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Beautiful job so far! Subscribed! (Wish I could get some of those Typhoons in red... :/ )
looks great shazza:up:
Very nice work, gotta love the black and red theme :)
The -5V light on the tester wasn't lit ?
I love the red and black too. :)
Hey - thanks for the comments Wezly, ScottALot, kwscore, muki, and yngndrw!
About the -5V on the tester - it never shows lit, even with all my other PSUs. My understanding is it's not commonly used in newer power supplies - of course, I could be wrong.
Wellllll, here's the .................................................. ............................ unfinished Black Pearl build ;)
http://shazza53.smugmug.com/Computer...84_rVagX-M.jpg
http://shazza53.smugmug.com/Computer...74_kDgKe-M.jpg
http://shazza53.smugmug.com/Computer...36_yoEwK-L.jpg
http://shazza53.smugmug.com/Computer...51_M2Swi-M.jpg
http://shazza53.smugmug.com/Computer..._YmPzF-M-1.jpg
Feel free to give me your thoughts for improvement - I'll have lots of time to think about it before I get back to it. Just remember - it's far from finished. No cable management has been done at all, the PSU cables were essentially just plugged in and "laid" in place.
The Hammond box cover for the TMS-200 on the bottom back is not in place - I wanted to check all the cables without it first, and there's still some arranging to do.
2 fans go in the top, and the back fan has to be sleeved (my other one died, so I had to do a quick replacement). And, there are many other details that need to be seen to. I'm trying to use a Bitspower extender at the front (housed in a Hammond box in the bottom front bay) in order to minimize cables to the front section. Still have to finish the cabling and hookups for the front electrical, but I did get it all working. So - lots of details left to do.
I leave tomorrow for an extended trip (as in months), so this is it for now. And yes, I will OFFICIALLY say I am a full-fledged sufferer of Naekuh-itis :sofa:
I'm happy with where I am with the build - it Posts, it doesn't Leak, and it's coming together. I appreciate all the support and encouragement I've received here, and thank you much for your patience with this tortuous worklog. It can now peaceully fall to the back pages until I return.
NOOOOOOO!!!!
Have fun. I love how it all fits together so well. :up:
latterrrrrrrrr :cool:
Sick :eek:
:eleph:
It looks really really nice, but I think there will be a big problem getting air out of the top.
very nice..can u snap a pic with the side panel on?
Thanks, Wezly. I know - I hate like heck to have to wait to finish, but I didn't want to take any shortcuts along the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wezly
Thanks, kwscore - gotta love pinky.Quote:
Originally Posted by kwscore
Thank you, Vinas. I'm not too concerned about air flow - I'll actually be bringing room temp air in through the top, and exhausting out the back. If this is an issue, I'll switch it. Also have two fans pulling fresh air into the front (altho don't expect to get much help from these). Much of the heat generating components are in the bottom compartment, separated from the top. I was pleasantly surprised with how cool the pumps run with air flowing through the two quad radiators (with GT 1850 fans). Also could not hear the fans over the room ceiling fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinas
I'd love to, InCredible, but afraid I'm just flat out of time - and, the bottom fan holes aren't cut yet. These pics were just quick snaps taken last night at 11pm with only ceiling lights on (and ISO 1600) - not ideal for photography, for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by InCredible
gentle red
fans look awesome
and love the loop :)
Looking very good, and I'm getting a lot of ideas from your build for my Black pearl Build that I will be getting ready to do in the next week or so, but I may have missed it, where did you get the sleeving from, what brand is it, oh and how much (as in Feet) did you buy. I'm not sure how much I will need as this is Very big case.
But right now I have to put my Duckets to --> Please Thread
Enjoy the Vaca
Sarg
Wow, Shazza that's amazing. I'm curious, why did you got micro atx, do you intend to put another radiator on the ceiling? If I remember correctly you have about an inch of clearance between the roof and a standard atx M/b.... on the V-Series (I'm guessing its similar since this case was made by lian-li and then rebranded by abs/tagan)?
I could be wrong.
You did an incredible job. As usual, you have one of the sweetest rigs in florida, or arizona, or anywhere in between for that matter.
Coming along nicely shazza, was hoping to see the monitor in action though. :(
Great job Shaz, love the fans.
It looks really nice, though I do have some comments about it. (You did ask for them. :P)
From the side - The sides look a bit too red to me, I'm not sure what parts in particular but one part which struck my eye a bit was the side of the drive bays (On the motherboard side.) is a brighter red, although I believe this is because it is receiving less shadows.
From the back - The bottom half of the back looks to have not enough colour. I think a red-bladed fan in the power supply would solve this.
