New GPUs:
G5ive
- Thread starter Shawy
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Oooooohh! BTW you were featured on LTT Build log of the week.
I saw! It would've been nice if they waited until I'd finished the build lol.
Hopefully you'll think that about all of it soon. New tubing should be here tomorrow.
The joys of a 3-way parallel loop. Bleeding this thing is an absolute nightmare. It makes me wonder how bad it was before my plexi waterblocks.
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Thats why I stuck with a serial loop.
But parrallel loops look so much cleaner! It's a little extra work but worth it in my opinion.
So she's finally finished... again..!!
Overall I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out. I would've liked the larger res but the 680s wouldn't allow it. I'd also like to have the cards installed in 16x 16x rather than 16x 8x - but I needed to use the EK bridge to bring the tubing out so it fits around the PSU and couldn't find a triple parallel in stock anywhere.
I'm also not 100% happy with the 6pin cables from the graphics cards. Ideally I'd have moved the radiator back to allow a little more room for cables but it's too late now, and at least they're out of the way.
Other than that, I just need a window cut into the side panel, but I'm in no rush for that - I'd rather wait and have it cut perfectly than rush it and regret it.
I'll be able to get some better pictures when I move back home next week, but these will do for now:
Stay tuned for benchmarks and temps.
Overall I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out. I would've liked the larger res but the 680s wouldn't allow it. I'd also like to have the cards installed in 16x 16x rather than 16x 8x - but I needed to use the EK bridge to bring the tubing out so it fits around the PSU and couldn't find a triple parallel in stock anywhere.
I'm also not 100% happy with the 6pin cables from the graphics cards. Ideally I'd have moved the radiator back to allow a little more room for cables but it's too late now, and at least they're out of the way.
Other than that, I just need a window cut into the side panel, but I'm in no rush for that - I'd rather wait and have it cut perfectly than rush it and regret it.
I'll be able to get some better pictures when I move back home next week, but these will do for now:
Stay tuned for benchmarks and temps.
I've been working on tidying the build up a little and here's the progress:
I definitely wanted to cover up the top section as it was a complete mess, I was also contemplating covering the rad and fans - mainly due to the copper logo on the radiator not fitting in (either cover it up or paint it silver).
I salvaged a piece of steel originally used in the G5 to separate the CPU section from the graphics cards to cover up the top section.
I also sorted out the squashed cables, they cover the airflow slightly but nothing major, and looks a lot cleaner.
I definitely wanted to cover up the top section as it was a complete mess, I was also contemplating covering the rad and fans - mainly due to the copper logo on the radiator not fitting in (either cover it up or paint it silver).
I salvaged a piece of steel originally used in the G5 to separate the CPU section from the graphics cards to cover up the top section.
I also sorted out the squashed cables, they cover the airflow slightly but nothing major, and looks a lot cleaner.
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That copper logo is just a sticker mate. They peel off very easily.
+1
"rad -sticker" looks a lot better than that grey sheet
overall very impressive!
+1
"rad -sticker" looks a lot better than that grey sheet
overall very impressive!
The sticker was a little tricky to remove and it took some of the paint with it.
I'll have to touch it up with a little paint and hope it isn't too noticeable.
Soldato
Yeah, that paint isn't the toughest...
I managed to peel a bit of it off when I removed a foam gasket.
Personally, I think it looks better with the rad on show and the copper sticker looks fine
Also, if you're going to put a window in anyway, you could just start it where the rad ends.
I managed to peel a bit of it off when I removed a foam gasket.
Personally, I think it looks better with the rad on show and the copper sticker looks fine
Also, if you're going to put a window in anyway, you could just start it where the rad ends.
Yeah, that paint isn't the toughest...
I managed to peel a bit of it off when I removed a foam gasket.
Personally, I think it looks better with the rad on show and the copper sticker looks fine
Also, if you're going to put a window in anyway, you could just start it where the rad ends.
I'm still struggling to find somewhere to cut the door for me, and I really don't want a crappy dremel job staring back at me when I look at the case.
I'm thinking of maybe replacing the side panel with an acrylic sheet - kinda like the modded Corsair doors. The only problem is working out how to mount the locking mechanism to the acrylic, as currently it's screwed into the aluminium.
Soldato
How were you planning to mount the plexi?
Behind the panel with u-channel, flush, bolted on the outside or something else?
Behind the panel with u-channel, flush, bolted on the outside or something else?
That's one of the reasons I haven't sorted the side panel out yet. Ideally I'd have it sit flush with the outside, but for that everything would need to be machine cut and millimeter perfect. If it wasn't flush I'd have it glued from the inside, but then it would sit 3mm behide the outside of the case.
Mmm! It's nearly Apple styling build quality. The little gap top right on the curve is killing it a little but I love it!
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Its come out really well. Nice work dude!