Lexxuk
12-02-05, 22:54
I've decided to bite the bullet and sort myself out a nice looking case and all the stuff inside it.
So I've had a little look around, and damn there is too much choice for the typical person who cant be arsed to faff around O_o
The case, well I dont know really, the case I'm using is a sturdy bugger and does look rather cool, so I might just keep it, and figure out a template design for the side window, get it cut out and shove some perspex on it, along with a nice LED flashy fan thingymabob, my PSU is a Q-Tech gold 400Watt Dual Fan job, so its up to the task, and is gold, with 2 fans. I also have room inside the case for a large (dont ask me sizes, I dunno) fan, just above the AGP slot (if anyone knows the size). Also appears that I can stick another fan at the front in the bottom, so getting a new case isnt needed.
Memory, well I'm thinking heat spreaders, I did find some that are gold, but thought BLING and decided I dont want a chav PC, so am thinking going for some nice blue ones. Was thinking of getting 2 of them Crucial 512MB jobs with the dancing lights, but I'm cheap, I'll be upgrading my ram to DDR400 soon enough anyhow, so am thinking heat spreaders, but have no idea!
Do I want, Aluminium, Copper, or Copper/Gold? What kind of thermal properties am I looking at in a heat spreader for Memory (I wont be OC'in at all, its not my thang).
Wires, wires are the bane of my life!! So I'll be removing the nice IDE cables and fitting in the really thin jobs, can you get them in blue too?
Heatsink, hmm, ya, I'm gunna rip off my heatsink and fan off my AMD, and I'm going to shove on a nice ballbearing fan, with flashy lights! I also want to get one of them frontal 5 1/2inch temp monitor jobs to stick in the front.
The front really cant have too much, ok anything, done to it, maybe a new floppy drive with a cover, and maybe I can get the case (apart from the blue bit) sprayed.
I actually managed to find a photo of my case on google, omg!
http://www.bestofmicro.com/img/c/I222899.jpg
So maybe the template I use to cut out the side (am thinking eastern influence, maybe a chinese dragon curling around the centre which will be the flashy fan) could be sprayed onto the front?
Ok, so far, its a central fan for the case, one for the back and one for the front, a couple of RAM heat spreaders, a new CPU heatsink/fan with flashy lights and wires, probably all in blue, or maybe the dragon light in red, rawr, go wales! Umm, so am I missing anything? No, water cooling isnt on the list of things to to! Though I guess I could.. err.. nah, no water cooling :p
So I've had a little look around, and damn there is too much choice for the typical person who cant be arsed to faff around O_o
The case, well I dont know really, the case I'm using is a sturdy bugger and does look rather cool, so I might just keep it, and figure out a template design for the side window, get it cut out and shove some perspex on it, along with a nice LED flashy fan thingymabob, my PSU is a Q-Tech gold 400Watt Dual Fan job, so its up to the task, and is gold, with 2 fans. I also have room inside the case for a large (dont ask me sizes, I dunno) fan, just above the AGP slot (if anyone knows the size). Also appears that I can stick another fan at the front in the bottom, so getting a new case isnt needed.
Memory, well I'm thinking heat spreaders, I did find some that are gold, but thought BLING and decided I dont want a chav PC, so am thinking going for some nice blue ones. Was thinking of getting 2 of them Crucial 512MB jobs with the dancing lights, but I'm cheap, I'll be upgrading my ram to DDR400 soon enough anyhow, so am thinking heat spreaders, but have no idea!
Do I want, Aluminium, Copper, or Copper/Gold? What kind of thermal properties am I looking at in a heat spreader for Memory (I wont be OC'in at all, its not my thang).
Wires, wires are the bane of my life!! So I'll be removing the nice IDE cables and fitting in the really thin jobs, can you get them in blue too?
Heatsink, hmm, ya, I'm gunna rip off my heatsink and fan off my AMD, and I'm going to shove on a nice ballbearing fan, with flashy lights! I also want to get one of them frontal 5 1/2inch temp monitor jobs to stick in the front.
The front really cant have too much, ok anything, done to it, maybe a new floppy drive with a cover, and maybe I can get the case (apart from the blue bit) sprayed.
I actually managed to find a photo of my case on google, omg!
http://www.bestofmicro.com/img/c/I222899.jpg
So maybe the template I use to cut out the side (am thinking eastern influence, maybe a chinese dragon curling around the centre which will be the flashy fan) could be sprayed onto the front?
Ok, so far, its a central fan for the case, one for the back and one for the front, a couple of RAM heat spreaders, a new CPU heatsink/fan with flashy lights and wires, probably all in blue, or maybe the dragon light in red, rawr, go wales! Umm, so am I missing anything? No, water cooling isnt on the list of things to to! Though I guess I could.. err.. nah, no water cooling :p