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>>52538281
sup

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>>52538281

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animemes

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>>52538281
Working on it lol

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tripfag threads die quick so let's see how this goes

>>52538367
Sorry for the compression by the way, I'm fixing that.

>>52538296
das a latta faynes mae

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1/2 because back

Also Rip flash but haven't felt like taking a better pic

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>>52538281
Unique, 7/10
>>52538296
9/10
>>52538300
>mom, I need a full tower!
>>52538314
Nice memes, 7/10
>>52538365
Manage those cables you mongoloid
>>52538367
10/10 nice photography skills

I don't think my rig is a 10, I give it a 7 or 8 because it's just memes and I can't take good photos.

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rate if you would like ive changed some of the cables need to take a new picture.

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First guts I'll ever post will be the first build I'll make for myself this year.
Anyone try out the Phanteks Mini XL yet?
I want to combine my shitposter/NAS box with my lite gaming rig.

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>>52538392
I have 8 case fans on this one if you count the not-pictured side panel fans and the ultra kaze in the optical bay slots.

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>>52538281
Kuroneko /10
>>52538296
10/10 everything is sex
>>52538300
Mom you don't understand /10
>>52538314
Shit colored mobo , shit fans , shit waifu/10
>>52538365
People who buy expensive cases and don't bother with cable management make me autistic /10
>>52538367
Daddy Yes/10
>>52538412
Almost all red /10
>>52538420
9/10

2/2
Here's my back

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Just finished it building it like 30 minutes ago :D

>>52538433
What are all those AICs? I see graphics, a NIC, sound card, and RAID I think, but what is the last one?

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Just got the blue cables the other day, still deciding on what cpu cooler to get

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I still dont know how it still working.

>>52538570
nigga what the fuck

>>52538542
650Ti, dual-port Intel PRO/1000 PCIe, RAID card that was removed after this pic was taken, USB2 card for more ports because nForce is a dick, and an Audigy 2 ZS pushing 13 glorious years in service.

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>>52538570
DELETE THIS

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r-r8?

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>>52538570
Sprry guys grabbed the low quality pic by mistake

>>52538613
Thought it might have been a USB2 card, but had no idea why. Then I remembered how old that platform was. I salute you for keeping such a machine going for all these years.

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Guts and battlestation rolled into one bedside package.

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>>52538730
the CPUs and RAM respectively turned 10 years old two and three weeks ago (according to the RAM's mfg. date via SPD) and the motherboard itself has a few months ahead of it before it hits that mark.

Here's an old pic of the back side. it's still fairly relevant, I think. not much has changed in 4 years except a couple of drives.

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>>52538281
I had my guts in a sleeper case at one point. Everything got too damn hot though.

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>>52538832
Damn son
Specs?

How do you guys color coordinate your guts so well? Is it hard to find all the components that meet your spec AND have the right color?

>>52539032
Board is a Supermicro PDSMI+ with a Q6600, 8 gigs of ECC RAM, and a 120GB ssd. Running Linux Mint.

>>52539046
Its really not that hard... It's either white & black, red & black, or blue & black. Buy parts that match...

>>52539046
We are all autisitic with too much time on our hands. It took me forever to find the right motherboard for >>52538367 and I was contemplating not buying it because of the few blue accents. Luckily sharpie comes in handy.

>>52539070

What if I want green though

>>52539047
Looks Mac Classictastic.

>>52539081
hf with dat explosive CX series.

>>52539081
You will get belittled constantly if you post it here. Green is le meme color.

>>52539096
>this meme again

>>52539105

But it's my favorite color

>>52538281
>the blue LED
why senpai
it's almost the best case conversion on /g/ but that totally ruins it

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>>52538986
thankfully this one has some pretty awesome airflow, mostly because it was originally supposed to be a server or workstation of some manner. this, and there's also two 70mm intake fans up in front of the hard drives running on 5v. they were originally Delta fans for older AM2 stock heatsinks.

I'll see how well the CPU keeps cool at load when the CNPS5X comes in this week or next.

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>>52539115
Same, but it's a meme color now so nobody uses it

>>52539137

Not anymore, I'm bringing it back. Red is meme now.

>>52539145
gud luck familia

>>52539145
Blue will always maximum overmeme.

>>52539115
You can over power any color of guts with green LEDs. What makes a rig have aesthetic appeal is when the hardware actually all matches without the LEDs. Good luck finding all green hardware.

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>>52539047
really hope that had its logic board and analog board recapped and such. it's pretty much required now. they all leak.

pic related, inside on my IIvx when I got it.

>>52539168
I hear green PCBs are in

>>52539168

My journey will be long and fruitful.

>>52539180
did someone say green PCB?

>>52538433

>>52539189
>zalman
The creepy old guy of the computer cooling industry
Is that just a 4chins machine or do you do cool things with it

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>>52539153
What about purple?

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>>52539169
Not actually needed on the SEs, they used axial capacitors (lke the Plus) that aren't prone to leakage. Biggest killer is PRAM batteries, as with most old Macs.

