Project N0NAME

I would love 2 hear your ideas for the Bleach mod, Can't wate till you start.

bleach case project started... here

this project goes on.. with some pics..

new mobo..

new ram and cpu..

hard drive, dvd writer and uv sata cables for them..

some uv action after installation..

a minor over clock, yet stable..

blow hole marked..

blow hole cut..

fan for blow hole..

fan installed..

infinity cooler installed.. not in the best possible way, but I can manage..

close up..

farther shots..

new fan controller...

what I'm going to do now is cut more of the flames.. with a new blade i got.. after i make a nice laptop cooler tomorrow :) after everybody wakes up..

Lookn gd mate, just about 2 hav a look at the Bleach work log.

Hi all,
Been doing some fun things and have ordered some stuff too :)

while making this for a friend..

with this..

i also made this..

which in the dark looks like this :D

edit: I must note that I haven't finished the side because the metal flames aren't cut yet.. I may do them in the weekend, if my room mates leave (gonna be a grueling 2 or 3 hour marathon, so I have to wait for the right moment)... when it will be done, there will be black flames on a blue flame background :)

and I think I'm going water cool in a few weeks... I found a cheap kit with a hydor700 pump, a black ice 120mm radiator, a nexos block and a nice reservoir.. and tubes.. for 100$+.. and I ordered some new ram (gonna change the g.skill I have with corsair, more over clocking friendly, and gonna try and oc 'em to 1ghz.. i can only reach 900MHz with the current ones and it's not very stable).. also! I ordered a new PSU: antec trio 550W... the one i have may be rated at 600W but it is 3 times cheaper... so this might be perfect for a k7 system, but for the cpu/video(8800?)/hdds(going for 250+320G, and a 200 backup) I have now I may need more headroom in the future..

oh, does anyone have the new ram from ocz, specially made for amd? I can't find those modules here but if they will be available... I wanna know if they are better than other 4GB kits..

update:
yesterday at 4 p.m. local time Santa arrived :D I received a brand new 320gig hard drive (for 250+320GB storage):banana:, a Corsair ddr2 ram kit (2gig, 6400c4):banana:, a Tagan 500w dual engine series with lots of wires:banana: and.... :banana::banana: the water cooling kit I've wanted a long time 8):D


I had lots of fun installing everything and after that tidying up... then I over clocked some more: I've reached 2,9GHz on the CPU and 1,16GHz on the RAM max.. This with 1.5V on the core and 2.1V on the memory, at CL5 timings. Now I'm running 2.9/0.96 stable and fast :)

Thing is I had no good thermal paste at hand and so now I can reach 60 degrees with bare pressure and orthos/s'n'm/p95 >> great!... :think: aaa, NOT.. I'll get some zalman paste soon enough.. and put up some pics.. I installed a clean vista and surprise: incompatibility with my phone.. and I have progress picture there... it sure was tough putting everything in though.. well, see you later..

Hi all and sorry for the long time away... I've been really busy: finished my 2nd year and accepted in the 3rd (this will give me my electronic engineer diploma :D ), had to move home again because the dorm was closed for renovation (and I had to move all my stuff.. 2 computers, 3 huge speakers, 15 boxes with tools and materials, 2 bags stuffed with clothes, one mattress, and lots of small stuff >> fitted in one small transport.. not), then went to my cousin's wedding, then my other cousin gave birth to a nice young lad and now I am employed... Been busy, but all is well :)

So, some pics of old and new:

This is here because I like the look, and I would like to find a case like this, but empty.. This is from my new work place :)

UV action :)

.. some kind of attempt at a night shot..

Another shot :) I could be pleased with this, but... Still lots of work, so low on time and money ;)

I like the glow of the UV green additive, the 30ish idle temp and 40ish idle temp at 2,6GHZ and above (this setup still hasn't got enough cooling power for me..). I hate the fact that I need another PC to download these crappy pics tho..

Even though I have a watercooled CPU, the temps on my NB went quite high with the rise in frequencies.. so:

stock HR-05.. with a not very flat base.. big no no..

bring in the sanding paper! (120>160>220>360>400>600>800)

tada.. tested before and after and got a 10~15 degree difference. Now, the chipset stays at a steady 29 degree centigrade temp.

A weird thing is that it allows rotation.. a bit disturbing tho.. Much to free for my taste, but it still works.

