theintrospective

Industrio: I7 5820 @ 4ghz 2x SLI Asus GTX980ti STRIX 32GB DDR4 2666Mhz Score: 11

Let's start at the end, then go back. MSI X99A SLI Plus i7 6820 (running at 4Ghz) 32GB DDR4 2666 Dual Asus STRIX GTX 980ti in SLI w/ IK waterblocks 512GB Samsung 850 Pro 2TB Seagate Baracuda 2.5" SATA platter drive Koolance CPU-360 waterblock in stainless MCP655 pump Dual EK reservoirs (one large, one small) 350w TEC peltier cooling unit Dual custom cooling towers LOTS of PETG tubing I had this idea to use a couple of Opteron 6372 CPUs as a virtualization/gaming/design machine. All the best things under one hood. Unfortunately, the clock on there was only one dual G34 Mobo on the market worth a hill of beans, and only one incredibly generic looking but ugly case to house it in, so I decided to do it from scratch. A friend provided me with a GTX590 and a rather massive 360w TEC . . . . So that lead to a platform+tower configuration after I decided to use two large reservior/cooling towers. They're 15" transmission cooling towers, commonly used in off-road trucks. The glass tube that is used to control airflow over the fins is lab glass provided by a friend, and the mounting collars and lower collector are rubber plumbing connectors. All the metal is 18 gauge stainless, 1/4" perforated 16 gauge cold-rolled steel, and aluminum flat stock or angle stock. Held together predominantly with rivets, screws where needed for serviceability. It has three power supplies. One for the main system (a bit of overkill here, but my plan was dual Opteron, dual GTX590s with 128gb RAM). The second is a 24v 500w PSU for the TEC, and a small 4a 12v PSU so I can run the pump independent of the main PSU, for purging purposes or in case of thermal runaway (for whatever reason). I also included a bypass valve on the lower right below one of the cooling towers. These have speed connectors and a valve inside the chassis to open the bypass. This bypass is located in the loop just before the pump, so I can use it to fill the system, or do a fluid exchange. Other unusual features are the cutoff valves before the video cards so I can remove those without causing too big of an interuption to the loop, switch to flip the pump from main PSU power to the auxilary 12v unit, an air bleed on the top of one of the towers, and a hot-swap drive dock on the top of the platform section. The thing is big, really big. Too big, really. 30" wide, 22" deep, and 24" tall at the top of the air bleed on tower 2. The cooling towers are electrically isolated in order to prevent electrolysis, and therefore leaks. They have hand fit o-rings in order to prevent rattles against the glass. I started with copper tubing, which proved to be problematic, as well as one too many steampunk comments. I was going for industrial, but trying to avoid steampunk. I switched to PETG with black fluid to try to move more that direction. For lighting, I used white and red LED strips controlled by the two switches on the right front of the machine. The big switch below the overhang is for power the TEC's PSU on and off. In the finished picture, you'll see a couple soda bottles there for size comparison. The larger one is a 500ml Sprite.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you on the point of wanting contribution, and I don't find any major fault with any of the arguments you made here. I also admit that it should have occurred to me to post my build log here, I'm just wary of cross-posting for the most part. At the same time, a silent deletion was a bit off-putting, especially considering it was likely due to an unwritten qualification. I'm done bitching about this, though. It has stretched a lot further than I wanted it to. I'm simply not this upset about it. I'll see if I can meet the qualifications next time around. I guess I was just excited to have an opportunity to show off my rig.

It sure would be nice if the rules spelled out what does and does not qualify. I mean, specifying that the build log needed to be posted here at LTT, at minimum, should be there. A note from who deleted the entry as to why would have been an appreciated courtesy. Being a viewer of LTT for quite a while, and then being silently snubbed at an attempt to contribute is frankly a bit off-putting.

I notice my entry here is appears to be deleted, but to the best of my knowledge, I followed the guidelines. Anyone have any ideas on this? -Dirk R