Your PC ATM

[Veseleil]

shouldn't it be easier to cool since its upside down?

It's easier to cool in the cases where it sits right on the bottom as its fans push the hot air out of the case, or where it's above case fans that do the same. In this case where the bottom part is cramped with bunch of stuff, the conventional cooling would fair much better I suppose, as the hot air has a simpler and natural escape route going to the top.

 

[jallenlabs]

No. Intakes are on top, pulling warmer air from the upper part of the case and basically recycles the hot air. An 80mm fan assists pushing cool air from the front case intakes to the GPU intakes. I have only found a couple of waterblocks for the 4070s and between the cost and availability, I stayed with air. Hopefully Ill come across one soon.

 

[de.das.dude]

No. Intakes are on top, pulling warmer air from the upper part of the case and basically recycles the hot air. An 80mm fan assists pushing cool air from the front case intakes to the GPU intakes. I have only found a couple of waterblocks for the 4070s and between the cost and availability, I stayed with air. Hopefully Ill come across one soon.

the limitations of older case designs are remarkable. I got a first hand exp while reusing my NZXT Guardian 921RB

 

[jallenlabs]

the limitations of older case designs are remarkable. I got a first hand exp while reusing my NZXT Guardian 921RB

So true, especially with cable management and fan sizes. It used to be my hole saw and dremel saw a ton of use, but nowadays case makers answered the call. I do love old cases and absolutely hate that every company is making fish tanks, snooze. I build my PCs so they will be unique, not the same as everyone else's.

 

[Frizz]

After over a month of waiting for parts, learning watercooling and rebuilding the loop over a dozen times, making sure everything is 1000% and efficient.. I've finally completed my my mid-life crisis build to the point I can go back to the real world. Today I finished her off with the ROG Thor III 1200W PSU. My 12VHPWR went from 11.9v Idle, 11.7v load to 12.1 idle and 11.9 load also was interesting to see how much power my computer consumed at max load .

 

[jallenlabs]

Parts arrived... after I did my rough cut of the video for my build. Lol. Figures. Slapped my newer, faster bdie in and it went right to 3600/cl16 with no other adjustments, to 3600/cl14 with a lil voltage. Shooting for 3800mhz cl14...
The rest of the gauges came in and a couple of 60mm fans too. I will most likely reshoot, re edit with updates. This thing, after 14 years, still isnt done.
Link: Ferrari XPS512TR build
Be sure to see the end, or fast forward to it as that is the best part, the boot up.

 

[freeagent]

I still have my Stacker STC-T01, its already setup for BTX just gotta throw hardware in there. Only problem is airflow is pretty limited in the big old cases. I am going to rob it of its castor wheels and put them on my PA602. After that I may recycle it since I do not see myself using it again.

 

[Ruru]

I still have my Stacker STC-T01, its already setup for BTX just gotta throw hardware in there. Only problem is airflow is pretty limited in the big old cases. I am going to rob it of its castor wheels and put them on my PA602. After that I may recycle it since I do not see myself using it again.

Sucks nuts that I threw away my old Cosmos S. Would be a great case today with some modification etc., and would have a LOT of room for h2o stuff.

 

[freeagent]

Sucks nuts that I threw away my old Cosmos S. Would be a great case today with some modification etc., and would have a LOT of room for h2o stuff.

I threw away a fully loaded Stacker 830 silver and a black 690II Advanced. They were ok but to antiquated for my uses..

 

[Ruru]

I threw away a fully loaded Stacker 830 silver and a black 690II Advanced. They were ok but to antiquated for my uses..

That Stacker looks like that its only weak side is the crappy possibilities of cable management. 690II would be insane for X58/Sandy/similar build

 

[freeagent]

That Stacker looks like that its only weak side is the crappy possibilities of cable management. 690II would be insane for X58/Sandy/similar build

The Stacker was cool with its removeable mobo tray, and it looked nice. My problem was I was into big air coolers, the Stacker couldnt take my Le Grand Macho RT and True Spirit 140 Power, and the 690 couldn't take TS140P. But I had my R5 and Meshify C and the old Stacker at my moms.. so it was an easy choice really.. but yeah cable management on all of the CM cases that I had sucked.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

That Stacker looks like that its only weak side is the crappy possibilities of cable management. 690II would be insane for X58/Sandy/similar build

Had 2 CM690II cases , still have one in the bone yard...I found it to be a versatile case for it's day.

 

[jallenlabs]

I threw away a fully loaded Stacker 830 silver and a black 690II Advanced. They were ok but to antiquated for my uses..

Still got my Stacker...

 

[Mac the Geek]

That Stacker looks like that its only weak side is the crappy possibilities of cable management. 690II would be insane for X58/Sandy/similar build

I have a 690II downstairs in the Nerd Closet. Ye Olde Sandie Bridge Rigg is just waiting for the call to go back into service. Loved that case; I wanted to buy another when I built my current rig, but I couldn't find one.

 

[Kwadratowicz]

Hello there, I'm finally closing to close the case which was open for over a year.

I'm using old xps 630i case in which I've got so much pcb that I don't know even if i will use it (2 pcb with fans header and other stuff, I don't even know what for is pin header for SLAB debug hdr).

I've ordered cheap chinese mesh for pci slots and cheap white plastic filter, which i need to cut to specific places.

