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My Project Log:

Well, I got some great news for everyone!!!! Frozen.Q just e-mailed me asking for my address. He's going to be able to send the res out so I can have it by the end of the week... Woot! I have Thursday off, and I gotta work about 4 hours on Friday due to trying to shorten my hours... lol.. Now, the big questions...

Should I go with Black tubing, clear?
Cool the whole mobo?
Then take it all apart and wire it for lighting! lol..
 
I like the idea of all black with lighting for highlights......

Glad it finally got the res (you get the "Mother Theresa" Award for patience)
 
MKmods said:
I like the idea of all black with lighting for highlights......

Glad it finally got the res (you get the "Mother Theresa" Award for patience)
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:laugh: thanks for the award. Yeah, it took... Forever... But, hey, it's going to look SWEET... I just now need to go and see what I need to do for fittings, I think I need one or two more Rotary barbs... I was just laying next to it to look inside and Almost fell asleep.. lol.


I think I'm just going for a White Lighting set up... I was going for uv, but I don't quite know. I think I'll set one button up for the Res, then the other for the lighting around the mobo..


Glah, I got 4 more days worth of Supervising before the other supervisor gets back from her medical leave... These 4 days are going to be torture due to the 14+ hours... lol Won't want to come home and work on the case... Since I got a reason to work on it again.. lol


Hey, CP... No Soup for you!!! Black Uv Tubing I knew I wasn't seeing things! lol
 
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Ok...one, congrats again
two...yess stay with black but do this: Tubing>>>

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do like a small 2 inch section near the top of clear tubing so you can see the flow and stuff.

finally...I think you should cool the whole mobo but thats just me...i'd spend 10k on a PC.
 
Yeah, I think I might cool the full mobo... Maybe that way I can boot into windows at 5ghz.. lol.. Nah, it's probably nothing to do with temps, just glref volts...
 
I vote black! Of course, that should be no surprise lol. Totally have to do a flow indicator though. I can't wait to see if you cool the whole mobo!
 
Mark_Hardware said:
I vote black! Of course, that should be no surprise lol. Totally have to do a flow indicator though. I can't wait to see if you cool the whole mobo!
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Thanks for the Vote man. I'll think about the flow indicator.. I'll have to make another video on the system so you can see how the system is... It's a flowing! lol..

Yeah, I'm going to go and grab the Black uv tubing.

I'm going to be running into a snug.. lol.. I'm going to need both Type 1 & Type 2 for the mosfet cooling... If I go Bitpowers... I can find Type one instock at Frozen, but they don't have type 2.. waiting on a reply now to see if they will restock it... Most places say they aren't going to restock anything of the watercooling.... X58 FTL... :cry:
 
When you get that black UV tubing post lots of good pictures, I am really curious to see what it looks like!
 
Mark_Hardware said:
When you get that black UV tubing post lots of good pictures, I am really curious to see what it looks like!
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Yeah, I'll be posting more pictures then a Porn site can handle! :roll:

Now off to the watch tower to look for mosfet cooling.. lol..

Btw, MH, your mod is looking sweet! A lot of hands on stuff going on!

:toast:
 
/me tries to think of joke about pornsite and hands on stuff......
 
Mark_Hardware said:
/me tries to think of joke about pornsite and hands on stuff......
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:roll: Me lookey but no touchy... lol..

Well, just off the waiting list (took 30 mins) with FrozenCPU on the Mosfet.. They said that there is a shipment of Bitspower stuff coming in this week.. Gotta throw it on email and buy it as soon as it comes in!!! lol. oh... 6 more 45d barbs... ouch...
 
yeah that stuff adds up really quick
 
Mark_Hardware said:
yeah that stuff adds up really quick
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Yeah, it does add up.. lol.. I'm almost thinking of going X58 now.. Now that I've seen that it's going to live on longer with the Line up thats going on... Plus, The EVGA board that I've been looking at, LE version, has a full coverage water block that is only going to be two barbs... I don't have access at XS due to work firewall or I'd show it...
 
All right, I waiting on Ghost_808 to see if he might want to trade.. lol.. If not, I got a list at Performance PC's to go at.

Bitspower 790i NB/SB All in one
Feser Black UV tubing
2 Bitspower 45d barb
2 Thermalright Hr-09 Type 4 for mosfet cooling
2 Koolance Nozzle adapters
Bitspower dual G1/4 5 way adapter

Now, the reason I'm not going to cool the Mosfets is that I have to wait till FrozenCPU gets in the mosfet cooling.. They said it would take anywhere between now and 2 weeks.. lol So, get that for now, to see if I do need to go and get cooling water wise..

