Project: Full shoebox (PICS-56k no) - Page 5

slobber · 30th July 2010, 6:29 PM

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Originally Posted by koma_white

5850's are fine in the SG05/06.
Just so long as no one is under the delusion of running ANY passive card in one of these cases. That will only end in molten plastic, fireworks, and magic smoke.

I have ran a passive GF9400GT and an HD5450 in my SG05 no worries though these are pretty much the least powerful cards available

koma_white · 9th August 2010, 3:39 PM

Just a bit of an update...

Project Shoebox has now gone fully aircooled.
In the end the confined space meant that the MCP350 just didn't have enough room to be adequetely dampened meaning that the vibration noise - as little as there were, resulted in the rig being louder than i wanted.

With a Scythe Big Shuriken and a Noctua 120mm on the CPU, and a Thermaltake TRAD2 on the 5850, things are now as quiet as i want them. Only remaining modifications are likely to involve the PSU as when things heat up that poor little 80mm fan spins up considerably resulting in yet again... noise.

I'll post some photo's of the now absolutely cavernous interior now that the 120mm radiator is gone. I'll probably put the 1tb drive that i removed back inside the case and attempt to silence it a bit. I never thought i'd be complaining that a Seagate Barra12 1Tb drive was loud, but i guess i am.

garfield2k · 10th August 2010, 2:33 PM

Maybe just need to put this is

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=15107

slobber · 10th August 2010, 2:40 PM

^ Farrrk me thats a rippoff

koma_white · 11th August 2010, 1:15 PM

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Originally Posted by slobber

^ Farrrk me thats a rippoff

Do you know of any other 450w SFX power supplies?
Unfortunately it's a cornered market... and i'll probably end up paying it.

slobber · 11th August 2010, 2:03 PM

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Originally Posted by koma_white

Do you know of any other 450w SFX power supplies?
Unfortunately it's a cornered market... and i'll probably end up paying it.

I know.............me too

alexc2005 · 11th August 2010, 8:56 PM

be interested to know how your aircooling is going!

probably going to attempt the aircooling route, perhaps maybe with a H50 on the cpu if possible...

SkItZo666 · 11th August 2010, 11:22 PM

Call me crazy, but im sure i remember seeing something about seasonic releasing an x series sff psu
Pretty sure they are releasing a 460w fanless gold one in the not too distant future

koma_white · 16th August 2010, 3:13 PM

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Originally Posted by alexc2005

be interested to know how your aircooling is going!

probably going to attempt the aircooling route, perhaps maybe with a H50 on the cpu if possible...

I've had to wind back the overclock for daily stability which is something that i had accepted when swapping from water to air. The positive is that with both the cpu fan and the gfx fan dialled down to ~35-40% the system is now what i consider to be acceptably quiet.

I haven't had much of a chance to tinker with it aside from lanning with it immediately after i swapped it over to aircooling. It survived but i did have to dial back the OC during the LAN due to instability.

velo · 18th August 2010, 7:46 PM

That looks awesome, well done

koma_white · 25th October 2010, 4:40 PM

I thought i'd post a but of an update to say that i've since removed the watercooling gear to cut down on weight and to further reduce noise.
The biggest limitation in keeping the noise down on this setup was the pump vibration. Despite padding the pump there simply wasn't enough room in the case to mount and adequetely isolate the pump to completely eliminate the vibrations being transferred to the chassis.

V2 of Full Shoebox used the same DFI mobo with a Scythe Big Shuriken and 120x120x25mm Noctua fan that would only come on when the CPU hit 45º. I also added a Thermalright TRad2 to the 5850 with a 120x120x12mm Scythe Slipstream Slim fan which only came on when the graphics card hit 50º. With only the PSU fan idling along for daily use it was a very quiet setup.

V3 of Full Shoebox has just started being built. I've swapped over to a Gigabyte H55N-USB3 motherboard for the USB 3.0 support and am just finalising the HSF setup. Most likely going to be a Thermalright AXP-140 with another 12mm Scythe Slipstream Slim fan. Also contemplating attempting to relocate the PSU to the lower front of the case to make room for a full height tower heatsink, but due to the proximity of the CPU to the graphics card on this Gigabyte H55N-USB3 mobo i don't think that's going to achieve what i want.

