Buy the bracket/AMD version and wait or chop a hole in an expensive and no longer available case. Personally I would have chosen the bracket but hey this was far more entertaining for everyone else!
yeah the bracket would of been the way to go. I got the same cooler and bought bracket for the amd cpu and it was definitely worth the 2 day wait lol. keeps cpu cool an didnt have to cut up my case.
Perhaps, it could have been easier all the way to just use a case with a little more headroom, then you could use the larger cooler. Not a lot larger but enough to use the coolers you already considered at some point. Obviously, this case is not intended for a high heat system - like you have, it is probably intended as a passive cooled system
@@adamb27473 Probably doesn't want to add an AIO to something that he wants running 24/7 collecting critical data. Honestly its a bit strange he choose that case given he's probably got quite a few other ITX cases. Like a Fractal Nano, or that Lian-li its case he used for computer was it?
@@xxtovarichxx that's a really good point. I'm assuming he just used it because he needed a surveillance build and Dr zaber sponsered a build at the time, but no reason to keep it in there now. With regards to the AIO in a 24/7 build, at this point, aios are plenty reliable enough. Failure rates are incredible low and the pumps are rated for a rediculous amount of hours, I believe asetek is 70000 hours or 8 years mtbf. 24/7 heat will cause more stress, but not enough that I would worry about it.
For me it is more like okay this quck fix should do it. Done in a jiffy. But then 1 minute later I'm looking at what I have done in disgust and I have to do it properly. This of course takes much longer.
@@paulshardware Or we just implement the fans at either side of a house, so they are far away enough to not hear them. I hear LinusTechTips whole house aircooling coming up!
You had me at Paul's "quick fix" in the title and a picture of the angle grinder. This can't end well. My own "quick fix" a couple days ago, was to fix a nagging nit of a problem by "quickly" flashing the bleeding-edge OpenWrt software image onto my router before doing the dishes and laundry etc.. Two days of panic and sweat later, I managed to un-brick the router and flash the exact same firmware I had the nits with. Guess which nits I'm happily willing to live with until they release the official upgrade. I can un-clench and go do those dishes now.
Paul, coming from a carpentry and welding background, the way to get that U-Channel to not have the corner gaps is to cut each end on a 45 degree angle so each end meets. Just something for future reference.
Electrician here, exactly what I do for the corners-relief cuts are good as well for tight internal curves; its called profile in my part of the world-we use it for cut outs in electrical trunking, switch-gear enclosures etc. I have the NH-L12 in a Streacom DA2 9700K build. It is silent unless I'm gaming, brilliant cooler.
I think the best way to do the corners with that edge channel would have just been to cut the pieces at a 45 degree angle and have them line up like that.
The NH-L9i is amazing. I just put one in my father in-laws PC. He was running an intel stock cooler for the last 5 years. It was idling at 80-90 C. The thermal paste was dust. It was bad. Anyways the results were a near 60 degree drop. I was impressed that such a small cooler could do so well. Noctua is legit.
Nice job on that cut out-! A nice chrome wire grille would work well on that exposed fan and not hurt airflow or noise at all. I use em on cases that have punched fan exhaust holes because this makes fans louder, the round wire chrome grilles are the quietest grilles ive found and almost indestructible especially in an exposed area like this. I cut out the punched opening and install the chrome wire grille over it, makes a very functional mod.
I'm having flashbacks to when I took a rotary tool to my Lian Li PC 65? to add dual 120 "blow hole" vents in the top. The screeching of the tool on the aluminum, OMG.
For the U-channel wrap, you can just cut the bottom side of the rubber a tiny bit shorter (roughly how wide the adjoining side channel is) and let it hang over to take up the gaps in the corners. basically notching it out so you have a flap that hangs over the edge of your cut. I've done the same with Drywall cornerbead for a window. You could 45 it but I'm guessing that's harder with U-channel to pull off.
