cheers mate...
How thick will the backplate be ??? 2,3mm??
cheers mate...
How thick will the backplate be ??? 2,3mm??
Originally Posted by skinnee
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
First go will be 2mm. Should be OK with the light forces involved.
I have all the socket and block dimensions so its really just down to how loose to make the hole dia to allow for manufacturing variation. Getting some screws the right length should be OK too.
kool...
Hey what brand gtx do you have??
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
Its just the Inno3D GF 8800GTX PCI-E 768MB 575/1800MHz.
I went for the lower cost figuring I'd either buy two or resell. Turns out a nice card.
Swapped out its end plate for a single slot plate when I took the AC off. Helps a little with access.
So much wiring to run around with the M-cube stuff.
8 Sensors before I even start on the mobo!
Keeping track of it all is getting challenging. lol
Last edited by Jedda; 11-13-2007 at 08:49 AM.
look 4ward to more updates mate
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
Poor quality pic but it does show the GPU single end plate.
A pic of the single 8800 end plate for anyone interested.
Very easy to knock up or you can pick one up from PerfPC.
Last edited by Jedda; 11-14-2007 at 03:28 PM.
Very happy with the result of a trial boot.
It works, it works
Just have to finish wiring up all the sensors.
The hub has water temp in and out on both rads, with air temp in on both as well. Air temp out is on the Bigng itself.
Had to separate the case ribbon cable to set up its mechanical shut down. If any temp goes high it presses the on off switch. Woot!
Lotsa wiring though.
Check out the leads off the hub!
They'll all tidy up easily though.
Just the Bigng to go with another four analogue and a bunch of digital sensors to run and its up and running.
awesome!!!!!!
Getting close to finishing that beast!!!
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
Looking forward to it. With the doc's orders keeping the time free to work on it restricted, the build has taken far too long.
Some up-side though. The little details have been all thought out.
I split the second front case lead up so its LEDs could be used for M-cube and DVD drive status.
The second case on/off switch will open and close the stealthed DVD drive ultimately. There's a few small detailed mods to finish off after its running.
Brilliant work so far, awesome cable management (especially considering all the temp probes etc)! It must be nice knowing what you have is totally unique
Quick question for you; What was the shipping cost for the EK8800 block? I can't imagine it was overly expensive?
depends where you get it from....Brilliant work so far, awesome cable management (especially considering all the temp probes etc)! It must be nice knowing what you have is totally unique
Quick question for you; What was the shipping cost for the EK8800 block? I can't imagine it was overly expensive?
Flabbergast.com.au (aussie site based in sydney) now stock's ek blocks including the ek fc 8800gtx block acetal top...
http://www.flabbergast.com.au/ek-fc8...ra-acetal.html
So maybe $10 postage.. to you
hope that helps..
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
.Logic
For 4 blocks shipping from EK direct was $30Au. There was a Slovenian tax too that was 20% on the blocks cost.
Eddy is very helpfull but delivery is slow. If you can source from flabbergast or PTS, do so.
Thanks for the kind words.
Its been quite a job running all the M-cube internal usb connections and 14 separate temp sensors. lol Am I crazy? Certainly Xtreme.
So far I haven't seen anyone show detailed pics of their M-cube layout. So I'm hoping to add a bunch of pics of it all soon. Now I have a macro mode camera available it will be possible to get the close ups needed.
I'm no great thorough tester like some of the guys but I've always wanted to know what's going on in detail and the result of changes made. I finally get to have that with this build.
Good to be confidant of a shutdown if any temps go over spec while its unattended or I'm not paying attention.
Ultimately there'll be another 8800gtx and a hardware raid card with more drives added, because its main task is 3D modeling and graphic work. So it'll be nice to feel confidant the loops are secure.
If a DDC does cark on me, that'll be all I lose.
very nice updates jedda. keep em coming.
good job on the wiring.
With the top rad and tubes so far forward there's not a lot of room in the left front at the top
But that's OK, because we don't need a lot of room.
It'll mainly display M-cube and Everest readings.
I've never used one before and it might be little used after the novelty wears off. We'll see?
It was a Chilled PC Oz demonstrater and thus very inexpensive, so I thought, "why not?" It hooks up to an internal usb port and can display a bunch of stuff.
Septim,
Thanks for posting. Its nice to see what folks think.
