my new rig

h0nke · Post by **h0nke** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:55 pm

Here is the specs on my new rig im building. Not going for silence, but a good balance of quiet and cool. Parts are on the way, I will be posting pics as I go along.

Abit KN9 Ultra Socket AM2
AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+
Zalman CNPS 9500 cpu cooler
Corsair XMS2 (1GBx2) DDR2800 4-4-4-12 2.1v
SPCR Black P180 case
Corsair XH520W psu
XFX 7900GT 256MB with Zalman VF900 cooling
2 x WD Caviar RE 160mb 72k rpm 16meg cache raid 0

Im going to experiment first with antec's tri-cools that come with the p180 and see how they do. Maybe switch them out and add a few more if need be. Thats it for now.

beaker · Post by **beaker** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:46 pm

I'd like to make a request of all people, in general...

Stop telling us what you're going to be putting together. Wait until you take pictures and then SHOW us.

I'm pretty sure it's called the Gallery, because you see pictures in galleries.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:31 pm

No doubt he will be adding pictures later;

I will be posting pics as I go along.

so what's the big rush? It's not like no-one's ever seen a P180 or a CNPS9500 before.

h0nke · Post by **h0nke** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:48 pm

beaker wrote:I'd like to make a request of all people, in general...

Stop telling us what you're going to be putting together. Wait until you take pictures and then SHOW us.

I'm pretty sure it's called the Gallery, because you see pictures in galleries.

Beaker, stfu. Have a nice day!

andyb · Post by **andyb** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:34 pm

LOL, guys please calm down.

Gallery or not, this still a forum, that means we discuss and dont order.

Looks like a nice system, you will probably be able to pull the 120x38mm fan out of the bottom and seal the vents around the PSU at the back of the case. You might find that your 2 remaining tri-cools are noisy, I did.

See how it goes, and let us know with or without pictures.

Andy

h0nke · Post by **h0nke** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:44 pm

Parts are coming this week so I will post pics soon.

h0nke · Post by **h0nke** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:16 pm

Pics as promised, no case yet, it is supposed to come tommrow.

First boot:

My 7900gt after the zalman mod:

That is all for tonight, once case comes hopefully some more pics tommrow.

james111 · Post by **james111** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:40 pm

h0nke wrote:My 7900gt after the zalman mod:

What zalman mod are you talking about?

Bobfantastic · Post by **Bobfantastic** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:16 pm

What zalman mod are you talking about?

Well, it now has one (a Zalman) instead of the awful stock cooler.

h0nke- Let us know what the tricools are like- a lot of people find them too loud, your work may not be done yet.

h0nke · Post by **h0nke** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:52 am

james111 wrote: What zalman mod are you talking about?

Replaced stock cooler with zalman 900 copper heatpipe cooler and vga ram heatsinks.

Look at the vid card in the first pic on the mobo, you can see the stock cooler still on it.

h0nke · Post by **h0nke** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:55 am

Bobfantastic wrote: h0nke- Let us know what the tricools are like- a lot of people find them too loud, your work may not be done yet.

For sure, I have run them before with other antec cases. I would have no problem switching out all the 120mm fans to some nice quiet scythe's. We will see tonight.

h0nke · Post by **h0nke** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:01 am

Here are the 120mm fans im lookin at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835185005

The are scythe, 49cfm 20dba 1200rpm. Anyone run these? How are they with no controller?

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:07 am

h0nke wrote:Here are the 120mm fans im lookin at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835185005

The are scythe, 49cfm 20dba 1200rpm. Anyone run these? How are they with no controller?

Yeah, the S-Flex is good, but you can get 3 Yate Loons for the price of one of those Scythes from jab-tech.com, which are probably as good or better.

How are you finding the stock fan on the CNPS9500?

TMM · Post by **TMM** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:17 pm

h0nke wrote:Here are the 120mm fans im lookin at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835185005

The are scythe, 49cfm 20dba 1200rpm. Anyone run these? How are they with no controller?

They are pretty good. Imo a little noiser then Nexus Real Silent 120mms, but move a bit more air, My one runs at 1300rpm compared to the speced 1200rpm which could explain that. Apparently they are inconsistent though (some are noiser then others), where as the Nexus are more consistent in build quality. I can't really speak for that as i only have the one scythe.