MattNo5ss - Cases, PSUs, Modding and Cooling

[MattNo5ss]

Upcoming articles:
BitFenix Outlaw - deathman20
BitFenix USB3.0 Accessories - deathman20
BitFenix Case - capttripppp


Possibly Abandoned Articles:
Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II - krag


Focus areas:
- Cooling your computer using that stuff you breathe. Cooling ANY component is applicable: CPU, GPU, RAM, HDD, chipset, etc.
- Heatsink reviews or comparisons.
- Fan reviews or comparisons.

- Case Reviews
- Computer related modding & project logs, not necessarily case modding
- How-to/DIY guides

Article Contributors (members who have submitted articles to you):
Big Mike (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=680)
bmwbaxter
deathman20 (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=20478)
David (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=1916)
Dolk (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=80368)
Dooms101 (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=98701)
Evilsizer (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=18169)
I.M.O.G. (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=23944)
Janus67 (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=58885)
LennyRhys (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=111392)
MIAHALLEN (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=76306)
m0r7if3r (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=104710)
Navig (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=38157)
skinnee (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=75189)
sno.lcn (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=62769)
Thideras

Forum Experts (people who you can rely on for fact checking):
muddocktor (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=10338)

Forum Correspondents (members who help you stay up to date on forum activity):
Jolly-Swagman (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=76703)

Established writers (members who have sent you repeated content):
Archer0915 (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=87072)
Bobnova (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=92362)
EarthDog (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=88155)
ehume (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=96935)
eobard (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=2209)
hokiealumnus (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=77111)
Jolly-Swagman (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=76703)
MattNo5ss (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=84884)
muddocktor (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=10338)
splat (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=15957)

Published articles:
Cooler Master Vortex Plus Heatsink - splat
CoolIT ECO A.L.C. Review - sno.lcn
65 Fans Tested on a Megahalems - ehume
Testing HSF Temperatures with the Tenma 72-7712 Data-Logging Dual Thermocouple - Archer0915
Cooler Master V6GT - Archer0915
Gaming in Tight Spaces: Mini-ITX - MIAHALLEN (Prolimatech Samuel 17)
Six Premium Heatsink Shootout - muddocktor
Coolant/Fluid Roundup - Thermal Performance - skinnee
Corsair Hydro Series H70 Review - muddocktor
Thermalright Shaman - MattNo5ss
Heatsink Improv: A Small Tribute to Overclockers of Old - MattNo5ss
Corsair A70 Review - muddocktor
Thermalright HR-02 Review - muddocktor
DIY Fan Controller for PWM Fans - LennyRhys
Prolimatech Samuel 17 - muddocktor
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Review - muddocktor
Evercool Transformer 4 - muddocktor
NZXT Sentry LXE Fan Controller - MattNo5ss
Evercool Transformer 3 - muddocktor
Lamptron FC8 Fan Controller - hokiealumnus
NZXT Havik 140 Review - muddocktor
Zalman CNPS9900 Max - muddocktor
Arctic Freezer 13 - muddocktor
Spire TherMax Eclipse II - muddocktor
Three Premium Heatsinks Revisited - muddocktor
Lamptron FC9 Fan Controller - hokiealumnus
Spire Gemini Rev. 2 - muddocktor
NZXT Sentry Mesh - eobard
Corsair H80 - muddocktor
Thermalright MUX-120 Black - muddocktor
Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus - Janus67
Prolimatech Genesis - muddocktor
Zalman PWM Mate Review - ehume
F1 Extreme Dark Pot - hokiealumnus
Corsair H100 Review - bmwbaxter
Hotrod Heatsink: Faster Fans for the Noctua NH-D14 - ehume
Noctua NH-D14 Review - mdcomp
Scythe Kaze Master II - MattNo5ss
Arctic Freezer 13 Pro CO - muddocktor

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Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Review - EarthDog
Case Modding Showdown II - 2010 - Jolly-Swagman
DVD Drive Window Mod Tutorial - Dooms101
The Sled - Acrylic Test Bench - Jolly-Swagman
HAF-X Case Review - EarthDog
Lian Li PCQ-06 Benching Station Review - hokiealumnus
In-Win Dragon Slayer mATX Case Review - eobard
The Navig ExoFrame Project - Navig
Vulcan Case Review - sno.lcn
Jolly's CM-690 Case - Jolly-Swagman
Hands of the Gods - Jolly-Swagman
How to Add Your Own LEDs to Fans - m0r7if3r
Gaming in Tight Spaces: Mini-ITX - MIAHALLEN (Silverstone SG05)
Antec DF-85 Case & CP-1000 PSU - David
Sliverstone PS05 Case Review - eobard
Crystal Edge Acrylic Case - Dolk
Lian Li TYR PC-X900 Case - hokiealumnus
Doma Pro PCI Case Review - splat
Heatsink Improv: A Small Tribute to Overclockers of Old - MattNo5ss
Sivlerstone Grandia GD02-MT Case Review - splat
Apevia X-Plorer2 Case Review - I.M.O.G.
Lian Li PC-V1020 Case - hokiealumnus
Modding Intro I: eVGA Classified SR-2 Case - MattNo5ss
Fractal Design Define R3 Review - MattNo5ss
In Win Dragon Rider Case Review - muddocktor
Silverstone SST-GD05B - Big Mike
NZXT H2 Classic Case Review - EarthDog
Lian Li PC-A04 - eobard
Lian Li PC-Z60 - MattNo5ss
Rack Mounting 101 - Adragontattoo & Thideras
BitFenix Shinobi Case Review - deathman20
Fractal Design Arc Mid Tower and Arc Mini Tower - MattNo5ss
LanCool PC-K9 Case - onefstsnake
Lian Li PC-Q25 Case - Evilsizer
Antec Eleven Hundred Case - EarthDog
Antec HCP-850 - Bobnova
NZXT HALE82 850W - Bobnova
BitFenix Merc - deathman20
Antec Solo II - David
NZXT Switch 810 Case - MattNo5ss
OCZ ZT 750W PSU - Bobnova
Corsair 500R - Theocnoob
Cooler Master Cosmos II - Bobnova
Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W - Bobnova
Silverstone PS07 - MattNo5ss
Cubitek HPTX Tank - muddocktor
Lian Li PC-Z70 - hokiealumnus
InWin Glacier 900W PSU - Bobnova
Green Me 750W - Bobnova
Silverstone TJ08-E - MattNo5ss

Pending articles submitted to editors:

[MattNo5ss]

Merged with original post.

-MattNo5ss

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks for getting this started Matt!

[splat]

hey, welcome! just wrote a review of a cooler master heatsink/fan. just fyi

[I.M.O.G.]

Also, what goes around comes around:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=642545

You might have seen that thread before ;)

[MattNo5ss]

hey, welcome! just wrote a review of a cooler master heatsink/fan. just fyi

Thanks. I saw that review in WP, I'll give it a look over after work.

Also, what goes around comes around:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=642545

You might have seen that thread before ;)

It's vaguely familiar...lol. I'll send him a PM after work to see if he'll be interested.

Oh, and thanks for "claiming" me :D

[I.M.O.G.]

Don't get too comfortable, I like giving people away too. :)

[MattNo5ss]

I looked over splat's article, and there are a few punctuation errors and typos that could be fixed. Is there a way to edit and save the article while it's in "pending review" status?

I PM'd ehume about his fan testing.

I PM'd ghost_recon88 about continuing as a correspondent.

I talked to Jolly-Swagman and he said he will be getting 2 CoolIT Vantage Cooling Systems in June and he'll be reviewing them. I think those are WC units, but I told him he could contact me about it since there's not a WC CE right now.

[MattNo5ss]

Jolly-Swagman agreed to continue being a correspondent.

