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    I just re read the end of your posts. Pulling heatsinks off your GPU generally won't void the warranty. manufacturers understand that you want better cooling so they tolerate it. Just don't spill coolant on it lol.
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    WOO HOO!!!

    Fun stuff!

    These will eventually be bent into my reservoir brackets that will mount them to the inside of my 5.25 bay area.


    The units with the holes in the pic below will be for retaining my fill ports, the additional flames are for decorative accenting.... but where?


    Flames anyone??


    This will be my solution for supporting the rad from below, you'll see how it all ties together!


    With a little back light, you can see the bottom etching I threw in on the piece.... DEUCE!!


    Etched material from the back


    Flames with the res....


    Fire and water anyone?


    More later!
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    Nice etch and nice res insert.
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    This just keeps getting better and better!
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    That etch is sweet! Great idea with the flames, that too looks sweet!
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    OH MY WOW i only just found this its so nice i love it!!!
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    I could definitely use your amazing plexi skills. + rep.

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    Ok, lets have some fun on an update!


    I've been ordering and receiving a LOT of equipment as of late. Between painting supplies and acrylic fabrication supplies... plus some modding add ons for this unit... it's been a bit crazy at my house for a week, while the dust settles! So, the last 2 days, I went out and started using one of my newest pieces of equipment, an acrylic heater/bender!


    Let me just say, for the record, this makes for a much higher quality bend in thicker acrylic, as you dont take the change of accidentally overheating it and causing it to flame up or get too hot. Doing so causes bubbles in the material... not pretty! But to test how well it worked on 1/4" sheet cell cast acrylic, I dropped a practice piece on the heated unit for about a minute (going to take a stop watch out there and get a good precise time that is needed) and resulted in this, nice, smooth, no bubble bend on 1/4" acrylic..... Mmmmmmmmmm!



    I also ordered some 1/8" clear acrylic rods...


    "What on earth for?", I hear you asking....
    well, light pipes! I have some ideas on this, we'll see if they make the final cut!


    Back to the video cards.. and their initial water cooling install....
    Strip off the old stuff, which is actually a very good heatsink:




    Thermal pads had excellent placement, and the heatsink TIM on the core was precisely placed, and not gobbed on! I was very happy to seee this, and thought that some of you may want to seriously consider Palit as a video card distributor. Very good use of thermal material on this disassembly!!!


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    A group shot with hte cards nekkid...


    And a group shot of the impending new equipment...


    The cores cleaned up nicely using alcohol and papertowels:


    One before and one after, to show a comparison:


    A close up of the DangerDen Maze5 block mounted:


    Both cards done and looking siiiiiick!


    I have plans on how to re-use the video shroud, here was a test fit. I have several ideas on how I want this bit of the mod to proceed:


    And the pumps were not exempt to the modding... I picked up some clear acrylic tops for my Swiftech 355's!


    One down, and one to go! Good comparison reference:


    Both tops mounted with the barbs attached:


    The acrylic has 2 spaces per top to embed LED's.... you can bet I'll be taking advantage of those!



    The pics below, you will note that this one bracket was only a bending test piece. one end was performed using a heatgun or torch, and the other end was performed using the new bending station.
    This end used the heatgun, and as you can see it is less than precise.


    Ow....


    The end that was bent using the station is MUCH more precise! Bends are good quality and well executed. No rippling or bubbles:


    And a test fit of the res in the bracket.


    Lots more to come!
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    sweettt!!!!! looking killer i told somebody about one of those benders the other day if u got the mooney they are worth it all hey...?
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    Oh naked cards, avert thy eyes lol. If those GPU blocks were plexi topped that shroud idea would look even better.
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