i used screws on my 4870 when i put a thermalright HR-03 on it, sucker is heavyQuote:
Originally Posted by ReVolut1on
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i used screws on my 4870 when i put a thermalright HR-03 on it, sucker is heavyQuote:
Originally Posted by ReVolut1on
Yeah, i use screws on my 4870x2 as well, just feels like a batter fit, i never liked those stupid plastic latches.
yea, screws ftw
Wha about PSU mounting? Is there any way to mount it fan-up?
well, i dont have this case.. yet...
but you should be able to most high end cases you can like in my coolermaster stacker 830 and i doubt cm would take out a feature like that from one of their newer cases.
So.. My guess would be yes.
wow whats with all the zip ties?
kinks
Here is the one i put together :up:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/CM945HAF.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../CM945HAF2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../CM945HAF3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../CM945HAF5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../CM945HAF4.jpg
Ah might as well post mine this is all getting ripped apart next week and replaced by a i7 and a 295Gtx and a Tj07 case instead.
As NB/SB - GFX/proc/mosfets are all getting watercooled and not enough room in the HAF.
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5204/use2mo1.th.jpg
http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...g?t=1232495932
@ thrasher whats that monstrocity of a cpu cooler
gemini?
Yep, I'd say it's the Gemini II
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozzfest05
It is a Coolermaster GeminII (RR-CCH-ANU2-GP)Quote:
Originally Posted by miptzi
I will be using this case in my upcoming I7 build. I was curious would it be worth it or should I install fan filters everywhere, or would it just be a waste of time? I plan on upgrading some if not all of the fans.
Fan filters definitely worth it on the intake fans IMO.
instead of filters, you could just flip the side panel to exhaust fans then you wouldnt get as much dust
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../IMG_01921.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../IMG_01941.jpg
http://www.overclock.net/picture.php...pictureid=4099
gtx 295 and W/c in the mail ...can't wait
For those of you that use the cable routing holes, specifically the main ATX cable, anyone notice any resonance of any sort?
Just been in and out of my case, powered up and there was a horrid humming and droning noise, opened it up and flattened my main ATX cable and twist tied it down flat and now the there is less humming and droning but it is still there, next step I'm going to for-go the hole and just use the front.
edit -
fitted the ATX cable through the front and now zero resonance/humming, well great... anyway plenty of room so no big complaints.
So, any dust filters for the stock fans?
Any ideas for easy custom fix?
I came up with 3 ideas so far for the filters. Foam filter from a room air condtioner, panty hose and paint filters. Will probably try all 3 to see what works best and looks best.
From the looks and features of this case, I am seriously considering getting the HAF. However, from reviews I read, this case have bad noise dampening.
Anyone with noisy components inside the case? I have a 4870X2 and it can get quite noisy at load. Anyone with similar noisy components who mind sharing their experience?
It's either this case or the Sniper for now.
well given how its meshed on the side, top and front, yea I'd say it has pretty poor dampening against noisy components, however even the P182 and Cosmos has trouble muffling a loud stock GPU cooler despite far better dampening qualities.
Sniper is very bad value for money (at least in UK, ~£100 HAF vs ~£133 Sniper) and lesser cooling ability out of the box compared to the HAF-932.
the huge fans this case comes with are surprisingly quiet. but what Lucky said bout the mesh ^
No filters. I would say that and the stupid toolless card holder (I broke on putting in my GTX260) are the only downfalls of this case. I can't get over how light it is compared to my old Xaser III.Quote:
Originally Posted by RASTAVIPER
Here is mine. I absolutly love this case! and the tooless design is OK if your careful with it. :up:
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...827800x600.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...Y/DSCF2736.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...Y/DSCF2569.jpg
yea I dislike tool-less, not yet come across any that are completely fault-lessQuote:
Originally Posted by cardnut99668
the PCI card holders are ok though, but you can use screws if you want, just open the holder all the way.
I dislike the 5.25" bay holders though, they are fine for things like fan controllers and optical drives, but if you have other things like HDD bay convertors or Scythe Quiet drive, it doesn't grip it tight enough, you can still use screws though, but a bit difficult on the tool less side.
As for the weight, take off both panels and then lift it, becomes mega light :D
I have the HAF coming in the mail, should be here tomorrow, or Monday. Hoping for tomorrow.
I will be watercooling it with a PA120.2 and a apogee GTZ, mcp-655.. goodies like that. So heopfully all goes well.
