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**emosun** · 05-15-2008, 10:26 AM

And aparently the same labtec speakers in the corner

HawMan · 05-15-2008, 11:12 AM

so we do.

And we both have the headphones on top or our towers

JEDTHRO · 05-18-2008, 07:29 AM

Smilodon Case
Crosshair Mb
Amd 64 4800 X2
Soundmax Hd Audio
1950 Pro Ati
2x1gb Ocz Platinum
Zalman 9700 Heatsink
680W PSU APEVIA

1 g0t 0wn3d · 05-18-2008, 09:26 AM

=O get rid of the apevia as soon as possible

oh and it looks awsome

stressfreesoul · 05-18-2008, 04:01 PM

http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=DSC03751.jpg

A mess eh?!

I am in the process of modding. Just bought a 120mm blue LED antec case fan for the rear, an ASUS Arctic square CPU cooler and plenty of trick blue UV reactive cable ties, cable wraps etc to go with a dual 12" UV cathode kit. I'll obviously post after pictures too.
Any suggestions for the inside of the case itself? Im not keen on the silver, so can I safely paint the inside of the case black or put mirror film in?
Also whats the best way to cut the side panel for a perspex window?

stressfreesoul · 05-18-2008, 04:01 PM

heres a pic of the full rig:

http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=DSC03763.jpg

**ashumann12** · 05-18-2008, 04:06 PM

What is showing on the TV?

**emosun** · 05-18-2008, 06:55 PM

You should paint the inside bright white. When you buy the neons then , the blue light will illuminate the inside better if you use the brightest color. The light will reflect of the walls and thus make it brighter.

And heres a tutorial on how to cut windows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZoE-zj0-k

And if your into case modding , these guys are the best.
http://www.mnpctech.com/index.html

Also Ashumann , can I make you a better semi? I'm really go with vehicles and ms paint.

stressfreesoul · 05-19-2008, 02:17 AM

Good idea, I think matt white will glow brighter, whereas glossy white should provide an almost pearlescent glow.

OTHG_ChefTreb · 05-20-2008, 07:45 AM

First build for an 47 year old gamer.

Im wanting to get a fan controller because summer is right around the corner but Im having a hard time finding one that will work with the four pin molex connectors on the case fans and dont really want to splice all of them, any suggestions?

**emosun** · 05-20-2008, 10:07 AM

wow 47?

If summer is around the corner leave them the way they are. They run at full speed thus cooler.

OTHG_ChefTreb · 05-20-2008, 10:44 AM

they're antec tri-cool fans. They each have a small switch for low/med/high settings.the switches are inside the case,thus you have to take the side off to get to them. Im running all on low right now except the big 200mm one on the top of the case,its on med. If you leave them all on high it sounds like a helicopter getting ready for take off. on low you hardly hear them at all. Id like to be able to turn them up while Im playing say COD4/GTR2 to help out when it gets warmer outside. right now my e8400 idles at around 30c and Ive never seen it get over 42 even when running Prime95 or OCCT.
And yes 47 and still lovin life

**emosun** · 05-20-2008, 11:11 AM

Hmm, well most fan controllers (the nice quality ones) have 3 pin fan connectors on them. However , on my work pc I have a very crappy fan controller I got on ebay that does use molex connectors and not 3 pin fan connectors.

I did just find this tho , should work fine. Comes with little connectors so you can use either 3 pin or molex.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fan-speed-Contro...QQcmdZViewItem

**emosun** · 05-25-2008, 09:47 PM

I just got done building my cheapo dual pentium 3 system. its specs are

two pentium 3's 933mhz
320mb ram
agp geforce 6200 256mb low energy

vice city , san andreas , and rally sport challenge run pretty well on it. Gonna try crysis too , lol. As soon as I get the inside all prettied up I'll snap some pics of it.

kmart164 · 05-26-2008, 05:51 AM

hey, does anybody know how to "professionally" hide the power source wires?

