Offical Show Your Rig Off

CDsDontBurn · Mar 7, 2005, 07:12 PM

Well, finished my wiring w/my OCZ PSU, and here are the updated pix like i said i'd post them

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Side panel on

Ever since i got my 6800GT along w/my seagates, the molex for my video card and the SATA connector has been touching each other. I've been worrying about the SATA connector snapping off because of that. I need to get me one of those 90 degree SATA cables but i don't want to pay more for the shipping than the cost of the cable itself

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EDIT: Cleaned out my VGA silencer

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and also

Zardon · Mar 7, 2005, 08:17 PM

You need to think about taking that cooler off and cleaning the dirt/dust out bud.....

Sandok · Mar 7, 2005, 08:26 PM

That's an artic silencer cooler thingy right? Mine get's quite a bit of dust too... And those things are damn annoying to clean! lol

Drakon · Mar 7, 2005, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sandok

That's an artic silencer cooler thingy right? Mine get's quite a bit of dust too... And those things are damn annoying to clean! lol

I need to clean mine too. Was thinking of getting a can of compressed air and squirting in between the blades. How do u guys clean your Artic Coolers?

J0rs · Mar 7, 2005, 09:00 PM

I have a compressor and I use that to clean my Arctic Cooler. I dont even take my gpu out of the comp to do it. I just shoot the air at the fan blades first and then through the back, at the aluminum heatsink. I also use our vacuum just to pick up most of the dust that comes off.

CDsDontBurn · Mar 8, 2005, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

You need to think about taking that cooler off and cleaning the dirt/dust out bud.....

already cleaned it off......edited my post above

. Looks alot better......the q-tips i used came out ugly black after i had used them

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Son_of_Thunder · Mar 8, 2005, 09:20 AM

well, my digicam sucks w/out the flash turned on, and w/ it on it takes sucky night pics. so here goes, the night pics are, obviously, very blurry.

and then some oldies to show off my case a little:

The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 8, 2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Son_of_Thunder

well, my digicam sucks w/out the flash turned on, and w/ it on it takes sucky night pics. so here goes, the night pics are, obviously, very blurry.

and then some oldies to show off my case a little:

Dude to each his own but IMO you seriously need to clean up those wires
and it's not expensive invest in some wire ties and make it look neat / clean
I just go crazy seeing messes like that. Not to meantion how it adversly effects
your airflow and cooling...

(Just like I do when I see dusty and some timesdirty hardware! LOL keeps names out of it)

heres an starter example of what I mean.... when you lok thew the window neat clean an tidy should be what you see some you can't help but hide and bundle what you can... the system with e board I just RMA'd...

I used the parts to build to go to my parewnts house for my son, and my nephews to use....

What you don't see is the detph of field very well but everything is out of the way pused back as to stay out of the way. Another thing you don't see is the case side that i've modified with an 80mm fan blowing out, and the bay hard drive cooler...

(There is no window so looks are less important here...)

I'll post mine when I get my main rig decided and built...
I'll update this when I get my C strip in th mail had to oder more I useally keep a big wad of it for makeing case holes I cut look alot more attractive and to protect the fingers..

(Btw: thats not dust in pick two its a discoleration when they had spilt a drink and got it inside the computer), of couse now thier not allowed to have drinks near the comupter)

CDsDontBurn · Mar 8, 2005, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Dude to each his own but IMO you seriously need to clean up those wires
and it's not expensive invest in some wire ties and make it look neat / clean
I just go crazy seeing messes like that. Not to meantion how it adversly effects
your airflow and cooling...

(Just like I do when I see dusty and some timesdirty hardware! LOL keeps names out of it)

Hey man, I already fixed that! Besides, you shoulda seen it before i started my wiring. I swear i could have started my own little garden inside my case

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tankhunter01 · Mar 8, 2005, 06:25 PM

was there roses?

CDsDontBurn · Mar 8, 2005, 07:04 PM

lol.....i didn't say that i did, i said that i could have

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The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 8, 2005, 07:18 PM

The sad thing I see any more is a lack of custom mods.... I've gotten a bit lazy but I still
do modifications anywhere I think need it though pre windowed cases etc save alot of
trouble....

