WIP, my V-Twin

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Originally Posted by disruptfam

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!!!

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Yeah, I lucked out there.
Its an Alphacool LCD hooked up by usb and can run a whole bunch of apps.
At the time, the one thing I didn't like about the M-cube was its lack of a display, like Matrix Orbital and others. Chilled were stripping their showroom demonstrator, so I took the chance.
Now I'm more familiar with using the BigNg, the LCD doesn't seem as important and there's other places the money would be better spent if you were paying full price.
Quite pleased with the loop colour. Sort of gun metal blue/grey against the silver and black.
So many of the pics don't really show how it is in the flesh. In this pic of the top rad air out sensor the grill looks black, instead of silver.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...sortoprad1.png

And this close up of the analogue tip, which will be concealed behind the Thermochill lettering plaque, shows the grill as even blacker!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...sortoprad2.png

You don't see any of that copper colour either. Going to have to hone my Photoshop skills a bit more it seems.

it sort of looks like dust on your grills...

picture is a little too close up and with flash? try without flash?

Yeah it does but I think its noise.
You're probably right about the flash though. Might do a series of test pics to get a better grasp of how this camera behaves. Its new and all my experience is with film or cgi images. This digital photography is a murky hole in the middle of my knowledge field.

Crud!
Looks like my M-cube Sensor Hub was DOA.
The connection LED stays off what ever I do.
Have been over all connections and there's no reason it shouldn't be waking up but it isn't.
So I've had to disconnect the on/off button wiring. Will run it with just the BigNg until the replacement arrives.

Apart from that the box is up and running. Am busy loading soft' atm.
Will post some pics once its in its final possie, with all the periferals connected.

Have such a hang over today. Last night was a big one.
My faith in the Oz electorate was restored.

This was sooo worth following your link on ocau :)


Nice job mate, looks stock, could you hot glue the temp sensor to the base of the radgrill? i just have a funny feeling it will wave around when you move it lol.

Which leads to my next q? how heavy is it?

Thanks, glad you like it.
The pic was just to show the sensor. Its held under the grill by see-through double sided tape but hot glue would work well too.
I'm still at the point where sensors are being moved around as I chase down the airflow patterns and look for hot spots.
Hopefully I'll have something to post on temps and sensor feedback in a few days. The replacement Sensor Hub should be here then.

Its not as heavy as one might think. The V-series range of cases are strong where needed but designed with light well perforated aluminium throughout.
I can lift it in two hands to rotate, tilt around, etc for filling.. Its a one man job to carry it from room to room.
Must get it onto some scales and get an accurate number.

I can say, its a joy to work in, now its together. Easily the most accessible box I've ever had my hands in.
Adjusting, remounting, tuning etc, you can get at everything without having to take out components in the way.
I've had to do a bit of tinkering with the M-cube connections as the S/H was DOA and the BigNg didn't want to connect to the onboard usb headers through the extension lead I used. It was OK once connected directly. That took re-routing the usb lead through the innermost sections but even that wasn't hard to get at.
The LCD screen was OK with its usb header extension. So I still want to understand why its OK for one usb device but not the other. I'll have more to say on that in a M-cube round-up once the new S/H arrives.
Cheers

*waits For Final Pic's And Temps* :)

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Originally Posted by disruptfam

*waits For Final Pic's And Temps* :)

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and waits for rad bolts too, eh?
Strewth they've taken a long time! Was kinda hoping you'd have them for the weekend.

The replacement sensor hub arrived today. Swapped it in and was very happy to see its LED light up.
Woot! :up:

Rad fans have been running at 100% while waiting for the second S/H and can be heard running. Keeping everything cool though. Haven't seen a temp over 38° so far!
Now I can turn them down a bit as the M-cube curve settings get sorted.
Finding the daisy-chain digital sensor layout more convenient than I expected.
Ran a digital off the S/H bus to use in that side of the case.

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Originally Posted by Jedda

Finding the daisy-chain digital sensor layout more convenient than I expected.
Ran a digital off the S/H bus to use in that side of the case.

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I didn't realise you could run digital off the s/h, are you plugging it in under the usb? So you're able to run 2 digitals, one from the bigng, one from the analogue sensorhub.

You daisy-chain them from the BigNg bus and the hub can be just one link in the chain.
I have digital 0, 1, 2, 3 off one bus on the Bigng and the other bus to the sensor hub. Then tonight I added digital 6 and 7 to the hub second bus.
I have the digital expansion add-on, of extra digital sensors, and now I know it can be run like this will be rerouting and using most of them.

I get it now, i think :) Without the digital expasion add-on i can't daisy chain the digital sensors, but i can run -
BigNg - Bus 1 - digital 1 - Bus2 - Sensorhub
Sensorhub - Bus 1 - BigNG - Bus 2 - digtal 2

I didn't actually notice the sensorhub had 2 busses ;) and the instructions never mentined pluggin in a digital sensor, and now it's hidden away at the back of my case and a bit inconvienient to access.

any updated pics and temps there jedda?? I've been hanging out for it :)

lol

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Originally Posted by bogg

I get it now, i think :) Without the digital expasion add-on i can't daisy chain the digital sensors, but i can run -
BigNg - Bus 1 - digital 1 - Bus2 - Sensorhub
Sensorhub - Bus 1 - BigNG - Bus 2 - digtal 2

I didn't actually notice the sensorhub had 2 busses ;) and the instructions never mentined pluggin in a digital sensor, and now it's hidden away at the back of my case and a bit inconvienient to access.

