Off-Topic Thread

^^^ I like when you see the interesting things that people do with hard drives. Like the LED and clock projects. There's loads of them on youtube.

marko93 wrote: »

Lads/Ladies,

What's the opinion on the Corsaid Carbide Series Air 540

ha was watching this when I seen ur comment

Gumbi wrote: »

Think I'm going to grab a Nanoxia Deep Silence One case and a Z87x-D3h board for my 4770k build (it seems to be the one lots of people are going for).

The Nanoxia has a 2 channel fan controller for its 3 fans, with space for 3 more. I'm assuming this accepts only 3 pin fan connectors, or how does it work? I haven't used one before, so I don't know. I am looking for really good airflow, so am looking to purchase up to 3 additional quality fans, 140mm probably for better airflow and quieter. The Scythes come recommended by Serephecus.

I have space for a top exhaust, bottom intake (is that floor?) and side intake. What fans should I get? The gigabyte board has 2 additional 4 pin connectors, so maybe 2 PWMs? Or just medium speed 3 pin ones? http://www.hardwareversand.de/140mm/74903/Scythe+Glide+Stream+140+mm+Case+fan%2C+800rpm.article
http://www.hardwareversand.de/140mm/74886/Scythe+Glide+Stream+140+mm+PWM+Case+fan%2C+~1300rpm.article

Am I on the right track? Am ordering today. (Finally :P). 4770k is arriving Wednesday, hopefully this stuff from HWVS will arrive by Friday.

Took a look today when I was piecing together my gear in the new rig.

There are 6 3-pin fan connectors attached to built-in fan controller.



They're labelled FAN A1, A2, A3 and FAN B1, B2, B3.

The top slider on the fan controller controls the speed that all the As are spinning at and the bottom the Bs. You also need to plug the controller into a molex.

I just put the intakes in the A connectors and the exhausts in the Bs.

The design is very solid, I didn't like the little openable vent on top at first, but then I realised I much prefer it to actually being able to see the mesh where the fans are.

I have to say I like the look of the case in person a lot better than I thought I would, very sleek looking. I went for the black version.

There could be a bit more room for cable management. My PSU is non-modular and it took some time consuming packing & cable tying before I could get most of the cables hidden round the back and then 2 of us to get the side panel on properly because it was bulging a fair bit. None of this would be a problem with a modular PSU though.

I removed 2 of the 3 hard drive cages and just left in the top one. Unfortunately there's no way to properly secure it as the bottom and middle ones are screwed in, then attached to the top one which secures the whole rack. This is a little annoying but I think I'll get over it.

Looking for 4-5 white sata cables, any suggestions of where the cheapest place to get them?

Gumbi wrote: »

Nice and quiet, is it? It's a 2 channel controller, right? Not a variable one?

It's pretty quiet. Mine has 6 case fans and doesn't make anything more than a very low hum. Yeah the controller is 2 channel, each slider controls 3 fans.

Gumbi wrote: »

Try MemoryC? By far the best place for stuff like that. Free shipping on anything over 15 quid, very cheap shipping otherwise with competetive pricing.

I dont see them there

I see these on OC but what is the story with the opened connection?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-012-NX

OC would be my last resort thou

Gumbi wrote: »

Cool, what other models of fans you have?

I'm hopin for a really quiet rig :P will be putting it together over the weekend

I've got 3 of these and the three case fans that came with the case.

I find it very quiet, but my old case was fairly out of date so it was quite loud, I might not be the best judge.

Hopefully the good airflow will translate to good temps for CPU and card. How are you finding performance in those areas? I'm going to have pretty high-end air setups for those components so hopefully the case cooling is up to snuff.

Anyone have any clear 1/2-3/4 tube they're not using? I could've sworn I had a bunch lying around, but I can't find it.

Also, if anyone has a dremel...

Prodigy. PSU (connectors) too long. Not a happy panda at the moment.

Overclocked my graphics cards and can finally get above 30fps in Arma 3. Can actually play it now .
Hopefully when driver support is out for the full release it performs better

Gumbi wrote: »

4770k all packaged up on my bed and I won't see it 'til Friday. Arrived yesterday, got hit by customs (my mistake for having it delivered to home address). 185 in total, including shipping + tax :P other goodies arriving tomorrow from Hardwareversand.

*must resist urge to verbally abuse you :P

Great price and have fun with the build

Gumbi wrote: »

I will finally have one to be proud of :P I'll probably throw up pics. Should be fun!

Thanks.

Cool.Lets hope you get one of the better clockers.