WIP, my V-Twin

Yeah the second block is here.
Probably tear the chipset loop down and add them this week.
Got a G0 quad to swap out the B3 and going 64bit on the OS too.
Really tempted by the xeon boards. If I can find the right board I might give it dual quads. My render times scale directly to core numbers, so 8 cores is very interesting.
Thinking to develop the idea on a test rack and switch it in if it all works out. Theres a wave of 2nd hand q6600 around atm, so its easy to get at a good price. Just a good board to find to build a better work station.
Figure I'll put some pics up soon if the tube around the board works out well. Not happy with my first layout but that was always waiting for the mosfet blocks.
Cheers

Dropped in the G0 stepping Q6600 in place of the B3 version at last.
Still with the stock mount. Just screwed it down a little more.
Knocked 10°C of the temps.

awesome

Jedda,
I've gone over this thread a couple times now, and I know I need to do it again as there are some hidden gems in here if I read more carefully.
But my big question is, what or how did you mount those front panels? I didn't see any pics anywhere showing what you did, and correct me if I'm wrong, but that mesh front isn't LL standard issue :) ???
Anyway, I'm just curious to see the process, as I have an idea of my own that I wan't to try and could be similiar in methods to what you did in the front. . .

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Jedda,
I've gone over this thread a couple times now, and I know I need to do it again as there are some hidden gems in here if I read more carefully.
But my big question is, what or how did you mount those front panels? I didn't see any pics anywhere showing what you did, and correct me if I'm wrong, but that mesh front isn't LL standard issue :) ???
Anyway, I'm just curious to see the process, as I have an idea of my own that I wan't to try and could be similiar in methods to what you did in the front. . .

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I used the Lian Li accessory parts for the mesh grills and they just screw into the 5 1/4 tower frame. You can get just the fan brackets or those with drive housings included.
Just takes a long screwdriver for the inner screws.
Sorry to be so slow in responding. Have been sick.

Looks like it'll get another gtx installed. Samsung screwed the pooch on my monitor warranty and it looks like I'll have three connected soon. lol
So another card is needed for the third cable. Driver needs to be the same so matching the gtx seems the thing to do.

thanks for the reply my man, I hope you're feeling better. You been missed. . .

nice to see ya back jedda

Just saw your worklog...WOW! :up:

Finally back online after a bit of a health battle and the first thing I saw was a Lian Li psu fitting that'll help fix the one design fault I haven't been happy with.
By using the V1000 instead of the V2000 for the base, overall size was kept reasonable but psu leangth was limited. This has restricted choice of psu and put 1K watt psu out of bounds.
Hasn't mattered as the current psu is handling things well.
However this new bit lets me have more cable room with the existing psu or if desired a larger model.
Haven't got the bit yet so here's a product shot to give the idea.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/pe01a_01.jpg

Of course it'll be silver rather than black.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/pe01a_02.jpg

Yay update! Glad you're ok.


Never seen that psu mount before. Won't it choke the fan somewhat? Or doesn't it have a 120mm fan.

It just covers the end part of the psu. It is needed with longer [1000W] psus so you don't need to remove any of the HDD racks.

I can't wait to see more updates Jedda :)

nice additon Jedda :up: !!

Thanks guys.
Nice to feel back amongst friends.
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:welcome: back jedda

you have been missed :D

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:welcome: back jedda

you have been missed :D

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QFT :)

Welcome back, Jedda. Everyone knows to look here for your worklog. Hope you recover fully.

glad your back jedda!

Cant wait to see it finished.

finaly ur back.. have been waiting for updates... :)

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Thanks guys.
Nice to feel back amongst friends.
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ahahahahahha Jedda!

i told you it wasnt deleted!!

welcome back bro! :up:

Welcome back Jedda, good to see you're in good health again.

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Never seen that psu mount before. Won't it choke the fan somewhat? Or doesn't it have a 120mm fan

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PPCs has em last time i check. It won't really cover the PSU fan, as most long PSU's have their fans near the wires&cables more to the inside of the case...

that PSU housing extension is good, replaces some stand offs & PSU frame some people uses...

any updates Jedda?

I have the same problem here in Thailand. There are no 343B sold locally and shipping would just be too much of an effort. I was toying with 2 ideas of joining 2 Armor together or getting a custom case made. I decided to scrap the 2 case idea and start planning to have a custom case fabricated locally. (an idea that is still in planning.) Its nice to see that your project went well and now I may go back to toy with the idea of joining 2 Armor together as I have grown to love the looks of my semi-mod and repainted Armor.

Cheers!

'dee khap Blackbox.
Yes, if you've already got a case that you like it makes a lot more financial sense to add the second one.
I'm very happy with how mine has turned out. There's a lot of gear in there, with two loops and two RAID arrays, but there's heaps of space left to get at all the connections etc
The two TC rads keep it running so cool I could've got away with less even somewhere as hot as BKK without air con. The rads run half to one degree above what ever the ambient temp happens to be.

emoners
Expected the psu bracket by now. Should be any day. I'll put some pics up once its here.
I'm wanting the extra length but others would find it handy for mounting the psu anywhere there's room to cut a hole. It gives a lot of flexibility with mounting choice.

septim,
Yep, its coming from PerfPC. As usual they're always a few days slower than the others.