Shazza's Modest Mountain Mods Build

[ILikeCosmosS]

Shazza does feser one fluid gunk at all? i have seen you have been using it

[shazza]

Only been using Feser One for a week or so, Cosmos - but so far I don't see any gunking.

Welllllll, my day of clean up and final assembly has come to an end with nothing much accomplished. The death of my Aquaero Display has taken up my day - I was so hoping it was user error and something fixable. Doesn't seem to be, but ... who knows????

Maybe I will have a chance to finish things up this week ... next weekend is out, as we are going to Sedona, and I doubt I'd be popular if I said "Let's cancel - I want to stay home to work on my PC"

[theseeker]

Only been using Feser One for a week or so, Cosmos - but so far I don't see any gunking.

Welllllll, my day of clean up and final assembly has come to an end with nothing much accomplished. The death of my Aquaero Display has taken up my day - I was so hoping it was user error and something fixable. Doesn't seem to be, but ... who knows????

Maybe I will have a chance to finish things up this week ... next weekend is out, as we are going to Sedona, and I doubt I'd be popular if I said "Let's cancel - I want to stay home to work on my PC"

I have done the cancel thing once and it cost me a trip to the Cartier shop!

[Alex Suraci]

I have the EVGA motherboard myself, just got a system up and running with it Friday. It's my first ever build, though it's still incomplete - I was running off a USB flash drive, then I was like "screw this" and partitioned my external backup drive, then I got curious, and long story short my external is now an internal. My VelociRaptor 300GB will show up tomorrow. Anyway, the EVGA seems like a great board so far - will you be stepping up to the Classified when it's out?

I'll be going GTX 285 as well once I get the money for it. I'm on a 8600 GTS I picked up from Newegg along with my RAM (Corsair Dominator 6gb) as a placeholder, and maybe dedicated PhysX card once my 285 is here.

[shazza]

Hi, Alex. I hope you are as happy with the EVGA X58 as I am - it's been great so far, and holding up to all the changes I'm puttiing it through.

I don't expect to step up to the Classified ... the current board has more headroom than I need at the moment.

[dreamaxx]

those pics look amazing, i love the see through water block for the gfx.

[PaRn ssR]

[Aielman]

Wow...what a treat. Last time I visited this thread you had just had the meltdown and declared an end. Today I come back to find 10 more pages of goodness

Looks really fantastic Shazza. Definitely one of my favorite builds. Really inspiring.

Love the house too (the tree huggers up here in Jacksonville make us call it wetlands...glad someone besides me still calls it the swamp, heh)

[shazza]

Thank you Aielman ... very nice of you. And - I agree, a swamp is just a swamp, no matter what the real estate agents want to call it.

A quick update ... received my replacement LCD for the Aquaero. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the same connector piece, which means I'll have to get a connector and do a bunch of delicate soldering to hook it up. Am investigating other alternatives til I get that worked out. Also found out my weekend away is NEXT week, so will have this weekend to try to finish this puppy.

[Jhors2]

Thank you Aielman ... very nice of you. And - I agree, a swamp is just a swamp, no matter what the real estate agents want to call it.

A quick update ... received my replacement LCD for the Aquaero. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the same connector piece, which means I'll have to get a connector and do a bunch of delicate soldering to hook it up. Am investigating other alternatives til I get that worked out. Also found out my weekend away is NEXT week, so will have this weekend to try to finish this puppy.

I wanna see this thing!! I'm really looking into getting an Aquaero after reading everything it can do and am curious as to see how you like it after you finally get it up and running.

[Snyxxx]

A quick update ... received my replacement LCD for the Aquaero. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the same connector piece, which means I'll have to get a connector and do a bunch of delicate soldering to hook it up. Am investigating other alternatives til I get that worked out. Also found out my weekend away is NEXT week, so will have this weekend to try to finish this puppy.

You may just want to buy another Aquaero and call it a day. I am not sure about you, but time has a value and these are not that expensive. I would be afraid of doing all the soldering work and to have it not work.

[SiGfever]

You may just want to buy another Aquaero and call it a day. I am not sure about you, but time has a value and these are not that expensive. I would be afraid of doing all the soldering work and to have it not work.

I can't blame theseeker for my Aquaero addiction, he was just my dealer.

[shazza]

You may just want to buy another Aquaero and call it a day. I am not sure about you, but time has a value and these are not that expensive. I would be afraid of doing all the soldering work and to have it not work.

I think you are right, but I've got a temp fix (a little surprise for later).

I woulda just ordered another Aquaero already, but Sidewinders is out of them. I do, however, have a fix on thedealer who may be able to help me out

As for time to solder, I've also got a plan for that (he just doesn't know it yet )

[shazza]

More than one way to skin the

[skinnee]

A 4 line display...only so many of those available.

[Jhors2]

She really has lost her mind, she probably spent more time finding those smilies than hooking that thing up!

[shazza]

A 4 line display...only so many of those available.

And, I'm sure you know which one it is.

She really has lost her mind, she probably spent more time finding those smilies than hooking that thing up!

I wish! Notice the time delay between posts - did have dinner, but it took about an hour to redo my USB connectors, and then ... hooking the USB headers up while having to thread in between the video cards is a major PITA.

[skinnee]

And, I'm sure you know which one it is.

I thought so, but the rounded corners tossed my theory out the window...so I dont have a clue.

[shazza]

It's the Crystalfontz 4-line 634 USB display Drive-Bay kit. I'm basically using the Aquaero as an LT version (e.g. with no display), but can use the CF 634 for display. Still have the ability to control fans and monitor temps with the Aquaero. Not necessarily elegant, but works for now.

[skinnee]

Okay, I thought it was a CrystalFontz...but it looked nothing like the display I have. I was on the right track I guess.

[PaRn ssR]

[BringerOdeath]

shazza, is that Murdermod sleeving on your psu wires, etc? Can they make sleeving in white??

[Snyxxx]

It's the Crystalfontz 4-line 634 USB display Drive-Bay kit. I'm basically using the Aquaero as an LT version (e.g. with no display), but can use the CF 634 for display. Still have the ability to control fans and monitor temps with the Aquaero. Not necessarily elegant, but works for now.

Nice workaround. So let me get this straight, you can pass Aquaero info to the 4-line LCD?

[shazza]

shazza, is that Murdermod sleeving on your psu wires, etc? Can they make sleeving in white??

Yes, it's murderMod sleeving. I'm not sure if they make a white sleeving yet, but you can check out their website and email them.

Nice workaround. So let me get this straight, you can pass Aquaero info to the 4-line LCD?

Haven't figured out how to do it directly. What I am doing is passing info from Everest to the display. Running the Aquasuite software as well, I can control the fans using temperature readings. So, fans and temp sensors are connected to the Aquaero.

[theseeker]

shazza, is that Murdermod sleeving on your psu wires, etc? Can they make sleeving in white??

Yes they do make white sleeving.