Xel's Project Dade

Well the last box has arrived today and I believe I am GO for assembly.

so lets get started!

Here was the old system
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=3057

Basically the acrylic leaked over and over on various parts and ended up blowing out 2 sticks of ram and the top most blue ram socket would catch fire upon bootup.... yes its still boots up .... on fire... (was actually using the system as the socket was burning.)

Thus was the demise of my first water cooling endeavor.

So here we are starting a new!
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0470.jpg

Parts:
Silverstone Raven
Intel Core i7-980x Batch# 3035B799 - With EK Supreme HF block
Rampage III Extreme - with matching Danger Den blocks
3x PNY GeForce GTX 580 - with matching Danger Den blocks
6x Corsair Dominators 2GB 2000
5x 3.5 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
Western Digital Green 2TB
LITE-ON DH-4B1S-08 Blu-Ray burner
SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCI-EX edition
Corsair AX1200w
5x Gentle Typhoons 1225C12B5AP15
Swiftech MCR120-QP 1x120mm rad
1/2ID 3/4OD PrimoChill PrimoFlex PRO LRT
Koolance TMS-200 Thermal Interface Controller
Koolance TNK-200-V2 Reservoir, Inline 200mm V2
Koolance PMP-450
Koolance HX-CU1020V 3x120mm rad
10x Bitspower Matte Black compression fittings
8x Bitspower Matte Black 45 degree compression fittings
2x Bitspower Matte Black 90 degree compression fittings
2x Bitspower Matte Black 45 degree extension fittings
2x Kill-Coil
and various blue and UV laser LEDs to light up the insides of the case!


MORE TO FOLLOW!

for later

mmm WC pron!! *fap fap fap* :hump:

looks good Xel_NaGa

got any pics of the ram flambe? :D

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Originally Posted by Creekin

mmm WC pron!! *fap fap fap* :hump:

looks good Xel_NaGa

got any pics of the ram flambe? :D

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well the system was in the Raven and I have torn it completely down. BUT! once I complete this build I will bring it back on the table and assemble it to maybe capture on video the flame and a POST


here are some pics of the dmg.

as you can see the coolant stained slots... lol
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0476.jpg

Here we have the burnt socket one with flash one without...

you can see where the flame was cooking the white slot above it.
It was a tiny blue-grayish flame.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0474.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0473.jpg

and the poor ram that was in operation ... completely burn the pin off
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0478.jpg
lol notice the little flakes of coolant still on the ram.

Also Id like to add that Koolance "Koolant" left some really nasty "dusty" like grit inside the loop.

:rofl: that's priceless!!
thanks for the pics :D

not laughing @you, laughing with you :)
you seem to be taking it quite well
would love to see video of it, if your game!

must have been alot of water to cause that much staining

interesting about the grit, do you think it was corrosion dust or sediment from the koolant?
was it metal? it may have contributed at least to the conductivity of the fluid

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Originally Posted by Creekin

:rofl: that's priceless!!
thanks for the pics :D

not laughing @you, laughing with you :)
you seem to be taking it quite well
would love to see video of it, if your game!

must have been alot of water to cause that much staining

interesting about the grit, do you think it was corrosion dust or sediment from the koolant?
was it metal? it may have contributed at least to the conductivity of the fluid

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the acrylic block of the cpu developed hairline cracks around the seal and began dripping coolant rapidly onto the top ram stick.

all 3 ram sticks had a table of coolant on top of them and all the sockets were full of coolant.
I was actually playing wow and was sitting there *sniff* *sniff* ... dang it which one of my computers burnt out... and I checked every other computer I had... was puzzled for a bit and thought surely the computer still running isnt it. I gave the fan vent a sniff and sure enough it was. as I was pulling the case door off I saw the short/smoke begin to happen.

with PC still running and playing on that machine I sent a whisper to my buddy uhhh... brb and pulled the power.

as far as the grit goes. It doesn't seem to move or wash out with any liquid. I had to wipe the res out with a paper towel to get it clean. It didn't smear either.

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Originally Posted by Creekin

interesting about the grit, do you think it was corrosion dust or sediment from the koolant?
was it metal? it may have contributed at least to the conductivity of the fluid

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Honestly I think something was eating the acrylic. reason I say so is that every part that was acrylic failed at some point... also as I was cleaning the res I noticed the tiny acrylic screws holding the divider in place were completely corroded and the divider simply slid off along with the screw tops to the acrylic screws.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0482.jpg

love the raven :up:

im not an expert on acrylic but i have heard some chemicals can eat at it, not sure what though :(
in the early days of wc i tried everything from motorbike coolant to tap water,
after lots of gunk and "dirt" in the loops, i stick with pure di and silver fittings
anything u add to wc loops seems to cause problems.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0486.jpg
Sleep time more progress after the slumber!

Danger Den block looks nice, finally something new in design (compared to "standard" look of EK blocks)

Looking good , only dont like the case , the rest perfect including that Dd block:cool:

subbd!! This build is gonna be epic 3x 580s and the batch of your 980 will rock, im guessing 5ghz stable :P

After reviewing the case layout and then researching high-OC'd sli 580s vs mild OC Tri-sli 580s the dual OC'd SLI seems to win out. Also as I was trying to film the flame it stopped happening and my old 920 and R2E is now working so I'm going to put my 3rd 580 for upgrading secondary pc.