>>52539059
Mine is some dell mobo with an e-3110 6 gigs of ddr2 ram, hd 3470 and an hdd with 750 gigs
I'd say it's about time for an upgrade
Captcha: vulcan way
It's a sign

>>52539227
>UV
Very may-may
>Just purple
Taste.

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>>52539333
The trips of truth

>>52539169
Classic Macs hold up pretty well to time like that other anon said.

IIs on the other hand? Fucking forget it. I've gone through 4 IIcis and none of them have lasted longer than a week or so of continuous use. Kind of want to get them recapped but I have other projects that need my money more urgently.

>>52539459
Older compacts do, the SE/30 started using the same shitty SMD caps the IIs used.

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FX 6300 or wait for Zen?

>>52539469
Nice fury nano

>>52539469
Looks k
7/10

The only color LEDs you should ever use in your case are white, and only to accentuate the color matching that you should already have going on. Anything else is trash.

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I ordered some new white tubing so it won't look like semen. Also new black nickel fittings, a flow indicator and I'm gonna put my dual 40mm radiator in the top, above the power supply.

>>52539515
Zen

>>52539571
Fittings have always confused me a bit. Do certain fittings go with specific tubing, or can they work with any?

>>52539681
They go with a specific size of tubing.
The tubing and fittings I ordered are the same size as the ones I have though, I just wanted black ones.

>>52539708
Let me reprase that, sorry
Can you use them with hardline tubing?

>>52539743
Oh. No, there are specific fittings for hard tubing.

>>52539777
Alright thanks I'll look more into it

>>52539792
Yeah just google, there are looads of guides out there.

>>52539119
only one I had in the right size to fit.
the original is green and was killed with the rest of the components in the case. it and a bunch of other newer PCs were scrapped because of a lightning strike at some guy's business down in PA and it killed all his computers. this was apparently the domain server.

don't worry, I have plans to replace the LEDs with proper colors soon. the green LED for the disk activity is very dim as well, also all I had.

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Actual drive bays soon, hopefully in the next week.

>>52539469
Going to be a dust magnet/10

Unless your side panel is some mega fucking monster fan than is somehow putting out more airflow at a higher pressure than all of those exhaust fans combined, your negative pressure case is going to fill with dust within 12 months.
>bbut I've got dust filters!!!!!1111!!1!!one
You have Negative pressure, your 'intake' dust filters are worthless, air and dust are creeping in from every crevice.

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>>52540486
Or you can do preventative maintenance every few months and not give a shit about pressure.

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Main rig plus Ubuntu rig for home server duties and Linux dicking-around

Lessons learned:

Buy a modular PSU
Buy a black SFX PSU for the bottom
Always go for braided cables
Embrace the spiders-nest shitshow that is your case ;_;

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>>52541136

The back ;_;

>>52541136
>>52541147
Why would you even want to combine a NAS with your main rig?

>>52541136
Anon, don't deal with wire lengths in the case, you have the entire back of the case to work with. Fold wires, especially your sata cables in the rear so you don't have to deal with the excess.

Having a modular PSU won't solve much if your wire management ability still sucks. The most difficult part of having a non-modular PSU are the wire bundles. The wires themselves entwine with each other and this causes bulges and uneven thickness throughout the length. The best thing you can do with your setup is to untangle the shitstorm, separate all the cables and carefully realign the wires in each bundle, followed by a zip tie. This will mostly prevent the wires from separating and entwining, making the width even along it, and makes it rather tidy. The wire gages used for PCs are often thick and sturdy enough to be bent into position, so angling wires isn't much of a challenge, as long as the ties aren't too tight. Zip tied bundles will rarely ever change their run angle because of the friction between each and every wire running through, so take your time and run through that. Your bottom PSU may benefit from being flipped over, as it leaves the wires closer to the base and looks generally tidier, but your performance may vary due to temps being added by the PSU.

Tuck wires and bundles in the corners where possible, and avoid running multiple bundles over. Strategically run lanes of bundles over each other in such a way that no more than two flattened bundles are stacked - this reduces your total wire height against the rear of the mobo tray. Your front panel wires may be tucked vertically along your drive trays for neatness.

Braided cables are nice. However, be wary of those cheapo sheathed net cables, as they can buckle and leave some excess net around the cables. You can braid your own cables, but that may be too time and effort intensive.


Just learn to fold wires around your finger, play with lengths and get some zip ties. I got 200 for 4 bucks.

>>52541301

Cheers anon - When I finally put the hard drives in it, I'm going to do a lot of tidying

>>52541266

Because I really like this case and wouldn't really want two separate ones. It also worked out way cheaper than actually buying two separate high quality cases, although with my skills it does look like shit

>>52541356
>although with my skills it does look like shit
Not really, you just need to work on your cable management a little.

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I still think that the NZXT Source 210 is still the end all, be all for budget builds. $35 for a shit ton of options (does only come with one fan though).

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And I finally got a good picture from a build from earlier.

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>>52538281
What exactly are we meant to have?

Does anyone have an ATX case recommendation for neat cable management?