Also, I've been thinking about how to incorporate project logs into frontpage content. Since logs are usually very long with many pics, I was thinking about maybe summaries with a couple of pics and a link to the project log. Then, every so often post an update of the log. This could be done individually per project or grouped together in a "This <week/month> in Modding" type post.

Any thoughts?

[I.M.O.G.]

I like the grouped idea a lot, I think there is room for that as well as summaries as modders want to put them together and link to their project logs.

[I.M.O.G.]

Clicknig submit for review again will save any changes. :)

Thanks for the WC thing too, nice work!

[MattNo5ss]

I've contacted 3 people about possible summaries of their projects. We could then use these summaries as individual articles or group them into one.

[I.M.O.G.]

Great, looking forward to seeing more modding stuff on the frontpage.

[MattNo5ss]

I've gotten bites from 2 of the 3 people so far. I sent them a PM describing what I had in mind for a summary, and I told them to let me know when they're ready to start drafts so I can get in touch with the editors about setting them up on WP.

So, I'm crossing my fingers...

[MattNo5ss]

I got a PM back from ehume about his fan testing, and he seems interested. Just waiting for him to send me a PM back about getting him set up in WP.

[I.M.O.G.]

great news, thanks for the update! Let me know and I'll get that account created.

[I.M.O.G.]

More good news, thanks again!

[cobra342_]

Have y'all ever had anybody to a comparison of TIMs

[I.M.O.G.]

I think Skinnee is working on that now actually, saw a thread discussing that.

[cobra342_]

Sounds good.
That could be a long project.

[MattNo5ss]

Where is this thread, and should I contact him about it? Or, do you guys have it covered?

[sno.lcn]

CoolIT ECO A.L.C. review is ready for editing. Finally.

[I.M.O.G.]

Oops, it wasn't tims it was cooling fluid skinnee was working on:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6495116#post6495116

Haven't really talked to him about it, but it would be good to possibly mention with a summary and link to his work once he's done: http://www.skinneelabs.com/

Probably more a watercooling job, but I don't think we have a water CE right now really.

[MattNo5ss]

CoolIT ECO A.L.C. review is ready for editing. Finally.

Awesome, I'll look over it after work.

Oops, it wasn't tims it was cooling fluid skinnee was working on:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6495116#post6495116

Haven't really talked to him about it, but it would be good to possibly mention with a summary and link to his work once he's done: http://www.skinneelabs.com/

Probably more a watercooling job, but I don't think we have a water CE right now really.

Alright, I'll send some PMs out when I get home.

[MattNo5ss]

sno.lcn, I opened up your draft to check it out, but there was nothing in it...Do you want to copy the last revision into the post and make sure everything is how you wanted it?

[I.M.O.G.]

Matt, I restored an earlier revision, check it out and see how it looks.

Post restored to revision from 18 May, 2010 @ 17:48

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks. I looked over it, and it everything seems good. Maybe consolidate the pics a little, any thoughts? After a decision is made on the pics, then "submit for review." :D

[MattNo5ss]

I have two articles in the pipeline that could be started on as soon as this weekend.

IMOG, could you set Sneaky (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/member.php?u=53161) up in WP?

[I.M.O.G.]

Setting him up now, forgot to tell you to also ask for their preferred email address - that is what their password goes to when I setup the wordpress account. Not a problem tho, but now you know!

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks, I'll remember to ask next time. I assumed it went to whatever email they registered with.

[I.M.O.G.]

Yaa I try to ask usually because some people use spam accounts for the forum registration. Asking makes sure we have a good address so they get notifications when their article is editted, commented on, or published. He's got his ISP address on file though, so I'm sure its a good one. And YHPM so now you know the latest instructions a new author gets too. :)

Thanks for getting such a quick start. :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Looks like there may be some problems with the images and captions, they can be kinda touchy - if you edit them in html view, they get all wonky. You have to remove the images, and reinsert them, changing anything you want to change before you hit the insert again.

I'll get the images straightened up in just a minute. :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Inserted editorial comment, almost ready to go. :thup: Just needs an excerpt!

[MattNo5ss]

sno.lcn's article has been submitted for review.

[MattNo5ss]

I heard back from skinnee, and it seems like he's on board with the WC fluid testing. He just hasn't decided how he wants to present it.

This thread is looking more like non-extreme cooling, than air cooling...lol. Two air cooling and three WC cooling articles.

[MattNo5ss]

Just noticed EarthDog has a case review in draft status. I PMed him and it should be finished early next week.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Submitted Draft for CASE MODDING SHOWDOWN 2010 - Competition front Page Article

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks. Are you having problems inserting images?

I could copy the image from the thread and insert it in the article if you need me to.

EDIT: I'm doing some grammar corrections now. What's up with the seemingly random capitalization? Any reason for it to be there?

[Jolly-Swagman]

Thanks. Are you having problems inserting images?

I could copy the image from the thread and insert it in the article if you need me to.

Yes thanks MattNo5ss, for some reason wont let me insert images , I uploaded the Image ok to Media library, I have marked with Red text where needs to go, Thanks

[MattNo5ss]

I got the picture inserted.

You mention a "More Info Link" in the "More Bonus Points" section, where is that link at? Am I just missing it?

I removed some of that capitalization I mentioned above; although, I left all of the terms that you defined capitalized.

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks for working on this Matt. :) Once its ready, put it in pending review and we'll get it published.

[MattNo5ss]

No problem. I've done 3 passes for grammar/punctuation/etc., but some fresh eyes would be great.

[MattNo5ss]

CMSII - 2010 submitted for review.

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks Matt - if you think a proofreader may be able to help, you can contact mage_x or wonderingsoul and ask them to take a look too. Not sure of our availability this weekend, but may be until next week before we get this up.

[EarthDog]

Ok big MattNo5ss.. you are up!! I wont be able to make any edits on this until Monday in all likelihood as I am out of town (ohio!). But I will be checking in throughout.

[MattNo5ss]

Looks good. I went through it to proofread and fixed some typos and a few cases of dyslexia :D Also, I changed the link to reflect what the article is about rather than just "case review." It looks like it may be ready for review already, but I'll wait until you get back on Monday in case you need or want to make last minute changes.

EDIT: It may just be my style, but I think the specs, manufacturer description, etc. should come before any opinions by an author.

[MattNo5ss]

Updated Sneaky's "Estimated Start Time." He said that he should be able to get started this weekend.

[MattNo5ss]

I inserted the images for ehume's article, so he should be able to finish up now.

[MattNo5ss]

EarthDog's case review has been pushed to "pending review."

[I.M.O.G.]

Great matt, did you hear about the fix for this issue? It's specific to the article - if you copy everything from the HTML view and paste it into a new article/post, that will fix the problem for ehume or anyone else having problems with the image insert button appearing!

[MattNo5ss]

Nope, I didn't hear about the fix, but I'll keep it in mind in case someone else has that problem. I just inserted them from the media library, ehume was able to upload them.

I think he clicked the submit for review button, so I'll need it changed back to draft when someone has time.

[hokiealumnus]

I think he clicked the submit for review button, so I'll need it changed back to draft when someone has time.
Done. :)

[EarthDog]

Looks great guys. Thanks for all your effort!

[MattNo5ss]

We probably need to get Jolly's CMSII - 2010 announcement out as soon as possible, before all of the spots are filled for the competition. There are a couple of comments in WP that David and I made about possibly shortening it up.

Looks great guys. Thanks for all your effort!

You put the most effort into it. Good job!

[I.M.O.G.]

We've been talking about it today, it will be up soon. :) Thanks for the note - urgency is something we depend on you guys for, but I think we were already ahead of the game on this one for once. :)

[MattNo5ss]

That was quick :D Thanks!

Also, Navig is back working on his ExoFrame article, and said he would be glad to work on one about his DIY bench when he's finished.

