tj07 sudahhhhh

lol .. i saw those modders in mcptech.. all crazy one ._., they got 120mm-140mm saw holes.. made their side panel like mirror..xD

Very nice work, great to see some great modders keep commin

converting side panels into mirror is crazy work i think .
mishandling would cause scratches .
dowan dat dowan dat ~
interior black enuf liao ^^,

Probably one of the last update: I finally painted and installed the fans.

Masking the fans was quite time consuming and boring. But I am quite happy with the results. Below are the fans after painting and sleeving.



And I've taken few more pictures of the finished rig








This post has been edited by r4st4m4n: Sep 12 2009, 07:30 PM

Everything looks superb except for the yellow fan fire and the clusters of cable behind the casing

Yup, I don't like the cluster of cable too. I have to take a notch out of the middle plate, behind the mobo rail so I can pass the cables directly from the bottom of the case to the back of the mobo tray.
But for that I need a dremel ... :/

U can sleeve it white and combine with the other cables

wow very nice =D but if only ur mobo was black and white it would be perfect =D

Oh yeah, the yellow wire is because I forgot to put it nicely after I undervolted the rads fan.

I olso have to sleeve the power switch/led wires of the case.

For those of you who are using the Scythe Slipstream fans, I would recommend to undervolt them at 5V.

I am using the 1600 RPM ones (high) and once hooked up to the rad they were quite noisy. It is actually no the fan itself which is noisy, but because they are pushing lot of CFM, the air through the rad is doing quite some noise. Somemore, with my tj-07, once I closed the case, the grill at the bottom was also adding some noise as the fan are closed to it and again because of the turbulence created.

I am not a silence freak, but the noise was quite loud. Not a problem when gaming, but when just browsing, I don't need that much cooling and that much noise.

So I have undervolted them to 5V (just use a fan header to molex adapter and hook the + of the fan to the 5V of the molex instead of 12V).
Now they are running a 1050 RPM @ 5V and they are a lot (and I mean A LOT) quieter.

I was a bit worry that the temp would be a lot higher (although max CPU@57*c and max GPU@50+*C I had some room to spare). But the temp have actually barely changed. There is max +1*C on the CPU when running P95, and 1-2*C on the GPU when running ATI tool

Below is some 40min running P95 and ATI tool together for maximum heat generated (I have GPU + CPU on the same loop), rad fans at 5V / 1050 RPM.



Very acceptable temperatures versus noise level which is like 10 times better than before. Now, the most noisy component in my rig during gamin are the GC caps which whistle during high load

I have also started to see what it would take to get to 3.6GHz from 3.2GHz. My CPU is a dude, I need to pump 1.54V idle / 1.49V load (CPU-z readings) to pass 30 min OCCT stress test

But even with the fan at 5V the temps are still acceptable at max 70*C (that's the max I am willing to go anyways). But I am not sure whether I will leave run it at this voltage as this doesn't really change anything in everyday use and everything is running much hotter (including my room ).

Now I am thinking to solder a switch to have the possibility to switch the fans from 5V to 12V when gaming. But I am not sure it is very good for the PSU

I agree. I will definitely buy black PCB GC and mobo for my next upgrades

mind showing the behind mobo tray & bottom part of the case where your psu and rad are located?

i think the noise is coming from your high density rad fins
but proc + gc max out at 60'C and 50'C is impressive for your setup bro

i trully value your thread as you have stated the place where you got your materials


::EDIT::

on a lighter note, i think you can still use your gc
just fabricate a PCB cover from acrylic

so...which board will complete your B&W color theme bro?

This post has been edited by dro: Sep 12 2009, 11:52 PM

Here you go:







Yup, the noise was because of the fins as I tested the fan "alone" and they were not noisy at all. But now @5V, it is barely noticeable.


Not a bad idea. Although I would have to make a notch in the acrylic plate as the bottom of the RAM slots is really close to the GC PCB on this board.

Not sure yet for the mobo. As I said in a post earlier, I was maybe thinking of an i5 + P55, but the fact the P55 only allows 2 x PCI-E x8 for crossfire/SLI bothers me. I don't upgrade the mobo often, so I rather take one that is future proof. I could upgrade to i7, but I am not really interested in spending RM3k "only" to get a black PCB mobo. So I might wait for the 32nm westmere supposed to launch Q1 next year or if I find a good bargain for a 2nd hand x48 mobo with black PCB, I might go for it.

I guess even your back panel cables are well managed there Mine is like total crap but I really love that white sleeving of yours. Can I spend you coffee and you help me do it for my power supply?

Yes, sure

The only problem I foresee is we need to have a heatgun or hair dryer for the heatshrink ... I think Starbuck staff will start to freak out if we use it inside the coffe shop

PM me, so we can decide a date and place

is it possible to cut a hole route your cables at the space behind the mobo tray?
prolly 5mm X 25mm

That's what I want to do but I need a dremel to do it properly ...

Very nice paint job done on your casing & fans...
Fantastic white sleeving...
Any decision to change your mobo to black color mobo like Asus ROG & etc to suit your color theme ???

See the end of my post : http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=28599109

omg.. D:

@TS
Wow~~ Your modding is sooo impressive, good job man...


How much it charged for the powder coated on mobo tray?

This post has been edited by chanws8: Sep 22 2009, 03:54 AM