{Project: Black and Blue}

[Raiden]

Hazchem how did you get those bitspower conectors?

I want them for my build but they never reached Portugal stores
Can you help me?


Nice project love the mamba maybe il buy one too

Loving what your doing, good job

[aka_GK]

Hey, how did you made those snakes at the top? Is it angle + anled rotary?

Just wondering if they finally made black snakes - I have to connect 2 angled rotaries for that purpose

[dingdong555]

Hey, how did you made those snakes at the top? Is it angle + anled rotary?

Just wondering if they finally made black snakes - I have to connect 2 angled rotaries for that purpose

http://jab-tech.com/Bitspower-Matt-B...2-pr-4628.html

[aka_GK]

http://jab-tech.com/Bitspower-Matt-B...2-pr-4628.html

daym, I paid $26 to make this $10 thing

[HazChem]

Hazchem how did you get those bitspower conectors?

I want them for my build but they never reached Portugal stores
Can you help me?


Nice project love the mamba maybe il buy one too

Loving what your doing, good job

Thanks! As dingdong555 posted, you can get them at Jab-tech or try contacting Bitspower directly. They should be able to tell you where to get them in Portugal.

The Mamba rocks! That's one mouse I don't regret buying!

Hey, how did you made those snakes at the top? Is it angle + anled rotary?

Just wondering if they finally made black snakes - I have to connect 2 angled rotaries for that purpose

http://jab-tech.com/Bitspower-Matt-B...2-pr-4628.html

Yup, not smart enough to combine different adapters so I went the lazy route.

daym, I paid $26 to make this $10 thing

!! I know the feeling...

[mikecdm]

The sleeving job is excellent. I need to hurry up and make an order for some soon. All the black goodies that arrived from bitspower are very nice as well. I'll probably be using some of that stuff as well very soon.

[weston]

Looks really good man! Inspiring

[HazChem]

The sleeving job is excellent. I need to hurry up and make an order for some soon. All the black goodies that arrived from bitspower are very nice as well. I'll probably be using some of that stuff as well very soon.

Thanks for the compliments! It's a slow process to sleeve and get it just right but it is worth it in the end.

Looks really good man! Inspiring

Wow, thanks for the kind words!

[HazChem]

Here's an update from last week.

The XFX 4890 is not the latest and greatest videocard but it does the job well.






The TIM was caked on pretty good but it came off with a little bit of elbow grease.



Probably to the dismay of our resident pirate, this will be the last time anyone will see this red heatsink...



All cleaned up and ready for the waterblock.



A dab of MX-2 and thermal pads.



All done!

[HazChem]

Finally finished processing the last of the pics from last week's progress.



New matte black rotaries.







Looks much better than before with the 90 degree fittings.







Today's progress:


Change of plans. Repositioned rad to have the fittings on the backside instead.




Drilled holes for the new pump location.







Below are pics of the new routing.

































That is all for today.

Still have a couple of 45s that I want to use somewhere. Perhaps on the tubing closest to the RAM? I'll have some time to decide before I leak test it next weekend.


Thanks for visiting!

[Petrucci_M3]

Loving it, dude your build is really one of my top favorites right now. Nice work and keep it coming!

Question:

Where did you source your 655 Matte Black housing? I've checked a couple of retailers and I can't seem to find it. Thanks!!

[HazChem]

I feel like I'm resurrecting a project that should have been done months ago. Between spending only 3 weeks at home since the last update due to work travel and having to get yet another motherboard RMA'd, I'm just happy to be able to get back to finishing this up.

However, I should be done by tomorrow. Woohoo!!


I thought I would post the stuff I did in February before I got distracted by life.

The only thing I was able to do at the time since I didn't have an motherboard was to paint the DVD burner and backplates a matte black. I'm trying to keep everything as clean as possible and the DVD burner was really annoying me...








After applying the matte black using a rattle can, voila!!






The next update should finish it up.

Petrucci_M3 - I was able to contact Bitspower and they provided me a source for these parts. Sorry it took me so long to respond.

[CptDreadFlint]

Great to see an update, Haz...been following your work for a while for a reason - it's one of my faves.
Clean looking tube routing and great job on stealthing the dvd drives. Paint, huh?

[thomas hobbes]

Hey Haz, quality build mate!

I'm interested to know what pump noise & vibrations are like since you've moved the D5 from the bottom section and fixed it to the mid shelf?

[HazChem]

Great to see an update, Haz...been following your work for a while for a reason - it's one of my faves.
Clean looking tube routing and great job on stealthing the dvd drives. Paint, huh?

Thanks Captain. You've been one of my biggest inspirations.

Hey Haz, quality build mate!

I'm interested to know what pump noise & vibrations are like since you've moved the D5 from the bottom section and fixed it to the mid shelf?

I can barely hear the pump because of the rubber padding. My biggest noise source right now is the RAM fan. I am keeping at <50% to keep it inline with the noise from the GTs.

[HazChem]

The last update for Black & Blue:

Apologies in advance for all the pictures, I went a little crazy with the camera...


The last of the sleeving. I plan on redoing the SATA cables. This is by far the hardest one to get it to come out clean. Any suggestions?












I have just a little bit more work to clean it up but I think it looks good so far!
















Couldn't get rid of all the red. An Imperial Guard to provide protection!
























A big thanks to Bitspower for their support and hooking me up with some early production parts!



All put together.









My workstation




This journey was a lot longer than I expected with a lot of challenges and hiccups along the way but it was fun!!

Thanks all and hope you enjoyed the project.

[sniperbob]

Congrats on the final product! Loving the color combo!

[absoluteczech]

sick!

[CptDreadFlint]

All put together.

This is my money shot. Excellent job and beautifully executed, Haz! The wait was worth it!

[Anemic]

That is one NICE looking computer! Great job!!

[ib2ez2]

Very nicely done!! Looks good!

[absoluteczech]

only thing killing it is the red ati pcb reference board.

[johnp1983]

This is a beastly build!!

[PaRn ssR]

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[HazChem]

Congrats on the final product! Loving the color combo!

sick!

That is one NICE looking computer! Great job!!

Very nicely done!! Looks good!

This is a beastly build!!

Wow, thanks guys!!

This is my money shot. Excellent job and beautifully executed, Haz! The wait was worth it!

Thanks again Captain. One of my project goals was to get better at framing shots. There is plenty of room for improvement.

only thing killing it is the red ati pcb reference board.

You noticed... Any suggestions besides getting a brand new card?

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Huh?