cm rc690 Case Speaker, Why?

[Hitch Itch]

starting to finish up my new I7 920 build, I read somewhere that some people are taking the side panel fan, removing it and installing it in one of the top fan locations.

Has anyone done this? It would resolve the noise issue when mounted in side door, but what will it do to the cooling? better, worse?

Ken

 

[Hitch Itch]

Just got this case for my new I7, putting all the goodies and realized "where is the case speaker?"

Why in gods name would cm NOT give you a case speaker, ALL the great quality parts and they cant add a $2.00 case speaker. I now have to buy one online I guess and pay 5x the cost of the speaker in shipping, Yes its still cheap in the big picture but a HUGE pain in my butt, find one, order one and wait for it

The case is so Well built, more then enough room, good cable management and I didn't need ANY cable extensions like some others have said.

case speaker, why, why, why?

Merged your other thread into this one, no need for two
Anandtech Moderator
Gillbot

 

[grimlykindo]

I hate to burst your bubble but there is no reason to have a pc speaker. Most newer motherboards have built in pc speakers (or at least can make a beeping sound) I have owned and done builds with a lot of new cases and none of the cases had pc speakers.

 

[zerogear]

If you only have 1 fan intake, and having 3 or 4 exhaust, then the pressure will be off, best thing is to use the intake/exhaust equally. But the top is just a blowhole really. Since heated air rises ~ - I have 1 side panel/1 on bottom of case 140mm and 1 in front for intake. Exhaust are the two on top and behind the case.

 

[zerogear]

Originally posted by: grimlykindo
I hate to burst your bubble but there is no reason to have a pc speaker. Most newer motherboards have built in pc speakers (or at least can make a beeping sound) I have owned and done builds with a lot of new cases and none of the cases had pc speakers.

This. My motherboard beeps by itself, no point for PC speakers. Hell, I didn't even realize there wasn't one until you mentioned it.

 

[Gillbot]

Merged your other thread into this one, no need for two
Anandtech Moderator
Gillbot

 

[Hitch Itch]

My mobo is a Asus P6T Deluxe , When I was hooking up the front I/o wires to the mobo I saw the words "speaker" on the Q connector. it has 4 pins. I was/am assuming that is for a case speaker. i would have thought that if the mobo came with some type of sound in the mobo thee would be no need for that speaker connector. But for around $275. for the mobo, asus would include it. Nothing in the manual about that connector or an integrated speaker, just on the Q connector.

Ken

 

[Zepper]

Several cases I've gotten in the last year didn't come with a case speaker, and I've seen some mobos that don't even have pins for a case speaker and I understand that there is no code in the BIOS to drive it even if there was one. But I really miss those reassuring Beep - boops during boot. I found a place that sells those little black dongle speakers for around 99 cents and doesn't charge and arm&leg for shipping either - too bad I can't recall the name.
. The above was correct, the onboard sound can often be set to carry the diagnostic beeps, but you'll have to check your manual to see how it's done. Trouble is, I don't usually power my speakers up for a good while into my sessions. The analog power supplies in self-powered speakers are quite wasteful of power.

.bh.

 

[Hitch Itch]

I found one on e bay for $5.00, should be here friday, i got lucky, free shipping

Ken

 

[aigomorla]

why would you want speakers inside your case?

I dont think my case is ever sitting right in front of me unless im working inside it.

My monitors have speakers, because your more likely to sit in front of a monitor then a case..

 

[Zepper]

Aigo: "Why?"

Because they've always been there until recently and are reassuring to us old hands. I can hear those little beeps from a good distance away from my case.

.bh.

 

[jdkick]

I didn't even think about a case speaker when I my built my current system with the RC-690... will have to check if my board beeps.

As for your question re: the side fan, it depends on your setup. My system stays nice and cool with only one front intake and one rear exhaust fan. I had to remove the side fan to clear the Accelero S1 on my 7900GS so I moved it to the top-rear location and it shaved a few degrees off my GPU temps, so I left it there...

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Aigo: "Why?"

Because they've always been there until recently and are reassuring to us old hands. I can hear those little beeps from a good distance away from my case.

.bh.

okey wait.. are we talkign about this guy that goes on your motherboard? sometimes built on, and sometimes not which then you need to get it off the case?

http://bestbyte.net/mm5/mercha...ode=CACP&Store_Code=BB

Or we talking about a speaker that is to fit in suposidly a 5 1/4 connected via internal header?

 

[Zepper]

It's the little guy that just handles (usually) the boot up diagnostic reports. Some of my olde cases had 1.5 to 2" actual dynamic speakers but still just to handle the diagnostic beeps.

.bh.

 

[Hitch Itch]

yup that little guy for the mobo
I would miss my beeps, Especially if things went bad

 

[zerogear]

I have an Small LCD screen for diagnostic purposes that reports out errors on my Rampage Formula. But my older board P5K beeped by themselves even without the speaker, so I dunno how useful the speaker really is anymore.

 

[Zepper]

Some mobos have those little black piezo buzzers soldered right onto the board, so a separate one is superfluous. But I don't think that is the case for very many.

.bh.