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04-07-2003, 04:27 PM
Soldier_Of_Evil

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Originally posted by bullitstrc
Royal Oaks, are those 2 rear fans both tornadoes? if so, can you hear them outside?

Tornadoes are 30mm thick fans, while the chiftec fan cage only supports 25mm thick fans.
04-07-2003, 05:34 PM
Colossus

Quote:

Originally posted by Soldier_Of_Evil

Tornadoes are 30mm thick fans, while the chiftec fan cage only supports 25mm thick fans.

Umm you can shave 5mm off the holding clips to mod it to hold a 80mm fan ;)

Also you can just remove the holder and go with a 92mm fan :)
04-07-2003, 06:56 PM
Soldier_Of_Evil

Quote:

Originally posted by Colossus

Umm you can shave 5mm off the holding clips to mod it to hold a 80mm fan ;)

Also you can just remove the holder and go with a 92mm fan :)

Um its already holds an 80mm fan...are you tryign to say it can hold a 35mm thickness fan with moddage? I realize that, but im saying only a 25mm thickness fan will be flush with the holder.
05-09-2003, 04:56 AM
Wurm

Bump so I can find this later tonight when I upload my new pics...
05-09-2003, 12:52 PM
XP1800

Nice, cant wait to see those:)
05-10-2003, 10:52 AM
Nick2k3

Here's some updated images of my PC:

http://www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder...pcpictures.php

If the images come up with broken link squares just refresh or re-load the page. It could just be my connection but it sometimes does that for me, the links work though I think it's just the hosting that's crap :p
05-13-2003, 12:08 AM
XP1800

Nick, thats a nice LCD screen ya got there:eek:

How much was it and was it tough to install?
05-13-2003, 02:35 PM
Nick2k3

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Originally posted by XP18004life
Nick, thats a nice LCD screen ya got there:eek:

How much was it and was it tough to install?

Thanks :)

I think it was less than 100 dollars and I got it from www.crystalfontz.com

They also do packages now and I think it's a bit cheaper than when I bought mine with seperate parts :eek:.

The kits they do are here:

http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/select_kit.html

You can pick and mix what you want which is pretty cool :)

I live in the UK so had to get it imported and pay import tax though :mad:.

It's not that difficult to install at all, just screw the plate into your case bay like a normal optical drive and connect up the serial cable, this goes to a PCI blanking plate at the back of your PC which can also be bought. They, you just use a serial to serial cable to connect the serial port on the PCI plate to the serial port on your motherboard. You can use serial or USB but the one I have is a serial connection.

The LCD is powered by a normal floppy power cable (not a molex one) and that's about it :)

Once the LCD is connected to the serial port properly and the power is plugged in right you can use pretty much any LCD software that's designed for a variety of LCD's or you can use the Crystal Control software that CrystalFontz make themselves. I use the Crystal Control software and it works a treat no problems :)

I'm not sure who are cheaper / better, CrystalFontz or Matrix Orbital but I can say that I am very pleased with my LCD and service from CrystalFontz :cool:
05-13-2003, 03:15 PM
XP1800

Thanks for the info man:) My case has 2 opticals and a fan controller so I don't think one would fit in it, but I am building another one for my brother...hmmm *rubs chin with thumb and index finger*
05-15-2003, 07:36 PM
Tripitz

My messy rig as I just put it together (first wc attempt)

http://24.45.42.176:2500/wc_inside.jpg
05-15-2003, 07:37 PM
Tripitz

And the front...

http://24.45.42.176:2500/wc_front.jpg
05-15-2003, 07:44 PM
Colossus

Nice work tripitz, I like the color of your water :)
05-15-2003, 07:47 PM
Tripitz

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Originally posted by Colossus
Nice work tripitz, I like the color of your water :)

If you only knew.... (about the color!)

Thanks though! I have to say, it was a royal pain in the butt to get this up and running. I regret not getting a bigger case as every slot is taken.

I ended up putting a bit too much 'Purple Ice' into my system, hence the pink color. By the time I decided it was too much and I was not going to add the dye (blue UV) or my UV cathode, I was already starting to put in components (ie, messy to drain)

My temps are rock solid right now! Very psyched. Unfortunately, my $110 Nexus 400w "quiet" PSU is a load of garbage (ie, noisey and the power rails are not that tight).
05-15-2003, 07:49 PM
Colossus

So what kind of temps?? Did you cut out the front of the case for the block?

I know those chieftech style cases have 2 80mm fans spots on the front and I can see part of one.. So did you cut it out or just put the core over it ?
05-15-2003, 07:58 PM
Tripitz

Quote:

Originally posted by Colossus
So what kind of temps?? Did you cut out the front of the case for the block?

I know those chieftech style cases have 2 80mm fans spots on the front and I can see part of one.. So did you cut it out or just put the core over it ?

