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by northan
Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:55 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: advice needed on scratch built
Replies: 7
Views: 5446

Re: advice needed on scratch built

Your right, I'm making assumptions based on my current set up. At the moment I have a freezer pro 7 rev 2 on my Amd 4 core cpu and because of Artics inadequate advertising I have the fan pointed up blowing the hot air from the cpu into the air intake of the psu. This is the main reason for changing ...
by northan
Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:02 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: advice needed on scratch built
Replies: 7
Views: 5446

Re: advice needed on scratch built

Why not have the PSU in the same side as the HDDs and skip the middle section. Have it lie on it's side with a hole in the wall with the MB section and it can suck out heat from there when/if it heats up. You can move one or both fans in the HDDs section up. I don't see a fan on the CPU Heatsink, n...
by northan
Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:52 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: advice needed on scratch built
Replies: 7
Views: 5446

Re: advice needed on scratch built

Thank you for replying and welcome - long time lurker. Yes I considered the psu in the middle on my first design. http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk146/northan77/loungepc4copy.jpg However I came to the conclusion the it was hard to come across sata cables of a suitable length (close to 100cm) tha...
by northan
Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:49 am
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: advice needed on scratch built
Replies: 7
Views: 5446

advice needed on scratch built

Hi All. I'm designing and building a case for my pc to cater for my particular requirements in the living room. I've recently built an AV area under my stairs in the living room that houses a TV, amp, blu/ray, sat, xbox..... anyway you get the picture. My HTPC has always been in a normal pc case sit...