Ooh reach V4 adi. I shall reserve post #3 for my long-unchanged rig haha. A classic PC-60.

I'm still on E6300/P965 as well lol.

I'm fine with them, but the 7900GS showing age adi.

Haha they actually brought in that anniversary edition copper/alu PC60.

Eh but what is that mini tower G25 Griffin thing? I google also cannot get any info on that.

I was kinda free last weekend, so I figured it's time to cleanup the insides of my PC-60 and do some other minor mods.

First things first, a fan swap for my Liberty 500W. And remove the grill as well. Fan used to swap in was a Yate Loon 120mm. Only 1350rpm max compared to the stock which can go up to 2600rpm.


Here's a look at a slightly modifed intake filter. I cut up the stock filter from lots of small round holes into a single big square hole for better flow, then installed an aluminum mesh filter using some bolts and nuts.


My HDD setup, a primary 160GB and a secondary 120GB. Need to replace the 120GB with a 320 or bigger soon heh. HDDs are suspended within the stock HDD rack using elastic cords to minimize seek and vibration noise.


Overall look of the interior.


The black material lining the floor, rear and roof of the casing is Superlon. Some basic sound dampening material, looks nice, but it made a minor diff. I used it to cover the insides of both side panels as well.
SATA cables are kinda ugly looking, but not much choice given the layout. Overall, it's OK for me, still not silent, but it's OK as long as I'm not deliberately listening for it.

For those who are interested in the fan setup:
Intake: Yate Loon 120mm
Exhaust: CM Alu Fan 80mm
Ninja HSF: Scythe 800rpm 120mm
I like to keep the fans at 1000rpm or less if possible:


This post has been edited by evilnickwong: Apr 29 2008, 11:01 PM

vincent09: Thanks for the pic. You're right, perhaps I should reverse the HDDs. But I think the reason I didnt do that last time is because it's abit tougher to do with the drives suspended. I shall try next time I'm free.

overclockalbert: Thanks for the suggestion. I already thought of that ages ago as I hate the 80mm exhaust, but as E-J@1 pointed out, there's just not enough space for one. It's enough to make me consider a A05 instead lol.

Doom: Modding 80mm to 92mm not worth the effort nia.

And that's a nice rig. I believe I saw the worklog over at [H]Forum. Owner's nick is Tremeloes I think, he's a professional photographer.

Interesting, I forgot about this fan.
Does anyone know where I can still get this?

Autosol is abrasive enough to leave marks on the aluminum. Not sure about Brasso tho.

On a related note, I'm toying with the idea of stripping my PC-60 and painting the entire interior flat black. ^.^

Quick question guys. If I remove the rivets on the top panel of my PC60, what can I use to replace them later? I'd try not to use rivets again, so that future removal will be quick, I was thinking nut + bolt, but where to get such a small diameter + length?

Also, I want to replace the LEDs for the power and HDD. Any idea if there's a specific rating to get, or any LED of the same 5mm size will do?

Hi guys, thanks for the input!

I've seen hardware shop with the nuts and bolts, but most bolts are too long, gotta cut it I think.

As for screws, I don't know if it will be so convenient as to just fit like that lol. I thought it will require tapping of the hole (expensive job) at the very least. Still, if neither works, I guess I can just get a riveter. Need to remove the top panel to begin my interior repainting job. ^.^

RM198 for the MetalBonedK7 seems pretty darn good value.

Nice V350.
Btw, where'd you get the Noctua?

Do your LianLi some justice and route those cables properly!

You can mount that on the back of your casing, over the PSU exhaust area. It's meant to damp the sound from the PSU fan and also to direct heat to the side.

Just took a photo today for fun. Have not touched the innards of my PC for ages since I stopped being into hardware that much, but anyway, here's my PC-60 Plus. A couple of minor tidy up mods including a flat black interior.

That came with the casing itself. I've not seen it in hardware shops tho.