Well... you could've just ordered the AM4 brackets, do everything else already to get the system up and running again, leave the side panel off for a few days and change the cooler (again) when the brackets arrive... but maybe that's just my simple thinking 😉
If you're trying to get the u-channel completely flush at the corners (for this or any other future mods) you can cut the strips at a 45 degree angle on each side so they'll all fit together snugly once they're in 👌🏼
i have thought alot about pc home survey-lance and the one conclusion i have come to is no matter what you will WANT to pay for offsite storage. Because the point of camera set up's are for the unexpected and what if that involves the loss of your camera power unit and device. SO without proper backup power and dedication for cameras i feel a diy solution is far more expensive than required considering you can probably bundle security with your internet for less than it would cost just to rent server space with enough bandwidth to handle your cameras feed.
Hey, nice job! I think you sold yourself short by saying it's not a "practical mod." You might be shocked by the large number of people who need to do exactly what you just did to that case. :D Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to hear the updates on how the performance varies over the long term, i.e. does the upgraded cooler allow the fan to not ramp up as much when it's running for weeks on end.
The NH-L9a (NH-L9a AM4 for updated mounting solution) is the AMD version of that first cooler, so I'm not sure if the NH-L9i is going to be any good to you even with an extra bracket. I think you may have preferred to get the NH-L9x65 SE-AM4. It would still need a hole cut in the case, but much smaller and has the same cooling capacity as the NH-L12S. However, if you find the original NF-A12x15 slim fan that came with the NH-L12S, you do have the option of mounting that inside the case so there are no spinning blades for little fingers to touch 😆
Why not just a 120mm AIO again? Worst case you cut some holes in the side panel over the GPU chamber to let air pass through, but you keep things inside the case that way. Did a similar mod to a RVZ-02 for a friend's build, worked really well. Just get a short GPU (or in your case, a hard drive), and with the hole I cut to pass air thru from the outside, into the rad, and thru the other side, temps were great.
For the outside corners, cut them at 45° (45+45=90) ... with the inner length being the same as the opening and outer edge being the longer one. Simple.
I think an Alpenfohn Black Ridge fits. Would've saved the side panel from slaughter while cooling far better than the C7 or L9i. Good future option if you wanted to buy (or create) another side panel.
@@paulshardware I get the argument that "Hey, this is what I have in stock, and I need to make a vid" but why in the WORLD wouldn't you just order the alpenfoen black ridge, or ID IS-60? Or just swap it to a Node 202 to get an extra 12mm of cooler clearance? Seems like going for a non-reversible mod on a non-replaceable case for such a mundane cooling solution is just a waste.
@@benjaminprescott384 Because before it was just, meh... and because it's fun to color outside the lines sometimes. Why waste money on another case when you can give it MORE POWER, ARGH ARGH ARGH!
@@aaaarrrg3773 Because this is a fairly expensive case - and very limited in supply. Also because the end result looks godawful, and could have been avoided with another case.
don't feel too bad about feeling like you shot yourself in the foot with the project Paul this happens to me and I'm sure a lot of people that are wanting to accomplish a mod job that is straight forward and fairly simple, especially when it comes to creating a piece of content about it because problems with the project ultimately means extra work on the editing side of things which I know can be a pain. But you have a lot of people that like to see you problem solve and you do a good job at keeping the content interesting so that retention, I'm guessing, stays up so just think of it as adding a little more value to some people who might attempt something like this in the future now they know what to look for and what to do to make there mod work.
Hey paul, a really nice video, and a quite interesting solution. Just out of curiosity, why haven't you gone with a 120mm/90mm AIO solution? Is the reliability concern that great, even considering most brands give 5 or 6 years of warranty?
Could you not put the fan on the underside of the new cooler, in a pull configuration and just have the fins exposed? Would look a lot neater and less finger chopping potential...
