My New Case

[Virtualbody1234]

That's a really nice High-end case.
Problems with The Zalman 7000A, I've heard that the fans fail and you cannot replace just the fan (not universal).
The Zalman 'flower' coolers are not very efficient. (Not very much airflow happens down near the cental core where it's needed the most)

Check out the Thermalright SLK-900U Heatsink. It lets you put a 92mm fan. You can choose the fan you want and it's easily replaceable.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?...artid=72&page=1



As for a new motherboard... What do you have now?

[Wolfmight]

HOLY !@#$%* that's huge.

that case is SLICK. I want to make one of those Fancy Smancy Water Cooled External HD with fadeing light case someday. (when i got some extra bucks hehe.. i need some teenager job. I do ebay wholesaleing right now.. some of u peeps prob bought some of my computer parts.)

[Cygnuz-Y]

I think that case is cool, but i preffer buying a new normal case and do your own moddification to it... B)

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@20 October 2003 - 21:11


As for a new motherboard... What do you have now?

Right now I have a Biostar M7 VIT Pro.

I'm reading a big review of 20 copper HSFs and it is quite enlightening.
I admit that I was very influenced by the esthestics of the two HSFs that I first posted. Too much art backround...

[Virtualbody1234]

Why do you want to upgrade the motherboard now?

Would'nt it be better to wait a bit to see if the 64 bit systems take off?

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@20 October 2003 - 21:54
Why do you want to upgrade the motherboard now?

Would'nt it be better to wait a bit to see if the 64 bit systems take off?

Probably.

Keeping the same board would also allow me to make some direct comparisons of my cooling solutions also.

Not to mention it would be cheaper...

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@20 October 2003 - 20:54
Why do you want to upgrade the motherboard now?

Would'nt it be better to wait a bit to see if the 64 bit systems take off?

i thought clocker was building the system from scratch and already had about half of the parts. imho from a KT400, an Nforce 2 Ultra 400 would still be a nice upgrade if he's got a little bit of cash to throw around.

[sparsely]

ooh!
/me has Case Envy

...but if I could get any one I wanted, I'd get this:

[clocker]

Thanks guys.
You both make valid points.
My current setup is only 2 1/2 months old and basically, I just flat out enjoyed the assembly process.
If I get a new board I can leave one of HDDs in the old box and have almost a complete system to try and sell. Add chip and you're set.
If I keep the Biostar I can just part out the old ( 2 months ) case and PSU,
keep both HDDs and the optical drives and wait and see how things shake out.
I suspect though that the 64 bit stuff will be criminally expensive for quite a while...

Maybe I'll get this instead...

[Billy_Dean]

Another point you should take into consideration Clocker is the cooling effect of the case, which is solid aluminium. I have one very similar, older version, I have 2 case fans at the back sucking air out, and one at the front blowing in. My case is COLD all the time, and just a standard heatsink.