[Build Log] ASUS Sabertooth Z87

[Ya Mother]

6 and 2 3s m8, pulling in cool air through a warm or hot rad will heat the air up and then it's going into your case, and that one fan you have as an exhaust has to exhaust all the warm air in your case?......plus have you seen how many fans i have pulling in cool air in my case lol.

[Lloyd_mcse]

The rear fan I'm using shifts about 70 CFM, and the Corsair H100i's at 1000RPM will be shifting roughly 60CFM (30 each) so that's ok for the CPU Zone.
I have been thinking about adding a fan to the side panel for the GFX Zone. but temps are good so I'll leave it as it is for the time being.

Next on my list is the sound card, so I can remove the molex run from the PSU and I need a couple of internal USB extensions for the iLink's.
While I'm at it I'm going to grab a braided FP IO extension set.

[Lloyd_mcse]

On the sound card, I have narrowed it down to ...

Creative Sound Blaster Zx

or

Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional

I like the Fatal1ty Pro as it has THX (along with my speakers) and it's all black so will go better with the rest of the system.
First though I will get the USB extensions and FP IO braided cables installed on Monday or Tuesday.

[Ya Mother]

I recently got a Creative Sound Blaster Titanium HD http://uk.creative.com/p/sound-blast...fi-titanium-hd Amazing sound.

[Lloyd_mcse]

Yeah that has THX, I don't know why they would leave it off the Z and Zx. Except for license fee of course.
Hopefully I will make my mind up and get one by the end of the week lol
In the meantime I will finish my cabling.

[Lloyd_mcse]

Finally! The backplate for my EVGA GeForce GTX 770 SC ACX arrived this morning!
Typically I had emailed EVGA just yesterday to see how much longer it would be lol
So here's a couple of pictures...

[Ya Mother]

Looks terrible........ give it to me.

Also it's the only thing thats not covered in dust

[Lloyd_mcse]

Looks terrible........ give it to me.

Also it's the only thing thats not covered in dust

Lol, give it 30 seconds and it will be covered.
This is the worst room for dust, even with daily dust hovering

Right, now cabling and sound but the more I look at the sound cards the more I can't make up my mind.

[Ya Mother]

Just get a titanium HD and be done with it.

[Lloyd_mcse]

Just get a titanium HD and be done with it.

Yeah I would have but I want to get one with a new "Sound Core3D" chips rather than the "X-Fi".
The Core3D version would be - Sound Blaster ZxR and I hadn't intended to spend that much lol.
Though I probably will.

[Ya Mother]

£200................................whaaaaaaatttt !!!!!

[Lloyd_mcse]

Yeah exactly! I think if it was exactly what I wanted I wouldn't mind.
Maybe ASUS will pull their finger out and make a successor to the Xonar D2X, I live in hope.

[Lloyd_mcse]

I added a Scythe Ultra Quiet 1600RPM to the side of my case but for some reason I can't tune it in Thermal Radar, it's exactly the same as the back fan and that I can adjust as much as I want.
So it's making it tricky to tune the fan to the point where it's removing used air but and not putting any stress on the GPU fans.

[Ya Mother]

Ive gotta similar problem......i added a 8cm fan to my fan controller and it doesnt register on the front panel......it spins but cant adjust speed?

[Lloyd_mcse]

What about on a different channel?

I've just had a look at the ASUS Z87 Manual and it says only the CPU_FAN, CHA_FAN and ASST_FAN support the Thermal Radar feature, yet they are all (Both CPU_FAN, CPU_OPT, all 4 CHA_FANs and the ASST_FANS) in the BIOS and the Thermal Radar App, so I'm still none the wiser, lol