[OcUK Staff Builds] rjkoneill's TJ07

Avathar77 · 3 Apr 2011 at 19:14

Nice build update!
Have a question (I am sure this has been asked before but I didn't read the full thread) - what type and size of machine screws did you use for the EK Supreme HF?

Tikkabhuna · 4 Apr 2011 at 13:44

rjkoneill said:
the coolant is mayhems. they seem to have ceased trading by the looks of their website
shame, was nice to see some innovation in watercooling.

no gunk in my loops

Some guy on the xtremesystems forums is trying to pick up from where the other guy left it. He's an American though so it will probably be a while before we get it over here.

~REALiTY · 4 Apr 2011 at 13:47

Looks like a scientists lab

Danfoss2011 · 8 Apr 2011 at 21:17

Tikkabhuna said:
Some guy on the xtremesystems forums is trying to pick up from where the other guy left it. He's an American though so it will probably be a while before we get it over here.

Some guy IandH has taken it on and is in the process of producing it and orders are on there way out. Him and Mick are also working togther on some new stuff but Mick is not doing it like he was before. IandH is a top guy

Pneumonic · 11 Apr 2011 at 16:21

rjkoneill dropped you a message in trust any, chance you could have a gander please

Cheers

Br4d · 11 Apr 2011 at 16:33

Looks Very Nice mate! Any reason for going for the Intel 510 over the Vertex 3?

belial8321 · 12 Apr 2011 at 02:46

rjk, this is literally the most beautiful pc i have ever seen, i can't stop staring at pics

very well done!

rjk · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:29

Pneumonic said:
rjkoneill dropped you a message in trust any, chance you could have a gander please

Cheers

hi mate
aint seen you on here for ages!
havent had any mail off you though :confused:

send direct to nvom.rich AT hotmail.co.uk

Br4d said:
Looks Very Nice mate! Any reason for going for the Intel 510 over the Vertex 3?

yes, a few things:
1. the intel is nearly as fast.
2. the intel software is epic
3. intels are very reliable and their support is decent.
4. it was out at the time and the vertex wasnt

belial8321 said:
rjk, this is literally the most beautiful pc i have ever seen, i can't stop staring at pics very well done!

thanks for that

more pics uploading now!

rjk · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:52

well. what a polava

SLI = USS Disaster.

swore i wasnt going to bother with multi GPU again but i have been reading lots about parrallel flow and wanted to try it out.

plus with crysis2 coming out i needed a bit more horsepower to run my monitor.

got some bitspower SLI connectors to join the two cards.

few snaps of the interior of the system. had to move the sound card and remove one EK backplate as it was shorting :mad:

the board is a UD4 now rather than the pro, going to change again soon so not keeping it in there too long anyway.

not really happy with it how it stands but it was more of an experiment to see if the flow layout worked as well as it should.

here is a gpu temp graph to give you an idea with both cards at stock...
short bash on crysis 2 at 2650X1600 with everything on max - running around like a fool and causing lots of trouble to get the cards working

GPU temps are identical. really happy i tried this, it looks neater and performs better

GoogalyMoogaly · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:54

I see you're still using compression fittings instead of sellotape for the tubing

Looks nice though.

RJC · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:59

Looking good, what motherboard are you looking to go for as you mention your not keeping it for long.

My i7 system system is coming up for 2 years old and fancy a change!

Moron · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:18

Hey Rjkoneill can you explain how the flow works with your GFX card and CPU??

Might be cause i'm a bit slow today but can't figure out how the flow works.

rjk · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:35

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I see you're still using compression fittings instead of sellotape for the tubing

Looks nice though.

bitspower disclaimer...

RJC said:
Looking good, what motherboard are you looking to go for as you mention your not keeping it for long.

My i7 system system is coming up for 2 years old and fancy a change!

the board is gonna be swapped out for something different, you will see in time

Moron said:
Hey Rjkoneill can you explain how the flow works with your GFX card and CPU??

