[Project] "Home Wrecker" TJ07 build

[Meatpuppet]

I have a pair of quick questions:

1. Were the cables on the Silverstone PSU long enough to reach the optical drive in the top 5.25 bay or did you have to add some length.

2. Are the brackets you used to mount the rad to the case custom or are they available from some retailer or another?

Thanks, I look forward to the next installment.

[64dragon]

very nice. cant wait to see more. i gotta get around to painting the interior of mine

[ben333]

Excellent work!

[RAID]

killer system man

[AndyM]

Wow, I'm keeping an eye on this one. Nice work!

[Brian MP5T]

Subs

[evil-98]

zip tie on smooth pipe....it will suck air but not leak

well i fully bleed the system fine and ran it for a week or so with no issue. if it comes down to it ill turn some copper pipe on a lathe and solder it to the elbow.

I have a pair of quick questions:

1. Were the cables on the Silverstone PSU long enough to reach the optical drive in the top 5.25 bay or did you have to add some length.

2. Are the brackets you used to mount the rad to the case custom or are they available from some retailer or another?

Thanks, I look forward to the next installment.

actually i didnt check if the cable was long enough i just made one right away and inlined it in to my molex line so i can minimize cables. so that blue SATA power cable i just added you can see in the pic



and those brackets are just some small "L"s i bought at ace hardware

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thanks for the interest guys. got some more stuff today and did some work yesterday ill post the pics in a few

[evil-98]

update:

got my clips for the my res yesterday and its really nice ! i like it alot. cut
some more plexi, this time im covering the bay area. need to cut some opening
for the optical drive. i need to pick up a few bolts and nuts for the res clips
right now its just sitting there. plumbing has become an issue. there is very
little room for the pump, and i need to fab a new mount... and im short on
tubing! grr well anyways enjoy

[smee]

Looking good evil!

BTW, did you sleeve the ATX cable?

[evil-98]

thanks! yea i sleeved it took about an hour. i used a needle to remove the pins which wasnt very fun, my fingers were hurting pretty bad after it all lol

[smee]

thanks! yea i sleeved it took about an hour. i used a needle to remove the pins which wasnt very fun, my fingers were hurting pretty bad after it all lol

haha, yea... it's a pain to do, but it's well worth it in the long run.
I plan on doing this on my build.....

[evil-98]

do it! just make sure you have enough sleeving lol! i almost ran out

[ls206]

it looks awesome, the sleeving the rest of it does too!
great stuff, look forward to the next update

[Isriam]

where in socal are you located?

[evil-98]

thanks for the comments! cant wait to get home to do some more work lol

im in LA

[Isriam]

thats a nice looking setup, amazes me how poeple can make it look so awesome

[Rincewind]

Looks great! It's always fun to watch these types of builds come together.

[evil-98]

update:

just putting more working, starting to put in the tubing. thinking of ways to inline
some temp sensors but no idea now water proof these probes are. im sure
theyll be fine. res is bolted down now and put in some sound dampening mats looks
nice in my opinion.

enjoy

[smee]

Wow man!
Looking good!

Keep up the good work!

[Zeus]

WOW!! That is just soo neat! Very good eye to detail, i really like it.

I like the way you sleeved everything, all the way to the connectors.

2 questions, i see you have those led beams (what are they called?) hidden behind the mobo, do you have a pic of the effect?

Other question, what are those adhesive ccfl holders, they look awesome, much better than the velcro that comes as standard.

[Jay78]

great build dude..

[disruptfam]

looks sik mate

more updates

[Gios]

siiiiiick.

more pics more pics

[spoony]

Nice Job! I have a question. How did you sleeve the sata cables? I have some that I want to sleeve but I just don't know how to. I tried to take the end off but I think you have to solder it back on if you do. Maybe I am wrong though.

[evil-98]

hey thanks for the interest!

ive gotten much further, i actually have a working system
my camera is at work and ive been really really busy. hopefully
i can get any update tomorrow after class, or wed. but just
in brief.

everything is just peachy

temps taken with coretemp 96.1, atitool, hwmonitor

qx6850 @ 3.7 1.37v 30 min OCCT stable
2x 8800GTS @ 795/1045/1965

idle temps
cpu: 33, 33, 31, 27
gpu1: 36
gpu2: 37

load temp
cpu: 43, 43, 40, 37
gpu1: 40
gpu2: 41

current 3dmark06 score: 19961

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5686086

@spoony: you dont have to take off the connector, just
get the correct size heat shrink or get 3/8" heat shrink
and carefully stretch it to the right size. i like doing that
because it shrinks tighter. all i do is measure how much i
need, add a 1/4" to it because when you stretch it, it
shrinks alittle. then slide the heat shrink on to some needle
nose pilers and carefully stretch it to a perfect size. thats
all you got to do. i like to put a ziptie into keep the sleeve
from moving around, but you dont have to do that.