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>>52542311

>>52542531
-NZXT S340
-Define R5
-Define S (If you're a water cooler)
-Corsair 300R
-Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Personally for an ATX build with Air or AIO cooling, I highly recommend the NZXT S340, VERY good cable management and very clean look with the full PSU shroud.

>>52538300
top kek

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Still waiting to build new one.

>>52542262
8/10 pretty good

>>52542240
8/10 that is actually impressive, and gives room for improvement.

>>52541136
7/10 crazy-ass motherfucker right here.

>>52540236
6/10 all over the place. look into hexcore Xeon upgrades you could be making, and figure out your cooling situation.

>>52539571
stillgoingtolooklikesemen/10 clean your PSU wires up a bit.

>>52539515
blurry/10 wait for Zen. Rhyme unintended.

>>52539469
7/10 PSU wires need to be cleaned up a bit if allowed for it in the case's design.

>>52539222
I play older games, UT99/2k4/Q2/Q3A and some newer titles off Steam, but not all the time.

>>52539032
>>52538832
wallart/10

>>52538666
facebook/10
otherwise alright

>>52538587
it's still working because you were one of the lucky ones. 8/10 good job broski.

>>52538524
>AMD Radeon SSD
I really hope you didn't pay money for that. if you did, good goy. 8/10 otherwise.

>>52538444
>>52538396
eyepatch/10 sup

>>52538420
>Windows 7 Ready!
I want to bet money that's running 8.1 or 10 though, for some reason. 7/10

>>52538365
>bottom exhaust fan
>where cold air should be coming in
>cable spaghetti
do you know anything about thermodynamics or what zipties are? 3/10

>>52538296
9/10 oh god that's nice.

>>52538314
wakarimasenlol/10

>>52542311
nice, hows the fury x?

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Better?

>>52543325
Not entirely.
flip your PSU around for one. the GPU and the PSU are going to be fighting for airflow. Secondly, it'll allow you to channel the EPS12v connector snaking upwards as you'll have enough wire to make it happen. tuck the excess.

is there some reason why you can't just use the vent that is punched out specifically for this purpose under the PSU?

>>52543325
Much better!

>>52543462

>the GPU and the PSU are going to be fighting for airflow

Isn't this a meme?

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>>52543325
>Flip your PSU.
>Use the back plate for your CPU cable, or route behind the mobo if there isn't one.
>All cables should be behind the backplate, instead of that clusterfuck mess.
>Audio cable should be either behind the mobo, or through the PSU push-out from the backplate
>GPU cables should be pulling up the card, or along its side to look better
>Hide all cables that can't go anywhere in the drive bays
>See if you can fit your HDD in the drive bay, if not, move it to the bottom of the rack, and get rid of the other unused trays
>CPU cooler should be rotated to allow for better routing along the fan, instead of in a wad

It should look something like this; even though it's ITX, a lot of the cables are behind the mobo because it would look ugly otherwise. Even the 24 pin ATX cable is behind the mobo because of its weird placement on the board.

You have a long way to go.

>>52543493
As someone who opened up a build yesterday that had just that, with a bunch of dust to show for it.

Yes, it happens.

>>52543493
no if you put two components too close to each other they'll fight for air and it'll create a mini black hole.

/sci/ agreed, don't bother them about it.

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I'll post my current build before I head to bed. And remember, don't slack with your cable management.

>>52543590
>>52543609

Well alright you memed me into it, will flip it later

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>>52543493
it might be, but in his case it's certainly a possibility.

>>52543548
your board isn't ITX, it's MIcroATX. but you have strong advice and I certainly hopes he heeds it.

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Heres my guts

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>>52543159
Nope only Windows 7.

>>52543900
>buying any piece of hardware that has "Gaming" written on it
you paid too much.

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>>52538300
would it be possible to put a psu there to power the pi and say 4 hdds?

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>>52538281

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>>52543548
>Not using HDD racks for their intended purpose

Unless the whole 'HDD's are sensitive to temperatures' has recently been proven a myth, enjoy roasting your HDD's while you tuck them into corner with no ventilation.

I suppose one HDD by itself is fine, but my WD Black requires it's Noctua manslave to fan it while he lounges.

>>52538986
What's the case, mate?

>>52543683

Ooooooh that's a tidy case and a sexy cooler

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>>52543462
>>52543548
>>52543590
>>52543609

Okay, flipped it and made the little case wires better. No way of going around the 8 pin for the cpu. It's just too short.

>>52544899
It's not that hard! Open up the back panel - we will give you a step by step guide if you like.

>>52544899
>No way of going around the 8 pin for the cpu. It's just too short.
No it clearly isn't too short. You route it behind the tray, through the cpu cutout and between the motherboard tray and the motherboard. You may need to remove the top mobo screws while you do this.

And while you're at it, those other cables could use some zip ties because it's still a mess.

>>52544899
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xKIiAu4rio

>>52544899
Oh! I get it. It's bait

>>52544899
behind and up, or route it under the gap in the expansion slots.

to everyone that mounts the radiator on the top of the case, do you use the fans to exhaust or intake?

>>52546777
do it exhaust, and in pull. so fan first, then radiator underneath, so the fan is pulling air across the radiator instead of pushing air into it.

