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That is the best cpu waterblock I have ever seen. It's absolutely gorgeous.
lovin it
nice...
maybe get some ideas from your trip... inspiration...
Usch,
Somethings I've learned is that balancing life work family and then hooby's always is more complicated than you think.
It's been a hectic time and I'm trying to get back in the swing of things when it comes to modding. I've learned something though (since this is my first mod) that I should never, never paint first before I have everything figured out. What a nightmare this has been. To top it off, I found a window design I absolutely loved and then went and had watercut (which I have the guys email at work, and as soon as I go back on monday I'm going to link his business, because of all the places that I found in Stockholm, this guy gave me the time to listen to what I wanted and was courteous and respectful, and charged me a price that I was more than happy to pay. A couple hundred crowns and little drive got me a perfect window. He's awesome and totally respects crazy modders. All 08's should email this guy.)
Anyway, what I discovered is that since I bought the 1000b+ model, it had a fricken cut-out in the panel which LL thought people would want. Well, I figured I could just swap the panels and be done with it. How wrong I was. That little mistake has cost me so much time and dremel work that I will never show you what the insides of my panels look like, you'll only see the outsides. I had to do a lot of cutting of rails, taking off rails and reapplying them with 2 step epoxy and so on that they're a mess. Nothing I can do at this point. :shrug: I thought about starting over with the whole thing, but then was like 'meh'. Live and learn. I'm already thinking about the next one and looking to use this case as a big learning project.
So let's get on with some pics eh??
my sponsor:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans137.jpg
Updated my 8800GTS that I started this thread with to a 9800GTX (only to have bought it when it still cost 379USD, thankfully Tigerdirect was more than understanding and gave me the difference in credit when the prices fell through the floor)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans128.jpg
had to take the stock cooler off for a little WC action
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans130.jpg
damn, that's a mess. And to continue the mess
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans129.jpg
makes you wonder if they put on the paste with a butter knife.
This looks a little better:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans131.jpg
Now I needed a new GPU block for this card (oh by the way, I'm thinking about the step up program and moving into the 280GTX unless someone can convince me otherwise. . .) and hands down the sexiest block on the planet has to be this (and of course it fits my black and silvver/chrome theme)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans127.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans126.jpg
I'm a little concerned that the ALU plate rises at a slight angle:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans133.jpg
and I emailed Eddy about it and showed him this pic:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans132-1.jpg
and he assured me that it's ok and not a problem. I don't know, it's my first full cover block and I didn't think that it should bend the card, but it does a little. But Eddy said it's no worries, what do you guys think?? I know that Charles H of Murderbox had a similar issue and he changed his out, I'm wondering if I should do the same.
chaotic life:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans139.jpg
Distilled water from the Apoteket (govt. pharmacy, cost me an arm and a leg for a 5 lt jug)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans138.jpg
got 10 ltr :)
Decided to add a PA120.1 where the front fan sits, so I needed a base to rest that on (felt the weight was too much for the front fan brackets alone). Here's a little acrylic bending in process :
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans134.jpg
it'll look much better and you prolly won't see it when I'm done. It'll be just a U bracket for the PA to rest on.
Of course now to the door:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans136.jpg
Have some nice dark acrylic behind it with some super sticky thin double sided tape I found at an art store.
Little pic to see how it looks through and through:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans135.jpg
ignore my big foot :ROTF:
So I think that's it. I've picked up a BigNg and sensor bus, have a sweet spot to put them in (gonna utilize that window panel from the other door), and can't think of a single thing left to buy. In fact, when I'm done, I'll have WC parts for 2 more rigs as I have bought so many blocks, hose, fittings, everything that I just need to find a case now. LOL
Lastly, if this thread is in the wrong section , admin please move.
I like it :up:
For the FC block, don't worry. Mine also bend a bit around that part and it still run great after 8 months.
ok, well that's good to know at least. I'm still wondering if I should take advantage of the step up though, I have 30 days left and rumors are Nvidia will drop prices again. . .
EDIT: As promised , here are the links to the watercutters and the acrylic shops that I found, used and think highly of their service. Perfect for those in the need in SWE 08.
Choke Ferm - Super Nice guy, willing to help, they have a fyndhörna where you can buy all sorts of 'scrap' for nothing prices. I found almost a panel sized 4mm clear acrylic piece for 20kr here. Bought my shaded acrylic but that was cut to specs, 4mm boat window the darkest they had, still cheap!
