Last edited by BicycleMafioso; 2012-12-26 at 07:18 PM.
Why do something simple, when there is a complicated way?
Ryzen 7 2700X | BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 | 16GB DDR4-3200 | MSI X470 Gaming Pro | MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G | 500GB / 750GB Crucial SSD
Fractal Define C | LG 32UK550 | Das Model S Professional Silent | CM Storm Xornet
Pressurized Air works best. Vacuum is not good.
If you are not going to do it often, then canned air is probably the cheapest solution: http://www.amazon.com/Innovera-51505...dp/B000U08SYK/
But if you plan on doing such things regularly, then you might consider this little toy: http://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-E...dp/B001J4ZOAW/
Why do something simple, when there is a complicated way?
Ryzen 7 2700X | BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 | 16GB DDR4-3200 | MSI X470 Gaming Pro | MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G | 500GB / 750GB Crucial SSD
Fractal Define C | LG 32UK550 | Das Model S Professional Silent | CM Storm Xornet
My brother's Cosmos II as it looks right now. We don't have compressed air or anything on hand, so it's dusty as hell, lol.
Cosmos II
AX 850
Asus P9X79 Deluxe
Corsair Dominator 4x8GB, 1600MHz @ 1.5v
Intel i7 3930k
GTX 680
Corsair Force 3 240GB... x2
Thinking of doing some changes to the watercooling, heh. Think a freestanding res and pump (it's currently an Alphacool 5.25" mounted solution) would look good in here?
A vertical standing tube res with a white led strip behind it (maybe cover the LED strip in thin black cloth (muslin, tights that kind of thing) to make it merely lit up and not have the LEDs reflecting all over the place) next to the HDD cage could look quite good.
I'm frankly not a fan of LEDs, so that's not happening. Especially with my brother, who doesn't even fancy aesthetics at all. However, we agreed that the bay-mounted reservoir is a PITA to work with and is more hassle than it's worth, so we want to replace it.
Welcome to the jungle(click me).
AsRock Z77 Pro4
I5-3570K(with Thermalright True Spirit 120 Rev)
Corsair Vengeance 8Gb Kit DDR3 1600MHz
MSI Radeon HD7850 OC Twin Frozr II
Corsair GS600 Gamer edition
Also have Sidewinder x4 keyboard and Logitech G600 MMO mouse.
Last edited by mmocba08ea396d; 2012-12-26 at 03:14 PM. Reason: including specs would be a good idea..
Just ordered me a pair of AKG Q701 Quincy Jones Specials to replace my tiamat. Epic sound upgrade inc!
Remember to kill image-tags when quoting images, please!
Yeah, the Phoebus provides more than enough amplification for a pair of 62 Ω headphones. They're nice audio quality, but I don't prefer its sound signature.
Why do something simple, when there is a complicated way?
Ryzen 7 2700X | BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 | 16GB DDR4-3200 | MSI X470 Gaming Pro | MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G | 500GB / 750GB Crucial SSD
Fractal Define C | LG 32UK550 | Das Model S Professional Silent | CM Storm Xornet
If you mean the cables towards the front panel, then that's a no-go. I have 2x 120mm fans in there as you can see from the pic.
As for the Molex -> PCIe adapter thing. I'll quote your sig: "Why do something simple, when there is a complicated way?" (the day i installed the new parts was a low sleep/super tired day. I grabbed the molex from my old GPU, and installed it to my new GPU. So that's my bad! )
Doubt it.
i7-2600K got released less than 2 years ago. Also it is 4.1GHz. :P MHz would be so obnoxiously slow. XD
What I bet you were given was a LGA socket 1156 based system, with either a first-gen i5 or 800 series i7, because as I recall those i7s were also on 1156.
Definitely not an i7-2600K though, sorry.
http://www.amazon.com/Alienware-Auro.../dp/B005DSS5U6
It could be an i7 2600K :P His motherboard looks exactly like the LGA 1155 I just linked on Amazon. His timeframe is likely just off.
Last edited by Saithes; 2012-12-27 at 12:27 AM.
Thermaltake V9 Black Edition Gaming Case
AMD FX-6100 Zambezi processer, (OC to 4.2Ghz)
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler
16 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance
MSI 990XA-GD55 MoBo
OCZ 180GB Agility 3
2T Seagate HDD
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1gb(upgrading to a EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SIGNATURE2 2048MB GDDR5 tomorrow
32 inch VIzio HD TV 1920X1080 Resolution(Main)
I-INC iH252 25 inch (Secondary)
Razer DeathStalker Keyboard
Razer DeathAdder 3.5g mouse,(Dragonage 2 edition)
Razer Carcharias Gaming Headset
Razer Goliathus Alpha L-Speed (Fragged) mouse pad