Project Light & Water

[R.C.Anderson]

An unexpected long day at work today (almost 12 hours), so it's unlikely I'll be able to do much today, although I might have time to get the HDDs in atleast, but probably won't have time to wire everything up & sort out cable management.

 

[R.C.Anderson]

Boo ya.

All up and running (I'm typing from it now) Don't think I've ever seen a GPU this cool (not counts screen shots on the forum etc) My 6950 is c

Going to get a picture up tomorrow, don't really have time tonight, as I got back from work late again, but I decided to make sure I got the system up and running anyway

 

[R.C.Anderson]

Possibly the final update here, it's all finished, so here's a picture:


DSC_3618 by RCAnderson, on Flickr

 

[R.C.Anderson]

I used banks of 5 LEDs (2.1V @ 20mA each iirc), so a 75ohm so I can run them off the 12V rail.

Meant to be 5.5cd @ 30 degrees, so they are quick bright. Wondering if it's worth the hassle of getting some kitchen foil, coving it with cling film (so it's not conductive) and putting it behind the LEDs to try and reflect more light out, but I'm not sure how much difference it would actually make. And, if anything happened to the clingfilm, I would have a nice short circuit situation...

 

[R.C.Anderson]

Got any pics of the case with the side panel on to see how the LED's look?

Ok, bear with me, 1 minute...

 

[R.C.Anderson]

Here you go:

Lights on

DSC_3624 by RCAnderson, on Flickr

Lights off

DSC_3620 by RCAnderson, on Flickr

Was hard to get a picture with the lights on, the window is too shiny

 

[R.C.Anderson]

oh sorry I wanted pics with the right pannel off to see how you mounted the LEDs

Ah, my bad... I'll try to get one for you know, be warned though, it's not pretty

Tealc: Ye,a wasn't really expecting it to do a lot, it's just something else I could do to keep me busy

EDIT: BTW, they're 3mm LEDs, as I wanted some extra space

 

[R.C.Anderson]

Here we go.


DSC_3625 by RCAnderson, on Flickr

As you can see, not pretty, but works well

 

[R.C.Anderson]

Haphazard? The idea was mainly to have a fairly even ring all the way round, which seemed to work

As for the wires, each series bank of 5 LEDs is wired in parallel with each other (after about 10-15cm of wire (I wasn't sure how long I would need them when I soldered them)) into a molex connector to provide the 12V from the PSU

 

[R.C.Anderson]

Thanks guys, actually in the middle of a slight upgrade (6950 is out, and got a pair of 7970s now) Along with a change of coolant (more red, less pinky-purple), and possibly a bit of general case lighting

I need to either get more braided cables, or braid some myself, as I ended up removing the 24 pin mobo cable, and the PCI-E power cables, as there was an issue with them (I'm assuming the pins weren't fitting properly) causing my PC to crash at random times.

I'll get some photos up when I get it done/when I have time!

 

[R.C.Anderson]

may i ask which cable extensions youre using

They were actually bought off ToxicTBag from the MM if I remember correctly, and the bags didn't have any manufacturer name on them, so I'm not sure! Unfortunately I had some problems with the extensions though, as I was getting regular PC crashes (I thought it was my PSU originally), but when I removed the extensions all was fine again. I'm assuming at least one of the pins isn't quite the right size, so isn't making a proper contact, but I haven't had the time to have a proper look yet.