Vento 3600 a.k.a. Darth Vaders Coffee Maker

Marcus_X · 27-05-2005, 05:56 PM

It's got blue light coming from the power supply which nicely fits the case colour (blue)

The HDD led is located in the lower right intake, when it's active the white fin will blink with a blueish color.

I'm pretty proud of the whole thing, cause it's the 1st time I ever built a pc.

- AMD Athlon 64 4000+ "San Diego"
- ASUS A8V Deluxe mainboard
- 2 x 512 Mb DDR RAM PC3200
- 2 x 256 Mb DDR RAM PC2700 (I still had those lying around, so I put them in, should I remove these?)
- Revoltec 7 in 1 Procycon II media reader & writer
- XFX 6800GT 256Mb AGP With Zalman VF700-cu
- 2 x Hitachi 80Gb HDD with 8Mb cache
- Double Layer DVD Burner by Pioneer
- Sony Floppy Drive
- Thermalake 450 Watt psu

I'll be adding a CPU cooler soon, but I'm still thinking about which one I should take.

*Updated the pictures, since I threw some of the hardware out, and because I wasn't happy with the old pictures*

Waffle · 28-05-2005, 11:19 AM

nice.........

hope the installation goes smoothly, although we're here to help if necessary

Nic · 28-05-2005, 11:23 AM

Wow nice case...the one ur getting i mean

Addis · 28-05-2005, 12:09 PM

Damn thats a badass case.

ninja fetus · 29-05-2005, 09:15 PM

Looks nice, I was looking at those a couple weeks ago and once I saw the price tag I ran away crying

Addis · 29-05-2005, 09:18 PM

Lol prices are scary for some things. Like the cost of SD-RAM 256mb at PC World. £33.

Sniper · 08-06-2005, 01:41 AM

your system looks very good man, not keen on your choice of case though.

max12590 · 09-07-2005, 10:03 PM

I thought about one of those cases but it was out of my price range, and it didn't have a window.

Exfoliate · 09-07-2005, 10:21 PM

Yeah $150 is a little steep, and I thought $90 was pushing it for mine. But it's a very origional and cool design in my opinion, I'd want it in silver/black though (more Darth Vaderish

) Though if I had the money I'd make my case so decked out it would cost more than my cpu probably.

zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG · 10-07-2005, 12:01 AM

awesome to know someone else bought vader's coffeemaker

I got one too

Red, with blue LEDs

I'm gonna up the cooling a bit though

2x80mm front, 1x120mm 3x80mm rear exhaust

Marcus_X · 10-07-2005, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

awesome to know someone else bought vader's coffeemaker

I got one too

Red, with blue LEDs

I'm gonna up the cooling a bit though

2x80mm front, 1x120mm 3x80mm rear exhaust

Could you let me in on how you add extra cooling fans, I'm no expert and I don't know where to start.

I noticed that the standard 120mm in the back is really noisy

I even replaced my cpu cooler because at first I thought that was the the noisiest fan in my case.

I also considered replacing / adding extra cooling, maybe you can help me in this. You know, by advising me which brand is best and how to install extra fans.

Thanks,

zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG · 10-07-2005, 08:04 PM

i haven't even noticed it yet haha (in noise) well you can mount a 80mm on the opposite side of the 80mm intake, only you'd have to get into the panel, which I've tooken off easily via screwdriver and patience. and its a good Idea to replace the duct with another fan I think it might help temps to make cool come from front and since heat rises, for exhaust to be out back, simple idea

antec and ultra brands are good for fans, I might also install a UV light to make my Ultra X-Connect cables glow, and cut out a diamond shaped window over the whole top, gonna be hard though, two seperate sheets of metal and over that plastic to finish it off.

Marcus_X · 11-07-2005, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

i haven't even noticed it yet haha (in noise) well you can mount a 80mm on the opposite side of the 80mm intake, only you'd have to get into the panel, which I've tooken off easily via screwdriver and patience. and its a good Idea to replace the duct with another fan I think it might help temps to make cool come from front and since heat rises, for exhaust to be out back, simple idea

antec and ultra brands are good for fans, I might also install a UV light to make my Ultra X-Connect cables glow, and cut out a diamond shaped window over the whole top, gonna be hard though, two seperate sheets of metal and over that plastic to finish it off.

You ment taking off the front panel? And installing a second front fan opposite of the standard one is possible? Behind the right intake?
The right airduct doesn't go into the case itself but outside the actual chassis. Installing a fan there wouldn't help that much would it?

What about those 5.25 fans? Are they any good? I have two bays empty and have the possibilty to put one there.

zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG · 11-07-2005, 11:56 PM

it would double the intake, I don't mean the front panel but the second side panel that you have to wedge off delicately by pressing those small plastic tabs, then you can screw it on on the inside of the panel via the outside

Marcus_X · 12-07-2005, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

it would double the intake, I don't mean the front panel but the second side panel that you have to wedge off delicately by pressing those small plastic tabs, then you can screw it on on the inside of the panel via the outside

I understand now, into the side panel, how silly of me.

