8pack Supernova - build log!
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Keeping an eye on this for sure!
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Shawy, could I get a point of clarification on these systems. I have 5TB of data drives in my current PC that are perfectly fine. If I wanted to transplant them to my Infinity, would it be possible to not have any secondary storage installed in my Infinity build and do the transplant myself without voiding the warranty? It'd be a heck of a lot faster than trying to copy 3.5TB of data.
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Are the CPUs delidded for maximum overclocking/cooling potential?
The 4930k IHS is soldered on, no delidding needed.
Yeah thats completely fine, just give our friendly sales guys a call and they can specify the system with only a Primary drive.
Just make sure that your old drives contain data only as adding drives with boot partitions can sometimes mess with your boot priority, not a big deal but could be a potential issue.
I've had quite a bit of practice and my thumbs have no feeling anymore!
Moar I need MOARRR!
Ease me into the weekend by finishing the build log today. Please I am already bored at work and need some decent to look at!
Pwease, there is some Harribo in it for you
Haha! Sorry for the lack of updates, been a busy weekend for me - only partly due to locking myself out of my car 100 miles from home!
We could try and live stream it and that would turn out like a time laps with our internet lol.
As Bicepo said - we can do pretty much any customisation you'd like to our systems - just phone our sales teams and they'll sort you out.
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How many Infinity systems have overclockers sold in total?
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Update time!
Time to mount all 14 of these eLoops:
Some of the quietest fans I've ever heard - well, I haven't really heard them but you get the picture.
Mounting to the rads with Bitfenix Alchemy fan splitter cables
And the 8pack fan grills:
I know they're not on the fans, but they still look sweet!
Mounting the Bitspower res to the fans
That thing is huge
Maybe a little too huge…
We had to swap it for a slightly smaller res
Nice and cosy now.
Next was mounting the pump
Had to disassemble the pump top to drill the mounting holes.
Perfect fit
And with some extra sound dampening
Once inside the case it was easy to see the tubing path
I'd like to stress that this was not an accident.
A lot of careful planning and measuring went into this.
There's even room at the side for tubing
'To where' you might be asking..
Using some spare rotaries to help plan out the loop
And some more planning at the front end
Very busy!
And it got busier!
Using the Aquaero to the max with these flow meters & temperature sensors.
That's it for this update!
But here's a little sneak peak of Bicepo getting involved ready for the next update:
(He wont be too happy when he sees how messy the desk is)
Time to mount all 14 of these eLoops:
Some of the quietest fans I've ever heard - well, I haven't really heard them but you get the picture.
Mounting to the rads with Bitfenix Alchemy fan splitter cables
And the 8pack fan grills:
I know they're not on the fans, but they still look sweet!
Mounting the Bitspower res to the fans
That thing is huge
Maybe a little too huge…
We had to swap it for a slightly smaller res
Nice and cosy now.
Next was mounting the pump
Had to disassemble the pump top to drill the mounting holes.
Perfect fit
And with some extra sound dampening
Once inside the case it was easy to see the tubing path
I'd like to stress that this was not an accident.
A lot of careful planning and measuring went into this.
There's even room at the side for tubing
'To where' you might be asking..
Using some spare rotaries to help plan out the loop
And some more planning at the front end
Very busy!
And it got busier!
Using the Aquaero to the max with these flow meters & temperature sensors.
That's it for this update!
But here's a little sneak peak of Bicepo getting involved ready for the next update:
(He wont be too happy when he sees how messy the desk is
)
I don't know for sure but I'd say easily one a week. There were 6 including scimitars in one week last month. And that's just the watercooled ones!
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Can You put up a diagram of how you have set up the aquaero please
will help me out a lot
will help me out a lot
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Threads like this certainly make you appreciate how much time, effort and care goes into these builds.
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Not bad.
Hence why the tube res didn't fit
Good looking build
It's the res we've used in the past but, as Bicepo demonstrated, we have some new tools to play with to make the Supernova even better this time around.
I've never been able to use the finger print scanner on my iPhone because my thumbs are always like this:
Honestly, that thing is a build log in itself. I'll try to get some photos of the back of it later on in the build log. Bicepo spent a good few hours getting it all set up though, and I still think there's some more tweaks to be made.
There's a lot more work that goes into it before the build even begins. People like ScottieB and 8pack himself sitting down planning, designing, organising custom hardware and BIOS's. Not to mention binning hundreds of processors to find a single chip good enough for these builds, and then the hours 8pack puts into overclocking and tweaking settings to get the absolute maximum from all of the hardware with rock solid stability.
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Thanks much appreciated