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

Hey man, I already fixed that! Besides, you shoulda seen it before i started my wiring. I swear i could have started my own little garden inside my case

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those comments where not aimed at you or anyone in patular but where a friendly
reminder or suggestion

. But dust is to electroincs , as kyptonite is to superman

I mean this is watter cooling so it's not as important (air flow) but any time theres a mess
inside its just (FUGGLY) to me and probubly most people... watter cooling kinda of an
exception you have to make for it... but for example he could do something with his
wireing/cableing...

I'd give you all tips but I think i'd get called out for sounding like a know it all

like you
should hide your cold cathodes so thier not visable thew your window if possable... But people can do what ever they want. But there is no right way or wrong way to do stuff but I can tell you what most people do and what looks more attractive... I see alot of bad arse stuff at the lan events that gives me ideas and insight...

For example if he where to add a red cathode up on the top end it would be two tones and mix in the middle for 3 colors ! and look pretty cool

Son_of_Thunder · Mar 8, 2005, 08:55 PM

eh, yah, my wires are a mess, the cables that come w/ my psu are so dang stiff that it's hard to push them out of the way, but it's still a lot better looking than the interior pic that's up there. i have them all following the same general contour and tied together now rather than going directly to where i need them. i'll try to get a pic soon.

G@MeBoY · Mar 9, 2005, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Dude to each his own but IMO you seriously need to clean up those wires
and it's not expensive invest in some wire ties and make it look neat / clean
I just go crazy seeing messes like that. Not to meantion how it adversly effects
your airflow and cooling...

(Just like I do when I see dusty and some timesdirty hardware! LOL keeps names out of it)

heres an starter example of what I mean.... when you lok thew the window neat clean an tidy should be what you see some you can't help but hide and bundle what you can... the system with e board I just RMA'd...

Try having 2-3 HDDs, 2 Optical devices, 12molex PSU (w/ 4 sata connectors) cold cathodes, one fan in front and one in the back of the case, and THEN keep your case that clean as yours is

No way man, no way ! 2 HDDs one above the other are enough to have that "mess look" in yor case, especially with hard IDE rounded cables...

The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 9, 2005, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G@MeBoY

Try having 2-3 HDDs, 2 Optical devices, 12molex PSU (w/ 4 sata connectors) cold cathodes, one fan in front and one in the back of the case, and THEN keep your case that clean as yours is

No way man, no way ! 2 HDDs one above the other are enough to have that "mess look" in yor case, especially with hard IDE rounded cables...

I do i've got col cathodes. lazer leds.. top blow whole , side blow wholes 120mm in the rear... 2 80mm in the frount.. 1 hard drive 1 CDROM and 1 CDRW/DVD all IDE

case #2 4x 80mm in the frount, 2 side blow wholes, 1 60mm out with 60 to 80mm adapotor 1 CDrom 1 IDE

I use rounded cables for you ide and tie everyhting up nice and neat.. but right now the facy cases set empty untill after our taxes roll in... I'll post pics after I get them built.... If i ran across them I'll ost up my old main rig shots too.. its purdy

itchy5 · Mar 9, 2005, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

The sad thing I see any more is a lack of custom mods.... I've gotten a bit lazy but I still
do modifications anywhere I think need it though pre windowed cases etc save alot of
trouble....

those comments where not aimed at you or anyone in patular but where a friendly
reminder or suggestion

. But dust is to electroincs , as kyptonite is to superman

I mean this is watter cooling so it's not as important (air flow) but any time theres a mess
inside its just (FUGGLY) to me and probubly most people... watter cooling kinda of an
exception you have to make for it... but for example he could do something with his
wireing/cableing...

I'd give you all tips but I think i'd get called out for sounding like a know it all

like you
should hide your cold cathodes so thier not visable thew your window if possable... But people can do what ever they want. But there is no right way or wrong way to do stuff but I can tell you what most people do and what looks more attractive... I see alot of bad arse stuff at the lan events that gives me ideas and insight...

