that looks awesome. A grill over the holes at the front would be nice.
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that looks awesome. A grill over the holes at the front would be nice.
There is one and the compressor is slightly over charged to cool the compressorQuote:
Originally Posted by gkiing
I also noticed that overcharging for the sake of cooling the compressor makes it run quieter.
Here is the completed case.
I did get it colder but I wanted some sooling for the compressro to remove more heat from the case.
http://www.blairwing.com/images/Alvin/37.jpg
http://www.blairwing.com/images/Alvin/36.jpg
http://www.blairwing.com/images/Alvin/35.jpg
This is before temperature calibration
http://www.blairwing.com/images/Alvin/34.jpg
After calibration
http://www.blairwing.com/images/Alvin/33.jpg
http://www.blairwing.com/images/Alvin/32.jpg
now thats a real beauty.
big stuff (like mine) its quite easy to deal with, but such a compact system is a real challenge. way to go chilly1.
To be honest, the layout of the phase-change components is FAR from smart.
All the pipes and the dryer is in the way of the other components.
I would run the pipes behind the motherboard or next to the 5,25" bays. Same for the drier. The pipes must NOT interfear with the handy build of the stacker. The condenser is in a good place IMHO. Used 3/16" tubing to increase velocity i guess?
The compressir really is a pain though. Just a little to broad to fit in the 5,25" bays (unless using a BD50 or something similar).
The idea is very nice, but the lay-out is far from ideal so to say :).
Never the less a nice project ;).
I think that the drier should be fine there.. its pointing down and should work, the user will just have to be careful when assembling it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Epsilon
thanks for your creative criticism. I think the layout is about as ideal as it gets for this project. Reggie worked very hard on this for me. I think your comments sound a bit harsh, but honest nonetheless. Reggie, I am really happy with this and appreciate all the work and little details you did for me. I can't wait to get this back! :toast: :):):)
he means that the drier is in front of the disk bay, so getting your hard drive in is a problemQuote:
Originally Posted by gkiing
damn this is a really cool project. gj
Holy smokes... that is awesome....
The hard drive isn't the problem. That 4in3 bay comes out the front. Then you will place the harddrives in there and shove them in in one piece.Quote:
Originally Posted by Unknown_road
It's not that it isn't possible to put everything in place, so it's not a "problem". The way i think about it, is that the components could be placed much more effient so they arent in the way of anything :).
This isn't an offense to Reggie, I love his blocks ;) (have 5 of them :rolleyes: ) had his cascades etc.
actually with that compressor there was little choice, and teh perspective of the photo showing the piping is giving you a false perspective the lines are dress as well as can be I left the discharge line in the open due to its temperature. There needed to be room in front of the compressor for a fan to blow the air out the front and away from the Memory the compressor is slightly over charged to make teh fromt side of teh compressor sub ambient to ambient so no additional heat will be added to teh vicinity of the memory.
very nice.
i'm trying to build 1 with a CM stacker too, but having quite a bit of prob.
the piping is way TRICKY!!
hey chilly1, a little question.
here the temp of the DT200 is the same of the case thermometer.
http://www.blairwing.com/images/Alvin/33.jpg
and here it doesnt
http://www.blairwing.com/images/Alvin/34.jpg
why is that?
uncallibrated ;)
Yeah, the temp sensor in the controller wasn't adjusted properly. The DT200 will be the most accurate temp of the two (DT200 has an error margin of +- 0.1% of reading if I remember).
oh, when he said calibration i though he meant of the system not the thermometer, my bad :p:
Yes the controller was way off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coyote
Reggie, I got the rig finally! Thank you. Everything looks fine, I haven't even had time to open the box yet. I am changing my life dramatically. Read more here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...9&page=2&pp=25
I am so anxious to get the rig up and running! I'll keep everyone posted as soon as possible.
Looks sweet, you gotta post picks on the whole rig when you're done!
NiCKE^
This stacker looks very nice Chilly1 do you have more pictures of it?
I will soon the unit has a borken captube! I wont say how it happened but i got it back now for repair :)
Yeah, I moved the condensor out and the chill control wires came out and from then it was a chain reaction of bad luck.. Next thing you know I have broken capillary tubes. Once I heard the gas leaking "tTTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssss" sound I knew it was over.
what compressor is that?