The c7 comes with 92mm fan clips, I ended up attaching the noctua fan to the c7, I also tried a setup using the l9a and 3D print 120mm slim fan adapter
Instead of chopping up a no longer available boutique case you could've just used google for 5 minutes and found out that one of the best setups you can go with is a Cryorig C7 (copper would be best but i dont think urs was copper) with the l9i fan on top, all it needs are a couple cable ties and the case isn't dead afterwards :(
Next time, cut the ends of your rubber strip at a 45 degree angle. That way when both sides meet in the corner, they form a 90 and that gap won't be as prominent.
Why did you not install the Cooler fan on the underside of the Noctua Cooler? since Noctua allows for it? Or order the Noctua Bracket bracket for the L9I? Or swap the board to an ITX Intel system? It broke my heart to see the Sentry 2.0 destoyed since I know this is a rare case. But I guess it had to be done for entertainment of the masses. :(
Will your mechanical hard drive be able to handle several cameras feeding it 1080p at the same time? Is it a 7200 RPM drive? I have used WD black drives in the past, but moved to Samsung solid state hard drives. I like the Samsung magic software that Samsung gives you for free to over prevision the drive. As the ones I have have a 5 years warranty, and I over prevision them, I suspect they will last. But I could be wrong. I also want to build a PC just for the control and recording from about 6 cameras around my house. They will be either 4K or 1080p.... Looking forward to your build.
I have an Unraid Server Setup with a VM setup with Windows 10 and running BlurIris security software and its running great. Only got 2 cameras 1 is a 4k camera and the other is a cheapo 1080 eBay china special. I have been running this setup for about 5 years. One thing you need to be careful with is to make sure updates are off as if Windows updates and then reboots it can kill it in the VM, I have had that happen.
Dang Paul, Sentry cases are very hard to find...You should have just grabbed a Larger ITX tower type Case (Corsair Crystal 280X size). My head drooped in sadness when I saw the final product, all cut up. Oh well.
11:16 we all make this mistake. I woke up today, with the plan to go to Lowes, the pharmacy, and do my laundry. I made it to one store and haven't started my laundry and it's 8pm.
ok has this been updated? Got a pc running a 5820K water cooled, gtx1080, and 32gb ram. pretty sure this will run everything just fine. Looking more towards software and cameras
You might consider adding a filter and a grill to prevent your fingers from getting nipped, because your fingers are gonna get nipped by that exposed fan.
Ohhhh...so your office/PC work area is in your garage. I was wondering where that was, since it seems that your house doesn't have a basement. I thought that you perhaps had rented a place for this.
..... throw in a gtx 1650 super and off load the encoding to a graphics card. problem #2 the case may be nice for a killer mobile lan party desktop not a good idea for a home surveillance machine so you need a bigger case preferably either a rackmount case or a home theater pc case. in fact I'd recommend using a Threadripper(gen1 preferably) machine for the PCI express lanes so you can have all the cameras to one machine. also to do it right.... I'd see a custom home surveillance machine costing in the ballpark of 2000 - 3000. only cause the SDI capture cards you'd need to have all the camera's terminate at the machine costs about $400-$600 a pop for 4 to 8 cameras per card.
You can cut what would be the bottom of the U so it overshoots the edge just enough to match the piece going perpendicular to it. Each piece would only need one cut like that and it would look pretty good
Paul, mitered corners are your friend. For those in the audience, mitered means instead of cutting the rubber of at 90 degrees (a square corner), you cut it at 45 degrees to bisect the 90 of the corner, which means both rubbers overlap half the angle, resulting in a clean seam and no "naked" gap where they join. So, hold the snips at 45 degrees instead of 90 and done, no ugliness. Just remember the needed length is the short part of the snip angle, not the long "ears" part. Paul, Dr Zaber hates you now, he went through a great deal of planning to make a small, beautiful, and versatile case, and you murdered it. Nice overall job though, you recovered a LOT more face than I figured you would, based on your (and my own) history. Nice b-roll and editing, but that was Joe of course. Heh heh. Even if you didn't destroy anything really, I think the general expectation with the angle grinder thumbnail will get those mad clicks for you anyway. :-)
Pauls 'DIY' videos are always funny... mainly because it shows people exactly WHAT NOT TO DO if they want something done properly... He's a bodger and the perfect example of why you should do things right the first time. It will save you time and money in the long run. It doesn't matter for some one who's so privileged and doesn't have to actually pay for the things he's bodging.
