Project: Rad In Mi Kitchen

[JeffyB]

Glad to hear it, really is frustrating when your build goes on hold because a component is not in stock.

 

[Freelanc3r]

Of course it won't rival it. But it'll be built before Your Boy

Good things come to those who wait.

 

[TheCenturion]

Rad is being mounted inside the case, but I might sometimes use it with the side panel off. Would it be useful to put dust filters on the fans?

 

[LeJosh]

Rad is being mounted inside the case, but I might sometimes use it with the side panel off. Would it be useful to put dust filters on the fans?

As long as they're washable filters and you clean them enough to not restrict air flow I would say yes. I ******* hate dust with a passion...

 

[neo-omega]

How are you configuring the fans on the rad? Is it push, pull or both?

 

[TheCenturion]

How are you configuring the fans on the rad? Is it push, pull or both?

To be honest, I've not quite decided yet. However, they will be on the side that is facing the window, if you can understand what I mean, so I'm not sure whether they'll push or pull. I'm wondering how much difference it will make.

If they push, they'll be pushing ambient case air through the rad. If they pull, they'll be pulling air from the rad into the case

 

[rjk]

doesnt the door come with a massive dust filter on it anyway?

 

[TheCenturion]

Yeah, it does. But I was thinking about maybe leaving the side panel open to keep temps cooler. However, if temps are fine with the side panel on, I won't bother

 

[rjk]

Yeah, it does. But I was thinking about maybe leaving the side panel open to keep temps cooler. However, if temps are fine with the side panel on, I won't bother

why?

leave the panel on

you may as well put your hardware on the motherboard box if you arent keeping it closed in.

perhaps get a custom cut onto the panel, a design of your choice?

or a mesh/window combo?

i think mesh and a window would be pretty good and allow a bit more airflow?

 

[TheCenturion]

I got a £10 window panel for the case, it's got vents for a 140mm fan, so I think it'll be fine.

I just realised that I don't think I have enough tubing

1m won't be enough. I've got 1m of 7/16" Tygon, but I also ordered 1m of 7/16" masterkleer too, as 1m doesn't look like it will anywhere near enough

 

[TheCenturion]

Okay, I got some more things in the post.

You can see the nice new window panel I have for my case. The radstand is just in front of the case. The two small bottles are pt nuke, and an anti corrosive thing. Then there's the funnel, and my D5 is next to that (It will be dismantled to be put into the reservoir )
Then obviously there's the distilled water. The 1m 7/16" tygon is in the front and you can just see the little white thing in the front, that is the rubber encasing the silver coil. (photography will be improved when I'm taking important, more interesting pics )

 

[mrteabag]

I would see if my dog would fit in that case if I had it.

 

[TheCenturion]

I would see if my dog would fit in that case if I had it.

I think your dog would!

The stuff has arrived, I'll be unpacking it later and embarking on the actual 'start' of this project

 

[TheCenturion]

Here's a quick update:

I got the package, that made me smile

Obligatory pic of opening the box

Here's the rad. I'm going to have to flush this beast at some point.

Here's the D5 reservoir kit. I'm a bit annoyed that the LED has the pins a bit bent. Not sure how clear it is in the pic, but it's pretty bad irl. I hope it still works anyway

Here's some porn for you. A naked D5 on a mounting plate

And here's the pump mounted in the res:

And here endeth the photo fest. My photography skills are slowly improving, simply by messing with a couple of settings on the camera, so hopefully when things really get kicking, my pictures will look better than crap

 

[JeffyB]

I almost got one of the new d5 tank reservoirs, bay res looks good as well. Is that a sr1 you got in the end?

 

[TheCenturion]

Yes, I got the sr-1.

For the bay res, I'm not sure if the O-ring is compressed enough, however the pump is bloody tight and not falling off in a hurry, so I imagine it will be okay

My res came with instructions for the tank res and the bay res. The tank res looks alright to be honest, but I wanted a bay res. Despite being a bay res, it doesn't really hold much more water than the swiftech micro res

 

[rjk]

got a better shot of that side window?

 

[TheCenturion]

Coming right up

 

[rjk]

cool - is it a lian li one?

 

[TheCenturion]

Yes, this is a lian li panel
There's better side panels out there, but for £10 I'm not complaining. Also, how might I go about cleaning the marks off the aluminium? everytime anyone touches it, it gets marked. Rubbing it with a cloth doesn't work that well