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  1. tahiti may run a bit hot, but its stonking value for money, and in a decent thermaltake case, makes sense.
  2. so, all the stuff is in, the 4 fan controller, carbon fibre and the crazy led eq, let the modding commence ! having lived with the case for a few weeks, I am very impressed, I paid just £50, and although its the most iv ever spent on a case, I think I got a bargain, temps are excellent, and the dust filtration means my pc has never been this clean, or quiet
  3. with v sync disabled it hits 35-90fps with fraps enabled, thats stonking performance from a card that you can pick up for as little as £80
  4. Gameplay and FPS details.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neFCaTqAHgs
  5. My gpu was running seriously hot in my old case, the gpu is a 7870 Tahiti, based on the 7950, many call it the 7930, this card is legendary for giving a 7950 performance for 7800 pricing, my guess is amd wont ever do this again, a lot of cards were returned bacause of heat problems and bad silicon, I seem to have been given a decent one, it outperform the 270x and once overclocked can outperfrom a 7950 by around 5%, PCS, Club3d and Saphire all released versions of it, with the club 3d looking the most stable, it can hit 1200 from a stock 925, so thats a great overclock and makes the card a stonking budget buy, I have seen second hand ones for just £80 here in the UK, so anyone wanting a budget sytem would do well to get one of these, I plan to crossfire it later this year, because I know the V21 can handle it, my old case didnt. Although 2 years old now, it still pushes most games to 60fps @1080p
  6. case came today, so transfered my current rig over, idle temp on gpu went from 65+ to 40, waiting on the rest of the kit to turn up and i will start modding, will post pictures soon
  7. someone left you a wee review lads http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thermaltake-Core-Matx-Mesh-Stackable/dp/B00PN4WWH2/ref=cm_cr-mr-title
  8. 4 channel fan controller, again, nothing fancy and unbranded, I have a few ideas for this, I could braid the cable, and have it stacked with my mini amp and dac, im sure I could also easily mount it inside the case, as well as using the carbon fibre.....
  9. a 12x60 roll of carbon fibre wrap was only 3.99, if its not enough i will order more, I cant pre design the look im after because im sure using it all over the case will be overkill, so small highlights might be wise, whats your thoughs lads ?
  10. I will need to try and wire this into the system somehow, its powered by batteries, so gonna have to wire it upto the psu
  11. I might take the side off and blow some dust away, but rarely, I tend to upgrade every 12-18 months, when I do a new build, I usually strip down the old pc, sell some parts, buy some new parts, as I do that I clean
  12. keyboard came in today, I paid just £14 for a 3 colour rgb board, i might play about and see if I can use the carbon fibre to highlight it so it matches the case,as it was only £14 there are no zones or such, just a plain keyboard with no branding, but is waterproof and backlit, and means i can play about with colours. As for games, pretty much anything that catches my eye I will try, at the moment I have Elite Dangerous, Heroes and Generals, World of Tanks, I tend to play one for a few weeks then shift to another, stops me being bored with one title, the grinds on games today really do make me wish for a simpler time also, some good news the case was dispatched yesterday, and should be with me early next week
  13. DJ MACRAE 2015 CORE V21 http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00002559 I purchased the V21 a few days ago, however, seems that the UK supplier jumped the gun and advertised before they had stock, so a 2-3 week waiting period commences, but that gives me time to have a good think on what parts to install, so far, for the case, we have Asus AM3 micro ATX USB3 motherboard AMD FX 4300 Quad Core 4.2 Ghz CPU 8 Gigs of DDR3 1800MHZ AMD 7870 "TAHITI" PowerColour 2gb 1 TB HDD 7200rpm I have also scraped together a couple of Red LED 120mm fans, and a 750 watt power supply, and a 160 watt cpu cooler. As a base system, its not too shabby, cant call it a performance system though, but it still can handle most games at 1080p, and thats what matters, hopefully I should see better performance due to less heat when the system is built. As for mods, well I have already ordered some carbon fibre vynl , enough to cover the whole case if I wish, I also ordered one of those cheap 4 fan controllers you see on ebay for $10, this will probably be stored in the case until I figure out how to get a 5.25 inch VDF display/controller installed, until then, the cheap 4 fan box will do, I also plan to install a custom made LED panel on one side of the case, this panel will move to sound and features a inbuilt grapgic EQ, its gonna catch the eye, and will be the feature of the case. I will update as orders come in......