[I.M.O.G.]

AWESOME. I like his stuff, can't wait to read it. :D

[Jolly-Swagman]

Thank You, I.M.O.G and MattNo5ss

For the swift efforts in getting Jolly's CMSII - 2010 announcement up on Front Page News

[MattNo5ss]

You're welcome! We try our best.

Keep me updated on your other articles: The Sled and CoolIt Vantage Review :D

[MattNo5ss]

Skinee said he's currently working on a GTX480 waterblock round-up, but after that he'll start on the WC fluid testing. Estimated to start the testing on June 21st and have the article completed on July 10th or 11th.

Would you guys be interested in a frontpage Intro and link to Skinee Labs for the GTX480 waterblock round-up?

Also, after class, I'm going to talk to Archer about his case temps article once I read what he already has finished.

[I.M.O.G.]

Absolutely. I've read Skinnee's stuff and talked to him in PM in the past, he does the sort of work that there really isn't any comparison to.

[Jolly-Swagman]

I,m working on The Sled article, and still cannot attach pictures to Post, also all that I did last night disapeared from the Draft only the Header Title is in Draft :bang head
Still getting you dont have permissions error when uploading pics, worked for a couple then it stopped and now all the buttons for upload media gone

Maybe I will just do a cut down introduction / prologue with a few Video links of The Sled - Acrylic Tech Bench making , and point to the Worklog thread for the whole Reading material/pictures ect

[I.M.O.G.]

Jolly - to fix the problem with attaching images:

Click on the html tab, copy everything, start a new post, paste everything in. Fixed.

The problem with adding images is specific to the article you have started - once you start a new one, you'll be able to add things no problem.

Let me know how it goes.

[MattNo5ss]

Archer is on board with the Tenma 72-7712/PC temps article :D

[Jolly-Swagman]

Jolly - to fix the problem with attaching images:

Click on the html tab, copy everything, start a new post, paste everything in. Fixed.

The problem with adding images is specific to the article you have started - once you start a new one, you'll be able to add things no problem.

Let me know how it goes.

I.M.O.G. & MattNo5ss

I have done The Sled Draft, and followed the advice given for fix to insert images,
but as soon as I did the first image got the you don't have permissions box and cant insert any more images. and buttons disappeared.
I had a read in Help Trouble Shooting and read that sometimes this can be a permissions issue and the Folder where the Images get stored needs to be Chmod 777 so as you have full permissions again.
Maybe this has happened after the site upgrade

[I.M.O.G.]

Maybe permissions aren't inheriting correctly I suppose, but that doesn't make much sense because a lot of people are able to add images without issue. That said, I don't have a better answer - I'll send some emails and see whats up.

SORRY FOR THE TROUBLE!

[MattNo5ss]

If nothing else, you can send the pics to me and put a placeholder <image01> in the article for each image you send and make the "image01" be the name of the pictures so I put them in the right place.

[MattNo5ss]

ehume's article is getting close to finished. Maybe go more in detail with the results, if possible. Should we leave his huge list of fan specs in the article or just link to it externally, like a google document or spreadsheet?

[Jolly-Swagman]

I have finished The Sled Draft except for adding the pics, one went in then it stopped working,
Matt have you got and Email Address to send you file, it is 16-17MB Folder.
or will I post up on a File share, or something similar!

I.M.O.G - - Here is what I was reading about WP file permissions,
http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions


EDIT- Have Uploaded File Foldder (TSATB-WP -Images.rar) to MediaFire
Download Link - http://www.mediafire.com/?2yzny2yin2y

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks. I was away for the weekend and just got home. I'll check out the images and insert them tonight.

[I.M.O.G.]

Just saw your update jolly - inet is aware of the problem and they are the only ones with filesystem access to set permissions. But thank you for the link, if it might help them get around to fixing this that would be great.

[I.M.O.G.]

Sorry, are you still looking for input on that or did you get an answer yet?

[MattNo5ss]

No answer/suggestions yet. I gave ehume ideas about possible additions to the results section.

[I.M.O.G.]

Requested proofreader input, not sure what to do with fan info. Will talk to editors tomorrow.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Thank You I.M.O.G and MattNo5ss,

Image Insertion worked fine Now, Article draft done completed! :thup:

[MattNo5ss]

Update:

- Jolly's article is almost ready for review. This weekend, I'm going to consolidate some of the pics by putting them in side-by-side configurations, and see how much that reduces the scroll length. Also, Jolly said he has a couple more projects that he could write something up about too.

- I PMed Sneaky for an update.

- I looked through Dooms101's modding article in pending review and made a few proofreading edits. Also, just wondering who has been working on this, I didn't even notice it in draft status...

[MattNo5ss]

Update:

- ehume's article is almost ready for review. I PMed WonderingSoul about proofreading. ehume said he was leaving the title of the article up to us.

[MattNo5ss]

"65 Fans Tested on a Megahalems" submitted for review.

[I.M.O.G.]

Great, thank you!

[MIAHALLEN]

Just built a new SFF gaming rig.
Working very well...but Prolimateh sent me the new Samuel 17 cooler for the CPU, so I'll be doing a short write-up on the build.
I'll try to have it ready next week. I may also get a new ITX mobo from Gigabyte which could delay the review by a week or so.

[MattNo5ss]

Sounds great!

I was eyeing that new ITX on NewEgg, but I'll definitely wait for your review now.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Thanks Matt ,,, Consolation of pics side-by-side looks fantastic,

Will work on the other Articles, bit later today, need to resize some pics, these will be Summary Articles with links to full worklogs for more reading info

[mdcomp]

Jolly, I worked on your article a bit today as well. Content-wise it's awesome! Just needed to do a few minor formatting changes as we are trying to be consistent in style and look for all articles on the homepage. Love the pictures and the final product. It's great!

Also, Matt, awesome job on the editing. Not just this article, but a bunch of them, keep up the good work.

Matt

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks.

I think I finished up reinserting ~100 photos to add captions, so they would stick and not mess up the alignments. Some of the photos I feel don't need captions, and they just have a heading that describes them all. I also consolidated the ones I thought needed it.

I have gotten most of my part of the formatting and editing done; I'll probably go through it at least once more.

I've been having trouble getting captions and alignment to save correctly on multiple articles, so be sure to check all of the photos before publishing.

[I.M.O.G.]

Thx for the update, sorry for the trouble - 100 images SUCKS.

[I.M.O.G.]

Pubbed ehume's article. :thup: nice work!

[MattNo5ss]

Just noticed that :D

I sent ehume a PM letting him know and saying thanks on behalf of the news team.

In his test setup, "CPU" is bold for some reason. I'm a little nit-picky...lol.

[I.M.O.G.]

Fixed, thanks. ;)

[MattNo5ss]

Yeah...

+1 to summaries with a link to the log :D


Below is my post from the Content Editor Roll Call (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=646431), could I get some input on my "Challenges" section?

Here.

Reminds me of middle school :rolleyes:

Unfortunately, I can't handle any more CE workload at this time. I have work typically until 3pm and then class from 5-10pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. So, my 2 areas are keeping me busy when I have time, usually on Thursday-Sunday.

Challenges:

- Getting modding content out quickly.

I've been wanting to do some "This <Week/Month/etc.> in Modding" type articles, but I think I've been going about it the wrong way. My error was in asking the modders to write the summaries of their ongoing or finished projects, and since they are working on the projects they don't have time to write up small summaries. So, that's slowing it down.

Now I'm thinking the best route to take on that is to write the summaries myself, so we can get more modding content out there (and there's always good modding going on). I would try to get an "okay" from the modder before publishing that content, but if the modder fails to respond in a timely manner, is it still okay to publish a summary of his work?