Im looking at the heatshrink cord wraps, but i was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks.
thanks

magnethead · 05-26-2008, 07:19 AM

OTHG, you have almost the same build as me, case, PSU, side fan, and mobo wise (cept I have the normal DS3, before they split to DS3R and DS3L). I have the TT toughpower650.

Look at the rheobus fan controller (picked mine off performance PC's), thats the one I have. I disabled the LED's on mine, they are WAY too bright.

It uses 3 pin out, but includes 2 adapters to molex. Used one for the front and 1 for the back, used the molex adapter that came with the side fan, annd made my own adapter for the rear fan (hacked a couple fet of wire off some old 250 watt PSU's).

Plugged straight in, put the tri-cools and high, and was set. I Y cabled both front fans to channel 1, 2 is the top fan, 3 is rear fan, 4 is side fan. I didn't have the 7800GT yet when i took these pics. I've fixed some of the wiring mess using extensions and Y cables and running everything down to the bottom bay (that blank covers all the wiring bundles), and running loom over those.

updated internals:

05-15-2008, 10:26 AM	#1301 (permalink)
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05-15-2008, 11:12 AM	#1302 (permalink)
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05-18-2008, 04:01 PM	#1305 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkshire/County Durham Posts: 476 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: lets see your rig http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=DSC03751.jpg A mess eh?! I am in the process of modding. Just bought a 120mm blue LED antec case fan for the rear, an ASUS Arctic square CPU cooler and plenty of trick blue UV reactive cable ties, cable wraps etc to go with a dual 12" UV cathode kit. I'll obviously post after pictures too. Any suggestions for the inside of the case itself? Im not keen on the silver, so can I safely paint the inside of the case black or put mirror film in? Also whats the best way to cut the side panel for a perspex window? __________________ *trust me.....Im a doctor...* Last edited by stressfreesoul : 05-18-2008 at 04:05 PM. Reason: added text

05-18-2008, 04:01 PM	#1306 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkshire/County Durham Posts: 476 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: lets see your rig heres a pic of the full rig: http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=DSC03763.jpg __________________ *trust me.....Im a doctor...*

05-18-2008, 04:06 PM	#1307 (permalink)
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05-18-2008, 06:55 PM	#1308 (permalink)
emosun Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 2,556 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: lets see your rig You should paint the inside bright white. When you buy the neons then , the blue light will illuminate the inside better if you use the brightest color. The light will reflect of the walls and thus make it brighter. And heres a tutorial on how to cut windows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZoE-zj0-k And if your into case modding , these guys are the best. http://www.mnpctech.com/index.html Also Ashumann , can I make you a better semi? I'm really go with vehicles and ms paint. __________________ Speedfan-->http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php Everest -->http://filehippo.com/download_everest_home Demon3 Case / asrock dual series / Pentium D 2.8ghz / 2048mb ram / Radeon 2600xt 830mhz core 1.86ghz mem / 420gb hdd / Antec trio 430w

05-19-2008, 02:17 AM	#1309 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkshire/County Durham Posts: 476 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: lets see your rig Good idea, I think matt white will glow brighter, whereas glossy white should provide an almost pearlescent glow. __________________ *trust me.....Im a doctor...*

05-20-2008, 07:45 AM	#1310 (permalink)
OTHG_ChefTreb Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Danville Ill Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: lets see your rig First build for an 47 year old gamer. Im wanting to get a fan controller because summer is right around the corner but Im having a hard time finding one that will work with the four pin molex connectors on the case fans and dont really want to splice all of them, any suggestions?

