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#1275856 by jewwe (Power User) at 2010-05-01 02:05:45 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Yinchie wrote:

That is one big air cooler you have there, does it weight like 2KG or something?

Hmm doesn't the memory sticks get hot? since I see no heatspreader or anything like that.
Or aren't they "overclock" memory?

Heh, the heatsink is rather heavy yeah.. But it's mounted pretty well, so I'm not that worried. I wouldn't wanna throw my case around to test it out though :p

The memory gets pretty cooking, yeah. It's just standard DDR3 1333 RAM, so it doesn't need heatspreaders. I got it for free, so I'm not really complaining

#1277324 by Yinchie Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-04 16:48:03 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Ordered my stuff today, hopefully the stuff arrives friday than rebuilding system...
Pics coming up weekend

Overhauling my water cooling setup + additional things added.

#1277359 by unknown[24504] at 2010-05-04 17:38:26 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Did you get your 480 block yet?

#1277583 by unknown[4488] at 2010-05-05 01:41:18 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Old junk

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#1277709 by iNViSiBiLiTY (User) at 2010-05-05 11:25:39 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Pfft, that rig should have museum value by now.

It looks freakin' awesome!

#1277760 by unknown[4488] at 2010-05-05 15:07:35 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Havent found the need to upgrade as yet still able to max out any game with a minimum of 30 fps depending on what res i set.
Might get new graphics but it depends on any new games,
Nothing out yet where the graphics are anygood.
Were still behind uncharted 2 and it hurts to say that.

#1277772 by SaSkuAtch Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-05 15:28:39 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Tigermoth wrote:

yeh uncharted 2 looks so amazing, I wish it was on pc so I could crank up the res and what not, one can dream

#1277774 by unknown[4488] at 2010-05-05 15:41:39 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

That game has a shit load of wiremesh going on,
A ton of work went into that game gets 10/10 from me
And yeah would be even beter on the pc 2560 x 1600 res would be nice to play it on

#1278244 by Yinchie Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-06 14:28:06 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

porrnisse wrote:

Did you get your 480 block yet?

Yeah AGES ago just didn't install it yet since I was waiting for some spare money (yes i got more things to pay than just hardware...) to buy all the rest, since I obviously need a extra radiator and such.

My huge package arrives tomorrow by GLS than I can get started. Everything bought from HighFlow.nl
So I will be installing the block and everything else tomorrow, like bigger tubings and better tubings, additional radiator, new and stronger pump, new fittings to fit the bigger tubings from Tygon 1/2".
Sleeving some cables as well, thx to Million Dollar PC for their awesome sleeves.

My setup is still not done though, at a later status when my budget allows me I add another pump and another radiator for additional cooling.

The pump is pricey, since I buy a additional 3rd party top to make it look nicer than the standard pump look.

The Pump (~85 Euro)

The 3rd party top (~50 Euro)

The top costs more than half the price of the pump.

And also slowly changing all fittings to Bitspower fittings, got several right now but my budget does not allow me to get them all at same time, since those Bitspower fittings are quite expensive, they range from 8-14 Euro a piece. So I gotten myself Feser fittings, they are around 3 Euro cheaper, second best fittings.

Got to buy myself a dremel too, a other time so I can mod my Corsair Obsidian 800D, to fit a 240mm radiator at the bottom.
And make my custom backplate for the motherboard to make it look smoother and cleaner.

And no, for those who wonder, I am not doing all this just to cool my GTX480.
TBH I just feel the need to do it... Helps nice with overclocking and a silent system (even with all the fans running, but running them on 900-1100RPM you won't hear them)

My expensive hobby

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#1278283 by limpep (Power User) at 2010-05-06 16:20:56 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600
Antec Nine Hundred Two Case
Asus P6T SE X58 MoBo
Intel Corei7 920 D0 Step SLBEJ (@ 2.66GHZ yes I know I need to OC it)
CORSAIR 750W 750HXUK MODULAR
CORSAIR H50 CWCH50-1 INTEL/AMD
NZXT SENTRY TOUCH LCD METER
1GB XFX HD5770 DDR5 PCI-E (@ 895MHz probably can do way more)
1TB Samsung F3 SATA
250GB Maxtor SATA
Sony DVD RW DW

Sorry about the shitty iphone camera and bad cable management

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#1278881 by Yinchie Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-07 20:54:24 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

My pics coming up in a few hours, need to clean up my room, such a mess now haha.