For example if he where to add a red cathode up on the top end it would be two tones and mix in the middle for 3 colors ! and look pretty cool

ya that was my old set up (it was messy

) its alot cleaner now just see my earlier posts and i put that UV CCFL beside my mobo so it makes all the x connect cables glow :P and i put a blue led fan in so now it looks more organized :P (see)

no more rats nest :P o and dont worry about my PSU kinda tipping it was cause it wouldnt fit with my 120x38 fan but its fixed now

ReV smokey255 · Mar 9, 2005, 08:57 PM

those are some nice rigs

El Kapitano · Mar 9, 2005, 10:07 PM

Well here's my half finished pimping effort.

There's alot of tidying to be done and the Red UV Psu connector kit and sleeving has landed today I'm having a ponder for a couple of days though before I launch into a cable sleeving frenzy.

That sleeving you see there btw is the old vantec stuff I used before, kinda too orange for my liking; my new sleeving gives the cables a red (hot) tinge to the edges.

CDsDontBurn · Mar 10, 2005, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Kapitano

Well here's my half finished pimping effort.

There's alot of tidying to be done and the Red UV Psu connector kit and sleeving has landed today I'm having a ponder for a couple of days though before I launch into a cable sleeving frenzy.

looks awsome man

. I can't see the second pic though......just a little white box and a red "x" inside the box.

El Kapitano · Mar 10, 2005, 12:51 AM

What second pic? Oh, it doesn't show in my firefox?....There fixed. It was a mistyped link that vanished in the editor. Wonder why/how that happened.

CDsDontBurn · Mar 10, 2005, 12:58 AM

awww....so there wasn't a second pic after all

. It's cool though....i can just drool over your fx55 system

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Lowfat · Mar 10, 2005, 03:45 AM

hey El Kapitano, what are you using for dye in the water? The brighest cheapest green dye you can get is a yellow highliter. Remove the tube of colour, soak it in water, then pour it in your system. It glows mighty bright.

quakerjtf · Mar 10, 2005, 04:24 AM

That setup looks really expensive. O_O The inside looks pretty cool though.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 10, 2005, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulcakelume

hey El Kapitano, what are you using for dye in the water? The brighest cheapest green dye you can get is a yellow highliter. Remove the tube of colour, soak it in water, then pour it in your system. It glows mighty bright.

actually you can get all kinda os diffrent additives liquid but I bet the little mad scientiest kids for kids the have those packets that make water glow in the dark could look pretty sweete although i don't know how it would react in a water cooling system....

itchy5 · Mar 10, 2005, 05:38 AM

the trick to sleeving is to get tools it may cost an extra $10 for a molex remover and 20pin atx remover but it will save you lots of time

Lowfat · Mar 10, 2005, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itchy5

the trick to sleeving is to get tools it may cost an extra $10 for a molex remover and 20pin atx remover but it will save you lots of time

the 'tool' came free with my sleeving kit, which was well under $10. The ATX was still a major pain in the ass to change. I will NEVER do one ever again. I had to label every wire to make sure they all went into the same place again.

Lowfat · Mar 10, 2005, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

actually you can get all kinda os diffrent additives liquid but I bet the little mad scientiest kids for kids the have those packets that make water glow in the dark could look pretty sweete although i don't know how it would react in a water cooling system....

glow in the dark tubing would be uber cool.

El Kapitano · Mar 10, 2005, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itchy5

the trick to sleeving is to get tools it may cost an extra $10 for a molex remover and 20pin atx remover but it will save you lots of time

I've got a full connector dissasembly kit already

Sucka · Mar 12, 2005, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itchy5

very very nice and clean

Thanks

Sucka · Mar 12, 2005, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulcakelume

how loud is the mach 2 ?

Not loud at all. Not any louder than other all air systems i've owned. You can control the 2 120mm fans as well, so they can be near silent if you choose. It does make some noise while cooling down, so the first 2-3 minutes of operation.

