Project:- R3s

[KiiYzOo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16424990

 

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I know, can't wait for them

 

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thanks yeah, they are amazing

 

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Wish my HAF 922 had this kind of cable management, looks awesome

thanks

Are there any other upgrades you plan to get?

Proper sleeving maybe?!

Also, have a look in my wanted thread when you can

I plan on upgrading the gpu to something around the power of a 6950 or higher, and I definitely want orange and white sleeving

will do

 

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so I decided to move my rig into the r3 and have it on air for a bit until I get all my watercooling stuff and a new graphics card, since I had to remove my 460 to send off to cleeecooo so here are some pics of the rig


cooler installed by Kieran Horne, on Flickr


motherboard installed by Kieran Horne, on Flickr


ready to plug in cables by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

rig done


1st boot by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

I was bored after finishing my english prelim today, so I decided to draw up a plan of my proposed watercooling loop, here it is:


watercooling plans by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

 

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I know

yeah they are got 2x6 pin an 8 pin and a 24pin

plan to sleeve as some of the sleeving is coming away from the connectors I think it's because I've bent the cables a lot

 

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bought myself a 5870 but I need some help deciding whether to:

A) use my current ek xt360 rad

or

B) buy a thick 360mm rad, like the phobya g-changer 360 or the ek xtx 360

what do you guys think? I will be selling most of my spare stuff to fund the watercooling etc in this build, and to fit a 360mm rad in the front I'll be cutting the bottom of the 5.25" bays. also thinking of getting an aquaero 5 lt as my fan controller and maybe four scythe gt's

 

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I do, but there is no way I'd fit them both in there

 

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If I have enough to buy a fully modular psu and the sleeving

 

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thanks for the input ifb think I'll only use a thick 360 rad in the front with good fans and have the pump and res seperate, but mounted to the rad, saving space and making the tubing look cleaner in the process

 

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something like a silverstone strider, xfx fully modular, ocz fully modular or a fully modular corsair psu

 

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responded

 

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well guess what arrived today?


DSC_0133.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

My 5870!! this will be watercooled later on, but for now, some pics


DSC_0143.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr


DSC_0145.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr


DSC_0146.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr


DSC_0148.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr


DSC_0155.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

after a recommendation from someone on another forum, I decided to use my dad's d3100 with my lens and a white screen for some light, the pics above were taken in this way here is a test shot:


DSC_0118.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

 

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Guess what arrived today guys?


DSC_0571.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

some nice 1/2" bitspower fittings


DSC_0606.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

 

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Got some new fans in the mail today


DSC_0208.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr


DSC_0227.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

all I can say is wow, they look awesome and were £5 each!!

Watercooling for just a cpu loop should be coming tomorrow, so expect some updates then loop should be done this weekend

 

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thanks

 

[KiiYzOo]

My watercooling stuff arrived today didn't take pics of the boxes etc, but you guys didn't need to see that anyway

Before:


DSC_0639.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

During:


DSC_0645.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

after:


DSC_0648.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

The pump looks awesome, I may remove the sticker at the front and also the screw in bits at the side


DSC_0662.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

Here's all of my shiny new fittings, do you notice anything different?


DSC_0664.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

Shiny, very heavy, res:


DSC_0689.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

The fans from yesterday's update mounted on the rad:


DSC_0705.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

And here is the fitting that will act as my drain port and as an extension to allow me to use a 45 degree fitting (the extension fitting is just there so I don't loose it ):


DSC_0713.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

Until the next update ..........

 

[KiiYzOo]

thanks guys I would say that you should go for a 240mm rad and a 200mm rad if you are watercooling your graphics card too

 

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thanks

 

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I do photography too although I'm just really starting to get into it