[Project] :::Flow::: (SNiiPE's V2110) - Resurrected

[barretp]

How is the water coming in simultaneously? I only see one inlet and only one outlet.

[Darth_Penguin]

How is the water coming in simultaneously? I only see one inlet and only one outlet.

Yes there is one inlet that feeds both cards simultaneously.

Hopefully this makes it clear. The blue line represents cooled water coming into the blocks. EACH block fills with water, circulates though the block (represented by the Yellow line) and then water from both cards exit (represented by the Red line). Kapeesh?

[Waterlogged]

Yes there is one inlet that feeds both cards simultaneously.

Hopefully this makes it clear. The blue line represents cooled water coming into the blocks. EACH block fills with water, circulates though the block (represented by the Yellow line) and then water from both cards exit (represented by the Red line). Kapeesh?

To further expand on DP's pic and explanation, the instant the water hits the BP plug, there is enough restriction in the loop to force the water into the first card, flow balances out from there.

[barretp]

That's what I was assuming, but the first split ( some of the water goes to the first gpu, some of the water goes down the sli tubing) is not going to be a 50/50 split.

[Darth_Penguin]

To further expand on DP's pic and explanation, the instant the water hits the BP plug, there is enough restriction in the loop to force the water into the first card, flow balances out from there.

Thank you, I was having trouble putting it to words.

That's what I was assuming, but the first split ( some of the water goes to the first gpu, some of the water goes down the sli tubing) is not going to be a 50/50 split.

Like Waterlogged said, as soon as the system balances water will uniformly flow through both blocks.

[MoMo_RT]

That's what I was assuming, but the first split ( some of the water goes to the first gpu, some of the water goes down the sli tubing) is not going to be a 50/50 split.

Why not? Each card has equal resistance. Once the SLI connection is under pressure because of the restrictions on the lower card then the pressure will look for a new path. So long as he has enough pressure coming from the pump each card should see equal flow.

What would be the drawbacks of a setup like this? I could see pressure loss after the cards being a problem.. or even not having enough pressure before the cards causing low flow through one or both cards. If they are on a dedicated pump and the pump hits the cards first in the loop then would there be any issue?

[paul_]

Argh, drama

[Jah]

Parallel set up seems to freak about 75% of XS out
A closed water loop behaves pretty much as en electric one. Think of the blocks as resistors, the pump as the battery and the current as flow, if that makes any sense to anyone. For you that are not familiar with electrical circuitry or fluid dynamics, you will just have to trust that it works because it does. As the path of least resistance is about equal flow through both GPU blocks.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Guess who's back?

Sorry to all my sponsors and build followers on XS for with other members

updates to enjoy :

First off thank you all for the kind words, I will hopefully have some cool wire management updates tonight

I am proud to announce another sponsor coming on board:

Performance-PCs.com!




due to a delay on the part of thermochill (pa140.3 is taking longer than expected) I could not receive the rad in time for the mod contest so I reached out to Hank and he helped me out by offering to sponsor me with the HWlabs GTX 420 radiator!



due to the higher FPI I will now be using 6 Yate loon D14SM-14 Fans in push pull on the radiator

cheers,

-Ian

thanks bentley



I painted the inside of fan motor hub and the undersides of the blades blue and the bracket around the edge blue as well. I cannibalized the cool large head fan screws from a dead coolermaster PSU at work and repainted them black cuz they were kinda beat up


since I can't post on XS here is a pic of the redesign of the custom lamptron fan controller - I had to change it because the last design had manufacturing feasibility issues

Still have to countersink the appropriate holes but here is the front door in all its raw, scratched, metal glory

hehe, its all good mate :thumb:

here is the latest, got the panel from the laser cutters on extra fast turnaround, everything goes to paint tomorrow morning!

sorry bout the dirtiness and poor lighting, I did this shot literally as quickly as I could so I can work on wiring!

K guys, currently I am up in Maine sailing but I dropped the parts off for powder coat on friday. The accents will be done in candy blue (chrome powder + candy blue clear coat) and the exterior and all other parts done in black chrome .

Painted parts will be done next Friday and this week will be all about the PSU and wiring + mods that don't concern the exterior shell of the case like the granite floor, res testing, and radiator setup

more replys and thankyou's forthcoming but I need time to re-assimilate

-Ian

[voigts]

Oh man is this looking sweet.

