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[Wezly]

So, Xion...

How many half-baked projects have you thought of while solving problems on this build?

By now, I would be up to 20.... At least....

Done tempting you, keep up the extraordinary work. I still love how you cleaned up those seams a few pages back... It was on the mobo tray where it met the drive suspension vortex...

I've considered asking you to build cases with me. I'm tryna make the next Soldam Windy

[Civilian]

can't wait to see what you do with the sleeving. Your work is very inspirational.

[illidan]

Did you enjoy it, illidan? I've received mixed reviews on it. Some have complained about the music (saying it was too "dramatic") and the slow panning shots while saying there wasn't a lot of content.

yes. for an opening need to be a little dramatic (say like trailer) looks and sound great.

[shazza]

I'm visualizing Xion up to his elbows in sleeving ... hope everything's going well.

[Weevil]

I'm visualizing him re-doing a lot of his shrink tubing ends because their not even. Being the perfectionist he is, it's gonna be awhile. ; )

[Xion X2]

So, Xion...

How many half-baked projects have you thought of while solving problems on this build?

By now, I would be up to 20.... At least....

Done tempting you, keep up the extraordinary work. I still love how you cleaned up those seams a few pages back... It was on the mobo tray where it met the drive suspension vortex...

I've considered asking you to build cases with me. I'm tryna make the next Soldam Windy

20 is probably about right.

Yet, I'm fully committed to finishing this one before worrying about others.

can't wait to see what you do with the sleeving. Your work is very inspirational.

Thank you, Civilian.

yes. for an opening need to be a little dramatic (say like trailer) looks and sound great.

I thought the same, illidan. Very glad that you enjoyed it.

I'm visualizing Xion up to his elbows in sleeving ... hope everything's going well.

More like sand.

This is where I've been all weekend (bad picture taken with iphone)--



My parents bought a condo at the beach a few months back, so I thought that I would swing by to check it out. Weather was great, but the water is still a little too chilly to swim in.

Ok, cool story time.

My father has someone who works for him who is in sales. This guy, and two of his friends, unearthed a sunken ship just off the coast of where our condo is 120 feet down. In this ship they found/collected 3 pots of gold coins which they believe are worth around 3 million in value.

I couldn't help but think of Flint when I heard this--LOL.

I'm visualizing him re-doing a lot of his shrink tubing ends because their not even. Being the perfectionist he is, it's gonna be awhile. ; )

LOL.. that is so me. You know that I'll be whipping out the digital calipers for that.

Hope to have another update by Tuesday. For now I'll leave you with another outtake.

[vistageek92]

Can't wait man!

[Linuxfan]

Good-looking sleeving, looking foward to seeing everything sleeved!

[Sgrios]

I just read all 41 pages of your build log and I must say Xion, your design and execution is impressive.



What breed of cat is Scully?

[Xion X2]

Thank you, guys.

Sgrios - welcome to the project! Thank you very much for the compliments.

Scully.. hmm.. to be honest I'm not sure of her exact breed. She was a stray that my parents took in when she was around 5 years old, and I don't know that we ever looked into it.


Not a lot of progress has happened with the build in the last week as I've been quite busy at my job. In the interim, here's another sleeving pic.

[callen_1]

looks good enough to eat, like spaghetti or something... only... not. I haven't done jack on my project either, it sux

[Xion X2]

looks good enough to eat, like spaghetti or something... only... not. I haven't done jack on my project either, it sux

I just need to figure out a way to make money doing this. Then I won't have these delays.

[Dyn0miteMat]

I've been folowing this build for quite awhile now, but I don't think I've posted. Very nice though, I'm gonna have to steal a few idea's for my own build hopefully (looking for a used TJ07 preferably)

[voigts]

I just need to figure out a way to make money doing this. Then I won't have these delays.

You can give up that idea. This is a hobby/expense period. It took me over a month to sell a previous case that I made and I only got the money out of it to cover the cost of materials that I put into it sans time and labor.

[MegadetHCl]

Maybe somebody can enlighten me regarding how connecting 2 videocard blocks in parallel works. It appears that the top card acts as an input, but I really don't see how the water circulates through the top waterblock - it will flow straight down through the SLI fitting into the second block, where it will circulate and exit the videocard. Unless there exists significant back-pressure at the exit of the bottom waterblock to force the water up the SLI fitting into the top waterblock, I just can't see how the top videocard is being cooled.

[Weevil]

Once the pressure has equalized, the flow will be equalized between each tube.

[Liderc]

Once the pressure has equalized, the flow will be equalized between each tube.

