Last thread about my TJ07 here, I promise!

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 12:32

Greboth said:
As for the rad set up, link in my sig for mine. I managed to fit a sr-1 480 and rx240 in the bottom but it is a very tight fit and has messed my psu position up. If you run with the 480 with the inlet/outlet at the front of the case then I am pretty sure you can get your psu in the correct place.

Tooling wise, I also used that dremel on my tj07 (though without the flex hose bit) and it is ok, not briliant but ok. As for the sanding / polishing - maybe I am not experienced enough with a dremel but I still prefered to do the last bit of filing by hand.

I think i'll certainly get a slim rad if I do get another one.

What spraypaints did you use? I certainly no longer have the budget for powdercoating as I'm saving for 3D

I'll also be doing quite a bit of filing by hand

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 13:27

Greboth said:
For my painting I just got some paint from halfords, grey acid etch primer and some satin black paint (I find matte black too grey.) As long as you make sure the parts of clean, quick sand, follow the instructions on the cans then you can get some really good results with rattle cans

Thanks. What exactly does primer do?

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 14:13

Greboth said:
Primer

Acid etch primer is good for bare aluminium as it helps even more with paint adhesion.

Thanks

I'll have to look at my local DIY store and check what they have

Just to check, you can't mix aluminium into loop can you?

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:31

Need a hand with this block for my 8800GTX.
I'm planning to get an aquacomuter aquagrafx G80 for the 8800GTX and was wondering what metal it is made out of?

Thanks

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:46

KiiYzOo said:
damn cleeecooo you are spending a lot on watercooling I'm thinking of getting the ek res too, and also switching out my ek fittings for some bitspower ones and getting a waterblock for my 460, and getting some orange coolant, as green really doesn't fit in with my orange and black theme

I blame you for my overspending

If I had bought your 460 I would have had less money to spend!!! Also, finding a block ould have been much much easier. I can't find a block for my 8800GTX that isn't aluminium :mad:

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:49

Is there any way of safely using aluminium in the loop with the nickel???

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:49

KiiYzOo said:
don't blame me, blame my dad although it did mean that I got my d50

excuses excuses :rolleyes:

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:00

KiiYzOo said:
there is another way to reduce the costs btw, you could sleeve your psu with paracord, as it's £7.99 per 100 feet

But but but... The sleeving is beautiful!!!

I'll have a look at it. Thanks.

Really need to find a block for my 8800GTX otherwise I'll sell it.

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:08

So it's basically large fabric braid? Sound good.

Might get some in white

how big is it internally?

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:18

KiiYzOo said:
I think that they're 3.5mm

I think I'll use it for my cable management outside the computer as MDPC is just win!

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:25

KiiYzOo said:
there is a d5 in the mm for £40 btw

Thankyou soooo much. You just save me £50!

KiiYzOo said:
mdpc is also very expensive

Worth it for awesomeness!!!
I got persuaded into doing it by friends.

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:30

It was too expensive for me aswell but I saw so many pics and got convinced as I want this build to be perfect.

Im going to ficus a lot on lighting aswell.

Hopefully someone will buy my DSi and Wii fit. Really need the monies!!!

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:48

KiiYzOo said:
too expensive? your spending £500 on watercooling and the mdpc braid is too expensive!

I said it was too expensive :rolleyes:

And I'm not spending £500. I'm spending £700!!!

I remember when rjkoneill said this:

rjkoneill said:
taken from the last x58 revision before a lot of it was removed for my sandybridge rebuild.

Watercooling
EK Supreme CPU Block - £60
EK Supreme Nickel mounting hardware - £5
EK Gigabyte X58 UD7 NB+Mosfet Kit - £100
EK FC-480 Nickel Plexi Waterblock -£80
EK FC-480 Nickel Backplate - £20
EK Single Slot bracket for 480 - £5
Swiftech Laing D5 Vario MCP655 12V DC Pump - £75
Bitspower D5 Matt Black Mod Kit - £45
Bitspower D5 V2 Pump Top - £30
EK Multioption Reservoir 250 rev.2 - £40
ThermoChill PA120.4 Quad - 480 (15mm) - £90
Thermochill PA120.2 Dual - 240 (15mm) - £60
120.4 rad stand - £20
120.2 rad stand - £15
4 Meters 7/16 Tygon - £30
2X Litre Mayhems Fluid - £12
Lamptron FC2 Fan Controller - £25
6 Xigmatek Blueline XLF 120mm Fans - £36

Bitspower
20X Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4" High Flow 7/16" ID 5/8" OD Compression Fittings - £130
4X Bitspower Black Sparkle 45 degree Rotary G 1/4 adapter - £36
3X Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 - 90 Degree Rotary Adapter - £27
2X Bitspower Black Sparkle G 1/4 - 90 Degree Dual Rotary Adapter - £26
6X Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4" Stop Fitting - £18

Total - £985

that doesnt include parts swapped out or any cable braiding, but this is a rough idea. no modded or custom parts included in the list to keep it simple.

total overkill and focussed on aesthetics but it can get like that.

you dont need to go to that extreme, but spending money on the right stuff is important.

Then I was flabbergasted. I never thought one could spend so much on liquid cooling. Now I realise it's easy to. I've already bought about £60 of stuff so will be spending quite a bit. Obviously i'm spending less than him on the blocks and less on fittings, however i'm not too far away from spending that much. The only thing stopping me is my bank balance (please buy my stuff - somebody, anybody!)

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:54

KiiYzOo said:
I spent around £200 on mine, if I had more I would've spent more...

I don't even know where half my money came from?!
My current total is £860!!! That doesn't include whatever i'm going to spend on 3D and stuff like that. Then when Kepler comes...

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 18:03

KiiYzOo said:
I can't believe how much money your able to spend compared to me!

Work work work!

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 18:09

KiiYzOo said:
I only have a paper round though
neeed to sell my xbox in order to get money for a macbook, but I can't be bothered with ebay

Just don't get a macbook then. Macs fail - unless you get a good deal on one anyways

Get some more jobs?

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 18:12

KiiYzOo said:
well I've been looking at some macbooks between £300 and £400, hopefully I'll get enough after selling my xbox and the money I get for my exam results.

I have no idea where I could get a job apart from helping my dad which will be hard work

LOL! Just help your dad then? Worth the hard work IMO

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 18:16

KiiYzOo said:
the only thing that annoys me when I do have money though as my dad won't let me spend lots on my pc

may just have to help him then, although he says he has no work to do after this week

Unlucky!
I have soooo much work to do ATM!!!
Have you ever tried working whilst replying to 13 people at once? Gets pretty hectic!

and who says men can't multitask?

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 18:20

KiiYzOo said:
I just wish I would be able to make some money building pcs

problem is DSR returns, RMA's and consumer law + paypal getting in the way.
Let me put it this way. You get a client asking for a computer with i7 extreme, 590 SLI and 580 for physx. They pay via paypal and you order everything and after 8 days you've built it. You send it to them. First thing they do is return it under DSR saying they've changed their mind.

Nothing you can do and you can't exactly sell it again as nobody will buy it!!!
It would be as painful as shoving the 590's up your butt!!

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 18:25

KiiYzOo said:
still, I'd love to do it, could always keep the 590

problem is, you'd be out of pocket - by around £2,000!!!