[millertime359]

Welcome back SD, everything is looking really cool. I can't wait for final build photos

[Rise]

welcome back

Looking good man, I really like your FLOW logo in particular. I wonder if there is anyway to route your tubing so that you spell that out with the tubez?

can't wait to see it all brought together

[bentleya]

Welcome back, i see i am mentioned in the quote

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Saaya post incoming!

Now we are talking
Verry nice progress, and exelent photos as always.

Thankyou Jah

Fantastic job on those parts Ian.

I'm really looking forward to seeing this all come together - keep up the good work!

hehe, thanyou charles - I really really want to make my own CNC router after seeing the one this shop had, the router when programmed correctly can make very small cuts and provides a clean polished finish while being much more economical than other types of cutting - that darned top panel cut from the laser cost me $210

Looking VERY nice. Keep it coming...

Thankyou Voigts

Excellent progress, and finally a barrage of pictures! It looks great - I can't wait to see what lies ahead.

Thanks Paul, I have some very cool wiring updates coming this week - just found out that my last sleeving bits for finishing the PSU have arrived

I love how Sniipe put a piece of aluminum to cover up the Red connector on those HD4890 Fantastic idea

It's actually a piece of 1/4" delrin I cut by hand and painted - it looks right spiffy in mounted in there

HOLY

Those Enzotech Unicorn heatsinks look great! Do they actually work decent in a passive setup or are they just eye candy?

They are very good coolers, I am sure they would work in a passive setup wonderfully

The usual - fanboy fight.

Ahahahhahahahahaa

NO!

Welcome back SD, everything is looking really cool. I can't wait for final build photos

hehe, normally at this post I would say "the end is still a long way off, I have lots of work to do" But in this case I get to bury my head in my work and keep cranking away at it, I have so much to do and only 12 days until the LAN

welcome back

Looking good man, I really like your FLOW logo in particular. I wonder if there is anyway to route your tubing so that you spell that out with the tubez?

can't wait to see it all brought together

Thanks Rise - are you coming to the Nor'easter LAN on aug 1st?

Welcome back, i see i am mentioned in the quote

yep I stole all the updates off of my bit-tech log as it was the simplest way of doing things

Thanks Kirk, DP, and waterlogged for clearing up the parallel flow debacle in my absence

cheers all

[ILikeCosmosS]

Where did you get that awesome crossfire bridge?
Welcome back

[Rise]

Thanks Rise - are you coming to the Nor'easter LAN on aug 1st?

I didn't know there was one! If you could PM me the details (or link?) I'll definitely be there if I'm in town!

[Quixylvre]

lookin' good, SNiiPE!

[rjkoneill]

more of the same great work - loving the front panel now
should look sweet when countersunk

congrats on the additional sponsers

[sniperbob]

I didn't know there was one! If you could PM me the details (or link?) I'll definitely be there if I'm in town!

you better go to Noreaster lan man! i'll be there too.

NOREASTER

and to stay on topic

AWESOME to see you back here. i was very discouraged to see your account deactivated as I enjoy seeing these builds of yours coming to life. The front panel looks amazing!

[paul_]

WELCOME BACK, SNiiPE!

Aw, you know my PSU weak spot - I can't wait to see the wiring (I was working on that very thing today - in fact, I oughtta take some pictures!)

Keep up the good work!

[MomijiTMO]

Welcome back. I was following your build log over at Bit Tech. I love the roof. Man it looks good.

[Rise]

you better go to Noreaster lan man! i'll be there too.

NOREASTER

and to stay on topic

AWESOME to see you back here. i was very discouraged to see your account deactivated as I enjoy seeing these builds of yours coming to life. The front panel looks amazing!

Ian already sent me the details, I'm going to try and make it

[pingpong1455]

welcome back just ehhhhh whered you go lol

oh and did you get my e-mail snipe

oh and where is this lan ?

wait crap i dont have a rig

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

welcome back just ehhhhh whered you go lol

oh and did you get my e-mail snipe

oh and where is this lan ?

wait crap i dont have a rig

ah yes, I read it on my phone then never replied, getting on that - BTW there is a tj07 at work I can steal measurements off of if need be, we'll talk soon

[Ashraf]

Welcome back.

I like what I am seeing so far. The design on the front door reminds me of the WCG logo.