[OcUK Staff Builds] rjkoneill's TJ07
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no they do not
not when my OCD upgradeitis kicks in
bit of an update...
first of the 160gb intels is here, currently backing up to make the move over to that
the 2nd ssd is in the post today
i have spoken about the tinted windo in the top and there is a problem with the fabricators, that might have to go on hold for a few weeks until it gets sorted.
either way, that one is out of my hands
the luminous panel, i am currently in talks with Charles H from murdermod, he is waiting for confirmation on his next batch so that should happen soon enough
the porblem is, the more time i spend on his website, the more i want to spend on all that custom gear
not when my OCD upgradeitis kicks in
bit of an update...
first of the 160gb intels is here, currently backing up to make the move over to that
the 2nd ssd is in the post today
i have spoken about the tinted windo in the top and there is a problem with the fabricators, that might have to go on hold for a few weeks until it gets sorted.
either way, that one is out of my hands
the luminous panel, i am currently in talks with Charles H from murdermod, he is waiting for confirmation on his next batch so that should happen soon enough
the porblem is, the more time i spend on his website, the more i want to spend on all that custom gear
it was around 24000+ with the 920 [obviously the 4890s are not the greatest cards for vantage]
i havent run vantage with my new chip yet
So what made you sell your old one for this one rich ?
the chip i currently have is very special
and i fancied a change
and i hate 920s
[no offence to 920 users, but when you have overclocked 4000+ i7 920s they get a little boring]
either way, fornowagain has got a truly epic cherry picked chip
nah the 950 is not worth the extra - just fancied a change
So what clocks have you got out of the 950 rich ?
lots and lots of GHz
all will be revealed when the system is finished
Nice job all the same, even if its only 920's. Look forward to seeing more on this ongoing build, a really great looking system as it stands, credit to ya.
cheers mate
well well well
look what we have here
perspex window for the roof of my case
this takes the fan numbers down by two. a really nicely finished product in my opinion, very impressed.
as luck would have it my package from Charles H [murdermod] arrived today
it contains the template and instructions on how to mark out the tubing holes for my luminous panel
and here are the bits i am gathering for when i make finishing touches
white nano fluid
it IS the best. discussion over.
we wont go into what it looks like
a new 1366 socket, just because every little detail counts, now my socket matches my black nickel watercooling fittings
BLING
BLING
thats it for now, a few treats are still in store. keep reading
rjk
look what we have here
perspex window for the roof of my case
this takes the fan numbers down by two. a really nicely finished product in my opinion, very impressed.
as luck would have it my package from Charles H [murdermod] arrived today
it contains the template and instructions on how to mark out the tubing holes for my luminous panel
and here are the bits i am gathering for when i make finishing touches
white nano fluid
it IS the best. discussion over.
we wont go into what it looks like
a new 1366 socket, just because every little detail counts, now my socket matches my black nickel watercooling fittings
BLING
BLING
thats it for now, a few treats are still in store. keep reading
rjk
thanks for the comments, it cost a lot, thats all im saying
Can't beleive I never subscribed to this. Looks brilliant, love the socket as well
thanks, its from a gigabyte board
it is the tri channel dominator cooler, i put some 60mm fractal fans in it
i had to dremel the body of the fractal fans down to fit the fan blades sit flush with the body of the cooler
then i spliced the two wires together and braided them at the exact distance to get it plugged into the header next to the Dimm slots on the board
if you do want to change the fans, you will need to cut down most fans as the frames are too wide
well spotted
there are some changes i am making, not for aesthetics, more for performance
for instance.
my 4890s are causing me no end of headaches
not a single ATI driver since the 9.10 have worked well in all the games i play.
if something works well in one game, the next game i install will have issues
finally got 10.2s and they work great in COD MW2
BC2 gives me flickery water and random crashes though so i have to run it in single gpu mode
so i cant win, its annoying me so i am going back to a single card. hopefully it will eliminate all my multi GPU issues. i never had issues with SLI but nvidia dont seem forthcoming with any cards yet. so i am changing the graphics
also, i have added a sound card, mainly just because i wanted one
i have a while to wait for my murdermod parts so i am trying to get the other bits done in the meantime.
hence, back to the drawing board
changes to the build
still waiting for my parts from murdermod but am expecting some progress pretty soon according to Charles H
removed the troublesome 4890 crossfire and all of the headaches that went alongside them
added a lovely new Radeon 5870. we wont talk about fermi...
