I'm designing my rig after yours, but I'd like to use the xspc res tops. (thanks to Martinm210, and his excellent work)
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2 things, the pump's outlet is slightly at an angle, and i doubt that it will screw in. Second, I don't know if the added water weight would cause the acrylic to bust.
Also, I'd have to put the barbs at the bottom, to allow the top inlet to be accessed. (guess holes and tubes comeing out and back in at the top of the case would work too.) :rofl:
That res creates more mounting issues than it solves. There is no elegant way to attach a pump with that res directly to a RAD port unless you use an elbow coming in the top or tap a new G1/4 inlet in the back side. The other problem is that res is so tall, your pump output barb will be too low in the chassis causing other loop routing problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_Daddy
I'm not discouraging it, I'd like to see what you can do, but it will get ugly.
Thanks Linus... as you can see from some of the close up pics in Post #3, there is no visibility through the sleeving. It's a pretty tight weave... perfect for 1/2" to 3/4" OD tubing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Linus@ncix
i'm awaiting my lian li 343b in the mail for my first water cooling rig.
I wish i hadn't seen your machine because now anything i do with this (which won't be anywhere near what you've done) will pale in comparison.
This machine you've constructed here is nothing short of astounding and i hope you're very proud of yourself.
Should i ever win the lottery you're the first person i'm commisioning to build me a new system XD
I added a bunch of final pics in post #3.
New pics include SLI, PhysX, and laser cut top and rear panels, as well as some screenshots of my desktop.
Wow dude this has to be the best rig i've seen!!! those panels are fantastic!
Virtual, you are well, amazing. if you could send me an envelope full of some of your skill to borrow for a couple weeks, that would be AWSOME!!
That is da :banana::banana::banana::banana:!
Nothing to say about it ... just one thing: What you did is the opposite of worst ;)
Just amazing. The finish couldn't have been better.
Can I ask how you feel about the Aquaero? And did you get rid of the buttons on the attatchment of it? 'Cause the ones I see for sale all have some sort of control panel with it built in. . .
This has got to be the most outstanding system I have ever seen, and the attention to detail is incredible, even down to sleeving the watercooling tubing. Talk about setting a new, impossible standard...
I really like the Aquaero for controlling the system. Although I highly recommend it, the BigNG is also equally excellent I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun
As you can see here, I removed the LCD from the Aquaero main assembly and used a ribbon cable to connect it.
http://members.shaw.ca/rain.maker/bu...inMaker342.jpg
The circuit boards for the two Aquaero's (with buttons still attached) were then mounted to the front of the case between the drive bays below the power/reset switch area...
http://members.shaw.ca/rain.maker/bu...inMaker381.jpg
Although this pic only shows one Aquaero installed, I later installed both side by side in that space with all buttons accessible from the front as shown above. Of course, the buttons are hidden and inaccessable when the front cover is on.
unbelievable !..................
Thanks for the quick answer. I've been debating between an Orbital and somthing? I like the unit size of the Aquaero and the orbital, that's what I'm looking for. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the BNG require and LCD screen purchased seperately as well?
How do you like Samuarize? I just read that they've lost support for the sight and I guess there won't be any updates coming in the future (unless I misread the front page)?
last question, was teh ribbon cable hard to do, or could you buy one pre-made? Usch, maybe next time I'll just PM you with all these personal questions, don't know if anyone else is interested in these questions. . .
What program do you have running on the desktop? It looks like a version of "Mac OS Dock" And, what about the sidebar?
Just completely awesome! Truly one of they best systems I've seen. I only hope mine looks 10% as nice as yours, and I'll be happy..... That is, if I ever get a chance to work on it again. Darn Family.. hehe Maybe today I'll strap the kids in front of the TV, and get some work done. I'm currently stuck on mounting the Reservoirs, a little tight on my "mad scientist" idea....
later,
breezyjr
Awesome built :)
About the Aquaero vs BigNg, keep in mind that if you go with the bigNg path, you are free to pick any LCD panel, even big ones while the Aquaero is struck with the small 20x2 panel. Also, Samurize is great to monitor everything you want, with the look you want too.
I'm using Samurize to monitor my 2 SF800 flowmeters and core temps (the data is fed by the SpeedFan but it can work with BigNg as well).
Man, kind of glad the thread went this direction. Is there ANYTHING other than the BigNG that will monitor fans (not connected to m/b headers) and the fans/temps that are on the m/b?
Gonna have a bunch of fans, wire them together and put on a fanbus, (high wattage) and pull the rpm off of one, and put it to an LCD. Finding very few lcd's out there with actual fan headers.
(Sorry for the hijack VR)
Only 2 choices : Aquaero and BigNg. There might be some cheap knockoffs for monitoring fans speed like the Scythe Kaze Master but not enough functions for watercooling and no custom display.
As for the LCD itself having fans header, I don't know a lot and with Matrix Orbital, they are being phased out in favor of new ones without headers unfortunately.
Just a quick note regarding the Matrix Orbital. With their new series of LCDs, I believe they are going to make them "modular" letting you have individual Modules for monitoring different 'puter stuff.
But, the one's with the fan headers are still widely available....
Later,
breezyjr
I'm using ObjectDock as a taskbar replacement and Samurize for the sidebar and the calendar/clock in the lower left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Breezyjr
@Virtualrain - your project is amazing, great work.
I have one question to you. I plan to use T-Balancer Big NG to control 3 Laing DDC 12V 1RT pumps (10W power consupton each). Do you know if T-Balancer is able to handle three of them ? As I looked on specs there is written that T-Balancer can handle 20W analoque per channel (80W total) so I gess it should work nicely. Any experience with this ?
I think you need a FanAmp to plug the pump.
Or the miniNG. I'm using one to drive my two DDCs. The 4 fan channels on the bigNG I use for my radiators.
I agree with Xilikon. Use the fanamp. It says it handles 20w PER channel, but if you look closely at the label...Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc PL
Specifications:
dimensions: 88x88x16mm
weight: 150g
max. current: 7A
max. power: 80W (PWM)/20W (analogue) <----
power per channel: 40W (PWM)/20W (analogue)
Samurize is excellent. It doesn't appear to be going away... It works fine on all flavors of Vista so there's really nothing further for the author to do... it's up to the community to use and extend it.Quote:
Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun
Speaking of extensions, a French fellow (Taloche) developed a nice light-weight applet that runs between the Aquaero and Samurize and actually adds a couple of nice features. It saves having to run Aquacomputer's bloat-ware application while allowing you to monitor everythign from Samurize. The cool feature he added was the ability to set fan/pump speed thresholds on ambiant temps... a major shortcomming in the Aquasuite software. If you experience swings in ambiant temps in your room this is a great feature....
http://www.samurize.com/modules/mydo...cid=6&lid=2084
BTW, I also use Fan Amp's to control my pumps via the Aquaero's...
http://members.shaw.ca/rain.maker/bu...inMaker410.jpg