Might be cause i'm a bit slow today but can't figure out how the flow works.

flow goes through the bottom card and then the top card and into the cpu
then out and down through both cards back to the res.

the reason it works well is because the gpus get an even amount of flow into each block but the cpu still gets the majority of the flow. the push of the fluid towards the cpu and the pull of the fluid on the cpu outlet means that the flow rate keeps constant.
you need a good pump to do this. i have wanted to try it for ages but just never got round to it.
so glad i did, it has worked really well.

as is the case though, it is still not complete, much more to do at the moment. i just wanted it functioning to test on. the new board will see a few touch ups where i am not happy with bits and bobs but i just dont have the time at the moment

JeffyB · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:53

Looks great Rich

hyperst · 12 Apr 2011 at 23:45

So EK backplate was shorting out on your GPU, is there a reason it was doing that as I just installed one and definatly don't want it to short the card out, as I have not put power to it yet is there anything to check for do you know?

It definatly looks very neat, not seen anything as neat looking as that setup there, well done, i carnt work out the flow either lol

rjk · 13 Apr 2011 at 00:02

hyperst said:
So EK backplate was shorting out on your GPU, is there a reason it was doing that as I just installed one and definatly don't want it to short the card out, as I have not put power to it yet is there anything to check for do you know?

It definatly looks very neat, not seen anything as neat looking as that setup there, well done, i carnt work out the flow either lol

nope it turned out to be my case side panel. but the backplate is off and im not draining the loop AGAIN

so it can stay off till i redo the whole thing

FMTopfan · 13 Apr 2011 at 06:32

Wow, your system looks amazing with getting your GPUs hooked up and those temps are perfect. Some point in future I will want my GPU on water (my 2600K is H20) - purely because I hate the fan noise but my 5970 still has life in it yet. How quite is your PC now, barely audible?

rjkoneill said:
Br4d said:

Looks Very Nice mate! Any reason for going for the Intel 510 over the Vertex 3?

Click to expand...

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yes, a few things:
1. the intel is nearly as fast.
2. the intel software is epic
3. intels are very reliable and their support is decent.
4. it was out at the time and the vertex wasnt

I've looked at the very fast Vertex 3 Sata-III before it was listed for sale, but the specs say OCZ comes top over Intel if your going push them with video editing or benching. Here they are (Intel vs OCZ):
120GB / 120GB
Read: 450MBps / 550MBps
Write: 210MBps / 500MBps
4k IOPS Read: 20,000 / 60,000

I have no idea what the burst speeds are on either of them but my current Vertex 2e Bigfoot is 2012.4MBps in HDTach - could you post your burst speed for comparison?

mike gunnz · 13 Apr 2011 at 20:30

rjkoneill said:
...im not draining the loop AGAIN

so it can stay off till i redo the whole thing

With regards to the inconvenience of having to drain my loop every time I make a change to the loop or upgrade to the system, I finally bit the bullet and bought 3 pairs of Koolance quick-disconnects and installed them at strategic points in my loop. Yep, they're ludicrously expensive but they're a great innovation and the quality of the machining is as good as anything from Bitspower, if not better. I'd recommend using them on your next build and they look pretty cool too.

shadowscotland · 14 Apr 2011 at 19:08

Can second Mike's QC's recomendation - I've a set of the ultra flow VL4's - SOOO helpful when tweeking your loop / replacing SB mobo

rjk · 14 Apr 2011 at 22:43

mike gunnz said:
With regards to the inconvenience of having to drain my loop every time I make a change to the loop or upgrade to the system, I finally bit the bullet and bought 3 pairs of Koolance quick-disconnects and installed them at strategic points in my loop. Yep, they're ludicrously expensive but they're a great innovation and the quality of the machining is as good as anything from Bitspower, if not better. I'd recommend using them on your next build and they look pretty cool too.

shadowscotland said:
Can second Mike's QC's recomendation - I've a set of the ultra flow VL4's - SOOO helpful when tweeking your loop / replacing SB mobo

cheers for the heads up guys
normally when ever i see them used they are put in ghastly places which make the whole loop look awful.
but that is on Xs where the americans think
"oh, well i paid $50 for these fittings so i had better put them somewhere obvious so everyone can see"

and they look disgusting.
in fairness i have been thinking about a Tline recently or perhaps one of those bezerk looking koolance/dangerden d5 bay res combo things but it would mean putting the 240 in the lower compartment again.

im going to leave it as it is for a bit i think, trying to source a 343b from somewhere to get a big mod done but they are like hens teeth!