Anyone that's installed a PA120.2/3 inside the HAF. can you show me where you drilled your holes?
Also, If the tool-less design is anything like the CM 690, and I think it is. It will work just fine. I had zero problems with the CM 690's tool-less design. I have SLI 260's that are being help up just perfect with no problems at all. I love the CM 690, and I think I'll love the HAF just as much, but it will be cooler.. Colder i mean!
Like said above. Tool-less pci isn't as tight as you want it to be, so use some good old screws. I was afraid my 4850 was going to break if i just left it with the tool-less things. Great cabinet with loads of airflow apart from that.Quote:
Originally Posted by xguntherc
really, they are very tight on my CM 690.. thats to bad they are different on this case.. Meh oh well, now I just have to hope it comes today.
if i somehow get rid of my cm 690 this will be my next case for sure
I have a 9800GX2 that's been in mine for 3 months without any screws. I practically had to stand on the thing to get them to push in it was so tight, did yours click in and everything?Quote:
Originally Posted by Freonor
Actually the tool less PCI slots are better on the HAF :)Quote:
Originally Posted by xguntherc
borrowed this pic from cluboc.netQuote:
Originally Posted by xguntherc
http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/cases/.../images/04.jpg
it has holes already!
Are there enough holes to accommodate a 3x120 though?
Yes, check the manual, you remove the top front plastic part to put the other two screws in.Quote:
Originally Posted by jellyrole
and that plastic has a vent for the fan too!
the holes that are there, support either the default 230mm fan or 3x 120mm fans
if you are installing a radiator it has to be 15mm fan spacing (swiftech, feser, hwlabs).
the thermochill uses 25mm spacing i think... so it wont fit without some modification
i curerently have a Antec 900, only issue is you really need to sit down and spend along time trying to get the cable sorted out.
Would it be worth me buying the HAF?
Fits perfectly :DQuote:
Anyone that's installed a PA120.2/3 inside the HAF. can you show me where you drilled your holes?
heres a preview of my friend (Greenfox) rig, is not finished yet, but soon more detailed pics :)!
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...6/IMG_0012.jpg
Firts of all, thanks Blacky for your help on the water loop! :)
Heres my pre-final look!, waiting for another UV cathode and a fan I ordered to finish the rig. Enjoy :D!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...o/CIMG2940.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...o/CIMG2946.jpg
Overall, I'm extremely happy with my new platform, it has surpassed my expectations :)!
Love your rig man. What res is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenfox
What do HAF letters mean?
High Air FlowQuote:
Originally Posted by rioja
I have decided that this is the case I want for my next build, I love the size and versatility.
I shall begin with air cooling and then take the plunge(pun intended) into water cooling.
green that is one of the cleanest loop setups ive ever seen, great job you two.
nice case 03hdfatboy. One question. Whose the manufacturer of those CCFL's. They are nice and red unlike my pinkish ones.....
EK-150 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FoxRacR17
Thanks mate :)!Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberj4ck
Green Fox. What parts did you use for that sweet setup?
CPU Block: Koolance 350Quote:
Originally Posted by SabreSword
Resevoir: EK-150
Pump: Swiftech D5
Rad: Thermollchill PA 120.3
Tubing: Feser Clear/UV Blue
why no rear exhaust that is the most important fan in the case air or watercooled
because i'm waiting on my fan I ordered :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozzfest05
which fan??? is it 140 I havent found any 140 I liked really im just using a red and black yate loon 120 matches the color scheme and puts out more air then the POS they include
This 120mm Fan :D
Got a couple of questions. I'm going to be painting the inside of my HAF black, and I want to do it correctly so I am going to take out all the rivets and take the case completely apart to paint it. So my question is does anyone know the size of the rivets I will need to put the case back together?
Also, I came across THIS UV paint, and was thinking it would be cool to incorporate it somehow. What I was thinkin was put on the acid etch primer, a couple of coats of satin black, and then a couple of coats of that UV paint. But I do not know if that UV paint is clear and only visible under a UV light, or if it is blue and just glows brighter blue under UV light.