Unfortunatelly in this build Noctua 14 undustrial has no place. (that one in first photo.)
ps I lost brackets for cpu cooling to set it parallel to exhaust.
Edit. It's first time I guess in two years that back io shroud is finally in placy . end edit.
Edit 2. I love this case which has inverted mobo . end edit 2.

 

[Yraggul666]

Parts arrived... after I did my rough cut of the video for my build. Lol. Figures. Slapped my newer, faster bdie in and it went right to 3600/cl16 with no other adjustments, to 3600/cl14 with a lil voltage. Shooting for 3800mhz cl14...
The rest of the gauges came in and a couple of 60mm fans too. I will most likely reshoot, re edit with updates. This thing, after 14 years, still isnt done.
Link: Ferrari XPS512TR build
Be sure to see the end, or fast forward to it as that is the best part, the boot up.
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I'm so admiringly jealous of you for that G.Skill Black&Red you have over there. \m/
I looked for more than a year for a kit like that 3600mhz CL14 2x16GB and i would have paid double or triple the price back then just to have it.
To me it's the best looking RAM kit ever cretaed. I had to settle for the RipjawsV Black also 3600cl14, it's good and served flawlessly untill now but you know how it goes when you really like something.
Enjoy it, and tell that kit i love it!

 

[Kwadratowicz]

Finally after few years My PC is closed, with gtx 1050 ryzen 7 2700 has stable around 55 degrees Celsius with occt test for max power output.
Old dell cases are great this one has backup screws on plastic front cover.

I will add later cables for dvd, cause a lot of discs are laying around, and with upscallers it will be fun to test it on old photos, and films .

I was testing yesterday if the sligthly open panel will help with temperatures, and it was marginally lower on cpu.


And finally My mouse pad has gone to wash


And that's all for now.

Mouse mat was still drying on laundry dryer

 

[freeagent]

ATM..

 

[jallenlabs]

I'm so admiringly jealous of you for that G.Skill Black&Red you have over there. \m/
I looked for more than a year for a kit like that 3600mhz CL14 2x16GB and i would have paid double or triple the price back then just to have it.
To me it's the best looking RAM kit ever cretaed. I had to settle for the RipjawsV Black also 3600cl14, it's good and served flawlessly untill now but you know how it goes when you really like something.
Enjoy it, and tell that kit i love it!

Will do... I have six kits of bdie now ranging from 3200-3600 cl14-16 (16gb and 32gb kit). Funny thing is, my Gskill Ares 16gb kit can run from stock 3200 cl14 to 4000 cl15, and none of my other kits compare. Oh, and I have three sets of the red, but only one set is 2x16gb. Bdie is kinda like Optane for me. Always searching, buying, searching, buying, lol.

Finally after few years My PC is closed, with gtx 1050 ryzen 7 2700 has stable around 55 degrees Celsius with occt test for max power output.
Old dell cases are great this one has backup screws on plastic front cover.

I will add later cables for dvd, cause a lot of discs are laying around, and with upscallers it will be fun to test it on old photos, and films .


I was testing yesterday if the sligthly open panel will help with temperatures, and it was marginally lower on cpu.
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And finally My mouse pad has gone to wash


And that's all for now.

Mouse mat was still drying on laundry dryer

Gotta love when Dell was using that THICC aluminum. Thats probably while Ill never get rid of my XPS510.

And my motherboard took a dump. A quick swap and I’m back up. Finish gauge install right now. I’ll post it tonight.

 

[Kwadratowicz]

Gotta love when Dell was using that THICC aluminum. Thats probably while Ill never get rid of my XPS510.

My case (XPS 630i) weights around 14 kg, but plastic snaps are a little broken ;(
I don't recall how dell XPS510 looks. Your red case is dell XPS 730?
(And great build btw, it was one of those tiny things that pushed Me to make a little cleanup with pc case )

 

[de.das.dude]

My PC isnt mine anymore lol

 

[InVasMani]

nice seat hooman thanks 4 keeping it warm for mii can't sit here seats taken!

 

[freeagent]

I asked my oldest son if he wanted to continue to use my Meshify C or if he wanted to use my Torrent Compact.. he chose the Torrent. I asked him a couple of months ago and he wanted the Meshify. So that works out well, he will go from a 5600X to a 5800X3D and a Strix B550 -XE to a CrotchHair Ate. And maybe I will give up one of the 5 NVME drives I have on my board to put on his so he can play a few more games. My youngest will get the XE, 5900X and my GTX980 Classified lol.. good enough for Roblox.. and he will get a Gen 3 drive from the eldest's machine.. so I am doing laundry now so I can build later..

 

[Veseleil]

My PC isnt mine anymore lol

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"I'm here just for the cursor actually, so keep it moving human" - the cat.

 

[A Computer Guy]

I asked my oldest son if he wanted to continue to use my Meshify C or if he wanted to use my Torrent Compact.. he chose the Torrent. I asked him a couple of months ago and he wanted the Meshify. So that works out well, he will go from a 5600X to a 5800X3D and a Strix B550 -XE to a CrotchHair Ate. And maybe I will give up one of the 5 NVME drives I have on my board to put on his so he can play a few more games. My youngest will get the XE, 5900X and my GTX980 Classified lol.. good enough for Roblox.. and he will get a Gen 3 drive from the eldest's machine.. so I am doing laundry now so I can build later..

Don't zap a chip by mistake watch out for static build up!