05-20-2008, 10:07 AM	#1311 (permalink)
emosun Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 2,556 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: lets see your rig wow 47? If summer is around the corner leave them the way they are. They run at full speed thus cooler. __________________ Speedfan-->http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php Everest -->http://filehippo.com/download_everest_home Demon3 Case / asrock dual series / Pentium D 2.8ghz / 2048mb ram / Radeon 2600xt 830mhz core 1.86ghz mem / 420gb hdd / Antec trio 430w

05-20-2008, 10:44 AM	#1312 (permalink)
OTHG_ChefTreb Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Danville Ill Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: lets see your rig they're antec tri-cool fans. They each have a small switch for low/med/high settings.the switches are inside the case,thus you have to take the side off to get to them. Im running all on low right now except the big 200mm one on the top of the case,its on med. If you leave them all on high it sounds like a helicopter getting ready for take off. on low you hardly hear them at all. Id like to be able to turn them up while Im playing say COD4/GTR2 to help out when it gets warmer outside. right now my e8400 idles at around 30c and Ive never seen it get over 42 even when running Prime95 or OCCT. And yes 47 and still lovin life

05-20-2008, 11:11 AM	#1313 (permalink)
emosun Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 2,556 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: lets see your rig Hmm, well most fan controllers (the nice quality ones) have 3 pin fan connectors on them. However , on my work pc I have a very crappy fan controller I got on ebay that does use molex connectors and not 3 pin fan connectors. I did just find this tho , should work fine. Comes with little connectors so you can use either 3 pin or molex. http://cgi.ebay.com/Fan-speed-Contro...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ Speedfan-->http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php Everest -->http://filehippo.com/download_everest_home Demon3 Case / asrock dual series / Pentium D 2.8ghz / 2048mb ram / Radeon 2600xt 830mhz core 1.86ghz mem / 420gb hdd / Antec trio 430w

05-25-2008, 09:47 PM	#1314 (permalink)
emosun Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 2,556 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: lets see your rig I just got done building my cheapo dual pentium 3 system. its specs are two pentium 3's 933mhz 320mb ram agp geforce 6200 256mb low energy vice city , san andreas , and rally sport challenge run pretty well on it. Gonna try crysis too , lol. As soon as I get the inside all prettied up I'll snap some pics of it. __________________ Speedfan-->http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php Everest -->http://filehippo.com/download_everest_home Demon3 Case / asrock dual series / Pentium D 2.8ghz / 2048mb ram / Radeon 2600xt 830mhz core 1.86ghz mem / 420gb hdd / Antec trio 430w Last edited by emosun : 05-25-2008 at 09:50 PM.

05-26-2008, 05:51 AM	#1315 (permalink)
kmart164 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 15 OS: XP	Re: lets see your rig hey, does anybody know how to "professionally" hide the power source wires? Im looking at the heatshrink cord wraps, but i was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks. thanks

05-26-2008, 07:19 AM	#1316 (permalink)
magnethead Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,332 OS: XPH, 2K My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: lets see your rig OTHG, you have almost the same build as me, case, PSU, side fan, and mobo wise (cept I have the normal DS3, before they split to DS3R and DS3L). I have the TT toughpower650. Look at the rheobus fan controller (picked mine off performance PC's), thats the one I have. I disabled the LED's on mine, they are WAY too bright. It uses 3 pin out, but includes 2 adapters to molex. Used one for the front and 1 for the back, used the molex adapter that came with the side fan, annd made my own adapter for the rear fan (hacked a couple fet of wire off some old 250 watt PSU's). Plugged straight in, put the tri-cools and high, and was set. I Y cabled both front fans to channel 1, 2 is the top fan, 3 is rear fan, 4 is side fan. I didn't have the 7800GT yet when i took these pics. I've fixed some of the wiring mess using extensions and Y cables and running everything down to the bottom bay (that blank covers all the wiring bundles), and running loom over those. updated internals: __________________ AIM me for fast support. For proper support: what are you running? video card, cpu, m/board, ram, power supply, brand, wattage, any error message? Will this PSU run my card? If you're having to ask, it probably won't. PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection Why is my CPU hot? Info on thermal compounds & application Last edited by magnethead : 05-26-2008 at 07:27 AM.