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Project Sheet
Design issues:
We need to figure out the best way to mount the radiator. I am not opposed to externally mounted top, externally mounted rear, externally mounted left side, separate case, or internally mounted.
I prefer an external mount to avoid cutting the crap out of the case. In addition, I'd prefer to draw room air through the rad versus pulling case air through it, or pushing room air through rad into case. So pipe up, please.
In addition, we need to solidify a general layout of the watercooling system. Design layout will obviously have an impact on selection of parts.
As stated above, I want to WC CPU,GPU,NB at minimum. The team needs to decide if we whould WC ram and HD(s).
SLEEVING
I'd like to sleeve all wiring but have no idea what it entails. I want a spotless wire job so we need to decide what to use, and how and where to hide where possible.
REMAINING PURCHASES
VGU. I'm leaning heavily towards dual evga 7800 GT's as they seem to be a good value at this point and continue to drop in price. A single 7800 GTX wouldn't be bad either. As information, I am not opposed to running an ATI card. With the mobo I have, Crossfire is out of the question which is why I'm leaning heavily toward Nvidia.
Second Barracuda 250G 7800.2 - So far we have a single. I'm not sure the raid 0 appeals to me but am not intelligent enough to know for sure. On the surface, mirroring seems like a decent investment at 103.00. I'd be very interested to hear anyones thoughts on this.
CD/CDRW/DVD etc. Haven't done any serious reviews on these. I'm wide open here.
Watecooling. Pump, blocks, res,tubing, temp sensors,etc. We have the BI3 with 1/2 inch barbs. Other than that, design will help us deside which way to go.
Reservior - I do want a nice res. I'm not as concerned from necessity standpoint and freely admit that bling factor is important to me here.
I find myself obsessing over those 4 inch monitors that are installed on the case. Again, while I understand that it isn't critical to the build, I suspect that one will show up in Team Glasslicker's inventory in the next week. Be prepared to figure out where to install and or what to do with it.
Design issues:
We need to figure out the best way to mount the radiator. I am not opposed to externally mounted top, externally mounted rear, externally mounted left side, separate case, or internally mounted.
I prefer an external mount to avoid cutting the crap out of the case. In addition, I'd prefer to draw room air through the rad versus pulling case air through it, or pushing room air through rad into case. So pipe up, please.
In addition, we need to solidify a general layout of the watercooling system. Design layout will obviously have an impact on selection of parts.
As stated above, I want to WC CPU,GPU,NB at minimum. The team needs to decide if we whould WC ram and HD(s).
SLEEVING
I'd like to sleeve all wiring but have no idea what it entails. I want a spotless wire job so we need to decide what to use, and how and where to hide where possible.
REMAINING PURCHASES
VGU. I'm leaning heavily towards dual evga 7800 GT's as they seem to be a good value at this point and continue to drop in price. A single 7800 GTX wouldn't be bad either. As information, I am not opposed to running an ATI card. With the mobo I have, Crossfire is out of the question which is why I'm leaning heavily toward Nvidia.
Second Barracuda 250G 7800.2 - So far we have a single. I'm not sure the raid 0 appeals to me but am not intelligent enough to know for sure. On the surface, mirroring seems like a decent investment at 103.00. I'd be very interested to hear anyones thoughts on this.
CD/CDRW/DVD etc. Haven't done any serious reviews on these. I'm wide open here.
Watecooling. Pump, blocks, res,tubing, temp sensors,etc. We have the BI3 with 1/2 inch barbs. Other than that, design will help us deside which way to go.
Reservior - I do want a nice res. I'm not as concerned from necessity standpoint and freely admit that bling factor is important to me here.
I find myself obsessing over those 4 inch monitors that are installed on the case. Again, while I understand that it isn't critical to the build, I suspect that one will show up in Team Glasslicker's inventory in the next week. Be prepared to figure out where to install and or what to do with it.
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