Htpc/nas

[Stonerboy779]

You did see how much space was in there right?

No matter how inventive you get trying to get watercooling into a case which is just over 80mm high with only 50-60mm of useable space above the motherboard which takes up 90% of the base of the case.

Just not happening hahaha

Besides its an i3 2100 and its temps where chilling at ~10C above ambient with the 80mm noctura
running inaudibly at 7v

Also that PSU is only 60x120x100mm haha and just because you don't add watercooling a sleeved spaghetti doesn't mean it ain't still a mod

Also I promise I will make some progress on the arcade cabinet soon.

[Neodymium]

You did see how much space was in there right?

No matter how inventive you get trying to get watercooling into a case which is just over 80mm high with only 50-60mm of useable space above the motherboard which takes up 90% of the base of the case.

Just not happening hahaha

Besides its an i3 2100 and its temps where chilling at ~10C above ambient with the 80mm noctura
running inaudibly at 7v

Also that PSU is only 60x120x100mm haha and just because you don't add watercooling a sleeved spaghetti doesn't mean it ain't still a mod

Also I promise I will make some progress on the arcade cabinet soon.

LOL...I don't disagree! The whole idea is modding and the spirit...looking forward to more!

[Stonerboy779]

Will be doing measuring and playing around in sketchup today so I can give details to TLHarrell want to make the light box as small as possible because space is very very limited.

Will need to design the fake lcd too if I can pull myself away from Black Mesa haha

[Stonerboy779]

Did some more work with the HTPC namely tidying it up. Cut, extended, soldered, heatshrunk and taped up PSU wires. Cable tied them out the way and they take up next to no room at all now and run out of the way.

Noise levels are very very low qith the noctura fans and ULNA adapters in the future I may consider cutting into the casing so it moves to 100% airflow vs the ~40% it is atm :lol: got a few pics to hare in a bit of the tidied up insides. I will unfortunately need to crack t open again because one of the fans isn't properly pushed in which means I dont have an 80mm fan blowing air down past and between the sound and tuner pci cards. It is also the only fan that would actively force air out of the case so I better get on top of it haha.

If cupid is displaying right then my browsing temps on the CPU are a lovely ~5C over ambient which has me fairly happy.

[Stonerboy779]

This is the inside after I finished cutting, extending, soldering, heatshrinking, taping anf tidying up the wires. I replaced the 80mm fan on the cooler with the larger 92mm one and move the 80mm one so it blew air straight through the pci cards and out of the case.

and the additional 92mm fan added in behind where the PSU sits

If I didn't have a 1megabit upload I would upload a longer video but well yeah haha. Glad I have sub 20second boots. Also you may need to turn it right up to notice the change in background noise when the PC is turned on.

[Stonerboy779]

embedding seems broke for vid hmmm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2TMx...ature=youtu.be

[AmEv]

There you go

You just need the stuff between the "v=" and the next "&", if any.