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>>52547010
To put it elegantly, according to thermal dynamics, warm air rises, so your goal is to exhaust hot air up and out of the case.

I might add that many people who post in this thread under-appreciate airflow and positive air pressure. In my opinion, as a good rule of thumb, assuming all your fans are the same size, I would always have more fans as intakes than exhausts. So if you're using the top of the case as exhaust, I would leave only those as exhaust.

>>52547326
>engineers on a columbian sweatshop board
Nobody here gets shit, don't waste your energy trying to explain anything. They watched one video from linuskektips and now they believe they understand airflow.

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really need to get new psu cables

>>52547326
right. I have three intake fans on the HP box @ >>OP
2x 70mm for the hard drives in front of the metal case vents up front, and a 92mm thermistor fan out of an older Dell for the exhaust, plus the 120mm fan on the PSU that doesn't need much air, and I think is PSU temperature controlled. I *think* the pressure is positive. everything certainly keeps really cool, and it surprised me initially seeing as the two 70s are on 5V and the 92 is on 12 up front.

>>52543159
>all over the place
>figure out your cooling situation
I don't understand.

I get the xeon bit, but I don't have any need for upgrading massively. Genuinely asking because I am entirely unsure. I have an exhaust at the top, so I'm not sure as to what the cooling situation is. If it's the CPU cooler, it's working better than the stock intel cooler that died. I will take a much broader picture next time to include the rest of the case and include the top exhaust. It's an old build.

>>52547540
GPU and top intake.

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Reposting just a bit

My main desktop

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>>52547424
the fuck? ain't even rotated in my folder

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A HP server I'm not using currently because it's loud ass fugg

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meme server, I mean home server

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memepc, I mean htpc

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This one I assembled for a friend

I even put lights in a non-windowed case cause why not? It's got mesh tho

>>52547558
>GPU
What about it?

>top intake
Helps push warmer air to my exhaust due to the cooler design. I get hot stagnant air trapped above the fan and even warms up the rear corner of the case, hence the intake arrangement. I want only one exhaust.

Are those the only two reasons for "all over the place"?

>>52547010
>>52547326
the reason i ask is because i saw someone sperging out how the radiator should be cooled from air outside the case, so the fans should be used as an intake.

>>52540993
Pretty much this.

>>52543146
Why does your gpu angle up?

>>52538367
>No results on google image
Shit that's really yours

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My first system so don't hate too much. Plus it is obviously a budget pc, but its more than enough for what I want to do as of right now.

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>>52538412
noctua fuckboy/10

How can you give credit to noctua for that cpu cooler?

Corsair is doing 99% of the work.

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>>52548787
Initially when AIO coolers came out, they were advertised them as being intakes, despite being installed in the back normally reserved as an exhaust, and you even see a lot of the 240mm radiators being installed in the front as intakes, the premise being that you're pulling in cold air.

But the flaw behind it is that you could be dumping gouts of what could be molten-hot air into your case, which does bode well for the peripheral components.

I dunno, I've played with a lot of AIO coolers--for some, the air coming out feels pretty cooler, while for others, it's like putting you hand in front of a heater. I guess it all depends on what you're trying to cool.

In my personal opinion, I'd throw aesthetics aside and use a tried a true heatsink and fan--on average, they're cheaper, quieter, and less prone to catastrophic failure. It's not to say AIO's don't have their place, but I've probably had a 50% success rate with AIO's working flawlessly or not.

Case and point, my latest SFF HTPC's AIO develops a pinging sound when it's been on for prolong periods of time, and there's no way to troubleshoot it since it only makes the noise after it's been on overnight.

>>52550136
Fuck me and my grammar.

I had to rewrite the post after accidentally deleting it and now there's a shitton of typos as I rushed through it.

>>52550136
i primarily want to cool the GPU once i put together a new computer, but i quickly realized that the proper way to do it is expensive and the waterblocks are card specific. i guess i could do it with a closed loop cooler and a bracket but that apparently has problems with vram cooling.

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>>52550374
What card do you have?

I'me currently in the same position in regards to cooling my graphics card, but I keep coming to the fact that aftermarket solutions are either....
>Big and bulky, or
>Have steep requirements

Unless you plan to overclock, I wouldn't worry about the ram.

I would also recommend against overlocking. Besides the fact most cards do it for you, the few FPS increase in performance is not worth the potentially shorter lifespan of the card.

And yes, it does shorten the lifespan.

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>>52550500
i will buy a new card when purchasing the rest of the parts. i'm still trying to figure out what i want, and so far haven't even entirely settled on the case although it will likely be a h440 or a fractal r5.

if i do decide to water cool the GPU i'll probably use this thing since i can't justify dropping $100 on just the water block.

>>52550625
>NZXT G10
Don't do it. The fan does a terrible job at keeping the VRM cool. It pushes air down onto the PCB rather than across the components, which lowers the cooling effect of the air as there are no heatsinks or pipes to dissipate the air. The Corsair HG10 does it better with their reference-style blower fan.

>>52550136
if it's still in warranty, I'd talk to the manufacturer about that pinging noise. that can't be good.

