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I appear to have clicked on the buy now button :D

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I was rooting through my spare parts drawer and found some hard drives, a 600W PSU and some old GFX cards. I decided it was a bit of a waste having them doing nowt so I've decided to build a dedicated Folding rig out of them and the above wot I just ordered. I'll be using the Noctua cooler off my current gaming rig since I also clicked the buy now button on the watercooling components for that this morning.

I'll be Overclocking it as far as it can go and Folding bigadv WUs on a native Ubuntu install.

Should help get me back to the top producer slot :p
 
I do hope that you have a better experience than I did with that RAM - check out the OCZ forums to make sure you have the right timings.

I had a couple of kit of OCZ Obsidian and I had to send them both back as they were faulty. They would pass 24hrs of memtest 86 but the machine would crash on prime 95 :(

I ended up getting some patriot of the members market.

If you do get it up and working it will give you a great boost especially with the A3 cores
 
shadowscotland said:
what did you get in your watercooling basket?
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Fans:
Qty: 6
Product: Xilence Red Wing 1500RPM 120mm - PWM

Fan controller:
Qty: 1
Product: Zalman ZM-MFC1 Plus - Black

Hose:
Qty: 3
Product: 1/2" ID - 3/4" OD Tygon R3603 Hose 1m

Reservoir:
Qty: 1
Product: EK Multioption RES 250 Rev.2
- Option: x Bitspower 1/2" ID - 3/4" OD Compression -Matte Black

Coolant dye:
Qty: 1
Product: PrimoChill Dye Bomb - Blood Red

Coolant:
Qty: 1
Product: Thermochill EC6 Non Conductive Coolant - Clear

CPU block:
Qty: 1
Product: Alphacool HF 14 Yellowstone - B / R / B - 775/1156/1366
- Option: x Bitspower 1/2" ID - 3/4" OD Compression -Matte Black
- Option: x EK 1366 Motherboard Backplate

Radiator:
Qty: 1
Product: Black Ice GT Stealth 360 Radiator
- Option: x Bitspower 1/2" ID - 3/4" OD Compression -Matte Black

Pump:
Qty: 1
Product: 12V Laing D5 Vario Pump (Swiftech MCP655)

Got the Alphacool block as it's red and black to match the colour schem and got fairly good reviews. All the stuff has Bitspower Matte black compression fittings on. Should look pretty cool and take some of the heat off my poor CPU.
 
Had OCZ RAM a few times in the past and never had any trouble - hopefully this time will be fine too.
 
I've figured out why Stan works on Oil rigs... it's so he can steal oil to use to power generators for all his folding rigs. ;)
 
the yelowstone, ek res and D5 are all excelent
but the fans and rad are not a great compo.

Unprecedented Ultra-high 30 FPI (Fins Per Inch) fin density providing dramatically increased heat transfer surface area
this is great for delta or san ace fans but pants for the redwings (they struggle on 12 fpi rads like the PA's).
Send the fans back or get a new rad if you like the fan colour.

The bitspower compressions look the bees knees - expensive but great

Red tube is better that die - the die will separate in time especially with a hot i7 in the loop. But drain and fill the loop with distilled/di ionised in a 6-8 months and you'll be fine.

the coolant is a waste but will save you getting a killcoil / nuke

Not a bad spec for a new watercooler but you need to sort the rad/fans out.
If you have money to burn the 55mm feser triebwerk is great - or the 38mm san ace (if you can find any Model No 9G1212H1011)
 
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shadowscotland said:
the yelowstone, ek res and D5 are all excelent
but the fans and rad are not a great compo.

Unprecedented Ultra-high 30 FPI (Fins Per Inch) fin density providing dramatically increased heat transfer surface area
this is great for delta or san ace fans but pants for the redwings (they struggle on 12 fpi rads like the PA's).
Send the fans back or get a new rad if you like the fan colour.

