New rig, any good?

DirtyHarry

here is my new rig i have been working on for the past 2 days.....havnt spent much time on it within those days but its coming on anyway.

was going to post in the mod thread but its just not finished and need advice!

going to upload a pic of it in the dark...would look better!

So tell me what u think? :cool:

WizZard

Not bad, where's the case??

What are the fans (brand,model)? If you sleeve the cables it will look MUCH better.

DirtyHarry

fans are coolermaster silent fans.....3 blue, 1 red and 1 white (thats coming from pc-look.com) iv 2 blue, 2 red and 2 white cold cathodes going in there too! its going to be crammed! i havnt even started to tie up the cables or sleeve them or anything....just got it up and running!

DirtyHarry

specs are......

AMD 64 3500+ Winny
Thermalright XP-120
Chaintech VNF4/Ultra
Corsair XMS Pro PC3200 CL2 1Gig
MSI Radeon X800 PRO PCI-E
Maxtor 200gb SATA NQ
NEC 16x DVD/RW DL
Sony DAV-S400 5.1 Speakers
Samsung 172v 17" LCD
AC Ryan Acrylic Case -Clear-

Creamy Goodness

it's nice, real nice, but the cable need to be sleeved to pull off the clear case look to be honest.

if you're going to have a clear case it has to be as tidy as possible.

but otherwise good job and nice machine

DirtyHarry

ah i will sleeve everything...just dont have time since building it...the case is a challenge to use....you have to think well before you build to make sure things get screwed in from both sides....as both panels come off.....so mobo is on one side....all needs to be removed!

Still it is looking good!!

jessy

have the exact same case on my unix box, nice case but a dog of a thing to do anything with i.e. have you tried to put another hard drive in it after you built it(just look at all the panels you have to remove to do that).

Nice spec though:D

DirtyHarry

yeah it tough alrite to put new items in....ill be doing that a few times again...got loads of modding stuff to put in and another HD......getting my colour scheme to work is tough tho!

the french flag colours! blue - white - red!!

gline

how do you keep a case like that dust free inside?? Does it not loook horrible after awhile, inside, with all the dust, I would recommend some dust filters for the fans

BloodBath

Looks pretty sweet but the psu is really ruining the look of the case. Something like the x-connect would have been really nice but with proper sleaving it will be alright.


BloodBath

qwertz

Far too many fans

DirtyHarry

qwertz wrote:

Far too many fans

they hardly make any noise!! CoolerMaster silent fans!! pricey but good!

I picked up some sleeve modding plastic stuff and will use that to tidy up...but i stress that my rig is only 2 days old....and iv very little time on my hands to actually do stuff! so im doing the best i can.....

any more advice tho?

Vikings

DirtyHarry wrote:

any more advice tho?

Stop wasting time here and get to work on it!!

DirtyHarry

*exits boards*

qwertz

What would be really cool is if there were transparent cd/dvd-burners and hard disks. I don't know if that would be technically possible because of the laser inside the cd/dvd-drives but it should work with the hard disks.

jessy

qwertz wrote:

What would be really cool is if there were transparent cd/dvd-burners and hard disks. I don't know if that would be technically possible because of the laser inside the cd/dvd-drives but it should work with the hard disks.

Nope it won’t work on the hard disks because there a sealed unit if opened it might not work, the unit its is air tight for a reason(read write heads run so close to the disk that tiny pieces of dust can cause it to crash)

gline

jessy wrote:

Nope it won’t work on the hard disks because there a sealed unit if opened it might not work, the unit its is air tight for a reason(read write heads run so close to the disk that tiny pieces of dust can cause it to crash)

but if they were built from the factory using some transparent material it would work, no???

Ruu_Old

u can never have enough fans! nice job just make it a bit tidier well done

jessy

gline wrote:

but if they were built from the factory using some transparent material it would work, no???

it would, but there would be more noise out of it.

gline

jessy wrote:

it would, but there would be more noise out of it.

How??? depends what materials they used

qwertz

That's what I meant, wasn't clear enough. I guess the noise could be reduced if they invent/discover transparent metal

gline wrote:

but if they were built from the factory using some transparent material it would work, no???

gline

qwertz wrote:

That's what I meant, wasn't clear enough. I guess the noise could be reduced if they invent/discover transparent metal

Lol, wouldnt a strong plastic be good enuf????

qwertz

Yeah, some ultra-super-duper-heatresistent and noiseproof plastic. I'll be off now, have to run to the patent office...