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Yeah I did... heavy-duty mats from the car industry (the same oney they use when dampening car doors for high end speaker systems etc).
Helps a little bit but still way out of line for my taste. I guess I'm just sensitive to noise, building silent computers for customers and all.
If any one of you is interested in the Case + unit feel free to contact me about it. It really hurts to give it away since this is really nice work, but a SS unit just isn't for me I guess.
Hey guys,
got some great news. I finally got around to firing up the repaired unit and all I can say is wow.
Sounds WAY smoother now, the deep nasty humming is gone. The compressor is also 3-5 times more quiet than it was before, I guess there was something seriously wrong before.
When I couldn't distinguish the Zalman ZM-F3 1800RPM 120mm fan from the background noise before, it sounds like a tornado now. Fan is approx. 2 times louder than the compressor. When the case is closed and the sound dampening is in place, it's really impressively quiet for such a unit. Sure, still not comparable to watercooling, but not annoying any more.
I am so gonna keep this unit. If it can also hold the load better now I'll be on cloud 9 - if not I'll just tune down Vcore a little using GTLs (PITA but what the hell).
I want to thank DagoDuck for repairing it, now I'm gonna do a full rebuild again. Pics will need a week or so though, since I need to shop for a few more things beforehand. Also my cam's battery died on me.
cheers guys :)
i looked at those compressors, do you absolutly have to the power adapter or whatever else they have for powering it? i looked at the price of the power adapter things, and they look really steep
I'm the wrong guy to ask really, I have no clue about building phase change units. That's why DagoDuck helped me out :)
@just a noob
The NL11F compressor has a PTC starting device with spade connectors. You can get them from eBay for less price. Does come cheap. :)
Hey guys,
it has been quite some time, and I realize I never posted the pics of the finished build I promised - well the reason for that is simple, it never really was finished. As soon as I had finished building and cleaning up all the mess, something would break down again and I had to rip it all apart. The unit was repaired by DagoDuck but after a week still ran out of gas, so I got fed up and drove over to August123 so he could leak-test it and fix the problems once and for all - that he did (thanks again buddy!), and it has been running fine ever since.
Here are a few shots of the latest developments (yeah I know most of them are gruesome, was dark & in a hurry but still better than nothing):
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/evap1.JPG
Uh-oh... not really tight insulation there :shakes:
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/evap2.JPG
My new lga1366 compatible evap head, courtesy of Duniek (thanks for the fast shipping m8 :up: )
Excellent build quality, it is way better than the original Chilly1 mount and also looks sleek as hell if you ask me.
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/3.JPG
Insulation is, errr, rather temporary. I need to get some of that kneaded rubber stuff as I resent using Armaflex tape (you can't get it off for :banana::banana::banana::banana: after it has been on the mobo a while, see my old DFI x38 :shakes: )
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/4.JPG
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/5.JPG
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/6.JPG
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/7.JPG
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/8.JPG
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/9.JPG
Water temp on the left, evap temp on the right :)
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/temp/10.JPG
As you can see, I still got loads of work to do.
Hardware:
- crappy i7 920 @ 4,1Ghz more or less stable (real POS chip)
- DFI x58 (great mobo)
- 6GB CSX Diablo 2000
- HD4870X2 with watercool LT block
- Aquastream XT pump
- HTSF Triple Rad (yeah just for the GFX card and HDDs, until I can get the mobo on water again)
cheers guys
great man.......way to go.....
i hope you enjoy that beast 100%....:)
Thanks mate :)
Yeah I did "enjoy".. sort of :D
Ran almost 1 year 24/7 on my killer Q6600 now, after august123 fixed it :up:
Nice mounting kit, any info on that? Seems I've missed out on some new advancements.
There ya go NoL: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=125110
Good to see you back.
Thanks Jcool! Good to see you too man.
Ah Duniek, always my man for mass production, will have to give him a ring when I'm back up on my feet.