The Kreijtech System

[fullinfusion]

Well crap, the water pump seems to be bad!!!!!

It just barely moves the liquid. Won't even push the air out of the system.

So now this puts this dang entire build on hold again until I can find/afford a dang pump.

Is that a 120v fish pond pump?

I've got a few of them bad asses running skimmers on my reef tank.. they need to prime before they actually start to work.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

From the manual PDF:
The pump can be used both in and out of the water. It is not self-priming and to operate, must therefore be positioned on the outside of the tank – below the water level.
Putting into operation:
To make it operate, suck briefly (do I hear Kreij laughing?) at the end of the pressure hose, until water flows to the pump. Do not insert power supply plug until you have done this. A brief noise when the pump starts up is normal.

 

[stinger608]

Is that a 120v fish pond pump?

I've got a few of them bad asses running skimmers on my reef tank.. they need to prime before they actually start to work.

Yep, it is that pump. I have the res above the pump so I would think it would prime with the liquid dropping down to the pump?

From the manual PDF:
The pump can be used both in and out of the water. It is not self-priming and to operate, must therefore be positioned on the outside of the tank – below the water level.
Putting into operation:
To make it operate, suck briefly (do I hear Kreij laughing?) at the end of the pressure hose, until water flows to the pump. Do not insert power supply plug until you have done this. A brief noise when the pump starts up is normal.

As I stated above, I have the res sitting above the pump. When I was putting the water into the res it actually flowed down the tube and started coming out of the top "pressure" tube before I even turned the pump on.
I would think that it should have been primed at that point?



Received the "little" pump that I got for shipping today..........

The little, and I use the word "little" loosely, is about have the size of a dang box of stick matches.

Looked up the make and model and they claim it puts out 61 GPH (gallons per hour) so that should be about 1 gallon a minute which should circulate the system about once every 15 seconds or so.
But wow, what a tiny little pump.

Actually here is the pump the fella shipped me:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018E6ZWIQ/?tag=tec06d-20

Its brand new in the box so I guess I'll fiddle with the Eheim a little more but then I'll put that tiny little dude in and see how it does.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I would think that it should have been primed at that point?

Me too.

 

[stinger608]

Well, it has been some time since and update. Sorry for that as I have been dealing with what to do on the water cooling issue.....................Not any more!!!

Look what I received in the mail the other day from our own awesome member @kenkickr

Spoiler: pumps and res

One of the DDC pumps are bad and most likely it's the infamous circuit board issue. No worries though as the other pump works great and I am only running a single loop for the CPU anyhow!

So, the short of it is; I should be able to get the loop done, filled, and tested this weekend!!!

 

[Tatty_Two]

Let me know if you are short of anything else, got a few bits lying around and am on holiday in Florida fairly soon so could maybe post from there, think I might have a S1150 CPU, a little DDR3 2133mhz Ram and a couple of hard drives.

Even if this one is near done, could always contribute something to a further build, will be across the pond in 7 weeks!

 

[stinger608]

That is frigging awesome of ya @Tatty_One !!!! If you did send me items and I don't use them, I would set them aside for the next TPU Crunching challenge for either a build or prize give away's!

Right at the moment, my dilemma is figuring out how I'm going to mount the XSPC res to make it look good. I'm wanting to mount the res/pump up on the top of the test bench so that the res is above the radiator.

I thought I had a 5 1/4" dual bay that came out of a case, but alas I can't seem to find it anywhere. I am thinking I might have to grab an old case and drill and cut a 5 1/4" bay section out, paint it, and then figure out a mounting.

If anyone has some ideas, please post em up!

 

[stinger608]

Okay everyone, got the loop together and running, testing, and checking for leaks.






So far so good!!!!!!!!

Now just getting the air out of the system. Going to let it run overnight and then...............................................................

We should be able to fire this puppy up tomorrow with any luck!

 

[stinger608]

Well, here we go with another update!!!!

Rather than boring all of you with a bunch of babbling, I'll get some pictures up for your enjoyment.

Spoiler: quick shots

Now comes the two important pictures!!!!!

Spoiler: open carefully!!! Bhahaha

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!





That temperature is after the system has run for about 2 hours!

Well, that's it for the moment.

I'll give another update either today or tomorrow with:

Spoiler: Read On

I'll get Windows loaded, BOINC installed, and the system will be crunching!!!!!

 

[Caring1]

Cool, literally.
I love those Radeons without stickers, great look.

 

[stinger608]

Cool, literally.
I love those Radeons without stickers, great look.

Thanks, bro! Actually, the one still has the dang sticker on it. I need to grab the wife's hair dryer and see it I can peel it off.


Okay, I have had it running now for a few days. It's been chugging along at stock clocks and crunching! It should be getting pretty close to being done spooling up.

Now I'm hoping that I start seeing a rise in my numbers on the daily pie charts for our crunching team.

Busy the next couple of days/evenings, but will get some more pictures up soon showing the BOINC and what not.

 

[stinger608]

It's been running now for almost 2 weeks and not a single issue!!! Crunching along just as ole uncle @Kreij would want!

 

[stinger608]

Well, the system has been running now for well over a month and no crashes or reboots other than Windows updates!

 

[stinger608]

Well, thanks to the amazing Team TPU Cruncher Captin @Norton , this system will get a frigging awesome video card update to a pair of water cooled HD7970's!!!!!!

He just gave me a deal I couldn't pass up!!!!!!

He posted a picture of them back in March on a thread:

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...ndom-stuff-gpus-cpus-etc.231260/#post-3625130


I know it will be waaaaaaaaaaay stupid overkill for a dedicated cruncher, but hey; It will look amazing and I'll bet ole Uncle @Kreij would like it and probably have done it too.