Thermaltake Xaser III V2000A

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Hey, I'm looking at the Thermaltake XaserIII V2000A for it's space and
cooling efficiency. There's provision for up to 8 casefans. I'm just
wondering how you're supposed to power them? ie will they be connected
straight to the PSU on separate lines, or is there some way of connecting
the actual case to the PSU then the fans take their supply from the case?
I've just been looking at the review at
http://www17.tomshardware.com/howto/20030428/case_review-49.html

and saw the inside picture, there's quite a few cables sitting inside the
bare case and I'm wondering where they're all (apart from the firewire and
USB conns) supposed to go!

Does anyone know of a more suitable case because this may be slightly OTT
for my cooling needs. The space is good though!

TIA
PH

 

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 18:27:18 +0000 (UTC), "P Hickey" <ph23230@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Hey, I'm looking at the Thermaltake XaserIII V2000A for it's space and
>cooling efficiency. There's provision for up to 8 casefans. I'm just
>wondering how you're supposed to power them? ie will they be connected
>straight to the PSU on separate lines, or is there some way of connecting
>the actual case to the PSU then the fans take their supply from the case?
>I've just been looking at the review at
>http://www17.tomshardware.com/howto/20030428/case_review-49.html
>
>and saw the inside picture, there's quite a few cables sitting inside the
>bare case and I'm wondering where they're all (apart from the firewire and
>USB conns) supposed to go!
>
>Does anyone know of a more suitable case because this may be slightly OTT
>for my cooling needs. The space is good though!
>
>TIA
>PH
>

Too often when a case has that many fans they ignore the noise level,
throwing overly high RPM fans in then leaving it up to the user to redo
the cooling. That case is essentially the same as several
Chieftec/Antec/Chen Ming/Turbo Gamer/et al, except for the LCD panel at
the top, the colored accents, and the two side panel fans. Those side
panel fans aren't nearly as useful as they "could" be, because the side
panel has the larger percentage of the mounting space obstructed.

Anyway, you'll run out of power supply plugs pretty quickly so the best
solution for those is to get some Y-adapters and/or 4-pin moles to 3-pin
adapters, available at several places online but some of the best prices
are here: http://www.svcompucycle.com/conad.html

If you didn't need one of the external 5.25? bays then the best solution
might be a fan controller and extension cables from the fan's shorter
leads to that controller.

 

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 18:27:18 +0000 (UTC), "P Hickey" <ph23230@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Hey, I'm looking at the Thermaltake XaserIII V2000A for it's space and
>cooling efficiency. There's provision for up to 8 casefans. I'm just
>wondering how you're supposed to power them? ie will they be connected
>straight to the PSU on separate lines, or is there some way of connecting
>the actual case to the PSU then the fans take their supply from the case?
>I've just been looking at the review at
>http://www17.tomshardware.com/howto/20030428/case_review-49.html
>
>and saw the inside picture, there's quite a few cables sitting inside the
>bare case and I'm wondering where they're all (apart from the firewire and
>USB conns) supposed to go!
>
>Does anyone know of a more suitable case because this may be slightly OTT
>for my cooling needs. The space is good though!
>
>TIA
>PH
>
I'm impressed with the Xaser III skull
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20031217/case_review-74.html
with a nice power supply and fan controller. Completely screwless and has
a removable motherboard tray.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-133-120&depa=0

regards

Dud

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"Anyway, you'll run out of power supply plugs pretty quickly "

Yeah, it uses all of 2 connectors for the fans ....

 

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 21:03:43 +0100, "Alex"
<Freeflyer91@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:

>"Anyway, you'll run out of power supply plugs pretty quickly "
>
>Yeah, it uses all of 2 connectors for the fans ....
>

Yes, but if you want the cables routed out of the way, aren't you going to
have to do a bit more? Personally I hate having wires everywhere, I'll
drill small holes here and there so I can add cable ties or use
foam-backed or push-in wire managment bits. For me that means even if the
number of plugs is equal to number of fans, I still need extensions of one
sort or another.

 

[alex]

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Not at all. I've got all my fans running off the hardcano, and you cannot
see a single visible fan cable in my case.



"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
news:vet4b0t2r915ba4dib9aj0db3qq01h85c9@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 24 May 2004 21:03:43 +0100, "Alex"
> <Freeflyer91@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:
>
>>"Anyway, you'll run out of power supply plugs pretty quickly "
>>
>>Yeah, it uses all of 2 connectors for the fans ....
>>
>
> Yes, but if you want the cables routed out of the way, aren't you going to
> have to do a bit more? Personally I hate having wires everywhere, I'll
> drill small holes here and there so I can add cable ties or use
> foam-backed or push-in wire managment bits. For me that means even if the
> number of plugs is equal to number of fans, I still need extensions of one
> sort or another.

 

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Sounds good, think I'll stick to that case and just make sure I get a good
PSU and HSF. Out of interest what is the rating of the PSU you're using
Alex? I guess it'd take a lot of power to supply all those fans?
Thanks,
PH

 

[alex]

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I've got a 480 watt one (can't remember the exact make) - i was runnning
everything off just a 350 until I started o/cing. The fans take very little
power.


"P Hickey" <ph23230@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c8u14t$srh$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> Sounds good, think I'll stick to that case and just make sure I get a good
> PSU and HSF. Out of interest what is the rating of the PSU you're using
> Alex? I guess it'd take a lot of power to supply all those fans?
> Thanks,
> PH
>
>

 

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In article <c8u14t$srh$1@sparta.btinternet.com>, ph23230@hotmail.com
says...
> Sounds good, think I'll stick to that case and just make sure I get a good
> PSU and HSF. Out of interest what is the rating of the PSU you're using
> Alex? I guess it'd take a lot of power to supply all those fans?
> Thanks,
> PH
>
I'm running the following:

Athlon XP2500+
1GB DDR
ATI Radeon 9800XT
2HDDs
DVDROM
DVDRW

....all off a 400W PSU.

As for the fan noise, I'm sat here running all of them at less than
half speed and the CPU fan (Coolermaster Aero 7) at minimum speed. The
PC is sat next to a central heating radiator and is currently at 34.4C
and maxes out around 47C full load. Can't hear any of the fans except
the PSU fan. Dead quiet.




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