GUTS THREAD

>Black outside
>White inside
>Blue coolant
Ugly.

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Hello /g/.

It's finally coming together. A lot more cable work left, but then all it is is ordering parts.

>>43092076
I know, it's a temporary color. Waiting for the local shop +to fill up on coolant. Any suggestions for fan-config

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>>43092096
Cables in the rear. Missing the 24-pin, revised SATA-p, SATA-d, and 2x 6-pin.

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>>43092096
>>43092109
Looking pretty good though.

Most likely going to upgrade to a GTX 870 when they release this October. Gonna wait, hopefully EVGA, to release a nice design using a modified reference cooler. Like this one.

>>43092128

>870
>rebadged 780 non-TI

Wait for the 900s, with the consoles forcing engine redesigns for true multicore support you won't be missing anything.

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>>43092145
I suppose I can wait. No big rush to replace the GPU yet. I'm reusing it from an older build as is-now.
>Random pic, planning on using the Noctua NH-L9i heatsink with one of my red and black Effizio fans

>>43092219
Looks great out the out. Got a picture with the reflective panel off?

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>>43092239
thanks

>>43092339
Where'd you get your watercooling parts?

>>43092339
My diiiiick

Jesus christ man I am jealous as hell

>>43092361
the the EK parts amd alphacool rad are from frozencpu

top xspc rad, tubing and pump are from microcenter

fitting are xspc off ebay

>>43092339
Dat-fat-rad doe.

Looking good.

>>43092339
Post your computer specification, please.

>>43092165
>a single WD Green with everything on it
i hope to god you have a NAS

>>43092403
fx-8350, asus hd 7990, 16gb corsair xm3 1333mhz. 120gb samsung ssd, fx-990 gigabyte board.

It not the biggest beast on the block but it gets the job done.

>>43092475
Nice man, 10/10.
Gabinet and Water cooler?

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The yellow on the motherboard ended up not matching the UV yellow extensions I made, but I'm too fucking lazy to redo it.

There is also a few other extensions that the heat-shrink didn't quite fit properly that I have to fix at some point.

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my sag got worse.

>>43092096
Best build I've seen on /g/ ever. Loving the MDPC sleeve. How's the temperatures? Done any overclocking?

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new htpc

i like it

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>>43092672
Thanks! I'm not finished yet, but I suspect tempers will be around 35-40C for most parts, with GPU around 50C, and load temps will probably be something in the neighbors hood of 60-70C and probably similar for the GPU, maybe 75C. No over clocking planned, as I'm buying an i7-4771. I'll definitely post more photos of the cables when I'm done with them all. This picture is quite a bit more saturated than it should be. >Phone

>>43092801
The 901 is one of the sexiest cases on the market but I wish it had more airflow. The next best thing for me is Phanteks Evolv.

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>>43092796
old pc

no real changes

>>43092165
nice airflow brah

>>43092109
What case is this. Looking sexy

>request picture from other side panel and front

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>>43092821
I thought about modifying the front to fit an extra intake, but it would break the cleanliness of the case in the front.

Realistically though, it has a decent cooling. One intake with an GPU should relatively cool with no huge overclocks. You can fit an A-I-O for decent CPU over clocking. Or, if you really want some performance, you could always exterior fit a radiator and do a custom loop internally.

>>43092876
.... You're not serious, right? He posted the picture.

Use your brain.

Remove all the packaging, put the fans in the case and make sure they're plugged in, both are important to achieve optimum cooling. It's no good having a bunch of stationary fans in the PC and it's equally useless to just have them spinning around inside the box they came in.

>>43092049
I hate my case currently. It's horrible; I got it with a pre-build by a large e-retailer about 3 years ago.

It's a pain put the sides back on, the cable management sucks, I've somehow managed to break the front USB ports, the front sound ports have static and the power button broke for some reason so I'm stuck using the reset button as a power button.

Oh and it has some grill drive-dummies in the front which keep feeling like they're going to fall into the case.

Has anyone here ever moved a computer into a new case? Is it easy?

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>>43092876
In Win 901, for M-ITX.

They have a regular ATX version, 904. And I have half the picture in the thread right now, look around!

>>43092894
I knew that.
>mindblown.jpg

>>43092923
I am complete. Thanks.

>>43092933
>I knew that.
"lol troled"

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>>43092913
Oh this is just adorable. Makes me think of my last case. Bit smaller.

