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SgtSprinkles · 04-14-2006, 07:42 AM

well, it was really easy, and now i can get it to 38c. in the pictures you can't really see all the fans that are in there.and i also tried to hide as many cordz as i could. with my new 600watt power supply, it has flex force cordz witch are very thin and movable. so heres how i got it to 38c.
STEP ONE:
hide your cords, like above cdrom, behind mobo, anywhere that with not effect air flow.
TWO:
get urself some fans. i bought 5 new LED fans, and with my case i can use 5 fans at once, i'm going to mod it out so i can put my 6 extra fans in.
THREE:
install your fans so that you have cold air flowing in from the front and fans blowing out the hot air. on mine i have 3 fans blowing in cool air -2 in the front and 1 on the side- and 2 fans blowing out the warm air -back of case-

thats basicly wat i did, the thing that helped the most was sleeving my cordz, so their all compacted and not all over the place. i hope these steps will help you with cooling ur GPU to 38c. i'll be modding out my case more so i can have 6 more fans.

the fans are 80mm

ebackhus · 04-15-2006, 07:11 AM

Rounded cables, wile pretty and less restrictive, are actually a bad thing!

The concept behind 80-conductor flat cables is to insert a ground wire between every data wire. This prevents cross-talk and allows more data to flow for higher speed and accuracy. Rounded cables defeat this by putting all the wires close together again. I'm planning to go back to flat cables ASAP.

manofsorrow · 04-15-2006, 03:13 PM

I just upgraded my gpu and im waiting for the money to buy a new water block for it. For the time being im going to rotate my window so that my side fan will be pushing cool air right below the video card. since my cpu is water cooled i found out it only gives me 1c of cooling if my fan is blowing over it wich could be put to much better use cooling my gpu

manofsorrow · 04-15-2006, 03:17 PM

also I agree with ebackhus about the round cables. they definatly encourage cross-talk

SgtSprinkles · 04-17-2006, 08:52 AM

yes thats right, you should not get round cables! my last power supply had round cables, i'm not talking about some little cable, these things are thick, blocking about 100% of air flow. my gpu has gone from 45-48c at idle with the round cables, and with the flexforce cables (thin, not round) i now have 39-38c.
it is a big difference and with all my fans it make everything in my computer a lot better. for example, cpu, it is overclocked by .1 GHz, i got a nice copper heatsink and a 80mm fan on it, and thermal paste. it keeps it nice and cool.

**K-B** · 04-17-2006, 10:16 AM

One could argue plenty about that crosstalk theory....but I'll not start it.

ebackhus · 04-17-2006, 10:34 AM

KB, fire up a new thread! I'm interested in what you have to say on it.

SgtSprinkles · 04-24-2006, 03:44 PM

come on u guys lets get some pc pics in here!!

manofsorrow · 05-10-2006, 06:31 PM

I finally installed my waterblock pretty decent idle temp it you ask me. the highest ive had it is 42 while playing oblivion

ricelover · 05-17-2006, 08:22 PM

here's mine...

ebackhus · 05-18-2006, 06:50 AM

Very nice! I also have an Aspire case and it rocks!

forcifer · 05-18-2006, 08:12 AM

Aspire pwnz! i really need to update my pic

Nutritious · 05-18-2006, 10:37 AM

I'd post my system, but it looks almost exactly like eback's...

atvfreak19902 · 05-19-2006, 06:59 AM

wow, alot of those are really nice... ill have to post mine up when i finish it...

ebackhus · 05-19-2006, 12:56 PM

I just took new photos with the new monitor in place. I'll post soon.

Ok, http://www.one-roomstudios.com/home

Anything with AUT infront is a PC picture.

**jnob** · 05-19-2006, 01:40 PM

I been meaning to post my P4s for days.... Here are a couple old pics of the original P4 Prescott with MSI board before I took it out of this case and put my new 630 and ECS board in this case. Now this processor and board are in a thermaltake soprano, quite nice, I'll get updated pics of both soon! I just gotta remember to take pics at night when they look good. This was before I took much care in keeping them neat:

RAIDMAX Cobra 822W
Raidmax 420W w/ 13A +12V (heh)
MSI-Neo 865PE 2-V
2GB Crucial RAM
2x80mm stock exhaust
1x80mm stock intake
case was $50 with the power supply two years ago, best deal ever.

and yes that is high gloss car finish paint job.