Nickel plated EK of course
the nanofluid spent around 24 hours in suspension looking lovely and white...
before it turned a cloudy/clear/bluey type colour. far from ideal but it has had a 4-5'C temp drop across all 6 cores which is just what i needed
I had a creative X-Fi Fatal1ty titanium sound card for about a week, the shoddy driver support and clunky interface meant that it had to go. It has been replaced with the frankly amazing Asus Xonar D2X PCI-E Sound Card.
This card is infinatly better and the sound quality is brilliant both in game and in music. plus it looks pretty good too.
heres where I'm at now
just waiting on the final few pieces
still waiting for my parts from murdermod but am expecting some progress pretty soon according to Charles H
removed the troublesome 4890 crossfire and all of the headaches that went alongside them
added a lovely new Radeon 5870. we wont talk about fermi...
Nickel plated EK of course
the nanofluid spent around 24 hours in suspension looking lovely and white...
before it turned a cloudy/clear/bluey type colour. far from ideal but it has had a 4-5'C temp drop across all 6 cores which is just what i needed
I had a creative X-Fi Fatal1ty titanium sound card for about a week, the shoddy driver support and clunky interface meant that it had to go. It has been replaced with the frankly amazing Asus Xonar D2X PCI-E Sound Card.
This card is infinatly better and the sound quality is brilliant both in game and in music. plus it looks pretty good too.
heres where I'm at now
just waiting on the final few pieces
i have been eyeing up new motherboards, but cant really justify a new board at all. there simply isnt anything worth bothering with at the moment. all the colour schemes are boring.
everything is red and black or blue and black
my murdermod stuff STILL hasnt arrived.
its only been since January when i ordered it. the latest news is that the light panel is nearly ready but my res holders are not even on the to do list.
im getting a little impatient.
in other news, i have decided i want to achieve two things for when the panel arrives [if that EVER happens]
1. i want to tone down noise even more, this means getting rid of fans and pumps.
2. i want to tidy up the tubing route and the whole system in general.
so i have set about designing the loop again. i am going to remove the double thermochill and run the whole rig off the Quad radiator. the entire rig will run off the four fans on this radiator and the one in the psu.
the rig has a 980X cpu and a single GPU, so it now produces much less heat than it did.
the fans in the roof are being replaced by the tinted roof window and the rear fans will be stripped out.
i am thinking of getting a blank rear panel, but going by murdermod's current production rate that may happen in around 2012
either way i am cutting down half the tubing from the front of the case by installing a single pump.
my two DDC pumps are very good but i am a sucker for anything bitspower make.
so i got this imported from the states
i have covered the cable with the MDPC braid and put a black molex connector on the pump instead of the nasty white one.
my tj07 is going to be half empty at this rate.
will keep you posted with updates when/if my panel ever arrives
everything is red and black or blue and black
my murdermod stuff STILL hasnt arrived.
its only been since January when i ordered it. the latest news is that the light panel is nearly ready but my res holders are not even on the to do list.
im getting a little impatient.
in other news, i have decided i want to achieve two things for when the panel arrives [if that EVER happens]
1. i want to tone down noise even more, this means getting rid of fans and pumps.
2. i want to tidy up the tubing route and the whole system in general.
so i have set about designing the loop again. i am going to remove the double thermochill and run the whole rig off the Quad radiator. the entire rig will run off the four fans on this radiator and the one in the psu.
the rig has a 980X cpu and a single GPU, so it now produces much less heat than it did.
the fans in the roof are being replaced by the tinted roof window and the rear fans will be stripped out.
i am thinking of getting a blank rear panel, but going by murdermod's current production rate that may happen in around 2012
either way i am cutting down half the tubing from the front of the case by installing a single pump.
my two DDC pumps are very good but i am a sucker for anything bitspower make.
so i got this imported from the states
i have covered the cable with the MDPC braid and put a black molex connector on the pump instead of the nasty white one.
my tj07 is going to be half empty at this rate.
will keep you posted with updates when/if my panel ever arrives
since january, its been far too long now
Very nice clean cut rig rjkoneill
cheers
I really like the simplicity of it
its far from simple, i plan on making it a little bit easier to maintain when i need to drain it [and add new hardware]
looking at a revo drive at the moment to remove all sata devices
to be fair, CharlesH at murdermod is trying pretty hard, and he is only charging me the deposit of $100 that i payed in the first place to apologise for the delay.That is just plain terrible service
That would be very awesome, I'd love to make a case purpose built for no hdd's/dvd.
i dont use an optical drive, but the idea of no sata data/power cables is pretty cool. and the immense W/R speeds of the drive are slightly amazing. i will wade in if they sort TRIM out on it.
ive gone and done it...
sick and tired of the waiting for the luminous panel, I had to get some enthusiasm for my system back
seeing the countless parts scattered around my room waiting to be installed i have finally cracked...