EDIT: Oh yeah, "Thanks!" to whoever did most of the work on Dooms101's DVD Drive Window Mod article, I didn't even notice it existed until I saw it in pending. I was able to make a couple of proofreading passes though.

[I.M.O.G.]

Still ok to publish if we are just linking to his stuff thats already in the project log, but its good to ask a courtesy ahead of time in case they want the project to get to a certain point before sharing it.

[sno.lcn]

I'll have a Vulcan case review up by the end of the week.

[MattNo5ss]

Sweet!

I'll add it to my list :D

[MattNo5ss]

I made another pass through Archer's article; fixing typos, format, and grammar errors. Some of the pic captions and alignments aren't correct, but I can't seem to get them fixed. Even after reinserting them 3 times.

So, I guess the rest is up to the Editors :D

If you need to do anything else, just let me know and I'll get on it as soon as possible.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Matt, have done some major work on Article Draft for Jolly's CM-690 Case Mod, sorry didn't get to Monday as Wife hasn't been well , will continue it a little later tonight / tomorrow

EDIT- Have Finished Draft , Matt you can go over it anytime you are ready , to see if needs altering and maybe consolidate some of the pics in this one too, please.

[EarthDog]

HAF-X case review... ETA 7/12.

:)

[I.M.O.G.]

Thx for updates, also posted a comment on Navig's article, looking to see where that stands.

[hokiealumnus]

Navig emailed me a while back (think months ago) saying he was pretty much done but needed images inserted. I pointed him to the tutorial and didn't hear back. He had to buy a house & move recently, so chances are that just got in the way. If you don't hear from him, let me know.

[MattNo5ss]

HAF-X case review... ETA 7/12.

:)

Nice! I'll add it to the list.

Navig emailed me a while back (think months ago) saying he was pretty much done but needed images inserted. I pointed him to the tutorial and didn't hear back. He had to buy a house & move recently, so chances are that just got in the way. If you don't hear from him, let me know.

I'll send him a PM to see if he could send me the pics.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Matt, I have done the Draft for [Spray Off] Hands of the Gods by Jolly-Swagman
now available for your perusal

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks! I'm sorry I've been slow getting to things the past couple of weeks, I got a lot going on...

Hopefully, I can get to your 2 drafts asap.

[MattNo5ss]

Both of Archer's articles are now in pending. Both are ready for a couple proofreading passes in case I missed something, then they should be ready.

[splat]

thanks, we'll get them scheduled

[MattNo5ss]

Navig sent me the pics for his Exoframe article. So, I can upload and insert them now :clap:

[EarthDog]

HAF-X Case review is ready for a CE to work their magic. Please note I have two pictures I need to retake for that portion to be complete.

Please review at your convenience. :)

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks, I'm going through it now.

I noticed you mentioned Yate Loons when mounting the rad, you meant Panaflo right?

[EarthDog]

Yes.. any YL reference should be Panaflo... sorry.

[MattNo5ss]

No big deal, just wanted to make sure :)

Update:
- I also made a pass through Jolly's "Hands of the Gods" draft. There are 4 pics which the captions will not "stick." The captions just turn into text below the pic without being inside of a "frame" once the draft is saved.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Just a Heads up Matt /Splat the two Articles of Archer0915,' there seem to be a few problems with some of the pics opening with Lightbox, and some pics repeating the same when going next on the V6GT Article, the other Article of the Monitoring probes some pics dont open at all.

Great Article's too btw

[hokiealumnus]

Roger, we'll look into that. Thanks for the heads-up!

[MIAHALLEN]

Just built a new SFF gaming rig.
Working very well...but Prolimateh sent me the new Samuel 17 cooler for the CPU, so I'll be doing a short write-up on the build.
I'll try to have it ready next week. I may also get a new ITX mobo from Gigabyte which could delay the review by a week or so.

Geez...it's been a month already :(

I've got confirmation on the Gigabyte mobo now, just waiting for it to arrive so I can finish up the build.

[MattNo5ss]

Just a Heads up Matt /Splat the two Articles of Archer0915,' there seem to be a few problems with some of the pics opening with Lightbox, and some pics repeating the same when going next on the V6GT Article, the other Article of the Monitoring probes some pics dont open at all.

Great Article's too btw

Yeah, there are problems with pictures in your two drafts as well. The main problem I'm seeing is that the captions will not "stick." The captions just turn into text below the pic without being inside of the "frame" once the draft is saved.

Archer's article is the first I noticed where the links to the pics were messed up. I wrote a WP comment about it and that it needed fixing before publishing, but I guess it slipped through the cracks between pingbacks...

Geez...it's been a month already :(

I've got confirmation on the Gigabyte mobo now, just waiting for it to arrive so I can finish up the build.

Sound good, just keep me updated :)

Will you be doing a review on the H55N-USB3 as well as the Samuel 17?

[MIAHALLEN]

It'll be more of an article on building a low priced, high powered SFF machine, but will highlight both of those pieces of HW. But no, I wouldn't exactly call it a review of either one.

[MattNo5ss]

Gotcha, thanks for clearing that up. It will be nice to see how the ITX OCs and if the Samuel 17 keeps it cool, even if it won't technically be a review of either piece.

[hokiealumnus]

Heya Matt! Got a Lian Li PC-Q06 benching station review ready to go. If you have a minute to go through it, that would be great. Let me know what you see that needs some improvement. Thanks!

[SecrtAgentMan]

Sent you a PM Matt

[MattNo5ss]

I just got back from Boston today, so I haven't had time to do any CE work this weekend. But, I'll try to get some done very soon, I have tons of drafts to go through and clean up...which is a good thing :)

EDIT: Thanks for getting EarthDog's review published :thup:

@SecrtAgentMan

Replied :D

[MattNo5ss]

I got an update from skinnee about the GTX480 waterblock round-up and the watercooling fluid testing:

Hey Matt,

The GTX480 round-up is in the writing phase and will be done very soon.

Coolant testing was delayed due to other items and I am waiting on my FM17 flow meter to arrive so that can get underway. Should only be about a week of test time and a couple days of data compilation and writing.

[hokiealumnus]

Post published, one less on your plate. :)

http://www.overclockers.com/lian-li-pcq06-benching-station-review/

[eobard]

Ok so my final draft of the In-Win Dragon Slayer MATX case is ready for editing/approval. So what do I do now, whom do I send the link to?

[EarthDog]

Notify the CE for this section and all is well. The CE's can log in and see/edit your work just like you see it so no need to send anything except a hey its ready PM (or post in here)

[eobard]

Notify the CE for this section and all is well. The CE's can log in and see/edit your work just like you see it so no need to send anything except a hey its ready PM (or post in here)

"hey it's ready"

[eobard]

Notify the CE for this section and all is well. The CE's can log in and see/edit your work just like you see it so no need to send anything except a hey its ready PM (or post in here)

"or post in here"


:D:thup::clap:

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks, I'll check it out tonight after class ~10PM CST.

[mdcomp]

"hey it's ready"

Awesome! Thanks for getting that done so quickly.
:)

Thanks, I'll check it out tonight after class ~10PM CST.

After you are done, save as "Pending Review" and I'll give it a final once over in the morning. We can publish tomorrow probably.

Thanks for your hard work guys!

Matt

[sno.lcn]

You can finally have my NZXT Vulcan review tonight. I'm writing the conclusion right now, will be done in the next hour. Sorry for taking my sweet ass time with this.

*Edit: Finished :)

[MattNo5ss]

You can finally have my NZXT Vulcan review tonight. I'm writing the conclusion right now, will be done in the next hour. Sorry for taking my sweet ass time with this.

Lol, no problem. Thanks :thup:

[MattNo5ss]

Went through sno.lcn's review, and it looks good. I fixed a few typos, etc. and there is one pic that isn't inserting at all. Other than that it should be good to go.

