Project Normandy SS2010

[JoeChuo]

Hello XS!

Quite sometime that I'm posting here. Gonna to re-build my secondary rig. Of course water cooling ... Thank's Kibbler project for the inspirations. Have fun!

Hardware being used:
Intel Xeon W3530 change to W3680
Asus Rampage II Extreme change to EVGA Classified SLI
Asus ENGTX295 change to HD5970
Corsair Dominator 2000 CL7
Intel SSD X25-M G2 80GB X3 Raid0 add another SSD X4 Raid0
WD 2TB Storage
Silverstone Stider 1000W Modular Power Supply
Lian Li PC-P50R

Cooling:
HeatKiller 3.0 Nickel Black
EK FC5970 Block
EK Full Cover Motherboard Block
MCP355 Pump w/EK Dual Top
EK 360 RAD + GTS 360 change to another EK 360 RAD
EK Multi Option Res 250
Single Loop ... maybe!

Let's begin ...
Start with something small yeah!
Prep the fans ..



Finally red fans!



Delicious!
That's for starter ...

[ScottALot]

A beautiful start

[JoeChuo]

Dried! Ready for clear coat ..

[erikmorgan]

sub'd!

[Nashaz]

Tasty!... Rustoleum?

[JoeChuo]

Tasty!... Rustoleum?

Yep .. Rustoleum but expensive tho. Couldn't find their clear coat .. sigh!

[JoeChuo]

Will using this one for clear coat ... hope it will work.



Spraying done! Now waiting for drying time.

[JoeChuo]

Rad taking shower ... flushing with running tap and boiling water.



EK 360 RAD + GTS 360 my old buddy rad ...



Bbbbrr! Done shower!

[JoeChuo]

Fans reconstruction completed.







Original fans: DELTA AFB1212HH

[JoeChuo]

Continue with the fans stickers ..
The old sticker unusable.



Solution ... auto sticker.



I like it!

[CCC]

very cool little mod

[Church]

I'd probably just stick newly made stickers on top of original ones, in case if i'll ever need to RMA fan.

[tool_462]

I'd probably just stick newly made stickers on top of original ones, in case if i'll ever need to RMA fan.

I would venture a guess that removing the sticker to remove the blades and paint them probably voids any warranty they may have

[Church]

Ugh, i just quickly glanced through last posts, missed "painting" part

[JoeChuo]

Hey Guys, thank you for the comments.
The fans got no warranty already. It's an old fans from my previous rig. I think it's already 4 years old. Wanna to get a new look. Mounting on the rad now. Taking some shot later.

[JoeChuo]

Mounting fans on RAD ...



Nice comb ..



Enjoy!

[JoeChuo]

Finished stacking the radiators ..
Push and pull configuration with custom shroud in between the radiators using old fans case.







My thread kinda quite ... feel like not welcome here.

[Church]

Do you really want stacked rads?

[Crazy V]

Good looking build so far! Subscribed

O no now you can't RMA those fans,...........

We are modders who cares its a fan and they look good!!!

[guilleguillaume]

Those fans are just brilliant with the contrast between the red and black colour, i love the sticker.

Subscribed, I really want to see how it keeps going on.

[JoeChuo]

Do you really want stacked rads?

Thanks for the head-up! I knew that stacked rad is not a good idea that why I choose the Delta fans 2800RPM. The fans screaming like hell at full speed. Under-volt and run at 2000RPM silent .. quite surprise at this one.

Good looking build so far! Subscribed

O no now you can't RMA those fans,...........

We are modders who cares its a fan and they look good!!!

+1 for that!

Those fans are just brilliant with the contrast between the red and black colour, i love the sticker.

Subscribed, I really want to see how it keeps going on.

Thanks! Glad that my thread interest you.

[Church]

JoeChuo: Not much people accept 2000rpm as silent enough, so probably that's the reason why not much people test rad performance above 1400-1700. With that fast fans as mentioned ones probably two stacked rad performance will rise more, maybe upto 1.5 times of single one. Don't know how high though. I see that already one of rads is very high finned one (GTS, 30FPI) and designed for high-rpm range fans, that's good. I hope three delta fan layers will be enough to effectively blow through with increased airflow restriction by rad stacking.

[JoeChuo]

JoeChuo: Not much people accept 2000rpm as silent enough, so probably that's the reason why not much people test rad performance above 1400-1700. With that fast fans as mentioned ones probably two stacked rad performance will rise more, maybe upto 1.5 times of single one. Don't know how high though. I see that already one of rads is very high finned one (GTS, 30FPI) and designed for high-rpm range fans, that's good. I hope three delta fan layers will be enough to effectively blow through with increased airflow restriction by rad stacking.

It probably my BigNg RPM sensor faulty, that why I quiet surprise. @2000RPM this Delta quieter that my GT1800RPM fans. I testes both side by side. More air for the Delta. Maybe the paint thing.

This not the first time I stacked the rads. Stacking rads directly without the shroud definitely not recommended. With shroud and push/pull fans configuration is my choice. Stacking TC140.3 before ... is better that my TFC480+TFC120 at the bottom TJ07. Right now doing this rig using the low end rads with the smaller case ... hope everything is good!

[JoeChuo]

Thinking how to mount the radiators ... tooling time!

Some alu bar ..



Filing! Pain job! Gossh!



Looking for my drill ... stay tune!

[JoeChuo]

Finally found my drill.



Simplified the mounting bracket ... using the shroud attach this with tiny holder instead. Painting now ..