why all the mouse these day do not have lefy click and right click on the mousewheel is out of my comprehension. that why i keep fixing my LG G9 and G9x over and over again DPi can be adjuste by 50 dpi not just lock at not 200 hundred. like mostly all mouse do these day. so sad fricking sad. they need to make this mouse comeback asap. Once you play for long time with a mouse that increase by 50 DPI you cant never coome back, so much more precision in any FPS, more than, dispay port this, diplay that, 144 mhz, 1MS bullcrap even if they do make a little difference its nothing like 50 dpi increment and a mouse wheel 3btn is also such a mazing option to have. just buy a razor viper mini and i don't use it bcuz of the single click mousewheel. great video once again Paul
Are there CPUs which do not require cooling yet still run fast? I am thinking something with more cores but slower clock. Or a larger die with the cores on the chip spread out a bit. Back in the day there were motherboards sold that were dual CPU.
Paul is it better to hold off on a new built pc for the DDR5 ram and the pci 4 or just up grade now? Ex my CPU is a 6700 I7 and the board chip set is X170. Going is a 1080.
Cryorig and Dr Zaber: Bro, just install a shorter CPU cooler
Paul: No, I don't think I will.
Buy the bracket/AMD version and wait or chop a hole in an expensive and no longer available case. Personally I would have chosen the bracket but hey this was far more entertaining for everyone else!
Exactly, and I think it is also a good feeling to get something done.
yeah the bracket would of been the way to go. I got the same cooler and bought bracket for the amd cpu and it was definitely worth the 2 day wait lol. keeps cpu cool an didnt have to cut up my case.
Perhaps, it could have been easier all the way to just use a case with a little more headroom, then you could use the larger cooler. Not a lot larger but enough to use the coolers you already considered at some point. Obviously, this case is not intended for a high heat system - like you have, it is probably intended as a passive cooled system
Butchering the Sentry case, that's was painful to watch
Ya, especially when it's designed to handle a 120 AIO and you know he's got like 12 sitting around his garage
@@adamb27473 Probably doesn't want to add an AIO to something that he wants running 24/7 collecting critical data. Honestly its a bit strange he choose that case given he's probably got quite a few other ITX cases. Like a Fractal Nano, or that Lian-li its case he used for computer was it?
@@xxtovarichxx that's a really good point. I'm assuming he just used it because he needed a surveillance build and Dr zaber sponsered a build at the time, but no reason to keep it in there now. With regards to the AIO in a 24/7 build, at this point, aios are plenty reliable enough. Failure rates are incredible low and the pumps are rated for a rediculous amount of hours, I believe asetek is 70000 hours or 8 years mtbf. 24/7 heat will cause more stress, but not enough that I would worry about it.
No repair is ever quick.
wise words
@@paulshardware turn the fan the other way around. You will get very similar performance and slightly drop case temps.
For me it is more like okay this quck fix should do it. Done in a jiffy. But then 1 minute later I'm looking at what I have done in disgust and I have to do it properly. This of course takes much longer.
Computer cooling that makes no noise at all, that's my FANtasy.
But to truly be noiseless, must one not also go fanless? 🤔
@@paulshardware Or we just implement the fans at either side of a house, so they are far away enough to not hear them. I hear LinusTechTips whole house aircooling coming up!
@@paulshardware you got 1.2 mil too many then ;)
@@paulshardware I would rather hear fan noise than coil whine.
This guy’s fanless pc builds are awesome btw ua-cam.com/video/dnBnq_RoFmc/v-deo.html
You had me at Paul's "quick fix" in the title and a picture of the angle grinder. This can't end well.
My own "quick fix" a couple days ago, was to fix a nagging nit of a problem by "quickly" flashing the bleeding-edge OpenWrt software image onto my router before doing the dishes and laundry etc.. Two days of panic and sweat later, I managed to un-brick the router and flash the exact same firmware I had the nits with. Guess which nits I'm happily willing to live with until they release the official upgrade. I can un-clench and go do those dishes now.
