Cable Management updated

[CraKaJaX]

Well... after alot of hours and alot of frustration.... it's finally complete for the most part. I still need to zip tie alot of things and clip some things down and they are being delivered tomorrow, so I did what I could today. I installed the XP-120 with a Panaflo on it, replaced the rear exhaust fan with a Nexus fan, put some tubing in just a little for now -- more will be in tomorrow when the zip ties and things come. And also I cut off the "filter" stuff on my side panels, because it didn't do much. I'm real satisfied with it, except with the filtering stuff off it's a little louder, but that's fine with me

Pictures as it stands now:

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Inside1
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Complete

What do you guys think of it as it is right now? Do you think I should use some of the tubing up top with the powersupply connectors or leave it as is? The case really doesn't have alot of places to hide things like the P180 More pics will be up tomorrow night probably... When everything is said and done.

 

[zorrt]

I would get rid of the flat IDE cable for a rounded off one.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: zorrt
I would get rid of the flat IDE cable for a rounded off one.

it's in the mail, coming next week most likely

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

Looks good, except for the case stickers on the front

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Looks good! I'll be at it all day Saturday. Hope everything comes by then.

You are fast.

Galvanized

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: scrawnypaleguy
Looks good, except for the case stickers on the front

lol, well.... that's an easy fix :thumbsup:

 

[CraKaJaX]

is the panaflo supposed to be this loud? it's really REALly loud. Or is just because I took the filtering crap off?

 

[JEDIYoda]

Nice job dude!!
No!!
From what I understand they are not suppose to be LOUD as in LOUD!!

 

[CraKaJaX]

This thing sounds like a friggin floor fan for god sake. Maybe I'll try a diff. connector

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Well... after alot of hours and alot of frustration.... it's finally complete for the most part. I still need to zip tie alot of things and clip some things down and they are being delivered tomorrow, so I did what I could today. I installed the XP-120 with a Panaflo on it, replaced the rear exhaust fan with a Nexus fan, put some tubing in just a little for now -- more will be in tomorrow when the zip ties and things come. And also I cut off the "filter" stuff on my side panels, because it didn't do much. I'm real satisfied with it, except with the filtering stuff off it's a little louder, but that's fine with me

Pictures as it stands now:

Main1
Bottom1
Bottom2
Inside1
Back1
Complete

What do you guys think of it as it is right now? Do you think I should use some of the tubing up top with the powersupply connectors or leave it as is? The case really doesn't have alot of places to hide things like the P180 More pics will be up tomorrow night probably... When everything is said and done.

You finally got some of your loot!! Looking good CraK!...leave your psu cables as is. As for the panaflo being loud, they are noisy at 12V, but push awesome cfm's. Under pwm software or a rhoebus they ramp down to a dBA level thats achievable by very few fans for the airflow they put out. Put it on a controller or better yet use SF 4.26 since you have it connected to your mobo. If you do use a fan controller, pannies have a tough time starting consistently on less than 7 volts. *waiting for more pics*

 

[CraKaJaX]

SF 4.26? This thing is really annoying me.... it's like.... rediculous. I can hear it right now and I have my headphones on. that's terrible

 

[gi0rgi0]

What case is that ? Im looking to get a more spacious and quieter case. I have super lanboy now. But its kinda small and seems too loud.

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
SF 4.26? This thing is really annoying me.... it's like.... rediculous. I can hear it right now and I have my headphones on. that's terrible

SpeedFan . That is the L1A correct?

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: gi0rgi0
What case is that ? Im looking to get a more spacious and quieter case. I have super lanboy now. But its kinda small and seems too loud.

here it is with a front LCD panel on it >> http://www.xoxide.com/v-tech-x-focus-7105h-black.html

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

Turn on Q-fan in the BIOS, and then set the max temp at like 60C. Q-fan ratchets down the speed of your fan according to temperature, and only goes max when it reaches your specified temperature, which it never will if you set it pretty high. I use it on my 92mm panaflo L1A, and I can't ever hear it.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: scrawnypaleguy
Turn on Q-fan in the BIOS, and then set the max temp at like 60C. Q-fan ratchets down the speed of your fan according to temperature, and only goes max when it reaches your specified temperature, which it never will if you set it pretty high. I use it on my 92mm panaflo L1A, and I can't ever hear it.

i love you, dead silence. what are your idle temps?

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: scrawnypaleguy
Turn on Q-fan in the BIOS, and then set the max temp at like 60C. Q-fan ratchets down the speed of your fan according to temperature, and only goes max when it reaches your specified temperature, which it never will if you set it pretty high. I use it on my 92mm panaflo L1A, and I can't ever hear it.

i love you, dead silence. what are your idle temps?

Mine are 31C. lol with rmclock

 

[CraKaJaX]

Anyone with an XP-120... what kind of temps are you getting?

 

[JBDan]

38C is good. i bet your room temps are 76-78F or so. Remember, the case air your blowing over the xp120 is the deciding factor of where your idle cpu temps will hover.

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

My idle temps right now are in the 42-44C range and load gets up to about 54C, but that's because I'm in my dorm room with no air conditioning. It's about 80 something degrees in here right now, and my Wavemaster wasn't so good with the whole airflow thing in the first place. Actually I spent all summer making it dead silent so that I wouldn't hear it while I was sleeping in my new dorm, and now I have everything turned all the way up since the fans in the room just to keep me cool drowns out everything else, haha.

 

[CraKaJaX]

no AC in your dorm? thats garbage. did they spend that money that should of been for AC on better internet connection?

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Looks nice.

Do you wonder if maybe your exhaust fan might be robbing some CFMs from the top of your CPU fan?

Looks like . . . a job for . . . a bird? a plane? No . . . . It's DUCT-MAN!!

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
Looks nice.

Do you wonder if maybe your exhaust fan might be robbing some CFMs from the top of your CPU fan?

Looks like . . . a job for . . . a bird? a plane? No . . . . It's DUCT-MAN!!

It might be, but I'm idle @ 33c right now. I'm happy

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
no AC in your dorm? thats garbage. did they spend that money that should of been for AC on better internet connection?

Haha, yeah, I suppose it's a good trade-off for a T3 connection and university-only p2p hub for sharing files at ~1mb/s, with no ahem, outside interference *coughmpaacough*

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Awesome... Glad to see your machine coming along. I was going to comment on the ribbon cable, but I see that someone already did, and you had reasonable justification for it. (My computer would still eat yours though, despite have Seasonic's instead of a damn PC P&C). *eg*

Damned hurricane. I'm not sure where my camera is right now, but I'm going to find it, and snap a few pics of my hurricane work on the machine.
Tas.