My Lian-Li PC-B10

themaster1 · Post by **themaster1** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:10 pm

A Couple of pics my dear geeks

Used for: Internet, video montage, encoding (SD and a bit of HD), TV, Blu Ray...daily

Mobo: Gigabyte / CPU: Pentium 4 HT 3Ghz (yeah..still since 2006)
Ram: DDR 2 Gb
Hard Drives: Samsung Spinpoint 200 & 250 Gb (7200 rpm)
Seagate Barracuda 500 Gb (x2) (7200 rpm)
G.card: Nvidia GT 220 (1Gb)
Dvb-S card: Skystar 2
Dvb-T card (usb stick): Hauppauge Nova-T (HD)
Analog card: Terratec cinergy 250 pci (radio + s-video in+ tv antenna)
Fan Controler: NZXT Sentry 2
PSU: Zalman zm600 (fan + heatpipe)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C12P SE14
Fans:
3x Lian-li: 2x 120mm (1200 & 1000 rpm), 1x140mm (1000 rpm)
1x Noctua NF-P14 140mm / 1200 rpm (Vortex-Control notches)
1x Zalman 110mm (from my previous cpu cooler : Zalman CNPS8700 NT)
1x Graphic Card (brand ?)
1 x PSU ( I think it's an Adda fan)
Monitor: Samsung P2370H (full hd, 16/9)
Blu Ray Player: SAMSUNG-SH-B083L/BSBP

Temps idle:
CPU: ~ 34 Â° C
GPU: ~ 49 Â° C
Os Drive (Samsung): ~ 28 Â° C
Other Drive (Seagate): ~ 34 Â° C

wouterr5 · Post by **wouterr5** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:28 pm

You mentioned the temps, but the how is the noise (or lack thereof), because:

Hard Drives: Samsung Spinpoint 200 & 250 Gb (7200 rpm)

You even hard-mounted them! How could you

Fans: 3x Lian-li: 2x 140mm (900 rpm), 1x120mm (1200 rpm)

Lian-li fans at those speeds? Do you always watch movies with headphones on

themaster1 · Post by **themaster1** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:10 pm

Well the one at the rear is controlled by the Fan controller and is undervolted with a ULNA cable its speed should be around 500 rpm since i always run it at 40% speed which is the minimum. The one in front of the hdd's is undervolted with a Lna cable too and controlled by the mobo : speed 700 rpm all the time. The 3rd one never works but it makes a bit of noise i need to buy another lna cable.

The Noctua run at 551 rpm most of the time, can go up to 700 rpm (depending if i encode a video or not) , controlled by the mobo.
The Zalman and the GC fans are undervolted (Lna cable) and controlled by the fan controller at 40% speed most of the time.
Finally, the PSU fan works normally (no idea of its speed) but it's quiet... for sure.

Overall i don't complain it's a quiet setup but i suppose that if i change to water cooling that'll be even quieter.As i'm picky i guess i will have to consider that for my next pc.
Anyway as is i'm happy

Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:15 pm

You have quite a lot of cables in there, is it practically impossible to route cables behind the motherboard tray, maybe because of the foam on the side panel, or did you just not bother?
I have read some conflicting reports on whether the hard drive rack is removable or not, could you clarify this?

themaster1 · Post by **themaster1** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:25 am

Yep there is foam on both panels (i have added a layer on each) so it's a bit difficult to have all the cables behind the mobo, not impossible i guess if i drill (especially for the atx 12v).

The Problem with routing the cables as neatly as possible is once it's done it's a nightmare to remove one.

The HDD cage seems removable, (i've seen pictures on the net where it's been removed) I will have to try to suspend the hdds, currently they're mounted on rubber gromets.

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Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:35 pm

Ok, thanks. If I get this case I'll remove the hard drive cage no matter what, but it would be nice if it could be done without drilling.