[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by Kal-EL

How is airflow happening in that area if it'll be sealed from view?
Maybe some filter w/mess so it'll breath a little but still be out of view?

All the airflow is behind the mesh through the HDD's. Airflow would not really be affected by covering up the front of the HDD cages

[Neuromancer]

Too much time spent modding not enough time spent benching

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

Too much time spent modding not enough time spent benching

Well here is what I had planned. When I get paid again Im going to try and cover the PSU area. When I do that I'll be taking all components out again and stripping down the case. Then its bench time again

Once I have the case stripped I want to cut out all the fan holes, meaning remove the mesh grill they have, just leave the open hole and probably figure out a way to route some wires

[Neuromancer]

Heh heh just kidding. I have put off building my new case and am jealous

Setting up a new multiOS bench setup now. Hopefully will get time to work on the case over the weekend

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

Heh heh just kidding. I have put off building my new case and am jealous

Setting up a new multiOS bench setup now. Hopefully will get time to work on the case over the weekend

good luck bro.

[Chicken Patty]

For some reason I like the look of a fanless heatsink a lot. So I loaded defaults, dropped the voltage and here it is. THe rig looks a lot cleaner. I already have the plate to cover the PSU area, just need to cut it and bolt it on

[Assassin48]

Looking good cpu, but i would but a Thin fan on the heatsink

like one of those Sharkoon fans

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by Assassin48

Looking good cpu, but i would but a Thin fan on the heatsink

like one of those Sharkoon fans

Naw, no need to bro. check out the temps. Not only does it look cleaner, but I want to have my crunchers at stock bro. I don't want these rigs to take a shit anytime soon. Not only is one of them a QX which is discontinued and if you find one they are still very expensive, but this particular i7 of mine is a very good clocker so I would love to conserve it a bit

Thanks to the great fan clips provided by Prolimatech, strapping on a fan or two and cranking this puppy up is just a matter of a minute. Then on to the benching

[Chicken Patty]

Well folks, it's been a while. Had many issues with the rig. Ended up being my PSU. So I jumped on the BFG 1000W Modular. I must say I don't know if I'll do the plate to cover the PSU. I gotta see. Now my biggest concern is hiding the wires that show behind the HDD. Next up is sleeving

Here is the new PSU and end result of no extra wires that are not used

The PSU






Scythe 110 CFM'ers, hooked up to fan controller New PSU also in place



Finished rig, gotta love modular, no more left over cables and wires

[Chicken Patty]

Before and after

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After