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>>52549804
>Hyper 212
8/10 for getting an actually decent heatsink for a budget build. but there sure is a lot of orange.

>>52549183
not the guy, but its for when you have 2 or more cards in SLI the fan still has enough room to not suffocate.

>>52551103
Oh shit, I see it now. Cool.

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>>52551216
>messy cables
it's sad because I know who you are and that your server room is probably under 18C so it really doesn't matter how the hell your cables are.

>>52550979
What can I say, I like orange.

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>>52551579
I've done basically all the cable management possible in that case, with the tied up power supply ones..

Air only flows through the bottom 2/3rds of the case anyway. There's a piece of cardboard blocking the third 120mm fan bracket so all the air gets forced through the radiator.

What's a good mATX case that would fit an MATX board only? Like it seems most MATX Cases accommodate full ATX boards. I want something small.

>>52544710
Lian Li A04B. Im pretty sure there is a newer version now. I still like the looks of mine better though.

>>52551216
What case senpai, dat shits tite

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not that good, but it's mine at least

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>>52554027
Rosewill RSV-L4000

>>52539852
Pretty gud.

Do you only have SSDs behind those drive bezels? Autism as fuck but if I were you I'd totally consider putting those in a 2x2.5'' --> 3.5'' adapter and fitting them in that empty looking bay below it, then bezel swapping a BD burner with the original grey bezels. Replace the floppy drive with a grey Zip drive hooked up to a PCI IDE controller or USB to IDE adapter for the maximum sleeper effect.

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>>52554641
that's a stock image. here's the front as it looks now, waiting for the new heatsink to come before I take a new internal guts pic.

I really need to find a gray or white-front SATA DVD burner to shove in there. I have plenty of IDE ones as you can see in the pic, but none that are SATA of that color.

>>52554890
>I really need to find a gray or white-front SATA DVD burner to shove in there.
AFAIK you actually don't, bezels are standardized and I believe you actually should be able to swap them as long as the switches line up.

I heard it on here though, so I don't know if it's completely true or not. If you still have that old drive though you should try it out.

Dunno what to do with that USB panel though, you could try painting it. A white one would actually probably go nice since it has that white plastic on either side of it.

>>52555012
the USB bay adapter just needs a good retr0bright job and it'll be good as new.

now that you mention it, I'm stupid. I have two LG DVD burners sitting right next to each other here in those two computers. they're exactly identical up front. Durr, I should be able to just swap the fronts then. I'll have to investigate this.

>>52544454
I've found no matter where I put my HDD, its temperature never goes about 35 Celsius. For a server with HDDs in RAID, that's a different story, but 1 or 2 HDDs in a regular computer, they'll never overheat no matter where I put them in a build.

So I just keep them out of the way so there's better airflow to the other components that really need it.

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>>52556730
I've personally had bad luck in my earlier years with dying drives because of heat, most notably seagates and Maxtors. the "keep it cool, keep it forever" mentality is something I stand by because of this. Early last year I retired the hard drive that acted as my boot drive on many computers, lastly being >>52538433
I want to attribute its survival after all these years to consistently making sure it was under 30C in whatever machine it was running in. being autistic about keeping mechanical spinny disks cool is an art that will no longer be one in 10 years when SSDs of competing sizes get to be cheaper than the mechanical drives themselves.

>>52557073
I've had the opposite experience where no matter what I do to my HDDs, they'll keep running. I've even bought refurbished HDDs and they all run fine without any failures. Even Seagate Greens have had no problems for me after 5 years or so.

That's my experience though, and I realize I'm the exception, but I have never had a problem with HDDs, ever. So that's why I always throw them into the drive bays.

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>>52557227
my greens in the aforementioned case are older ones without the head parking issue. I believe that to be the reason why mine have lasted almost 4 years now. most of the drives I get have good SMART readouts and have been in a scrapped computer. 500s are indispensable as replacements, 1TB is rare to find, and 2TBs are usually dead and just outside the warranty period.

the cases I had the most problems with were Dell GX110s and up. of the Dells made after that model, the GX400 is the only one I found that actually pulled the intake air past the hard drives to keep it cool.

Shuttle computers are also bad in this respect, there's like no airflow for the hard drive. it's stuck in a 3.5" bay under the CD drive.

>>52555224
Don't have the original drive front in your OP pic still? Looks like it will line up. White/beige drives never look very good on HP's grey/white scheme, unless you go all out and replace that lower bay as well.

t. vectra/netserver hoarding pro

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>>52538281
>dem sharp edges near the psu

Nice case conversion but couldn't you at least have grinded/sanded those off?

>>52557505
What's the point of using an old case if you don't get the full experience(TM)?

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>>52557523
I remember making my first prebuild with a Sweex case. Wow those things were like fucking razorblades inside. It did have a nice handle i could use to carry it to LAN parties though.

pic related

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Amiga master race reporting in.

>>52538281
That poor figure is going to melt on that card.

>>52557780
How you gonna get pussy with that toaster lookin mother fucker

>>52557853
>>52557780

shit it aint even got no flash stick

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>>52557780
Oh boy, I sure do love shitbox guts.

