Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
I still quite like that transparent one. Either that, or another cube like the one I have now.
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
But the problem with those lucite cases is that they're unshielded. RF interferance city!
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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
Random ChaosActually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
It should be easy enough to embed metal shavings into them or a net grid system to cut the RF down...
Although I personally prefer the automated torpedo system that locks onto and destroys all government and corperate sources of RF interference [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]_
The lucite cases are also VERY fragile. No carrying those off to LAN parties! Even shipping them with tons of packing doesn't work once they're assembled.
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AnlaShok, Captain of the Gray Hand of Fate Squadron
Sidhe-1
Wielder of the Big Heavy Hammer of Obvious Truth
"FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!"
[quote]Originally posted by rhett:
[b]I like the Blue Nest posted above, its cheap, however all my drives are beige. That would look gay... Its kinda thrown a wrench in my plans.[/b][/quote]
Nothing a can of spray paint couldn't fix. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
Random ChaosActually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
They do have a white version of the nest which would go with beige drives. With the blue lights, it's the color scheme of the WhiteStar.
I have the green one and I put in round cables which I then covered in corrugated tubing. I mounted a pair of handles on top. It's a semi-portable borg case.
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AnlaShok, Captain of the Gray Hand of Fate Squadron
Sidhe-1
Wielder of the Big Heavy Hammer of Obvious Truth
"FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!"
Then this might be in your range. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
[url="http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance"]http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance[/url]
keep in mind that doing it yourself costs only SLIGHTLY cheaper, and decent pumps and radiators are hard to find.
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[b][url="http://www.savefarscape.com/"]SAVE FARSCAPE![/url][/b]
"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
That looks pretty cool. The radiator/corntrol unit thing on top looks nice. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[quote]Originally posted by Vertigo1:
[b] Then this might be in your range. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
[url="http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance"]http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv? Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance[/url]
keep in mind that doing it yourself costs only SLIGHTLY cheaper, and decent pumps and radiators are hard to find.
[/b][/quote]
Good lord $189 bucks? Just so you can overclock? but it costs more than a faster mobo/processor!
These places sell some good watercooling equipment. Just remember that watercooling has two purposes, both of which are worth the money to me:
1) Better CPU/Video/Chipset cooling. Parts last longer, are more stable, or can be overclocked higher.
2) Low noise. You have to hear it to believe it, but getting rid of those CPU and Vid Card fans really help!
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[url="http://www.alecm.com/"]Alec McClymont[/url]
"Something is only impossible until it's not."
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
Use alcohol cooling then.
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[quote]Originally posted by Slade:
[b] [url="http://www.dangerden.com"]http://www.dangerden.com[/url]
[url="http://www.frozencpu.com"]http://www.frozencpu.com[/url]
These places sell some good watercooling equipment. Just remember that watercooling has two purposes, both of which are worth the money to me:
1) Better CPU/Video/Chipset cooling. Parts last longer, are more stable, or can be overclocked higher.
2) Low noise. You have to hear it to believe it, but getting rid of those CPU and Vid Card fans really help!
[/b][/quote]
I still feel that cases like this are really only good for one purpose, and thats overclocking, unless your fans have bad bearings they are not going to be that loud, and a good solid case will eat up a lot of that noise anyway.
I just can't see spending more on a case than a new mobo/processor would cost. i mean heck, i've got 6 machines, and 3 hubs with fans running in my office at home and the noise isn't that bad.
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http://www.firefoot.com
Random ChaosActually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
If you're going to go with liquid cooling, go the whole way! Use liquid helium!
Depends on the operating environment of your machine. I wouldn't want to have a stock HSF on my machine, since I'm not comfortable with the processor running at 60 degrees all the time. The fan in my case is a 60mm Delta, running 7000 rpm, and it's LOUD. Even then, I get about 52-54 degrees when I'm rendering stuff. Going with water could get that temp down to 30 degrees or less, and there wouldn't be any more noise than my case fans and hard drives, which would be great.