Do you have a Ultra Violet light in your case, is that why your fluid is illuminated with that awesome blue color?
also some more pics at other angles would be nice, i just ordered my HAF and water cooling gear
just finished my second coat of Primer.. be doing more painting and wet sanding tomorrow.
did you take all the rivets out?Quote:
Originally Posted by xguntherc
I'm working on getting a few more red fans from CM!! I also have painted the inside black. I'm a nub at painting, but I would say it came out very well. Pics later.
drilling off rivets - i used (household) battery drill with blade (bore) 3.8mm,Quote:
Originally Posted by FoxRacR17
when got that one broken :mad: :) then took next 4.0mm blade ..
BTW .. you do not need to drill through the case (rivet) sometimes it just drop off after the upper part of rivet was drilled away ..
when put together my HAF .. i used 3.2/8 mm (alu ) rivets
sorry don't know about UV paint .... mine was powder coated Black Matte (semi-gloss)
(some pics .. few pages back http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=275
- > attach
Thanks for the info man!Quote:
Originally Posted by i43
Yes, both clicked in. I might just have a bad sample, but it doesn't matter. I don't need to change card often and I have proper tools to take any electronics apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by ND40oz
Here's one for all you trying good watercooling inside this case.
1xMCR320
1xMCR220
1xAlphacool Xtreme 240
LE: Offcourse I can close the side door...
Temp are very good, depends on ambient. Mostly 55degrees max for my q6600@3.6, 60degrees at 3.8Ghz (prime95). Fans@800rpm
Excuse the wire management. It's not finished yet as I am wainting on 2 plates for NB and Video block.
wow nice rig :)
but can you close the side door? :D
the temp with this monster wc?
WOW that wiring is a mess :shocked:Quote:
Originally Posted by kiparosu
Ok I got a couple of questions. I drilled out all the rivets from my HAF so now the case is completely taken apart. I have sanded all the inside parts down to the bare metal and its ready to be painted. I read the painting 101 sticky and it talks about "acid etch primer" which brings me to my first question, is "self etching primer" the same as "acid etch primer"? And my second question is should I put some screws in all the holes on the mobo tray that holds the motherboard in before I paint the mobo tray? I'm imagining in my head that if I dont, when I go to put the screws for the mobo in it will either not fit because of the primer and paint and clear coat, or it will somehow chip the paint.
A few questions:
1. Would I be able to get a good internal water cooling setup for an overclocked i920 (plus the Mosfet, NB, and SB) and GPU(s) (possibly on separate loops)?
2. What is the optimal radiator setup? 120.2 on the top and bottom with the PSU up top? What can fit in the 5.25" bays?
3. How useful is that nozzle at the top? What's the best way to connect it to a reservoir?
This case looks fantastic, especially in my case as I'm wanting a good air-cooling case with perfect cable management, with water cooling options down the line. :) The hole behind the motherboard for the heatsink bracket is a very nice touch as well, after wrestling with the V8. After looking at countless cases to replace my Cosmos 1000 I may have finally settled on this one.
when i prepared mine to powder coating i put the ''spare screws ''Quote:
Originally Posted by FoxRacR17
into almost every screw hole ( mobo holder(risers) holes .. but
i did NOT FASTEN .. just left in half way because i wanted the paint filled the area under the screw head ,so only the screw hole area (inside the hole) masked
.. but this is just for powder paint as this comes much harder and thicker than ordinary paint. though i forgot some to mask and then used a piercer to get through, nibbling away the paint and then just screwed in a screw(bolt) once or twice to the end ..
if you go with common paint (i mean not going to heat up your parts for dry out) You can use any piece of wood /friction match/ pieces of cotton / or just balled-up some piece of masking tape .. to put it into these holes,
try with some other piece first .. its possible that you do not need this hole masking at all with common paint method
HAF 922 is comming in Cebit :D
http://www.hwbox.gr/showthread.php?t=3784
mmmmm aluminum :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoriLLakoS
Says HAF-mini on the side, looks quite decent actually :up:
Noooo aluminum, SECC Steel i am afraid :(
Will tell you one thing, I just painted my haf satin black, primed first an let it dry. Definitely need to use an ETCHING PRIMER, its just not enough to grip the steel.
New pics of my case , sorry for the quality all i can find is my camera phone
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...urdered2-1.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../murdered4.jpg
it was hard to not put cables in the drive bay area but i knew i needed the air in there for better cooling
Is it possible to fit a Thermochill PA120.3 in the top of this without modification? I've been considering getting one.
nope, fan spacing is 15mm
How hard would it be to get it to fit?
should be easy, I know someone who fit the PA120.3 such that the front fan hole was used correctly and then he just drilled holes (or widened the holes in the mesh) in the right place in the mesh for the other fan holes.