Have some gore.

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>>52557853
good thing I'm mostly straight then.

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>>52538300

>>52558002

Why the fuck would you watercool this?

Pointless.

>>52558025
For maximum overcock.

>>52558002
Is this actually your build? Proof?

>>52558002
>he radiator is mounted outside, because there is not enough space inside

laughed hearthly

>>52544173
>asus 170 pro - gaming has gaming in it's name
>outperforms mobos 50€ up the price range

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>>52539515
>>52544767
Hello S340 friends.

>>52559134
That's quite well done

I don't like it, but it's very neat

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New PSU in place!

>>52560367
>>52559134
I agree with him, I don't like it at all and it's really ugly but at least it's neat so whatever

>>52554091
that fuckin string! lmao

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>>52547851
>for a friend
Ok anon
And the sex dolls under my bed are my friends too

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Took some new pics today.

>>52562306
Nigger is that a wall made out of turf

>>52562458
That's a fence, you dumb, non-land-owning nigger

>>52562458
Synthetic grass. Not my choice, but looks cool I guess.

>>52557889

What the fuck did you do to your XT?

>>52558132
He used to post in guts threads all the time.

>>52559134
It's ugly as all hell, but you did a very good job at it.

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here's mine

>>52551579

Messy cables makes no difference.
It just makes things look nicer. Don't fall for the lies.

>>52563670
So let's see the RAM side of that.

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>>52564863

RAM side

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>>52561059
evga 980ti sc acx2.0 SLI reporting in

>>52565580
CPU and clock?

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updated

>>52565711
i7 5775c [email protected], 1.26v (lost the silicon lottery)

>>52565580
The saggening

>>52565896
Why would you buy a 5775c if you have dedicated GPUs? A 4690k would have cost half as much and performed about the same. Would have probably OCd better too.

>>52566132
The Broadwells had a cache memory or something that made them kick ass in games!

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>>52565580

>>52565580
>>52566238
That is just slander! barely any sag at all!

>>52566132
gaming rig.
5775c has 128mb l4 cache. it outperforms a 4690k in games big fucking time.

>>52565580
>gaymen RAM
>that loop bend
>shit colored mobo
>that sli bridge
>spaghetti
Anon why?
Good GPUs don't make your guts not shit

>>52566307
no windowed case so I don't get to see the sagginess and miscoloring and the fucked up cable management etc..

its quiet and powerful tho.

>>52566359
That doesn't matter
You're posting in a guts thread

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>>52566398
i thought we lived in a time where the inside mattered most

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>rectangular cases

ahahahAHHAHAHA!

have you ever stopped to realize how stupid it is to hang all your components OFF THE FUCKING WALL AHAHAHAHAHAH

>>52538365
>Bottom exhaust for absolutely no reason

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>>52562900
Correction: PC, an XT was too easy mode for this guy to board swap.

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>>52567488
At least his creativity rewarded him with great temps.

>>52538365
Wich Case it is? Nanoxxia Deep Silence, right?

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unfinished business with 3M sticky tape keeping shit in spot for right now.

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New gpu didn't arrive yet kek

>inb4 fags discarding a good mobo because it has gaming in its name

>>52568301
That cpu cooler what the actual fuck

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Dusted em out and took a better picture. She stay happy nao~

>>52565580
>watercooling with one fan
What's the fucking point?
A 40$ aircooler performs better and quieter

>>52568749
Why are you cooling your hdds?

>>52568800
why arent you is the real question. Cool hardware lasts longer!

>>52568708

the cpu, cooler, and ram came out of a dell inspiron. it's a 4440 so the cpu doesn't need any fancy cooling. if i put a 4790k in there obviously i'll get something better.

cpu is chilling at 34 degrees C with some arctic silver after stripping off the gunk dell put on there.

>>52568819
I've never heard of a overheated hdd and you're generating more air turbulance which in turn reduces the effectness of your case fans. I have heard about overheated cpus though. I hope you're not planning to oc that

>>52568853
ITT: average faggots thinking 700usd for an i7 will improve their gaming performance

>>52568853
Ah fair enough. Looks terrible though

>>52568867
IDK man ive never had a problem. Maybe your fans are shit or you put your case in a confined area?

>>52568908
>>52568908
you are right, better off to drop the extra money on a better gpu
but guess what
your being an obnoxious faggot about it

>>52568908

no i don't think it would, i think the mhz bump might help in the future for other games but not for what i typically play.

loaded up wither 3, made it to like 43C.

>>52568928

i really don't give a fuck.

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cleaned up some of my wires... would like some cable mgmt advice for small as fuck cases

>>52568951
I'm not saying it's a problem, I'm just telling you that the second fan doesn't increase your cooling efficiency while still drawing power.
Thanks for the tip but I don't have an issue so I don't get where that came from haha

>>52568974
Only recommendation would be custom cables that are the exact right length.

>>52568969
>I don't give a fuck
Sure, that's okay but why post in a thread where it's about how you make your pcs guts look nice? It's like posting in a rate thread and saying "i dont care man" when people rate you low.