Wait a few days for a bracket, make it look nice or destroy an expensive case, make it look like ass? Obviously the later.
17:56 He forgot to mention that the reveal makes the Sentry 2.0 look even more like a Sentry from Portal
Paul, coming from a carpentry and welding background, the way to get that U-Channel to not have the corner gaps is to cut each end on a 45 degree angle so each end meets. Just something for future reference.
Electrician here, exactly what I do for the corners-relief cuts are good as well for tight internal curves; its called profile in my part of the world-we use it for cut outs in electrical trunking, switch-gear enclosures etc.
I have the NH-L12 in a Streacom DA2 9700K build. It is silent unless I'm gaming, brilliant cooler.
I like how he is always making progress on the mini htpc rig from like 2 years ago
I think the best way to do the corners with that edge channel would have just been to cut the pieces at a 45 degree angle and have them line up like that.
I really enjoy watching you do these from the hip kind of mods.
The NH-L9i is amazing. I just put one in my father in-laws PC. He was running an intel stock cooler for the last 5 years. It was idling at 80-90 C. The thermal paste was dust. It was bad. Anyways the results were a near 60 degree drop. I was impressed that such a small cooler could do so well. Noctua is legit.
Nice job on that cut out-! A nice chrome wire grille would work well on that exposed fan and not hurt airflow or noise at all. I use em on cases that have punched fan exhaust holes because this makes fans louder, the round wire chrome grilles are the quietest grilles ive found and almost indestructible especially in an exposed area like this. I cut out the punched opening and install the chrome wire grille over it, makes a very functional mod.
I'm having flashbacks to when I took a rotary tool to my Lian Li PC 65? to add dual 120 "blow hole" vents in the top. The screeching of the tool on the aluminum, OMG.
Best content since January...is the old Paul finally back ? 🤔
For the U-channel wrap, you can just cut the bottom side of the rubber a tiny bit shorter (roughly how wide the adjoining side channel is) and let it hang over to take up the gaps in the corners. basically notching it out so you have a flap that hangs over the edge of your cut. I've done the same with Drywall cornerbead for a window. You could 45 it but I'm guessing that's harder with U-channel to pull off.
that's why you have all of your followers is because you do good work. and give good details.
Well... you could've just ordered the AM4 brackets, do everything else already to get the system up and running again, leave the side panel off for a few days and change the cooler (again) when the brackets arrive... but maybe that's just my simple thinking 😉
You can also find U-Channel like that at AutoZone or O'Reilley's auto parts stores. It's used for door edge trim. $10 gets you a lot of it too.
If you're trying to get the u-channel completely flush at the corners (for this or any other future mods) you can cut the strips at a 45 degree angle on each side so they'll all fit together snugly once they're in 👌🏼
Paul, what you need now is the cool hood scoop off a small kid's car to fasten to the case. Now that's a mod.
For the rubber just cut the ends at a 45 dungree angle, kind of like the trim for doors/windows. Also should order a fan grill to finish it off.
They sell that coping strip that was put around the hole at auto parts stores to protect ends of car doors or something very similar.
Oooh, that u-rubber-thingy! Im going to steal that idea and use that to finish the edges of a hole i made into my pc-case.
I'm a little surprised that you didn't just move it into a larger case.
Isn't much different than chopping a hood for accepting a huge air intake or tunnel ram.
i have thought alot about pc home survey-lance and the one conclusion i have come to is no matter what you will WANT to pay for offsite storage. Because the point of camera set up's are for the unexpected and what if that involves the loss of your camera power unit and device. SO without proper backup power and dedication for cameras i feel a diy solution is far more expensive than required considering you can probably bundle security with your internet for less than it would cost just to rent server space with enough bandwidth to handle your cameras feed.