Hope that is of use. :D
I should have clarified (that's my problem I tend to post and think the people on the other side automatically know what I mean)... I meant the air inside your loop. Will you run it sideways and let the little bubbles find their way to your horz. res below? I've had a some challenges bleeding air out of the GPU block in the past, so that's why I've asked.Quote:
Originally Posted by shazza
I'm a long time follower of this build, although I didn't comment :D. I think you've got things under control so I'm just sitting back and checking in once in a while! You've done some really pleasing work here in many ways. :clap: Keep it up!
Such a beautiful job, I can't find anything to improve!
So beautiful... I could cry ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee925OTFBCA
Finally done eh? Looks pretty damn good.
:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonDTM
Far from it by the way she reluctantly posted the photos and bid us adieu.
(For MONTHS!!!! :p: @shazza)
Looking good shazza, but imho a normal ATX board would look better :up:
but it's tight as hell, hmm, makes me remember that my V2K is waiting for some more mods ...
http://shazza53.smugmug.com/Computer...74_kDgKe-M.jpg
Dang, that is one beautiful computer you've got there shazza. But doesn't it look a lil' empty? xD If you had gone with two magicool radiators in the bottom, you'd be able to fit a 120x2 and a 120x4 radiator down there. A 250mL reservoir would also fit perfectly to the left of the mobo. And all that room with the micro-ATX board, I can see a big fat XSPC radiator there.
I'm really loving the black/red contrast. And look at those fans! I'm also doing a build with a very similar case, the Lian Li V2100B. The internals are identical...
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7871/1020728j.th.jpg
Sorry about the crappy picture, I've only got a Kodak V570 and not much of a photographer.
You do realize that she has 2 MCR420's in the bottom, that's a lot more cooling power than a 2x120 and 4x120. Please read the topic from the beginning, some of those ideas were explored.Quote:
Originally Posted by blazarcher
Heh, that gives me a few ideas for my build xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Waterlogged
Thanks, everyone - appreciate the feedback and support. Let me take a stab at answering some of the questions, suggestions:
Re using the mATX board - I made a conscious decision to use the Micro board once I saw how tight the fit was for the full sized board (pics early in the log). At that time, I was thinking a dual rad in the top, or possibly SLI for the GPUs. Quite frankly, when I look at the setup without the window, I too say "hmmmnnn - full-sized board would be a better balance." But, it doesn't look bad with the window, and quite frankly - this little EVGA board handles everything I need, so hard to justify an exchange.
The sleeving is MDPC-X.
@ Waterlogged - yes, I want to see the display in action as well. Hopefully will be able to incorporate that when I get back to it.
Too much red / different shades of red - yes, the red is very hard to photograph because it reflects light differently in different parts of the case. It's all the same paint on the mobo tray and drive bay cages - the paint on the fans matches the tray nicely in person - looks a bit different in the photos. Too much red? Perhaps - I really wasn't even going to use the Drive Bay cages, but now I kind of like them. Remember, when the panel is on, you won't see them at all.
Re Bleeding the air out of the loop - I tested it before going with this installation and it bled very easily. I will say, it was a pain to bleed the last go around, but with a bit of tilting, seemed to get all of the air out of the radiators.
@ blazarcher - what, you didn't read all 30 pages + ? (just kidding!). As Waterlogged says, there are two MCR 420s in the bottom, with GT1850 fans, and the res is a 250ml - horizontal config on top the radiators. I could easily add a dual or triple rad in the top as well. I'm using 2 x MCP355 pumps, with the EK Dual DDC top. Yes, I could have placed it next to the motherboard, but everybody does that, and I also wanted to try getting all my water cooling components in the bottom compartment.
WOW, stunning build Shazza :up:
SHAZZA! I Love the end result.
Have followed this work log for quitte a while and has been verry entertaining!
Thank you for the info on the MDPC-X sleeving, I know your busy and all, but how many feet did you buy, that is unless you have posted that info in another post that I missed, if so can you just point me to that post? I want to order the sleeving but I'm unsure how much I will need with the case you and I have.
Sarg.
heh, sorry about that, I've got a bad habit of skipping pages. (Not all of them of course). As I said earlier, I am doing a build on a case that is almost identical to yours. I'm planning on placing a Magicool 480mm above the PSU and a 240mm radiator by it's side. However, this won't give me as much cooling potential if I put for example 2 MCR 420's down there (like how you did xD)Quote:
Originally Posted by shazza
Was wondering why you have the radiators in the "middle" of the case and fans "outside" blowing air outwards. Wouldn't it be better if the fans were pointing in the opposite direction? So you would have fans on both sides of the case intaking cool air and blowing it through the radiators? The "hot" air would then be trapped and force out via the 2 small 92mm holes.
