been forcing myself to do my Real Estate Continuing Education. I have to complete 30 hours by end of June or I can't work. ;)
Got 20 out of 30 so far.
I believe I have another supporter in Gigabyte. It looks like they are enjoying the project enough to provide an H67 motherboard.
I had hopes the Z68s would come in time...but no release dates from Gigabyte yet. That means OC on the CPU will have to wait.
Since I will have the mobo in hand soon, construction of the mounting and position fixtures will commence in short order.
PSU mount: done
Radiator slide system: done
slide system mounting: done
CPU: 2500K in hand
Motherboard: H67 on the way from Gigabyte
RAM: Ballistix Tracer DDR3 in hand from Crucial (might even get fancy with this, an old idea brought new)
Drives: Intel 160Gb SSD in hand, 1TB Hitachi 65Mb cache in hand, LG Blu-Ray combo Lightscribe in hand
GPU: 480GTX in hand...wishing for something to upgrade, but nothing is accessible.
Main items remaining are motherboard location, mounting, backplane and GPU openings, Pump location, then tubing and power lines final issues.
I hope to be power'd up and testing by the end of June. :)
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
essential parts ordered, other stuff already on hand
Wanted to sound off that I already have support from Crucial. They had previously sent me 3X2Gig kit of Red tracer DDR3. In this mod I will use that memory but stick with the 2X2Gig layout of the H67 chipset.
Ordered my CPU (2500K) and a motherboard (the Z68s still have no street date, and I need to get measuring).
At least I can transplant other hardware over and get on with installs rather than waiting till the last minute to get the parts mounted and plumbing done. :)
Ordered my CPU (2500K) and a motherboard (the Z68s still have no street date, and I need to get measuring).
At least I can transplant other hardware over and get on with installs rather than waiting till the last minute to get the parts mounted and plumbing done. :)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Friday's mount tube work
I needed a stable and rigid platform for mounting the slide rails. This will be holding two radiators full of water and supporting the travel along the rails. I don't want flexing or twisting.
My answer: 1.75" aluminum square tubing.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
waiting a bit, but getting ready to hit it hard this weekend
I cut up enough of my anodized aluminum angle material that I ran out.
I did the cutting at a Buddy's place but he uses the Mitre saw for work, so I am waiting to borrow it over the holiday weekend.
I also need to purchase the 1.75" square tubing to set up the Radiators for mounting, and then move on to tubing movement.
I MIGHT have a motherboard sponsor, but it's still very tentative. I will surely report and promote that as soon as it's solid, but until then I won't reveal any more.
This is clearly not a "enter competition, gather attention" type mod, but I have longed to make movable Radiators in several forms (pivot, tilt, rotate, etc.) and this is shaping up to be a very elegant (IMO) solution and it will fit in a tiny, portable pacakge.
The benefit will be that they stow INSIDE the case and lock away during transport or power down. When in operation they will be vented completely outside the case while the tubing stays inside. 2X140mm Radiators should cool a 2600K and full power GPU quite nicely!
If/when the Z68 mITXs arrive, I think they provide the compact and powerful solution many of us have been waiting a loooong time for. :)
Watch over the holiday: lots of cutting, mounting, and little vids will be coming.
I did the cutting at a Buddy's place but he uses the Mitre saw for work, so I am waiting to borrow it over the holiday weekend.
I also need to purchase the 1.75" square tubing to set up the Radiators for mounting, and then move on to tubing movement.
I MIGHT have a motherboard sponsor, but it's still very tentative. I will surely report and promote that as soon as it's solid, but until then I won't reveal any more.
This is clearly not a "enter competition, gather attention" type mod, but I have longed to make movable Radiators in several forms (pivot, tilt, rotate, etc.) and this is shaping up to be a very elegant (IMO) solution and it will fit in a tiny, portable pacakge.
The benefit will be that they stow INSIDE the case and lock away during transport or power down. When in operation they will be vented completely outside the case while the tubing stays inside. 2X140mm Radiators should cool a 2600K and full power GPU quite nicely!
If/when the Z68 mITXs arrive, I think they provide the compact and powerful solution many of us have been waiting a loooong time for. :)
Watch over the holiday: lots of cutting, mounting, and little vids will be coming.
Monday, May 23, 2011
PSU mounting nearly done...more mitres
First the psu has to come apart so while I drill and rivet it won't accumulate metal particles in the electronics. Then positioning the mitred angle pieces to hold it in place. It turns out I can put 4 out of the six total pieces and still get it in the opening.
The last shot is the one side of the radiator slide out hole...more on that come wednesday.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Mitre work on saturday chop saw to cut my drawer slide in half
I take one 20" ball bearing drawer slide and cut it down to two 6" with the stops trapped in between so each one can slide 3" and they are tied together in the middle layer. The result is a 6" package that can extend to about 11.75".
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