New rig

Post by **Don Carlos** » Thu May 14, 2015 10:46 am

Oh and I like the sleek nature of the Obsidian. I wanted quiet and unobtrusive rather than disco bright and the like. Personal preference, you understand

Post by **Captain** » Thu May 14, 2015 8:30 pm

For sure, the case only comes with white LEDs on the two front fans (Corsair AF140) so it's definitely unobtrusive. I installed a couple blue AF140s for the top exhaust and added two cold cathode light bars.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun May 17, 2015 6:19 pm

Ok so despite a massive case, I can't have two fans running on the Kraken as I can't get the other power connectors into the motherboard in the case. So now I am just running one fan and the massive radiator. I have gone from a 120mm fan to a 140mm fan and the radiator is close on 150% larger than the last one. Browsing and general use the PC runs in the 30s and if I slam on Prime 95 it takes about 90 seconds before it hits critical. Not bad considering the amount of noise reduction. The PC games at high 40's / low 50's.

On the Kraken x61 - Beautifully built CLC. Well packed and deliver great cooling. The instructions are a nightmare or at least would be a nightmare if you are a beginner or possibly if you have never used CLC before. But the cooler is hugely impressive and despite a noisy start, it has calmed right down.

As I write this, my PC has been running for 30 minutes and the AMD 9590FX is running at 35 degrees - about 18 degrees cooler than with the H55i that I was running.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Thu May 28, 2015 8:49 pm

Kraken G10 is on the cards next...make use of the spare H55 hanging around

Post by **Captain** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:13 am

Your post got me looking at the Kraken X61, ended up getting a Corsair H110IGT instead. Ambient temps are about the same as my Noctua NH-D14 but I love how much more spacious things are without that massive cooling block in there. It's dead silent too.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 7:15 am

Nice purchase sir - that was the other one on my list. Kind of wish I had gotten that though, as I can't put both fans on the radiator due to it being too think.

Which brings me on nicely to this; I need a low profile 140mm fan, 15mm depth if possible. Anyone got any suggestion?

Post by **Captain** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 7:46 am

http://www.amazon.ca/Prolimatech-Ultra- ... B00B1WQ4VA

What kind of case do you have?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:33 pm

Corsair 550D

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:34 pm

And I spotted those, 120mm screw pattern

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:05 pm

I went for a Thermaltake Luna 14 slim...waiting for delivery

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 2:57 pm

Delivered, installed. Summer here and the temps are back down to below 40 degrees on idle. Also it now take 10 minutes for it to hit critical temp on Prime 95. Quite an impressive improvement. Also the silly LEDs on the fan don't make a difference to it at all - can't see them through the case, even with the top air vent off

Very pleased indeed

Post by **Captain** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:32 pm

Nice, I'm idling around 35C now. Stable 4.5GHz overclock

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Also cleaned up inside by swapping the PSU power cables for an individually-sleeved kit from Corsair

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Post by **shaft** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:54 am

very nice

Post by **SoM** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:18 pm

e-penis

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:50 am

that 100mhz O/C tho.

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