>Lian Li PC-Q03

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finally one of these threads

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>>43092835
why?!
why not a smaller case? that looks so weird.

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>>43092944
Loving all the m-ITX love lately.

>>43092933
It is quite an exceptional case.


>Old build

>>43092339
>9 fans

Almost defeats the purpose of water-cooling's quietness.

>>43092967
>BTX

Oh my.

>>43092049
>water-cooling your CPU but not your GPU

3/10

>>43092967
sup grandpa

>>43092949
this I like

>>43092984
>the purpose of water cooling is quietness

nope.

Also some fans are inaudible when used at low rpm.

>>43092949
Huh, seen you post in overclock.net threads. Don't remember your username though.

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>>43092944
>>43092949
Forgot that was before I had my GPU inside, here's some OC

>>43093002
>Also some fans are inaudible when used at low rpm.

Nothing is inaudible. But 600-700 RPM is pretty damn quiet.

But having 9 fans running at 600-700 RPM, that's gotta combine to some kind of sound.

>>43092996
That was a fun little project. A relative wanted a PC, so I built him this. Was an interesting thing.

>i5 4xxxS (Not sure which, 2.9GHz 65W)
>2x 4GB DDR3 1,333
>iGPU
>ASUS Xonar Essence STX

>GPUs so fat they always bend down on the end

Why is this allowed

>>43092991
i had high hopes for BTX. i even had an aftermarket Coolermaster BTX case with Intel mainboard and hardware overclocked CPU.

>>43093003
Yeah, I frequent there a lot. More so to keep up with current/releasing products and attention-whore.

>>43093060
Some coolermaster cases have a retaining thingy, which I wish they'd make standard in more cases.

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>>43092096
>>43092109
>>43092913
>>43092923
>>43092944
>>43092949
>>43093014

Hnnnng. Some beautiful itx cases on here. Currently picking parts for a m-itx gaming/htpc/travelpc. Will most likely go Lian Li PC-TU200B and drop a 770 or 290 in there.

What you guys think of Lian Li's new PC-Q36?
>http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-q36/

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>>43092994
just poor
>tfw used to have a quad 4.2GHz Phenom2 in a Silverstone FT03

>>43093116
What happened to it?

>>43093073
I'd like to have seen BTX take off a bit more. Just match/add something to match with ATX. I'd like to see some M-DTX too.

>>43093060
My 670 in my In Win sags actually. And it's just reference, basically. If you look at this picture, you can see I rigged up an anti-sag-fix. >>43092128

>>43093095
That one is interesting to say the least. You could do some serious ricing with the top panel.

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Just built last night, first time building.

>>43093123
had to sell it for parts when i quit my job to pay rent. got like $600 for it all. ended up using my t43p as primary computer for a few months

>>43093166
Good job on the cable routing for a first time.

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heres the start of my NAS...

gonna underclock and undervolt the fuck outta the P4

>>43093218
Old as hell, but it it works.

What's a case without any 5.25" bays and IO panel? The only one I know of is Lian Li PC-Q25 which is sexy as all hell but just wondering if there are any others?

>>43093241
yep, has onboard gig ethernet and 2 sata ports

>>43093218
>atx
>NAS

>>43093215
Thanks, still not as good as I would have liked. One negative thing I would say about this case is the low amount of cable management points in the rear. Cords on the PSU were a little stiff as well.

>>43093286
where are you going with this? energy consumption? whatever its temporary

>>43093372
Size, I believe

>>43093366
Which case is it? Like to be some sort of Fractal.

>>43092984
Who ever said I was going for quietness? More then one reason to water cool. Btw those are all sp120 quiet editions on a fan controller stepped down to 7v. But yeah it is quiet.

>>43093470
Fractal Arc Midi R2.

>>43093541
You'll get used to the stiffness in cables. My cables are extra fucking stiff with this sleeving over them.

And if you lack tie-downs, use the cable stiffness to your advantage and make it shaped to stay in place. Kind if like here, >>43092109 I only have one tie holding down the 8-pin, one on the front I/O, and one for the SATA power.

>>43092984
>not knowing that more fans at low speed is quieter than few fans at higher speed

>>43092862
Was that sarcasm?

>>43093014
them xfx cards are beeeeeeautiful

>>43093166
yeah, damn nice job

>>43092096
May I ask what the case model is? Where did ya get it and how much did it cost?

