Project Ignorant Bliss

[Zeeflyboy]

Thanks

Well I found a game that really maxes out my rig in 4K - star citizen!

I think it's partly because of poor optimisation due to being an alpha build but it really does stress out my system. I've noticed after a couple of hours on that I actually have to open a window in the man cave because it's getting hot in there lol. Loop temps are a little higher than I'd like at that point - getting up towards 45 degrees.

So I think I need to change the 360mm radiator fans. The ones on there at the moment, I didn't realise quite how slow they are... The corsair quiet edition don't move a lot of air. Even at maximum if you put your hand behind the rad you can't feel much flow. I will be replacing with some more noiseblocker e-loops with significantly more than double the CFM ability at max chat while still remaining respectable on the noise front.

 

[SouthEastBlue]

Looks awesome! I have my kids PC in a mATX Evolv and they're proper solid, and lovely cases to work in but yours is a work of art!

 

[craig_t]

I think I might use these for my evening masturbation tonight. Wow.

 

[Cenedd]

Craig: Eww.

Zeeflyboy: All looks good....but is the Ice White coolant separating horribly in your res or is it just the picture?

USB2 headers look fine - wouldn't have noticed them unless you'd said. Curious that the CNC won't run off USB3 though. It should (magic word that) be backwardly compatible with a USB2 lead.

 

[Zeeflyboy]

It's just the picture - I think what you are seeing is a shadow cast on the top of the reservoir from the spot light in the ceiling being blocked by the top case edge.

The CNC manufacturer is quite emphatic that USB 2.0 must be used... I could try USB 3.0 and I'm sure it would work, but the problem is even a small communication hiccup can totally screw up positioning and ruin a piece of work. Safest bet is simply to use what they recommend! I will at some point change over to a smoothstepper ethernet controller which is much less sensitive to interference than USB.

Craig - whatever floats your boat man lol.

Can I just get an opinion on something? I'm looking at how I can bring the mosfets into the loop since the formula board has a hybrid block installed already. As it is the bottom port is blocked by the 140mm fan...

So I was just wondering on some thoughts - I could move the fan behind the radiator and I would save the 15mm spacer which should give enough space to put a fitting in the bottom of the mosfet block.

The option then would be to have the fan pulling (ie still exhausting), which I understand isn't quite as good as pushing) or I could flip it and have it as an intake setup. The bonus there would be that I have colder air being drawn through that radiator compared to the warm case air, the downside being the two slow 120mm in the top would be my only exhaust fans.

Would appreciate any thoughts

 

[FL630]

Looks good Zee, that GPU cable routing really finishes it off.

Nothing particularly wrong with having the rear fan intaking, if anything you'll get a bit of extra +ve pressure which is never really a bad thing.

The only thing I wasn't a fan about with the Enthoo Evolv was the exhaust up top felt a little restricted, I removed the mesh (dust filter on exhaust seemed pointless) to gain a bit more room for the air to move, but naturally the difference was negligible.

 

[Cenedd]

Can I just get an opinion on something? I'm looking at how I can bring the mosfets into the loop since the formula board has a hybrid block installed already. As it is the bottom port is blocked by the 140mm fan...

The first thing I'd do is pick up an Infrared contact less thermometer. I got one for about £6 off Amazon but I think I may have had to supply my own 9V battery. That'll let you check whether you need to cool them. Of course, if you WANT to do it regardless of need that's a different matter. If so, tell us exactly which board and show us a picture of the port as it is - we might be able to suggest something low profile enough to do it.