I've been a bit obsessed with getting the wiring neat. Just hate multi coloured tangle. Its nice to have sleeving and plugs all match up. Take a little time to get it right. Otherwise I'd always regret I didn't.
Last edited by Jedda; 11-18-2007 at 07:14 AM.
I like the LCD and all of your attention to detail. Nice Job!
i was thinking of getting one of them lcd displays ahwile back..but was way to expensive for my taste's..glad to see you got one cheap mate!!!
looks nice!!!
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
Shazza
Thanks. All the detail is soaking up time though.
Onward with the wiring.
Got the Bigng hooked up
And tucked up into its possie, or nearly in position. It'll be a couple of inches further in when done. I've kept it out a bit for access during break in. Like the sensor hub, theres a bit of wire placement to finish off.
Getting there!
Great lcd and control setup here...
I will go this way with my project as well (phase 2) with a Aquaero VFD display and DDC pump controller and Aquaero relay to shutdown on determined parameters. it's 300$ already so I'm shopping to find cheaper prices or find used from someone else who are tired of watercooling.
just my personnal oppinion, maybe you should have gone color coded with your connectors. it could have save you some time pluging which to which...
but anyway, i will wait for some more pictures, you have an A for effort...
and i like the BigNG stuff, hopefully come next year i may have some budget for PC upgrade...
Septim
Colour coding has merit but I decided early on to stick as close as I could to black and silver for everything.
Most wiring isn't hard to keep track of but in a couple of places I used chrome sleeving to make sure of a difficult lead. If you look at the Bigng pic above, its USB lead is one I chrome sleeved.
Now its going in I've got the M-cube stuff sussed and think the Bigng and Sensor Hub is good value. Its very configurable and should last for years. Hell you could even put a sensor on your DDC base set for a shut down at your choice of temp, if you're really paranoid. lol
I really like having a few extra digital sensors so I can investigate ram, mosfet, airflow etc or any other area to see exactly what is happening. Beats the hell out of guessing.
Xilikon
I looked at M-cube, Crystalfontz, Matrix Orbital, Aquaero etc but am happy with this choice. I haven't used a MiniNg to control each DDC but could've. In the end it would've been unrewarding balanced against the extra complexity.
I might change my mind in the future. I know Recker did that and likes it for his build.
Just how or if, I use the two side exhaust fans is one thing the sensors will help me decide. The second side one could give a good airflow onto the back of the mobo and the first can exhaust my GPU area. Whether using them is worthwhile should be interesting to discover and where having the number of sensors pays off..
Yeah, I lucked out there.i was thinking of getting one of them lcd displays ahwile back..but was way to expensive for my taste's..glad to see you got one cheap mate!!!
looks nice!!!
Its an Alphacool LCD hooked up by usb and can run a whole bunch of apps.
At the time, the one thing I didn't like about the M-cube was its lack of a display, like Matrix Orbital and others. Chilled were stripping their showroom demonstrator, so I took the chance.
Now I'm more familiar with using the BigNg, the LCD doesn't seem as important and there's other places the money would be better spent if you were paying full price.
Quite pleased with the loop colour. Sort of gun metal blue/grey against the silver and black.
So many of the pics don't really show how it is in the flesh. In this pic of the top rad air out sensor the grill looks black, instead of silver.
And this close up of the analogue tip, which will be concealed behind the Thermochill lettering plaque, shows the grill as even blacker!
You don't see any of that copper colour either. Going to have to hone my Photoshop skills a bit more it seems.
it sort of looks like dust on your grills...
picture is a little too close up and with flash? try without flash?
Yeah it does but I think its noise.
You're probably right about the flash though. Might do a series of test pics to get a better grasp of how this camera behaves. Its new and all my experience is with film or cgi images. This digital photography is a murky hole in the middle of my knowledge field.
Crud!
Looks like my M-cube Sensor Hub was DOA.
The connection LED stays off what ever I do.
Have been over all connections and there's no reason it shouldn't be waking up but it isn't.
So I've had to disconnect the on/off button wiring. Will run it with just the BigNg until the replacement arrives.
Apart from that the box is up and running. Am busy loading soft' atm.
Will post some pics once its in its final possie, with all the periferals connected.
Have such a hang over today. Last night was a big one.
My faith in the Oz electorate was restored.
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