Tell jcap to post his desk, and post yours too! [JCAP POST YOUR DESK]

[Warsaw]

When I got my case back in '04, ones with bottom-mounted PSUs cost a pretty penny...mine was a $42 Rosewill. I had all of the cables sitting in the 5.25" bay but I had just gotten through diving into my PC to remove a dead sound card, which is what reminded me to take those pics in the first place...=D

I see that your PSU is modular, which doesn't hurt either.

[Cortexian]

The modular features were one of the main reasons that I got that PSU, I use all of the "hard lines" (the cords that are non-removable) and then the three peripheral cords for my optical/hard drives and accessories. I could probably do quite a bit better with my cable management as it stands now, but I'd need to grab a couple of extension cables for a few of the power cords.

[Warsaw]

I just needed a cheap replacement PSU for the 420W that burned out. 580W, $60, 80+ certified, good to go.

[Varmint260]

I didn't show much of my tower in the last post, and I recently moved a load of shit around, so here's new pics.


Rearranged everything over to the end wall in the room to make it more spacious. Testing out my new Coca-Cola cooler (runs on household or cigarette lighter in vehicle) and instead of having my quad receiver just making more noise next to the desk, the speakers are below and to the left of the frame for rear audio. No, I didn't spill anything on the concrete under the desk, it's just stained that way.


Revel in my not-so-exciting computer with no fancy LEDs or windows, and my particularly bad wiring job. The only shiny things are the gold-plated RAM sticks which are also mostly hidden from view by a tangle of wires.

[InnerGoat]

Does that case not have any fans?

[SnaFuBAR]

no fans for silent performance~

[Rook]

I have 3 or 4 case fans and don't hear them ?

[Varmint260]

no fans for silent performance~

It's true, the case itself has no fans. It's just a plain Acer Aspire M1201 case. However, the PSU has dual fans, there's the CPU's heatsink fan, and there's one fan on the 9500GT.

If I set Crysis to Very High settings at 1680x1050 just to make it chug (down to about 10 frames per second, ugh), the CPU and GPU rise up into the mid-40s (degrees celsius). I'm not sure that calls for a case fan. Or am I wrong?

And Rook... is that when there's absolutely nothing going on anywhere in the building and the only thing you can hear is your own breathing? Not that it matters, I'm sure most people can easily drown out their computer's fans with a little music. Besides... if you're referring to the case you have pics posted of just above, I only see the one fan at the back that's screwed directly onto the case. Unless you're also including the PSU fan, CPU heatsink fan, and the GPU's fan...

[Rook]

And Rook... is that when there's absolutely nothing going on anywhere in the building and the only thing you can hear is your own breathing? Not that it matters, I'm sure most people can easily drown out their computer's fans with a little music. Besides... if you're referring to the case you have pics posted of just above, I only see the one fan at the back that's screwed directly onto the case. Unless you're also including the PSU fan, CPU heatsink fan, and the GPU's fan...

There you go..



The CPU fan is behind the fan with the green LED, and the graphics card has a little fan too. That's 6 in all if you count those. If it matters there is a spot on the other side of the case for a 80mm fan that is empty that points to the hard drive rack.

[Varmint260]

Ahh, right. I was still looking at the pics of your OLD computer. Whoops.