EDIT: I also went through the vendor spotlight for proofreading.

EDIT2: I went through Navig's Exoframe article and finished inserting pics and fixing format. This is very close to pending review :D

[MattNo5ss]

Pending Review
The Navig ExoFrame Project - Navig
Vulcan Case Review - sno.lcn

There are pics in both articles that need some Editor magic that I don't have...:rolleyes:

[EarthDog]

Here you go... looks like a potential article. I planted the seed...

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6565892#post6565892

[I.M.O.G.]

Nice find!

[Jolly-Swagman]

Whats happening to both my Articles "Hands of the Gods" & Jolly's CM-690 Case Mod, they both have been Pending since 17 July,

[MattNo5ss]

I'm sorry it's taking longer than expected to get them published. The Hands of the Gods is ready for publishing, but the CM 690 still needs a little formatting (didn't move that one into pending, someone else did). Hopefully, Hands of the Gods can get published soon, then I can finish up formatting on the CM 690 article. Sorry again.

[I.M.O.G.]

We've also been slow on the publishing side as we've been strapped for time and just squeezing things out this week when we can - long articles which take more time to process have gotten neglected. Sorry Jolly.

We could let it loose this weekend, or wait until Monday or Tuesday. Exposure is typically better during the week so normally we would wait until after the weekend.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Thank You Matt , IMOG, yes sometimes there just doesnt seem enough hours in the day, when we get snowed down with things, I know how that feels.

[MattNo5ss]

m0r7if3r has started the LED mod article. He also mentioned doing a complementary DIY LED Dimmer article after he's done.

skinnee's fluid testing has begun, so the WC fluid testing article should be coming up soon.

[MattNo5ss]

Pending Review:
How to Add Your Own LEDs to Fans - m0r7if3r

[I.M.O.G.]

Jolly, I've seen some struggling with images - apparently some things still weren't working right with your articles, and that has held things up longer yet. This coming week I'll personally make sure we get at least one published.

Thanks for the update Matt. :thup:

[Jolly-Swagman]

What is wrong with the images now,
I personally went through every single image the other day, when Matt (mdcomp) Pm'd me before went on Holidays, Reinserted and corrected links, the Matt said they were all good to go.
Then David has also looked at it too since then, all working fine, so why isnt it now,

,, or has it become s case of too many cooks spoiling the broth,

Just went over it again fixed a link that wasn't working, no problems found now,!!!

[MattNo5ss]

The links haven't been an issue, for me at least. But, look at what the captions are doing; this happens even if I go fixed them and save. It's like the changes won't "stick."

1st pic is in WP; 2nd pic is the preview:

[MIAHALLEN]

Matt....my Prolimatech Samuel 17 review should be done by Tuesday.

[MIAHALLEN]

Matt....my Silverstone SG05 review/SFF gaming build story should be done by Tuesday.

[MIAHALLEN]

Matt, the SFF build article is finished, please give it a look and pass it on to the proofreaders/editors, thanks!

edit - oops...sorry, I hit the "submit for review" button, I think that screws it up huh? :(

[MIAHALLEN]

Matt, the SFF build article is finished, please give it a look and pass it on to the proofreaders/editors, thanks!

edit - oops...sorry, I hit the "submit for review" button, I think that screws it up huh? :(

[sno.lcn]

One of the prizes for winning GO OC 2010 NA Finals was a sweet custom computer case, it'll be here Thursday so I'm going to do a short review for the front page.

[MattNo5ss]

Sounds good! Thanks!

[hokiealumnus]

Heya Matt. I'll have two case reviews from Lian Li in the coming months. First is the TYR PC-X900 (http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/flashpage/x900/), which is supposed to get here at the end of this month. The other has yet to be announced to the public, but should arrive in October. Will let you know details on it when I'm allowed to. :)

[Dolk]

Should have posted this a long time ago. I have the Crystal Edge Acrylic case that mudcomp sent me. The review will be ready by tonight.

[MattNo5ss]

Heya Matt. I'll have two case reviews from Lian Li in the coming months. First is the TYR PC-X900 (http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/flashpage/x900/), which is supposed to get here at the end of this month. The other has yet to be announced to the public, but should arrive in October. Will let you know details on it when I'm allowed to. :)

Thanks! Just keep me updated.

Should have posted this a long time ago. I have the Crystal Edge Acrylic case that mudcomp sent me. The review will be ready by tonight.

Short notice...huh? It's no problem, I can look over it tonight. Thanks!

[David]

I also better note I'm currently reviewing an Antec DF-85 and CP-1000.

[Dolk]

yeah sorry about the short notice, forgot that I needed to post in here.

[MattNo5ss]

I also better note I'm currently reviewing an Antec DF-85 and CP-1000.

Wow, this thread is getting hit up today...

yeah sorry about the short notice, forgot that I needed to post in here.

No problem, really.

[MattNo5ss]

Should have posted this a long time ago. I have the Crystal Edge Acrylic case that mudcomp sent me. The review will be ready by tonight.

I also better note I'm currently reviewing an Antec DF-85 and CP-1000.

I'm keeping my eyes on these. I've been poking in every now and then to take a peak. Just let me know when they're done. Thanks!

[MattNo5ss]

I added muddocktor's upcoming article.

I went through it and consolidated pictures, but on my end some of them look messed up like always. The same old thing, not saving captions and/or alignments.

I'll try a few things to fix them later tomor... I mean today...

[I.M.O.G.]

I can take a look Matt, I already told him I would but haven't gotten to it yet. I'll get to it sometime today, after I get some sleep first.

[muddocktor]

Ya'll be gentle with me; I was a virgin with Wordpress with that review. :D

Matt, I like the way you rearranged the pictures. It makes things look much neater. But the review title got FUBAR with the resizing. Also, I noticed 1-2 picture captions are differently sized on the comment fonts; shouldn't the comments all be done with the same font size? I might have done that by accident when I input them, but if I did it was unintentional.

I would like to get this finished very soon and go live with it ASAP too. I need to link a live review to Redbeard (Corsair rep) so he can pass it along to their proper department for review items. I would love to test both their H70 and their high end air solution, the A70 heatsink.

[MIAHALLEN]

I'll be working on a re-build (yes, already) of the mini-ITX system I just finished. I'll be modding the case a bit to squeeze in a 5870, relocate the storage devices, and the Corsair H70 water cooling system.

It'll be including a review of the Corsair H70, the Corsair Dominator GTX3 memory, and the Silverstone 450W SFX PSU. It'll also have a review of the H55N-USB3 motherboard in this case, running a quad core CPU :D Should be finished within the next month.

[MattNo5ss]

Pending Review:
Crystal Edge Acrylic Case - Dolk

I've done proofreading, consolidated pics, and fixed a little formatting on this article. Looks to be ready for the Editors to me.

^From my WordPress comment.

I'll be working on a re-build (yes, already) of the mini-ITX system I just finished. I'll be modding the case a bit to squeeze in a 5870, relocate the storage devices, and the Corsair H70 water cooling system.

It'll be including a review of the Corsair H70, the Corsair Dominator GTX3 memory, and the Silverstone 450W SFX PSU. It'll also have a review of the H55N-USB3 motherboard in this case, running a quad core CPU :D Should be finished within the next month.

Wow, you have your hands full for the next month :D

Thanks for the update, don't know how I missed it...

[MattNo5ss]

Pending Review:
Six Premium Heatsink Shootout - muddocktor

I got all but one pic fixed. The caption shows up, but the pic never appears.

[muddocktor]

Awww crap, it's doing that again?:bang head:bang head:bang head

I went through literally hours of fighting that one pic which for some reason wouldn't show. I finally subbed in another one that would came up ok. I'll see if I can get time to check in to this later this evening or tomorrow. BTW, is there a way to see all the attached pics to an article? I'm sure there is a way, but like I said I'm a Wordpress noob.