My temps atm idle (Water Cooling):

- CPU (Intel Core i7 920 D0) : 28-31 Celcius.
- GPU (GTX480): 32-38 Celcius

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#1278888 by Merc Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-07 21:12:32 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Yinchie wrote:

My pics coming up in a few hours, need to clean up my room, such a mess now haha.

My temps atm idle (Water Cooling):

- CPU (Intel Core i7 920 D0) : 28-31 Celcius.
- GPU (GTX480): 32-38 Celcius

that's very good. is the cpu oc'd?

#1278899 by Yinchie Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-07 21:43:46 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Excuse the bad quality of the pictures, I had bad lightning and I do not own a good camera...

Some new junk, some I didn't end up using...

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GTX480 standard cooler removed, hmm nasty leftovers...

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GTX480 GPU cleaned up...

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DangerDen GTX480 water cool block installed...

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Started installing some things and removing things at same time...
The bracket I bought to be placed at the back of the case to hold up the radiator and fan failed to include the right sized screws so I just used the 140mm Noctua fan as the bracket to hold the radiator.
Later on I plan to move the radiator inside my Corsair Obsidian 800D case once I gotten myself a dremel.

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The complete look, not totally finished yet though, still need to sleeve a few things and perhaps tweak some stuff and get myself a better looking IDE cable for my DVD drive.
And getting a extra Noctua fan so my 240mm radiator holds 2x 140mm Noctua fans instead of 1x and yes the 240mm fan can hold 2x 140mm Noctua fans

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Not finished yet, in future planning to make a custom backplate so it looks smoother and cleaner.
And perhaps get a motherboard that is less bright, less blue colour

Getting Corsair Dominator GT memory with the Corsair memory fan, might water cool the memory as well with a MIPS water block.

Those wondering what that fitting is doing below my reservoir... I use that for now to add more stability to the reservoir till I get the mood to drill 2 holes to screw the reservoir on.
Atm the reservoir is sticked to the case with velcro strips.

More pics...

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#1278902 by Melrose86 (User) at 2010-05-07 21:50:22 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

much is your rig worth?

#1278904 by Yinchie Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-07 21:52:22 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

More than Alienware ^^

#1278911 by Melrose86 (User) at 2010-05-07 21:58:08 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

i dont know much that is lol

come on, gimmie the details :lol:

#1278923 by Yinchie Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-07 22:12:36 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Around 5K Euro, including my screens etc.
Water cooling alone costs me 800<900 Euro.

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#1278927 by Melrose86 (User) at 2010-05-07 22:17:05 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

wish i had that �� to spend on a pc lol

#1279053 by Brainless (Power User) at 2010-05-08 02:27:04 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Melrose86 wrote:

wish i had that �� to spend on a pc lol

I agree with you 100% on this one.

#1279137 by Yinchie Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-08 12:53:43 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

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#1279170 by Merc Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-08 14:20:46 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Thats a nice setup you got there m8, wish i had those Z5500's

#1279179 by duuuh (User) at 2010-05-08 14:30:05 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

sweet

sell on ebay for 6k and build again!

#1279182 by redarmy20 (Power User) at 2010-05-08 14:46:06 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

limpep wrote:

how is that water cooler? summer is coming up and thinking of maybe getting that kind of a water cooler.

#1279215 by Yinchie Donor

(Power User) at 2010-05-08 16:02:34 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

The H50 performs as good as the best air coolers.
I used to use it but kinda disappointed, than I felt the need to use proper liquid cooling

Last edited by Yinchie at 2010-05-08 16:04:02

#1279218 by fash (Power User) at 2010-05-08 16:04:08 (3 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

The CoolIT ALC performs just as good if not better than the H50 and costs less.

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