Water cooling isn't meant as a replacement for a new computer, it's meant as an addition to an already top-of-the-line system.
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[url="http://www.alecm.com/"]Alec McClymont[/url]
"Something is only impossible until it's not."
Random ChaosActually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
[quote]Originally posted by Entil'Zha:
[b]
Good lord $189 bucks? Just so you can overclock? but it costs more than a faster mobo/processor!
Looks cool tho.[/b][/quote]
Dude, I thought it was high until I bought the eqipment to mod my own sys. Its actually cheaper to get that case than to do it yourself. Plus, its got a HD cooler too. Right now I'm kicking myself for NOT getting that case instead.
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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
[quote]Originally posted by Random Chaos:
[b]Can I assume your temperatures are in Celsius?[/b][/quote]
Umm...DUH! Why would he be complaining about 60 degrees if he wasn't talking celcius? (ref: 51C = 125F)
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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
[quote]Originally posted by Vertigo1:
[b] Dude, I thought it was high until I bought the eqipment to mod my own sys. Its actually cheaper to get that case than to do it yourself. Plus, its got a HD cooler too. Right now I'm kicking myself for NOT getting that case instead.
[/b][/quote]
I guess if you need that kind of cooling, i just keep my cases open with a heatsink/fan and don't have problem, course i'm not rendering, so i don' thave that heavy a load on my CPU.
[quote]Originally posted by Entil'Zha:
[b]
I guess if you need that kind of cooling, i just keep my cases open with a heatsink/fan and don't have problem, course i'm not rendering, so i don' thave that heavy a load on my CPU.
I installed it because the ammount of fans I needed was keeping everyone up at night. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/tongue.gif[/img]
[/b][/quote]
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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
[quote]Originally posted by Slade:
[b]Depends on the operating environment of your machine. I wouldn't want to have a stock HSF on my machine, since I'm not comfortable with the processor running at 60 degrees all the time.
[/b][/quote]
I use an Intel P4 2.26. My CPU stays at 40 degrees. I use the stock fan that came with the chip. AMDs just run too hot for my comfort.
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AnlaShok, Captain of the Gray Hand of Fate Squadron
Sidhe-1
Wielder of the Big Heavy Hammer of Obvious Truth
"FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!"
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
Although I personally prefer the automated torpedo system that locks onto and destroys all government and corperate sources of RF interference [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]_
Computer?
Hello, computer....
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We are here to place President Grenewetzki under arrest!
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AnlaShok, Captain of the Gray Hand of Fate Squadron
Sidhe-1
Wielder of the Big Heavy Hammer of Obvious Truth
"FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!"
[b]I like the Blue Nest posted above, its cheap, however all my drives are beige. That would look gay... Its kinda thrown a wrench in my plans.[/b][/quote]
Nothing a can of spray paint couldn't fix. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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[b][url="http://www.savefarscape.com/"]SAVE FARSCAPE![/url][/b]
"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
I have the green one and I put in round cables which I then covered in corrugated tubing. I mounted a pair of handles on top. It's a semi-portable borg case.
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AnlaShok, Captain of the Gray Hand of Fate Squadron
Sidhe-1
Wielder of the Big Heavy Hammer of Obvious Truth
"FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!"
[b] It is nice. Has that 2001/2010 movie look. It's too subtle for me at that price though...
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img][/b][/quote]
Then this might be in your range. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
[url="http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance"]http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance[/url]
keep in mind that doing it yourself costs only SLIGHTLY cheaper, and decent pumps and radiators are hard to find.
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[b][url="http://www.savefarscape.com/"]SAVE FARSCAPE![/url][/b]
"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b] Then this might be in your range. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
[url="http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance"]http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv? Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance[/url]
keep in mind that doing it yourself costs only SLIGHTLY cheaper, and decent pumps and radiators are hard to find.
