Hello ummmz,
Greetings from ChiTown!
Can you post pics of how the flipped real panel and mobo look?
You're pics aren't showing up.
Thanks!
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Hello ummmz,
Greetings from ChiTown!
Can you post pics of how the flipped real panel and mobo look?
You're pics aren't showing up.
Thanks!
Aye, it's an old mining card.
And by mining, I mean a friend wanted to get into MAXcoins for some reason, it ran at 75% load for about a day, before he was like "ok, this was a stupid idea, do you want this card?"
So i'm building a SFF around it, haha.
I just pre-ordered the Silverstone new hotness, SX500-LG, excited about that.
Still unsure of storage...
And I may still take the USB 3.0 ports out, because they are squished into the side of the fan shroud on the DD.
Attempted to improve the airflow on my metis.
http://s15.postimg.org/ri3lmdv4b/001_Small.jpg
http://s7.postimg.org/m6zpyree3/002_Small.jpg
Quite happy with the final result.
I am not having any temp issues at all. and i have some decently beefy hardware in this case.
i had the case fan as an intake at first but realized that the psu fan doesn't turn on most of the time. the temps are pretty much the same on the gpu no matter which way the case fan is pointing. i decided to use the fan as originally designed and put it back as an exhaust fan (i also reversed the cpu fan to do the same. the psu fan when on is exhausting in the opposite direction, but it hasn't been an issue for me. the cpu has been at 69-74 degrees under load and the gpu has never crossed over 80 degrees. i live in nyc and there is just so much noise as it is, but this case has never been noticeably noisy.
My Asus 970 mini seems to have nowhere to exhaust heat.
Attempted to improve the airflow on my metis.
http://s15.postimg.org/ri3lmdv4b/001_Small.jpg
http://s7.postimg.org/m6zpyree3/002_Small.jpg
Quite happy with the final result.
Awesome, how did you do that?
I have two metis builds with different motherboard orientations.
The first is a silver build which has an Asus H81 motherboard, 8GB Corsair LP DDR3, Intel i5-4570, a non modular Corsair CX500 PSU, a Sapphire Dual-X OC HD7790 and a coolermaster hyper 212+, 1 Sandisk SSD, a full sized (3.5") WD Blue HDD.
The rear fan is the OEM Raijintek fan that came with the case. It is oriented to intake air from the back of the chassis. The second "fan" right after the raijintek fan is actually a dummy fan serving only as a funnel for incoming air. (If you look at the picture closely, it is the fan housing with the airflow arrows clearly showing). This fan has been hollowed out - meaning all blades and support have been removed leaving a cleaner air path going to the heatsink. The 3rd fan is the OEM coolermaster pwm unit that came with the hyper 212+ and is setup to pull air through the fans of the cooler. Exhaust is completely handled by the PSU. CPU and motherboard temperatures are fairly manageable with CPU temps rarely exceeding 45 at full load. The GPU reaches 70-73 after about 2-3 hours of gaming. The lack of airflow going to the GPU fans makes the video card cooler work extra. Noise? My custom created fan profiles have the two fans running at below 650 rpm. Gaming profile raises both to slightly over 1000 rpm. Noise remains fairly low. The GPU fans are the noisiest specially when under full use, however, they are tolerable so as not to need headphones despite sitting 2 feet in front of my face (the entire case sits on a shelf directly above my primary monitor.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a530/Bojie_Abello/Twin Haswells/000184_zpsyqou8u9g.jpg
The second metis is a black build with the motherboard tray turned upside down. This means that the window is now on the left side instead of the usual right side. This build has an Asus H97 board, 8GB Avexir DDR3, Intel E3-1231V3 Xeon Processor, a non-modular Corsair TX650v2 power supply, an Asus GTX 670 mini and a Thermaltake Water 2 cooler. Storage is handled by a Crucial SSD and a WD Black 2.5" HDD. The case has not been modified in any way. It was just completely disassembled, then reassembled in the reverse orientation. The Thermaltake Water 2 AIO cooler is also unmodified except for the two fans. The rear fan is again oriented as intake pulling air from the rear grill and blowing into the radiator. A silverstone AP replaces the first OEM thermaltake fan while a fan that came with a Coolermaster Hyper EVo is used to replace the second fan (in pull config). This setup produces relatively better temperatures than the silver build and relatively quieter as well. The power supply handles exhaust functions.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a530/Bojie_Abello/Twin Haswells/DSCN3110_zpsov2mim8v.jpg
In the picture above, the video card has been removed to show location of the two 2.5" drives.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a530/Bojie_Abello/Twin Haswells/DSCN3102_zpss4gqj6t2.jpg
An optional M.2 SSD slot is located beside the CPU cooler support bracket. The motherboard tray has been slightly modded to allow access to the M.2 without removing the motherbboard
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a530/Bojie_Abello/Twin Haswells/DSCN3095_zpstbkhn5ew.jpg
Despite the non-modular PSU, there is still a lot of space for bundling and hiding the wires without interfering with airflow.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a530/Bojie_Abello/Twin Haswells/000183_zps5ta0vgnd.jpg
Comparison of rear I/O location and orientation
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a530/Bojie_Abello/Twin Haswells/000173_zpsxfwiyabo.jpg
side by side
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a530/Bojie_Abello/Twin Haswells/IMG_3440_zpshmmjgxrx.jpg
An Asus GTX 670 mini is used for graphics since the E3 processor does not have integrated video.
ben07,
On your black build with the motherboard tray turned upside down, can you explain how you attached the front of the motherboard tray to the inside of the front panel, since there are no screw holes on the inside left of the front panel to connect the motherboard tray once it's flipped. I have the DIY PC black version of this case, but I'd assume it's the same with the Raijintek.
I found even that in the Thermaltake Core V1 case I still saw mobo temps into the high 40s, despite the massive airflow in that case. It turned out there was a dead spot in the corner between the video card and IO panel (right where the VRMs are), and I got some air to move in there by switching the cooler fan (TX3 EVO, the 212 won't fit) to pull configuration. This dropped mobo temps by at least 5C and now the system fan never makes much noise. If I could replicate that performance in the Metis I would be happy.
Attempted to improve the airflow on my metis.
Quite happy with the final result.
Another major issue with this case is that there is bit of metal sticking out at the back of the case right below the expansion slot(same with OP's case) and it would block the HDMI port. So I wasn't able to use the HDMI port at all, and had to buy Displayport to HDMI port cable.
http://i.imgur.com/Id5sHmW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/G4t65c7.jpg
(p.s. it seems like old revision of this case doesn't have the metal sticking out at the back of the case)
the passive psus aren't meant to be mounted in that position, they are supposed to vent heat out the top so i would advise against using it for this case
I noticed that the USB 3 cable comes with a USB 2 connector attached to it. Why? Does that 'have' to be connected too?
Pretty sure that's just a fallback in order your board doesn't have USB3. Then you can just plug in the USB2 connector into the board and the USB ports at the front will function as USB2.
Just built in a Metis and I cannot connect my second monitor because of a little tab on the expansion slot bracket.
Anyone has any suggestions on what to do now? I think this was mentioned earlier in the thread.