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Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing.
Hi,
Just Pimped my Magma PE6R4. its a MK1 with the 2 infiniband connections. the new one's have one i-pass connection and come with quieter fans factory fitted. EZCool PS-05 650 watt PSU (only one 20 way connecter to the board!! goes to the back connector L12. the front connector is left unconnected) one of the hard drive power supplies goes to the resister or an old hard drive. £40 from computer supplier. Akasa 12cm Ultra Quiet PC case fan replacement for the front fan. wired dirctly into one of the hard drive power supplies coming from the PSU. £10 from maplins Akasa Pax Mate, sound proofing material stick-back. £15 maplins Photo Bucket... http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...0my%20chassis/ Chris
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
Do you still need to sound proof it? I have the new one with the silent power supply and I disconnected the front fans as the cards don't even begin to heat things up. That way the chassis is dead silent. Can't hear it at all.
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
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I think i would rather have a fan on the cards! that extra few deg's could make a difference in the long term.
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PT MAC Troubleshooting... http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=54888 Producer, Engineer, UKmastering Mixing & Mastering Blinders_Columbia top 40 UK album charts Slow Readers Club Joy Of The Return #9 UK album charts www.ukmastering.com PT10.3.10 Mountain Lion HD6 accel Magma PE6R4 D Command 32 MacPro 12 Core 3.46ghz UAD-2 Octo x2. Manley Vari-Mu, Manley Massive Passive, SSL VHD, ADL600, Grove Tubes ViPre, Tube-Tech CL-1B. Hafler TRM active monitoring. |
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
Yeah, my front fan was defective out of the box, so rather than even bother to send it back, just pulled the power. Mine is new enough to have the silencer power supply too, and it's way quieter than either my Computer or even the 96 I/O!
If I have it open again, maybe I'll put a new fan in the front just to be safe, but I've never felt any heat coming from the chassis with my HD3 in there. |
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
The first time I did this I replaced the 3 front fans with quiet ones. The problem is the small fans tend to still make some audible noise, and don't move much air. This is why so many people say to just unplug them.
My latest mod, a 250mm fan right above the cards: http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL103.../367520883.jpg No noise at all, also helps force air into the bottom of the computer racked above it. I will caution you, there is only one manufacturer of these giant fans at the moment, and they don't bother to include a drilling template for their cheesey mounting bezel. For this reason I wouldn't recommend this mod to anyone who is faint of heart. |
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
Does anybody knows the difference?
PE6R4 with two cables to host or PE6R4 with one cable to host(computer)? Do I lost some bandwidht with old one? |
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
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The MK1 chassis has a better sound though! warmer, more open with better definition in the mid range frequencies Chris
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PT MAC Troubleshooting... http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=54888 Producer, Engineer, UKmastering Mixing & Mastering Blinders_Columbia top 40 UK album charts Slow Readers Club Joy Of The Return #9 UK album charts www.ukmastering.com PT10.3.10 Mountain Lion HD6 accel Magma PE6R4 D Command 32 MacPro 12 Core 3.46ghz UAD-2 Octo x2. Manley Vari-Mu, Manley Massive Passive, SSL VHD, ADL600, Grove Tubes ViPre, Tube-Tech CL-1B. Hafler TRM active monitoring. |
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
What? No LEDs? No neon blacklights inside the case? No designer fan grill with a pin-up or cobra embossed in it? What's this about pimping, then? pffff... I'm disappointed. At least, John_Toolbox has blue LEDs. That's a start.
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
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you didn't notice the LED's on the PSU Fan? replaced all the solder with 24 carrot gold lots more bling to be done though! i'm thinking under chassis neon lighting, and maybe some diamond-encrusted rack ears and probably send the case away to be polished.
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PT MAC Troubleshooting... http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=54888 Producer, Engineer, UKmastering Mixing & Mastering Blinders_Columbia top 40 UK album charts Slow Readers Club Joy Of The Return #9 UK album charts www.ukmastering.com PT10.3.10 Mountain Lion HD6 accel Magma PE6R4 D Command 32 MacPro 12 Core 3.46ghz UAD-2 Octo x2. Manley Vari-Mu, Manley Massive Passive, SSL VHD, ADL600, Grove Tubes ViPre, Tube-Tech CL-1B. Hafler TRM active monitoring. |
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Re: Pimp My Magma PE6R4 Chassis. silent power supply! quiet front fan. sound proofing
OK Im freak but isnt the sound was better on PPC G5?
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