Black 'n' Blue MK2 - Watercooled Bitfenix Prodigy

rjk · 18 Dec 2012 at 09:06

the op mentions that the 2500 is a 5ghz cpu.

my 3570 is a huge bag of failure and wont even touch stability at anything above 4.8 even with the ihs modded to keep the temperature down.

i would take a 5ghz 2500 over an ivy cpu that could potentially not clock as well.

reiyushin · 18 Dec 2012 at 09:07

snips86x said:
Looks good mate, cant wait to see if completed! Be interesting as it's a tiny little case

Also, you said you'd have to find somewhere for your HDD, can you run a large SSD without a cage? Samsung 840 512...?

Nah, it'll be fine

Janesy B said:
Any reason why you bought the 2500K over a 3570K?

I already owned the 2500k

reiyushin · 18 Dec 2012 at 09:08

rjkoneill said:
the op mentions that the 2500 is a 5ghz cpu.

my 3570 is a huge bag of failure and wont even touch stability at anything above 4.8 even with the ihs modded to keep the temperature down.

i would take a 5ghz 2500 over an ivy cpu that could potentially not clock as well.

Funny I'm just reading about ivy now, glad I skipped it.

rjk · 18 Dec 2012 at 09:46

my 2600k ran at 5.2 easily. really sorry i sold it now i have an ivy cpu.

my 3570 doesnt really like anything above 4.5.

probably more down to board limitations than anything but its still annoying.

project is looking like it should be interesting OP

excited to see what you do with the loop inside this prodigy.

Janesy B · 18 Dec 2012 at 10:47

Fair enough, I wasn't aware of that.

reiyushin · 20 Dec 2012 at 11:07

Not much happening, a few rogue bits and bobs arriving, some more applicants for the in case position and I've been playing with the camera

The 240mm rad, it was used in my antec 1200 build, first watercooling I ever did

It would have been used in the 800D as well but I got a bad angle fitting that wouldn't seal -_-

PSU Modding tools, these aren't the ones I ordered but should do the trick....I hope.

I did order this one

And 2 new applicants....competition in the job market

Sam37 · 20 Dec 2012 at 17:10

Are the handles on top strong enough to take the weight or are they more for show?

reiyushin · 20 Dec 2012 at 19:26

They are both, they make it easy to transport and make it stylish ^^

The ones on bottom give it a nice shock absorber

illuz · 20 Dec 2012 at 20:13

I shall be watching this

reiyushin · 20 Dec 2012 at 22:44

Glad to hear it

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 21 Dec 2012 at 10:01

I love LEGO!

DaleTheWhale · 21 Dec 2012 at 11:43

Looks a nice solid build, will be nice to see how it looks when everything put together! Coolant looks almost drinkable!

reiyushin · 21 Dec 2012 at 11:43

Same

It makes for some fun pictures also

hoping there's some deliveries today, getting kinda close to Christmas :eek:

BuZ · 21 Dec 2012 at 12:59

This looks great

Loving the LEGO.

When seeing them I laughed. By far one of the most entertaining threads I have posted in.

reiyushin · 22 Dec 2012 at 11:05

Thanks

The lego adds a nice quirk to the build

ThaReaperGuy said:
Looks a nice solid build, will be nice to see how it looks when everything put together! Coolant looks almost drinkable!

Yea....I must not confuse the coolant with koolade...

reiyushin · 23 Dec 2012 at 10:40

Just got my U2713HM

reiyushin · 23 Dec 2012 at 20:11

2 Monitors in place now

On the left is the U2713HM - 2560x1440 for MOBAs, MMORPGs and RTS games
On the right is an Acer S273HLAbmii - 1920x1080 for FPS games as it's nice and fast

You can see some more lego pictures, they made a very cool theme :cool:

cammy5477 · 23 Dec 2012 at 20:20

just be careful with that phobya braiding tool mate. I had that kit and slipped with the molex tool and the pin snapped off.
I bought one from OCUK that was stainless steel pins and it did the job no probs. held my project up a few days waiting for the replacement though.

look forward to seeing your build progress.

reiyushin · 24 Dec 2012 at 11:07

Yea they don't feel the most sturdy

I'll be gentle

reiyushin · 25 Dec 2012 at 12:43

Can't do much in the way of building until tomorrow but my goodness I'm so excited >.<

My desktop is 90% complete (thinking about a new mousemat to finish it off) added the Edifier R1900TII in place of my old logitech 2.1s.....

(The panorama stitching fail is quite funny

)

I'm blown away by the sound an clarity of these things

MERRY CHRISTMAS