I am very, very happy with the final setup (3 rads @ 5V). This is the first time I'm really satisfied with sound pattern and temps. SP120 @ 5V are humming nicely and quietly. Whatever I do they stay this way and temps are good even under have load and high CPU OC. This is f. beautiful :lol:
At the first glance the 3rd rad is not adding much (results are worse in fact, but within margin of error). I think that having 2SP120 running at 1350rpm instead of 950rpm plus the exhaust at full speed is making the difference.
Anyway - it looks like adding the 3rd rad is not a big improvement [with 2 blocks], but I have a setup ready for 2nd GPU and maybe haswell-e ^_^
Setting fans @ 12V improves CPU temps about 10 degrees, but I can tell you - it is noisy, and the noise is much worse than those fans on a bench. It is like f. jet plane taking off. You would not like to have such a setup, unless you are deaf.
Looking forward to your comments, I think those results are quite interesting
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Looks like I'm going to go for 2 rads myself then 
