Beautiful wood case Francis!
That is one cool wood case. How hard was it to build and get it looking right?
saint-francis that is AWESOME! I love that build.
20 Logs on the fire for WCG:i7 920@2.8
X3220@3.0
X3220@2.4
E8400@4.05
E6600@2.4
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.
Just got Vipers 780i kit this week and finally had time to install it last night, currently in the final stages of bleeding.
Fluid is Distilled with PT Nuke and Fesser View; don't mind the Core2Duo sticker, I need to find a extreme sticker to replace it.
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?
Main: oo7
i7 920 D0 (4Ghz) || Asrock X58 Extreme
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600 || HIS HD 6850 1GB
Corsair HX850 PSU || 2x Seagate 500GB 7200.12
3x Dell E2311H 23" LED LCD (Eyefinity)
[Flickr] - Canon 30D || 50mm f/1.8 PRIME || 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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
Main: oo7
i7 920 D0 (4Ghz) || Asrock X58 Extreme
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600 || HIS HD 6850 1GB
Corsair HX850 PSU || 2x Seagate 500GB 7200.12
3x Dell E2311H 23" LED LCD (Eyefinity)
[Flickr] - Canon 30D || 50mm f/1.8 PRIME || 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
@saint-francis
You've inspired me! I am going to have to make a wood case now.
20 Logs on the fire for WCG:i7 920@2.8
X3220@3.0
X3220@2.4
E8400@4.05
E6600@2.4
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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
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.
A slight update to my LCed case...
Those cards are crying out for waterblocks![]()
Last edited by CyberDruid; 03-07-2008 at 01:46 PM.
20 Logs on the fire for WCG:i7 920@2.8
X3220@3.0
X3220@2.4
E8400@4.05
E6600@2.4
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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*phone rings*
Friend: Do you have a spare PSU lying around?
Me: No why?
Friend: My PSU just blew up, I think the second 8800GTX might have been too much for it to handle
Me: what PSU was that again?
Friend: Antec 480w
Me:........
@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
E6750/3,6Ghz/1,35VCore / Nexxxos XP Light
P5Q Deluxe / BIOS 1306 / Enermax Modu 425Watt
XFX 8800Gt 670M XXX / Watercool HK GPU-X2
8GB G.Skill 4GBPQ / WD Caviar Black 640GB
Creative X-Fi Titanium / LianLi PC-61/PC-G7B / Htf-3 Tripple
Laing DCC / EK-DDC X-RES 140
HP w2228h / Vista Business 64bit SP1
@ CYBERDUID... AMAZING!!! i love the red. that must be SOOO amazingly fast. i love it!
-TJ07
-Core i7 920
-Rampage II Extreme
-EVGA 8800 Ultra
-Corsair Hx1000w
-Corsair 6GB DDR3-1600 Dominator
-Intel 80GB SSD gen.2
-WD 6400AAKS Raid 0
knowing the Druid, probably some crazyness like dual 120.3's or something. :p
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