OK, I must admit this isn't that much of an update... but I always save the best for last: Tonight I received a second radiator (2x120mm low air flow, slim type), 3 L type fittings, 2 meters of UV blue 3/8 tube and some nice water additive that it seems helps the hydor pump quiet down (can vouche on that). I'm sooo happy :D

:banana:

Bye..

Seeing as I am wasn't happy with the performance of the stock cooling kit from alphacool (although pretty good, I could still get my cpu 60ish hot).. I ordered and received my new parts.. then installed them :D (testing purposes only.. bleeding, leaks and tweaks)

Now, all that remains is to put the psu in.. which thanks to the great wiring job tagan did.. I can't.. More on that later.

I decided to change the layout of the water cooling setup by putting the small radiator in the front and the big one in the top of the case.. Of course, the case said "no, don't do it".. I took out my angle grinder, my rotary tool and every other thing I own, because they were all in the same box :)

I cut the front so that the rad fittings would enter the case.. I was off by just 1mm :)

After readjusting, all fit :)

I had to take out all the guts and dismantle the water cooling to the last bolt. A pleasure for me :) The pump leaked before, so now I could find why.. it turns out the sealing ring at the intake did its job ratter badly, so I used some Teflon tape around the barb and it worked fine after :)

I had to think of someway to mask the fact that the old hole was now blocked by the PSU and that I couldn't mount the big radiator there.. So.. I will make a plexi top there :) I have the materials and tools, but I didn't have the time to cut the window :( Next weekend I'll do it.

Top blow hole marked and started cutting.

Two recom low noise (not that low tho) fans are mounted to the 120mm rad.. You may be wondering why on earth did I use yellow bladed fans... Well, they are:

UV reactive :) And between all my fans, these are the only matched pair.
U can also see the blue UV tubing I got.. more on that later.

The reservoir is nice but wouldn't fit in my grand design the way it was. So, I used an L connector to help with tube routing.

Hole filed and sanded.. then with a quick test to see if the fans have enough clearance :)that they do.. cause the hole is bigger :)

started routing the tubes..

and got it this far :)

the uv tubing is a little stiff, so the L connectors on the top radiator helped a lot with avoiding tube kinking.

this is all my UV reactive stuff: tubing, sata cables and the distilled water with uv green additive and anti corrosion fluid. I tested the new tubing and I personally like the color effect of green liquid in blue tubing. Plus, on closer inspection of the old tubing, I found out it was pinkish in color :|

Loop filled, bleeded and UVed up :D

Like I said, the PSU doesn't fit anymore because the cables are way to stiff and occupy the same physical space as the radiator's back. So, I will cut the back of the case and mount the PSU from the outside, cut a hole in the motherboard tray to route and hide unnecessary cables there and do some notches in the other side of the tray to allow cables to reenter the case if needed.. these cables are long and stiff.. and if this would have been a modular PSU, I would dance on the unused cables right now ;)

Well, I'm off now :)

wow, it's been long since I updated.. well, I did manage to mod something.. I cut more of the flames (been in planning for some time now.. very long time), but ran out of discs.. I found a way of cutting the very intricate curling flames, but again, with a disc :( So, must buy more discs.. It's about 40%done.. Need some different shaped files too, so add that to buy list.
I roamed the city for mesh, but couldn't find any at all.. disturbing.. and I need about 1.5 square meters of it for my projects..

I'm planning on changing some things on the location of stuff in the cooling system, but that's just in planning stages too... Also, for those that have hydor or ac pumps for that mater, I bought an AC light dimmer and installed it inline with the pump.. I found out that the pumps starts noisier sometimes, but if I "restart" it, I can get it quiet once again.. Restarting isn't needed now, as I can turn it's revs down (but only to a point, less voltage make the pump stop completely and make a funny stalling noise >> bad!) and get whisper quietness in a sec. The way I mounted the top rad is producing vibrations at maximum fan speed, so I must do something about that too.. Also, having ran out of thermal paste again, I am in the 45-50 zone again.. I hate it..
The problem with the LAN in vista wasn't fixed, but I use my other system for anything except heavy final rendering..

Well, must update the other project, as I have been making much faster and better progress there.. If it weren't for my mum and the exams, it would have been already completed.. but, oh well.. buh bye

Looks amazing
The flames look brilliant and the dark shot with the UV looks great
Good luck with the rest
Btw whats that fan controller?

I love that whole variety of UV colurs. Mine is plain and simple, blue and green.