I have my cpu block hard mounted with button heads, but am concerned about even mounting pressure. How do you plan on addressing that?
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I have my cpu block hard mounted with button heads, but am concerned about even mounting pressure. How do you plan on addressing that?
the screws i use are 30mm in length
when you screw the button heads into the block there is a lot of thread that sticks out form the rear of the board.
i will be measuring the amount of thread sticking out of the back and being careful to apply even pressure.
i have done this a few times now so it shouldnt be a problem.
finally, after months of planning and setbacks I have finally manged to get the new hardware and parts fitted to my system.
10am this morning and I finished at 7pm. :D
really pleased with the outcome this time and I think that I will be drawing the line under this project now.
I will let the pics do most of the talking but will cherp in with explinations if need be.
also please check the video at the end, its not great quality as it was a last minute idea and was shot with an iPhone. but it should give you all an understanding of just how quiet the system is now.
Seriously, I cant even tell its on!
Ripped everything apart and started again...
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Riveted the custom rear panel in place
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looking sleek
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hello old friend...
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midplate cut, filed, de-burred and bulkhead in place :)
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straight down into the D5
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and into the Quad, Tygon Goodness ;)
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the tubing route i had planned in my head for months worked brilliantly
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facepalm
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PA 240 mounted in the drive bays
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things are going to be tight. i moved it back so that it had a bit of space to suck air and wasnt right next to the mesh
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had to get creative with fittings to make this work
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Gigabyte with their 'not so' stealth backplate :rolleyes:
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ssds on velcro :p
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very tight squeeze :eek:
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Xigmatek blueline XLF fans looking pretty sweet
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starting work on the board...
The Dominator GT will have new heatsinks soon, i plan on getting some of the extended fins but more of that later ;)
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got some matching screws for my CPU Block
wanted this to be the primary focus of the build
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Start of the tubing routes
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tubing finished
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really pleased with how this turned out. really neat.
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fitted the last fan and ran out of black screws :rolleyes:. will pick some up at work on Monday. also had to use three of the fan extention cables from the fan controller. of course they werent braided so an emergency braiding job was required and completed on all three cables in 20 minutes.
speed braiding is my new speciality :D
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the coolant I used is very good. Mayhem Pre-Mix X1 UV Blue, supplied by the brilliant Mayhems Dye. it looks incredible in the system, the pictures really dont do it any justice at all.
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Hello Pretty
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fitting the front bezels
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totally transforms the look of the case, i prefer this to the stock bezels.
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shoddy SSD mounting at the moment. i plan on sorting this out soon :o
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then i installed the final component.
after all the faffing with MurderMod I gave up any hope of ever seeing a luminous panel.
instead i chose a lian li LED strip. took 5 seconds to fit. good times.
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Lights off...
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makes the tinted windows look incredible
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heres the system at half fan speed folding away happily at 100% load on the cpu and gpu
thats it for now.
thanks for checking it out
rjk
every incarnation of this build has been awesome!
gotta do something about the RAM red fins ...
Looks amazing....nice work :up:
Except for...
^^^ this :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by josk1
He already mentioned it.Quote:
Originally Posted by rjkoneill
Nice build buddy :woot:
thanks for the comments guys :)
yeah, as mentioned i will be getting some of the extended dominator fins soon.
the problem is that i will need to send them away to be nickel plated so it could take a while.
it should look fairly sleek once they are on.
ah well C7 dominator GT and a westmere cpu makes up for it i guess :D
Nickel-plated Dominator fins? *faints*
oh, its happening! :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottALot
the place i am sending them to needs to send them away as the heatsinks are aluminium [so apparantly harder to nickel plate]
EDIT - hows that for timing...
look what just arrived :D
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off to get nickel plated, just for ScottALot ;)
Orly? I've been trying to get some high-quality memory, thanks for the gift!Quote:
Originally Posted by rjkoneill
sweet... gonna look great!
(my red ones are on their way :up: )
looks very nice:up:
Great build RJ
Good to see the Ocuk Gang holding there own here !!!!
loving the new heatsinks, red is ugly as hell hehe
Looks good...
build complete
happy days
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here you see i removed the tube which eventually kinked. i figured that two 90s are less restrictive than a kink and look better too.
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through the tinted windows
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through the tinted top windows.
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Does anyone else think those chromed DIMMS would look amazing on an MSI Big Bang X-Power
+1 ^
chrome everything!! :D
I love the chorme fins, awesome build! :up: You should have kept the cpu --> mosfet tubing arch though, the 90s just dont give it the same look.
I can still see red stickers on those ram modules :mad:
ive been through this.
$500 memory
warranty stays
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have you tried to use 45 degree fitting instead of barbed fitting for you cpu block? I just wonder if it makes better in looks and easy for the tube.