[/b][/quote]
Good lord $189 bucks? Just so you can overclock? but it costs more than a faster mobo/processor!
Looks cool tho.
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..And so it Begins
http://www.firefoot.com
[url="http://www.frozencpu.com"]http://www.frozencpu.com[/url]
These places sell some good watercooling equipment. Just remember that watercooling has two purposes, both of which are worth the money to me:
1) Better CPU/Video/Chipset cooling. Parts last longer, are more stable, or can be overclocked higher.
2) Low noise. You have to hear it to believe it, but getting rid of those CPU and Vid Card fans really help!
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[url="http://www.alecm.com/"]Alec McClymont[/url]
"Something is only impossible until it's not."
Something about water any where in the vicinity of my computer that bugs me...
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b] [url="http://www.dangerden.com"]http://www.dangerden.com[/url]
[url="http://www.frozencpu.com"]http://www.frozencpu.com[/url]
These places sell some good watercooling equipment. Just remember that watercooling has two purposes, both of which are worth the money to me:
1) Better CPU/Video/Chipset cooling. Parts last longer, are more stable, or can be overclocked higher.
2) Low noise. You have to hear it to believe it, but getting rid of those CPU and Vid Card fans really help!
[/b][/quote]
I still feel that cases like this are really only good for one purpose, and thats overclocking, unless your fans have bad bearings they are not going to be that loud, and a good solid case will eat up a lot of that noise anyway.
I just can't see spending more on a case than a new mobo/processor would cost. i mean heck, i've got 6 machines, and 3 hubs with fans running in my office at home and the noise isn't that bad.
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..And so it Begins
http://www.firefoot.com
Water cooling isn't meant as a replacement for a new computer, it's meant as an addition to an already top-of-the-line system.
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[url="http://www.alecm.com/"]Alec McClymont[/url]
"Something is only impossible until it's not."
[b]
Good lord $189 bucks? Just so you can overclock? but it costs more than a faster mobo/processor!
Looks cool tho.[/b][/quote]
Dude, I thought it was high until I bought the eqipment to mod my own sys. Its actually cheaper to get that case than to do it yourself. Plus, its got a HD cooler too. Right now I'm kicking myself for NOT getting that case instead.
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[b][url="http://www.savefarscape.com/"]SAVE FARSCAPE![/url][/b]
"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
[b]Can I assume your temperatures are in Celsius?[/b][/quote]
Umm...DUH! Why would he be complaining about 60 degrees if he wasn't talking celcius? (ref: 51C = 125F)
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[b][url="http://www.savefarscape.com/"]SAVE FARSCAPE![/url][/b]
"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
[b] Dude, I thought it was high until I bought the eqipment to mod my own sys. Its actually cheaper to get that case than to do it yourself. Plus, its got a HD cooler too. Right now I'm kicking myself for NOT getting that case instead.
[/b][/quote]
I guess if you need that kind of cooling, i just keep my cases open with a heatsink/fan and don't have problem, course i'm not rendering, so i don' thave that heavy a load on my CPU.
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..And so it Begins
http://www.firefoot.com
[b]
I guess if you need that kind of cooling, i just keep my cases open with a heatsink/fan and don't have problem, course i'm not rendering, so i don' thave that heavy a load on my CPU.
I installed it because the ammount of fans I needed was keeping everyone up at night. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/tongue.gif[/img]
[/b][/quote]
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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't, have to go! Kiss! Kiss! Love! Love! Bye! *kiss*" - G'Kar
[b]Depends on the operating environment of your machine. I wouldn't want to have a stock HSF on my machine, since I'm not comfortable with the processor running at 60 degrees all the time.
[/b][/quote]
I use an Intel P4 2.26. My CPU stays at 40 degrees. I use the stock fan that came with the chip. AMDs just run too hot for my comfort.
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AnlaShok, Captain of the Gray Hand of Fate Squadron
Sidhe-1
Wielder of the Big Heavy Hammer of Obvious Truth
"FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!"