The OC headroom on the Gigabyte board seems to be a little bit better than the DFI board, but the lack of proper fan control on the Gigabyte is very annoying. Why bother putting together an almost brilliant motherboard and then skimp on fan control!

brayway · 25th October 2010, 4:52 PM

Pix or otherwise it is still on watercooling according to me

koma_white · 25th October 2010, 5:24 PM

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Originally Posted by brayway

Pix or otherwise it is still on watercooling according to me

Should've expected that.
Pics will be posted when v3's HSF setup has been resolved. I refuse to post a pic of a 'completed' build with a stock HSF in operation on OCAU. It's just not cool.

miahallen · 25th October 2010, 10:55 PM

Great build mate!

Very similar to mine (hadn't seen your until now), but I used the Corsair H70 to achieve similar performance to what you had with the water cooling setup. But, noise isn't much of a concern for me like it seems to be for you.

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Originally Posted by koma_white

The OC headroom on the Gigabyte board seems to be a little bit better than the DFI board, but the lack of proper fan control on the Gigabyte is very annoying. Why bother putting together an almost brilliant motherboard and then skimp on fan control!

The Gigabyte board is a monster with dual core CPUs....I had my 670 running at 4.8GHz stable in my build but swapped it for an i5 750 which has better overall gaming performance. Still running at 4.2GHz with a quad core is great! I suspect you'll also fine the Gigabyte to give you better results with your overclock, but with the more limited cooling we'll just have to see

Good luck

koma_white · 26th October 2010, 4:32 PM

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Originally Posted by miahallen

The Gigabyte board is a monster with dual core CPUs....I had my 670 running at 4.8GHz stable in my build but swapped it for an i5 750 which has better overall gaming performance. Still running at 4.2GHz with a quad core is great! I suspect you'll also fine the Gigabyte to give you better results with your overclock, but with the more limited cooling we'll just have to see

Any modifications to the board required to get the 4.2ghz?
With the last DFI board i had to do some serious heatsinking of all the VRM's to keep it stable.

9th August 2010, 3:39 PM	#62
koma_white Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Abtsfrd.Melb Posts: 2,411	Just a bit of an update... Project Shoebox has now gone fully aircooled. In the end the confined space meant that the MCP350 just didn't have enough room to be adequetely dampened meaning that the vibration noise - as little as there were, resulted in the rig being louder than i wanted. With a Scythe Big Shuriken and a Noctua 120mm on the CPU, and a Thermaltake TRAD2 on the 5850, things are now as quiet as i want them. Only remaining modifications are likely to involve the PSU as when things heat up that poor little 80mm fan spins up considerably resulting in yet again... noise. I'll post some photo's of the now absolutely cavernous interior now that the 120mm radiator is gone. I'll probably put the 1tb drive that i removed back inside the case and attempt to silence it a bit. I never thought i'd be complaining that a Seagate Barra12 1Tb drive was loud, but i guess i am. __________________ At the end of it all there will be three letters etched in stone. 'meh' PROJECT: Full Shoebox (WC'd SG06 mITX) FOR SALE:

11th August 2010, 8:56 PM	#67
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11th August 2010, 11:22 PM	#68
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25th October 2010, 4:40 PM	#71
koma_white Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Abtsfrd.Melb Posts: 2,411	I thought i'd post a but of an update to say that i've since removed the watercooling gear to cut down on weight and to further reduce noise. The biggest limitation in keeping the noise down on this setup was the pump vibration. Despite padding the pump there simply wasn't enough room in the case to mount and adequetely isolate the pump to completely eliminate the vibrations being transferred to the chassis. V2 of Full Shoebox used the same DFI mobo with a Scythe Big Shuriken and 120x120x25mm Noctua fan that would only come on when the CPU hit 45º. I also added a Thermalright TRad2 to the 5850 with a 120x120x12mm Scythe Slipstream Slim fan which only came on when the graphics card hit 50º. With only the PSU fan idling along for daily use it was a very quiet setup. V3 of Full Shoebox has just started being built. I've swapped over to a Gigabyte H55N-USB3 motherboard for the USB 3.0 support and am just finalising the HSF setup. Most likely going to be a Thermalright AXP-140 with another 12mm Scythe Slipstream Slim fan. Also contemplating attempting to relocate the PSU to the lower front of the case to make room for a full height tower heatsink, but due to the proximity of the CPU to the graphics card on this Gigabyte H55N-USB3 mobo i don't think that's going to achieve what i want. The OC headroom on the Gigabyte board seems to be a little bit better than the DFI board, but the lack of proper fan control on the Gigabyte is very annoying. Why bother putting together an almost brilliant motherboard and then skimp on fan control! __________________ At the end of it all there will be three letters etched in stone. 'meh' PROJECT: Full Shoebox (WC'd SG06 mITX) FOR SALE:

10th August 2010, 2:33 PM	#63
garfield2k Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 489	Maybe just need to put this is http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=15107