Fun with The Torture Rack

[shazza]

@ Chicken Patty ... I'll use that song if I make a video

@ Aielman - the pins look similar to the Corsair, it may be slightly different size in the connectors ... dunno.


Promised pics yesterday, but got sidetracked installing everything so I could at least test out the hardware. Took forever to do my Windows updates, as I had an old Vista disk with out SP1.


A couple quick snaps:


I'm hoping it will look a bit better when I finish sleeving the cables




Not a great shot of the CPU water block ... its the NexXxus Bold Highflow X2:




Temps look good ... actually a bit too good, so I've asked in the AMD section for some guidance to make sure I'm testing properly. At 3.2GHz, CPU is showing 32 at idle, and 39-40 at load. So far tested with OCCT and Prime95. Ambient is about 23. GPU is low 30s, but haven't run any vid stressing yet.

Loop is set up as follows:

MCP 355 > Magicool Extreme 240 Rad > CPU (BE 955) > GPU (4870x2) > Magicool Extreme 240 > XSPC Res Top

More to follow, my wires are beckoning.

[DarthBeavis]

girl please paint that ioplate . . . .

[shazza]

girl please paint that ioplate . . . .

Funny you should say that ... I was just thinking if it should be painted or not. I'll be ripping things down again before the final build, so it could be done

[Chicken Patty]

shazza that looks very very good. and to think it is not done yet I am really hyped up to see this finishes now

oh and yes if a video is done, that song will do the job woot woot

[dualbrain]

Wonderful

[dreamaxx]

I can think of better songs than Blue by Eiffel 65. For example Blue and Yellow by The Used. Or Dark Blue by Jack's Mannequin which is probably more to everyone's taste (LOVE JACK'S MANNEQUIN!). Or She Paints Me Blue by Something Corporate! Well I suppose they don't repeat "I'm blue" over and over again. But the lyrics are that much deeper! Haha

OMFG there you are Nils! Was wondering where you'd got to

[Chicken Patty]

I can think of better songs than Blue by Eiffel 65. For example Blue and Yellow by The Used. Or Dark Blue by Jack's Mannequin which is probably more to everyone's taste (LOVE JACK'S MANNEQUIN!). Or She Paints Me Blue by Something Corporate! Well I suppose they don't repeat "I'm blue" over and over again. But the lyrics are that much deeper! Haha

OMFG there you are Nils! Was wondering where you'd got to

hey, thats what I just remembered of the top of my head. the more choices the better

[shazza]

OK ... slightly OT here, but related to my building progress. Spent the last week sorting out closets and the garage, and now trying to organize the den ...



As you can see, a bit of a mess:




As I was sorting parts and putting them in the right place ... I came across this (after I had been rummaging around in the box!!!!). Apologies for the poor quality of the photo - I really didn't want to get much closer!):




Yikes!!! That was a pretty good size scorpion. And, as you can see from the first pic ... I've quite a few more boxes to get through.

[Chicken Patty]

yikes you sure do have some work cut out for ya. But hey at the end of the day when you know exactly what you have and where it all pays off . I just organized my room a few months ago and its much better. Easier to find the parts when you need them

[kinghong1970]

OMG...

so how does it go?...

big pincers... weak poison?
or something like that...

but any friggin scorpions scares the crap out of me... even the fried ones i see in china...

btw, is that an Arizona Bark Scorpion?

[Liderc]

Wow Shazz lol, the koolance block took my attention first, then I about jumped out of my chair. Get rid of that thing quick=P

[ILikeCosmosS]

if you look at the tubing route in the picture above its very symmetrical looks great like that

paint the i/o to black or chrome

[dualbrain]

The tips of the scorpion might be useful to remove pins.

[NaeKuh]

The tips of the scorpion might be useful to remove pins.

spoken like a true mudermod person!

[shazza]

The tips of the scorpion might be useful to remove pins.

GREAT IDEA - I'll send a few dozen your way

@ Kinghong1970 - not sure if that's the AZ bark scorpion, but sure looks like it. I've heard that smaller ones have worse stings. I've been stung once, by a tiny one - and I'd just as soon not go through it again.

Now I'm too traumatized to finish my work But, my husband isn't buying that, as he just spent 2 hours putting together 2 large chest-of-drawers from Ikea for my project.

[MomijiTMO]

O_____o

A scorpion? WTH.

Oh well, I found a snake inside my garage yesterday. It was fun poking it out the door.

[Hidetaka]

This scorpion reminded me why I love colder climate

[shazza]

O_____o

A scorpion? WTH.

Oh well, I found a snake inside my garage yesterday. It was fun poking it out the door.

I woulda died on the spot if it was a snake. Had a small snake fall on my head in Florida - almost had a heart attack. I imagine you've got experience with scorpions too - I know we had lots when living in Sydney.

This scorpion reminded me why I love colder climate

Good point, Hidetaka!

[02wrxgt30r]

Dang im glad we dont have a prob with scorpions where im from those things can get into about anything

on another not awesome build iv never like clear cases till i saw your it is beautiful NICE WORK

[dreamaxx]

Yeh I was too busy admiring the block to notice that well camouflaged scorpion He looks like a nasty bugger. Look how pinchy those claws are!

I don't like any creepy crawlies, amazing considering I live in Australia haha

[MomijiTMO]

I woulda died on the spot if it was a snake. Had a small snake fall on my head in Florida - almost had a heart attack. I imagine you've got experience with scorpions too - I know we had lots when living in Sydney.

Nah never seen a scorpion here =p. Loads of snakes though.

[kinghong1970]

This scorpion reminded me why I love colder climate

you aint kiddin...

/unpacks down parkas...

wonder how folks eat them...
my bro says they're rather crunchy and taste like chicken...

i stormed out of the restaurant when they brought a plate of fried scorpions in china...

[NaeKuh]

and.... the never ending cycle of builds continues for naekuh

new one just pop'd up from an email confirmation last night.

Elcair TBA.

[Rise]

i like those 45s off your cpu block, it creates great tubing lines, fantastic!

[shazza]

Oh NOes ... another incomplete build coming from NaeKuh

Thanks, Rise - still trying to see if I can get rid of some of the 45s. Problem is, I'm using Tygon 44 whatever, and it's pretty stiff stuff.
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I wasn't going to continue veering off topic, but after working most of the day, said "what the Hell" and figured I would share my progress.


Got all my stuff sorted ... here's all the cardboard boxes - not keeping ANY, as I just don't wanna go down the scorpion route again. This pic should warm the hearts of our online retailers, as most are from PC parts received during the past year:




And ... the den is now much more organized The room isn't quite that narrow - it's the wide angle lens:



I don't usually post my pic in forums, but ...




Hopefully tomorrow, we'll be back on track with Torture Rack updates.