[I.M.O.G.]

You can see a list of them if you are editting the wordpress post, then go to the image insert button, then click on gallery - that should list all the images you've uploaded along with that post.

We are seeing DB errors and slow forums/hangs on the blog and forums right now, its been reported to inet. May want to have a beer rather than suffer through server issues. :)

[muddocktor]

Yeah, I've been fighting it too. And right now the Squirrel Mail seems to be down and I've been using an email from in my account to log in to Wordpress to work on the article. I don't have Wordpress bookmarked on my work laptop.

EDIT: I was able to find a link to log in to wordpress and looked at the issue. I found that for some reason the picture of the Mega and TS boxes was missing and that the pic of the different TR mounts was inserted into 2 places. So I deleted on of the mount pics and inserted the other pic up with the other box pics. And IMOG, that info helped me a bunch. Now I can go see what I've uploaded into an article.:thup:

EDIT 2: Heck, I can't find the Save button this morning. :bang head

EDIT 3: I also found a spelling error in a caption and wanted to change some wording in the caption also but I couldn't save it. :bang head

Help!!!!!

[MattNo5ss]

Push "submit for review" to save when an article is in pending.

[muddocktor]

Ok, gotcha. Like I stated I am definitely a noob at wordpress.

[MattNo5ss]

No problem. I actually asked that exact same question when I started being a CE :D

EDIT: Sometimes you have to save it twice or an autosave will stay at the top of the update history.

[muddocktor]

Right now I am having a problem with replacing the doubled pic of the 2 TR mounts with the one for the Megahalems and TS box shot. The correct pic for that spot with the other box shots is : http://www.overclockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mega-and-ts-boxes.jpg Matt. If you could put that in and save, then I can go and edit the caption that if screwed up a little on.

[MattNo5ss]

Inserted and it looks fine. The VX + beast pic is still being a pain...

[muddocktor]

Matt, that is the pic I had such problems with and there are multiple different copies in my gallery. I need to dump all but the working one out of the gallery. How do I do that?

And with me looking at the article, I am seeing the correct pic of the ven-x and beast, so I don't know what problem you are having with it. I just need 1 working pic of the ven-x and beast.

[MattNo5ss]

When inside the Gallery, you should be able to press the "Delete" button that's beside the "Insert into Post" button to remove pics from the Gallery.

Here's the problem I'm having with the VX + beast pic, it's not even showing up.

WP editing mode (top) and preview mode (bottom):

[muddocktor]

Hmmm, it is showing for me, Matt. I don't know why it isn't showing for you.

[MattNo5ss]

Well, as long as it's there...

I wonder if all the picture issues I've been having since I became a CE have just been something on my end. This kind of stuff happens in every article I get. I just have no clue what it could be. I'm using the same browser as you...

[muddocktor]

I don't know, Matt. I had that problem on FF on my main system at the house, which is why I loaded so damn many different copies of the ven-x with the beast mounted on it. Have you tried with internet exploder? Or chrome?

EDIT: I just checked it with IE and the friggen pic is busted. :bang head

Let me see if I have another pic of it on my work laptop that I can try to upload.

EDIT 2: Matt, see if you can sub this attached pic in for that one and see if it will work.

[MattNo5ss]

I uploaded and inserted that pic, and it looks like it's working...for now.

[muddocktor]

Yeah, I just checked the review again and it looks like the new picture is showing. And I did a little bit of minor editing on a few captions and found a capitalization error I corrected. But I think it's about ready to go. What do you think Matt?

[MattNo5ss]

If you mean me, then I think it's ready. There's so many "Matt"s I get confused sometimes...

[muddocktor]

Yep, I threw that last post at you, MattNo5ss. ;) And yes, it does get confusing but at least your "Matt" is in your member name. :D

[muddocktor]

So when do we go live with this?

[I.M.O.G.]

I'm hoping tomorrow or Wednesday, we have one article which may be ready that has some manufacturer samples included so we usually try to turn those around first.

I'll have to give yours a final run through to see if its all good (usually is once matt gets done with it), and then I'll schedule it and let you know.

[MattNo5ss]

Pending Review
Antec DF-85 Case & CP-1000 PSU - David

Added Upcoming Article
Sliverstone PS05 Case Review - eobard (I didn't realize this was started until today...)

[eobard]

My Silverstone PS05 review is ready for scrutiny.

[Dolk]

I sent over my revised MyOpenPC review a couple weeks ago. Just wondering what happened to it.

[I.M.O.G.]

Just needs final editing, unless we find anything the matter with it during final editing. Sorry for delay.

[MattNo5ss]

Update
- Whipermod doesn't have time to write something up about his project. I told him I'll try to get something short written up to debut his project.
- kaltag said he wanted to update his thread before he posted anything for the frontpage.

Pending Review
Sliverstone PS05 Case Review - eobard

I sent over my revised MyOpenPC review a couple weeks ago. Just wondering what happened to it.

I don't even know what you're talking about...lol. At least IMOG does :rolleyes:

[MattNo5ss]

Update
- skinnee said his water cooling fluid testing is completed, and he is now in the writing stage. He said he will get something into WordPress soon.

[I.M.O.G.]

Sorry Matt, seems like we miss you as often as we hit you. We could get better at ensuring you are in the loop on these things. I'd say we need to.

[MattNo5ss]

If you guys have articles you do behind even the WordPress scene, then that's fine. If it's in WordPress, then I'll be able to go through it and leave comments though :D

[I.M.O.G.]

Not sure how this one missed you actually, to my knowledge dolk did it in wordpress. We should have made sure you knew tho. :)

[EarthDog]

Writers tend to bypass CE's sometimes (not intentionally, just maybe forgot or didnt know)...we are told to look here for articles and such. If writers post it here (if it comes from a different source than the CE) CE's catch it. The other issue that isnt really an issue is the authors moving it to pending status. Thats a CE's job. But since we can still save it, its not too big of a deal for us. Maybe you Editors for timelines, but........

[MattNo5ss]

Upcoming Articles
DIY Modular PSU - 160InoQ
A Work in Progress: Project "Mars" - MattNo5ss

- I'll get in touch with 160InoQ for a status update.
- I can't insert images in articles I create, so I can't finish up the intro...

[MattNo5ss]

Since there aren't any aftermarket air cooling solutions for the GTX460, that I know about (maybe the new TR Shaman?), I'm thinking about writing up something about installing a MK-13 on the GTX460. Is there interest in this? If not, I'll just make a thread about it.

[I.M.O.G.]

Still need to look into that.

[MattNo5ss]

Still need to look into that.

That's fine since there are more articles not written by me. Get this, the categories save correctly on articles I create, but on other articles when I save it gets reverted to uncategorized... Just found that out by trying to save categories on my article... If you still wanna schedule a call just let me know. Thanks.

[hokiealumnus]

Sounds like a nice article to me!

[I.M.O.G.]

I think that might be best, and I should be available between 6PM-8PM EST tonight if you have time then. The category thing is a known bug we've seen right now. The other problems you are having need looked at more specifically... If you don't have it already, if you could install logmein on your machine that would likely make our call much easier so we can be sharing your desktop. :)

[MattNo5ss]

Sounds like a nice article to me!

Alright, I'll try to get something together soon.

On a related side note, check out the All "New" GPU Cooler Brought to You by MattNo5ss (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=655477) :rofl:

[hokiealumnus]

Alright, I'll try to get something together soon.

On a related side note, check out the All "New" GPU Cooler Brought to You by MattNo5ss (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=655477) :rofl:

Dude, totally include that in the article' it's beautiful!

[MattNo5ss]

Haha...thanks! I'll mention it at least.