Arvid Linden Another hero, listened to what I wanted and was wiling to help out for extremely reasonable prices (my door cost less then 300kr to cut). One of the only shops that spoke to me like a real customer and didn't just quote me 1000kr to blow me off. of which there were many 08 shops. :down: But these guys are champs.
Since I feel like I'm winding down to the end of my mod (and the strong feeling that I'll be completing this soon, I mean, my god haven't I procrastinated enough?), I've been doing some small things to kill time. Must be the fear of failure in me that I need to find other projects instead of just completing the one that I have - lol.
Anyway, I had picked up some of these as a good way to add a little wiring to my case, and I figured, what the hell they're YATES! Right? In my mind, my concept originally started as a more BLING and less ZING, but as time has progressed, I've come away from that and want to be more low key.
But why the LED fans then? Well, what if I could turn it on and off? With a little help, I was able to make a simple LED fan mod that I figured I could share with those here: so here goes.
LED FAN mini guide
When you peel the sticker off of the Yates, you're left with this:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../LedFan008.jpg
It's a circuit style LED fan which means that I have to connect the wiring together and then bring the power to an external switch that I can control. Here's the idea:
borrowed from Lost-Modder-thxs!
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../fanwire-1.jpg
STEP 1
I began by cutting all the black wires as instructed that connected the LED's to the PCB board. The picture shows a wire cutter being used, but this was for illustrative purposes only; I ended up using an Art Razorblade Knife (or Exacto or whatever it's called) as the wirecutters would not fit into the small area's that were not covered by plastic.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ar/LEDFan7.jpg (pic A)
STEP 2
After cutting all wires I began on the side just after the main connection area so that I would end there. I began by soldering the 2 ends together, and then using the smallest heatshrink that I had. A Heat Gun is highly recommended for this. I next coupled the middle of the wire to the next end, thus saving solder steps. To do that, I cut the rubber off with the razor exposing the bare wire (pic B). I then used a slightly larger heat shrink to safeguard this coupling and moved on to the next junction. Progress is shown in pic C. and pic D.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ar/LEDFan6.jpg (pic B)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ar/LEDFan5.jpg (pic C)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ar/LEDFan4.jpg (pic D)
STEP 3
After completing all the LED's, I ran the wire down the fan channel by the main circuit area. I then connected a new ground wire to the main connection where the LED wire was earlier. I also ran this wire down the same channel. I used a very slim piece of electrical tape to hold the wires in place. I may substitute this for hot glue later. At this point, I connected the two black wires to a non-led rocker switch. With the wires connected, I turned on the fan via my PSU (also jumping the PSU by connecting a wire from the green connection to a black/grnd connection on the 24 wire molex). It worked and the LED's were off (pic E)! I then put the LED's on using the switch (pic F), and that worked as well! I then turned it off and on for the next few minutes while patting myself on the back. Very happy with the finish here.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ar/LEDFan3.jpg (pic E)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ar/LEDFan1.jpg (pic F)
STEP 4 - GO NINJA!
Here's my semi-lame attempt at hiding my work, and I may change this in the future with just black elect. tape, or whatever I may find. But for now, I think it looks good from outside the case, but if you were right up on the fan, you would notice that something wasn't quite right.
What I attempted to do was burn a groove in the plastic to tuck the wires in. The problem that arose was I was nervous about going to far and dripping plastic onto the circuit board. So I only went down about halfway which left the wire slightly on top of the cover. Also, my wiring itself had been a tad too short, so that the loop isn't perfect or a perfect circle, it pulls a little in.
After the groove was cut, I reapplied the sticker and that's what you see in the last picture (pic G). What's left to do is sleeve the exposed wires with black sleeving, and then decide where the switch will go.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ar/LEDFan2.jpg (pic G)
I didn't take any pics of the rocker switch, but this is simple to do if anyone wants to see that. If there are other pic requests, just ask as I may do 1 more fan and can take more pics.
Again, thanks for the help, and I hope this mini guide helps you! :up:
HiHi,
I've been busy with the build, so busy that I stopped taking work pictures and feel that you all may be more interested in a final pics instead. TOO BAD! Not today anyway. Here's a few work pics to show a little of what I've been up to, and hopefully final pics will be this week (or next week at the latest).
In no particular order:
the calamity of a busy workspace
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans126-1.jpg
wiring
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans128-1.jpg
more wiring
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans127-1.jpg
even more wiring
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans135-1.jpg
Evil-98 inspired mod (thanks for the advice btw!)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans134-1.jpg
a small step in the lid
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans133-1.jpg
needed one of these (talk about expensive)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans130-1.jpg
and a little glue
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans131-1.jpg
and we got this
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans132-2.jpg
but that wasn't until after I used this
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans129-1.jpg
so that's it. For now. You wouldn't believe how much time I've spent wiring, shortening and lengthening and sleeving and finally routing of wires.
