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Fayd
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my desk (Updated)

Post by Fayd » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:30 am

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Post by R2_ » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:20 pm

Nice idea, but i wouldn't. I'm too worried about heating, lol.

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Post by Fayd » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:24 pm

R2_ wrote:Nice idea, but i wouldn't. I'm too worried about heating, lol.
i checked temps before and after.

no change. at all.

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Post by R2_ » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:30 pm

RLY? :lol: guess i'm really too worried!

But then, in the summer things might be different.

Do you have a picture from behind? I got curious how hot air goes out.

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Post by Fayd » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:39 pm

R2_ wrote:RLY? :lol: guess i'm really too worried!

But then, in the summer things might be different.

Do you have a picture from behind? I got curious how hot air goes out.
the back of the thing has an open space in the bottom (for cords and such..)

the top of the back has a 250mm fan running at 5v. (i'd guess maybe 400 RPM?) so maybe 40-50 CFM.

FWIW, the computer has a scythe ninja fanless on top of an overclocked e4400.

HDD temps mid 30's, CPU idle temps mid 40's. (but it's always like that. i dont think the ninja is a particularly good cooler, just good for fanless operation. an active fan didnt drop temps more than 2 degrees.)

i was thinking about upgrading my computer when frys had a phenom II X4 965, + a gigabyte 790FX motherboard for 200 even. but i figured the wattage of the x4 965 would probably be too much for the case.

woulda been interesting though. tbh, i kinda regret not getting it.

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Post by colm » Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:52 pm

nice to see real wood product. I finally snapped at my own desk just last evening, tore it all apart, and jacked it up at least half a foot, while needing to stay in a tiny place.

I may go for some of that plywood as well. urethane the heck out of it for a one piece top. nice setup you have going.

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and that is a cigarette ash tray you see there...
I also hung the ups on a wood stud. :wink:

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Post by Monkeh16 » Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:32 pm

Fayd wrote:CPU idle temps mid 40's. (but it's always like that. i dont think the ninja is a particularly good cooler, just good for fanless operation. an active fan didnt drop temps more than 2 degrees.)
Get a bolt kit for it. My Q6600 (overclocked, and until recently, no speedstep) usually stays at about 40C with a Ninja on it.

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Post by Fayd » Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:27 am

Monkeh16 wrote:
Fayd wrote:CPU idle temps mid 40's. (but it's always like that. i dont think the ninja is a particularly good cooler, just good for fanless operation. an active fan didnt drop temps more than 2 degrees.)
Get a bolt kit for it. My Q6600 (overclocked, and until recently, no speedstep) usually stays at about 40C with a Ninja on it.
I use a bolt-through kit. I bought one from thermalright within a week of having the ninja. the stock 775 mounting setup on the ninja disgusted me. (though I am satisfied with it for AMD. another reason why i want to rebuild my computer as an AMD based computer.

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Post by Fayd » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:16 am

MASSIVE BUMP.

Updated OP with the current state of affairs.

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Post by expxe » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:49 pm

colm wrote:nice to see real wood product. I finally snapped at my own desk just last evening, tore it all apart, and jacked it up at least half a foot, while needing to stay in a tiny place.

I may go for some of that plywood as well. urethane the heck out of it for a one piece top. nice setup you have going.

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and that is a cigarette ash tray you see there...
I also hung the ups on a wood stud. :wink:
my god man you need to get a new chair, that is just disgusting....

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Post by ThaArtist » Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:08 pm

That looks realy good! Quite the craftsman. Similar to something I'm doing but mine wont be half as good quality wise lol. But it will be cool.

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Post by RoGuE » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:22 pm

Nice job with this, looks good, and more importantly, quiet. Just hope you don't have to move anytime soon..lol

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Post by Fayd » Sat May 15, 2010 2:26 pm

just updated.

not quite done, still gotta re-decorate. (kind of... just hanging a poster i bought.)

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installed a divider and a shelf inside the desk extension, extended the shelves by another stud length, made the top shelf wider by 3 inches to accommodate the reciever, and built new shelves (because i couldnt find melamine shelving in the size i needed).

so after making prolific use of a biscuit jointer, this is the result. I still have to put the books back on the shelves, hang the poster, etc.

this is the poster.

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^_^

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Post by frenchie » Sat May 15, 2010 11:15 pm

Nice !!! Such a big change from your first posts ;) !!

What are those nice little speakers you have on the wall ?

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Post by Fayd » Sun May 16, 2010 8:25 am

frenchie wrote:Nice !!! Such a big change from your first posts ;) !!

What are those nice little speakers you have on the wall ?
part of an onkyo home theater in a box.

HT-SP904 i think.

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Post by Fayd » Sun May 23, 2010 12:30 pm

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finished ^_^

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