Recent content by rinoandrejohnsen

The plastic mesh is only for the aesthetically part of it. I wanted it too look nice as I had envisioned it, but it took me some tries to get there. Really happy with the result. No new pics with the fresh paint, sadly. I brushed it all down and repainted it, but since I don't have a studio, I...

That may be a very good point. Personally in my testing with this rig, horizontally aligned heatpipes was vastly superior to any other arrangements. For my second try I had 4 of the heatpipes slightly bent and that side heated up much more slowly than the side with only horizontal aligned...

I have completed my build by now and it got me thinking that I should share my findings in hope that when someone else takes a similar journey, they can get a upper hand. Lets start with the case itself. Streacom says that each panel can do 60W each and I can confirm this. I have the CPU hooked...

Time for an update. In my previous post, I began to suspect the CPU mounting block from HDPlex to be the culprit of the low performance of heat. After several tests with both tools and simply felt my way from the panels to the block, put me on a path where it all seemed to point to the...

I ordered them from Streacom. I contacted them over email for spare parts. They where happy to fulfill the order I placed.

Time for an update again. This time, I have the RX 570 installed with all the proper cooling. As one can see, I have added 8 heatpipes to the graphic card where 4 of them touches it's own panel. It is done in the same way as for the CPU, 8 heatpipes where 4 of them touches it's own panel...

Time for an update. I have got the new heatpipes and the NZXT Grid V2+ installed in my case now. The boring, but perhaps the most pleasant, first - the NZXT Grid V2+. I will put it straight. Simply one of the best products I have bought and used in a long while. After an easy install, I...

Time to post a update on the mesh attached to the top. I said in my first post that I would have to find a more graceful way to attach that mesh, so I have used a bit of time to think about it. While this was boiling in the backside of my brain, I also found out that the fabric I had chosen...

Wow, another solution! Wish I had researched myself to this one, but guess I got stuck in a one-track train of thought with the Schythe fans. Under pro's for the fan you linked to: "A valid competitor to the Scythe Slim Silence, and superior when using on air coolers and behind fan filters."...

This adapter, well, how can I put it nicely, but still get the message through? For the fan that runs at 2000rpm at max, this adapter brought it down to 1800rpm when I forced PWM signal to zero. I confirmed that the right signal was sent with an PWM fan and everything was according to my...

@zovc I just got an reply from HDPlex saying that the heatpipes are bendable, but they can't be cut. That would render them useless. For future reference.

Time to post some number on the effect on the fan mounted on the top. For the testing, I removed the top mesh so that I got optimal airflow. I now have to type of fans. (http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/fans/slip-stream-120-mm-slim.html) I have the 1200 - and the 2000 rpm model and done...

@VegetableStu No, the one to the left :thumb:

@msystems I just bought a pipe bender. Turns out they had it at my local hardware supplier. It was quite cheap as well. The result is amazing. Actually so amazing that I believe that without knowing one can't tell apart a bend from this tool and a bend from the factory. Lets give it a go. In...

@zovc If will send them an email to hear. Good to now if the can be bent at all.