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Yeah, unless you pick up on this one pic that gave me the idea.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ensorchain.png

The digital extension includes some 4-way connections and leads to join them. Really, the Sensor hub just plugs in like one of the 4-ways. It doesn't have to be direct off the T-ban.

They really need a re-write of the docs. Not too clear and slightly out of date, imho.

Loaded up my 3D apps and I'm in heaven!
I've wanted a box that'd drive XSI and modo like this for ages.
A render that took 3 hours on my old box went through in seven and a half minutes last night! Love that quad.

Just when you think its finished you stumble across someone else's work...

What about a 7" TFT?
Hmmmm...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...lers7inTFT.jpg

Not only has NightCrawler got th 7" in there, he's got Everest values displaying in Samurize, which plays nicely with Nav2!
Very tempting.
Maybe stage #2?

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Very very tempting for me as well for my own project...

Been away for a fortnight so no progress or pix, sorry.

I'm having an issue with my monitor blacking out intermittently. Its a Samsung 204B atm and I'm not sure what's causing it. Hooked up another monitor and lead today to find it worked OK. Big sigh of relief its not the 8800gtx or psu at fault.
Have another 204B on the way. A dual screen set up for my 3D work was always the plan. So that'll give me another lead and monitor to swap in and out. Should help suss what's causing the screen drop outs.
I'm hoping I don't have to bugga around RMAing the monitor.

Was talking to Urlo, the M-cube software guy, today. He said he'll have time over xmas to upgrade Nav2. Amongst the mods is support for Everest. So we'll have all the everest readings as possible M-cube inputs. CPU, GPU, N/B, S/B, RAM etc will all be able to input as channel control.
Everest has the most accurate temps I know of.

dude...gorgeous build! :clap: Shabby news about the monitor though, hope you get it sorted ok! I like the sensor idea on the grill, might do something along those lines on my external rig.. maybe one for air temp and one for liquid temp? Keep it coming though.. :up:

I got one of those Alphacools too but that 7" tft looks freakin wicked :eek:

=WK=

Hey thanks mate.
Its nice to hear what folks think of it.
That TFT idea is really tempting. I'm researching it atm and will post what I find out.
Have a couple of things to slowly develop before its really finished but want to use it, so it'll probably never really be finished completely.
I have air and water temps in and out of the rads atm to find out exactly what's going on but its a bit too much for a long term set up. One of the good things about the M-cube is how easy switching sensors in and out is.

Monitor fixed!
Woot!!
Picked up a spare lead after sussing all possibilities,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Iplugtypes.jpg

Thought it might be a timing issue too, so I set a custom profile in the nvidia control panel.
Which ever it was, after 2 hours I'm seeing nothing but good picture.

Now comes a whole bunch of moving TVs, furniture and computers around to get the V-twin into my OPs area and this one I'm posting with out to my lady's desk.
She doesn't know yet that I've designs on her TV support table. Its square and exactly the right height and size to suit keeping the V-twin at a good accessible height.
So I have to make room for TV #2 somewhere. Move it there and then shift TV #1 to TV #2's support unit. Once thats done I can knock off the square table for myself, then drag her TV #1 and support back to its old position.
I'm wondering if I'll get away with it all without her clueing in on my cunning plan?
I'm counting on her being so happy with her new 19" monitor, that she doesn't notice mine has sprouted a second 20.1"

Still thinking about side panels.
I have spares and a windowed one like this-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ndow_t_LRG.jpg

Not sure if a full window, like this -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...W_t_02_LRG.jpg

might be better, or if I should use mesh or cut out a pattern. I'll try the ones I've got already out and post a pic or two.
Kind of attracted to a distinctive cut out but don't have a personalised motive or such to use. Might stick with what ever provides the best airflow.
We'll see.

the case already has too much holes in it for my liking...
i would like to have proper intake (front) and exhaust sides (top and back),
(just so i'd know that air is coming into and out off my case...)

maybe a closed sidepanel on the left rad side,
and half window on right mobo side?

It has two 120mm intaking in the front with the possibility of another in the unused drive bays, as well as two 120mm exhausting to the rear.
I have the V1000+ side gpu area adjustable exhaust 120 mm fans to use if wanted. Its kind of cooling overkill, but I could exhaust from the gpu zone through a side panel mesh with one. Theres an option to intake cold air into the back of the mobo with the other, too.
This thing is SO cooled!

I'm thinking like you though. Closed on the rad side and the smaller window on the mobo side.
Still I've got time to tinker and decide. Right now its such a grin maker to use. I'm almost tempted to pull out my old cougar hotas and pedals and take to the skies again with it, but I'm enjoying pushing bulk pixels around making my 3D models.
Its still flying with high density meshes that bring this box to its knees.

yep a little too airy for my taste, hehehe...

can't decide what to do with my xaser3 case. right now it waiting for some alum solid panels front and back, to be drilled/jigsawed with 2 120mm holes each...
it started with 7 80mm to 4 120mm, next reincarnation with new paint would be 6 120mm fans.

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Originally Posted by Jedda

Just when you think its finished you stumble across someone else's work...

What about a 7" TFT?
Hmmmm...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...lers7inTFT.jpg

Not only has NightCrawler got th 7" in there, he's got Everest values displaying in Samurize, which plays nicely with Nav2!
Very tempting.
Maybe stage #2?

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wow i like that !!!! nightcrawler

hey jedda do you know where i can purchase matrix orbital displays in aus mate?

I think most guys buy them online from the states.
One of the OCAU guys MWP works, in Oz, for CrystalFontz as a programmer, and he's just about convinced me they're as good as Matrix Orbital. Both have fan control as well as temp and LCD.
You might get a nibble if you post in Wanted at OCAU. Could save some $.

good idea cheers mate