I figured that i would update the original post in case some are wondering what the deal is w/ all the builds spread over the many pages of this log.
Project 1
It started with the V2000 just for me. While in middle of working on it, my friend the LocknessMounsta decided he wanted to upgrade his current computer
Project 2
LocknessMounsta's HP Blackbird
Project 3
my GF liked the results i was experiencing & wanted a little someting for herself. For being a trooper dealing with all the messes as items for the builds started to take over my residence, I decided to get her a mini version of my V2000 - so i purchased a V600 for her
Project 4
As i made one of the most grand messes ever...it dawned upon me that now would be a great time (sarcasm) to take apart my home server a Lain Li PC-A17 & get the internals painted black w/ the rest of the parts from the above builds & give it a once over w/ some sleeving.
Project 5
the LocknessMounsta had some extra parts (plus a BUNCH of new) & wanted to have a backup watercooled pc. He decided now was a great time (sarcasm) for me to have another project (as well as more large boxed product for my humble abode) Enter one PC-K10 by LianLi or LanCool (i've seen it as both...regardless...still silverpcs)
which brings me to Project 6
this is a selfish tangent from the V2000 that I started this journey with with. My brain has been overflowing with ideas for a TJ07 build...& i could not take it any longer...i took the plunge & got one in the middle of all of the above...subsequently sidelining the project that started it all...the V2000 (for now as of 8/2/09)
It begins:
Tis the season for a new build….this time around I really wanted to focus on the details. On that note..should something be amiss, or look off, feel free to voice your opinion. Like all great creations…even a master faults & misses something that another eye can pick up (I imply not a thing here b/c I am far from a master – but more often than not I’m focused on one important detail in my mind & miss another in the process)
Anyone can build a computer, but what I am going for is a showpiece. I have spared no expense on the quality of parts (with the exception of cheaping out on the power supply… something that I paid the price for….deeply regret…&….something I will never do again) It is a shame that i did not go w/ the silverstone all along; I would have saved my hands quite a thrashing.
Quite a few of parts have been sitting collecting dust for longer that I would like to admit. Finding time is more difficult that one can imagine. Quite a bit of this will be worked on over xmas (when I have a day or 2 away from the office) & commencing again (if necessary) in Feb ’09 after 1099’s go out (I’m an acct/it mgr for a law firm) time is never on my side – EVER
first & foremost everything in the case short of the motherboard/v-cards & blocks will be painted black -
I wanted an automotive themed build
I am a huge Porsche Enthusiast & I wanted in some way shape or form to incorporate a few things auto….along the same lines of the Porsche Design…an auto feel/look from a non automotive object
For me that means something with some chrome, black metal & some carbon fiber…..well…hell…A LOT of carbon fiber…but that was pretty much out. It would look a bit tacky imo (though I would not turn down an all carbon case
After purchasing (10) .2mm 9.7” x 12” sheets of real carbon fiber 4 months ago, I slowly started seeing more & more sheets return to the box I keep them in b/c it just did not look right. There will be a few accents of real carbon
The Case:
I will be using a Lian Li PC-V2000B Plus II as the foundation due to the great deal of space afforded & top it off w/ a 4 fan Koolance shroud (thank you for the clearance info Gone Cruising – no rad up there for now…but…you never know).
I did however start out with one of the best cases for water cooling with some nifty wheels already affixed. So…all is not lost with the auto theme…I’m already off to a great start since it can already roll freely & has a built in “emergency brake”
THE COOLING:
I have had some great experiences using thermal electric cooling on the cpu. This build I wanted to incorporate a TEC system for the cpu, v-cards & entire motherboard (I later found out that cooling the southbridge was not going to happen w/ the innovatek block that came with the black pearl, so I have decided to just use a fan)
I did not like the way the blocks looked that did fit (not that I like the fan option one bit) but routing another hose to that block (SB) would disturb a flow of tubes I have already created in my head & we cannot have that!
After spending a great deal of time on www.extremesystems.org I came across a Lian Li V2000 & v1000 thread http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=154982 which sent my brain to overload. There are so many great cpu systems in this one thread. I devised a plan of attack, which brings me to the details.
