Very little. I pulled the vid card and front drives, dried them off and drowned with electronic cleaner. Should be OK
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Very little. I pulled the vid card and front drives, dried them off and drowned with electronic cleaner. Should be OK
OK, cleaned and dried everything.
Refilled and try again.
Am happy to report both loops have passed the leak test. Ran 24 hours to scavenge the last tiny micro-bubbles, as T-lines take a fair bit longer to collect all the air.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...stmoboside.png
Have to say, I'm amazed by how quiet the pumps are.
I'm in a rural village with no traffic noise, and at midnight things are pretty quiet around here. The only way to tell the pumps were running was to feel for PSU fan air!
Turning the psu on or off let you see the water surge in the T-lines as the pumps start or stop but otherwise they're silent.
With two DDC2's I screwed my PTS heads down very gently and that may have some effect. I was a bit concerned it might be too loose but after a 48 hour run there's no sign of leaking.
Mounted as they are seems to keep them running cool, slightly warm to the touch underneath. Might have to put a corner suport in on one of them though as tube pressure is canting one over a bit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...tpumpside2.png
I'll connect everything up and boot it tomorrow.
I'm still waiting for the second EK MOSFET block and wont add the first 'till it arrives. that gives me some time to evaluate these loops and decide on the final layout.
I have everything for a third loop on hand, using a PA120.0 on the rear exhaust fan rear half. However its really only justified if I put SLI on the second loop. For the moment it'll be driving two 20" monitors so SLI isn't really necessary.
Decisions decisions...
awesome... i like how you went with 2 blue loop's.... More update's!!!
Hey mate... where could i neoprene... from???
Is there a Clark Rubber near you?
I've got it from them in the past. There's a craft place near me where I'm getting the stick on neoprene for the backboards. Coming along. Haven't rushed 'cause I figure theres time to get two sets organised before EK MOSFET 680-2 arrives.
cheers mate...
How thick will the backplate be ??? 2,3mm??
First go will be 2mm. Should be OK with the light forces involved.
I have all the socket and block dimensions so its really just down to how loose to make the hole dia to allow for manufacturing variation. Getting some screws the right length should be OK too.
kool...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jedda
Hey what brand gtx do you have??
Its just the Inno3D GF 8800GTX PCI-E 768MB 575/1800MHz.
I went for the lower cost figuring I'd either buy two or resell. Turns out a nice card.
Swapped out its end plate for a single slot plate when I took the AC off. Helps a little with access.
So much wiring to run around with the M-cube stuff.
8 Sensors before I even start on the mobo!
Keeping track of it all is getting challenging. lol
look 4ward to more updates mate
Poor quality pic but it does show the GPU single end plate.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...PUendplate.png
A pic of the single 8800 end plate for anyone interested.
Very easy to knock up or you can pick one up from PerfPC.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Bracket_01.jpg
Very happy with the result of a trial boot.
It works, it works:up:
Just have to finish wiring up all the sensors.
The hub has water temp in and out on both rads, with air temp in on both as well. Air temp out is on the Bigng itself.
Had to separate the case ribbon cable to set up its mechanical shut down. If any temp goes high it presses the on off switch. Woot!
Lotsa wiring though.
Check out the leads off the hub!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ubinstall2.png
They'll all tidy up easily though.
Just the Bigng to go with another four analogue and a bunch of digital sensors to run and its up and running.
awesome!!!!!!
Getting close to finishing that beast!!! :)
Looking forward to it. With the doc's orders keeping the time free to work on it restricted, the build has taken far too long.
Some up-side though. The little details have been all thought out.
I split the second front case lead up so its LEDs could be used for M-cube and DVD drive status.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Ribbonlead.png
The second case on/off switch will open and close the stealthed DVD drive ultimately. There's a few small detailed mods to finish off after its running.
Brilliant work so far, awesome cable management (especially considering all the temp probes etc)! It must be nice knowing what you have is totally unique :up:
Quick question for you; What was the shipping cost for the EK8800 block? I can't imagine it was overly expensive?
depends where you get it from....Quote:
Originally Posted by .Logic
Flabbergast.com.au (aussie site based in sydney) now stock's ek blocks including the ek fc 8800gtx block acetal top...
http://www.flabbergast.com.au/ek-fc8...ra-acetal.html
So maybe $10 postage.. to you :) If you want one from them i would hurry as they have limited stock
hope that helps..