The bitspower compressions look the bees knees - expensive but great

Red tube is better that die - the die will separate in time especially with a hot i7 in the loop. But drain and fill the loop with distilled/di ionised in a 6-8 months and you'll be fine.

the coolant is a waste but will save you getting a killcoil / nuke

Not a bad spec for a new watercooler but you need to sort the rad/fans out.
If you have money to burn the 55mm feser triebwerk is great - or the 38mm san ace (if you can find any Model No 9G1212H1011)
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Thanks for the input - I'm a total noob when it comes to watercooling. Been looking at the Triebwerk fans and they look pretty nice. Would I get away with the 1200 rpm ones or would I need the 1800 rpm? The 1800s would be a little on the loud side (but not unbearably so I don't think) - the 1200s are about as quiet as the Redwings but not much higher airflow. I'm assuming the 1800s. I suppose I could just get the 1800rpm and slow them down if need be with the fan controller - they're only a pound dearer than the 1200s.

I really like the bitspower compressions - I was looking around for black fittings and was going to go with some plastic things I found and then I stumbled on the Matte Black fittings and thought they looked like just the ticket. As you say, not cheap but worth it imo ;)
 
Primochill ghost fitting are black (I'm guessing they are the plastic ones you were considering) and the airflow numbers are with no obstruction.
slap a high fin rad infront and the redwings airflow is a gnat's wing above zero (seriously)
Good case fans - but poor on rads.

Gentle typhoons are excelent but will not match the colour scheme (unless a little gray is acceptable)
half the cost of the triebwerk too.

As will all fans above 25mm depth - fan controller is a must, and the 1800 are a better bet.
 
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Primochill ghost fitting are black (I'm guessing they are the plastic ones you were considering) and the airflow numbers are with no obstruction.
slap a high fin rad infront and the redwings airflow is a gnat's wing above zero (seriously)
Good case fans - but poor on rads.

Gentle typhoons are excelent but will not match the colour scheme (unless a little gray is acceptable)
half the cost of the triebwerk too.

As will all fans above 25mm depth - fan controller is a must, and the 1800 are a better bet.
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That's the ones, Ghost.

I found a review on Bit-Tech that compared the two Triebwerk fans and the gentle typhoons (and the Silent Eagle) and the Gentle Typhoon had a good airflow through the rad to noise ratio but the TK-122s had the best total airflow through the rad.

Anyway, it's all academic now as I've already ordered them (the 1800 rpm TK-122s) :D - had to get them ordered early enough for delivery tomorrow.
 
I'm really rather miffed. Watercooling gear arrived an hour ago and I excitedly unpacked everything and had a good nosey at it all. When I was fitting things together, I noticed a flaw in my plan - the damned compression fittings won't fit on the waterblock - the holes in the top are too close together :(

I've had to order two barbs for it instead so I won't be able to set it all up until tomorrow. I'm not happy with the supplier as it offered the compression fittings as an option when I selected the block. I foolishly assumed that, since they offered them as an option, they would be compatible.

NM.
On another note, the Triebwerk fans arrived - they're huge :eek: :D

Just waiting for the bits for the new i7 rig to arrive so I can at least put that together - only thing is, I have to take the Noctua cooler off the gaming rig to get that one working. At least if I do that, I can start fitting the watercooling gear so it's ready just to fit the barbs tomorrow when they arrive and I can get it tested.
 
All my shiny things arrived today! :D

Typically I am busy as hell so I have only had a chance to have a glance at it all. I wanna play! :(

On a side note, that UD7 is insane. Comes with more plumbing and ironmongery than a bloody U-boat! :eek: :D
 
What you need stan is one or more extenders - the black bitspower 45 degree ones would be ideal.
Sorry should have guessed that when you said you were using 1/2 inch compressions.
But you are right about the compatability with the shop... very poor.

Bitspower Matt Black 45 degree Rotary G 1/4 adapter or
Feser 1/4" BSPP - 1/2" ID - 3/4" OD 45 Degree Rotary Compression or
G1/4" Male - G1/4" Female Extension

And thoses fans are VERY nice - I have the 25mm noiseblock version - I knew you've like them.
 
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She's built :D

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Apologies for the naked cruncher porn.

Build was relatively easy - overclocking was a challenge. These i7s are a lot trickier to OC than the old chips but so rewarding. She's currently stable at 4.2GHz on air :cool: RAM is running under speed but I'll tinker with that later. CPU temperature is close to 80 degrees at full load which is absolutely fine.

Running bigadv on a native Ubuntu 9.10 install and HFM estimating over 28,000 ppd :D Used Finstall to install F@H and had to manually update to the new client as it still uses 6.02. Simply a matter of replacing fah6 with the new one and then had to manually edit a couple of files to make it run bigadv from the service. Seems to be working fine.
 
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