Hey, nice job! I think you sold yourself short by saying it's not a "practical mod." You might be shocked by the large number of people who need to do exactly what you just did to that case. :D Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to hear the updates on how the performance varies over the long term, i.e. does the upgraded cooler allow the fan to not ramp up as much when it's running for weeks on end.
Go look at some woodworking channels. You could have spent a few extra hours and mitered the rubber strip at the corners. Would look really cool.
Cut 45 degree angles in the rubber molding. It will match up better.
I love how surprised he was after it snapped shut first try after cutting the window lmao
Could've cut the ends of the rubber trim at a 45 degree angle for a nice finish.
16:07 This moment needs a "(jazz music stops)" caption.
The NH-L9a (NH-L9a AM4 for updated mounting solution) is the AMD version of that first cooler, so I'm not sure if the NH-L9i is going to be any good to you even with an extra bracket.
I think you may have preferred to get the NH-L9x65 SE-AM4. It would still need a hole cut in the case, but much smaller and has the same cooling capacity as the NH-L12S.
However, if you find the original
NF-A12x15 slim fan that came with the NH-L12S, you do have the option of mounting that inside the case so there are no spinning blades for little fingers to touch 😆
Why not just a 120mm AIO again? Worst case you cut some holes in the side panel over the GPU chamber to let air pass through, but you keep things inside the case that way.
Did a similar mod to a RVZ-02 for a friend's build, worked really well. Just get a short GPU (or in your case, a hard drive), and with the hole I cut to pass air thru from the outside, into the rad, and thru the other side, temps were great.
Really nice job! now some of the hot air will blow outside the case
For the outside corners, cut them at 45° (45+45=90) ... with the inner length being the same as the opening and outer edge being the longer one. Simple.
I think an Alpenfohn Black Ridge fits. Would've saved the side panel from slaughter while cooling far better than the C7 or L9i. Good future option if you wanted to buy (or create) another side panel.
Nicely done though Paul, nicely done.
At17:50 - in those corners you should have cut them at a 45 Degree angle, then they would match - up perfectly.
I actually really like the look of the finished product.
I think this means the case needs an awesome apocalypse paint job.
RIP Sentry Case.
I MADE IT BETTER
My thoughts exactly. I have a Sentry 2.0 and with how expensive and difficult to get it was I can't imagine doing something like this to it.
@@paulshardware I get the argument that "Hey, this is what I have in stock, and I need to make a vid" but why in the WORLD wouldn't you just order the alpenfoen black ridge, or ID IS-60? Or just swap it to a Node 202 to get an extra 12mm of cooler clearance? Seems like going for a non-reversible mod on a non-replaceable case for such a mundane cooling solution is just a waste.
@@benjaminprescott384 Because before it was just, meh... and because it's fun to color outside the lines sometimes. Why waste money on another case when you can give it MORE POWER, ARGH ARGH ARGH!
@@aaaarrrg3773 Because this is a fairly expensive case - and very limited in supply. Also because the end result looks godawful, and could have been avoided with another case.
don't feel too bad about feeling like you shot yourself in the foot with the project Paul this happens to me and I'm sure a lot of people that are wanting to accomplish a mod job that is straight forward and fairly simple, especially when it comes to creating a piece of content about it because problems with the project ultimately means extra work on the editing side of things which I know can be a pain. But you have a lot of people that like to see you problem solve and you do a good job at keeping the content interesting so that retention, I'm guessing, stays up so just think of it as adding a little more value to some people who might attempt something like this in the future now they know what to look for and what to do to make there mod work.
You destroyed it (the looks of the case). Awesome! :D :D :D
Just need to put a 120mm fan grill to complete it. I like how it looks 👍🏻
Great job! Looks awesome!
With a always on constant write PC, I would have gone with a bigger case. Cooling those little cases is not easy.
Hey Paul great video! "Holy crap....it fits" lol i love it!! Oh and btw, bought a thumb screw shirt from ya a few days ago, Love it!!
