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rjkoneill said:
i was thinking that.

even the newer style bayres with the black alu fascia would look better.
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We noes it! Bringing about a new age in mocking. :p

I always think though that you can very rarely improve on the stock blanking plates in a case. I think Lian Li did a vibration dampening hard drive caddy thing that looked really smart, but other than that I hate all 5.25" devices. :D
 
Ran a couple of Benches.

Ran furmark for 3minutes, already know it's stable so just a cheeky quick Benchmark (I'm new to benching so open to suggestions for other programs to run!) at 1920x1200 res, 32xAA, fullscreen mode. Temps didn't really change for furmark, but apparently it's not the most 'stressful' of stress tests, if that makes sense?

Also ran, wPrime 32M (speed test) and my best score was: 31.475sec.

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Yes, I am a noob :D
 
TheCenturion said:
Just seen the pics. Looking very clean mate :D Great job!
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Cheers mate.

Instead of spending money on 2L of Fluid XP Blood red, I decided to get some dye, only cost me £3.50 and looks awesome. Will be cleaning my loop out every so often to make sure of no residue.

Just awaiting for my Black EK 460 Backplate to arrive :)
 
Interesting that you opted to put your fans/rad in a pull config. Was this by choice or was there something that made this the best practical solution?
The reason I ask is that I can't get it out of my head that a push system should work better. I'm basing this on nothing except my brains stubborn inability to understand how push isn't better!
In a pull config does the static pressure of a fan make a difference?

The reason I ask is that in my CM 690 II case I can only arrange the fans in a pull config and my brain keeps telling me this is wrong. So I'm interested as to whether you choose this config and why?

Thanks.

(I'm in no way saying I don't like this build (in fact I do, I like the HAF X case anyway and you seem to have done a good job, probably should've opened with this...), I'm just hoping someone can explain the push vs. pull thing to me.)
 
See if I can remember this right. There is a point where push fans become better than pull and from memory it 1000 rpm (might be 1200.) The reason pull works, especially at low rpm is because they don't have the power to push air through the restriction that is a rad. In pull though they create a vacuum behind them pulling air through a radiator. Had a quick look but there is a detailed article somewhere explaining it all (I think its on skinnee labs or martins but I can't find it at the mo)

Back on topic though: Nice build. I would be interested to see pics with the dye in the water. If I get round to putting mine under water I was going to use red tubing with distilled water but if the dye looks good then might do that instead. Maybe I missed something but I didn't see it mentioned, why does it look like your rad is offset from the top of the case?
 
Nah it's cool, getting decent temps on a pull config anyway. All fans have got voltage reduction cables on, minimal change in temps from when they weren't on.

970 @ 4ghz, 1.328v
55ish Load
30ish Idle

460gtx @ 1087/900/1800
42ish Load
26ish Idle

Yes I upgraded to a 970 ;) So a sleek 12cores with H2, decent for folding.

However I do want to change the back exhaust 120mm fan to a 140mm, just for noise and it's just bugging me knowing I could have had a quieter 140mm instead :p

Small Update: Should be fitting a black EK backplate to my card this week, also added some red dye to my loop. Got a few NZXT pre-braided cables too, will post a few pics when I've got my camera. :D
 
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