The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[Darkbreeze]

Can anyone else access Frostytech.com?

Yep, no problem.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

just my luck as usual.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Went to Best Buy today and came across an Insignia PC Tool Kit. For $25, it's great. Comes with pliers, tweezers, a screw drivers with 10 different bits, an anti-static wrist strap, lots of screws and rubber washers, a 9-key hex set on a chain, an LED flashlight with a precision screw driver.

Now I don't need to go digging in the garage for the right type of tool (which usually does not exist, causing me to use pliers for stuff I don't want to use pliers for).

I can't read it really well but if the exploding power supply in your sig says Great Wall I'd change that. They made some very good units for OCZ and the units they make for Corsair certainly aren't bad enough to explode your computer.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yeah, might want to change that to Logisys, Apevia or Rocketfish.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Raidmax works

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yeah, but I think they might have ONE unit that's unlikely to start any fires.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Fine, the 5$ 1000 watt PSU in the bargain bin in walmart...

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I used Great Wall as a reference to one of my favorite jokes on this site. It's a reference to this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/304971-28-great-wall

They're called Great Wall because they were used at the Chinese borders to repel the mongols and other unsuspecting warriors. That's why people wrongfully say the Chinese invented the gunpowder, actually the explosions that routed the invaders were the Chinese PSUs hence the name "Great Wall".

LE: I'm suspecting that the Chinese nuclear program is also based on some huge PSUs.

It made me laugh, and at the time I didn't know much about Great Wall, but whenever I though about exploding PSUs, this guy's funny remark made me laugh, and that's what popped into my head when I made my signature. Perhaps I'll change the sig anyway, it's getting old. My sig has plenty of jokes. Westom kept calling me the "misinformed" so I put "power supply informer" on it.

 

[nukemaster]

Turkey - You gotta get back there, and clean those cables up haha. Make your rig nice, and pretty

There's nothing else that can be done for cleaner cables. I mean, it's just a fact of life that the cables have to reach their destinations, and with the two SSDs down low, there're a lot of cables - 2 SATA, 2 SATA power, USB and Audio cables.

I may be able to route some of those cables around back and up from beneath by the SSDs, but I think the PS may be in the way.

You may be able to run the 8 pin cpu power behind the board and pop out the top unless they closed that hole off.

The PCI-E cables may look nicer coming from the bottom.

Running the audio cable over the video card and down behind it may look better to some.

If your power supply shroud is plastic you can cut a hole and use 90 degree power and SATA connections to clean up the SSDs. At the same time the audio cable could run under the shroud with some cutting.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

The audio cable one is subjective... I think it would look ugly if I'm imagining it correctly. I'm probably not, given my sleep deprived state.

 

[nukemaster]

It may well, it is a preference thing.

I have run them under boards before too, then it just pops out the bottom and connects.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I will definitely try those things out. There are also some holes behind the two SSDs where I may be able to bring up the SATA power cables. Thanks for the suggestions! I'll do those when I install my fans I bought on Amazon.

 

[nukemaster]

Making custom power cables is another way to keep things nice.

Perfect spacing and Yes that is OLD.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Custom cables are way beyond what I can do. And yes that looks very old, especially the molex-powered options on the HDDs.

 

[nukemaster]

First generation WD SATA drives had both connectors(clearly you use only ONE).

I think you can do custom cables

 

[turkey3_scratch]

When you say "custom cables" are you talking about just sleeving?

 

[nukemaster]

90 degree SATA plugs just bite the cable so I just used an old molex extension and added all the sata ports I required for that case.
Like this. This is just a google result, I did not buy from this website or anything. I use used connectors from old power supplies
http://www.pelitawijaya.com/detail-715-Connector-Power-Sata-15P-Pelitawijaya-C-SATA-L.html

It just prevents the giant loops of cable with normal power supply SATA cable spacing.

 

[Bossyfins]

Turkey - You gotta get back there, and clean those cables up haha. Make your rig nice, and pretty

There's nothing else that can be done for cleaner cables. I mean, it's just a fact of life that the cables have to reach their destinations, and with the two SSDs down low, there're a lot of cables - 2 SATA, 2 SATA power, USB and Audio cables.

I may be able to route some of those cables around back and up from beneath by the SSDs, but I think the PS may be in the way.

You may be able to run the 8 pin cpu power behind the board and pop out the top unless they closed that hole off.

The PCI-E cables may look nicer coming from the bottom.

Running the audio cable over the video card and down behind it may look better to some.

If your power supply shroud is plastic you can cut a hole and use 90 degree power and SATA connections to clean up the SSDs. At the same time the audio cable could run under the shroud with some cutting.

Wanted to do this. was to lazy too.

 

[nukemaster]

Wanted to do this. was to lazy too.

Mad paint skills

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I don't have and space on the other side of this case, as is to be expected... I use my DVD drive often enough to not take it out and put all the spare cables in there... Wish I had said that the PSU was not able to be replaced and a new case and PSU was needed... Ah well... Would have been 20 bucks more expensive but completely worth it.

 

[tiny voices]

Well last night was exciting. Emergency Appendectomy. Never felt worse pain in my entire life. Drove myself and my GF to the hospital around 5:00 and had all the tests done and everything and was in surgery by 9pm.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Ouch. After a Google search on what Appendectomy is, it doesn't sound fun.

As I was typing the words "power surge" on Tomshardware, a power surge hit my house and then the power went out. What a coincidence.

 

[tiny voices]

It's funny. It is the most common reason for abdominal surgery. About 5% of people need to have their appendix removed.

 

[Mirakledba]

Back form Vegas! It was nice but a little much for me...the smoke...casinos...trashy people (I dont mean to sound like a jerk but seriously, a lot of really bad men and women) But I had nice food! Went to Smith And Wollensky AMAZING steak house...Wolfgang Puck, and more. Saving Gordon Ramsay for next time because we had already spent too much lol!

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Well last night was exciting. Emergency Appendectomy. Never felt worse pain in my entire life. Drove myself and my GF to the hospital around 5:00 and had all the tests done and everything and was in surgery by 9pm.

Ouch..