This was sooo worth following your link on ocau
Nice job mate, looks stock, could you hot glue the temp sensor to the base of the radgrill? i just have a funny feeling it will wave around when you move it lol.
Which leads to my next q? how heavy is it?
Last edited by hobo man; 11-26-2007 at 04:42 AM.
Thanks, glad you like it.
The pic was just to show the sensor. Its held under the grill by see-through double sided tape but hot glue would work well too.
I'm still at the point where sensors are being moved around as I chase down the airflow patterns and look for hot spots.
Hopefully I'll have something to post on temps and sensor feedback in a few days. The replacement Sensor Hub should be here then.
Its not as heavy as one might think. The V-series range of cases are strong where needed but designed with light well perforated aluminium throughout.
I can lift it in two hands to rotate, tilt around, etc for filling.. Its a one man job to carry it from room to room.
Must get it onto some scales and get an accurate number.
I can say, its a joy to work in, now its together. Easily the most accessible box I've ever had my hands in.
Adjusting, remounting, tuning etc, you can get at everything without having to take out components in the way.
I've had to do a bit of tinkering with the M-cube connections as the S/H was DOA and the BigNg didn't want to connect to the onboard usb headers through the extension lead I used. It was OK once connected directly. That took re-routing the usb lead through the innermost sections but even that wasn't hard to get at.
The LCD screen was OK with its usb header extension. So I still want to understand why its OK for one usb device but not the other. I'll have more to say on that in a M-cube round-up once the new S/H arrives.
Cheers
*waits For Final Pic's And Temps*
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!
and waits for rad bolts too, eh?*waits For Final Pic's And Temps*
Strewth they've taken a long time! Was kinda hoping you'd have them for the weekend.
The replacement sensor hub arrived today. Swapped it in and was very happy to see its LED light up.
Woot!
Rad fans have been running at 100% while waiting for the second S/H and can be heard running. Keeping everything cool though. Haven't seen a temp over 38° so far!
Now I can turn them down a bit as the M-cube curve settings get sorted.
Finding the daisy-chain digital sensor layout more convenient than I expected.
Ran a digital off the S/H bus to use in that side of the case.
I didn't realise you could run digital off the s/h, are you plugging it in under the usb? So you're able to run 2 digitals, one from the bigng, one from the analogue sensorhub.
You daisy-chain them from the BigNg bus and the hub can be just one link in the chain.
I have digital 0, 1, 2, 3 off one bus on the Bigng and the other bus to the sensor hub. Then tonight I added digital 6 and 7 to the hub second bus.
I have the digital expansion add-on, of extra digital sensors, and now I know it can be run like this will be rerouting and using most of them.
I get it now, i thinkWithout the digital expasion add-on i can't daisy chain the digital sensors, but i can run -
BigNg - Bus 1 - digital 1 - Bus2 - Sensorhub
Sensorhub - Bus 1 - BigNG - Bus 2 - digtal 2
I didn't actually notice the sensorhub had 2 bussesand the instructions never mentined pluggin in a digital sensor, and now it's hidden away at the back of my case and a bit inconvienient to access.
any updated pics and temps there jedda?? I've been hanging out for it
lol
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
Yeah, unless you pick up on this one pic that gave me the idea.I get it now, i think
BigNg - Bus 1 - digital 1 - Bus2 - Sensorhub
Sensorhub - Bus 1 - BigNG - Bus 2 - digtal 2
I didn't actually notice the sensorhub had 2 busses
The digital extension includes some 4-way connections and leads to join them. Really, the Sensor hub just plugs in like one of the 4-ways. It doesn't have to be direct off the T-ban.
They really need a re-write of the docs. Not too clear and slightly out of date, imho.
Loaded up my 3D apps and I'm in heaven!
I've wanted a box that'd drive XSI and modo like this for ages.
A render that took 3 hours on my old box went through in seven and a half minutes last night! Love that quad.
Last edited by Jedda; 11-30-2007 at 04:37 PM.
Just when you think its finished you stumble across someone else's work...
What about a 7" TFT?
Hmmmm...
Not only has NightCrawler got th 7" in there, he's got Everest values displaying in Samurize, which plays nicely with Nav2!
Very tempting.
Maybe stage #2?
Very very tempting for me as well for my own project...
Been away for a fortnight so no progress or pix, sorry.
I'm having an issue with my monitor blacking out intermittently. Its a Samsung 204B atm and I'm not sure what's causing it. Hooked up another monitor and lead today to find it worked OK. Big sigh of relief its not the 8800gtx or psu at fault.
Have another 204B on the way. A dual screen set up for my 3D work was always the plan. So that'll give me another lead and monitor to swap in and out. Should help suss what's causing the screen drop outs.
I'm hoping I don't have to bugga around RMAing the monitor.
Was talking to Urlo, the M-cube software guy, today. He said he'll have time over xmas to upgrade Nav2. Amongst the mods is support for Everest. So we'll have all the everest readings as possible M-cube inputs. CPU, GPU, N/B, S/B, RAM etc will all be able to input as channel control.
