I figured after 4 months of stagnation I should give you guys some pictures to show you what state the Fush Zero Project sits at right now.
I am actually a little ahead of whats in the sticky forum thread and whats on OCModshop's articles. So Ive got some picture taking and writing to do just to catch up to myself.
So here's some pictures, theyre a little blurry. Didnt have the battery life to fiddle with the manual settings:
Heres the overal computer. As you can see the Vapochill has been modified and works. Works pretty well actually. I have had only one instance where I had to flip the comressor on/off once or twice to get it to cold start. Though under normal operation, the 360 degree loop I added does what its supposed.
Second pic, sorry its dark, is a closeup of the socket area. Had to do some strange bends to get the evap to line up dead on. It also shows how Ive let the wiring get a little cluttered. Gotta get the zip ties out again and hide everything. I got a little lax at school when swapping HD's in and out so the wiring is a little nasty.
Heres two with the flash on showing the Vapochill PE, or what has become of a Vapochill PE. I did a little painting to make sure the setup stood out among all the nasty black compressor and rough metal condensor combos out there. Just wait till I get some UV lights in there, youll be impressed.
Also, the second pic you can see how I mounted the chillcontroll unit all the way in the back. If you remember I sliced off the LCD unit from the chillcontroll and soldered extenstion wires to it so I count mount it in the front of the case. You can see the LCD in the first pic of the two and the very first pic.
Heres a shot of my desktop. I'm using a Barton 2600+ Mobile right now. Note that the CPU temp isnt nearly accurate. I'm not quite sure what to do about it. It shows up in the mid 20's on mobomon, but if I stick a thermocouple in there I get around -12. So I just made mobomon display what the thermocouple read, it's more impressive, and all I use it for anyways is a guide to see how the proc is doing.
My evap temps stick around -22 Celcius with what SiSoft Sandra reads as a 144 watt load. Ive been running the chip at 2700mhz @ 1.84v, but I havent really pushed it yet. The vapo seems to have trouble once you push past 160 watts as read in SiSoft Sandra. Though I know the chip will do at least 2900mhz, I have hit it pretty easily but the Vapo temps drop drasticly. So I'll wait to really push it once I get a mix of R404 and R134 in the system.
Lastly, heres a nasty pic of the socket area, but I thought it showed off the colors pretty well in the daylight. Note I coated the evap clamp with UV, looks pretty nice. I still hate those wires though... They need some hiding.
So now all thats ahead of me is to finish off the Vapo case with some acrylic and watercut aluminum. Then go ahead with the custom fan grills and maybe surface accents like I was talking about way back when.
I guess I'll have to get on that.
