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no clue. I have stopped all other projects...that's the best I can do. I told Flying that no one else gets a CyberDruid build until his is completed. So having effectively shutdown all business until the Cosmos is complete all I can do is git r done so I can move on.
A little update...GFX conversion with BlastFlow to follow :D
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The stock assembly covers the MOSFETs, Northbridge and Southbridge. IOt actually looks pretty nice...although I have no idea how it performs.
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The Central sink covers two chips and uses some sort of grey TIM.
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The MOSFET sink uses a fairly thick TIM pad that almost looks like foam tape. You can see the chips on the upper right area in this picture are not fully covered.
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Not sure what to whink about this arm that comes over to the Southbridge..it does not appear to be a heatpipe...but I am not taking it apart to find out...
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Southbridge TIM distribution seem pretty good.
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I don't see anything wrong here either...
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The TIM pad left what looks like cat hairs on the chips lol...
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The thin sink above the socket uses a strip of silvery grey TIM and seems to only make contact with part of the chips surrounding the socket...probably to comply with the Intel spec real estate around the chip reserved for the stock cooler.
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Here is abetter shot of the contact patch on the large sink.
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The Viper John Sink is very nice and obviously lapped to perfection
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I am using Akasa TIM
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Unfortunately the upper sink provided by Viper John follows the stock profile..and will not cover some of the chips. This is the only area I would like to see improved so far.
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Using the hardware from the stock heatsink assembly I mounted the thin sink to check how much it make the board deform.
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I think the large sink is as large as it can be..and it does cover the chips.
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For the chipset I am using Diamond TIM
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Before application I cleaned the surfaces using a lint free paper towel and Artic Clean.
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The Viper John waterblock is very nice.
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By using little pieces of blue tape I was able to get the block and screws together without FREAKING OUT.
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This MCH30 will cool the Southbridge. It will also block two of the three PCIe lanes...but this is not a concern for this build.
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With the Diamond TIM more is better. It's nonconductive so any squish onto the surround PCB is no problem.
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And there is a Viper John/CyberDruid LC-conversion 780i.
Very nice CD. Are these Viper John parts available to Canadians and the like? If so, I'm a hafta look into these beauties.
Where are you with the Acrylic reservoirs?
nice CD
look forward to more updates
Nice work CD, that statement could have been said by me. Gotta love the expresion on homeowners faces when I pull on the job and the first tool out is a chainsaw! In the winter I cut fallen trees for the woodstove so it's always on top. Why trust me? Darn fools:yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberDruid
I was wondering what glue your using for your reseviors, I have done tubular w/ butt joints as you pictured and they held up fine w/ super glue but my latest was a dual bay, dual res, side by side made w/ 1/4" lexan and it developed a leak, after removing it I found the joints to be weak. Any suggestions? am I using the wrong adhesive?
looks nice, subscribed!
I use a solvent that melts and fuses the polycarbonate together...not really a glue. You apply it with a capillary applicator and let it creep between the surfaces. Check TAP plastics or US plastics
You would have to talk with Viper John and find out about availability.
Tap had this, TAP RP2000 Adhesive
Medium setting cyanoacrylate adhesive which is the same ingredient in what I used. US has a small can but they don't indicate the content so I'll call. Thanks CB, the only other possibility I could think of was maybe I had a bad cut, out of square causing pressure in one area. Funny though because I pressure tested for 10 lbs. overnight.
very good, this is a real pro job, flawless!
congrats CD!
awesome work so far... do you have a deadline?
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Damn, you really do cram those D5's in, don't you?:rofl:
OMFG.......................that is so beatifull....................
Eyy men...that "idea" of the raptors is my :p jajajajaja
Great work men ;)
Really nice job you've done there.
You must be glad to have finally go it all done!!
Beautiful... when I first started watching this show, I was really wondering how 3 loops could fit while still keeping the rig looking slick and clean overall. Got my answer!!
What a totally pro build.... and nicely documented.
Love being able to have a ringside seat to these wicked projects. Makes learnin' fun!
All done...
Not close lol...I have some more to go...
And I did not really do a blow by blow on this part...but when I start doing stuiff like this sometimes I just forget to pick up the camera...
But I can see how to finish up now. It's not like an explosion at the noodle factory...
awesome! FINISH NOW!
you also have an amazing camera
go go go!!!
fill her up!
I need to do a few things first...but soon!
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Originally Posted by disruptfam
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Good lord there are tubes everywhere! Is that 2 loops or 3?
But it's looking good. The GPUs are going to be a real pain in the ass to get past all that tubing, though :p:
Eller
HUnh? Card is installed and plumbed...:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by karl_eller
IN fact I removed it to route the Firewire cable..it's a piece of cake.
Haha whoops, my bad, I didn't see it. The back of the card kinda blended in with the PCB of the mobo :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberDruid
Eller
CD awesome job so far. Can't wait to see it filled up. Question for ya - could you write up a quick map of the water loops? There's so many tubes I can't keep track! Thanks in advance! :)