CD, that can't be good. :shock:
Is the res separating or is it cracking? Can't really tell in those pics. All I know is, I think I see fluid outside the res. :shakes:
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CD, that can't be good. :shock:
Is the res separating or is it cracking? Can't really tell in those pics. All I know is, I think I see fluid outside the res. :shakes:
Get a life. Seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by buffbiff21
Hey man appreciate the concern. I got an email early this morning from Tribal Overkill so I hope something works out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterlogged
The weepage is from the top joint were the flat is "fused" to the cylinder.
What I cannot figure out is how something that is chemically welded can come undone...
Hoping that the maker stands behind his work...I've been told he will.
Pax:up:
candyman i see u have a x-nav all u have to do is cut room up top on the case to mount rad thats what ive done check my project x it is the same case u have also ive mounted rad up top before
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...6/DSCF0014.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberDruid
Dude, the other two posters are right, much like the air cooling thread this is becomming a work log / nice picture thread.
And telling someone to get a life while your on a forum for geeks is obsurd.
Totally agree on both points. This IS NOT a worklog thread its a GALLERY and if someone wants to show off their modding hard work and ideas, it belongs in its own thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown
Gallery threads are threads to show off FINISHED work..not 'works in progress'. Moderators need to post some rules for this thread because right now its screwed up with unnecessary and boring pics.
i'm a nerd... not a geek. :p:
I try to understand where you are coming from...but I don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterlogged
This is just a question out of curiosity, when did this become a work log thread?
Where is your LC case?Quote:
Originally Posted by buffbiff21
Point taken on your last comment. I still fail to see how this being a gallery should exclude nice pictures of people's LC work? Is this now your thread? If so please PM a mod and have it cleaned up to meet your criterion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown
Your opinions as to what constitutes a Gallery or Boring or Unneccessary are just like anyone else's opinion--valid only to the originator of the opinion. And like many of the members of this "elite" forum you present your opinions as if they had some sort of authority behind them--which since they are not facts and cannot be proven--do not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Prodigy
Since when is any case finished? And please show me the boring pics. Please: I am trying to understand how this thread has been defiled. If it's so bad PM the originator of the thread and get him on the stick to clean this up!!!
It's a gallery. What exactly is the definition that makes one picture acceptable and another not? I see no guideline in the first post of this thread as to what should NOT be posted. This makes me highly suspicios of those that post negative comments and have NO WORK TO SHOW.
THere are always those in the peanut gallery that like to shout and harass those on the stage...and all it really does is detract from the overall experience.
I am dead serious about this. I have no problem running worklog threads--I have dozens of them. But when I see a watercooling gallery thread and want to share some pics of LC efforts I cannot understand how my pics of my rigs are any different than pics of anyone else's rigs?
Please explain your POV as I think it is nit picking and TBH smallminded and mean.
And BTW why don't you post some shots of your work instead of complaining about other people showing their work. It seems to me that the poeple posting pics are in general enthused and supportive of each other...while those that post rude comments and so on never have anything to show? Am I wrong?
Put up or shut up I say.
And if this thread is "On a runaway train" by all means PM a mod and set them to work cleansing the extraneuous posts!
IMO the only posts on this thread should be by builders with work to show and comments about that work by fellow enthusiasts.
Let the cranky and disgruntled yet ORAL minority troll other threads to pontificate upon...:welcome:
I was getting to it. And until I get a PM from a Mod explainging how my pics don't belong here they stay. I've been into PC since 1977...some snot nosed punks with bad attitudes do NOT phase me in the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by CandymanCan
I think your aquarium idea would need a little class to look right TBH. Perhaps a large diameter cylinder or a 6 bay res or something really out of the ordinary. But I would be concerned about any of the "scenery" getting into the pump!
How about a double-wall aquarium with a real aquarium in the center and the LC in the space between the panes?
I dunno--when it come to LC I think the loop needs to be pure and would hesitate about adding anything except maybe a silver coin or something useful like that to the res...
A case being 'finished' or not is an individual point of view of the builder. However using common sense within context of this thread, it should mean a full and complete watercooled system. I know when I click on the watercooled gallery, I want to see systems not picture of reserviors and styrofoam cups and cutouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberDruid
Since you have no problem with worklogs threads and claim to know what it means, it should be a simple matter of understanding what the difference between a gallery and a worklog thread is.
If you want to share pics of watercooling ideas, that's what the ENTIRE watercooling forum is for...not a gallery for completed systems. Start a new thread and share.
Its very asinine to conclude that "I'm complaining about other people showing their work" and even more sad you don't seem to understand what a gallery is. I've posted my system, but with all the unnecessary and unrelated pictures in this thread, mine and other people's work gets lost with obtuse and excessive non-system posting.
Commenting on other people's systems in a gallery is fine to me, people want to read feedback on their completed work and be proud of it. People want to see systems in a gallery not unnecessary pics of what went on while it was being built..that's what worklogs are for.
Liquid Cooling LC lolQuote:
Originally Posted by CandymanCan
A double sided cylinder is easy--two different sizes of tube.
At Dark Prodigy. I am not trying to be argumentative. But there is a general snobby attitude here that irks me. I am not pointing a finger at you or anyone in particular...but there seems to be a mentality here that bashing and trying to rank people into a pecking order is acceptable. To me it is not.
I showed a number of pictures of my completed rigs. I did not post a sequence of shots detailing point A to Point B. I did show some salient details from several angles. Like anyone that posts here I would like to think my posts are appreciated.
I know the value of my work--I get paid highly to do it.
