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And this project is done! (Well, almost, see end of post).
Here are some nice pics, contrasting the internally lit and unlit.
And some more completed pics:
And the final step, fire the bad boy up!
Ran thru all the usuals--memtest first.
Put a clean install of Windows 8. Loaded all the drivers. And anxiously and eagerly loaded up the system to see what kind of performance (heat-wise) it would get.
And I was quite pleased with the temps.
Summary:
i7 2700k stock 3.6ghz at 1.175v.
XFX AMD 7970 DD.
Ambient temp of 72f. With the cpu loaded with Prime95 and the gpu loaded with Furmark, the pump running full at 4500rpms and the radiator fan running at 700rpms (all of which is very quiet), at about 30 minutes of stressing, the CPU cores were at an average 67c and the graphics core was at 54c.
My final video--turning on the lighting in a dark room is just eye-popping.
http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v363/navig/Exoframe Mini/Final build lit_zpspd0ggyig.mp4
This project is done! BUT, as per usual, I’m going to post a new section to this thread titled “Exoframe Mini, completed”. In this thread I will give a quick summary of the build, then finish it with some nice higher resolution choice pics, after I convert the corner of my shop to a mini photo studio. So stay tuned…..
Here are some nice pics, contrasting the internally lit and unlit.
And some more completed pics:
And the final step, fire the bad boy up!
Ran thru all the usuals--memtest first.
Put a clean install of Windows 8. Loaded all the drivers. And anxiously and eagerly loaded up the system to see what kind of performance (heat-wise) it would get.
And I was quite pleased with the temps.
Summary:
i7 2700k stock 3.6ghz at 1.175v.
XFX AMD 7970 DD.
Ambient temp of 72f. With the cpu loaded with Prime95 and the gpu loaded with Furmark, the pump running full at 4500rpms and the radiator fan running at 700rpms (all of which is very quiet), at about 30 minutes of stressing, the CPU cores were at an average 67c and the graphics core was at 54c.
My final video--turning on the lighting in a dark room is just eye-popping.
http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v363/navig/Exoframe Mini/Final build lit_zpspd0ggyig.mp4
This project is done! BUT, as per usual, I’m going to post a new section to this thread titled “Exoframe Mini, completed”. In this thread I will give a quick summary of the build, then finish it with some nice higher resolution choice pics, after I convert the corner of my shop to a mini photo studio. So stay tuned…..