my first mod, now looking for new ideas

allxs · Post by **allxs** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 1:26 am

hi everyone,
im a newby and ive entered with my case, its the first time i touched de case in a different way then just turning it on or placing new hardware.

i dont want to sound cocky but im pretty proud of what i did, and people have to look very close to notice that its not real wood.
now i would like to hear some new ideas to do next with my hightower
if you would like to see more about my case then you can check it here http://www.allxs.org
greetings

Diggrr · Post by **Diggrr** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 3:12 am

Nice job...good clean lines.

Not much you can add though, a window would be wasted with the tower
sitting against the wall on that side. Maybe a blowhole (fan blowing out the top),
how are the temperatures inside? I noticed the top two drive bays are empty,
maybe an LCD or a nameplate in place of the drive bay blanks with lights behind it.

I just surf the casemod galleries to get ideas to expand on. You can use
google.com to find more of those.

Anyway, keep up the good work!....ciao.

allxs · Post by **allxs** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 10:54 am

thanks for the ideas, Diggrr
the LCD idea i like very much, and something with lights i also like.
i will look into it, i surely will search google for more.

about the fan i also like, though i already have 2 highpower fans on the backside and a oversided one on the cpu.
the last temp i measured was arround 50 celcius (122 F) much higher it dosnt go (luckily

)
the people at the store adviced me to make effort on the fans to prevent overheating when i started to build my comp.

thanks a lot.

allxs · Post by **allxs** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 4:21 am

i`ve been trying to get a new temp reading on the cpu, after a friend told me 50c is a bit high for a cpu and it gives always the same temp, though yesterday i found out that i do not have the cable connected to the mb, actually i dont have the cable at all

so the program allways gives the same reading. give me handbag and call me trudy

but after running the comp for hours i can still normally touch the cpu and with a normal temp meter i get only a temp arround 28-30c but its just in the case itself and not the cpu.

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 1:05 pm

is 50C while the processor is on full load?

well... regardless... as long as you don't have crashes and are 100% stable i think it's fine...
my last cpu ran at 47C at idle and 56-57C at full load...

maybe you have too much thermal compound... what brand are you using... if you aren't using artic silver or artic silver alumina, i really suggest you try that... really helps with cooling