Ghetto 1337 LC cooling FTW :p:
i have only *EVER* seen TWO water-cooled PCs my *ENTIRE* life... CyberDruid... post away i say :D the more pics i see of *anything* WC'ing the better :D
:)
A friend of mine just finished milling his own waterblock and it is very nice. But for some reason I got even more excited by the barbs he milled...they are really nice.
I am totally nuts about LC/WC whatever you call it. I spend a great deal ofo my time either building or researching builds or dealing with questions about it...
Well, suppose I'll be a very Jonny-come-lately to this whole thing and post my very mild case mod. It's based on a CoolerMaster Mystique 631. It originally was silver but I started out the mod simply because I wanted it to be a shiny, reflective black....not that hair-lined anodizing CM seems obsessed with.
So, off to the races I went. Now understand, I'm 53 and outside of adding case fans to a case, this is my very first mod of any sort.....so please be gentle with your critique. :)
This is how it looked at the beginning:
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....s/casegrey.jpg
I painted the entire case with a highly metallic Chrysler auto paint.....sanded the case a bit, then used filling primer (instead of etching primer as I wasn't all the way down to bare metal....and etching primer doesn't work too well sprayed over anodizing), and then several coats of paint. After drying for a week or so, I began wet/dry sanding, beginning with 800 grit and progressing up to 2000 grit. I then finished it by buffing with 3M polishing compound, followed by swirl remover, then with glaze. I finished by waxing it all.
This is the result of the work.....unfortunately, it is hard taking pics of it straight on as it's so reflective, it really only shows the metallic part and very little of the shine if a flash is used. But here goes:
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....sidepanel3.jpg
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....cs/panel10.JPG
That was the exterior. The interior got hand polished....as the entire case is aluminum.....and almost all of the interior surfaces polished quite well....but two panels, the rear and the bottom, were anodized, so I just painted them to match the exterior. The rest of the surfaces, though, were hand polished with Mother's Billet Polish....worked very well.
I started with the HD cage...........came out pretty well.
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....pics/case2.jpg
A bit more of the polishing:
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....pics/case4.jpg
I put some engine-turned vinyl around the case's motherboard tray that would be exposed when the mb was in place......and painted the bottom of the case:
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....se_bottom2.jpg
By now I've decided to do a little more than just paint, so I needed a name for the case, as I removed the Mystique name from the case's front. I had an Eagle from the front grille of a 1963 Chrysler Imperial, so decided to play around with it....and eventually mounted it on the case's front and backlit it.
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....led_eagle1.jpg
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....led_eagle2.jpg
Well, got all the parts assembled......used a Gigabyte P35-DS3R motherboard, Xeon X3210 cpu, 1 x 2GB Buffalo DDR2-800 RAM, Radeon X1950 Pro video card, etc., etc. Watercooling was provided by a Swiftech Apogee GTX, Swiftech MCR-320, Swiftech MCW30, Swiftech MicroRes, a Laing DDC2 pump, and 3/8" Tygon R-3603 tubing.
Finished, it looked like this:
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....case_front.jpg
I know the slits in the door look rather light, but that's because I kept the front faceplate silver, like this:
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered...._door_open.jpg
I used white LED fans on the side and in the rear with red LEDs under the motherboard.....and used an OCZ memory cooler with its blue LEDs:
(Pic with case side off....used flash)
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered...._off_flash.jpg
(Pic with case side off.....no flash used)
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....ff_noflash.jpg
(Pic with case side on......flash used again)
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....se_side_on.jpg
In case you're wondering what the pic below is of, first another view of it:
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered....case_tach1.jpg
That started life as a desk clock, purchased at Summit Racing in Atlanta. I gutted it and fit the working part of a tachometer from a 1976 Fiat Spyder 2000 into the body. Amazingly, the hour markings for the clock almost exactly matched the tach's calibration on the faceplate from the Fiat, so it was just a matter of setting "0", making sure 4K was in the correct place, and marking the numbers in the "correct" positions. The DDC2 has its RPMs just over 4200, and the tach accurately displays it.
https://bobscapecodfudge.sslpowered..../case_tach.jpg
Well, I thought it was neat.
Anyway, that's my Imperial case mod......rather simple, I know, but I don't think it's too bad considering it's my first attempt at it.
Thanks for looking!
That's nice!:eek:
hey cdale rider awesome rig..
How many hour's of polishing did it take to get a mirror finish like your's? did u sand first of just polish?
cheers
I am knocked out. That is true class. I love the RPM mod. Truly fun. Did you simply use the sensor lead from the pump? I had no idea it was that easy to convert an auto tach...
I love the simple elegance of your work . Very inspiriing.
Thanks!
This modding and non-air but ambient or above cooling sounds fun . . .think I will go buy a book on it. maybe take a class or two at the local community college.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberDruid
For the tach, I took the rpm sensor lead from the pump, attached it to one side of a 3-pin Y adapter, attached the tach lead to the other side of the Y adapter, and plugged the single side to the motherboard for BIOS monitoring of the rpm signal.....and so Everest would have a signal to read.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberDruid
For the tach, I am admittedly a boneyard junkie and pick up all sorts of stuff whenever I visit one......even if I don't really need it then. The tach from the Fiat was one such item....scavanged the tach, water gauge and oil pressure gauge.....and took them because they were NOT electronic gauges but were instead the old mechanical-type gauges. After I played around with the wiring and figured out what was what wire (all the words were in Italian...so it was plug this in, now plug that in) it has been working great!