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Still looking for feedback on the FrozenQ M1 reservoir
 
Are you interested in using the FrozenQ M1 reservoir with Nova?
 
 
Did some hardware testing today.
 

Testing out the Noctua L9x65 heatsink.
 
5930K at stock clocks and ambient at 23.5°C it was idling at about 38°C with the NF-A9 PWM 92x25mm fan (this isn't the included one) running at ~900 RPM.
 
After 10 minutes of Prime96 Blend @ 10 threads it got up to about 90°C and the fan was running at 2040 RPM. CPU was throttling slight, dropping briefly from 3.6GHz down to 3.5GHz.
 
So I tried adding a 120mm on the side bracket blowing towards the heatsink and after 20 minutes of Prime it got to about 81°C.
 
Left to its own devices, the L9x65 isn't suited to cooling a socket 2011 CPU at heavy load, but with additional case cooling the temps are reasonable considering the small size.
 
 

Here's a 3.5" HDD installed. So in this configuration you could fit a 3.5" drive, a video card, PCIe SSD, and a sound card.
 
 

Here you can see the HDD mounting screws, can't really see in this pic but there are rubber grommets that the drive is sitting on.
 
 
Did some thermal tests.  The drive is a Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB 7200RPM. At ~25.5°C ambient the drive got up to 48°C with the drive idling but the GTX 980 running Valley after 25 minutes.
 
Then I ran CrystalDiskMark 4K tests on the HDD to work it out while still running Valley and after 30 minutes the drive got up to 53°C.
 
With both GPU and HDD idling the drive sits at 43°C.
 
So perhaps having the video card in the third slot isn't ideal for HDD temps but that's easily fixed by moving the GPU to the top slot.

Hey guys,
 
Back with another update for the Toxic Chrome build. Sorry I've been absent for a while, been super busy with work lately.
 
Had some time over the weekend and worked on the motherboard.
 
Here's an overview and getting the red heatsinks ready for some black plasti dip!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Also plasti dipping this little guy!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
I'll be back in a day or two once all this is done, dried and back on the board!
 
Also an update on the side panels paint/powder coat. I've seen the chrome powder coat and it doesn't look like chrome at all. Looks like some sort of dark grey colour and not really glossy, so was not a fan of that. I did get them to do the EK ram modules which I will show you guys once done, just to see how the chrome powder coat looks. Through I probably won't end up using those either. 
 
So what I will be doing with the side panels is taking them to a car paint shop. Chrome paint is out of my price range at this time, costing around $250 just for the paint as they told me. Though what they can do is make it a nice glossy silver and try and get it as close as possible to the chrome effect. However that still won't end up being chrome so I guess we will see.
 
Stay tuned for more guys! I'll try and keep the updates coming more regularly!
 
Cheers,
 
Alex

i was held back by some.. events ordered new stuff tho and i now have a dremel.. finally. update will come soon.

This just keeps getting better 

Finals!

I can't describe how happy I am right now, Arctic is up and running, I got some pictures I really like and I made it to the Mod of The Month at Bit-tech! Getting on MOTM is a big thing for me, always been a goal since I was about 14 haha.

I want to thank my sponsors, supporters and all of those who have helped me or given me thoughts!























































Thank you guys! Have been a great time doing this project!

Even though it isn't finished yet, this looks incredible. Definitely subbed 

Still looking good so far. keep it up 

Extremely jealous of such a clean looking set-up. 
 
But seriously though i'd love a mini-itx pc like yours, just sat on my desk looking all pretty and stuff.