[I.M.O.G.]

Not sure if you called tonight Matt, but had a bad day at work and am working into the night to catch up. We'll catch up one of these days.

[MattNo5ss]

No problem, sorry about your day. Just let me know when you're available. I'm usually available 5-7PM CST.

[I.M.O.G.]

At least our typical availability matches up. :thup: Maybe tomorrow.

[hokiealumnus]

FYI, Dolk's article was published today. The vbridge plugin isn't playing nice so there was no thread created to go with it. Hopefully that will be rectified. If not, we can always start a thread and link to it in the article.

Sorry for the issues. :bang head

[muddocktor]

I'm just about to push the button to submit my H50 article for review. And I will be going out to the rig in a few hours and don't have a clear idea if I will have internet access or not on this job, as the Co. Rep is a redneck wiener. So look it over at your leisure and hopefully I will be able to get in and check on things sometime soon.

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't had much time lately to look over much. I'll try to make a pass or two tomorrow before my mini-vacation starts Friday.

[hokiealumnus]

Lian Li PC-X900 review is in process and needs to publish Monday. It's rough and only about 1/2 way done with none of what I'm sure will be some re-writing when I go back over it, but you're welcome to look through and edit things that need it. :)

[EarthDog]

Doma Pro PCI Case review will be happening within the next week. I will let you know when it needs your lovin... :)

[MattNo5ss]

Lian Li PC-X900 review is in process and needs to publish Monday. It's rough and only about 1/2 way done with none of what I'm sure will be some re-writing when I go back over it, but you're welcome to look through and edit things that need it. :)

I'm on a mini-vacation starting tomorrow, so I'll try to give it a look over tonight and Sunday night.

Doma Pro PCI Case review will be happening within the next week. I will let you know when it needs your lovin... :)

Thanks for the heads up.

[MattNo5ss]

New Upcoming Articles
Doma Pro PCI Case Review - EarthDog
Installing Prolimatech MK-13 on a GTX 460 - MattNo5ss
Heatsink Improvisation - MattNo5ss

I haven't decided how I'm going to do my two articles above, together or separate. They are very closely related :shrug:

[EarthDog]

To me, that is one article, under Heatsink improv...

"Heatsink Improv - Mk-13 on a GTX460"

[MattNo5ss]

New Upcoming Articles
Thermalright Shaman (GTX 460) - MattNo5ss
Installing Prolimatech MK-13 on a GTX 460 - MattNo5ss (Also in modding thread)
Heatsink Improvisation - MattNo5ss (Also in modding thread)

[MattNo5ss]

The heatsink imrov article was going to feature the Venomous X I have installed on a 8800GTX. So if I combine them, then the title could be tricky since I want people to know the MK-13 can work on a GTX 460 since there aren't any aftermarket coolers for it, but I also want people to see that you can install a high-end CPU heatsink on a GPU.

I might see if I can come up with other random heatsink/component combos to add to the improv article if it was going to be separate. Off the top of my head, maybe install vRAM heatsinks on bare RAM sticks, or some other stuff like that.

[EarthDog]

Oh....

If I was doing this it would still be one article just showing both examples. ;)

You can start it with showing the merits of why you would want to do that, then the examples and results...

Good luck, I cant wait to see the results!

"Heatsink improve on 8800gtx and gtx460"

[MattNo5ss]

I'll try my best to combine them. You're better at picking titles than I am :) I'll end up using a title along those lines as well. Thanks.

[MattNo5ss]

Articles Put On Hold
DIY Modular PSU - 160InoQ (On hold until November; Active duty)
A Work in Progress: Project "Mars" - MattNo5ss (On hold until December; Winter break for Whispermod and the project will continue)

[mdcomp]

Matt I got a possible lead for you:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6633432#post6633432

That guy has built a sick case with watercooling. Maybe he can do a build or project log? Even a how-to on some of the nifty mods he did.

Matt

[hokiealumnus]

You probably already saw this since I plastered it everywhere, but the Lian Li review was published (http://www.overclockers.com/lian-li-pc-x900-case-review). Thanks for looking over the mess that was there before you went out of town!

[MattNo5ss]

Matt I got a possible lead for you:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6633432#post6633432

That guy has built a sick case with watercooling. Maybe he can do a build or project log? Even a how-to on some of the nifty mods he did.

Matt

I'll definitely check it out. I'd like to try to stay away from entire project logs on the front page. Not only is it redundant, but they are usually HUGE and the scrolling could cause carpal tunnel syndrome...

I'd like to do something like my "A Work in Progress: Project Mars" draft for project logs, the length of the "intros" would depend on how far along the project is when published. Then, when the project is completed, another short follow-up could be published. I'm open to thoughts on this, and check out my draft and let me know if I'm going in the right direction.

You probably already saw this since I plastered it everywhere, but the Lian Li review was published (http://www.overclockers.com/lian-li-pc-x900-case-review). Thanks for looking over the mess that was there before you went out of town!

Great review, but that was a given; your reviews are always good. Sorry I couldn't put more input into it, just bad timing I guess.

[hokiealumnus]

Thank you kindly, I'm flattered! No worries at all, these other jokers handled it.

[mdcomp]

I'll definitely check it out. I'd like to try to stay away from entire project logs on the front page. Not only is it redundant, but they are usually HUGE and the scrolling could cause carpal tunnel syndrome...

I'm with you on that one. Good point! I'd much prefer to see how-to guides for specific mods or something like that.
:)

Matt

[MattNo5ss]

I'm able to insert pics into my article now :clap: A Work in Progress: Project "Mars" - MattNo5ss is basically done now. Just have to wait on Whispermod to return from college (winter break) so he can get started back, then this could be published.

I'm with you on that one. Good point! I'd much prefer to see how-to guides for specific mods or something like that.

We can still have project logs featured on the front page, just not the entire log. I was thinking teaser pics and a link to the log, like the draft mentioned above. Of course, specific mods and how-to guides are welcome :)

[mdcomp]

Whoops Matt. I sent you a comment on that one. So we are waiting a while before publishing? Just let me know so I can add an editorial comment. Hard to keep track of everything.
:)

Matt

[MattNo5ss]

Replied with my thoughts :)

[MattNo5ss]

Possible "SS cleanup and experience" by me, per hokie's request. This will be on the back burner until my other two articles are finished.

[I.M.O.G.]

Great, thanks for the update man!

[MattNo5ss]

- Combined MK-13/GTX460 and Heatsink Improv articles. I'm around 60% finished.
- Half way through testing on the Shaman review. I only have ~1hr a day during the week for testing, but I'm getting it done as soon as I can.

[MattNo5ss]

- Combined MK-13/GTX460 and Heatsink Improv articles. I'm around 60% finished.

[muddocktor]

I'm just about to hit the submit for review button on the Corsair Hydro Series H70 review I am finishing up, Matt. Do take a good look at it for grammatical errors or awkward wording so we can get this published.

EDIT: I am also just finishing up the data runs on a Corsair A70 heatsink that I bought with my own money. And I am going to tear Corsair a new ******* about the crappy instructions they included with this heatsink too.

[I.M.O.G.]

Cool, thanks Mudd.

May want to PM yellowbeardXMS, see what he has to say about your criticism or if he wants to pass it along. If it stinks we should say so, but if we pass it directly to corsair also, we can see if they do anything with it or can try to fix it.

[MattNo5ss]

I'm just about to hit the submit for review button on the Corsair Hydro Series H70 review I am finishing up, Matt. Do take a good look at it for grammatical errors or awkward wording so we can get this published.

EDIT: I am also just finishing up the data runs on a Corsair A70 heatsink that I bought with my own money. And I am going to tear Corsair a new ******* about the crappy instructions they included with this heatsink too.

Will do. I'll be able to get to it tonight either between work and class or after class.