.Logic
For 4 blocks shipping from EK direct was $30Au. There was a Slovenian tax too that was 20% on the blocks cost.
Eddy is very helpfull but delivery is slow. If you can source from flabbergast or PTS, do so.
Thanks for the kind words.
Its been quite a job running all the M-cube internal usb connections and 14 separate temp sensors. lol Am I crazy? Certainly Xtreme.
So far I haven't seen anyone show detailed pics of their M-cube layout. So I'm hoping to add a bunch of pics of it all soon. Now I have a macro mode camera available it will be possible to get the close ups needed.
I'm no great thorough tester like some of the guys but I've always wanted to know what's going on in detail and the result of changes made. I finally get to have that with this build.
Good to be confidant of a shutdown if any temps go over spec while its unattended or I'm not paying attention.
Ultimately there'll be another 8800gtx and a hardware raid card with more drives added, because its main task is 3D modeling and graphic work. So it'll be nice to feel confidant the loops are secure.
If a DDC does cark on me, that'll be all I lose.
very nice updates jedda. keep em coming.
good job on the wiring.
With the top rad and tubes so far forward there's not a lot of room in the left front at the top
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ingsensors.png
But that's OK, because we don't need a lot of room.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Dinstalled.png
It'll mainly display M-cube and Everest readings.
I've never used one before and it might be little used after the novelty wears off. We'll see? :shrug:
It was a Chilled PC Oz demonstrater and thus very inexpensive, so I thought, "why not?" It hooks up to an internal usb port and can display a bunch of stuff.
Septim,
Thanks for posting. Its nice to see what folks think.
I've been a bit obsessed with getting the wiring neat. Just hate multi coloured tangle. Its nice to have sleeving and plugs all match up. Take a little time to get it right. Otherwise I'd always regret I didn't.
I like the LCD and all of your attention to detail. Nice Job!
i was thinking of getting one of them lcd displays ahwile back..but was way to expensive for my taste's..glad to see you got one cheap mate!!! :)
looks nice!!!
Shazza
Thanks. All the detail is soaking up time though.
Onward with the wiring.
Got the Bigng hooked up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...nginstall3.png
And tucked up into its possie, or nearly in position. It'll be a couple of inches further in when done. I've kept it out a bit for access during break in. Like the sensor hub, theres a bit of wire placement to finish off.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...nginstall2.png
Getting there!
Great lcd and control setup here...
I will go this way with my project as well (phase 2) with a Aquaero VFD display and DDC pump controller and Aquaero relay to shutdown on determined parameters. it's 300$ already so I'm shopping to find cheaper prices or find used from someone else who are tired of watercooling.
just my personnal oppinion, maybe you should have gone color coded with your connectors. it could have save you some time pluging which to which...
but anyway, i will wait for some more pictures, you have an A for effort...
and i like the BigNG stuff, hopefully come next year i may have some budget for PC upgrade...
Septim
Colour coding has merit but I decided early on to stick as close as I could to black and silver for everything.
Most wiring isn't hard to keep track of but in a couple of places I used chrome sleeving to make sure of a difficult lead. If you look at the Bigng pic above, its USB lead is one I chrome sleeved.
Now its going in I've got the M-cube stuff sussed and think the Bigng and Sensor Hub is good value. Its very configurable and should last for years. Hell you could even put a sensor on your DDC base set for a shut down at your choice of temp, if you're really paranoid. lol
I really like having a few extra digital sensors so I can investigate ram, mosfet, airflow etc or any other area to see exactly what is happening. Beats the hell out of guessing.
Xilikon
I looked at M-cube, Crystalfontz, Matrix Orbital, Aquaero etc but am happy with this choice. I haven't used a MiniNg to control each DDC but could've. In the end it would've been unrewarding balanced against the extra complexity.
I might change my mind in the future. I know Recker did that and likes it for his build.
Just how or if, I use the two side exhaust fans is one thing the sensors will help me decide. The second side one could give a good airflow onto the back of the mobo and the first can exhaust my GPU area. Whether using them is worthwhile should be interesting to discover and where having the number of sensors pays off..