On first pump power up completely forgot one of the caps on the first GPU:clap:

some updated photos
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0488.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0493.jpg


leak test time!
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0496.jpg

Please tell me your gonna sleeve all your cables :D

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Originally Posted by Johnny87au

Please tell me your gonna sleeve all your cables :D

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yeah, I have my spare PSU hooked up and just threw in the lighting just to see what it looked like.

awesome mate, cant wait to see some results :)

love the glowing tubes coming up from the bottom portion of the case in that 2nd test pic

so on initial power up my 2nd gtx580 blew out in an area not touched by anything... checked under the block and nothing was touching no burn marks nothing(RMA time)... the card boots just wont enter windows. so I replaced it with the 3rd and everything is running well.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0504.jpg


Taking from what I know from the R2E and my old i7-920.
I did the usual bios settings and meddled around with trying to get a high bclock but was not very successful. this being my first extreme chip I'm seeing they take a different approach.

So if anyone has any pointers or good starting points on the 980x or just a nice R3E template to start out at I'm all ears.
also what is the max safe long term vcore for the 980-x? I thought I saw some people in the R3E thread saying over 1.4 was highly dangerous where on my old i7-920 over 1.5 was dangerous.

heres what I got just on auto on this 980x and bumping up the multi and bclock.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../Capture-3.jpg


as i said above everything is on auto but Turbo-V says that the vcore is at 1.3
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/Capture2.jpg

wow nice, you haz a lot of monies.

check out a thread in the intel section, A test was actually done regarding wether higher blck or higher multi was better, if i remember correctly it was higher multi because increasing blck increases everything else , but with higher multi and lower blck there are always pros and cons for example benchmarks wont be as high for example etc.. ill try dig it up for you...

Found it :D http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ti+980x+higher


http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/4...shighmulti.png

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Originally Posted by Johnny87au

Found it :D http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ti+980x+higher


http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/4...shighmulti.png

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Thanks alot for that reference Johnny, big help :D



I'm putting the OC on this rig to a halt for the moment. For some reason I completely blanked out on my memory choices. I have ordered a full set of Dominator GTs 2000s.

I like the blue tubing and of course the nice hardware ! :)

Here is an updated pic with the case fully assembled. Been testing stock stability with Cataclysm all week. temps are looking great under load.
CPU 22-24c
GPUs 39c
Water 32c

like my little USB xmas tree? :D
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/IMG_0512.jpg

hows cataclsym? i quit wow few months back my warrior is like 6.2kGS might start playing again hehe but gotta find a guild etc grr... As for the ram choice nice pic mate!! Cant wait to see some nice overclocks!!

^Get playing bud... Cata's great! It's not like WoTLK where it's this new area for questing all for the purpose of killing the LK, but Cata's more like: here's a new area and a new main boss, try to connect the dots.

scottalot what u mean mate explain? So it isnt heaps of new areas like wotlk, i hated that.. had to level up from 70-80 in like 9 different areas completing hundreds of quests, How many new instances and raids have been added?? I also got told u get same gear now doing 10 mans as u would doing 25 mans

DominatorGTs and a Corsair AX 1200 arrive today :D more pics to follow

finally!

Well it's been awhile. Here is what I've been running 24/7
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../Capture-5.jpg

Id like to sqeeze more out of my CPU but not sure where to start.

Been following your log from day 1, nice work buddy! Nice clock to on that westmere, Hows temps ?? SLI 580s also ?

Yep Dual 580s

IDLE:
CPU cores: 35c
GPUs:40c

LInx load:
CPU cores 68c

Kombustor 100% load
GPU cores: 61c


Kombustor+linx
CPU cores:72c
GPUs:63c

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Originally Posted by Johnny87au

scottalot what u mean mate explain? So it isnt heaps of new areas like wotlk, i hated that.. had to level up from 70-80 in like 9 different areas completing hundreds of quests, How many new instances and raids have been added?? I also got told u get same gear now doing 10 mans as u would doing 25 mans

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I don't have numbers in my head but let me explain it another way. WoTLK was just this island and every quest was related to the Lich King in some way, a very linear design. Cata is different because you can choose, without messing up other questlines, which quests you want to do at which time. Best way I can explain it :p: .

Any more questions, I guess you'll have to refer to Google because I have a hard time explaining it.

Sorry for altering the thread's direction :(

currently im working on increasing my 24/7 clock.

Ive got the memory now running at 1990.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/progress.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/a780dbfb.jpg

seems to be having some flow issues as well as the old res is starting to leak(came from previous build where all other parts began to leak) so I ordered a new res along with a second pump to boost some flow.
http://www.koolance.com/water-coolin...p-452x2_p0.jpg

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Originally Posted by Xel_NaGa

like my little USB xmas tree? :D

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Where did you get it? I want it! NOW!

well it appears I've made a large mistake and have ordered the wrong pump :( on top of that The res I ordered will not work well in my loop. so would anyone like to buy a new PMP-450s (70$) or a RP-452X2(120$) with an included series kit?


EDIT: Vendor took them back

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Originally Posted by KGB7

Where did you get it? I want it! NOW!

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this

Well having all my issues with the RP-452X2 has really made me make a list of things I'm going to improve.

I've spoke with the great folks over at FrozenQ and they are currently in the process of making a Custom T-Virus res to fit the Raven.

I've also got some UV sleeving coming to do independent wire sleeving.

Also ordered the EK dual D5 pump block for single loop along with an additional D5. along with various fittings and adapters. Also ordered a new flow meter that pulsates based on current flow speed.

pictures to follow!

Nice temps!