Your PC ATM

ERazer · Jul 21, 2010

Miljan88 said:
Was bored today and modified this ol Antec 900
Camera is Old Sony...sorry for bad quality pics=)
P.S. have to do alot on this case like Black paint inside...removing top DVD-RW when i find the grill:S modifying LG DVD-rw to look like Rest of the case putting second fan on gemin(when i find to buy Fan Holder since i lost mine)...cutting side to make some logo or smth with Led/neon backlight etc.
Any suggestions welcome

loving it bud, nice clean and simple

Mussels · Jul 21, 2010

vbx said:
LOL, most of the PC's here have blue leds. Must be something about LED's that I don't get...

its just the default/most common LED color.

my case has blue LED's in the front, cause it came with it... but it also has an off button for it

i actually dont like LED's at all... PC's, like children, should be seen and not heard... and if possible, not seen at all.

p_o_s_pc · Jul 21, 2010

vbx said:
LOL, most of the PC's here have blue leds. Must be something about LED's that I don't get...

i used to have all red led's. now i have no LED's on anything other then the spot cool. Once i get the NB watercooled i will have no LED's at all

ERazer · Jul 21, 2010

same i never really like LED's but if i ahve to choose i pick blue easier on the eye

Chicken Patty · Jul 21, 2010

I took this off the front of my Mega Shadow only. Fan at full blast was 73ºc load, now fan at slowest speed its 62-63ºc load :laugh:

p_o_s_pc · Jul 21, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
I took this off the front of my Mega Shadow only. Fan at full blast was 73ºc load, now fan at slowest speed its 62-63ºc load

http://img.techpowerup.org/100721/photo.jpg

that was in need of a cleaning for sure :laugh:

i pulled more then that off of my xiggy when i took the x2 4200+ out to put the 250 (and took the 250 out and cleaned it off it's in the mail going to you now :laugh:

)

Chicken Patty · Jul 21, 2010

p_o_s_pc said:
that was in need of a cleaning for sure

Dude the mobo is whitish :laugh:

I have to give them thorough cleaning but at least the heatsink is not clogged up. Temps dropped ridiculously low now! fan is like at 500RPM's :laugh:

p_o_s_pc · Jul 21, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
Dude the mobo is whitish I have to give them thorough cleaning but at least the heatsink is not clogged up. Temps dropped ridiculously low now! fan is like at 500RPM's

i bet it's easier on the ears.
what is a good way to clean the boards? my black board isn't so black anymore and i am going to have to clean it when i get the WCing parts(since the loop is off and out of the case it will be easier)

Athlonite · Jul 21, 2010

A can of compressed air is a good way to do it and for stubborn shit cotton buds and Isopropyl

am so happy that my RV02 comes with filters on the bottom fans i can just imagine how much cat fluff and other dust 3x 180mm fans pushin 300cfm would suck into my case

Athlonite · Jul 21, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
I took this off the front of my Mega Shadow only. Fan at full blast was 73ºc load, now fan at slowest speed its 62-63ºc load

http://img.techpowerup.org/100721/photo.jpg

sheesh where's the PC sit down on a carpeted floor or has it just been a long while since you last did the dusting inside it

Wile E · Jul 21, 2010

Mussels said:
its just the default/most common LED color.

my case has blue LED's in the front, cause it came with it... but it also has an off button for it

i actually dont like LED's at all... PC's, like children, should be seen and not heard... and if possible, not seen at all.

I agree. I hate LEDs and Cathodes.

Chicken Patty · Jul 21, 2010

p_o_s_pc said:
i bet it's easier on the ears.
what is a good way to clean the boards? my black board isn't so black anymore and i am going to have to clean it when i get the WCing parts(since the loop is off and out of the case it will be easier)

Air compressor

Athlonite said:
sheesh where's the PC sit down on a carpeted floor or has it just been a long while since you last did the dusting inside it

About a month I don't dust it.

(FIH) The Don · Jul 21, 2010

Wile E said:
I agree. I hate LEDs and Cathodes.

me too, i used to love that shit, but now that im older i just want a nice clean rig without too much lights and bling bling

Mussels · Jul 21, 2010

in response to many people above, i want to share an observation on the 'evolution' of a techie that i noticed some time ago.

stage 1: ignorance
stage 2: learns to tweak in-program settings
stage 3: learns about drivers/general OS tweaks
stage 4: starts to modify OS settings
stage 5: learns basic BIOS stuff
stage 6: starts phsically modding hardware - be it coolers, fans, or LED stuff - looks come first, then aesthetics.
stage 7: aesthetics kick in. the LED lights and noisy fans go away, and a more simple appearance is chosen.
stage 8: an overall purpose is deemed for each system, and everything is dedicated to that purpose. un-neccesary hardware (and software?) is removed.

stage 9: ????
stage 10: profit!

this was more or less a patter i observed in many of my LANner friends, but i'm sure you'll all have seen similar trends. most of us are at stage 7/8

