The NZXT Case Clubhouse

[Bo$$]

yeah im sure it would but this is a easy free thing to do that would help out a little bit

yep true but can be slightly dangerous if you have pets or small kids around. it really helps keeping dust out too

 

[Josh154]

Im the youngest kid in our family at 16 and there is a dog but he doesn't come in my room and my pc isn't on the floor

 

[t77snapshot]

yep true but can be slightly dangerous if you have pets or small kids around. it really helps keeping dust out too

Im the youngest kid in our family at 16 and there is a dog but he doesn't come in my room and my pc isn't on the floor

The stock filter that came with my Tempest is really dense and blocks the air a lot. I dont need it that much because this room doesn't produce much dust. Having the pc off the ground helps a lot too. You can always use a wired fan grill if your worried about safety.

 

[Josh154]

Yeah thats about what my stock fan grill looks like too except mines black. Do you think it's worth it to upgrade all my fans in the case though? I love my lexa s i don't see any reason to switch to a different case.

I've been thinking about modding it for a 360 up top also as the xspc rasa 360 kit is $150 and thats not too spendy. I measured it out and the rad would fit in between the top 5.25 bay and then i could just run a rad grill up top.

Oh and one more thing i want to do is change the color theme. I see to much black and blue or black and red so i wanna change it up. I really like your black and orange but its just a bit too bright for me, something like black and green. All green cm r4 fan's with some white cathadoes would be pretty sweet i think

 

[NAVI_Z]

After upgrade, h50 and corsair dominator gt 2133, this is my tempest evo.

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man thats clean!!

 

[freaksavior]

Here was my build thread for my rouge

0 Kelvin 5.0

 

[Josh154]

Just looked at that thread and it looks sweet forsure! Great job on the mods!

 

[t77snapshot]

Yeah thats about what my stock fan grill looks like too except mines black. Do you think it's worth it to upgrade all my fans in the case though? I love my lexa s i don't see any reason to switch to a different case.

I've been thinking about modding it for a 360 up top also as the xspc rasa 360 kit is $150 and thats not too spendy. I measured it out and the rad would fit in between the top 5.25 bay and then i could just run a rad grill up top.

Oh and one more thing i want to do is change the color theme. I see to much black and blue or black and red so i wanna change it up. I really like your black and orange but its just a bit too bright for me, something like black and green. All green cm r4 fan's with some white cathadoes would be pretty sweet i think

Does your Lexa come with 140mm fans on top? if so I would just keep them and just replace the side fan (get more CFM on those cards) The stock fans usually run at low rpm's to reduce on acoustics, but do not move much air.

I would love to see a modded Lexa S with a 360 radiator The XSPC kit is a good starter water kit, but maybe later down the road you should invest in a better pump to improve performance.

Black and green would look sweet! Have you decided how the layout would be? like would you paint only certain parts or the whole chassis? Might I add one small thing...what ever color you decide on you should change the LED's to that color. Here is an example: I built a "Green theme" Apollo for a friend and re-soldered in green leds instead of blue on the front bezel. (see pic)

stock photo:

 

[Josh154]

I would probably just leave the whole inside black and not mess with the factory paint but just accent it with all green led's and some green cathadoes most likely. So not going to extreme but just changing the accented color.

My lexa s came with 1 140mm up top and has room for another 140mm or 120mm. My h50 will be here tomorrow and im going to throw the other 120mm up top and have my h50 as a rear intake.

Yeah i was thinking that about the xspc kit also, the 360mm rad wouldn't be bad and the rasa block is good, i could just get a different pump and res later on down the road. I just need to come up with the funds for a rasa kit and a 360mm rad grill. I have all the tools now or could easily come up with them

I would definitely change the front led's to green also. The only reason i threw my blue cathadoes in was cause the stock side fan and the front bezel has all blue led's.

 

[popswala]

Hmmm. Haven't heard anything about my replacement fan controller for my phantom yet. It's been a few wks now. Wondering if its been forgotten.

Hey sanpshot, Hows your wc project coming along?

 

[t77snapshot]

Hmmm. Haven't heard anything about my replacement fan controller for my phantom yet. It's been a few wks now. Wondering if its been forgotten.

Hey snapshot, Hows your wc project coming along?

I bought the wrong size tubing and ran out of money Have to wait till Friday before I can buy the right size tubes.

 

[Josh154]

I bought the wrong size tubing and ran out of money Have to wait till Friday before I can buy the right size tubes.

