Help finalise my $8000 WC build !

[serialk11r]

yeah i have both the rd30 and ddc2 and i just dont feel confortable walking out of the house with my rig folding when useing the ddc2. the rd30 is the most awesome pump ive ever had the pleasure using however my advice is to get a dedicated power supply. the rd30 has a large current draw at start up that would make me feel uneasy having it on a normal psu.

You must use it with a 24V power supply, computer PSUs only provide 12v... that's why petra talked to some company about producing a power switch or something that converts 12V DC from the PSU of your computer to 24V.

[nattoNrice]

yah i realise this! thats y i said a meanwell powersupply in my first post! hence my comment about connecting it to a normal psu (thru a step up).

[phcjpp]

Firstly - I do care about the money I just wanted a rig that would last for a while and when I come to upgrade it should be a fairly easy process too. I specced this up on Vadim and it came in at 11,000$ for the same kit so I think building it myself makes a lot of sense and on top it will be wicked fun (let alone the overclocking potential of this rig). I spent a summer 2 years ago building my own full size 'mame' arcade machine from scratch. Again great fun and massive sense of achievement when it was done! It even had a rotating monitor but thats another story and well off topic.

Right, to answer some of the posts.

I can see why the iwaki would make sense given I imagine it has fantastic reliability. As someone said, pond pumps work in terrible conditions and seem to keep on going for years without compaint although that would probably be their ac models to be fair. The 18W DCC's are working out around 150$ each if you buy them in the UK - not so different to the iwaki's.

Aquatube - OMG is it really made for aluminium ? Eeek looked so good too Ah well back to the drawing board on the reservoir. Wanted something with a jet that could be lit for the bling factor. I especially wanted something I could mount in 2 of the 4 80mm fan holes on top of the horizon. Thought the lighted jets would look great from above.

As I said the dvd is not really a biggie for me. I burn one dvd a month if that. Its more for loading drivers/packages on really.

Thanks again for all the comments. Very welcome and keep them coming!

Big things to decide upon are the pumps and the reservoirs it seems.

Oh and mountain modes wrote back to say if I wanted the 120.2 mod on the back it would be a number of weeks if it hadn't already gone to painting which it probably has.

Ta
Chris

[nattoNrice]

Aquatube - OMG is it really made for aluminium ? Eeek looked so good too Ah well back to the drawing board on the reservoir. Wanted something with a jet that could be lit for the bling factor. I especially wanted something I could mount in 2 of the 4 80mm fan holes on top of the horizon. Thought the lighted jets would look great from above.

yah it is al which suxs nuts.
Check out the ek res it is very cool! i think it has a more high tech bling then the aquatube.

[phcjpp]

You got a link to the EK res you mean?

Ta
C

[serialk11r]

http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/index....c5f8243f271ad7
There are UK retailers but I'm not sure what they are.

[nattoNrice]

its the same guy ur getting ur 8800gtx block off!
http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/index....dc4c60fb680376

edit: lol@ serial! posting same answer at the same time ftw

[phcjpp]

Thanks for the links - no jets though

And Ian ...

>>If you really want to use stainless steel worm clamps (and I suggest that you do not) be careful about how tight you have them, even on metal barbs. Watch the crimping of the tubes.

Do you advocate the plastic clips (use those on my garden watering system and they seem ok - tube thicker though)

Chris

[serialk11r]

Thanks for the links - no jets though

And Ian ...

>>If you really want to use stainless steel worm clamps (and I suggest that you do not) be careful about how tight you have them, even on metal barbs. Watch the crimping of the tubes.

Do you advocate the plastic clips (use those on my garden watering system and they seem ok - tube thicker though)

Chris

Uh, no blocks use jets these days...and definitely no GPU block does.
They are cool but...

[phcjpp]

I meant the res jets ... you an get a nice effect with a jet and lighting in the res .

chris

[serialk11r]

I meant the res jets ... you an get a nice effect with a jet and lighting in the res .

chris

Uh, that's a bad thing...last thing you want is restriction from...the RES OMFGPWNBBQSAUCE (sorry I copied you incorrectly nikhsub). BUT, you get a nice swirling effect with a strong pump

[phcjpp]

Ah yes good point well made ..... hmm just have to work out where to put em. I wonder if I could poke em out of the 80mm holes on top - would rather spoil the lines of the mm case though - perhaps not. Oh well will see where they fit. Maybe I can bling em with a LED

So many choices ......

Right off to ride the road bike for a couple of hours round Richmond Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Park..... such a nice day.



Chris

[serialk11r]

Ah yes good point well made ..... hmm just have to work out where to put em. I wonder if I could poke em out of the 80mm holes on top - would rather spoil the lines of the mm case though - perhaps not. Oh well will see where they fit. Maybe I can bling em with a LED

So many choices ......

Right off to ride the road bike for a couple of hours round Richmond Park ..... such a nice day.



Chris

Bling? hehehe we love that here. A UV CCFL or something will illuminate it all right

[Duh]

@chris: send an email and ask petra If he can ship you a pcpower together with the cooling stuff.

[IanY]

Thanks for the links - no jets though

And Ian ...

>>If you really want to use stainless steel worm clamps (and I suggest that you do not) be careful about how tight you have them, even on metal barbs. Watch the crimping of the tubes.

Do you advocate the plastic clips (use those on my garden watering system and they seem ok - tube thicker though)

Chris

I can only speak for myself. My views may not, and are probably not, reflective of the majority of people on here. I refuse to use stainless steel worm clips and i try to avoid using metal barbs. I like plastic nylon hose clamps.

Its all up to you. Its your machine.

BTW, I'm a road cyclist myself

[phcjpp]

Well if you are living in the UK you just had a fantastic day of summer weather!

I only went with the steel ones because they looked the safest. Seems they may not be the most sensible for thin walled tubes though. Certainly the ones in the garden haven't come off and thats mains pressure.

Will give Petra a shout about the power supply - you never know - also waiting to hear on the iwaki pumps too - could be quite a petra order.

Thanks again guys - keep the comments coming. Hopefully get that Petra order off this week.

Chris

[phcjpp]

Just to tie this thread off - the link to the build thread is here.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=144315

Ta

Chris

[jagt]

Vista 32bit can not utilize more than a little over 3GB of RAM. Get 64bit, seriously. Been using it for a few months, and there's absolutely no problems with it as long as you disable digital driver signing.

[phcjpp]

I did in the end - its on its way in the post now. Changed quite a few of the parts too!

Chris