>>43094435
NewEgg, $170 In Win 901.

For the ATX version, it's $240 I think.

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One of these days I'm going to paint the hotswap bay

>>43094612
You really got a modern graphics card in there? Nice.

>>43094804
It supports 300mm long cards. I wouldn' get an extra wide card like some of the EVGA classifieds, because you wouldn't be able to close the case.

>Brand new, 3 months since release.
>Concerned about a "modern GPU" fitting

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>>43095071
>Mini-ATX case
It's a legitimate question whether they can hold beasts like 780

>>43095157
ITX, my friend.

But yeah, it can hold something like a Titan. Just, you will only have a 130mm CPU cooler clearance and as I said, extra wide GPU's won't fit. You have about 17-19mm clearance for side-mounted power connectors.

>>43093166
I'm kind of wanting a pair of extra fans. One near the PSU and the other on the side panel to help the GPU. Any suggestions? If nothing else I'm probably going to splurge on some pointless Noctua Industrials.

>>43095216
My fans were pretty nice and cheap.

>SilenX Effizio
>40, 60, 80, 92, 120mm in red, white, or yellow.
>140mm available but only yellow.

Cougars are always nice too

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out with the old

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in with the new

>>43096621
Why is your PSU on the outside.

>>43096657
If it were where it was supposed to be, it would have used hot air from the cpu cooler.

Anyone know what GPU would play GTA 5 at high at an acceptable framerate? Obviously you'd have to guess... I'm thinking of getting a 760

>>43097134
There isn't a card that can handle it in existence yet. The port will be so bloated and terrible that you will have to wait until 2017 to play it on max settings.

>>43097134
From what I have heard, GTA runs like ass on PC. Go for a 860, they'll be out in November. Right around the time GTA on PC/new consoles release.

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>>43092096
What's the deal with the huge gap in the rear? They even make it possible to mount a rad on the outside, I could understand if it went on the inside (but even then without the gap it'd still clear the motherboard). If it wasn't there you could fit a longer graphics card and an extra drive or two.

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Build in progress!

Missing RAM/Graphics card/CPU Cooler/sleeved cables and a few cable extensions

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man... i wish i wasn't poor

>>43092801
Where do you get those cables? Do you do them yourself? How are they called (so that I can google them)?

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>>43092984
my old build had 10
>yfw maxing a 1500w psu
had sli 590s with all 4 GPUs on a serious OC
also the 990x was at 5.0ghz+ for some time
wall load was near 1400w

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>>43098146
>Iktf bro

>>43092339
Simply beautiful!

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space wasnt an issue so i went with the cube case

Don't have a pic atm, but I have a question. I'm new to hardware, so be kind.
Sorry in advance for a long post. I suck at making things short.

I built a computer a month ago, and got a GTX 770 and i7-4790. However, I didn't have enough money to actually buy a decent power supply. So I used my old one. It's over 4 years old, and is made by Chieftec. It's 550 watts and 80 Plus. Also, it's been running 24/7 for most of those 4 years.

My new computer is actually running completely fine, and in the 20-30C temperature range. However, if I start a graphics intensive game which makes GPU go at around 1 GHz, it will get hot really fast. When it goes at 500 MHz, it will stay at around 40 C.

What happens is that my computer just kind of turns off after a minute or so. It's still going, but it's basically off. When I turn it entirely off and on again, it cools down in a matter of seconds.

The reason I'm posting this, is because I wonder if there is an actual heat issue or if it's just the power supply.

Again, I'm a beginner, so I might sound retarded. I appreciate any replies though.
As for my new power supply, I'm getting an Corsair AX 760 in August.

>>43098713
>Having negative airflow
Top kek.

>>43098059
You can mount a radiator there. And on the inside you can for the fan and your I/O devices.

>>43098174
You make them yourself supplies from somewhere like en.mdpc-x.com

Or you can search around and buy extensions if you're lazy. From somewhere like NZXT's website.

Corsair sells them for their PSU's too

>>43093095
get a normal itx case and screw a handle onto it you disgusting consumerist whore

>>43092096

You're the guy who was considering a NH-L9i or a H75, right? Good to see the build coming together.

>>43098723
probs just a bigger power supply bro, I don't trust anything below 750 on new pc's

I had a similar problem many years ago

>>43098879
Should the GPU get hot so fast though?
It goes from 30C to 70C in a minute.

