one of my all-time favs.
one of my all-time favs.
Agreed. This build makes me wish I had done more research and bought a mountain mods CYO instead of the 800D Obsidian.Originally Posted by taters mcgee
uh oh ***blushes*** - thanks for the kind words. I truly enjoyed doing this build - and learned so much, but have never been satisfied with it. Still mulling over just how I will redo it. Here's how it sits today (remember - we moved in December):
Makes me very sad (and guilty, knowing that there's some serious crunching power going unused atm). Some clean-up to do before it goes back together ---
Those GPU Water blocks are going to be a pain to clean (flushing alone does not do it). I have to take them apart - and getting the o-rings back in is a PITA. Given I have 3 of them, I'm not looking forward to it.
I showed these pics in my other work log, but will include them here to complete the story. My GTZ, after running for months 24/7 at full load with Feser One blue:
There is definitely some build-up from the dye in the block - but some of the residue is also (I'm pretty sure) caused by some loose tissue bits leftover from my radiator painting escapade. All in all - no where near as bad as others have seen.
Still - the moral of the story is - use colored coolants only if you are willing to bear the pain of cleaning components regularly, and monitor closely for any flow/performance hits (which I never saw).
The Black Box will live again - just haven't decided what form it will take. And, I, ummm, have another project or two I should be getting back to.
why shazza, if you give those gpu's and blocks to me, you won't have to clean them
you've got me wondering about my GTZ right now.. ive had Acid Green F1 in it for 7 months now...
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Probably in the same condition as Shazza's
Any luck cleaning this, Shazza, or have you been too busy with the black pearl?
Acckkkk - thread from the dead
No problem cleaning the reservoirs and GTZ block. The GPU blocks are a whole different story - the rinse reasonably clean, but really have to take them apart to get all the staining out - and it's a major PITA to get the o-rings in correctly. The easy way out is just to use them with red coolant again ...
back from the dead? Only one month. You can't even call that a coma :P.
just a little message to say how much i love your rig shazza !
Very clean , and well organized
Just peeping in to check out the resurrected party.
A Zombie party, and a pirate shows up? Where's yer invitation?
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Invitation?
<points to self> Pirate... </points to self>
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Sounds to me like you have more projects in progress than you have time to keep up with.
The more times I see gunk from Feser One, Primochill, etc., the more I am convinced that I am going to stick with plain distilled even though their color looks nice.
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Shazza, I have what I feel is an easy solution to your o-ring issue.Acckkkk - thread from the dead
No problem cleaning the reservoirs and GTZ block. The GPU blocks are a whole different story - the rinse reasonably clean, but really have to take them apart to get all the staining out - and it's a major PITA to get the o-rings in correctly. The easy way out is just to use them with red coolant again ...
Dampen them with some distilled water before you try to fit them back onto the block. If they're damp, they should easily stick into the grooves. This is what I did when I re-assembled my 5970 blocks, and it only took a minute or two to get them back in. Went really easy, actually.
As for technique, I would lay out the o-ring close to where the groove was if not already in it, and run a finger along the path of the groove to direct the o-ring into it. If they're damp, they should stick.
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O-rings will also hold a shape, if you hold them there for a couple minutes
arggghhh ... may have to delete this thread so it stops haunting me
Yep - I have tried all of the above methods for putting the o-rings back in, and also tried tightening one screw at a time and gently poking the o-ring back in place with a toothpick. I can get it back in - it's just not my favorite thing to do.
have you tried a bit of vasloline to hold them in place?...it works well and can easily be cleaned from the outsides with just warm water and soap...just a couple dabs will hold them in place
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It's a shazza party, my invitation musta been lost in the mail.
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