Hey paul, a really nice video, and a quite interesting solution. Just out of curiosity, why haven't you gone with a 120mm/90mm AIO solution? Is the reliability concern that great, even considering most brands give 5 or 6 years of warranty?
Could you not put the fan on the underside of the new cooler, in a pull configuration and just have the fins exposed? Would look a lot neater and less finger chopping potential...
The c7 comes with 92mm fan clips, I ended up attaching the noctua fan to the c7, I also tried a setup using the l9a and 3D print 120mm slim fan adapter
Instead of chopping up a no longer available boutique case you could've just used google for 5 minutes and found out that one of the best setups you can go with is a Cryorig C7 (copper would be best but i dont think urs was copper) with the l9i fan on top, all it needs are a couple cable ties and the case isn't dead afterwards :(
Sorry for the battlestation question: what do you use for your desks? Those look like a nice hardwood.
security cameras can be run on an Arm cpu. Ubiquity can run up to 16 4k cams on a quad core Arm.
Next time, cut the ends of your rubber strip at a 45 degree angle. That way when both sides meet in the corner, they form a 90 and that gap won't be as prominent.
I an curious, was another case not an option? And I hope you are going to put a grill over that fan.
Why did you not install the Cooler fan on the underside of the Noctua Cooler? since Noctua allows for it? Or order the Noctua Bracket bracket for the L9I? Or swap the board to an ITX Intel system? It broke my heart to see the Sentry 2.0 destoyed since I know this is a rare case. But I guess it had to be done for entertainment of the masses. :(
Will your mechanical hard drive be able to handle several cameras feeding it 1080p at the same time? Is it a 7200 RPM drive? I have used WD black drives in the past, but moved to Samsung solid state hard drives. I like the Samsung magic software that Samsung gives you for free to over prevision the drive. As the ones I have have a 5 years warranty, and I over prevision them, I suspect they will last. But I could be wrong. I also want to build a PC just for the control and recording from about 6 cameras around my house. They will be either 4K or 1080p.... Looking forward to your build.
I did a build like that before - wasted 3 hdd before I noticed they die to overheating(small case, no airflow)...
Gotta say my butt was clenching like an airlock on the international space station when you were cutting that hole!
I have an Unraid Server Setup with a VM setup with Windows 10 and running BlurIris security software and its running great. Only got 2 cameras 1 is a 4k camera and the other is a cheapo 1080 eBay china special. I have been running this setup for about 5 years. One thing you need to be careful with is to make sure updates are off as if Windows updates and then reboots it can kill it in the VM, I have had that happen.
You can improve the corners of the U channel by cutting it at 45 degrees to fill in the corner.
Shouldn't you add a dust filter onto that fan or does it ruin the cooling performance?
Dang Paul, Sentry cases are very hard to find...You should have just grabbed a Larger ITX tower type Case (Corsair Crystal 280X size). My head drooped in sadness when I saw the final product, all cut up. Oh well.
Need a dustfilter, although easy to clean
Right on!
In Pauls world, being lazy is not pressing "Buy Now" and then waiting, its taking the panel off to take it outside and reconstructing it.
Check the software. You might have options to unpack the streams. Let the camera do the work.
Please tell me you put a grill over the fan save your or little ones fingers touching it.
why didnt you make a triangle cut on the rubber thing -.-
Paul, it seems your glasses could use some alignment lol
11:16 we all make this mistake. I woke up today, with the plan to go to Lowes, the pharmacy, and do my laundry.
I made it to one store and haven't started my laundry and it's 8pm.
ok has this been updated? Got a pc running a 5820K water cooled, gtx1080, and 32gb ram. pretty sure this will run everything just fine. Looking more towards software and cameras
For a beginner is there some kind of kit to build a gaming computer... either online or Best Buy?
LOL i kind of like the hot rod blower look of it
17:30 That why you normally cut in 45° ;)
You might consider adding a filter and a grill to prevent your fingers from getting nipped, because your fingers are gonna get nipped by that exposed fan.
