Continuing Madness

[theseeker]

Looking good.

Have you thought about using two crystal links and go parallel between the GPUs and then have the top motherboard waterblock outlet go straight over into the top of the reservoir?

Yes, I had a thorough consultation with the staff http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=267764
and the parallel idea was dropped in the grease!

[BrokenArrow]

Not sure what you mean. The referenced thread seemed to "promote" parallel GPUs in most of the sketches. Please clarify.

Such as this:

[theseeker]

The last piece of the puzzle showed up today....I hope!
Major update tomorrow.

[ChaosAD]

Any update available?

[theseeker]

Any update available?

I should be posting some pics later today. Thanks for checking in.

[theseeker]

A small update and many more decisions to make. I took these pics outdoors in natural light. I am very happy with the white acrylic and the EK ram cooler is much better than I expected.

I am trying to determine where to put all of these wires! I have a few holes in my MB and I can reroute some, but this MB requires a lot of power, not to mention the VC's.

What is an idiot to do?










Much more tomorrow.

[theseeker]

I still have to sleeve the breakout cable, but I had to make sure it would be long enough first.



I really like the white acrylic.



We miss you Charles!



Now I am off to route the snakes! Good thing I have alot of zip ties....

[theseeker]

I routed the 2-8 pins behind the MB, PITA, but with all the wires I have to route, this looks pretty good to me. Anybody out there?

[nolonger]

I routed the 2-8 pins behind the MB, PITA, but with all the wires I have to route, this looks pretty good to me. Anybody out there?

I'm here.

[fatherTime27]

Oh how I want sli 580's

[SovietKitsch]

The 8 pin wires are looking good. Nothing much you can do there. It's hard to make all those wires fit!

[CryptiK]

Saw your post in the R3E thread and came looking for a build thread - very nice!

I've just re-done mine coming from a R2E to a R3E as well, and we share a few similar parts. You have good taste is all I'll say

[Anemic]

Holy Macaroni Batman!

[shazza]

Looking better - I don't envy you. My thought would be to try to arrange the cabling with a bit of "flow" - since it's sleeved so nicely, why not showcase it?

[voigts]

That's an awful lot of wiring needed just to power a MB. I have a feeling you will lose some skin before you figure out where to put it all.

[theseeker]

The 8 pin wires are looking good. Nothing much you can do there. It's hard to make all those wires fit!

I drilled three more holes in the MB tray to allow more room.

Saw your post in the R3E thread and came looking for a build thread - very nice!

I've just re-done mine coming from a R2E to a R3E as well, and we share a few similar parts. You have good taste is all I'll say

Thank you!

Holy Macaroni Batman!

You mean spaghetti

Looking better - I don't envy you. My thought would be to try to arrange the cabling with a bit of "flow" - since it's sleeved so nicely, why not showcase it?

I am trying, especially with Martin's great work, but these Corsair cables are really stiff.

That's an awful lot of wiring needed just to power a MB. I have a feeling you will lose some skin before you figure out where to put it all.

I did manage to cut the out of my thumb. After drilling and filing, my thumb managed to find the one spot that was not filed Fortunately I did it in the tank room and the blood landed on the rubber floor, no staining.

Currently the primer coat is drying on the MB tray and I should get the initial coat of black on tonight.

My last piece of the puzzle is to determine where to add the second rad
(120.1) in the loop. Is there any downside to running rads in series? The Feser is not that restrictive and the SR does not appear to be either. Any thoughts?
Thanks for looking in and more pics tomorrow.

[Johnny87au]

wow not sure how i missed this thread since i am subb'd, looking schmick buddy! Hope you manage the sleeving hehe, quite alot of cables there!

[voigts]

My last piece of the puzzle is to determine where to add the second rad (120.1) in the loop. Is there any downside to running rads in series? The Feser is not that restrictive and the SR does not appear to be either. Any thoughts?
Thanks for looking in and more pics tomorrow.

Running rads in series is usually the best way to go. You can run rads in parallel, but in order to do so, they need to be the same type and size, and have the inlet and outlet tubing running evenly to them. It is a lot harder to mess up rads run in serial, and the performance difference between serial and parallel is negligible. This topic has come up a number of times before, and I'd have to do some digging to be more specific.

[theseeker]

wow not sure how i missed this thread since i am subb'd, looking schmick buddy! Hope you manage the sleeving hehe, quite alot of cables there!

Many thanks and yes, the wires are killing me!

Running rads in series is usually the best way to go. You can run rads in parallel, but in order to do so, they need to be the same type and size, and have the inlet and outlet tubing running evenly to them. It is a lot harder to mess up rads run in serial, and the performance difference between serial and parallel is negligible. This topic has come up a number of times before, and I'd have to do some digging to be more specific.

I questioned Skinnee before I took the route posted below. It's nice to have XS Guru's! I was torn between two pumps or two rads, but since my last rig ran great with my D5 on 2, I will just turn it up to 4. However, I may still go with two pumps in series, I really like redundancy. Additionally, the big Feser can handle the heat and I doubt the extra 120 will make much difference.

OK, on with the show.

This was fun.



Obviously I love BP fittings....



It's getting crowded in the basement...



I listened to your poll input and here it is, the zip ties are temporary....



I am pretty happy with the 8 pins....



I really like the crystals!



I did an experiment with the Priomochill tubing today and I will never use anything else. What you see in the basement is Tygon and while it is good, the Primochill is much easier to work with and much better IMO.
The next decision is regarding tubing color. The midplate is white acrylic and I am leaning towards white tubing to Ram-CPU-GPU-"Crystals"-MB-MB and Black to the Res and Black to the basement. The H20 will be colored with Mayhem Red Dye and my thought is that parts odf the loop will be invisible.
Yep, I am crazy!

Thanks for your input and looking in.

[BrokenArrow]

Have you thought about flipping your PSU (fan side to radiator) so the radiator exhaust would go directly into the PSU fan and out the back? I think it may help radiator air flow.

[theseeker]

Have you thought about flipping your PSU (fan side to radiator) so the radiator exhaust would go directly into the PSU fan and out the back? I think it may help radiator air flow.

Good idea, thanks.

[matt220]

Is that primochill tube?

[theseeker]

Is that primochill tube?

No, the tubing in the basement is Tygon. The rest of the tubing, white, black and clear will be Primochill. And, like I stated previously, I will be using Primochill from now on. The difference is amazing!

[matt220]

Do you know how well clear primochill tube fights off clouding?

[theseeker]

Do you know how well clear primochill tube fights off clouding?

Yes, that is why I purchased it in the first place.

Stay tuned!
Tomorrow I will show off the benefits of Primochill tubing. This stuff is hard to defeat, it never met a bend that that it does not like, and it is very easy to heat up.