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    Quote Originally Posted by taylormsj View Post
    Frostyone - looks like you got a fake yate there, i think
    I think it's funny that the only fans that I ever hear of being fakes are yates. They are like the cheapest! Why not fake some $25 fans and make some real cash? It's like counter fitting nickels.

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    Beautiful wood case Francis!

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    Nice wood case
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    That is one cool wood case. How hard was it to build and get it looking right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by phillip684 View Post
    I think it's funny that the only fans that I ever hear of being fakes are yates. They are like the cheapest! Why not fake some $25 fans and make some real cash? It's like counter fitting nickels.


    The lucrative market of counterfeiting $4 fans. I hear they're made of stolen healthcare equipment.

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    saint-francis that is AWESOME! I love that build.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CyberDruid View Post
    Here's my SkullTrail upgrade to the Soldam.
    Beautiful case and an impressive build - Xtreme!!

    I wish I had the cash to buy a SkullTrail workstation, this one looks great!

    Love the Soldam case!
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    I suppose I should say something about my shelf there huh? At first I just had all of the parts to my system sitting on a shelf loose. I didn't want to have a case because of the extra fans I would need to cool the system and that makes more noise (my greatest high tech enemy).





    Then I decided to make everything a little more stable. I didn't like how the video card and the USB card could just be pulled out if you accidentally tugged on a cable. I have a 1 yr. old son so a cable getting yanked on is a very real possibility.



    Then I just had to go with water. But how to mount the radiator?



    It looked like hell. The wife hated it. But it kept everything very cool and quiet. Notice the 120 mm fan blowing right over the HDD's.

    So I decided to make a more elegant shelf. My grandfather is a hobbyist furniture maker. He has a very mechanically inclined mind. He holds the patents for Cordura, Bulk carpet making, seamless pantyhose and the soda bottle to name a couple. So I visited his workshop. I wanted the shelf to have enough room to allow completely unrestricted airflow and easy access to components. He introduced me to some interesting techniques for joining. The shelf is deeper than wood is sold so I had to join two boards together. I was introduced to the spline joint. I had intended to use a tongue and groove joint but apparently no self respecting furniture make would do that. It's only for flooring. I needed a better way to mount the reservoir also since it was stuck on a crooked slab of wood with Velcro; and it didn't make very good contact at that. I figured while I was at it I might as well get a second heater core. The two heater cores is really why it's so big (26" x 16" x 13"). The construction was pretty simple. I used a set of French curves to determine the curving parts of the supporting ..... legs? ..... I kept it angular to some degree because I wanted to to have a bit of a Waldorfian look to it; the integration of nature and technology in such a fashion that the technology isn't hindered yet conforms with the order of nature. The horizontal mounting of the mother board affords me the opportunity to rest an 80 mm fan on the PWM sink and also one on the RAM (which is nice). Notice how the HDD's are hanging. They are completely rubber isolated by many pretty thick rubber bushings.

    This is to reduce noise and increase longevity. It works well for reducing noise. Only time will tell about the plan on increasing longevity. Once I got the new shelf all put together I got heated about the noise the pump makes. I filled the loop with the pump hanging. Then the INSTANT I screwed it to it's bracket it started making terrible noise! So I just hung it from it's bracket with rubber bands. It still makes a slight bit of a buzz but it's much more bearable. As far as I'm concerned, any noise from this system is intolerable. I'm aiming for the maximum amount of cooling and silence without having a bunch of lights and stuff. I'm not a flashy guy. The biggest problem with my system now is that the post code LED makes my living room look like Christmas in Las Vegas when the lights are out. And they're out often when I'm in the room since it's our movie theater.
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    Just got Vipers 780i kit this week and finally had time to install it last night, currently in the final stages of bleeding.


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    What coolers are those on the video cards? They look really good, and aren't too big. Is the CPU overclocked, and what temps do you get on it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by netburst View Post
    What coolers are those on the video cards? They look really good, and aren't too big.
    I believe These are what he has.

    But they just came out with a Silver one too...

    BTW, looks awesome Donuts!!!!
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    The gpu coolers are Zalman VF1000's, really nice and aren't too loud since I control them via my Kaze master controller. The CPU is clocked to 3.8 right now and I get idles of around 37-38C, on load it never goes past 50-ish, the NB stays around 32C

    EDIT: bah smee types faster than me

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    Quote Originally Posted by pvtdonuts View Post
    EDIT: bah smee types faster than me
    Heheh.... not always! You beat me in the other thread
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    @saint-francis

    You've inspired me! I am going to have to make a wood case now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CyberDruid View Post
    @saint-francis

    You've inspired me! I am going to have to make a wood case now.
    You too?
    Been reading and got my blood running to make a cube from cherry or maple..
    Cherry is warmer and easier to work but maple I like also..
    And then there's walnut..
    Damn..
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    Quote Originally Posted by pvtdonuts View Post
    Just got Vipers 780i kit this week and finally had time to install it last night, currently in the final stages of bleeding.


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    hi pvtdonuts..nice rig you have there..hope you don't mine me asking what timings do you have your ram at as i have the same ram and i no its holding me back with my over clocking i have the 680i im a waiting on evga with me upgrade ..grrrrr..for the 780i i have mine linked and sync at 3.2 ghz but no it will go more its just the ram timings i need to get right if you could shed some light on this i would be really pleased.thax

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    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
    You too?
    Been reading and got my blood running to make a cube from cherry or maple..
    Cherry is warmer and easier to work but maple I like also..
    And then there's walnut..
    Damn..
    I thought seriously about walnut but it's so heavy that I thought it would be too much for the shelf I have the system on. I ended up using white oak. But remember, if you are going to make a completely enclosed case you will have to deal with the inevitable echoing that will come from using a wooden case. You will need to get some acoustic sound deadening material.
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    A slight update to my LCed case...



    Those cards are crying out for waterblocks
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    Update: 11/8mm Tygon > Clearflex 15,9mm







    Last edited by bugiz; 03-07-2008 at 02:00 PM.

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    nice bugiz... 15.9mm OD... what's the ID of that tubing?
    Any difference in temps from 8/11mm? (guess not...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by CyberDruid View Post
    A slight update to my LCed case...



    Those cards are crying out for waterblocks
    Is that dual CPU? What are the specs on that thing?
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    @Garrett:

    Better temps? No, i dont think so. But is looks better :-) ID? No idea, u can order it here http://www.aquatuning.de/product_inf...12mm-klar.html
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    @ CYBERDUID... AMAZING!!! i love the red. that must be SOOO amazingly fast. i love it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyberDruid View Post
    A slight update to my LCed case...


    Those cards are crying out for waterblocks
    That is one hell of a system CyberDruid!
    Skulltrail with 2 3870x2's, and Fuzions.
    I can hear the 3870x2's crying for blocks.
    Whatcha using to cool that thing?
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    knowing the Druid, probably some crazyness like dual 120.3's or something. :p

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