The reason for the adapters, is going with MK thoughts.. just to adapt the res to the pump.. The only thing now is that when the res from Frozen.Q comes in, it has bottom ports for in/out, so because of how the pump head is, It will need to be routed for use... the in on the pump would make it cover up the inlet for teh res..

It's not all set into stone because of the fact I am waiting for the word from Ghost, and still in the process of thinking it all up..
 
looking forward to the progress, its amazing watching how this comp has evolved:toast:

Is the cooler for the mosfets you are thinking about the long one?
 
What do you mean long one?

I'm waiting for the this Type 2 Mosfet cooling to become in stock... I mean, I can go Koolance Mosfets cooling and be set, but I don't know.. lol.. It would be cheaper.. :roll:

Thanks MK for the words. You think the adapter set up is going to work well?


Also, I did a PSU calculator for my set up.. It says at 4.77ghz, It pulls 1113w... You guys think I need to worry? :roll:
 
Ahhh, nope, not one of those.. They've only made it for the x58 boards, that I know of..

Well, Frozen.Q just sent me a email saying he's going to send it out tomorrow or Saturday.. Woot! I have 2 days off next week, and the weekend off.. Sweet!

But, I don't know if I want to water the nb/sb now... :roll: I found a Nikon D40 for cheap... I need a better Micro... Lol..
 
D40 FTW! (Im using a $40 Kodak, I wish I had invested in a better camera long ago)

If there is any possibility of going X58 dont go nutts on stuff for the current mobo...
 
MKmods said:
D40 FTW! (Im using a $40 Kodak, I wish I had invested in a better camera long ago)

If there is any possibility of going X58 dont go nutts on stuff for the current mobo...
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Oh, I haven't bought a thing yet.. I'm looking into things before I even buy. I really want to see about Ghost's first... The I7 really isn't a big thing I'm looking into.. This set up can do anything I throw at it.. But, I do have the ram to go I7, so Its not a big pricing thing anymore..

Just got a few things going threw the old noggin
 
Well, I guess Performance PC's did have the two Mosfet blocks in stock... But... I don't know...

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Or would, you just sell the system and go i7... I have a Qx.. that and the board would be about the same price as a chip and board... I'd just have to pay for the water set up... Block and tubing... Then wait on the Full water block...


Grrrr..
 
I wouldn't go i7 till you get water to cool the beast. But if you have water already then go i7
 
MKmods said:
a couple things, I dont know since you already have good really stuff if its worth going to i7.

The other thing is the tubing, are you sure you want 3/8-1/2OD tubing?
(for me its too thin wall and kinks too easy, I like 3/8-5/8OD better)
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=292&products_id=23923
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not sure of the measurements, but my 1/2" now is thin walled, and bro its a PITA to put into some of the fittings, its not strong enough and just hard to maneuver. Kinks and bends wayyy tooo easy. I think you should listen to Mark on this one CS, he's right if you ask me.
 
MKmods said:
a couple things, I dont know since you already have good really stuff if its worth going to i7.

The other thing is the tubing, are you sure you want 3/8-1/2OD tubing?
(for me its too thin wall and kinks too easy, I like 3/8-5/8OD better)
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=292&products_id=23923
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As for teh I7... I bought my GX2 card a month before the GTX260/280's came out. I only spent 40 bucks since I had to rma a Palit card that they didn't make anymore.. So, in the one month I saw the price of that one hardware piece go down 200 bucks.. Now, I'm looking at almost the same thing via P55/15-i7 coming out in September. This board that I've paid $150 for, is now selling at the same place for $130 via the same way I got this one.. I know the Qx can get me some money, but what will it get me come 2 months down the road? board will be worth below $100 and the chip...

That's my reasoning behind it.. If I added it up, the water loop to the board, plus what I maybe able to sell this board/processor for, it would cost the same as me just going off and buying a i7 set up.

This is all still a thing that I have to think about.. I really don't know if after my AMD/ATI set up will I be done.. But, then again, I don't even really know if by time I do the AMD/ATI set up would I even be working the same job, or working with my father..

Chicken Patty said:
not sure of the measurements, but my 1/2" now is thin walled, and bro its a PITA to put into some of the fittings, its not strong enough and just hard to maneuver. Kinks and bends wayyy tooo easy. I think you should listen to Mark on this one CS, he's right if you ask me.
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Yeah, I've used the 3/8-1/2OD with the Silver and I do say that it is a little bit of a pain. You have to give the tubing some extra length just to make sure it doesn't kink.. The only reason I grabbed the 3/8-12OD was the fact that it was the silver. I used PrimoFlex in my Cosmos and I love the stuff. It's just they don't make the Silver tubing, and they don't have the Black/uv tubing that Feser does. I do agree with you two on the tubing, just I wanted to get the UV active black..

I may still change due to not even knowing what the hell I'm doing yet! lol
 
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