I drilled out the drive bay that was in the way (where the 80mm installed fan was). I then put some holes into the front to put in 4inch screws and also drilled out my black ice extreme (which was rather scarey as the bolts are basically touching the water paths). I thought about using a dremel tool to open up the front, but there is already so much ventilation available on the case that I decided to use some rubber grommets to space it out, which lets the radiator breathe a bit more evenly. The fan attached is a delta 120mm, but I barely need to have it running (so far).

Based on Asus Probe, idle is around 37-38 with the fan hardly turning and board temps around 29-30. This compares to 41C idle with a 92mm Panaflo on at max (58cfm) on an SLK900 with board temps at 33-35. I am not using wc'ing for my gpu and nb. I know 37-38 sounds high, but after 2 hours of gaming, with the fan barely turning over, temps barely hit 40-41C, which is almost no change. 1 hour of hotcpu put it at 41C. If I turn up the fan, it will slowly drop back to the high 30's. This compares to me hitting 55-58 (and yes, 60C) on my previous setup!!

I had it running at roughly 3.35 and idle was at 39, so I say my main problem is my ambient is fairly high. I really don't care as I think my radiator can handle a lot more heat than I'm throwing at it and I can always crank up the fan if needed.

BTW, I don't think my particular 2.4 is particularly good as I'm having trouble with it getting it past 3.35.
05-15-2003, 08:00 PM
Colossus

60c?????

WOW! I never hit 100f with my SLK-900 and my Tornado 92mm @ 3000rpm even after hours of gaming...

I wonder if all the extra stuff you have (HD, etc) is causing the raised temps :)
05-15-2003, 08:05 PM
Tripitz

Quote:

Originally posted by Colossus
60c?????

WOW! I never hit 100f with my SLK-900 and my Tornado 92mm @ 3000rpm even after hours of gaming...

I wonder if all the extra stuff you have (HD, etc) is causing the raised temps :)

I don't know what it is, but I was rather unhappy. One hot day (ambient in the room 70F) and it hit 59C after an hour of BF1942. With 2 intake 80mm and 2 outputs on my Lian Li, I should have had plenty of cooling. I just think it is one of 2 things. The Asus board reads the temps wrong, or the voltage problem with the Asus P4PE/L is really pushing my temps up like crazy.

What I do know is that a change of 3C after 2 hours of full load means my WC setup is doing the job.

I am very close to buying a prometia mach 2. WC'ing was fun, but I'm curious if I could sell my setup and break even :)
05-15-2003, 08:14 PM
Colossus

Those sub-zero cooling cases look nice :) But rather pricey and small IMO...

I rather stick with Water or Air for now :) Since my temps never go past 100f even when my ambient temp right now is 78f :)
05-15-2003, 09:14 PM
Tripitz

Quote:

Originally posted by Colossus
Those sub-zero cooling cases look nice :) But rather pricey and small IMO...

I rather stick with Water or Air for now :) Since my temps never go past 100f even when my ambient temp right now is 78f :)

I really like the Lian Li Prometia kit. Of course, all in, even if I own a standard Lian LL case, its going to cost roughly $1100 from what I gather. LOL.
05-15-2003, 09:41 PM
Colossus

I just got my water cooling setup not that long ago even if it is not installed :D but my temps were never that outrageous that it required such extreme cooling..

The only thing that I can think of that would need that cooling is to place the head right on the gpu instead of the cpu :D
05-15-2003, 09:55 PM
Tripitz

Quote:

Originally posted by Colossus
I just got my water cooling setup not that long ago even if it is not installed :D but my temps were never that outrageous that it required such extreme cooling..

The only thing that I can think of that would need that cooling is to place the head right on the gpu instead of the cpu :D

What did you end up buying? How long until you've got it up? My cpu block is the Swiftech 5000, which has to be the easiest hs to install I've ever dealt with. The hardest part of the whole setup was getting the frothing out of my reservoir (I put too much Purple Ice in) and isolating the pump from the case (noise problems).
05-15-2003, 10:05 PM
Colossus

I am awaiting for Swiftech to rma my defective GPU cooler back to me... The pelt on my MCW50-T didnt work :(
05-15-2003, 10:32 PM
Tripitz

Quote:

Originally posted by Colossus
I am awaiting for Swiftech to rma my defective GPU cooler back to me... The pelt on my MCW50-T didnt work :(

Peltier, eh? Not bad! I have the option of addint a pelt in the future, but I didn't want to have to deal with another psu, etc. In all honesty, a Prommy started making more sense to me as I started adding up how much all of this stuff costs, etc.
05-23-2003, 03:17 PM
Wurm

Upgraded Specs and posted a old picture...
05-24-2003, 12:11 AM
bigdog77s

Here is some of my pics... USC Gamecocks
https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/...2003/05/14.jpg
https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/...2003/05/15.jpg
https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/...2003/05/16.jpg

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