Re: Computer Build

Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

On 12/6/2024 5:55 PM, Xocyll wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
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One of my biggest complaints with my current PC is
something I completely overlooked: the placement of the power-button
(it's in the middle of the top panel; inconvenient to reach, but easy
to press accidentally when I put something on top of the PC).

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Yeah,. Corsair 4000D case here, and the usual front of the case buttons
are on the top of the case, as is the USB port (Way to build a dust
collector guys.)
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But since there's no room for an internal dvd drive, I bought an
external, which site on the top front of the computer, covering the
buttons and USB dust collector.

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Ugh.  Yeah I should've looked more closely at that, my current one has
the USB & power on top, though that's more convenient as I've got the
front behind my monitor, his current one is in front and that's
obviously better based on the schmutz on the the top, but the new one's
coming with all that top mounted.
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I don't have all the parts yet.  They should all be here next week
except for the the case might not be here until after Christmas.  He's
itching to get it up and running so I might do with 'cardboard box' case
until it gets here.  The VC might not be here until right before
Christmas, I don't see any point to using it until we get that though.
I'll have to check if the CPU fan covers any screwholes too as I'm not
taking it off to screw it in the case.

It shouldn't.

I mounted 2 more fans in the front, and have one in back and one of the
two top fan slots for 3 in and 2 out.

I even moved them around a bit sine the 3 extra fans I bought were red
leds ones, at no time did the CPU fan get in the way.

The one thing I had to do was buy a fan hub type thing for the fans,
there aren't enough on-MB connecters for more then 2 fans.

Something like
https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/case-fans/148956/ican-rainbow-rgb-controller-connect-up-to-10-fans-with-wireless-remote-control-note-compatible-with-cogoe00001-or-any-4-pin-12v-icctrlrgb.html

The external cd/dvd drive is very slim and low profile, but because it's
sitting on top of the computer, I couldn't fill the last fan slot, but
it's unnecessary and the thing covers the buttons and USB slot nicely
and stuff can be put on it, and you just slide it back a centimeter if
you need to reboot or use the usb slot.

Even though the apt gets very hot in the summer, the fans never sped up
even under double game load.

Xocyll