If that's not normal, can the power supply cause it to get hot faster?

>>43098948
>being over 60
fucking put it in a freezer

can you guys recommend cases with non-standard motherboard orientations?
>full atx midtower under $150

>>43098969
freezers have low thermal dissipation wattage and rely on insulation to keep food cold
if you put your 500w build in a 50w freezer, the entire freezer will be an oven.
learn to physics you dumb /v/ ricefag.
>muh colorcoordinated guts
>muh $25 4-inch fans

>>43098859
Yeah. Definitely getting the NH-L9i as a heatsink for now. If the temps are too high, then I'll consider something like an H75/H80i. But yeah! Coming together. I modified some of the parts list... (IE, WD Blacks instead of Barracudas, 4771 vs 4970K)

But it's gonna be pretty.

>>43098972
Silverstone's Raven line is good and around $150 I believe

Bitfenix has some cases coming out with customizable motherboard orientation. (Computer 2014l

>>43099006
It's a joke, I hope you obviously got that.
>edgy

>>43099006
>50w Freezer

What is it gonna freeze, one soda can?

>>43099177
Ahah, thanks anon.

>>43098738
>living in a dirty house

top kek

>>43099268
>Living

>GirlsLaughing.FLAC

>>43099053
thanks
I'm looking for 180* (pi) motherboard orientation like the RV04
it's hueg and disgusting though

>>43099393
If you've got tools and an IQ above 90 you could just modify most cases, really. It's done all the time.

What are you guys using to take these photos? :3

>>43099507
GIMP

>>43099308
>not being an undead

>>43092096
>>43092128
>>43099507
I use a Nikon D3100

What are you guys go-to fans?

Not sure if I want to pick up a few 120mm Cougar fans since they apparently don't work well as top exhausts/when horizontal

>>43099564
If you look somewhere further up the thread, you'll see a build of mine with all cougars. Two intakes, two exhaust for top mounted H100 and one rear exhaust with a pair of 6950's in Crossfire. No single parts ever went above 70°C

>>43099456
I want to do a completely passive build
since GPU coolers face down, it makes sense to have the heatsink on it facing upwards to allow convection
I don't know if I just want to get a PCIE flex riser and nigger rig the card so the heatsink faces up, or if I want to buy an actual backwards case
the TJ-08 looks really good but it's only microATX, with 4 expansion slots.
Chances are that an aftermarket GPU cooler would take up 3 slots, and I want room for future PCI interfaces.
>PCI SSD? Will they ever be bootable
>Wifi?
>fiber NIC?
>RAID controller
also, only full ATX motherboards have thunderbolt ports.

>>43092647
Is this MDPC-X Sleeving? It looks awesome

>>43098771
You can, but they intend for you to stick it on the outside for some reason (hence the holes for the tubing). If you stick it on the inside you're also limited in thickness, something that wouldn't happen if the gap wasn't there. Also it's going to make plugging stuff into the motherboard more awkward.

>>43099681
I guess my needs are really specific.
I might end up just buying a motherboard tray, a couple sheets of mesh, and making a case myself.
Fucking passive builds need tons of airflow.

>>43099714
My sleeving above is all MDPC-X, using "Shade 19" and "Color-X."

>>43099681
Most boards support RAID well these days. Not sure about fiber NIC, but most but boards also support onboard WiFi too. And any case should work that has a lot of open ventilation/fan mount locations. Just so air can radiator out. Having the card upside won't make a huge difference.

>>43098948
I'm this faggot here

I Googled a bit and found "Zotac Firestorm". I tried underclocking my GPU (Until I get a new power supply, so I can avoid it using too much power for now)
>inb4 that's not how it works
Anyway, it keeps resetting the speed. It just goes back to the stock speed.

Also, I tried setting everything to the minimum, and the driver crashed. I don't know how they made it so you can fuck that up. I mean, it even has minimums!

[/being retarded]

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>>43099760
Yeah, but you have to take the shield off to get to the I/O. Or take off the rear side panel. It's not as bad as you think. The only thing I dislike is how it looks with the radiator exterior to the case.

My friend got the same case and uses his radiator internally, as he doesn't have a large GPU.

>>43099714
nope, just the sleeved version available from corsair, nothing special

>>43099836
thanks anon, that made me feel a lot better.

So I did some more testing

My computer just turned itself off when GPU was 63C. I am assuming that means it's not overheating.

