[CrazyKillerMan]

Athlon 1.2 GHz
AMD 761
Aopen HX08 case
thermaltake dragon orb 3

2 chasis fans ( 60 mm )

case closed
cpu:
idle: 38 degrees
full load: 45 degrees
mobo:
idle: 33 degrees
full load: 36

case open
cpu:
idle: 34 degrees
full load: 43 degrees
mobo:
idle: 32
full load: 36

with new case mod ( 80mm sunon blow hole, and 80 mm sunon blower )
cpu
idle: 32 degrees
max: 41 degrees
mobo
idle: 29
max 30

this is at approx 24 degrees in my room

I am way impressed with this small mod

did temp test after 30 mins of idle, then with a c program I made to test high (same time to execute, differing temps).

[CrazyKillerMan]

All the above are also including the tweak on the 761 chipset.
STOP GRANT DISCONNECT
and HALT DISCONNECT


It drops my temps about another 6 degrees (CPU anyways).


But, I am really happy with my mods. I seem to have placed the new fans/holes in optimum positions at least. I am doing some modding to the case I have.

Added the blowhole and the blower on side.
Also installed a blue LED ($7 cdn!!!!), which was rather easy.

Over the xmas and early 2002 months, I am gonna get my bud to airbrush it too. GOnna do it right, sanding, primer, masking, and most importantly, taking the whole case apart.

And, consequently, the case is super easy to mod and what not.

[clutch]

Quote:

Mine is loud as a vacuum cleaner due to those big 5" units I use at the case bottom!

Heh, mine IS a vacuum cleaner:



Sometimes that cat just gets a little too close...

[CrazyKillerMan]

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I should email you pics of my rig inside & out and you send me yours too!

I cant do that until i get my hands on a digi cam or a scanner.

But, my friend that is painting it has one, so I will have to send some pics before and after to you. I plan on getting some loom or spiral wrap to go on the power supply cables, and for xmas, hopefully I get the server spec gladiator cables from pcmods.com (ata133 spec, and they look cool!!!)

But, send that email if you wish to
ben_stolz

[clutch]

Here's another pic of mine while it was stripped for prepping. It shows the Dynamat and split-loom tubing that I installed. This is part of a site that I am setting up for all my pictures (ASP with an SQL backend, and directories for the pictures) and once I have the mod section done I'll throw up a link.

http://www.driventechnologies.com/pictures/article.asp?22

[CrazyKillerMan]

That dynamat application is also something I am really thinkin about doing.

But....gotta find a place other than future shop that does NOT sell for $1,000 a square foot!

[CrazyKillerMan]

I found this site a while back

Its not too too bad, there is some useful info there, and they cover quite a large area (for one site anyways)

casejunkiez

And I dont know if this is what you were looking for....but this MAY help, at least with the cutting.

front fan mount

I noticed clutch threw some kind of 'attachment' in his front fan mount. Possibly to increase air flow.

[clutch]

Here's all the pics that I have of Big Blue. It you click on a thumbnail, it will take you to a page with a larger version of the pic and some comments about it too.

http://www.driventechnologies.com/pictures/pc-pix.asp

[CrazyKillerMan]

Ye, that water-cooled system was pretty sweet indeed.

I really dig the full tower cases (all of us have em :p) and they provide alotta le-way when modding.

btw thanks for the pics!!!