Hi Paul it would have been easier just to put it into a different case that the parts would fit into it without modding
Ohhhh...so your office/PC work area is in your garage. I was wondering where that was, since it seems that your house doesn't have a basement. I thought that you perhaps had rented a place for this.
You should put a fan grill on the fan..
45° angle cut make the cornners.
I guess simply moving the power supply to the other side of the case to improve original airflow wasn't an option, or you would have done that. Right?
Why didn't you just migrate it to a micro-ATX case? :)
CPU Fan needs a Finger guard /Dust filter. I reminds me of a supercharger sticking out the hood of a muscle car.
..... throw in a gtx 1650 super and off load the encoding to a graphics card. problem #2 the case may be nice for a killer mobile lan party desktop not a good idea for a home surveillance machine so you need a bigger case preferably either a rackmount case or a home theater pc case.
in fact I'd recommend using a Threadripper(gen1 preferably) machine for the PCI express lanes so you can have all the cameras to one machine. also to do it right.... I'd see a custom home surveillance machine costing in the ballpark of 2000 - 3000. only cause the SDI capture cards you'd need to have all the camera's terminate at the machine costs about $400-$600 a pop for 4 to 8 cameras per card.
What was that stuff you used to clean off the thermal paste?
LOL, the music in the add was the same as WatchJRGo intro music
You can cut what would be the bottom of the U so it overshoots the edge just enough to match the piece going perpendicular to it. Each piece would only need one cut like that and it would look pretty good
Why would you build with a low profile case, then hack it up and put a cooler on it that literally doubles the width? Makes no sense at all.
Honestly it looks way cooler
Paul, mitered corners are your friend. For those in the audience, mitered means instead of cutting the rubber of at 90 degrees (a square corner), you cut it at 45 degrees to bisect the 90 of the corner, which means both rubbers overlap half the angle, resulting in a clean seam and no "naked" gap where they join. So, hold the snips at 45 degrees instead of 90 and done, no ugliness. Just remember the needed length is the short part of the snip angle, not the long "ears" part.
Paul, Dr Zaber hates you now, he went through a great deal of planning to make a small, beautiful, and versatile case, and you murdered it. Nice overall job though, you recovered a LOT more face than I figured you would, based on your (and my own) history.
Nice b-roll and editing, but that was Joe of course. Heh heh. Even if you didn't destroy anything really, I think the general expectation with the angle grinder thumbnail will get those mad clicks for you anyway. :-)
Pauls 'DIY' videos are always funny... mainly because it shows people exactly WHAT NOT TO DO if they want something done properly... He's a bodger and the perfect example of why you should do things right the first time. It will save you time and money in the long run. It doesn't matter for some one who's so privileged and doesn't have to actually pay for the things he's bodging.
why all the mouse these day do not have lefy click and right click on the mousewheel is out of my comprehension. that why i keep fixing my LG G9 and G9x over and over again
DPi can be adjuste by 50 dpi not just lock at not 200 hundred. like mostly all mouse do these day. so sad fricking sad. they need to make this mouse comeback asap.
Once you play for long time with a mouse that increase by 50 DPI you cant never coome back, so much more precision in any FPS, more than, dispay port this, diplay that, 144 mhz, 1MS bullcrap
even if they do make a little difference its nothing like 50 dpi increment and a mouse wheel 3btn is also such a mazing option to have. just buy a razor viper mini and i don't use it bcuz of the single click mousewheel. great video once again Paul
Are there CPUs which do not require cooling yet still run fast? I am thinking something with more cores but slower clock. Or a larger die with the cores on the chip spread out a bit. Back in the day there were motherboards sold that were dual CPU.
Paul is it better to hold off on a new built pc for the DDR5 ram and the pci 4 or just up grade now? Ex my CPU is a 6700 I7 and the board chip set is X170. Going is a 1080.
LOL Now you need to do a mod to cover the fan.
i loved this!!! i love hardware mods!!! lets see more please!
Awesome Macgyver build
17:25 *sigh* I guess he never thought to just cut the trim at a 45 degree angles to make a clean corner.