The plan calls for 2 loops – one for the CPU->NB->MOSFETS & the second for the video cards each of which chilled by a hybrid CoolIt Freezone
The grocery list seems to be never ending…there are so many little bits & pieces
As follows:
Lian Li PC-V2000B Plus II
EVGA 680i Black Pearl
(2) EVGA 9800GX2’s
(2) EK 9800GX2 Nickel Blocks
Intel E8400 E0 stepping – recently benched in a 780i FTW 4.5 @ 1.27v
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=466655
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 w/ ram fan
Plextor PX-755SA
WD Raptor X 150
Icy Dock 3 Bay hot swap cage
SILVERSTONE ZEUS 1200W
(it is 3 now....) Coolit Freezone Thermal Electric Coolers
(2) Feser XChanger 360's
Koolance 4 Fan Shroud
2 x MurderMod MDPC-X Psychopacks (i used one on the antec power supply i ditched & got a second for the new Silverstone Zeus)
(10) Sheets of Hayame real carbon fiber (.2mm thick w/ adhesive backing 9.7” x 12” sheets)
(2) Scythe Kaze Master Fan Controllers
(5) Enermax Magma 120mm x 25mm Twister Red & Back Fans (for the shroud on top & one for the bottom coolit freezone)
(7) Scythe Ultra Kaze 120mm x 38mm 3000RPM fans (6 for the Feser rad's - one for the freezone in the top portion of the case in the lian li 3x5.25)
many feet of 18AWG Stranded Hook Up Wire UL Approved - Black
1 x Logisys Remote Control Molex Connector Kit (RM01) a few USB/KK Header Connector 1 X 2's
3 x Dual LED - Pre-wired with Connector - 5mm - White
30 x Lian Li Anodized Thumbscrews M3 Size (1) - Black
30 x black fan screws
50 ft of red & 50 ft of black 26g
100 ft of 22g
30 ft 0.375 (3/8") Chrome Cable Sleeving (just going to use a few feet)
Lian Li Solid Aluminum Black Anodized Casters (wheels!) to replace the oem silver ones
Logisys 12" 12V LED Light Strip - White (may get a few more - i like these things)
White Illuminated Bulgin Vandal Switch - Black Housing w/ Ring Illumination
(2) NMB / Panaflo 80mm x 15mm Fan (3106KL-04W-B50-C00) (for the rear bottom of the case)
Lian Li PC-343B 3 X 5.25" Fan Module with Mesh Front and Filter
15 ft of Slim C-Strip Fan/Window Molding - Black (not going to need it all obviously)
(2) A.C. Ryan MeshxPanel™ Modder's Mesh sheets - Black (ACR-XP0748)
FrozenCPU Noise Dampening Material
TONS-O-Various Koolance compression swiveling fittings/adaptors/elbows
20 feet of NORPRENE TUBING (3/8" OD; 1/4" ID; BEND RADIUS 7/8" MIN) (I got extra for a blackbird project that i will be working on)
A bunch of various sized rubber grommets
Top Shelf LED controller
Silverstone SST-CLEARCMOS reset button
100 black pop rivets (all will be replaced to black)
12 120mm rubber black gaskets/vibration absorbers (2 extra for the LochnessMounsta's build)
4 sets of koolance quick disconnects (for removing the v-cards easily & also to remove the board) i want to be able to swap out set ups without ripping hair out of mt head
a few Hammond boxes to raise the rad above floor level & hide a few things
& a ton of blood & tears (hopefully there will be little use for the Kleenex box – I know the band aids will be on ready)
A special delivery from Barry @ Coolit:
TY you again for the speeding shipping!
3 freezone’s, some neoprene, & a MTEC controller
Well…lets start w/ taking apart one of the CoolIt Systems Freezones:
I used a blow dryer to heat up the adhesive to remove the face plate – I will not be needing any them – it makes for easier disassembly as well
There is a small screw that needs to be removed to drain & fill the system – it is located on the pump & requires an allen key
To remove the clamps that are on the system you need a small pair of metal cutters & pry the clamp back away
this initial loop you are seeing was changed after I got the toobage from Barry
I was already in possession of one freezone & wanted to get the first loop going so I used the some extra tygon I had laying around just for testing purposes
after attaching all necessary tubes/clamps/compression fittings:
it is time to start filling the loop
the only nice thing about the tygon is that you can see where there are bubbles
not a big deal though…
after opening the pump screw fill port, use a syringe like this to fill the liquid in w/:
http://www.dangerden.com/store/produ...4&cat=0&page=1
I slowly added a mixture of distilled h20 & Prestone low tox 4:1
You really do not need more than that unless you will be shipping your system to Canada or Chicago in the winter – the end result is to keep the liquid from freezing in transport & for its anti-corrosive properties
I have a little secret sauce I will be adding later on which should drop the temps even further by allowing for better absorption of the heat
I added a DangerDen 120.1 rad inline after it hits the cpu block (this has since been changed)
initial temps on the blocks (cpu/nb/v-reg/DDrad)
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A few more bits to work with
Some modders mesh
Misc parts
The new switch
This was a must have
A few more misc parts
& my little led controller
The PS I will be using on the build
My murdermod Psychopack from Charles in Canada
http://store.murdermod.com/murderwar...psychopack.htm
- BTW - super fast delivery w/ the cheapo postage (i was not in immediate need of it) - there is so much stuff in the pack
• 100' of MDPC-X 11/64" custom diameter sleeve
• 10' of 3:1 heatshrink for the 11/64" sleeve
• 12' of MDPC-X custom diameter SATA sleeve
• 24" of 3:1 heatshrink for the SATA sleeve
• 6' of MDPC-X 5/8" custom diameter sleeve
• 12" of big 3:1 heatshrink for PCI-E cable transitions
• 6" of jumbo 2:1 heatshrink for ATX cable transitions
- Very happy w/ what i got - def be getting another or 2
Let the fun begin - i have a full battery on the ipod & a ton of podcasts from sonnydeejay that have gone unlistened over the past weeks - time to jam
Note..this was a horrible choice on my part going with the antec – there are these hardened rubber????things that are used in place of heatshrink – horrible choice antec- & quite a PIA to take apart
Here are a few in progress
Some progress
A little more
Hard work does pay off
Mmmhm –this looks very nice!
