Pics of your computer

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Originally Posted by aintnothang

nice mobo!

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Thanks I bought it because I feel it leaves me with a high potential for upgrades.

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Originally Posted by bartvandenberg

That case needs a window. Very nicely done.

Love that you got your foot in the pic too. Nice touch

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A window would be kinda cool but I don't really want one, the case I had this computer in before this case had a window and lights and it ended up annoying me. I use the computer for watching a lot of media and the lights and window are distracting. Even without lights the motherboard has two very bright embedded LEDs on it that can be really annoying at night and for now the computer is in my bedroom and the lights bother me when i am asleep.

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Originally Posted by XcOM

tip for cable management,

Turn your HDD's backwards if your leads are long enough, it makes routing them easier, i've always done that if the leads are long enough.

Looks much cleaner

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I would but the the in the front of the HD rack I am using gets in the way. And the orignal racks built in the case (I took them out) didnt have enough room behind them. It doesnt really matter unless i get a window in the case anyways.

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Originally Posted by chaksq

...for now the computer is in my bedroom and the lights bother me when i am asleep.

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The six LED fans in my 1200 drive me nuts. I throw a blanket over my case at night and shut off the LEDs in the top fan, then leave about 1/3 of that top fan uncovered so the monolith doesn't overheat.

EDIT: Hey, found another shot of Dodecapede. Here's cable management for ya:

I've got switches in some unused PCI slots on the i/o panel that turn off my CCFLs, and I can turn off my temp gauge, so that just leaves the blue power LED :up:

That is cool and all but I keep my computer against a wall so the PCI slots are out for switches, and I would put them in the front panel or top but I haven't yet found a case fan that allows you to turn off the LEDs but let the fan still function. If I found fans like that I would likely replace the fans in the desktop with lighted ones.

DF my PC ran like that for 16 months lol.

yeah i know lol
that was it in september,,, ill load up some new pics tonight

^^ and i thought my pc was loud!

You should hear mine lol, It's not too bad. ATM (due to the 41c weather outside) I am running it with the side off and my Antec Tri-Cool 80mm on max and the same with my 2 120mm Tri-Cools and my Thermaltake Smart-Fan is running full bore at 12v, now that is loud lol. I just wanna download the Dawn of War 2 BETA from STEAM haha.

that is about only half the fans....

omg... but wouldnt you get better cpu temps by turning the cpu cooler 90 degrees?

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Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz

...the same with my 2 120mm Tri-Cools and my Thermaltake Smart-Fan is running full bore at 12v, now that is loud lol

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The 1200's got five of those Tri-Cools, and they're a bit loud but not too bad on High... on the other hand, I've had two 80mm Smartfans, and those are obscene at full bore (4800 RPM). I feel you there.

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Originally Posted by p0Pe

omg... but wouldnt you get better cpu temps by turning the cpu cooler 90 degrees?

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It's an AMD board. The orientation of the bracket around the socket only allows the cooler to be mounted facing the GPU or the PSU, it can't face the exhaust fan.

The cooler should be rotated to blow towards the PSU.

oh the other way???? lol

I got really bored last night so i decided to take it apart and do some cable management, sure it's not as good as it could be but it's the best ive ever had it
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Looks much better than it did before.

Alrighty finally had the time to take some more pictures. The lights are actually more red than orange, don't know why it came out that way... But I should be starting a mod project as soon as it warms up outside and I can work outside. Planning on doing a Monster Energy case using a NZXT Whisper. Anyway here are the pictures.

Let me know what you think.

This is my dell mod what it would of looked like before i mod it note i didn't get the memory card drive

This is my dell after i mod it

note if you can't see image zoom in

interesting cutout. :)

never understood why they put that dumb gray thing in front of the fan like that. nice job.

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Originally Posted by EspoNation

never understood why they put that dumb gray thing in front of the fan like that. nice job.

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More uniform look, I suppose.

Probably so the front of the case is flat. If Dell made really "out there" cases the majority of people wouldn't buy them.

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Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz

Probably so the front of the case is flat. If Dell made really "out there" cases the majority of people wouldn't buy them.

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Look at it this way though. HP and Voodoo teamed up and made that crazy gaming system the "Blackbird" and people bought that thing lol. So maybe Dell was on to something. They have the new XPS cases and those things look cool, but all in all I think people would still buy a Dell just because of the ease of buying and receiving the actual item. Sorry to get the thread off topic lol.

Maybe they wanted people to carry it easier Aka a hand grip. The only reason i say that is that it was a pain in the but to cut though.

VooDoo only teamed up with HP cos HP brought them out in 2006 lol. I agree the Blackbird was sold but only to the most extreme of users, one of my friends got the case alone and it cost him $2000 before shipping to Aus.

Dell are known for their cheap "you get what you pay for" systems, they sit there and do their job. That's what the majority wants. Imagine putting a really low end PC in a Blackbird for use in a store front. The only people who would buy it would be us modders cos it's the cheapest way to get the case lol.

Sorry for the Hijack lol.

lol on the note of the highjack... the blackbird isnt ThAT cool

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Originally Posted by DonT-FeaR

lol on the note of the highjack... the blackbird isnt ThAT cool

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yeah still hijacking, but i think the case is cool.

ill let the pics speak

Like the car guy whose daily driver is actually something quirky and fast, pOPe stands out from the pack. I still love that thing.

Truly an amazing mod pOPe, bloody awesome work. I can't wait for your next.

very nice, its a shame they make those res's out of aluminum though as your system will start to corrode. they should at the very least line it with copper...

but i really like it +rep.

love the res's sticking out the top! def gives it a cool look!

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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlushroom

Like the car guy whose daily driver is actually something quirky and fast, pOPe stands out from the pack. I still love that thing.

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thanks a lot! many hours has gone into this thing, and im glad that people likes it:D

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Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz

Truly an amazing mod pOPe, bloody awesome work. I can't wait for your next.

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thx dude! dont know when a "next" will come but i hope to make it better;P

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Originally Posted by Spawn-Inc

very nice, its a shame they make those res's out of aluminum though as your system will start to corrode. they should at the very least line it with copper...

but i really like it +rep.

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yeah... but sadly they were the only one who fitted probertly and still looked nice:D

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Originally Posted by EspoNation

love the res's sticking out the top! def gives it a cool look!

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thx:D i had to put them there since putting them into the case itself would... erm.. be hard to fit:D

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Originally Posted by bartvandenberg

Let me know what you think.

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Thats pretty cool man.

I agree, very nice outcome from the Tsunami Dream. I wanted to get that case soooo bad but they stopped making them and then stopped stocking them in Australia.

i have once again strippe dit sown and re-wired also have a waterfall res
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sorry for bad res pic, the water beads up on the front of it, it looks so much better in real life

EDIT: i got two pics from CyberDruid
The plans

The Shelfs

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Will

thats so annoying with res's. it does that with mine as well. but for yours it's worse since you want to see the water fall.


current setup.

I love your rad box Spawn :D.

i think I may have a way to stop the water from beading, A little bit of Rain-X should do the trick

Will

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Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz

I love your rad box Spawn :D.

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lol, thanks! working the best out of the last 2 mountings i did. makes the case much lighter!

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Originally Posted by 985323

i think I may have a way to stop the water from beading, A little bit of Rain-X should do the trick

Will

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might work, but don't like the idea of it in the loop. also may mess with the plexi.