He didn't fit every screw though, just enough to hold the rad in place
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by cardnut99668
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...6/IMG_0012.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by XHAFMaster
how to put customize dust filters on it ??
as the HAF is vaccum cleaner . my inner of cabinet looks same like inner of vaccum cleaner.
someone told me use the AC dust filter by removing the fan and put the filter on it and it helps quite a lot...
Great job, that looks fantastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenfox
do you guys think the hydrx( uv green) will be a good color in this case?
Well im almost done with mine, ill update the pic when im done, i got 1 thing left to do.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...d/DSCN0147.jpg
someone told me......bump how to put dust filters on haf 932
I'm probably going to swap the 230mm side door fan for 4x 120mm Noctua fans. Can anybody please tell me how I can wire the 4 fans together (using an adapter or whatever) to plug them directly into my Corsair HX1000. :)
I'm trying to keep the damn NB temp down without getting into watercooling at the moment.
I have used my imagination and fitting an additional Noctua fan that blows onto the NB heatsink and RAM slots. Sadly this has only reduced the temp by 3-4 degs, temp now sits @ 40 deg.
Also thinking if it's possible to fit my HX1000 PSU at the top of the case instead of at the bottom. This way I could have 2 more fans in the floor.
Can this be done?
Thanks guys...
Her is my finished product, my only complaint is that it weighs a ton!
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/1/3...35926929_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/1/3...35926975_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/1/3...35944927_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/1/3...35781695_o.jpg
and Pre I7
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/1/3...35781325_o.jpg
how thick are the side panels of this case? thicker than the aluminum in the LL V1000? do they bend easily? how about compared to the centurion 5?
anyone want to buy my LL V1000B Plus?
certainly not thicker than v1000 panels, they are the thickest panels ever put on a case lol.
Hello XS! I was observing this wonderful forum quite a long time so it's time for me to finally "enter" :)
Here's my share to the HAF owners around the globe ;)
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2623/61810701.jpg
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5579/33888643.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3654/67848708.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4007/43698027.jpg
As You can see I'm using 4 120mm fans instead of one big & ugly 230mm. I "joined" the 4 fan cables with soldering gun :D Basically You have to brutally cut off 3 fan connectors and solder the loose wires to 4th fan connector - black to black and red to red. I didn't soldered the yellow rpm ones. Then just connect the connector to Your psu. You can also use sone fan cable splitter if You like:Quote:
I'm probably going to swap the 230mm side door fan for 4x 120mm Noctua fans. Can anybody please tell me how I can wire the 4 fans together (using an adapter or whatever) to plug them directly into my Corsair HX1000
http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog/...UAD_073_1g.jpg
Just ordered my HAF today, guess the consensus was that it was generally a better case than the Antec 1200.
i would've ultimately preferred a Lian Li Full tower, but i just can't afford it in this recession. their quality is remarkable.
we'll see how this case compares in quality to my LL v1000
Sweet..welcome to the club. I just ordered some red sound activated lights for mine..trying to pimp it a bit now. :-)
nice, but i'm not the type to like LEDs from my computer case.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaolin95
i'm planning to change out the red front fan with a non-led one and also find a way to dim that bright blue power LED
Anyone going to the soup line for supper since we are in a recession? :shrug:
From one of the great guides in the forums, I'm pretty sure you do not solder the yellow ones because then it gives you the RPM * How many fans you have. I wish I could find the guide since I used it to connect my rad fans together.Quote:
Originally Posted by sadidas
Huh? :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by SabreSword
for those who r watercooling their HAF, which way do youguys have ur barbs pointing down from? the drive bays side or the rear side?
Greenfox....could you post some pics from the top please so we can see the mods. required to fit the PA120.3 ?
Thanks
I have seen pics of people using either end :)Quote:
Originally Posted by LOUISSSSS
He is gooing to take some shots today and upload them ASAP mate :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bito
Thanks man!Quote:
Originally Posted by Odyssey96
Sure I took these with my iPhone sorry for the bad quality!Quote:
Originally Posted by bito
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...o/IMG_0010.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...o/IMG_0008.jpg
^^^ Great....Looks good, so just two extra holes drilled in the front bit, any under the cover ?
No mods to the PA120.3 ?
Thanks