Crossfire: Round 2
I am not going all out on this yet. after the catastrophic failure that was my 4890 crossfire i have decided to take the 'suck it and see' approach.
i miss having two graphics cards, however the poor performance and shambolic driver support for my 4890s meant that i couldnt keep them.
i spend a lot of my day fixing other peoples problems so i like my own system to 'just work'. so this 5870 can stay on air cooling for the time being.
if i decide that i am happy with it then it will get a lovely acetal&nickel treat from EK waterblocks. if i see poor performance and problems then its going.
also, i plan on getting a revo drive. if i have crossfire 5870 cards then the double slot backplates will cover the only available slot for my sound card to go in.
weighing up the pros and cons at the moment. the single 5870 has served me well so the second has its work cut out.
also, i have underclocked my 980X @ 3GHz. i know this may sound stupid but my daft attempts at 5.5GHz benchmark runs have left the chip very unstable
at anything above stock. i am looking at Xeons at the moment to replace it but having never tried undervolting etc i have to say, i am very impressed.
running @ 3GHz which speedsteps down to 1.6GHz using 0.91v on full load.
memory at 2000MHz 8-7-7-20 1T
never goes above 40'c and performs on par with a 4GHz nehalem pulling much less from the wall.
sick and tired of the waiting for the luminous panel, I had to get some enthusiasm for my system back
seeing the countless parts scattered around my room waiting to be installed i have finally cracked...
Crossfire: Round 2
I am not going all out on this yet. after the catastrophic failure that was my 4890 crossfire i have decided to take the 'suck it and see' approach.
i miss having two graphics cards, however the poor performance and shambolic driver support for my 4890s meant that i couldnt keep them.
i spend a lot of my day fixing other peoples problems so i like my own system to 'just work'. so this 5870 can stay on air cooling for the time being.
if i decide that i am happy with it then it will get a lovely acetal&nickel treat from EK waterblocks. if i see poor performance and problems then its going.
also, i plan on getting a revo drive. if i have crossfire 5870 cards then the double slot backplates will cover the only available slot for my sound card to go in.
weighing up the pros and cons at the moment. the single 5870 has served me well so the second has its work cut out.
also, i have underclocked my 980X @ 3GHz. i know this may sound stupid but my daft attempts at 5.5GHz benchmark runs have left the chip very unstable
at anything above stock. i am looking at Xeons at the moment to replace it but having never tried undervolting etc i have to say, i am very impressed.
running @ 3GHz which speedsteps down to 1.6GHz using 0.91v on full load.
memory at 2000MHz 8-7-7-20 1T
never goes above 40'c and performs on par with a 4GHz nehalem pulling much less from the wall.
Rebuild... Sponored by Peroni
after some very saddening news from Murdermod that i wont be getting my light panel any time soon, I have decided to go ahead with my rebuild.
the panel can go in when it arrives. if it arrives
I would like to thank my sponsor...
Peroni, without which this build would not be possible
out to my shed, where dust reigns supreme!
taking the system apart.
mess
480 epicness
rock solid, and indeed, heart touching
picture does not do this justice.
after some very saddening news from Murdermod that i wont be getting my light panel any time soon, I have decided to go ahead with my rebuild.
the panel can go in when it arrives. if it arrives
I would like to thank my sponsor...
Peroni, without which this build would not be possible
out to my shed, where dust reigns supreme!
taking the system apart.
mess
480 epicness
rock solid, and indeed, heart touching
picture does not do this justice.
further work...
more mess
refreshments - Peroni #2
my fantastic new D5 [pump of champions]
my tinted top panel that didnt fit. the supplier of this item is very much in my bad books. I had to sand it down to fit.
Meg was not impressed
first ubing route, wasnt too happy with this layout
the big white tube going up to the top looks poor and i need to sort it
more mess
refreshments - Peroni #2
my fantastic new D5 [pump of champions]
my tinted top panel that didnt fit. the supplier of this item is very much in my bad books. I had to sand it down to fit.
Meg was not impressed
first ubing route, wasnt too happy with this layout
the big white tube going up to the top looks poor and i need to sort it