PST: Project Silicon Talisman

Luggs · 19 Aug 2015 at 13:40

I bet nobody else will even notice to be honest, it's just you that will know they are there... it is a great case as well, so think you have made the right choice mate.

I'd spend all my time drooling over them pair of hof's rather than the lighting

faheemrazzaq · 19 Aug 2015 at 13:43

Luggs said:
I bet nobody else will even notice to be honest, it's just you that will know they are there... it is a great case as well, so think you have made the right choice mate.

I'd spend all my time drooling over them pair of hof's rather than the lighting

yes indeed.

thanks mate

Brian18741 · 19 Aug 2015 at 15:57

The fan blades turned out great. Do they just pop off?

faheemrazzaq · 19 Aug 2015 at 16:00

Brian18741 said:
The fan blades turned out great. Do they just pop off?

yes. some force and there we go. Held in place under the magnetic force basically. I was worried about the balance and performance due to application of paint. But they appear to be fine at that front after the paint job.

Brian18741 · 19 Aug 2015 at 16:09

Good stuff. A few more options for fans so. Don't know why manufacturers continue to make fans in such bold colours.

faheemrazzaq · 19 Aug 2015 at 19:03

Reserved. Motherboard photos

TechMinerUK · 19 Aug 2015 at 19:15

On my last PC I had the choice of spending a bit more for the Z97 Ranger or going with the MSI Gaming 3. I didn't pick the right one

I'm glad you went for the Ranger. Looks like a nice bit of kit

You've made the right choice

faheemrazzaq · 19 Aug 2015 at 19:19

TechMinerUK said:
On my last PC I had the choice of spending a bit more for the Z97 Ranger or going with the MSI Gaming 3. I didn't pick the right one
I'm glad you went for the Ranger. Looks like a nice bit of kit You've made the right choice

i am using 4790k on a MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ([email protected]). switching mobo to a better z97 can get me another 100-200mhz or 4.8ghz at lower volts. any of asus rog boards will look better with black pcb

TechMinerUK · 19 Aug 2015 at 20:06

faheemrazzaq said:
I could have gone for hero actually but they are very identical other than few subtle differences. i was using 4790k on a MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ([email protected]). only switching in hope to get another 100-200mhz or 4.8ghz at lower volts hopefully + it looks better with black pcb

I've only had ASUS/MSI motherboards and I prefer ASUS by far. MSI boards seem to create their own errors or brick themselves when they update the bios. Also it is worth the cost for a black PCB

Brian18741 · 19 Aug 2015 at 21:16

That's a fine looking mobo dude!

faheemrazzaq · 19 Aug 2015 at 21:40

Brian18741 said:
That's a fine looking mobo dude!

thanks dude.

faheemrazzaq · 19 Aug 2015 at 23:34

spent a lot of time flushing the radiators from the old loop (120mm/240mm). I was using Mayhems red dye. After dozens of gallons of water through, I can see pink water staining from radiators if hot water is left in them for a couple of minutes. I resorted to using some soap based washing fluids and they keep bringing more red out of it. Now is there a magic fluid that can clean them up. Else I will order new rads because I dont want my new coolant to be destroyed by it.

Brian18741 · 19 Aug 2015 at 23:49

Red is a notoriously hard colour to get rid of from rads.

faheemrazzaq · 20 Aug 2015 at 00:03

Brian18741 said:
Red is a notoriously hard colour to get rid of from rads.

so basically i bin them and get new ones :mad:

faheemrazzaq · 20 Aug 2015 at 00:54

my flushing marathon. well wife is the least impressed person in the world at the moment.

Luggs · 20 Aug 2015 at 08:14

^ awesome set-up lol

maybe worth asking in wc section? I haven't braved custom loops yet but someone else must have faced this problem before?

Luggs · 20 Aug 2015 at 08:15

or something like this? http://mayhems.co.uk/store/mayhems-blitz-pro.html?sl=en - cheaper than new rads

faheemrazzaq · 20 Aug 2015 at 09:34

Luggs said:
or something like this? http://mayhems.co.uk/store/mayhems-blitz-pro.html?sl=en - cheaper than new rads

yes looked at it but it doesn't say specifically if dye stains can be removed. I have already put crazy things through rads like washing powder to carpet cleaner :eek:

. and nothing changed. I am in giving up mode on this.

New rad time.

TechMinerUK · 20 Aug 2015 at 09:36

What radiators are you thinking of buying? Also nice workstation you got there

faheemrazzaq · 20 Aug 2015 at 09:47

TechMinerUK said:
What radiators are you thinking of buying? Also nice workstation you got there

lol

@ workstation.

still thinking about it mate. I have a new hardware labs 420mm. Only need to replace 120mm and 240mm; which were in the old loop. thinking that just buy a 240mm rad and drop the 120mm. I hope will be enough to keep everything cool in my loop.