The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[tiny voices]

^100% agree. Was thinking that. Those capacitors are NOT meant to even be warm. Luckily he has a new PSU and different case now.

 

[tiny voices]

In typical Corsair fashion, my 300r power LED died. I had this purple one lying around and soldered it in place. Looks goofy, but was a fun 10min project. :lol:

 

[nukemaster]

Looks better than blinding blue

Can you see red and blue or does it look like purple?

 

[RazerZ]

@bossyfins You might be interested in this cooler.

It's the Rajntek Nemisis/Tisis:

Performs better than the D-15 but is slightly louder.

http://www.eteknix.com/raijintek-themis-evo-pro-nemesys-cpu-coolers-head-to-head-review/6/

Eteknix said it's the #1 Cooler they ever tested. Right now it's on sale till the 11th at NCIX for only $52, no rebates involved.

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=100810&vpn=0R100001&manufacture=Raijintek&promoid=1423

I like where Rajintek is going with their products.

 

[tiny voices]

Nuke, not a play on the stupid dress thing is that comment?

I see purple. The OEM LED was white actually. I believe the in line resistor went bad, not the LED itself.

 

[Onus]

I'm doing some testbed builds, and the first mobo on the bench has a 2-pin PwrLED connector, but the PwrLED cable from the case has 3-pin spacing. Rather than chew up the plastic trying to pluck a pin out and move it, I just put on an old HDD LED I saved.

 

[maxence822]

I just built a AMD FX 9590 system a few weeks ago. Works like a charm! Here is the link to it: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/maxence822/saved/bdCgXL

 

[tiny voices]

^ any reason you went for a 9590 and a weaker GPU vs an 8350 and a stronger GPU?

 

[Bossyfins]

I would never get ann 9590 even if I was forced to... the heat/power usage, would make me broke. But then again, I am broke

 

[tiny voices]

^ you have like a $1500+ computer. ......broke.....right.

 

[Bossyfins]

If I bought all the parts new, It would close to 2k. But I cheaped on and got open boxes lawl

 

[tiny voices]

Still, it is a very expensive PC that certainly no "broke" person could ever buy, open box or not.

 

[Bossyfins]

* I'm broke because I built my PC, lol. My next upgrade will be in like 4 years.

 

[maxence822]

^ any reason you went for a 9590 and a weaker GPU vs an 8350 and a stronger GPU?

Very honestly, I think I was going crazy looking back on it Well I got a nice discount on the CPU and I wanted to see if I could actually aircool it and run it nicely

 

[Turb0Yoda]

bwahahaahaha... Broke now

 

[Bossyfins]

Yup broke. LifeSux lol

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I got 99 problems but money ain't one.
Life of a dreamer

 

[Bossyfins]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[RussK1]

Absolutely cool.

http://www.modding.fr/?p=39557

 

[Littlesackninja]

@tiny Is that an entire 5.25" bay for usb inputs?

 

[Littlesackninja]

Absolutely cool.

http://www.modding.fr/?p=39557

Someone give that guy a cookie

 

[nukemaster]

Nuke, not a play on the stupid dress thing is that comment?

I see purple. The OEM LED was white actually. I believe the in line resistor went bad, not the LED itself.

Many purple leds are a red and blue one, I was asking if you can or can not see it because lets say my external hard drive looks like a blue bar next to a red bar instead of a purple led.

I have some blue leds that are slightly purple so it stands to reason they can make a purple led that does not "separate" when not look at straight on.

Did you have a line resistor on the power led? most of my cases did not have one, I always thought the board limited the current.

 

[tiny voices]

Nuke, not a play on the stupid dress thing is that comment?

I see purple. The OEM LED was white actually. I believe the in line resistor went bad, not the LED itself.

Many purple leds are a red and blue one, I was asking if you can or can not see it because lets say my external hard drive looks like a blue bar next to a red bar instead of a purple led.

I have some blue leds that are slightly purple so it stands to reason they can make a purple led that does not "separate" when not look at straight on.

Did you have a line resistor on the power led? most of my cases did not have one, I always thought the board limited the current.

The stock LED had a line resistor, yes.
This is a true purple LED, which I thought was interesting because generally purple lights ARE a combination of red/blue.

 

[tiny voices]

@tiny Is that an entire 5.25" bay for usb inputs?

Under the DVD drive? No, that is a fan controller. NZXT Sentry Mesh.

 

[nukemaster]

Thanks for the info tiny. I tend to not like purple leds because of the clear red/blue separation, but an actual purple is sure to be less blinding than blue alone. I think it looks good on your case

I was thinking of just going classic red(or even more classic red/green) at some point for power/hdd indicators.