TulShulty · 05-19-2006, 07:06 PM

have goten some great ideas from here. When can aford it I plan on buying another tower. I want to get a full size tower and start moding it. Will start looking around to see if i can pick one up at a thrift store or something. Have seen many but they haven't been the size I want. I have everything to go in it so only need the shell. Lots of time on my hands to work on it when finaly get one. Will post a pic whenever I get it done.

ebackhus · 05-19-2006, 07:15 PM

@Tul

Look around (assuming you live in the USofA) for a Goodwill Computer Works store. I buy TONS of parts there from cases to cards to systems. Great prices and they test what the sell to make sure it works as it should. Most of what's in my server (case, motherboards, CPUs, RAM, DVD-ROM, PSU) all came from that store. I just supplied the IDE cables! You can get great stuff for little cash and is a great resource for cases to practice mods with.

04-14-2006, 07:42 AM	#61 (permalink)
SgtSprinkles Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 46 OS: XP	well, it was really easy, and now i can get it to 38c. in the pictures you can't really see all the fans that are in there.and i also tried to hide as many cordz as i could. with my new 600watt power supply, it has flex force cordz witch are very thin and movable. so heres how i got it to 38c. STEP ONE: hide your cords, like above cdrom, behind mobo, anywhere that with not effect air flow. TWO: get urself some fans. i bought 5 new LED fans, and with my case i can use 5 fans at once, i'm going to mod it out so i can put my 6 extra fans in. THREE: install your fans so that you have cold air flowing in from the front and fans blowing out the hot air. on mine i have 3 fans blowing in cool air -2 in the front and 1 on the side- and 2 fans blowing out the warm air -back of case- thats basicly wat i did, the thing that helped the most was sleeving my cordz, so their all compacted and not all over the place. i hope these steps will help you with cooling ur GPU to 38c. i'll be modding out my case more so i can have 6 more fans. the fans are 80mm __________________ Windows XP AMD Athlon 64bit 3000+ 2.0GHz Nvidia GeForce 7800GT 1GB of RAM/ 120GB HDD/600watt power supply Last edited by koala : 04-14-2006 at 08:28 AM.

04-15-2006, 07:11 AM	#62 (permalink)
ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,050 OS: WinXP Pro SP2b My System Blog Entries: 9	A tip on rounded cables Rounded cables, wile pretty and less restrictive, are actually a bad thing! The concept behind 80-conductor flat cables is to insert a ground wire between every data wire. This prevents cross-talk and allows more data to flow for higher speed and accuracy. Rounded cables defeat this by putting all the wires close together again. I'm planning to go back to flat cables ASAP. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

04-15-2006, 03:13 PM	#63 (permalink)
manofsorrow Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 89 OS: winxp	I just upgraded my gpu and im waiting for the money to buy a new water block for it. For the time being im going to rotate my window so that my side fan will be pushing cool air right below the video card. since my cpu is water cooled i found out it only gives me 1c of cooling if my fan is blowing over it wich could be put to much better use cooling my gpu __________________ Asus A8N-E mobo Benq light scribe dvd-rw Amd athlon x2 4400+ @ 2.8 ghz 2x 160 gig hard drives in RAID 0 array water cooled 4x 80mm case fans controlled by a Vantec controller 42" LG plasma monitor Idle temp. 28C load temp. 34C (on average) Fully sleeved etc.

04-15-2006, 03:17 PM	#64 (permalink)
manofsorrow Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 89 OS: winxp	also I agree with ebackhus about the round cables. they definatly encourage cross-talk __________________ Asus A8N-E mobo Benq light scribe dvd-rw Amd athlon x2 4400+ @ 2.8 ghz 2x 160 gig hard drives in RAID 0 array water cooled 4x 80mm case fans controlled by a Vantec controller 42" LG plasma monitor Idle temp. 28C load temp. 34C (on average) Fully sleeved etc.

