My new build has been up and running for a while and I've only just got round to taking some photos. So here they are, I should mention that my cable management isn't best.
Sorry about the poor quality, it's not a very good camera.
Pics of new build, eventually!
My new build has been up and running for a while and I've only just got round to taking some photos. So here they are, I should mention that my cable management isn't best.
Sorry about the poor quality, it's not a very good camera.
Not a problem with the camera, just a problem with the photographer
isnt the cpu fan pointing the wrong way?
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It is yeah - but I can see why hes done it like that! And I doubt it would have a serious effect on temps, and may even aid the cooling of the passive heatsink just below it!
My first question was about to be how did you get a freezer 7 on the p5q-e! LOL I was going to get one but it involved a hacksaw and a sander to make it fit UNLESS you fit it the wrong way round
Which considering you have the top exhuast fan it may pose no problems?
MLB07165?
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Im using that combination the 'correct' way around. All I had to do was snip a tiny bit off the bottom left corner of the fan mount and then bend the bottom aluminium fin on the left down a little bit. Nothing to it.:thumbsup:Originally Posted by coiler
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It kinda put me off bending shiny new hardware and whatnot, so i'm using the intel retail fan which is really quiet considering :thumbsup:
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My fan was already a year old when I got the pliers out
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I didn't want to start bending the fins on the freezer, so I just turned it around. The only thing is that it's hard to push the pins down because of the heatpipe on the mobo. It's an e8200 overclocked slightly to 3GHz and I'm idling at 32*.
Yeah the heatpipe makes it tricky but not impossible with patience.
I think there is a case for mounting the heatsink that way round on the P5Q-E because the fan will draw air over the northbridge heatsink AND blow air over the connected heatpipe instead of just the latter.
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To be frank, there's nothing wrong with having the Freezer 7 facing upwards so long as there's an exhaust fan above it, which there is.
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Ah yes but, its drawing air in from where your GPU is, instead of clean air direct from the front of the case. In real terms I predict this would have a whopping 0.1% effect on anything at all.
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Looks like I am going to have this problem tomorrow, as I got the same setup coming.
which would be the best?
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz + Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, OCZ 4GB PC2-8000 C5 ReaperX, Asus P5Q-E iP45, 1GB Asus GTX280, 1.5TB Seagate Barracud, LG GGC-H20L Lightscribe, 650W Xigmatek, and Antec 900
It does look like a nice tidy build, not toooo kean on the case
I'm pretty sure that the antec 900 has an exhaust fan on the top, so it should be ok to have it facing the way mine is
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