Soon, it will all be done :clap:
Mcres was small now is tiny :) but still nice looking ;)
some more random pics
like I said, the calamity. . . (note to self, never put heat gun in lap directly after use)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans137-1.jpg
the crappy sleeving which started the problem in the first place (problem = lost days to sleeving and wiring)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans136-1.jpg
I sleeved so much, I broke my sunbeamtech pin remover tool and had to dremel me a new one outta a razorblade. . .
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans138-1.jpg
I wonder where this will go. . ..
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...ogans139-1.jpg
I like what you did with that micro-res...Great work
LogAn - I've been thinking about doing something exactly like this so I can put my whole rig into "stealth" mode with all the lights out. I've been hesitating because I didn't want to trash a fan. Thanks for showing how it's done and giving me the push to 'just do it'.
w00t! the micro res looks good! better then mine :up:
I didn't see an answer to this, were you refering to this:Quote:
Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sha...Things_to_Come
Nice job!!! :up:
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Originally Posted by mpower1001
Thanks!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by RealRedRaider
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Originally Posted by SpazBoy357
If you need more help, let me know, it was actually quite easier than I expected and my 'job' isn't perfect by any means (I was too scarred to create a deeper channel in the plastic with my soldering iron to hide the cables - I was afraid of going through the plastic :p: )
Thanks d00d! You're my inspiration for that :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by evil-98
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Originally Posted by sdsdv10
Well, that wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but I'll give you bonus godis for that. PM your address to me and I'll ship em out :up:
What I was referring to was an oblique reference to a great Swedish Band which if you knew them, you might have gotten the clue. . .
Tja svenne;)
Nice build going on here:up:
You're attention to detail is amazing! This is an awesome reference, the photos are excellent!!
Keep up the good work! (subbed)
insane pc. subs'
Wow lovely photos. It's good to hear that this build is almost complete.
Thanks for all the comments guys!!!!
I've had a slight hiccup with some electronics and I'm trying to figure it out. My BigNg isn't playing nice with the LED fan and seperate lighting switch and before I short out the BigNg I need to see if there's something wrong somewhere.
Sadly, no pics will posted this weekend , sry :(
micro res to mini res... nice work. keep the pictures coming...
well, I got my electronics issue solved, so I thought I'd post my diagrams to give you a sneak peak at what's to come. . .
Complete system:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../bittech10.jpg
JunctionBox Closeup:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...dSept08098.jpg
Cablehell:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...dSept08081.jpg
Very nice.
Heres a pic of my modded v1000b,its not as good as yours will be but i like it.
http://img.techpowerup.org/080930/IMG_0020.jpg
Ti66er
6 hrs of modding this weekend, and I get this. . .
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans142.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans140.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h.../logans141.jpg
Ooooooo, perrrdy...
Nice job, need to see this build finished :up:
;)
Yeah good job. So forgot where this build was going, it's been that long XD
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Originally Posted by MomijiTMO
Yeah I know what you're saying too! When I started this build I thought it would take me 2 months tops, ROFl!
If it hasn't been obvious, I've never WC'd before, nor modded a case, so I'm learning everything as I go, and just trying my best, as well as sticking to the ideals.
I feel like I should be done soon as I can't think of anything more that needs to be done, other than trying to hide some cables on the mobo (since temp sensors from the BigNg will be visible), but that may not be feasible.
With my current workload, and then a business trip to Asia at the end of Oct., it may be 1 month more before final pics are posted.
Thanks for hanging in there and staying with the log, even though it's not the flashiest kit, nor the quickest build, but it's mine. ;)
Looking really good. I like the time you put into the diagrams, makes it a lot easier to visualize what you're doing. Keep it up. ;)
Well you have to start somewhere. :D. I think it's better if you take a year to do it right than doing it in a day and messing up. I remember this one guy who posted his wc rig at OCN had done so many things wrong. He thought the outlet of his pump was the inlet [omg poor pump is toast due to pumping air], screwed into his feser rad, no clamps. . .yeah.
Well my little project was the first time I ever did anything by myself and the first time wc [my last kit was pretty much done my a mate]. It was so fun fun fun.