04-17-2006, 08:52 AM	#65 (permalink)
SgtSprinkles Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 46 OS: XP	yes thats right, you should not get round cables! my last power supply had round cables, i'm not talking about some little cable, these things are thick, blocking about 100% of air flow. my gpu has gone from 45-48c at idle with the round cables, and with the flexforce cables (thin, not round) i now have 39-38c. it is a big difference and with all my fans it make everything in my computer a lot better. for example, cpu, it is overclocked by .1 GHz, i got a nice copper heatsink and a 80mm fan on it, and thermal paste. it keeps it nice and cool. __________________ Windows XP AMD Athlon 64bit 3000+ 2.0GHz Nvidia GeForce 7800GT 1GB of RAM/ 120GB HDD/600watt power supply

04-17-2006, 10:16 AM	#66 (permalink)
K-B Obey Me...I Am Root! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 2,606 OS: PCLinuxOS 2007 My System	One could argue plenty about that crosstalk theory....but I'll not start it.

04-17-2006, 10:34 AM	#67 (permalink)
ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,050 OS: WinXP Pro SP2b My System Blog Entries: 9	KB, fire up a new thread! I'm interested in what you have to say on it. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

04-24-2006, 03:44 PM	#68 (permalink)
SgtSprinkles Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 46 OS: XP	come on u guys lets get some pc pics in here!! __________________ Windows XP AMD Athlon 64bit 3000+ 2.0GHz Nvidia GeForce 7800GT 1GB of RAM/ 120GB HDD/600watt power supply

05-10-2006, 06:31 PM	#69 (permalink)
manofsorrow Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 89 OS: winxp	I finally installed my waterblock pretty decent idle temp it you ask me. the highest ive had it is 42 while playing oblivion __________________ Asus A8N-E mobo Benq light scribe dvd-rw Amd athlon x2 4400+ @ 2.8 ghz 2x 160 gig hard drives in RAID 0 array water cooled 4x 80mm case fans controlled by a Vantec controller 42" LG plasma monitor Idle temp. 28C load temp. 34C (on average) Fully sleeved etc.

05-18-2006, 06:50 AM	#71 (permalink)
ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,050 OS: WinXP Pro SP2b My System Blog Entries: 9	Very nice! I also have an Aspire case and it rocks! __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

05-18-2006, 08:12 AM	#72 (permalink)
forcifer good bye and good luck Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,464 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Aspire pwnz! i really need to update my pic

05-18-2006, 10:37 AM	#73 (permalink)
Nutritious Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 41 OS: Win XP Professional My System	I'd post my system, but it looks almost exactly like eback's...

05-19-2006, 06:59 AM	#74 (permalink)
atvfreak19902 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Milford, Ct Posts: 50 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	wow, alot of those are really nice... ill have to post mine up when i finish it...

05-19-2006, 12:56 PM	#75 (permalink)
ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,050 OS: WinXP Pro SP2b My System Blog Entries: 9	I just took new photos with the new monitor in place. I'll post soon. Ok, http://www.one-roomstudios.com/home Anything with AUT infront is a PC picture. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses. Last edited by ebackhus : 05-19-2006 at 03:42 PM. Reason: New stuff

05-19-2006, 01:40 PM	#76 (permalink)
jnob TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Valley Posts: 692 OS: XP Pro, SP2 My System	I been meaning to post my P4s for days.... Here are a couple old pics of the original P4 Prescott with MSI board before I took it out of this case and put my new 630 and ECS board in this case. Now this processor and board are in a thermaltake soprano, quite nice, I'll get updated pics of both soon! I just gotta remember to take pics at night when they look good. This was before I took much care in keeping them neat: RAIDMAX Cobra 822W Raidmax 420W w/ 13A +12V (heh) MSI-Neo 865PE 2-V 2GB Crucial RAM 2x80mm stock exhaust 1x80mm stock intake case was $50 with the power supply two years ago, best deal ever. and yes that is high gloss car finish paint job. __________________ Everest Memtest86 Last edited by jnob : 05-19-2006 at 01:42 PM.

05-19-2006, 07:06 PM	#77 (permalink)
TulShulty Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 13 OS: XP	have goten some great ideas from here. When can aford it I plan on buying another tower. I want to get a full size tower and start moding it. Will start looking around to see if i can pick one up at a thrift store or something. Have seen many but they haven't been the size I want. I have everything to go in it so only need the shell. Lots of time on my hands to work on it when finaly get one. Will post a pic whenever I get it done.