Project: Little Bit Big.
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pfft, rookie numbers. The project in my sig started 2016 and I'm still not done
Your aluminium work is so lovely though.
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the worst part is all the hardware is quite old now, maybe I should vanish again it’s cheaper…pfft, rookie numbers. The project in my sig started 2016 and I'm still not done
Your aluminium work is so lovely though.
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I had the same problem, built a case and cooling setup (including a radiator from yourself) and then stalled at the buying hardware part. 2020 was gonna be the first time I bought brand new components... That didn't materialise
I had the same problem, built a case and cooling setup (including a radiator from yourself) and then stalled at the buying hardware part. 2020 was gonna be the first time I bought brand new components... That didn't materialise
Yes - Probably about the last time I saw you
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Are the metal pipes functional in anyway?
What do you mean? They carry the liquid of course…
Lovely build.Thats what she said...
Its time to start another probably reasonably long log! My current setup as logged here:
Ryzen Era...
Holding out for 2080Ti release with the 8700k and Apex...
And finally now stripped out after its service to temporarily run the new RTX cards on air while I build - looking pretty empty!!
Massive pile of the fans that came out (17 in it in total, mostly HD120 Mag levs):
Grabbed a temporary pump housing and stripped out the old kit
Here she is, massively empty giant frame - looks very odd given what was inside it
The new build in a reasonably short summary is to take this huge lump of copper and transform it in to what I would like to be a great system housing for many years to come. The basic premise is to keep most of the kit and transplant it, but of course i've not done that and bought loads of new stuff...
Swag
Clearly need one more drive...
Thats right, its a 1000D giant. Rough shot of the case sat on my newly finished desk which I made from scratch timber, sitting on scaffold frame to replace the old one which I MAY have split badly moving the office room around. The old one is now a coffee table so its been reclaimed twice in one life
The plan...
I will be decking this little fella out with lots of metal, as you can see my current build is heavy metal and this will be following the same. This time, i'm not doing crazy copper (sorry) but moving over to Nickel/chrome/black Nickel which I hope will be as good looking when i'm done. For the case i'll be designing custom parts so step one is to take my new 1000D and drill holes in it, probably not everyones cup of tea... But no need for this massive drive bay which is rivet fixed to the chassis!
Before:
After:
This space will become a large distro plate meeting in a reservoir at the base, where the drive bay was, and two (probably) D5 pumps will be sitting there on a platform running the system. To do this i'm learning CAD and will no doubt post a lot of my learning/mistakes along the way - not had much time lately due to drinking commitments in Germany but see first sketch below just learning the ropes (this is not remotely the design):
While I wait for some components to get back in stock i'm rebraiding all my cables, this time i'm working with Paracord and I have to say I totally love it compared to plastic MDPC. I will be mostly using the matt black but a white single and then potentially Purple (thoughts?) or electric blue.
Some samples made:
OCD organising of my mess of cable making kit just now because it was driving me crazy!
A lot of sticker removing and cleaning of fans then occured...
And finally just to test a few braids on the fan cables, so much nicer that MDPC!
Next steps...
1. Take less crap photos for you all
2. Waiting on:
3. Need to order some more fittings and bits to plan my drain ports, i'm using XSPC 14mm triple seal black chrome fittings (I have already received 28 of those).
- EK Velocity Full Nickel CPU block (bye bye mono its been fun)
- 2 x EK Full Nickel 2080Ti back plates (I have the black CPU blocks already)
- 3 x XSPC RX480 V3 Radiator - I have one, the EU is out of stock and I confess i've been silly and ordered the 2 x 480mm top radiator tray from Corsair so will be running 4 x 480mm rads
4. Find some time to plan and get moving, it may be a slow process but hopefully in a week i'll be taking delivery of radiators to start working on getting those in
5. Order more fans, I have an extra corsair commander pro to cope with all the fans (the 1000d includes 1 which is tight). I have 5 fans which have not made the cut, 2 have a flicker of yellow in the white of 1 LED (WHY?!) and 3 the LEDs were dead from day 1 but didnt matter on the old case.
More to follow, busy with work and life and still renovating my apartment so need to not get too sidetracked from finishing the living room which is the last job! Hopefully I can keep plodding along!
Thoughts and suggestions welcome, many more smaller chunks to follow as it comes together...
Cheers
