Well I felt like I should post the results off how the computer is these days whit a gallery and info. It's ok silent but not really nicely silent. Doesn't bother me when watching movies or listening to music but when I have no such thing going and it's a silent room it is a bit too loud for my taste but can't do much sadly as computer gets a bit hot as it's quite crammed together in space inside.
So lets give the specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom 9750 [email protected]>[email protected] (Love K10STAT!)
MEMORY: Corsair TWIN2X 6400C4DHX DDR2 4096MB @1066Mhz 5.5.5.15.(22) 2.18v.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H
GPU: IGP HD3200 @ 900Mhz
PSU: Corsair HX620W
DVD-Drive: Pioneer DVD±R/RW DL 20X DVR-215BK SATA
HDD: 1x Maxtor 10 200Gb sata, 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320Gb sata2
CHASSIS: Lian-Li PC-A01b
CPU COOLER: AMD stock heatpipe cooler
FANS: 1x Nexus 80mm, 1x CoolerMaster 80mm, 1x Papst 120mm
DAMPENING: be quite! pc noise absorber KIT, universal big tower
MONITOR: LG L245WP 24" LCD 1920x1200.
So lets show some photos of the thing, starting whit the exterior:
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And then lets take a look inside the case:
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Lets start to remove the dvd-cage to take a look under:
First I need to unplug the dvd-drive then push the drive inwards as much as I can and then I can lift the cage upwards first lifting the backside then pulling it all out, here I have put it back tilting on the front side for a photo
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
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Then I need to pull the dvd-drive forward in order to be able to remove the cables underneath.
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Now that the cage is removed lets take a look underneath:
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And lastly a picture in it's rightfull place:
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So there it is. My Lian-Li PC-A01b m-ATX whit a full tower silencing kit used and it isn't fully silent then either.
![Crying or Very sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
About the temperatures, well it goes quite nicely hot all the time. It did run hotter before but I've managed to squeeze some extra cooling power into the thing all in all whit better fan layout/airflow.
HDD temps are now between 43-49C going from idle to full load. They did run at 49-51C constantly before idle & load. But now idle is 43-45C and max load is 47-49C. The 120mm fan has been placed above the hdd cage now and the heatsinks removed, contrary to pictures.
The cpu temperature I've improved quite effectively now. The idle temperature is now 35-37C and max load is 53-55C. It was running before at 43-44 and 58-61C. So quite a improvement. Noise has been lowered whit fan no longer needing as high rpm's as before. idle shows 2000-2200rpm and load goes to give 3000rpm.
The HD3200/780G no longer has any fan cooling it. Is no need for it as whole computer has better airflow now and manages to cool it all good enough. Still possible to OC to 950Mhz but I keep it at stock 500Mhz because DXVA isn't stable whit OC. OC is stable for everything else but DXVA.
The temperature off this thing is at 39-40C in idle and 69-70C in full load. Been lowered 5C from before.
The System temperature has been improved as well having max 45C in max load now compared to the 50C before. Idle stays at 38-40C.
What I did whit the fans was to first have the front fan push out air instead off inside the case. then I moved the 120mm fan on top the hdd's as I removed the heatsinks as they came loose all way to often for my taste. Then I put the 80mm cooler master fan that was on top the hdd's back against the PCI slots to push our more hot air, I removed each faceplate and used a rubber band to affix the fan onto them. I also installed dust filters I cut in appropriate sizes for the top and back air exhaust that now became air intakes whit the negative pressure created thanks to the 2 80mm exhaust fans front and back. This improved temperatures in the computer a lot.
It was toasty before but now it's only Hot. And still all stable
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But it wasn't stable always. That is thanks to crappy motherboards. I managed to burn and toast 2 GA-MA78GM-S2H, a rev 1.0 & rev 1.1 whit this computer. The mosfett on the motherboard could not handle the Phenom 9750 cpu and burned up. GA-MA78GPM-DS2H is a much better motherboard I will say. Won't ever touch that GA-MA78GM-S2H anymore.
It's nice enough that I actually got the GA-MA78GPM-DS2H as a upgrade RMA for free at least after the two burned GA-MA78GM-S2H I suffered.
The silencing kit took me a full day to install inside the case. I might have gone and used way to much off that stuff but I like to cower every corner not leaving anything open unless it was fully necessary. Noise level went down loads whit this case I can say. Could probably not bear whit it unless I had installed the silencing kit. Was a good thing I decided to get this stuff, wasn't all that expensive either, real nice quality stuff also.