I have a question though:
How can my power supply handle it for like 5 minutes?

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I'm waiting to do muh cable management till I get a second 780

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bumping thread with some disgusting corsair shit

>>43100399
What I mean is, I thought if PC requires more power than PSU can handle, it will immediately turn off? It seems like in my case it can handle it for a little while...

Nobody here who wants to help someone new to hardware?

>>43100505
it probably hit a power spike at 5 minutes and shut down
with the CPU and GPU power consumption jumping up and down according to load, they probably got under heavy load at the same time and it made a peak in the power consumption past what your PSU was rated for.
What's your PSU wattage, and your hardware?

>>43100541
Oh, that makes sense I guess, thanks.

Also, I mentioned the situation earlier, but I'll sum it up:
I'm currently using a GTX 770 and i7-4790 with a 4-year-old 550 watt Chieftec PSU which has almost never been off.
Getting an AX760 soon. I feel like I want something premium after this hell of a month.

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Weep at the magnificence.

>>43100584
Sounds like a good plan mate
I would try underclocking the CPU and GPU by a bit to reduce power consumption until you get your new PSU

>>43100640
>CLC
>Magnificence
Fucking lol.

>>43100584
>Four year old no-name PSU

There is your issue. Power supplies, especially cheaper ones, lose wattage over the years. You may also just simple not have enough power on the rail for the card.

>>43100640
>not rack mount with hotswap bays
>not even Lian Li
>evga PSU
>shitty overpriced EXTREME MAXIMUM GAYMER color coordinated components everywhere
>CLC
No tears were shed.

>>43100657
>That horrendous cable + heatshrinks

K

>>43100658
Haha, yeah.

>>43100642
I tried underclocking my GPU with Zotac Firestorm, but it won't let me apply it. Is there another program that works better? Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but it just resets the clock when I click 'apply'.

>>43100640
I never understood why theres a weiner in the corner

i play to run a i7 4970k and gtx 780 (+ 2 drives, mobo, etc etc)

what PSU should I get? I'm thinking of corsair CS 650w 80+ gold but im not sure thats enough

>>43100687
MSI afterburner

>>43100694
Beautiful. Now I want a fucking hotdog.

>>43100687
You can try unclocking the BIOS. Uninstall the card drivers, and hardware from the device manager. Turn off the PC and remove it. Then try running on the iGPU for a while if you can and see where that gets you until you buy a new PSU.

The AX760 is great. I love mine.

>>43100707
780 is 250w TDP, figure 300
the i7 is probably 150
I would go 750

>>43100694
Because this picture was taken when everyone at your moms basement wanted to see the guts... the hot dog was lunch.

>>43100640
hotdog/10

>>43100712
Thanks, that actually worked.
It will only let me underclock by 105 MHz though.

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>>43096654
please respond

>>43100794
hot dog ?

>>43100829
do the CPU as well

>>43100838
>thermalright hr-22
Badass.
Neat cable management, and it's not shittily ricer.
I would remove the 5.25 inch bay for better airflow.

>>43100838
Are you retarded? How does the fan on your CPU heat sink get any airflow with the fucking video card covering it up?

This is elementary fluid dynamics here, holy fuck. You're probably supposed to mount that shit 90 degrees counter clockwise to how you currently have it.

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>>43100892
That's actually a Raijintek Ereboss.
Anyway, I didn't know you could remove the odd bay on the Define Mini, but I separated the nails from the bed on both my thumbs, so I'm going to wait a few days before messing with anything.

>>43100943
I see the logic behind removing the extra drive bay.

But not the logic in not placing a fan in front of the empty space for extra air, directly to the GPU/CPU socket.

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I see some big coolers being posted.

>>43100922
It sticks out at least 2in over the edge of the gpu and there's 1/2in of clearance between the fan and the gpu itself.
If I mount it ordinarily, the gpu doesn't fit in the first slot.

>>43100976
The case only fits 12cm fans on the empty spots and all I have are 14cm ones.
Believe it or not, I'm too poor to even buy a fan atm.

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>>43100943
fuck, I mistook it because of the hole in the center and the weird heatpipe arrangement.
Can you take a picture looking up at the ODD?
Chances are it's held in place with rivets like pic related, and you can drill them out to remove them pretty easily.
Sorry about your fingernails.
Does fapping hurt?

>>43101009
>I know that feel.

