WTB Thermaltake ElementS case

[Nephilim]

EDIT: Question for guys with the CM690 is the side panel flimsy or sturdy?

its quite sturdy

the only gripe with it is that high cfm fans will cause the mesh to act like a reed whistle, giving a low hum noise. it's quite annoying. but there are enough fan placement options to keep you happy.

i use the top and front intake (with a 'McGuyver' for a 2nd front intake) and the back and top as outtake. the side on mine i sealed with tape.

if i en feeling lazy ill pop the case open and take some picks for j00

Coulda just get some 4 pin molex to sata adapters u know. Supertech had dual sata adapters for $10 a time and i buy out all, comes in handy when u have a lower end psu to work with.

NEVARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

btw oc that heatsink you sell mail, if you ever get another one like it i call dibs one time...that sink IMBA.

[Nephilim]

not to thread jack but the sink keeping the chip at the same OC about 3-4*C cooler. was real impressed. the board was also impressive it did a higher OC than mine could. biostar for me next qui.

[unforgiven]

nice @ sturdyness
ohho at noise guess i might run some fans at 7V
am go hadda remove the blue fans from front or else i might have a hard time sleepin lol

EDIT: Question for guys with the CM690 is the side panel flimsy or sturdy?

its quite sturdy

the only gripe with it is that high cfm fans will cause the mesh to act like a reed whistle, giving a low hum noise. it's quite annoying. but there are enough fan placement options to keep you happy.

i use the top and front intake (with a 'McGuyver' for a 2nd front intake) and the back and top as outtake. the side on mine i sealed with tape.

if i en feeling lazy ill pop the case open and take some picks for j00

Coulda just get some 4 pin molex to sata adapters u know. Supertech had dual sata adapters for $10 a time and i buy out all, comes in handy when u have a lower end psu to work with.

NEVARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

btw oc that heatsink you sell mail, if you ever get another one like it i call dibs one time...that sink IMBA.

[Nephilim]

you could always use the bottom mounted fan, i have one there to feed my GPU cooler

yuo could order a pack of the fans they used in the case. i was able to had one for about 240, is 4 fans in the pack.

[unforgiven]

ah gettin the fans but is Yate Loon 2200 Rpm, so might be loud ,,, when i hook it up ah go see .. well hear. then go decide on what to do.

final build should be :
Phenom II x940 (stock cooling, idling on 27-29 degrees right now )
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H
8 gig of ram unganged, 5-5-5-15 (end up goin with KVR cause of how cheap an warranty locally)
corsair 620HX
x1800 gto (yes i know old but cant buy ah gfx card right now after spendin this much.. maybe when next gen out na price drops)
WD Black 640 gig (sata)
Seagate 160 gig 7200.9 (sata)
maxtor 250gig 7200.10 (sata)
Maxtor 500 gig 7200.11 (sata)
Benq 1650 dvd burner (ide)
sony optiarc AD-7240S (sata)
an well cooler master cm 690 ..... (the damn Elements still itchin meh thou eh lol)

[Nephilim]

yates = win

dang i though i had plenty drives. that is real pron! lol

[Arcmanov]

yates = win

dang i though i had plenty drives. that is real pron! lol

* whistles *

* looks the other way *

[unforgiven]

the 160 was from a while back.
the 500 gig i duh trust to much (had to rma twice in under a yr should get that back sometime next week, 7200.11 seems to have real problems)
bought the 250 since its older series (7200.10) to use for the mean time
an waiting on the WD 640GB. seems to be a more reliable (and fast) drive
an i mostly have anime on my drives ... sad thing is i have so much and like 80% i aint watch yet .. an it piling up .. have backlog from couple years back to watch yet lol
an well Jpop music videos and normal Mvids  

WD Black 640 gig (sata)
Seagate 160 gig 7200.9 (sata)
maxtor 250gig 7200.10 (sata)
Maxtor 500 gig 7200.11 (sata)
Benq 1650 dvd burner (ide)
sony optiarc AD-7240S (sata)
an well cooler master cm 690 ..... (the damn Elements still itchin meh thou eh lol)

[Netizen1]

have you tried updating the firmware of the 7200.11 drive? I hear that sometimes that can "fix" a problematic drive


You do know you can get a 1TB for less than US$90.00

[unforgiven]

actually this time the firmware update caused the reason for rma lol.. my drive was listed as needed the update based on my serial number from seagate so i did update ..... then all the problems started hapening bad sectors an so on . the day before i did the update i did a full scan with seatools an no errors ... was not having problems with drive before update. actually if you google you will see the firmware breaks alot of the older drives so is not just me alone .... shoulda google that before lol

an about the 1TB . i went the 640 cause its 2 platters as apposed to 3 on the 1TB an i wont really want to rely on a big hdd rather few smallers ones

have you tried updating the firmware of the 7200.11 drive? I hear that sometimes that can "fix" a problematic drive


You do know you can get a 1TB for less than US$90.00

[unforgiven]

case received thanks to MMSTT
but before close thread, anyone has some 140MM case fans for sale? oh an a 80x80x15mm case fan

[mmstt]

No problems.

Sounds like you planning on putting fans all around LOL

[unforgiven]

yup might not use the below one thou,
just want the fans when i doin the build by weekend or so. might get rest of parts by friday hopefully, supposed to reach skybox today.

[Netizen1]

Locking thread cuz the case not needed as unforgiven got a Cooler Master 690 instead from mmstt