It's not that I have to install extra fans because my temps are too high, I want to replace the noisy ones, and I could add extra fans as an extra precaution, although I don't really need it.

I'm pretty happy with my temparatures inside the case except my 6800gt gets a bit warm according to the nvidia settings panel, all temps stay in the green though and that's after installing a vf700-cu from Zalman

CPU temp +/- 42 idle (oc'd at 2.7 Ghz, I can oc it even more right?)
MB temp +/- 23 idle
GC temp +/- 55 idle

27-05-2005, 05:56 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
Marcus_X Expert N00b Join Date: Apr 2005 Age: 26 Male Posts: 238 Times Helpful: 17 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	Vento 3600 It's got blue light coming from the power supply which nicely fits the case colour (blue) The HDD led is located in the lower right intake, when it's active the white fin will blink with a blueish color. I'm pretty proud of the whole thing, cause it's the 1st time I ever built a pc. - AMD Athlon 64 4000+ "San Diego" - ASUS A8V Deluxe mainboard - 2 x 512 Mb DDR RAM PC3200 - 2 x 256 Mb DDR RAM PC2700 (I still had those lying around, so I put them in, should I remove these?) - Revoltec 7 in 1 Procycon II media reader & writer - XFX 6800GT 256Mb AGP With Zalman VF700-cu - 2 x Hitachi 80Gb HDD with 8Mb cache - Double Layer DVD Burner by Pioneer - Sony Floppy Drive - Thermalake 450 Watt psu I'll be adding a CPU cooler soon, but I'm still thinking about which one I should take. Updated the pictures, since I threw some of the hardware out, and because I wasn't happy with the old pictures Attached Thumbnails __________________ Last edited by Marcus_X; 29-06-2005 at 06:55 PM. Reason: Updated the pictures

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Nic Sleepy Head Join Date: Oct 2004 Age: 18 Female Posts: 2,470 Times Helpful: 21 My Mood: Sleepy Status: Offline My Computer	Wow nice case...the one ur getting i mean __________________

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Addis The King Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 5,254 Times Helpful: 402 My Mood: Drunk Status: Offline My Computer	Damn thats a badass case. __________________ Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. My website \| Powerful Desktop Linux \| Linux for human beings \| Linux for power users \| Linux for ricers

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Addis The King Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 5,254 Times Helpful: 402 My Mood: Drunk Status: Offline My Computer	Lol prices are scary for some things. Like the cost of SD-RAM 256mb at PC World. £33. __________________ Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. My website \| Powerful Desktop Linux \| Linux for human beings \| Linux for power users \| Linux for ricers

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Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	nice......... hope the installation goes smoothly, although we're here to help if necessary

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ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	Looks nice, I was looking at those a couple weeks ago and once I saw the price tag I ran away crying

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max12590 Masterful Geek Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 17 Male Posts: 1,016 Times Helpful: 76 Status: Offline My Computer	I thought about one of those cases but it was out of my price range, and it didn't have a window. __________________ In the words of a certain Battlefield 2 commander, "They're spawnin' like crazy at the Gas Station and then tryin' to Forrest Gump it down the Interstate."

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Exfoliate Captain Dial-up Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,258 Times Helpful: 223 Status: Offline My Computer	Yeah $150 is a little steep, and I thought $90 was pushing it for mine. But it's a very origional and cool design in my opinion, I'd want it in silver/black though (more Darth Vaderish) Though if I had the money I'd make my case so decked out it would cost more than my cpu probably. __________________

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zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak Join Date: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,487 Times Helpful: 101 My Mood: Amused Status: Offline My Computer	awesome to know someone else bought vader's coffeemaker I got one too Red, with blue LEDs I'm gonna up the cooling a bit though 2x80mm front, 1x120mm 3x80mm rear exhaust __________________

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zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak Join Date: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,487 Times Helpful: 101 My Mood: Amused Status: Offline My Computer	i haven't even noticed it yet haha (in noise) well you can mount a 80mm on the opposite side of the 80mm intake, only you'd have to get into the panel, which I've tooken off easily via screwdriver and patience. and its a good Idea to replace the duct with another fan I think it might help temps to make cool come from front and since heat rises, for exhaust to be out back, simple idea antec and ultra brands are good for fans, I might also install a UV light to make my Ultra X-Connect cables glow, and cut out a diamond shaped window over the whole top, gonna be hard though, two seperate sheets of metal and over that plastic to finish it off. __________________

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zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak Join Date: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,487 Times Helpful: 101 My Mood: Amused Status: Offline My Computer	it would double the intake, I don't mean the front panel but the second side panel that you have to wedge off delicately by pressing those small plastic tabs, then you can screw it on on the inside of the panel via the outside __________________

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