Before I do the prep for the v-cards, here is loop one mounted.
Flow looks A O K
Still not digging the SB Fan…but it serves a purpose
I was really eager to see the temps so…I jumped the gun hooked up the SATA’s & loaded Vista.
After 12 hrs of running, the max temp under load from Everest was 39 – 24 @ idle (ALSO NOTE…this was done w/ a Q6700 @ stock settings, rather than the E8400 which is temporarily in the computer I am typing this log on
Time for some prep on the video card loop
Now onto the good stuff
Time to take apart one of the new CoolIt Freezones
I added the scythe fans to the feser rad
I OCD’d the fittings for the better part of 4 hours
After mounting the CoolIt Freezone in the lower 120mm fan location, I added the feser rad to the mix
& began to fiddle w/ the tubing
When it was all said & done & ended up w/ this:
Here is how the pumps will be mounted in the top section of the case
Another picture of the pump mounted on the Freezone in the 5.25 drive bays
I like the flow if the tubes a lot
It begins:
I Used AS ceramique on the GPU & ram
2 shiney EK nickel Blocks compliment the innovatek blocks nicely
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One in
They are alive
Got a few items from performance-pcs.com & frozencpu.com
200ft of 18G wire, 30 ft of chrome sleeving, some 5mm led’s, a few scythe fans, a ton of power supply connectors ATX/SATA/PCIE/Molex & a multitude of male & female pins, some black lian li thumb screws, some zip tie .75” mounts, molex crimper, black lian li wheels & a less than desirable SB fan
& this nifty little thing:
It is a single channel remote control for anything molex – I plan to use it for the entire lighting system (as it will draw little current) – there are other models available w/ more channels – I have seen up to 4
WELL…..that Antec Power Supply is out..
There is a new sheriff in town:
A Silverstone Zeus 1200W
After making the decision to axe the Antec power supply, there was once again a need to order another Psychopack from Charles @ MurderMod
http://store.murdermod.com/murderwar...psychopack.htm
Once again it arrived in light speed via the regular post – shipped out on Monday & I received it today (& keep in mind yesterday was x-mas!) – that is speedy from Canada to Chicago!
TY CHARLES!
Here is what is left from the first one
I will have quite a bit of sleeving to do again…lucky for me it is the weekend & I will have a little free time
After running the cards for almost 24 hours, all seems well…& the blocks are CHILLY!
I love the flow of the tubing that was attained w/ a little O C & D
I did a little overclocking - just mild on the chip - but really tried to set the v-cards a blazing....
still working with the Q6700 (for a few more days)
chip @ 3.33 1.325v rest of the settings auto
idle 28 27 29 26
load 40 39 38 37
as I have a few extra freezones laying around...I may choose to remove the DD rad in favor of another coolit freezone - that would put 12TEC's (6 on each freezone) on the board & CPU....VERY CHILLY to say the least - we'll see what happens after i put the dual core in - i may not need it (the extra freezone) if the temps are where i want them to be
now the cards...
...
Everyone knows that the GX2's are some of the hottest cards that have ever been created.
my old temps w/ the stock fans:
idle 47 48 48 49 fans @ 100% - load was well into the 70's & beyond w/ the fans @ max
NOW for the GOOD STUFF!!!!
I AM VERY IMPRESSED W/ THERMOELECTRIC COOLING
idle @ stock was 29 30 30 29
@ Load 36 37 36 36
OC'd 756 1890 1131 @ idle 31 32 31 30
LOAD 39 40 39 38
i even jacked the clocks to artifacting land - 777 1960 1161 still....
my delta is less than 10c it never went above 40c- that is out of control!
more to come
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Originally Posted by PradaG
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.i have already tested out the loop (an update will follow this evening after some reposting of pics) & temps remain under 40/41 (LOAD) w/ a 10c delta (& I want to drop them even further - another feser may be in order 
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.it was cleaned up before i put em together....that is not thermal paste on the vregs, those are thermal pads that i tried to save from the original card - i ended up scrapping that idea (mostly b/c they were falling apart) but i was gracious enough to show you a fault or 2
there are only a select few that want them & those that do want it new & w/ the warranty 
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