You've given me some ideas of how I could manipulate the placement of my radiators. I hope you don't mind if I "borrow" some of your ideas. :D
Amazing finish :) You did a much better job of tidying the cables at the back than I did - I just seemed to have a never ending supply of cables all over lol.
Well done! :)
Nice work :up:
Could you be able to control fans's rpm in bitspower x station power extension?
Thank you, Saltire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltire
Well, thanks buccaneer - if you check back in a few months, you can keep following it, because it's not done yet! I've a few things left to do yet to finish it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by buccaneer
Oops - sorry for the late reply. It's hard for me to say, because I had a couple different packs of the MDPC-X sleeve lying around. I'd say one large pack, and maybe 10 meters or so extra of the small stuff would do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarg
Please feel free to borrow any ideas you'd like. It's debatable as to which is the best configuration for the radiators and fans when placing them at the bottom like this. I'd be hesitant to bring warm air into one like I'm doing, if just one quad radiator alone wasn't more than enough to cool my components. I hope to experiment some and see what happens. I have no 80mm fans on the back - as that's where my fan controller is located. And, not sure they would do much of a job in removing hot air from 8 intake fans :dunno:Quote:
Originally Posted by blazarcher
Thanks, epony - not sure if you were winking at me ;) and realized the build isn't finished yet - so cable management hasn't really commenced. I did spend a lot of time trying to organize the cables coming out of the PSU so they would flow properly, but still some work to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by eponymous
Appreciate it, marxviper. You have the option with the bitspower X station to run the fans at 12V, 7V, or 5V. I'll be running the two front fans at 12V for now - full force on the GT1450 RPM fans. Even with all fans maxed out, I don't have a noise problem. (Can't hear them over the room ceiling fan).Quote:
Originally Posted by marxviper
Thanks again for the nice comments and suggestions. It may seem I am not acting on suggestions, but trust me - I'm taking them all into consideration.
Thank you once again for the info Shazza, that gives me a starting point.
:toast:
Sarg.
Great work shazza :clap:
Your work is very, very polite and nice. And I also like the color :up:
Wow! just spent aaaaages looking over this thread. Looks wicked!:up:
Awesome job Shazza!!!
Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'm still planning how I can improve things once I get a chance to get back on dry land and get to work on the build again - it will be a few months.
excellent work and very beautiful
great.. Shazza
Hi Sharon!
That is all.
:D
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Anyone here? :para:
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It has been pretty quiet for some time, now hasn't it? :confused:
hey saw that u guys were going on about how long it's been since a reply, and in the interest of keeping this thread from being closed i decided to put in a reminder, She is on a 4-5 month vacation, not sure where but since she is away from her home and her computer is with her home...it would be hard to update her progress on it...as common sense would tell you...or i would tell u...same thing.
however i know i'm still waiting to see the finished product so please don't close it! after all then how will i know how it turns out? hmmm?
but yeah...vacation....sux i know...but it's life.
ps...WTF JOB LETS U GET THAT LONG OF A VACATION???...and where can i apply ^^
:lol2: It's called retirement. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 4GOTTEN
. . .and that was just a friendly reminder to Shazza to get back to working on this. :cool:
hehe ... thanks for the reminders, folks! Don't worry, I do plan to finish this build completely. While it's a working system, there's still a bit to do (quite a bit, actually).
OT: Traveling is hard work! We left Florida on May 1st - cruising up the Intracoastal to Maine, where we stayed until July - then flew to Indonesia for a wedding, then on to Australia and New Zealand for Holiday Touring. We have two more weeks in Australia - then two in New Zealand - then back to Maine for a couple of months - so still a long time to wait!
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Well it looks great and we will be here when you get back, so enjoy your vacation.
Ooooh, scoping out places to take finished build pics?
Great job shazza case came out very nice... :yepp:
Love that colors :D
Sounds a lot better than my "vacation" this year. A week at my mother-in-law's working on her car, cleaning her carpets, etc. Its pretty bad when you look forward to going home from your "vacation" and going back to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by shazza
if you don't mind me asking what is your clock speed/vcore and cpu/gpu/ambient temps? nice build :up:
Amazing build, looking to do something similar just with more black and an x500 case. How is your northbridge running with that heatsink, I got a separate NB cooler from EK for about $20 bucks, didn't feel like spending all the money for the full coverage board. Im going to be running the x58 sli le