Air Cooled Gallery

[Tommy_Hewitt]

[Captain_Harlock]

I love that pic of the drop of pure awsome on your i7, Tommy_Hewitt. CLU has turned out to be a real winner for me in the past half year.

[pogiman]

very clean

[Andrea deluxe]

i am running a 1080p res but im not sure if it will be worth getting another 470
but im really stuck on what to upgrade in my rig (im no way getting ssd's) i just cant justify the price of them at the mo

if anyone has got an i idea plese let me know if you want

here is the full specks

cm haf-x case
cm silent pro modular 850watt psu
gigabite ud5 mobo rev 1.0
core i7 920@ 3.8ghz linx stable 1.25volt (bios)
corsair h50 cpu cooler with akasa viper pwm fan for pull fan
enermax apolish vegas for push

corsair xms 3 6gb kit 1600mhz memory 9.9.9.24 @1448 8.8.8.20 1.5volt
zotac gtx 470 sli
seagate 500gb hdd (windows 7 x64bit)
seagate 1.5tb for game installs

as i sead if thare is anything i can get for an upgrade plese let me know if you can

thanks for looking at my rig and for any help you can give

simply...

buy now the second gtx470 (will give a bigger boost)

and after buy an X25M-G2 80/160gb

[rubber5]

simply...

buy now the second gtx470 (will give a bigger boost)

and after buy an X25M-G2 80/160gb

i all ready have 2 gtx 470s
so your saying go for a x25m-g2 80/160gb ssd

what sort of performance will that give me with gaming
thants the million$ question
ps
£135 80gb
£285 160gb
not sure if its worth it
thanks for the reply

[rubber5]

it must put a lot of stress on your motherbords north bridge
whats your temps like for your rig at full load if you dont mind me asking

[DomagojX]

i would say that there is a lot of heat inside, because od 3 gtx480

[pcaddict]

3x GTX480 & Mid tower case? Sense? NO

[rubber5]

3x GTX480 & Mid tower case? Sense? NO

sometimes smaller case has better for airflow if it keeps it cool what does it matter but i think it really depends on how HOT it gets in there

[Xien16]

Does anybody know why we still don't have "Air Cooling Worklogs"???
Some month ago I sent some PMs to the admins (none was answered) and nothing was done...

This looks to me like the forum says "You need watercooling!!!"

I like my liquid system but I still prefer my air-cooled systems

[zalbard]

Does anybody know why we still don't have "Air Cooling Worklogs"???

Not really many exceptional air cooled builds, I guess. It's a nice idea, though, I'd love to see it implemented.

[Andrea deluxe]

i all ready have 2 gtx 470s
so your saying go for a x25m-g2 80/160gb ssd

what sort of performance will that give me with gaming
thants the million$ question
ps
£135 80gb
£285 160gb
not sure if its worth it
thanks for the reply

in my setup i have

one x25m-g2 80gb (os)
one x25m-g2 80gb (games)

super fast os and superfast game loading...

[ASSAD101]

Hey guys, my first setup;
Xigmatek Achilles, superflower case, i forget the model but it was about $130 and it's an amazing case for that price, there is one 200mm blue led intake fan on the side panel, and one 200mm exhaust fan on the top, one 120mm exhaust on rear and one 140mm intake on the front.. Let me know what you think it's nothing special, but yeah.







EDIT: Thanks for that felix

[felix_w]

[QUOTE=ASSAD101;4577164]Hey guys, my first setup;
Xigmatek Achilles, superflower case, i forget the model but it was about $130 and it's an amazing case for that price, there is one 200mm blue led intake fan on the side panel, and one 200mm exhaust fan on the top, one 120mm exhaust on rear and one 140mm intake on the front.. Let me know what you think it's nothing special, but yeah.




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[lkiller123]

Does anybody know why we still don't have "Air Cooling Worklogs"???
Some month ago I sent some PMs to the admins (none was answered) and nothing was done...

This looks to me like the forum says "You need watercooling!!!"

Because most air-cooled setups consists just a simple, straightforward heatsink, advices and critiques aren't much needed to build such a simple setup. A long, detailed air-cooling worklog is extremely rare.

It is best to just post a worklog on this section

[Kain665]

Because most air-cooled setups consists just a simple, straightforward heatsink, advices and critiques aren't much needed to build such a simple setup. A long, detailed air-cooling worklog is extremely rare.

It is best to just post a worklog on this section

There is much more to a system build than putting on a heatsink...

[ehume]

There is much more to a system build than putting on a heatsink...

+1.

The fan setups - you have to measure each one. Theory generally does not predict in detail how your case will behave.

[lkiller123]

There is much more to a system build than putting on a heatsink...

My ultimate point was, if there is a worklog section for air-cooling, it won't be as popular as the WC worklog section.

Most people's air cooling setup typically just involves a heatsink for the processor, some case fans and customize their setups. Some of them (not a lot) might even put in another heatsink for the GPU.. Thing is, most of air-cooled setups can hardly be as complicated than water cooled setups. Most of them just doesn't have enough "work" to be taken as a worklog.

[Xien16]

OK, so it this your point:

It will not be as popular as other ones so leave it away - even though it would be ~0 additional work for the mods and many users want to have it?

To me this still looks like you have to get a watercooled system because there isn't even a folder for your air cooled system...
(this is what a PC and XS beginner might think)

[lkiller123]

OK, so it this your point:

It will not be as popular as other ones so leave it away - even though it would be ~0 additional work for the mods and many users want to have it?

To me this still looks like you have to get a watercooled system because there isn't even a folder for your air cooled system...
(this is what a PC and XS beginner might think)

No dude, let's put it this way..

If you just set up a worklog subsection for air cooled systems, it won't give as much popularity. To prove my point, just browse through the air cooled section; you will see there is only one popular worklog - which is your Pink Project.

Look at it this way, if they set up an exclusive worklog subsection for air-cooled machines, your thread might be the only popular one during a time period. Seeing a subsection only having a few threads, that subsection will eventually be neglected by the members... Negative effect for you guys.

This might make me sound like an air-cooling hater, but to be honest I've never tried water cooling

[tiro_uspsss]

server BIP:



9 fans (u can only see 5 in pic), space for 24 HDDs
castors/wheels are mod.. will change them to double-wheel per axle this week for a more 'industrial' look

[Laine]

CPU - Intel Dual Core E5500 2,8GHz + Thermalright AXP-140
RAM - Corsair 3gb 800mhz ram
MB - Zotac 9300itx
PSU - Fractal Design SFX 300w PSU
HDD - Samsung 250gb 5400rpm
HDD - Samsung F1 500gb 7200rpm
HDD - Samsung F1 500gb 7200 rpm
SSD - Corsair X-32 SSD
GPU - XFX HD4550 512mb passive
CSE - Lian Li PC-Q11B

[LedHed]

now that is interesting

[guilleguillaume]

¿Laine why are you so awesome building rigs? You can't stop surprising me, when i think you're finally done with building during a short time period you just came and show us another fantastic work.

Just amazing, the pics are all going to the Laine Folder on my computer

And oh well... I forgot to say that I can always learn and take some ideas from your current works. Now I know how to get inside my SFX Silverstone SFX 450W on the Lian Li PC-Q08 for not making it look odd without needing to make a handmade plate or painting the actual one ;D I really like the look.

Maybe it's time to say I'm a big fan haha

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

I can't figure out a way to do a "clean" build for a mini-itx and I have a large case, go figure!

That said, here's some pics to mess up all the pretty pictures you guys have posted thus far.

SG07
GA-H55N-USB3
MSI GTX470 Twin Frozr






I can't fit anything else into this case!