Album here: http://imgur.com/a/MqWLE#0.
Album here: http://imgur.com/a/MqWLE#0.
Last edited by mmoc7c6c75675f; 2012-08-16 at 10:00 PM.
I do have to say, even though the cable management is crap, and the potential work-ability is limited, the FT02 is still one of the best and highest quality cases i have ever worked with
Last edited by Cyanotical; 2012-08-16 at 09:52 PM.
Intel i5-3570K @ 4.7GHz | MSI Z77 Mpower | Noctua NH-D14 | Corsair Vengeance LP White 1.35V 8GB 1600MHz
Gigabyte GTX 670 OC Windforce 3X @ 1372/7604MHz | Corsair Force GT 120GB | Silverstone Fortress FT02 | Corsair VX450
i7 930 @ 4.0Ghz | Sapphire HD5970 w/ Accelero Xtreme | ASUS P6X58D Premium | 32GB Kingston DDR3-1600
Xonar Essence STX | 128GB Vertex 4 | AX750 | Xigmatek Elysium
Laing D5 | XSPC RX 360mm | Koolance RP-452X2 | EK-Supreme HF
Dell 3007WFP-HC | Samsung BX2350 | Das Keyboard Model S Ultimate | Razer Naga Molten | Sennheiser HD650
Last edited by n0cturnal; 2012-08-17 at 04:02 AM.
Intel i5-3570K @ 4.7GHz | MSI Z77 Mpower | Noctua NH-D14 | Corsair Vengeance LP White 1.35V 8GB 1600MHz
Gigabyte GTX 670 OC Windforce 3X @ 1372/7604MHz | Corsair Force GT 120GB | Silverstone Fortress FT02 | Corsair VX450
Lovely sleeving work there. Really need to get around to doing the rest of my PSU in white. Glad to see another Silverstone user as well. Hard to show any interest in new cases when the RV and FT series are so unique and efficient.
Here's a grainy webcam shot of my RV02.
http://i.minus.com/jycGh1NCxcZf7.jpg
Last edited by BicycleMafioso; 2012-08-17 at 01:00 PM.
Still tons of negative pressure and you'll be supplying your top radiator with already heated air, pretty much negating even having that top radiator in the loop in the first place.
Long story short, your front radiator isn't doing anything special. You may be dropping 1-1.5c in temps, but not much more. You would be better off taking it out of your system altogether and setting up some proper air flow. If having two radiators for whatever reason is an absolute necessity, make one of them external.
Last edited by glo; 2012-08-17 at 05:21 AM.
i7-4770k - GTX 780 Ti - 16GB DDR3 Ripjaws - (2) HyperX 120s / Vertex 3 120
ASRock Extreme3 - Sennheiser Momentums - Xonar DG - EVGA Supernova 650G - Corsair H80i
build pics
When it comes to water cooling, negative pressure actually creates better circulation with less turbulence and fewer hot spots, though loop temps might increase slightly.
The front radiator is of course, not useless. The more radiator surface area the better the heat transfer...it doesn't matter if the hot air is going into the case. What matters is that heat is being transferred into the air at all.
If loop temps are what is most important to you, the best configuration would probably be to have every single radiator fan as intakes and the single rear fan as an exhaust. If you want balance, I would just leave the configuration as front-intake, top-exhaust with the rear fan as an intake.
Last edited by kidsafe; 2012-08-17 at 06:27 AM.
nVidia GTS 250
AMD Phenom 9600 quad core
320 GB harddrive
4GB RAM
4 fans, one on graphics card, one on processor, one on the top back of tower and one in the front on the bottom,
besides the graphics card and one fan, that's been my setup for about 3 years, and its still serving me well
Last edited by Holypowah; 2012-08-17 at 06:17 AM.
What?
You are aware that the ambient temperature within his case is going to directly influence his top radiator, right? Just because the top radiator will be transferring heat off of the radiator itself doesn't mean that it wouldn't have drastically better performance with room temperature air to start out with in the first place.
Regardless, unless he's going to -heavily- overclock, the 360mm rad is plenty, especially with only 2x GK104. He can plop the extra fans in push / pull and be set.
i7-4770k - GTX 780 Ti - 16GB DDR3 Ripjaws - (2) HyperX 120s / Vertex 3 120
ASRock Extreme3 - Sennheiser Momentums - Xonar DG - EVGA Supernova 650G - Corsair H80i
build pics
Then at least swap the triple rad up top as an intake, keep the rear as exhaust, use the bottom mounted fan mount for intake for the front radiator and use the front rad for exhaust.
Logically that's the best I can come up with. The rear exhaust (at an appropriate RPM) should pull the heated air out as soon as it comes in, and the bottom intake should supply sufficient fresh air for the front radiator. If you want to further neutralize the air pressure, you can swap your PSU around so the fan is pulling from inside the case.
i7-4770k - GTX 780 Ti - 16GB DDR3 Ripjaws - (2) HyperX 120s / Vertex 3 120
ASRock Extreme3 - Sennheiser Momentums - Xonar DG - EVGA Supernova 650G - Corsair H80i
build pics
Finally got around to doing some of the upgrading I've been talking about.
Switched out my crappy 50$ budget board and Phenom II x4 965
Current Specs
I5-3570k @4.2ghz (going to push this further)
Gigabyte Z77-3DH (Friend bought wrong mobo accidentally and never returned it so he left me have it for half price)
2x2GB 1333 (Next upgrade is probably going to be this)
6870 Core@974 Memory@1200 (Christmas I'm going to up this to either a 670 or a 7970)
Rosewill Challenger (Either going to build next case or going with a corsair 500R, but I do have to say best damn budget case ever. Cable management, Backplate cut out, tool-less Design and decent room)
Antec BP550 (also a decent budget item at the time)
2x1TB 7200 RPM (one WD other Seagate)
120GB OCZ Vertex 3 (Worked really well despite everything I've ever heard about it)
CPU: Intel I5-3570k 4.7ghz MB: Gigabyte Z77-D3H
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming Ram: G-Skill 8GB 1333
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB PSU: Corsair CX850M Case: Corsair 750D