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    Core V21

    the hole for a 5.25 inch drive bay is there on the case, its just there are no mounting brackets or a hole in the front panel for it, the dremel might have to come out for this one
  15. came across another sweet front bay lcd/vdf, this one has a remote, again, its years old and there is no stock to be found..... http://www.xoxide.com/vlsystem-mplay-blast-black.html
  16. Hi guys, after ordering the V21 I was on the hunt for a fan controller/lcd media display for the front bay. as its a desktop pc, I thought it would make sense to incorporate an lcd display ( the dremel is coming out, I am gonna use that 5.25 inch hole on the case to mount a 5.25 inch LCD, so the front panel will need to be cut, unless you guys release a new front panel with a 5.25 inch bay and mounting kit ) like the iMon VDF, the Antec Veris or even Thermaltakes own MediaLab, (all those rely on custom media software ) however, on trying to track down these bay expansions, it seems that both iMON and the MediaLab are both discontinued, and the Antec was very expensive and stock also shaky, years ago these expansions were very popular, but now it seems, not, it would be ace to see a unit incorporate both media and cooling, like the nMEDIAPC PRO LCD series, which are only $35-$40, although they are not fan controllers, just temp and fan speed read outs, and I am sure the reason most of all the other LCD media bays were discontinued was because of the software, no one wanted to use it, however, the idea of a front panel lcd display that shows all your system information has well as media information really appeals, and I am sure if ThermalTake came back into this market, it would be something really special, being able to incorporate your cooling knowledge into the product, imagine a unit like the nMEDIAPC lcd, but it also has a remote control like the MEDIALAD (A simple RF board) and a basic 4 fan controller built in, which you could control with the remote, now that would be something, for the moment, hopefully I can track down a UK supplier for nMEDIAPC and its very rare front panel LCD displays. (theres no way one of those cheap aero touch controllers is going near my V21) MediaLab.... http://support.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1437&ID=1485 nMEDIAPC PRO LCD SERIES.... http://www.nmediapc.com/prolcd.htm please make another front bay LCD, pretty please !....
  17. I can easily buy a front bay mounting kit, im sure I saw some on Ebay, the front panel would need to be cut, im sure my dremel skills is upto the task, im defo excited by the possibilities
  18. looking at the front of the case, it appears the front 5inch bay is there, all it lacks is the mounting brackets and an opening in the front panel, http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Chassis/Micro_Case_/Core/C_00002559/Core_V21/Gallery.htm
  19. Cheers guys, no problem, I will defo update as the build progresses, have a wee problem with my amazon order, the retailer is telling me 2-3 weeks for a dispatch, I should have placed the order with Scan or Box.co.uk, both of them have stock, lesson learned, lol, but aye, no matter when it arrives, its gonna be ace, have a good one lads.
  20. After checking out all the CES 2015 vids on youtube, I got excited when the new CORE series was debuted, I was blown away, here at long last was a producer taking what we all want to the extreme, I was that impressed I ordered a V21 after looking at thermaltakes webiste, I had been looking at HTPC's but for the money they were bad value, and very few features, for the money I paid ( just £50 ) the core V21 just about has it all, the only thing I would like is a front bay so i can fit a fan controller and a card reader expansion, I did think about the X2 which has that very feature, but it was just a bit too big, and isnt available in the UK yet, so thermaltake, if your reading, make a kit so we can fit a bay to our V21's please, thanks, or im gonna get my dremel out and mod one, lol, but the main reason I ordered the V21 was the very fact you have the case any way you want, ALL 4 panels can be changed, and thats a world first, for my knowledge. Anyway, I wish to congatulate the team behind CES 2015, it just showed what great products this company has, as I said, the cases were insane, and the possibilites almost endless, and the main reason is this certification, again, blowing away what we have expected from the market... Another great vid showing off the cases and most of the other product line ups, Great show Thermaltake, heres to a great 2015.
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