>>52569018
This.
There isn't much you can do if you really want to stick for tiny towers

>>52569018
damn... how much are they? kinda broke as cocks rn senpaitachi

>>52569009
Its just that you were saying that this configuration would cause over heating which it hasn't with my overclock. So I was asking if you had your pc in a confined area when testing this fan configuration? Any other config would be 2 exhausts and one intake which actually ran hotter the last time I was usuing it. I have my reasons haha.

>>52568969
witcher 3 isn't intense on your cpu so obviously it won't butcher it

>>52566585
are you blowing out hot air through the bottom of the case?

Good job fighting against the rising hot air.

>>52569068
DIY. There are many tutorials. A roll of like a mile of cable is around 100 bucks. If you don't want to get cloth wrap, that's pretty much all you have to spend for the rest of your life on cables

>>52569045

you sound like a woman.

really, you do. fuck the makeup, fuck the eyeliner, fuck the tight pants and push up bra.

guts threads are about guts, and if i split you open right now you wouldn't look so good either. guts is just that, guts.

my shit will look better when i have time to finish it up, i need a cpu cable extension and to finish the back end because i'm about to be running like ten drives.

>>52569080

no shit? what am i supposed to run prime 95 to prove a shit stock intel cooler is actually good enough? i've had tall as fuck coolers before, they're great. i don't need one.

>>52569068
If you buy the materials to make them yourself, probably in the range of $80-$100. If you get all the cables sleeved custom (like Lutro customs) probably $150-$200. If you just buy a generic set that may be short or long, probably like $70-$80.

>>52569077
No the amount of fans makes sense. Anything less than 2 is silly. The position of the lower fan is what causes disturbance in airflow. I'm not saying it's causing massive issues, I'm just saying it's less effective than placing it somewhere else.

If you don't oc much you shouldn't have issues naturally

>>52569119
>only women have pc guts that don't look like shit
>only women care about what their pcs guts looks like
Ok

>>52569130
I mean I get what you are saying its just that I don't have anywhere to really put it so might as well cool something while bring in air. But its only like a small percentage of efficiency loss, now if it were a server I would care more.

>>52569177
Fair points

>>52569168

i expected no less from /g/

>>52569130

fan fags are the worst, it's like they live in a room without windows and no a/c with cats and dogs leaving hair everywhere.

>>52569201
My personal rig isnt insane so my efficiency isnt a real issue. Now when I do my itx build that's going to be a bitch. Its like servers and high performance shit is where it will matter since it adds up in the long run like you said. Thanks though will address it next build hopefully since it will be a xenon build.

>>52569219
Yeah I too hate people who like to optimize things they put together so it uses less energy for the same cooling power. Only extreme faggots like doing things as good as possible.

>>52569244
Oh have fun! Sounds great to be honest, min/maxing can be a real bitch but it feels great when it's done and done well

>>52569219
>it's like they live in a room with no windows or a/c and cats and dogs leaving their hair everywhere
that makes no sense whatsoever

>>52567516
A milling machine vs. the motherboard? Not sure if wondering how or wondering why?

>>52569092
>are you blowing out hot air through the bottom of the case?
>Good job fighting against the rising hot air.

i dont think he is, but anyways its a fucking pc case not a hot air balloon you stupid fuck, with all the fans blowing convection is practically irrelevant unless you go completeley fanless

>>52569119
>>52568853
>>52568708
i actually like that fan more than the intel stock cooler, and if its an 4450 there's no reason to upgrade

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>>52569309
It's just a piece of loose metal they shoved between the sink and the case metal, maybe to conduct heat to it?

I wonder how much he paid for this expensive 7200 RPM drive just to wire it to an ancient 8-bit controller and hold it down to the case with chicken wire.

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>>52561463
>>52563507

>>52569482
It's ok anon you did good just ugly colors

>>52569109
>>52569121
Alright ill look into it thanks lads
for the mean time ima just chill I guess
Kinda a hefty price for just looking better
gonna have to put it on the back burner

>>52569482
i like the colours, anon. it's a good build.

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>>52569906
>green yellow and black
Yes anon the colors are great

>>52570002
this is a no-bully zone

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>>52570085
"Sir do you know where you are"?

>>52538367
A0/10

>>52570760
wut

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Superior local storage present!

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Everything in my case was cheap as fuck

Still tho.... R8/h8

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>>52571449

Adorable.

>>52571896
Aww. Now I feel inadequate

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My first build but still has fine ass cable management.

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Build complete once and for all. Will be posting in every /guts/ thread till the end of days

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>>52547851
>not giving your friend all your spare parts so he knows true hell

He deserves it for only playing Dota 2.

>>52568301

I'm this guy >>52542262
How the fuck do you fuck up that badly in a Challenger case? It even includes a SSD adapter and you still fucked up by using tape instead.

You need to step up your shit.

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That fucker is heavy.

>>52566585

I love square cases how they show your video card up on the side like that. Spend like $800 on a card or cards then you only get to see the backplate or PCB in a normal case lol.