Mar 7, 2005, 07:12 PM	#151
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	Well, finished my wiring w/my OCZ PSU, and here are the updated pix like i said i'd post them . Side panel on Ever since i got my 6800GT along w/my seagates, the molex for my video card and the SATA connector has been touching each other. I've been worrying about the SATA connector snapping off because of that. I need to get me one of those 90 degree SATA cables but i don't want to pay more for the shipping than the cost of the cable itself . EDIT: Cleaned out my VGA silencer . and also __________________ Her First Day \| A year later Last edited by CDsDontBurn; Mar 8, 2005 at 08:55 AM.

Mar 7, 2005, 09:00 PM	#155
J0rs DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hamilton Ontario Posts: 74 Rep Power: 0	I have a compressor and I use that to clean my Arctic Cooler. I dont even take my gpu out of the comp to do it. I just shoot the air at the fan blades first and then through the back, at the aluminum heatsink. I also use our vacuum just to pick up most of the dust that comes off. __________________ AMD 2500+ OC'd to 3200+ \|\| 9800np mod to 9800XT \|\| 1gb of 3200 ram 2005fpw 20" Widescreen LCD w/ 12ms response

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Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 50 System Specs	well, my digicam sucks w/out the flash turned on, and w/ it on it takes sucky night pics. so here goes, the night pics are, obviously, very blurry. and then some oldies to show off my case a little: __________________

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Mar 8, 2005, 07:04 PM	#161
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	lol.....i didn't say that i did, i said that i could have . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Mar 7, 2005, 08:17 PM	#152
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	You need to think about taking that cooler off and cleaning the dirt/dust out bud.....

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Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 66	That's an artic silencer cooler thingy right? Mine get's quite a bit of dust too... And those things are damn annoying to clean! lol

Mar 8, 2005, 08:55 PM	#163
Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 50 System Specs	eh, yah, my wires are a mess, the cables that come w/ my psu are so dang stiff that it's hard to push them out of the way, but it's still a lot better looking than the interior pic that's up there. i have them all following the same general contour and tied together now rather than going directly to where i need them. i'll try to get a pic soon. __________________

Mar 9, 2005, 08:57 PM	Thread Starter #167
ReV smokey255 John Kerry of video cards Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 574 Rep Power: 0	those are some nice rigs

Mar 9, 2005, 10:07 PM	#168
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	Well here's my half finished pimping effort. There's alot of tidying to be done and the Red UV Psu connector kit and sleeving has landed today I'm having a ponder for a couple of days though before I launch into a cable sleeving frenzy. That sleeving you see there btw is the old vantec stuff I used before, kinda too orange for my liking; my new sleeving gives the cables a red (hot) tinge to the edges. Last edited by El Kapitano; Mar 10, 2005 at 12:59 AM.

Mar 10, 2005, 12:51 AM	#170
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	What second pic? Oh, it doesn't show in my firefox?....There fixed. It was a mistyped link that vanished in the editor. Wonder why/how that happened.

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CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	awww....so there wasn't a second pic after all . It's cool though....i can just drool over your fx55 system . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

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Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,251 Rep Power: 99	hey El Kapitano, what are you using for dye in the water? The brighest cheapest green dye you can get is a yellow highliter. Remove the tube of colour, soak it in water, then pour it in your system. It glows mighty bright. __________________ 27" iMac: i5 750 * 80GB X25-M G1 * 4GB DDR3 * HD4850 Stacker: 2600k * P8P67 Pro * 4GB DDR3 * 80GB ioXtreme * 30GB X25-E * (2) HD6950 * Asus D2 * Enermax Revo85+ HWD: (2) Xeon E5649 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * 8800GTS * 1000W Antec FT01BW: (2) Xeon E5645 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * GTS210 * Gigabyte 800W Odin GT Storage: (2) Sans Digital TR8M-B * 29TB

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itchy5 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 383 Rep Power: 0	the trick to sleeving is to get tools it may cost an extra $10 for a molex remover and 20pin atx remover but it will save you lots of time __________________ [color=blue][/color] [color=#8b0000]- Canadian - and - Proud -[/color] [color=#8b0000]AI7 865 - 3.2E @ 4ghz - 6800GT @ 425/1150[/color] [color=#8b0000]pc3200 XMS - Asetek Watercooling - 43C load[/color] [color=#8b0000]the Presshot master - watered Mid-tower[/color]