This

[Church]

Maybe somebody can enlighten me regarding how connecting 2 videocard blocks in parallel works.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=29 http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...57&postcount=9
same ammount of water flows to inlets of both cards, and same ammount flows out of outlets .. resulting in lower restriction in all loop (think of it like bigger summed inner crossection in gpu part), but only half of flow within each of gpu-s. In schematics it's like Y three way connector before, and Y three way after.

[Wezly]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=29 http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...57&postcount=9
same ammount of water flows to inlets of both cards, and same ammount flows out of outlets .. resulting in lower restriction in all loop (think of it like bigger summed inner crossection in gpu part), but only half of flow within each of gpu-s. In schematics it's like Y three way connector before, and Y three way after.

Well, that answers my questions, and saves me a lot of messy tube routing...

[NoGuru]

Been a while since any updates. Throw us a bone Xion!

[Xion X2]

Sorry, guys. Haven't had a lot of time to work on the build lately. Life has gotten in the way.

I've started to sleeve some cables, but this HX1000 is being a real pain as many of the pins just won't dislodge from the connectors no matter what. So I have some new pins on the way and am going to just hack the wires and recrimp all the pins on this Corsair. They're that bad.

Aside from that, I'm also waiting on some 2500 and 3000 grit to get here for the Lexan shelving in the Zero-G chamber. Have to get those dovetailed edges nice and polished.. clean as glass as I don't want there to be any seams showing in the joins.

The road to perfection is a long and arduous one, but in the end, when she's sparkling like a diamond, it will all be worth it.

I've been folowing this build for quite awhile now, but I don't think I've posted. Very nice though, I'm gonna have to steal a few idea's for my own build hopefully (looking for a used TJ07 preferably)

Thanks for posting and for following the build, Dyn0. Glad you're enjoying it.

[ScottALot]

Hey, how exactly do you get a company to "sponsor" a build, and what does that mean?

[Dyn0miteMat]

Sorry, guys. Haven't had a lot of time to work on the build lately. Life has gotten in the way.

I've started to sleeve some cables, but this HX1000 is being a real pain as many of the pins just won't dislodge from the connectors no matter what. So I have some new pins on the way and am going to just hack the wires and recrimp all the pins on this Corsair. They're that bad.

Aside from that, I'm also waiting on some 2500 and 3000 grit to get here for the Lexan shelving in the Zero-G chamber. Have to get those dovetailed edges nice and polished.. clean as glass as I don't want there to be any seams showing in the joins.

The road to perfection is a long and arduous one, but in the end, when she's sparkling like a diamond, it will all be worth it.



Thanks for posting and for following the build, Dyn0. Glad you're enjoying it.

I sleeved my own hx1000 about a month ago and had the same problems. From the back of the connectors, push the wire into the connector (as if you were putting the pins back in if they were already out), and hold it in while you put your staple or w/e in. Then pull it out with some force (a few of mine I had to yank it pretty hard)

[Xion X2]

Hey, how exactly do you get a company to "sponsor" a build, and what does that mean?

It happens in different ways, Scott. Sometimes you go to them, and sometimes they come to you. In the end, it can benefit both parties if handled professionally and responsibly. The company you are working with gets notoriety through your build, and they help supply you with the equipment that you need to get your build finished. It works in much the same way as a formula 1 driver who has a few company names painted on his car. Those companies pay the driver for representation.

Sponsorship has gotten a bad rap by many, but one of my goals is to help bring some positivity and some honesty to it. I will not work with companies whom I know do business in an unethical fashion, nor will I speak well of them simply because they provide me with parts. But if I have a positive relationship and experience with them, then I will speak well of them as that is the foundation for customer experience and service.

I understand why some are critical of sponsorship, but I ask that those folk try to see the silver lining and understand that in some cases it can be a positive thing. I'm not of the mindset that if a builder is talented enough to gain sponsorship that he should reject it if the company who proposes it is ethical in their practices, along with the modder.

Sorry.. didn't mean to ramble on that point so much, but it has come up in some discussions that I've had lately with people, and I guess I felt the need to get that off my chest.

I sleeved my own hx1000 about a month ago and had the same problems. From the back of the connectors, push the wire into the connector (as if you were putting the pins back in if they were already out), and hold it in while you put your staple or w/e in. Then pull it out with some force (a few of mine I had to yank it pretty hard)

Thanks, Dyn0. But I've tried that method and any other method I can think of. It seems to either work or not work. Some pins have come out very quickly, and others I have wrestled with for 10 minutes with no luck. My technique is consistent, so there appears to be no rhyme or reason to it at this point, so I've decided to just hack all the wires and re-crimp since they will all be the same length that way.

[vistageek92]

Those cosairs are bad. Stinks you have to recrimp but you are going to geta better sleeve that way anyways IMO
can't wait to see the final result with the psu sleeve!!

Waiting anxiously, VG92