Had some time to mess about with my rig last week. Installed a SATA DVD+RW and got my HDD suspended below it as well, point being to keep them both together and powered off a single cable thus reducing cable clutter. Installed a Kama Bay as well to keep the HDD cool and provide more intake air to the CPU and RAM area.


Finally got a 70mm fan for my HR-05 too.


A look at the interior. Can't quite get the cables as neat as I want them too, perhaps the mobo tray needs more holes. Asus stock SATA cables are stiff as heck. HR-05 can't be parallel to the video card either since the mounting clip will nudge against its own heatpipe.


And the completed system under my desk. Kama Bay looks OK overall, but build quality is not as high as I expected (nowhere near Lian Li alu quality) and it's not quite wide enough, so now I have a gap between the Kama Bay and my front bezel. Might still end up getting the EX-33 later.

Not bad men ,... anyhow this case is nice for simple setup in the sense of single graphic, HDD and optical drive..

i think u could just remove the HDD cage at bottom of the case .... better flow and space at the down compartment ..

nice setup, but still need better cable management i think u can do better than that

how bout the fan on ur hr? noisy?

This post has been edited by E-J@1: Feb 18 2007, 03:32 PM

Yeah I could remove the cage, but I figure it's no a big hindrance to airflow, so just leave it in there.

Cable management is pretty bad, but I figure I need to get holes cut into the tray to route them better. The 70mm is noisy at full speed (3800rpm), but I'm running it off the mobo with fan control at 2500rpm which is much quieter.

Both my 120mm intakes only running @ 800rpm and the rear 80mm exhaust @ 1200rpm, so overall it's satisfactory in terms of noise levels.

what the hell are those thing that holding ur HDD still can't figure out

may i know what brand is ur the SATA DVD Burner? Panasonic ek?


can't wait for it sending it to Ianho ar


what fan u using? 12cm fan running 800rpm only, no fan controller rite?

This post has been edited by E-J@1: Feb 18 2007, 06:39 PM

They are elastic bands. Perfect for HDD suspension to eliminate vibration noise. Check out SPCR for more info on that haha.

Yeap, Panasonic. No other choice at the time lol.
Did consider sending to ianho, but at the end of the day, it doesn't bug me that much since it just looks untidy, but none of it is in the way of the airflow.

One of the fans is a Scythe, that one memang 800rpm @ 12v. The other is a CM UV Silent, 1200rpm normally, but running off Asus mobo with Q-Fan control means I can drop it down to 800rpm.

evilnickwong

ur setup kinda nice and simple..
but as mentioned by E-J@1, u need to work out with ur cable management..

and maybe can use bling2 stuffs as well

what is SPCR


so no fan controller involve, just the Q-Fan la


bling2 good idea, but need to get the side panel transparent first lor

I hate bling bling. I'm swapping my blue UVs for black Yate Loons soon.

This post has been edited by evilnickwong: Feb 19 2007, 02:19 AM

hmmm .. same here... mine to tell where u source the yate loon fan from ??

is it 12cm ??? i am interested to check out how quiet it can be ...

I'm getting the Yate Loons from Rllh's bulk from Petras.
Do note, they are meant to be run at under 12V if you want a decent noise since at 12V, they are rated for 1350rpm.
Ideally, 1000rpm or lower would be best. My CM UV Silents are actually very satisfactory already, I just can't stand how they look.

he's getting frm petras....right evilnick , anyway why isnt there a lyn sticky on fans, make it easier.


beat me to the answer

This post has been edited by cablesguy: Feb 20 2007, 04:38 PM

why Yate Loons? what is so good about it?

im just thinking.. i wanna buy A10B for my AMD project .. whut da latest price for this case now?? still RM600++ ?

its getting abv average reviews frm quite a few sites, furthermore price is quite reasonable

RM600+ if RM700+ okay la the exact price is RM798 (ask Doom for confirmation cause he bought one) & don't even dream bout Lian Li case price drop (except for G7 --> great price drop during CNY)

u mean the cfm/noise ratio la

if can nego with them and take tha A10b for RM650 .. im soooo happy

yup and respectable cfm...apparently nexus fans and a few others are made by yate loon...if u go extremesystems forum...the hardcores will recommend YL's.

hahaha try la, two casing i bought from ATE, not a single penny less from the original price don't trust me, ask all other Lian Liner here, whether they got discount when buying Lian Li chassis from ATE

thanx for the info, i really don't know much bout it b4

Which one would be quieter ? Yate Loon or CM UV ??

the price would definitely not going to drop unless there is promotion for it ...

never ever the price drop more at any single cent for Lian Li case regardless new or old model.

only these two cases that are under promotion .. maybe i should visit steven for detail why it is on promotion .... my guess is to push stock out ...