Not a problem for me, I'm just looking forward to seeing the pictures when it's done. As others have said, take your time a do it right! :yepp: :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun
so, I have some development news. . .
I think I'm Done!!!! WOOT
Just got back from my business trip and took a free day because of 'jet lag' *cough cough* So I felt super motivated (read awake) and got hustling on my build. did some more wiring, some moar drilling, polished some acrylic, and then put in all the tubes.
Now I just need to fill, leak test for 24hrs, and then install Vista.
Then take some jaw dropping pics!
maybe I'll take a teaser tomorrow. . . :)
can't wait to see some finished pics man!!!
Go go go man!
I can't wait to see the finished result.:)
usch, small hitch.
During my leak testing, I saw that my BP G3/8 to 1/4 converter was slightly leaking from the connection to the PA120.2 That was a bummer as the tygon 3404 is so unbelievably stiff that there was really no way to tighten it without taking the tubes out.
Soooo, I had to drop the rad, replumb the lines, and as a precaution I added another O-ring to all the BP converters, I just felt that they were'nt sitting right/tight enough. Now I'm in hour 4 of leak testing and everything looks good.
Buut, another slight hiccup- and I don't know if I screwed the pooch or not on this one. During the re-plumbing I bent a capacitor outta place on the mobo (under the 24 pin connector), but not off the board. So very delicately I bent it back into place. I'm hoping that the connection is still good, but I won't know until I fire up the computer. Which by the way, has me sweating profusely as I feel I've come so far and would just break down and cry if I had to pull everything out to replace the mobo because of user error (read fack-up).
I guess now it's just wait and see as tomorrow or the next day I'll be flipping the switch and powering up this mutha! Pray for the best!
LOLOLOLOLOLOL. I'm sure it will be fine buddy. I remember CD found a capacitor in his case and the board in question is still crunching and rock stable. I myself shorted out something around my pwm area as the Heatkiller thermal pad contained some metal flakes [I didn't check =p. There was a string of something metalic under the sticky paper.] and my board is fine without that mosfet ;).
well, at least that's some good news (holds fingers crossed)
Thanks Momi!
EDIT: the Good news is I'm up and running Baby!!! Got 4 gbs crucial 8500's locked and loaded, raptor is purring, Vista is burning and Panda is on fire.
The Wife was not impressed with the lighting effects, but unless it sparkles and sits on platinum, she seldom is :rofl:
Now to track down a good camera for pics. I promise to have pics updated by this weekend!!!
Well, my system is up and running now :) , but man I have a ton of bubbles! I thin k it has to do with my mini mini micro-res. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go look at some of the pics (I think page five).
Anyway, I have tilted this damn thing, ran it with the cap off (on the res), ran it for 24hrs or more, but I just can't get the bubbles out.
Any suggestions?
BTW - pics coming Sunday. . .
Yeah I do recall some guys saying days for the normal micro res so . . . . good luck =D
I guess you have danced the case tango right? [shake it]
You could put some gas-x in the loop :D
I've been doing the tango so long with the case my wife is getting jealous :)
But seriously, I think the issue may be the water level + there seems to be a micro vortex happening in the res. I see the bubbles come in and then they spin around but never go over the separating plate before they get sucked back in the 'out' hose.
I'm thinking of lowering the water level so perhaps the bubbles just filter out when they hit a half empty res. . .
I like i like!
I cant wait to see motherboard !
Top effort :)
Well, it's finally done!
I learned alot along my journey as a first time modder/builder. I know now next time around that I'll be able to accomplish my builds in less time although half the fun was in the tinkering!
I'm quite pleased with the final results and my only regret would be the 'top end components' that I bought last year (when I started) are now obsolete :rofl:
Oh well, here's to a year öre saving and I'll be planning an i7 upgrade in 2009!
Onwards and Forwards!!
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THANKS!!!
Skitbra, vackert!
Great work there! I might ask for some tips later on with my build...
Excelent man :wave:
great job !!!!!!!!!!!
Who else is seeing MDPC material here?
OMG!
I totally forgot about this, till I saw it on the first page today... went back re-read the entire thing... (ok, almost all of it)...
I'm in a relatively same boat,5am except I have FOUR kids, age 7, 5, 3, 2. And, I'm the one who stays home with them. Whenever I go into my office/workspace/store room/ get away from the family room, the baby (the two year old) go in and starts pushing every button he can reach, and some he can't....
I'm stuck trying to finish two computers with what little time I have at night, since I wake up at 5am.
