First, I'd like to say hello to all the OCers here. I've read a few postings here in the past and decided to FINALLY be a part of the community. 
I am currently building a new rig, Skynet 2.0. I am currently using Skynet 1.2 that was originally built around January 2007. I'll be using a few parts from 1.2, but it's mainly going to be a whole new rig.
First, a little bit of history on Skynet.
I knew a few things about computers... changing HHD's, memory and PSU's. Eh, that was about it. I got tired of the crappy computers that were prebuilt and I wanted a project to work on after I got off of work (US Army
). I've never build one from scratch and I didn't want to screw this up. I did a bunch of research on various websites... including this one!!! Finally, I made my decision on the parts and put it all together with no problems at all. It was a lot easier than I thought it'd be. I figured that I'd break something along the way. Us artillery guys break everything we touch lol. I didn't name my computer. I never even thought about naming it. My roommate was telling a couple buddies of ours at work about how big it was. They came over later and the one said "What is that thing? Is that Skynet? Skynet has become self-aware!" So the name stuck. For those that don't know, Skynet was the name of the computer system in The Terminator series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)
Skynet 1.0 was the original build.
Case: XCLIO A380 Silver
Mobo: ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX
Memory: 4x512mb CORSAIR XMS2
PSU: Thermaltake W0131RU 850W
Skynet was updated to 1.1 after I added liquid cooling. All items were bought from Koolance.
Reservoir & Pump: RP-950
Radiator & Fans: EHX-1000SL Internal 1kW
CPU: CPU-330
GPU: VID-282
NB: CHC-120
SB: CHC-120-V06
VRegs: 2x VR-AS40
Software Interface Card: TMS-100K
Coolant Flow Meter: INS-FM16
I ran the cooling blocks in a series/parallel circuit. The CPU and GPU in series with 1/2" tube and the VReg's, NB and SB in series with 3/8" tube, parallel to the CPU/GPU.
Skynet was updated to 1.2 when I installed 2x NVIDIA 560Ti GPU's
I cannot find full coverage liquid cooling blocks for these any more due to how old they are. So, these will be updated at a later date.
Ok, enough with the words. Time for pics!!! I only have pictures of Skynet 1.2 because I never thought of taking pictures of my computer before.
Yea, It's dirty. What do you expect from a 6 year old computer with no dust filters? lol
Check out that nest of wires and tubes!!
VRegs, CPU and NB. If you look on the right, you can see that I had a leak at one point.
The bottom of the radiator and the block where the lines split into 1/2" and 3/8".
3DMark Scores
PCMark 7 Scores and temps.
The only things I'm keeping from Skynet 1.x is the PSU, GPUs and a couple liquid cooling items. One thing I'm excited to bring back is my 8800GTX!!! It's going to be dedicated to PhysX.
As 2.0 is being built, I'll add more pics. Unfortunately, I have bills to pay. So this build is going to take a little bit of time. I'm hoping to have it done in 2 months. I have the new case and Mobo already, but I have to make some mods to the case for the new liquid cooling systems. Yes, I pluralized system. I'm running 2 separate systems for my CPU and GPUs.
I hope this entertained you all. Any questions or comments, feel free to post them.
I am currently building a new rig, Skynet 2.0. I am currently using Skynet 1.2 that was originally built around January 2007. I'll be using a few parts from 1.2, but it's mainly going to be a whole new rig.
First, a little bit of history on Skynet.
I knew a few things about computers... changing HHD's, memory and PSU's. Eh, that was about it. I got tired of the crappy computers that were prebuilt and I wanted a project to work on after I got off of work (US Army
). I've never build one from scratch and I didn't want to screw this up. I did a bunch of research on various websites... including this one!!! Finally, I made my decision on the parts and put it all together with no problems at all. It was a lot easier than I thought it'd be. I figured that I'd break something along the way. Us artillery guys break everything we touch lol. I didn't name my computer. I never even thought about naming it. My roommate was telling a couple buddies of ours at work about how big it was. They came over later and the one said "What is that thing? Is that Skynet? Skynet has become self-aware!" So the name stuck. For those that don't know, Skynet was the name of the computer system in The Terminator series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)Skynet 1.0 was the original build.
Case: XCLIO A380 Silver
Mobo: ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX
Memory: 4x512mb CORSAIR XMS2
PSU: Thermaltake W0131RU 850W
Skynet was updated to 1.1 after I added liquid cooling. All items were bought from Koolance.
Reservoir & Pump: RP-950
Radiator & Fans: EHX-1000SL Internal 1kW
CPU: CPU-330
GPU: VID-282
NB: CHC-120
SB: CHC-120-V06
VRegs: 2x VR-AS40
Software Interface Card: TMS-100K
Coolant Flow Meter: INS-FM16
I ran the cooling blocks in a series/parallel circuit. The CPU and GPU in series with 1/2" tube and the VReg's, NB and SB in series with 3/8" tube, parallel to the CPU/GPU.
Skynet was updated to 1.2 when I installed 2x NVIDIA 560Ti GPU's
I cannot find full coverage liquid cooling blocks for these any more due to how old they are. So, these will be updated at a later date.
Ok, enough with the words. Time for pics!!! I only have pictures of Skynet 1.2 because I never thought of taking pictures of my computer before.
Yea, It's dirty. What do you expect from a 6 year old computer with no dust filters? lol
Check out that nest of wires and tubes!!
VRegs, CPU and NB. If you look on the right, you can see that I had a leak at one point.
The bottom of the radiator and the block where the lines split into 1/2" and 3/8".
3DMark Scores
PCMark 7 Scores and temps.
The only things I'm keeping from Skynet 1.x is the PSU, GPUs and a couple liquid cooling items. One thing I'm excited to bring back is my 8800GTX!!! It's going to be dedicated to PhysX.
As 2.0 is being built, I'll add more pics. Unfortunately, I have bills to pay. So this build is going to take a little bit of time. I'm hoping to have it done in 2 months. I have the new case and Mobo already, but I have to make some mods to the case for the new liquid cooling systems. Yes, I pluralized system. I'm running 2 separate systems for my CPU and GPUs.
I hope this entertained you all. Any questions or comments, feel free to post them.
I'm still going through ideas on running the coolant lines for the GPU's. The main problem I'm having is that the connectors on the 560Ti's don't line up with the 8800GTX. I wanted to run all three in parallel, but it looks like the only way I'll be able to do that is to split the tubing before the cards. I could run the two 560Ti's parallel and then the 8800GTX in series, but I'm afraid that it'll be too restrictive.