Everest has the most accurate temps I know of.
dude...gorgeous build!Shabby news about the monitor though, hope you get it sorted ok! I like the sensor idea on the grill, might do something along those lines on my external rig.. maybe one for air temp and one for liquid temp? Keep it coming though..
I got one of those Alphacools too but that 7" tft looks freakin wicked
=WK=
Hey thanks mate.
Its nice to hear what folks think of it.
That TFT idea is really tempting. I'm researching it atm and will post what I find out.
Have a couple of things to slowly develop before its really finished but want to use it, so it'll probably never really be finished completely.
I have air and water temps in and out of the rads atm to find out exactly what's going on but its a bit too much for a long term set up. One of the good things about the M-cube is how easy switching sensors in and out is.
Monitor fixed!
Woot!!
Picked up a spare lead after sussing all possibilities,
Thought it might be a timing issue too, so I set a custom profile in the nvidia control panel.
Which ever it was, after 2 hours I'm seeing nothing but good picture.
Now comes a whole bunch of moving TVs, furniture and computers around to get the V-twin into my OPs area and this one I'm posting with out to my lady's desk.
She doesn't know yet that I've designs on her TV support table. Its square and exactly the right height and size to suit keeping the V-twin at a good accessible height.
So I have to make room for TV #2 somewhere. Move it there and then shift TV #1 to TV #2's support unit. Once thats done I can knock off the square table for myself, then drag her TV #1 and support back to its old position.
I'm wondering if I'll get away with it all without her clueing in on my cunning plan?
I'm counting on her being so happy with her new 19" monitor, that she doesn't notice mine has sprouted a second 20.1"
Still thinking about side panels.
I have spares and a windowed one like this-
Not sure if a full window, like this -
might be better, or if I should use mesh or cut out a pattern. I'll try the ones I've got already out and post a pic or two.
Kind of attracted to a distinctive cut out but don't have a personalised motive or such to use. Might stick with what ever provides the best airflow.
We'll see.
the case already has too much holes in it for my liking...
i would like to have proper intake (front) and exhaust sides (top and back),
(just so i'd know that air is coming into and out off my case...)
maybe a closed sidepanel on the left rad side,
and half window on right mobo side?
It has two 120mm intaking in the front with the possibility of another in the unused drive bays, as well as two 120mm exhausting to the rear.
I have the V1000+ side gpu area adjustable exhaust 120 mm fans to use if wanted. Its kind of cooling overkill, but I could exhaust from the gpu zone through a side panel mesh with one. Theres an option to intake cold air into the back of the mobo with the other, too.
This thing is SO cooled!
I'm thinking like you though. Closed on the rad side and the smaller window on the mobo side.
Still I've got time to tinker and decide. Right now its such a grin maker to use. I'm almost tempted to pull out my old cougar hotas and pedals and take to the skies again with it, but I'm enjoying pushing bulk pixels around making my 3D models.
Its still flying with high density meshes that bring this box to its knees.
yep a little too airy for my taste, hehehe...
can't decide what to do with my xaser3 case. right now it waiting for some alum solid panels front and back, to be drilled/jigsawed with 2 120mm holes each...
it started with 7 80mm to 4 120mm, next reincarnation with new paint would be 6 120mm fans.
wow i like that !!!! nightcrawlerJust when you think its finished you stumble across someone else's work...
What about a 7" TFT?
Hmmmm...
Not only has NightCrawler got th 7" in there, he's got Everest values displaying in Samurize, which plays nicely with Nav2!
Very tempting.
Maybe stage #2?
hey jedda do you know where i can purchase matrix orbital displays in aus mate?
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
I think most guys buy them online from the states.
One of the OCAU guys MWP works, in Oz, for CrystalFontz as a programmer, and he's just about convinced me they're as good as Matrix Orbital. Both have fan control as well as temp and LCD.
You might get a nibble if you post in Wanted at OCAU. Could save some $.
good idea cheers mate
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
Oops, I was wrong. Dominion Electronics in Artarmon, about a block up from my first ever full time job (my last ever working for others too) sell them, apparently. Don't know how the prices compare or if they really hold stock, not just order from the states themselves, or what.
Hmmm, not happy Jan!
Seems my replacement sensor hub has a couple of non-working analogue sensor connections.
Playing around with them tonight, trying out the type of alphacool plug temp sensors Ranker thought didn't work with the M-cube controller. At first I thought he was correct but discovered they worked on another connection point and that no sensor worked on two of my sensor hub analogue connections.
I wonder if he had a dead connection or two as well?
So good news is these work with the M-cube
Which is great because they go well with EK reservoirs.
but the bad news is I need yet another sensor hub.
Santa wants to fit 8 500GB drives in my box.
Mrs Claus has found a raid card and 8 matching seagates still under warranty for a very good price. So the elves are haggling as we speak.
I figure a spare X23A drive bay exspansion module I have will take 3 of them in the mobo side front bays.
Theres room for the rest in the cages.
Woot!
I could have more terra than an outback grazier.
Yeah... me too. I was looking forward to seeing motorcycle rebuild pics too....
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