SETI@home News Vol. 114

ToxicTBag · 9 Sep 2010 at 21:26

Everything went fine build worked a treat, until i realised i couldnt close the side panel because of h50 need to take it all out again...boooo

edgedemon · 9 Sep 2010 at 21:48

just spent 40 quid here on a couple of fans, my 480 is currently 102C :eek:

Have dropped the clocks down a bit till they arrive..

Area 51 · 9 Sep 2010 at 22:01

edgedemon said:
just spent 40 quid here on a couple of fans, my 480 is currently 102C
Have dropped the clocks down a bit till they arrive..

Wow - that's beyond toasty - by an order of magnitude!!!!!!

edgedemon · 9 Sep 2010 at 22:16

It is the top card though, and the top fan, and bottom two fans don't work, so understandable
I have bought 2 x 140 fans and 2 x 120 fans which hopefully will help a bit..

loudbob · 9 Sep 2010 at 23:30

ToxicTBag said:
Everything went fine build worked a treat, until i realised i couldnt close the side panel because of h50 need to take it all out again...boooo

Try taking out the top left fan on the side panel - should work (it's what I had to do.

ToxicTBag · 10 Sep 2010 at 00:12

Wow that was a long day

Looks simple doesn't it?

Nice and straightforward

Except the h50 push/pull stops the door holding the 4 fans from closing.....rather than rip it all out and start again just bolted it onto the door

Case closed...and the little green box is ready for its first day at work tommorrow, couldn't help myself so in view of the colour i name this rig "puke"

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Biffa · 10 Sep 2010 at 00:41

That case is nasty....

loudbob · 10 Sep 2010 at 00:52

Biffa said:
That case is nasty....

Excuse Me????

ToxicTBag · 10 Sep 2010 at 01:05

Biffa said:
That case is nasty....

I agree it is definately an acquired taste but i like it a lot now, plenty of room to work in, if another one comes up i would definately consider it

loudbob said:
Excuse Me????

lol....morning Mr Loudbob sah

Biffa · 10 Sep 2010 at 01:13

Heh, I just got a new case for my home machine.

Lots of room.

Look for build log soon. Its not quite finished, waiting for a few cosmetic bits to arrive but I like it

Area 51 · 10 Sep 2010 at 11:04

I've heard the expression no plan survives first contact with the enemy - in this case (ha), its no plan survives first contact with the case! Despite hours of offering things up, as soon as I started work, I spotted a few flaws in my original plan. Instead of hanging the rad assembly saddle-bag style down the side, I've gone for a top mount:

...which of course makes things a bit tight for the reservoir:

...and makes my USB ports art the front useless!!!! This is a lot trickier than I thought it would be - everything is sooooo damn tight!

Area 51 · 10 Sep 2010 at 15:05

GRRRRRRRRR

Berserker · 10 Sep 2010 at 16:12

That's going to get messy if any unlucky insects happen by! :eek:

Or fingers

Area 51 · 10 Sep 2010 at 16:19

Finally ready to fill me steam powered rig and test the main connections

I like the 'industrial' look! - honest!!!!

Filling this is gonna be a bugga. I wanted to use straight connectors coming out of the bottom of the res', but I couldn't get the bend on the pipes in the drive bay without kinking them - which means the only way I could figure out to get a high point was to put a 'breather' pipe on the 'top' of the res' !!!! :rolleyes:

Area 51 · 10 Sep 2010 at 16:26

Berserker said:
That's going to get messy if any unlucky insects happen by!

Or fingers

I will have filters on the final fans - these are just two that came with the case and I'm using as a sort of proof of concept!!!! I doubt they're man enough for the job!

Area 51 · 10 Sep 2010 at 16:45

oooh, just got an rma for my defective PSU

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Biffa · 10 Sep 2010 at 17:21

Not sure why you didn't just mount it on the roof fan holes? Sure it might be too big to keep all inside the case but you could have the fans on the inside and the rad on the outside.

Area 51 · 10 Sep 2010 at 17:24

Biffa said:
Not sure why you didn't just mount it on the roof fan holes? Sure it might be too big to keep all inside the case but you could have the fans on the inside and the rad on the outside.

Simply because there is not enough room. I can just about fit the fans up there - it would have to be a super slim radiator!!!!!

Area 51 · 10 Sep 2010 at 17:26

Area 51 said:
Simply because there is not enough room. I can just about fit the fans up there - it would have to be a super slim radiator!!!!!

Sorry, re-read your post. Because I still want at least one exhaust fan for the case.

Biffa · 10 Sep 2010 at 17:50

Keep it as an exhaust?

Ignore me, if the ghetto/industrial/hardcore cruncher/loopiedeloop look is your bag then who am I to criticize

On another note, called scantastika and my PSU which has no been at the supplier for 2 months has no word.