(FIH) The Don · Jul 21, 2010

^^ what he said im at 8 or above

douglatins · Jul 21, 2010

Mussels said:
in response to many people above, i want to share an observation on the 'evolution' of a techie that i noticed some time ago.

stage 1: ignorance
stage 2: learns to tweak in-program settings
stage 3: learns about drivers/general OS tweaks
stage 4: starts to modify OS settings
stage 5: learns basic BIOS stuff
stage 6: starts phsically modding hardware - be it coolers, fans, or LED stuff - looks come first, then aesthetics.
stage 7: aesthetics kick in. the LED lights and noisy fans go away, and a more simple appearance is chosen.
stage 8: an overall purpose is deemed for each system, and everything is dedicated to that purpose. un-neccesary hardware (and software?) is removed.

stage 9: ????
stage 10: profit!

this was more or less a patter i observed in many of my LANner friends, but i'm sure you'll all have seen similar trends. most of us are at stage 7/8

Still cant lose them since i dont WC

Thrackan · Jul 21, 2010

stage 8: you decide you want to either:
- cool the system like a maniac
- light the bitch up like a disco show, or
- make a (near) silent machine

Stage 9 is going anal with stage 8

_JP_ · Jul 21, 2010

I liked the way you arranged the evolution stages of a HW hobbyist, Mussels. Strangely enough, by reading this I found that "my evolution" could fit in your scheme, just in a different order.

stage 1: Ignorance. (total, btw)
stage 2: Learns about drivers/general OS tweaks (making systems stable and properly working became essential!)
stage 3: Starts to modify OS settings (You don't own my PC, Windows...I DO!)
stage 4: Learns to tweak core program settings (well, in my case it was mostly tweaking games...I had my GTA Vice City fully modded...by hand)
stage 5: Learns basic BIOS stuff (and later, advanced stuff)
stage 6: An overall purpose is deemed for each system, and everything is dedicated to that purpose. un-neccesary hardware (and software?) is removed. (I usually take as long as 3 weeks to select the right hardware combination to do the job...I really get into details, everything has to fit flawlessly.)
stage 7: Starts phsically modding hardware - be it coolers, fans, or LED stuff - looks come first, then aesthetics. (I just love fan controllers, the perfect cooling is just a few Ohms away

. But it really wasn't heavy mods. Just some LEDs and a CPU/GPU cooler.)
stage 8: Aesthetics kick in. the LED lights and noisy fans go away, and a more simple appearance is chosen. (this happen shortly after stage 7, it didn't take long before I realized LED fans and cathodes didn't really made my computer be any faster. My case is actually closed and the power LED isn't bright. It's really discreet.)

stage 9: ????
stage 10: PROFIT!

There are some points missing there, and some info, but I didn't want to modify Mussel's perfect 10-stage program into becoming a HW hobbyist.

mlee49 · Jul 21, 2010

Mussels said:
in response to many people above, i want to share an observation on the 'evolution' of a techie that i noticed some time ago.

stage 1: ignorance
stage 2: learns to tweak in-program settings
stage 3: learns about drivers/general OS tweaks
stage 4: starts to modify OS settings
stage 5: learns basic BIOS stuff
stage 6: starts phsically modding hardware - be it coolers, fans, or LED stuff - looks come first, then aesthetics.
stage 7: aesthetics kick in. the LED lights and noisy fans go away, and a more simple appearance is chosen.
stage 8: an overall purpose is deemed for each system, and everything is dedicated to that purpose. un-neccesary hardware (and software?) is removed.

stage 9: ????
stage 10: profit!

this was more or less a patter i observed in many of my LANner friends, but i'm sure you'll all have seen similar trends. most of us are at stage 7/8

I went through this progression myself. Ofcourse I took a detour on the prebuilt gaming rig first and was pissed off at the amount of money I spend for the crappy performance.

Thrackan · Jul 21, 2010

mlee49 said:
I went through this progression myself. Ofcourse I took a detour on the prebuilt gaming rig first and was pissed off at the amount of money I spend for the crappy performance.

that's no detour, prebuilt gaming rig = ignorance

mlee49 · Jul 21, 2010

So true; I still feel the impression of my palm against my face...

Mussels · Jul 21, 2010

i should probably modify step 6 to include general hardware knowledge... you know, 'i should buy more of X' to make Y faster'

Thrackan · Jul 21, 2010

Heh, I modified hardware drivers before I even saw the inside of a case for the first time

Mussels · Jul 21, 2010

Thrackan said:
Heh, I modified hardware drivers before I even saw the inside of a case for the first time

i did hardware first, but modding ini files in video card drivers is what i'd call call an OS level tweak. its something anyone can do, but if you do it wrong, bad things happen.

Thrackan · Jul 21, 2010

Mussels said:
i did hardware first, but modding ini files in video card drivers is what i'd call call an OS level tweak. its something anyone can do, but if you do it wrong, bad things happen.

I know, it was my dad's PC, but I wanted to run some games that the gfx card "couldn't".

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