skill and some imagination as well....

so u can plan how to place ur hardwares and then how to route ur cables

i just bought a belking wifi-G PCI card for RM99

not much choices here for PCI card...

only got Prolink D-Link and Belkin...Belkin was the most expensive 1...

maybe install tonight or tomorrow

my previous post i was in the office la... how to install??

patience patience... already installed it and already have pix....

but lazy wanna edit them now... almost 3am..need sleep for work tomorrow

will edit the pix in the office and post them up from there...

anyway...heres the one i bought



This post has been edited by mADmAN: Sep 26 2008, 02:53 AM

ok....took pix.....but i forgot to take pix of the card installed in the case...was too excited to get it working that i totally forgot



i added a heatsink which i bought from uglyvamp years ago (but never used) on the main chip to make sure the card remains cool.... heatsink is stuck on with 3M Thermal Tape....the card is located right below the PSU's 120mm fan so theres always airflow in that area...



sadly the card took the 2nd last PCI slot... so i couldnt fit a 50mm fan... if it took the last slot then mebbe can. i lost my 40mm fan so decided to closeup all the PCI slots.... the PCI slot covers used are Lian Li's mirror finish PCI slot covers


picture from the back with the antenna.....



comparing the Belkin PCI vs the Linksys USB....

the Belkin PCI has MUCH better connectivity.... im getting full bar with the connections... with the Linksys USB im only getting max 70% even though the Linksys is placed higher and slightly closer to the router

but take note that I havent tested with large file transfers...coz i cant. my main rig is using another Linksys USB and i know what its large file transfer rate is like

ive also havent tested with torrents yet....so lepak first...

in terms of heat... oso dunno yet...


basically i didnt test anything...just pasang... make sure everything works...then go to sleep






EDIT: i also did a small mod for the front panel connectors...i think this particular mod should be VERY helpful for us SFF users, especially since we have to remove the mobo from the case if we wanna do anything to it... can check out the mod HERE

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Sep 26 2008, 03:03 PM

wat idea???

thats like the total opposite of my case man....

i went for minimal... ur going for maximum hahahhahaha

might as well add in a GC...like the 9800GT with single slot cooler...then at least can game mah

dude....sell ur torrent rig and buy a torrent-capable NAS la cheaper

never tried....

im not an OCer man.... dont have the patience and time for it...


knowledge oso somewhat limited..

free?? cheh

wat casings u using now for ur SFFs???





refer HERE

eh...anybody here using the thermaltake lanbox ah???



also, i was actually considering the V350 for quite some time....

but after reading some reviews...and the fact that u cant remove the top panel, and also the ridiculous amount of screws u need to remove to open it up, is a bloody turn off...sigh.... microfly still rewls for bang for buck SFF!!!

if the 3 pin can still fit the 3 pin onto ur mobo, just pull out the cable and put it into the appropriate place...

otherwise, ur gonna have to buy the 2 wire connector housing and use that (can get in jalan pasar or even the electrical spare parts shops in SS2)



im not.....decided againsts it....its just not as user friendly as i'd like it to be...so im sticking with my microfly... best bang for buck case...good features...decent cooling.

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Sep 28 2008, 11:17 PM

but i think this is for an AMD setup.... source http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/509973/+220 u can still use the orb on an intel setup coz another forumer "Mayor" is using the orb on an E7200 + XqBox.source http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/701124/+20 i know hes using a 7200 coz i PMed him about it

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Added on October 1, 2008, 12:25 am sheesh....forgive the messiness of the post...my moms laptop damn screwy ler... it just auto formats the damn text

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Oct 1 2008, 12:25 AM

the thing with TR's base is not a plague or wat la....its actually their choice to design the heatsinks that way....

reason being the CPUs (dunno which one) are curved in, so the TR's base are curved out the match the CPU...

or something like that....read it in an article somewhere...

i think it was one of the IFX's review....


but then ah.....which CPU nowadays has the curving in thingy? now all i see are flat...

yeah me using IFX for my gaming rig Q6600 @ 3.0 with stock vcore...

open case the temps about mid-high 30s in AC room...


close case i forgot liao.....


not using the belakang mari cooler coz cant fit in my case...

idle la....

i dont load it that often except for games so i couldnt be bothered with load temps...

plus during gaming the temps would be the last thing i look at man

cant compare....coz i changed cooler and proc at the same time...

i doubt the max orb will fit....

the non-heatpipe orbs should fit....

can try reading my post on the previous page for more info...

@jinaun
wat case u putting that in???

if ur just gonna use it as a file server just get a NAS... cheaper and works well enough too