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06-30-11, 04:40 PM | #46 |
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Lets hope you never have a leak with your PS below the flow tubes.
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06-30-11, 07:05 PM | #47 | |
Kaiser Bill's batman
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I believe a non-conductive liquid is used, although some people use distilled water - I don't think it'll be black enough for our JK here!
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07-01-11, 10:57 AM | #48 | |
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Just don't rush things and be very meticulous when putting things together. Run a long leaktest before powering up the rig. First WC build was made more than a year ago, never saw a leak under construction and still holds tight in it's new home. This build has been running a 20 hour leaktest, was tight straight from the beginning and still is. If you check the million google links for leaking water, you'll be surprised how sloppy people are... But it's hard to find waterleaks with disastrous results - air cooling has killed more pc's than water ever will. Wishing you a nice weekend! Going back to the rebuild... will post pics later... And btw. distilled water isn't conductive either. |
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07-01-11, 03:33 PM | #49 |
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07-02-11, 12:10 AM | #50 | |
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My Bosun often said: "Arbeit zieht Arbeit nach sich!" In english its like: "Work causes more work!" Here you are. But it looks nice. What are the Temperatures? |
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07-02-11, 05:41 AM | #51 |
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Exactly as ambient! But guess that'll change once she's powered up.
Will return with several tests after build is complete. Both benchmarks for single, dual and tripple gpu, and for system with stock clocks as well as overclocked. Today is devoted to Tour de France though... |
07-03-11, 06:44 AM | #52 |
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Having a break between Tour de France, FIA WTCC and World Series by Renault
Masking components before drilling additional holes in the bottom... "Upgrading" M3 thread to M4 threads... New stands/spacers made by converting some fitting extenders... Next job, the big holes... |
07-06-11, 07:29 AM | #53 |
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Today's update!
New holes for tubing up/down:
Nice piece of steel to make holes for tubes. Only needed to lightly file the edges. Of course there was an existing 3 mm hole that got in the way, but for looks the tube had to run there... Four corner stands, one spacer for cabling and one for looks! Had to strip the cooling box completely for the rebuild... The smallest pump in the world... and some anti-kink measures! Running final (?) leaktest... The back is much cleaner now... Even thought of turning the 5870 into a true slave-card by unsoldering/removing ports, but it is nice to have in case of trouble further ahead... hmmm, seems I needs to adjust some of those brackets. Like the new spacers... Leaktest is running and everything looks to be tight. If time permits I'll finish cabling and close the cooling box later today/tonight. Will (most probably! ) post temp stats and some final pics then... thanks for watching and for the nice comments! |
07-15-11, 07:23 AM | #54 |
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Done!
No leaks, no damage, all cool! Updated drivers and app. profiles. Temps idle cpu/gpu 29/30, under load 31/49 Ambient temp is some 20 degree. For better temps, the fans for radiator should be replaced from current 800 RPM to 1200 (or higher) RPM, but the advantage is the silence. Scaling running Heaven DX11 Benchmark 2.5: Single 5870: Single 5970 (= 2 x 5870): Tri-Fire (= 1 x 5970 + 1 x 5870 = 3 x 5870): Next tasks will be cleaning tower/box and then some light overclocking. Graphics cards are running the "slow" 5970 mode (725/1000MHz) and will be upped to 5870 mode, 850/1200MHz. CPU i7-930 will be overclocked from current 2,8GHz to ~3,6GHz. |
07-15-11, 07:34 AM | #55 |
Kaiser Bill's batman
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Looking good, but if I were as 'caring' as you to the colours I would've had your beloved Fractal Designs PSU out and covered up that horrible orangey/yellow! Just saying.
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