That sucks man What do you all have for your wc setup? Everything but tubing?

 

[t77snapshot]

That sucks man What do you all have for your wc setup? Everything but tubing?

yes

 

[Josh154]

Well shoot! Just go get some tubing at a local hardware store or something to get the loop put together till you can order some fancy orange tubing

 

[(FIH) The Don]

can i haz join?

should get the last bits in 2 days

M59

 

[Bo$$]

can i haz join?

should get the last bits in 2 days

M59

http://img.techpowerup.org/101207/023.jpg

looks good, i will show mine in a few days

and my brothers

 

[(FIH) The Don]

nice ^^

ordered modular psu, and a decent aircooler until i get the last money so i can get some sort of watercooling

and a 24" monitor and KB, still need my headset or some speakers, but ill live

 

[Josh154]

nice ^^

ordered modular psu, and a decent aircooler until i get the last money so i can get some sort of watercooling

and a 24" monitor and KB, still need my headset or some speakers, but ill live

Cool can't wait to see it all put together!

 

[t77snapshot]

can i haz join?

should get the last bits in 2 days

M59

http://img.techpowerup.org/101207/023.jpg

list updated*

Nice lil' sneak peak of your new M59 Is that a passive cooler on the first card?

 

[(FIH) The Don]

dunno how great cable management i will be doing, i checked the backside, and there isnt really much room lol

guess im gonna use a few hundred zipties

yes its a 275, but not passive, i just had to remove the triple fan shroud thingie, the card wouldnt fit inside the case with that on, and without it, it will only fit the topslot due to the coolers heatpipes being so long :shadedshu

and today i ordered
24" monitor
a decent aircooler to get me by till i get some watercooling parts together
750w modular chieftec psu
new mousepad
that should be here in 2-3 days

 

[t77snapshot]

dunno how great cable management i will be doing, i checked the backside, and there isnt really much room lol

guess im gonna use a few hundred zipties

yes its a 275, but not passive, i just had to remove the triple fan shroud thingie, the card wouldnt fit inside the case with that on, and without it, it will only fit the topslot due to the coolers heatpipes being so long :shadedshu

and today i ordered
24" monitor
a decent aircooler to get me by till i get some watercooling parts together
750w modular chieftec psu
new mousepad
that should be here in 2-3 days

Damn that's a bummer, I didn't know the m59 was that small.

But hey congrats on the new hardware bro! What cpu cooler and monitor are ya getting?

 

[(FIH) The Don]

im just getting a cheap hyper 212+ to hold me over till i can go water

and i got this one http://benq.dk/products/LCD/index.cfm/page/specifications/product/1098

for 180$ which is cheap here

 

[Josh154]

Those don't look like too bad of choices and the 212+ is a great little cooler to hold you over! I just got my h50 in the mail today actually! Im about to tear the rig apart and install it right now

It looks as if my 8800gts has gone haywire with usps.. It was shipped from georiga on the 2nd usps priority insured and delivery confirmation. It was in sioux falls which is where i live on the 4th, and then on the 5th it said it was back in gerogia. The original sender hasn't gotten the package back yet but boy am i glad he got insurance. USPS SUCKS.

 

[Bo$$]

dunno how great cable management i will be doing, i checked the backside, and there isnt really much room lol

guess im gonna use a few hundred zipties

yes its a 275, but not passive, i just had to remove the triple fan shroud thingie, the card wouldnt fit inside the case with that on, and without it, it will only fit the topslot due to the coolers heatpipes being so long :shadedshu

and today i ordered
24" monitor
a decent aircooler to get me by till i get some watercooling parts together
750w modular chieftec psu
new mousepad
that should be here in 2-3 days

good PSU choice mate

 

[t77snapshot]

Those don't look like too bad of choices and the 212+ is a great little cooler to hold you over! I just got my h50 in the mail today actually! Im about to tear the rig apart and install it right now

It looks as if my 8800gts has gone haywire with usps.. It was shipped from georiga on the 2nd usps priority insured and delivery confirmation. It was in sioux falls which is where i live on the 4th, and then on the 5th it said it was back in gerogia. The original sender hasn't gotten the package back yet but boy am i glad he got insurance. USPS SUCKS.

Damn sorry to hear about usps not shipping your card:shadedshu But hey you got your H50!!! Now I want you to really take your time on the cable management when you install the cooler. Might as well since your taking it apart right.