[mdcomp]

Hey Matt,

I already looked over Mudd's article. Would love to get your thoughts on it.

Sent him a PM, but forgot to CC you:
Nice work. I had two minor suggestions/ideas for you. Maybe we can condense the description of the box slightly? I love the detail, but the attention span of our readers is rather short 3-5 minutes per article (based on our stats), so we want to cut out any extraneous information. I didn't want to do that without asking or giving you a chance to do it.

Also, the conclusions and Pros/Cons bullets are also pretty similar. Is there a way to condense things a bit there as well? I realize its important to mention your favorites features in paragraph form, but I think we can make it more concise.

Other than that, pretty flawless haha. I have yet to work on the captions at all, I may tweak slightly, but the article itself is in it's final form basically. Would love to get this published tomorrow, if you are cool with that.

What are your thoughts? Hopefully we can turn this around for tomorrow morning. Thanks for your help and input as always. If you can play with the captions as well, that would be good. I didn't get to them.

Matt

[MattNo5ss]

I looked over mudd's article and fixed some grammar errors and wording. I didn't have to change much at all, good job! Also, when I save another author's draft, the categories are reset to "uncategorized," it doesn't happen on my own articles. So, that will need fixing after every save I do, but I'll be sure to mention it every time I save.

@ mudd and other writers,

For future reference of this common grammatical mistake:

it's = contraction for "it is"
its = possessive form of "it"

Hey Matt,

I already looked over Mudd's article. Would love to get your thoughts on it.

Sent him a PM, but forgot to CC you:

Nice work. I had two minor suggestions/ideas for you. Maybe we can condense the description of the box slightly? I love the detail, but the attention span of our readers is rather short 3-5 minutes per article (based on our stats), so we want to cut out any extraneous information. I didn't want to do that without asking or giving you a chance to do it.

Also, the conclusions and Pros/Cons bullets are also pretty similar. Is there a way to condense things a bit there as well? I realize its important to mention your favorites features in paragraph form, but I think we can make it more concise.

Other than that, pretty flawless haha. I have yet to work on the captions at all, I may tweak slightly, but the article itself is in it's final form basically. Would love to get this published tomorrow, if you are cool with that. What are your thoughts? Hopefully we can turn this around for tomorrow morning. Thanks for your help and input as always. If you can play with the captions as well, that would be good. I didn't get to them.

Matt

The box details are in the captions, which is better than having it written out in a paragraph, imo. If all the details are in the captions, then the readers probably won't pay a whole lot of attention to it, but those details will be there if they are interested.

What do you want out of the captions? Do you want them shortened and the info written out in the body? If so, then I agree to scrap most of the box details written in the descriptions. I don't really have a problem with more info in captions, although I like short and concise captions myself.

What I would do about the conclusion/bullets is just delete the "Conclusion" section altogether and replace the "Summary" heading with "Conclusion."

[mdcomp]

The box details are in the captions, which is better than having it written out in a paragraph, imo. If all the details are in the captions, then the readers probably won't pay a whole lot of attention to it, but those details will be there if they are interested.

What do you want out of the captions? Do you want them shortened and the info written out in the body? If so, then I agree to scrap most of the box details written in the descriptions. I don't really have a problem with more info in captions, although I like short and concise captions myself.

What I would do about the conclusion/bullets is just delete the "Conclusion" section altogether and replace the "Summary" heading with "Conclusion."

Captions really should be short and concise. I think Mudd already went over the things I mentioned pretty closely. At this point, it's just a matter of us fine tuning everything.

Leave the bullets alone, I think it's okay to repeat a bit, but not every last detail should be repeated. I'll take a look in the morning before I publish. I think Mudd also said he'd look tonight, so I was going to see what you guys come up with before I mess with anything.
:)

Matt

[MattNo5ss]

Alright, I wasn't planning on removing the bullets or any of the summary section, just removing the short conclusion section which is redundant to the summary section, and then rename the summary section to conclusion. I'll let mudd make his changes before I do anything further.

[muddocktor]

I've already made the changes I wanted, so do your damage. ;)

[mdcomp]

I cut down the captions a bit. For future reference, you can avoid "This is..." or "Here is ..."

You can feel free to jump right into what the image shows. It keeps everything short since we all have the attention span of a goldfish! Especially me.
:)

Look's great! Matt, are we cool to publish tomorrow? If so, I'll get it out first thing in the morning.

Matt

[MattNo5ss]

If you're going to keep the summary/conclusion how it is, then I only have one other thing to mention. In the following quote, mudd mentions the initial runs were done with the pre-applied TIM and that it would make a good TIM comparison, but I don't see any mention of how well the stock TIM worked -vs- MX-2.
The initial mount runs were made with the pre-applied TIM that this unit came with. For the other two remounts, Arctic Cooling MX2 thermal paste was used for testing as I have found it to give good consistent results with no appreciable break in and it applies and is cleaned up easily. This also gave me a good baseline to see how effective the pre-applied TIM was compared to a known good performance thermal paste.

[muddocktor]

Good catch, Matt. The pre-applied stuff worked as well as the MX2.

EDIT: Adding a sentence after that one indicating the pre-applied TIM was at least as good as MX2.

[I.M.O.G.]

Be careful with the wording there. When talking about differences in TIMs, the error involved with measurement equipment and mount quality is often larger than the actual performance difference between tims. This testing isn't really well prepared to make a statement on TIM performance, it implies a level of accuracy greater than what should be expected with the given level of control over other variables.

Basically, if you say anything about that, I'd intentionally leave the wording "mushy".

[muddocktor]

How about "No unusual difference in recorded temps between the pre-applied TIM and MX2 then?

[I.M.O.G.]

Yup, I'd say something like "no unusual difference" or "no discernible difference given the test environment".

[muddocktor]

OK, done.

I am off to bed, eyes aren't focusing good now. :eek:

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks for finishing that up guys :thup:

[MattNo5ss]

Shaman Review - I just have to finish up the results section, then write an intro and conclusion.

Then I should have the Heatsink Improv finished shortly afterward.

[MattNo5ss]

I need feedback on the Shaman article. I left a comment in WordPress on Friday (I believe), but haven't heard anything back...

[MattNo5ss]

Pending Review
Thermalright Shaman - MattNo5ss
Heatsink Improv: GTX 460 + MK-13 and 8800GTX + Venomous X - MattNo5ss

[MattNo5ss]

hokie,

Do you have another Lian Li case for review? For some reason I thought you had the PC-X900 plus some other, possibly NDA, case from Lian Li.

Pending Review
Heatsink Improv: GTX 460 + MK-13 and 8800GTX + Venomous X - MattNo5ss

[hokiealumnus]

Got your PM & replied. For those that don't know, the case he's referring to is the PC-V1020 (http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=555&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=62) which was formerly under NDA but has now been released. They just haven't gotten around to sending it yet. No idea on ETA. Lian Li sends them when they get around to it, and I review them as they come. :)

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks for clarifying :thup:

[MattNo5ss]

Added content to the Heatsink Improv article and changed the title to: Heatsink Improv: A Small Tribute to Overclockers of Old

Feedback on the title change and article content are welcome!

[mdcomp]

Hoping to get to this tonight Matt. Can't promise. Thanks for staying on top of this!
:)

Matt

[muddocktor]

I sent the Corsair A70 review as pending review the other day. And maybe if this fricken job slows down I am on, I can start writing the review on the HR-02, which is pretty impressive BTW.

[MattNo5ss]

Thanks! I'm glad you finally received the HR-02. We were thinking it might have been sent to me instead since they were sending the Shaman at roughly the same time, but I never received it. Glad it wasn't lost.

I'll get to the A70 as soon as I can, maybe tonight, but if not, then tomorrow for sure.