[Project] YAMMS

[dho]

No, it's not a build inside the popular Yam vegetable, it's Yet Another Mountain Mods System (sorry to disappoint )

I'm not much of a modder, and even less of a photographer, but I was hoping to share this buy-and-build project all the same. Please don't hesitate to share your comments, questions, and criticisms.

Here's a quick run-down of the PC hardware:

Anodized MM U2UFO CYO - Opti120.3 front, triple rear, horizon m/b mount
QX9650 ES
EVGA 790i Ultra
4GB Mushkin PC3-12800
EVGA GTX 280
2x OCZ Core 64GB SSD RAID-0
Ultra X3 PSU

And the LC gear:

2x MCP355 w/ XSPC tops
2x Thermochill PA120.3 rads
EK Supreme
EK NB
EK FC GTX 280 block
9x Scythe S-Flex 1600rpm fans
Scythe Kaze Master fan controller
Big bag of bitspower compression fittings
.. and a pile of other stuff to be unboxed and somehow squeezed in.

Enough chatter, let's get on with it!











Rad flush, case assembly, test fitting, and plenty more to do this weekend

[MomijiTMO]

Haha I love the title.

Nice hardware and have fun cleaning everything.

[BNDMOD]

Suscribed!

[skinnee]

must see more pictures!!!

begin countdown to RRR posting his traditional "FTW" post...

[dho]

Thanks for the kind words, all.

I unpacked and flushed one of my rads last night, but after unpacking the second noticed this:









Needless to say I'm concerned. The other rad was flawless, but I'm hoping these are just a little bends in the hose and it's not punctured. I folded them back out and they seem okay so far. Hopefully I won't end up with a face full of hot water when I flush it.

Instead of potentially ending the evening on a bad note, I changed gears and mounted the EK FC GTX block instead. Man that thing is beautiful! Go EK!

[mit78]

nice,please more pics!!!!!!!!!!!

[IanY]

Just a fin. No big deal. Bend it back and it'll be just fine.

Its almost par for the course with Thermochill.

[IanY]

begin countdown to RRR posting his traditional "FTW" post...

No FTWs from RRR today? OK. I'll do it for him.

Anodized MM FTW! PA120.3 FTW! EK Supreme FTW! MCP355 FTW! XSPC Tops FTW! Bitspower Compressions FTW Ultra PSU FTW! EVGA Mobo FTW! {did I miss anything?}

[dho]

You guys crack me up. Now it's a real mountain mods thread

Who did you buy them from???

Picked them up from MM along with the case. Boxes were well packed inside others, so my guess would be either a Thermochill quality issue or damaged in transit to MM. Either way, I'm sure I'd have no problem with a return if it turns out there's a puncture - those guys are awesome.

Shell finally assembled



Test fitting some components



Tubing might be tight going up this way as planned, but we'll see



No room for compression fittings on this badboy - spacing is too tight. It's universal though, so in the parts bin it goes..



I'll order a DD mpc-universal instead. It'll cost a little flow (my original reason for going with the EK SB/NB 5 block in the first place), but I'm still over 1.25gpm, so no worries.

[dho]

NO........... Don't go DD, please........

Any particular issue with the block, or just don't like DD in general?

[skinnee]

DD will be fine...a little piece of RRR will die, but DD will be fine!

[freakgeek1337]

RRR, you are one annoying man. It's one thing to be a MM fanboy, it's another thing to hate DD for no apparent reason... Well, anyway that's one hell of a build right there.

[Mick64]

Nice project

Wish I had the time and funds to build a monster like this!

[MomijiTMO]

DD will be fine...a little piece of RRR will die, but DD will be fine!

I do have to say that I was laughing quite hard at this.

DD will be fine but I guess if you look at it from a different and somewhat odd angle, RRR might be saying that you already have EK blocks so you would be ruining your EK theme. Alternatively I might be a tad retarded but either goes.

[disruptfam]

OT:RRR you may do all that fanboyism in good fun mate, but for new water coolers on the forum will automatically think oh this guy said its no good...they get confused and you could tell Them to go thermaltake watercooling and they would!

AS FUNNY AS THAT MAY SOUND ...

Let me tell ya i'am a huge ek fanboy(Yall already know) but i don't discredit other manufacturers offerings..one offering may not be your cup of tea...but don't shoot it down.

Without knowing how it performs.

This is not aggressive attack so don't take it that way.

You don't have to be fanboy to appreciate something good.

Just my lil rant for the day aka friendly reminder

(OP by no means am i saying your a noob)Lovely build btw

[disruptfam]

Giving your opinion is not the problem mate...

post edited... sorry OP continue on..

[Catz]

As far as ThermalTake goes, what's wrong with that product???

FAIL

[capreppy]

Sub'd.

[Razor_Blade]

Awesome build, reminds me of mine... GL with it all!

[Nate P.]

The DD block isn't all bad, Martin did a review on it: http://www.martinsliquidlab.com/Dang...Universal.html

[ubermensch]

Awesome build, reminds me of mine... GL with it all!

Looking really nice. Reminds me of my build too. I got the exact same setup opti1203 front and triple back in horizontal alignment. I got 2 thermochills set up exactly the same way you do. The anodize finish looks nice..

[twwen2]

I'll be watching this one closely, i'm liking the size and layout of this MM iteration

[dho]

I appreciate all the opinions; don't be shy. I did my homework for this project, but it's never 100% perfect. If that DD block leaks, cracks, or just causes problems we're all in for a well-deserved told-you-so from the big man from Texas.

(OP by no means am i saying your a noob)Lovely build btw

I've always thought that believing you know everything is a quick way to prove you know nothing. I've also found you can learn a lot by listening to a wiser crowd. So I'm just throwing parts in a box and hoping a well-laid plan plays out in the end. All credit goes to the manufacturers of today's fine LC gear. It's the golden age of this hobby.

Thanks for the compliment. Plenty of time to go south yet though.. stay tuned

Might want to seriously consider getting some air flow on the bottom of your DDC pump... Mounting those pumps flush on the bottom of the case, is like inviting trouble... The DDC is notorious for failure, induced by the motor overheating...

I hear ya. I'm building a short mesh stand to fasten on top of the gel pads. It was originally to provide a better angle for flow up to the rads, but yours is an even better reason.

Awesome build, reminds me of mine... GL with it all!

Thanks. I looked long and hard at your Radium box. Great build!

...

Not much of an update today. I somehow forgot to post the obligatory 'pile of stuff' pic, so here goes:



My last shipments arrive tomorrow, but today I finally received some gear from PTS (west coast -> NY is slooowww).

My wife takes a polite interest in the hobby - I say polite because it's mostly just a passing eye-roll when I'm asking a pile of anodized aluminum about how it wants its tubing routed. However, today in the PTS shipment I received these:



Fresh out of the box, she gave them a look and asked "What are those?". Ever the fool, I replied "Breast implants", and slipped each bag into the top of her shirt. Suffice it to say, she was not amused. I think I'll be working in the basement late tonight...

[IanY]

And I guess that's where you would be domiciled for the time being

[Serpentarius]

And I guess that's where you would be domiciled for the time being

i can imagine his ears should be either twisted upside down or he's having severe temporary hearing loss