I remember seeing this build awhile back, and I have to admit it inspired me to do more. Yesterday I took my first attempt at soldering 3 fans together for one fan header, and turned out pretty good. But, it was the only thing I had time to do. I plan on sleeving my PSU some night.
Anywho... It looks great. Your wife reaction is 'bout the same as mine... "yeah, so" hehe
darn nice work. Thanks for all the pics. I now feel like I can tackle a few things I would have never tired before....
later
breezyjr
Nice pics dude =p. It was so worth the effort right? I say yuppers.
I agree! EXTREMELY nice build.Quote:
I say yuppers.
Thats bad, very nice!
Wow, I'm honored to be even mentioned like that, never in my wildest dreams would I have thought so (ok, maybe my wildest) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by HESmelaugh
@everyone else -- A Big Thanks! Wonderful comments and much appreciated, I had hit a real low in this case. For a long time I kept encountering problem after problem and solutions were a long time coming. Plus it felt like I had lost interest in the project log it was hard to be positive and post updates when there really weren't many.
There are a slew of mods that I did that aren't documented in the log and the some of the best praise must be they go unnoticed. Which was my aim, for nothing to appear 'modded'.
I must point out one thing though, and I thought about posting a video about it , but the switch for the DVD player is the same Bulgin Black switch (with white LED) that you see on the front of the case. The DVD switch is located next to the pump, and when I showed my wife she again wasn't so thrilled 'I have to stick my finger under the case now to open the dvd?? was what she said. But she thought the LED blinking as Data was read was a nice touch :D
Nice work LogAn'sRun! Very nice cable management throughout the system. You really finished it off nicely.
rly nice
btw check pw plz ;)
wow!
really awesome job - i love the white lighting - very classy!:clap:
great job!
that lian-li is very beuty.
I love that raptor on the front :)
Continue the good job ;)
I lost some pics and comments in this thread, does anyone know what happened? Was it because of the SSD changeover and data move?
/sadface
I'am sorry to read that you have lost some of this worklog champ.
However, Exellent work there mate. I have been reading your worklog from start to finish and even found myself waking up my wife when I started to laugh out loud about the chrome bolts, dam I know how you feel, I have been there before myself.
Love your sence of humour and your quick witt.
As a father of two, I think you have the right stuff to make an exellent dad, best of luck mate from way down under in OZ.
Funny that kgtiger should bring this work log up today - I was just reviewing it yesterday, trying to see how to put the radiators internal in this case. Again, nice job on this build!
Hey this is a great bump, I'm just in the process of collating ideas for my V1000 :) I like the way the 120.1 fits in the front, but I was thinking of mounting a 120.2 along the bottom...
wow, thanks for the bump guys and gal!
I changed out my tubes for some white ones about a month ago, but have been too lazy (with all the good weather here) to take some updated pics, but I'll do that this weekend!
just saw this ...
A wonderful outcome I must say. Nice ideas, nice touch on some details, nice craftsmanship but together it's more than nice. Could take a final overall shot?
Congrats on a piece you should be very proud of :toast:
I know its a bit late as its an old log, but if you use the Bitspower 45s you can use the compressions on the fuzion.Quote:
Originally Posted by disruptfam
Nice sleeving job but to be honest it could be a little tidier.
Yes its a beautiful block, I just love the sending it in a tin idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by disruptfam
Love the raptor on show, very very nice mod & if this is your first one I nact wait to see your next ones.
it was a fuzion v1 adn I never could get anything on there, even with the 45's.
As far as tidyness goes, ya well, the space behind the mobo is absolutely minimal and as said, it was my very first water build and I did the best I could. You reach that breaking point of patience and as the build was approaching 1 year already, I couldn't spend anymore time than I had, especially since I made the mistake of buying all parts at the beginning (so that by the end they were outdated). There is a whole mess of wire management that I went into that isn't detailed in the log like that I re-wired every cable from the PSU so that they were the exact lengths needed and even so there was still the lack of space to hide stuff. I even bolted a bunch of cables into the midplate of which you can see the domeheads next to the res in some of the pictures.
oh well, I learned a lot from this build and I'm hoping to start a new one Q1 2010. We'll just see which direction I go and what the case becomes now as I originally planned on a G5 mod(and have two G5 cases waiting at home) but teh more I look at that case and this v1000, I think I want to go bigger so I have more room to play with. Staying small is hard!
I appreciate that there's still interest in this mod! Thanks for the comments.
LogAn'sRun, I really like that mirco mirco res you made. :) And the rest too, ofcourse.
EDIT: Sorry about bumping an old thread back up. This should have been a reply to this thread: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...2&postcount=82