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Here's the reply that I got from EK's director of Research, development and quality:
Well, that gives me a better feeling. I'll still take a look when I do my 6 month cleaning, however, the only copper I have is the rad, so might not be able to see anything.........
Oh, and got a package today:
Final Assembly to come.
Well, that gives me a better feeling. I'll still take a look when I do my 6 month cleaning, however, the only copper I have is the rad, so might not be able to see anything.........
Oh, and got a package today:
Final Assembly to come.
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OP
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Well, here is the final build update:
Stripping down the 470 in preparation for the new WB:
There was a ridiculous amount of TIM on the core and heatsink. With how hot these get, you would think they would do a better job.......
Cleaned up:
With AS5 applied:
470 Block with thermal pads applied. I also cleaned the block itself with alcohol to remove the ugliness:
470 with its new partner:
When I attached the compression fitting to the back of the block, almost had another fitment issue:
Because of the triple Rad, I only have room for one harddrive placed below the Optical, so I had to come up with a solution for my 2 SSDs:
I modified the stock Corsair 1200 Sata cables with the 2 right angle adapters I bought. Used the dremel to make extra holes in the side of the case.
After about 9 hours of assembly including the time to mount the SSDs, here is the final product:
Reservoir with Silver Kill Coil:
It was a lot of fun to do, and if anyway is considering it, I say definitely go for it.
Of course, none of this would have been possible without this forum. The wealth of information and knowledge of members is second to none. So thank OCF!
Stripping down the 470 in preparation for the new WB:
There was a ridiculous amount of TIM on the core and heatsink. With how hot these get, you would think they would do a better job.......
Cleaned up:
With AS5 applied:
470 Block with thermal pads applied. I also cleaned the block itself with alcohol to remove the ugliness:
470 with its new partner:
When I attached the compression fitting to the back of the block, almost had another fitment issue:
Because of the triple Rad, I only have room for one harddrive placed below the Optical, so I had to come up with a solution for my 2 SSDs:
I modified the stock Corsair 1200 Sata cables with the 2 right angle adapters I bought. Used the dremel to make extra holes in the side of the case.
After about 9 hours of assembly including the time to mount the SSDs, here is the final product:
Reservoir with Silver Kill Coil:
It was a lot of fun to do, and if anyway is considering it, I say definitely go for it.
Of course, none of this would have been possible without this forum. The wealth of information and knowledge of members is second to none. So thank OCF!
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I've gotta ask, what's holding those ssd's on?
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you have to drill the holes yourself or were they already spaced right?
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final build looks great, i like how your loop is neat as opposed to all those plate of spaghetti rigs ive been seeing lately.
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Why is the CPU block upside down? That is one epic build, wish I planned mine more thoughtfully... I have a same res and had to shove it above the motherboard horizontally as it didn't like the length of my card...
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nice build...like the blue tube effect thing - sic
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ah, cool, i really like the way that looks (hell, I like the whole thing...but for some reason that in particular)
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It's upside down because the holes are specific as to being input and output. If it was the right way up, they would have to be opposite of what they are, and the tubing would be "spaghetti like" as referred to above
I wanted to keep it is simple as possible
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It's upside down because the holes are specific as to being input and output. If it was the right way up, they would have to be opposite of what they are, and the tubing would be "spaghetti like" as referred to above
I wanted to keep it is simple as possible
that does seem like a bit of an oversight on the part of ek, putting the inlet on the left...
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