Posted on: 07-23-03 09:40 PM
I'm tired, I feel lazy. No mods tonight. Though I'll slap up some pictures and fill you in on some descisions that need to be made.
Soo, the H2O cooling.
Mmmm new, so purdy.
Youve seen it before, Danger den Z-chip and Geforce Blocks. Solid performers, and they look sweet. They all have 1/2" fittings. Besides the blocks I'll be using a black ice extreme radiator, Eheim 1048 pump, 3603 1/2" ID Tygon and a new danger den acrylic resevior. Should look snazzy, and be a good performing setup.
Though there was just one problem... The Geforce block didnt quite fit my MSI Geforce 4ti4200 (I know, old card, I don't play games much. I'll upgrade it eventually. Unless someone wants to offer me a 9700 or 9800 for less than $200
).
Shiny Tweakmonster sinks, freshly lapped, oh soo pretty and begging for a volt mod.
The holes in the perspex top are off by about 1/4", and the ramsinks prevent me from just misaligning it a little. I cried a bit, then I thought about redrilling new holes (though it would look nasty). Then, it came to me.
Slapped the mounting screws into a drill press. Hit it with a hammer alot. Viola!
Like a glove, kinda. Though it works, thats all that matters.
The center of the block is off center by about 1/8", but I doubt I will see any rediculous degridations in performance.
So. I'm bugging out. Though I hope to have narrowed down what Phase change system I'll be using. I talked myself into liking the vapochill more for this project, though I may or may not be able to use it, as Id like it underneath the case, and im not budging on that. I also want to balance price, performance, compactness and noise. That seems to put the vapo on the top of my list. As long as mounting it underneath is no problem.
Besides that snag, Im drawing out designs to be cut into parts and windows to tie both cases together. Hopefully I can get 64Thunderbolt to do the cutting for me. Id love to keep it in the forums. When I decide on the final drawings, Ill post some pics.