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>>52572313
>he fell for the Noctua meme

I'm not saying they're a bad fan, but if you're gonna spend that much on a fan, get Scythe Gentle Typhoons or Noiseblocker NB-eLoops. They're better and look 100 times better than all that poop brown.

>>52572563
The fuck is that? What used to be an RS/6000?

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>>52549975
because

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P-please, no bully!

>>52572563
>Scythe Gentle Typhoons
god damn that geo tracker hasnt been washed since it came out of the factory in 2001

>>52572731
My eyes

>>52572620
But Scythe doesn't sell Gentle Typhoons anymore. There's a few other companies with smaller distribution agreements with Nidec Servo Corporation though. I think the most notable is DarkSide. They even sell the GTs with black blades now.

>>52572620
Been wanting to get gentle typhoons but there $22 per fan.

>>52572620

>better
>120mm fan

Please give me some actual benchmarks or testing to prove that the scythe gentle typhoons are better then the A14 PWM fans. I'll be waiting.

Also the looks are subjective. I actually like the poop colors as it goes very well with black + it goes well with my NH-D15, which is objectively the best CPU air cooler around. Generic white/black fans are pretty boring IMO.

>>52572992
That would be difficult, considering that most easily digestible comparisons go apples for apples and compare 120mm fans against other 120mm fans, and 140mm fans against other 140mm fans. You'd have to educate yourself to make sense of any of the information I could give you.

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>>52538281
I did that once with a dell. Its a bad idea and nobody should do this... but it's awesome as hell and everyone should do it.

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>>52573093

Yeah, or I could just give you actual benchmarks to prove that your a fucking retard and have 0 idea what your talking about.

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>>52573648

>>52573413
You also used 1366 and Fermi. That build would have heat problems no matter what case it was in.

>>52573648
Someone who can't tell the difference between your and you're, or be bothered to type out zero, has no business calling anyone a retard. Calm your autismal rage and educate yourself.

>>52573682

Wew lad you got me with the grammar. Get BTFO retard.

Maybe you should learn how to read graphs and educate yourself.

>>52573701
Brah, I ain't even the one who called you on the poofans. Calm your buttrage.

>>52544319

Very possible http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-power-up-an-ATX-Power-Supply-without-a-PC/

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Thread almost over so time to post

My testing computer, just put together

>>52541136
>>52541147

Quite interesting, do you have a picture from the back?

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>>52573752
That case is completely horrible to work with even though it sort of looks nice. Don't buy this

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>>52573762

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Home server as of today

>>52573762
Don't worry, I won't. It's a case full of 5.25" bays in an era where having none of them is considered a bonus.

>>52571896
What temperatures are you getting on the 4-in-3 bays? Currently running 3-in-2 and feeling /comfy 36C with the fan in the middle mode that won't get loud unless something goes terribly wrong. Ambient temp 72F/22C. Can't tell the difference between middle and permanently-quiet mode by ear.

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>>52569441
I fail it. Now I can see it as a shim of metal resting on top of the heatsink.

But the first time I looked, I really thought the metal was the case behind a waterjet-carved or otherwise milled path through the CPU/heatsink and motherboard. Fail it, I.

>>52572731
You can wire all the cables through the back plate of the case. Do yourself and your coolers the favor of using them. Not only will it look better but your case fans will perform much better even on lower rpm because there won't be this wall of cables interrupting airflow.

>>52573752
Why isn't your usb3.0 cable plugged in?

>>52573803
>server
>200W TDP cooler
jesus christ what are you running on that server?

>>52558002
should of got yourself the 1000 w power supply don't think you have enough

>>52572313
i know everyone's been saying this but man what a prick whoever thought noctua fans should be this color some people don't care about looks but fuck me brown

>>52538682
This blue color mismatch so painfully.

>>52568974
case looks like a guitar amplifier

>>52574569
The board doesn't have a 3.0 header. The cable has a 2.0 plug though so that's plugged in

>>52574613
Nothing much, I just had one of those coolers lying around

>>52573648
>>52573662
You're some sort of special retard. At delta 18dBA for the eLoops, you get 61.4CFM and 1.27mmH20. At the same level for the A14 you get 56.4CFM and 0.953mmH20 static pressure.

>>52575850
poo fans btfo

>>52575850
Take a look at the 9v on the noctua image. I'm not sure how much I trust these benchmarks, but that one point beats the other fan in every regard.

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Getting an aftermarket air cooler soon

>>52575951
It's pretty comparable to the eLoops at that point too. I've also noticed that the Noctua's have a higher minimum CFM and static pressure, so if you're going to be running the fans on lower speed the Noctua's will outperform the eLoops. Overall, both fans are pretty great, though I think overall the Noctua's edge out above the eLoops. Hold up though, the Noctua is a 140mm fan so it better be held to higher standards.

>>52575850

What >>52575951 said

Maybe look closer retard. At that point is the only time the eloop beats it, but that is probably because of some sort of whine noise of the PWM, not sure.

Either way no 120mm fan will beat a noctua a14 .

And you shouldn't even be looking at DBA to cfm. It's fucking stupid as all the good fans are quiet as fuck anyways. You should be more worried about pressure to CFM.

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>>52538281
Life will find a way