Understood. Try for them when you can.

>>43100983
First, you have no idea how big an inch is.

Second, at least 75% of the fan is being covered, thus extremely ineffective in its current position.

>>43100667
Can I get a straight answer as to what is actually wrong with the EVGA Supernova 1000w G2? People keep saying this, but it's been solid as a rock for me, better in fact, than my old seasonic.

>>43100674
I will concede that my cable sleeving job was bad and I should be ashamed of myself. Maybe I'll have to try again someday.

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>>43101024
Fapping actually didn't hurt, I didn't use my thumbs.
And yeah, it's held in with rivets but I'm not going to remove it yet.
>>43101038
see pic

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>>43101151
I think the entire DVD cage will come off if you remove these two rivets and the ones on the other side, unless it's attached at the front as well as the top.

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>>43101225
it looks like its attached at the front too

>>43101225
It's likely attached from all sides, when I removed the odd cage from a Thermaltake case it took ~10 rivets.

>>43101130
The sleeve itself is probably fine...

Just do them all. Or mix colors in a sleeve and of one color for one sleeve. Also, use normal heatshrinks color and not really long shrinks. And everything comes out fine.

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There's been a steep increase in properly watercooled PC's these last few months.

>>43101311
>properly
>couple of 4"x4" radiators instead of salvaged car radiators

>>43101335
He said properly, not the nigger-rigged loops of yonder where there were no mass produced parts.

>>43101335
He could also mean proper loops.

>Res at higher elevation than pump
>Proper radiator locations/airflow
>Real fittings and not Zip Ties on a barb.

>>43101335
You're living in the past grandpa.
Cool and hacker as it was, there's really no need for abo-esque unreliable niggerrigged loops with the multitude of warranty backed purpose made parts.
But I am thankful I started in that era.

Though I myself still haven't caught on to this new-fangled angled fitting business. Maybe next time I take it apart I'll think about it.

>>43099621
Neat. It seems that only the 120 PMW Vortex Cougars have the problems though.

And you had no whining problems with the two top exhaust fans, right?

>>43092647
The sag problem of bigger heavier cards I foresaw when purchasing my r9 290. So I also bought a HAF xb to change mobo orientation. Video card is no longer fighting gravity.

>>43092916
easy? yes. Will everything still work when you make the swap? Possibly. Will the parts even fit in a standard case. Again, possibly.

Friend of mine had a pre-built HP. Went to swap it all over to a cooler master case and nothing fit. Power supply was a custom size. Motherboard didn't match hole patterns etc.

I also did work on an old HP with a p4 cpu. Cpu fan and heatsink were absolutely disgusting dusty. Unplugged CPU fan from motherboard header and when I plugged it all back in, the motherboard wouldn't allow boot claiming a "CPU fan error has occurred, your PC won't turn on to avoid damage".

HP implemented this to see if customers were voiding their warranties.

>>43101437
i just had messed with them, i dont think i held them up right when tightening the screws.

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>>43101527
oh and also meant to ask.
>Does that i7 bottleneck those cards at all?

Sandy chips still perform well, but some people SWEAR I needed an i7-4790k to not bottleneck my single r9 290.

Pic is mine.

>>43101308
Fair enough. I probably should have watched some tutorials instead of just talking to one guy at microcenter.

Still can't say I see the point in using a custom loop. The CLC I use still keeps me at the same temps and with noctua fans it runs silent anyways. But to each their own.

>>43100421
The only Corsair I can see in that pic are the fans. Case is Fractal, CPU cooler and GPU cooler are Prolimatech.

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>>43101570
i believe it does. i believe its a combination of the processor and PCI 2.0. its not too much, though the tripfag cyborg get like 20FPS higher in valley somehow. i try and OC to them moon to keep up.

>>43101434
I had the non-PWM's on a controller. (NZXT Mix)

No problems at any speed.

>>43101571
It's not hard. But go for it.
I'm okay with CLC's. Especially if you don't have space immediately over the CPU socket for a larger/high performance cooler like in my In Win.

I'd like to see a cool one using maybe a 360mm rad and a CPU and GPU block in one CLC. It'd be a pain in the ass to install. But pretty cool.

>>43101674
your CPU isn't overclocked? That may be your problem

>>43101859
no, it doesnt show it, but its at 4.5Ghz

>>43102151
9/10

Would give 10 but I personally hate that case and it's layout.