Overkill Cube ( AKA Snowflake)

[MagisD]

Well comp's up but on life support ATM .

Few problems

1. leaky Mcr-420 rad needs replacing ( I punctured it) .. have to order one this week after CC payment clears maxed the damn thing out twice so far on this build

2. Lamptron FC-2 completely Fubar .. 1 Channel 1 fried itself for no good reason the Capacitor on back of HS exploded and there an Insane high pitch whine anytime I try to go under 50%( knew it might happen)

So I need a new fan control system.. since i sold my old comp I said the hell with it, I Shot off a few e-mails about getting a full aquaero's system if Somebody can explain how it works/ hooks up properly to Support my 7 channels of 4 gt 1850's. Any body an expert or have a heavy setup PM me please.

Either that or try out a Lamptron FC-touch for the rads and hook the remaining 5 fans to MB.

Right now I'm only running 2 rads on a half burnt out Scythe kazemaster.

I still need to sleeve the PS and trim all the Fan cables I made I slightly over estimated LOL , only needed 4 feet made em all 6 ;-)

I also need to figure out how to cut the steel mesh to make the Divider for under the MB support This Stuff its 18 gauge steel black Powder coat cutting 1 strip ate 5 dremel High density cutting blades.

[MagisD]

Well new Swiftech Quad rads on its way thanks to ncix.

Luckily Aquaeros is out of stock everywhere otherwise i wouldn't of sorted out I only need 1 watt per fan and found this Sentry LXE. Since my pumps are PWM off motherboard just need fan control and since I have no front facing opening of any kind it's perfect. 3 channels 8watts/fan per for rads 1 channel 5 watts /fans for case fans and 1 extra for lighting.

The whole mesh inside cover idea is out the window my PS extends out to where i want to place it ;-(

Now to just get everything in and cleaned up ;-)

[MagisD]

So I really should of planed for more overhead, one mcp-35x is defective , and an annoy high pitch whine/chirping sound I was trying to track down turn out it the MB most people wouldn't even hear it but with my sound sensitivity its annoying as hell.

[penguins]

i have the same squeaky problem with my 680i

[MagisD]

Come up with any solutions beside replacing MB ?

[ScottALot]

This thread is so epic, it needs theme music...music about overkill in drug collection, not necessarily GT collection!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTlWJH1_hYY

[skeyo]

Nice work MagisD. Subed.

[MagisD]

Thanks for all the comments

New parts incomeing

Rampage 3 Extreme
And
Koolance R3E full cover block

That's to replace my MB which I'm RMA'ing back to Evga, they'll just send me a new one but that's fine I have A friend who will buy if not I can always sell elsewhere.

And i have a nice Six core I7 970 Coming to replace my 940 for Christmas :-) and Maybe My 30 inch Monitor Hp ZR30W

[MagisD]

Thanks for all the comments

New parts incomeing

Rampage 3 Extreme
And
Koolance R3E full cover block

That's to replace my MB which I'm RMA'ing back to Evga, they'll just send me a new one but that's fine I have A friend who will buy if not I can always sell elsewhere.

And i have a nice Six core I7 970 Coming to replace my 940 for Christmas :-) and Maybe My 30 inch Monitor Hp ZR30W

[zoson]

R3E is a piece of crap and I hate mine. Seriously.
STAY AWAY. Lacking crucial options that your EVGA board has.
You've been warned. I'm pissed I spent $380 on a board that can't overclock as well as a $210 UD3R.

[penguins]

Come up with any solutions beside replacing MB ?

play loud music :\

it's an evga too. the 680i sli boards were pretty notorious to have high pictched squeal comming from the R50 things next to the cpu with any form of OC
i would use a piece of tubing to localize the sound to the specific area and see if touching it helps the sound

[Raiden]

Totaly overkill for that build ;D

Need some better photos mate ;D

[MagisD]

So got my new mcr-420 and went to install it today and its different the the previous 6 I bought.

Matte black instead of shiny black.

Ports much smaller/smoother outside. And are couple mm shallower.

Caseing different grade metal doesn't flex like old one's.

Overall its all improvements, just allmosted messed me upwhere ports different depths and i was useing sli fittings to connect em.

Anybody else encounter new rev?

Easy to tell old ports are shaped like nuts, new ones smooth and round.

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[MagisD]

So the rads are good to go 4 hours leak tested and no leaks :-)

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[Creekin]

that sux that one rad looks diff,
does it look odd?
gota pic?

[MagisD]

Remembered to snap one during install

[MagisD]

Mb installed and now leak testing.

Execpt for rma my second mcp-35x and installing the new one. And my dec chip upgrade. Hardwares done.

Now on to fans and cables ...... when my hands permit.

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[fusionmkx]

omggg keep it up! U shoulda stuff like quad 580's in there to keep all those rads happy.

[MagisD]

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Its ALIVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

The cabling's a monster need to completely do cable management but its running and quite ;-). BTW My sleeving sucks and i know it damn carpal tunnel, I figure 2-3 week before i can work on it again now.

[Creekin]

U shoulda stuff like quad 580's in there to keep all those rads happy.

and a wood fired stove!


MD
that is a monument to XS

[ScottALot]

Fans, rads, tubes... oh! look, a computer on the left side! Didn't see that there haha

[Creekin]

oooh is THAT what that is?!?!....

i thought it was just the fan controller.....

you can rent that thing out as storage space

edit:
So MD, what sort of temps are you getting?

[MagisD]

No idea I think i have bad Cpu mount temps are way high. 50ish idle after a couple hours of light gameing .

[CCC]

any updates on your build? just curious to see some completed pics

[MagisD]

Naa its a disaster. Nothings really changed. Tried a couple cable management ways all turned out crap.

Haven't been able to sleeve due to carpal tunnel.

Just picked up a pair of gtx 570 to sli with koolance blocks. Gona take another crack at it.

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