Zeus

[diluzio91]

i got my sinks on dealextreme for like 2 bucks shipped.

on another note, am i crazy? or do you have 2 GPUs?

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i got my sinks on dealextreme for like 2 bucks shipped.

Haha, yup, it's kinda hard to screw up copper ram-sinks. I ended up getting a set of 8 by Switftech for $15, but they already have thermal adhesive on them and everything, so I just have to clean the chips and stick them on.

on another note, am i crazy? or do you have 2 GPUs?

Haha, yup. I had a GeForce 9400 onboard on my old MBB so I only needed the one add-in GPU, but since this one has no onboard video I broke out my old GeForce 8600GTS and proceeded to watercool it. It should actually be more powerful than the 9400 as well, come to think of it...not that I do much on those screens..

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Well, it was a few days ago, but I finally got everything back together.

I finally got the wiring done:

and did some sleeving.

And for the first time in a long, long time, I finally have all the body panels on this thing.

Unfortunately, my second GPU isn't working. Further unfortunately, I haven't really had the time to tear it apart again and pull out the gpu...so it's just gonna sit there not working, probably until after I move...much packing to be done.

[SXRguyinMA]

lookin good!

[billygoat333]

niiice. sucks bout the second gpu. :/

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Good luck with the moving.

I'm surprised the roof of that case hasn't caved in with the size of that rad on top!

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Thanks!

Yeah, I think at this point the rad contributes almost as much to the strength of the top as the case itself does.

Though even without the rad bolted in the case is still plenty rigid, so maybe not.

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Well, it's been a while, but it's finally time to get back to work on Zeus.

In the last few months, I've sourced another GTX260 and tieton block, my MBB has died and been replaced, I've taken out my 3x120 rad...in pretty much not that order at all... Oh, and sourced a new PSU.

Anyways, for now the important bit is the PSU. I picked up a Corsair HX1000 for ~$170 shipped off ebay. It's essentially new, but the original owner was selling it because he broke one of the ATX connector pins while trying to sleeve the individual wires. Since I just happen to have ~100 of those pins lying around in a box, that's not really a problem for me. So, one HX1000 for ~$100 off list.

Now, the odd thing is that on the wires he did sleeve, he only put on about 4-5" of sleeving...and put on some heatshrink tubing over a bundle of ~10 or so wires. So I'm not really sure what he was doing, but whatever, it saved me a nice bundle of money.

Now, of course, this PSU is a lot bigger than my TX750, so I'm going to have to move the pump. Updates on that and (hopefully) whether or not my system works with the new MBB/PSU/GPU coming tomorrow.

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Well, the PSU was being stupid and not working...

So, now that my thermal paste has come in, I decided to just put everything back together with the 750. And I must say, I like how it goes with the color scheme of the MBB better than the 1000. If my kill-a-watt tells me that I'm not pushing anywhere near the 750's limit (I doubt I will be) I'm just gonna stick with that until I do my major upgrade later this year.

...speaking of that major upgrade, I'm thinking I might put that in my Cosmos....I wonder how that would look with a Monsta sticking out the top..

EDIT:
Before anyone asks, no, the picture is not crooked..I have to tilt the case like that while I bleed the LC system so the bubble in the Mosta goes to the right place. ...one of the problems with having a top-mounted res that's higher than the fillport..

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Well, crap...everything powers up, but no video..and I'm too tired to worry about this tonight...GRARH!