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[Finished] Project: Cobalt (Chromed Copper Piping, Laser Etching, Cable Sleeving and More)

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Update 6

 

Time to change the fan in my Corsair tx750m with a noctua fan. Here are the pieces i have.

 

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PSU taken apart, wires cut.

 

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wires of the PSU and noctua fan soldered together and heat shrunk.

 

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Noctua fan installed in the psu.

 

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The copper pipes have been removed and are ready to be nickel plated, i shall be doing it tomorrow as i am off work.

 

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PC Builder, Engineer... BACON    Project Cobalt: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/38058-project-cobalt-copper-piping-laser-etching-and-more/#entry489258

| NZXT Switch 810 | i5-3570k | gigabyte UD-5H | Corsair Vengeance 8gb ram | GTX 670 | 2x 60gb intel 330 series ssd's in raid 0 | 1tb seagate barracuda hdd | Corsair tx750m | XSPC razor GPU and CPU waterblocks | XSPC d5 vario pump | Thermochill Pa140.3 | phoyba 280mm radiator | Chromed Copper tubing |

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Wow I have only seen one other copper pipe build and am still amazed at how clean and beautiful it looks. Look forward to your next entry. We need more people to try metal piping water cooled builds. And I like you tutor leaving the door open by "accident"

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Wow this build is amazing. Can't wait to see your next update. ^_^

 

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This is just awesome. Can't wait!

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This is so cool! Makes me want to try this myself! But one thing that's holding me back is that I've heard that people who use metal tubing can have some condensation problems. Is this a myth?

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Amazing work I could do something like that.

 

 

 

P.S. The switch 810 was a good choice I love that case and have never had any problems with it.

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Looking good man. Kind of strange that you changed the psu fan, but you've got an awesome build going here!

CPU: Intel core i5-3570k / Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPOWER / GPU: MSI GTX 660 Ti PE x2 in SLI / Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB / Power supply: Seasonic x750 with individually sleeved cables / Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker / Cooling: H100i / Storage: 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD and 1TB Western Digital HDD 

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Changing the Noctua fan is absolutely genius. 

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Looking good man. Kind of strange that you changed the psu fan, but you've got an awesome build going here!

He did it because the Noctua fan will run much more quietly, your PSU is produces some of the most noise next to your GPU. 

-Corsair 750D - MSI Mpower Z77 - 3570k @ 4.21 -Corsair H60- 8GB Corsair Vengeance 2133 Mhz- Corsair RM850 - MSI 780 Lightning -256GB SSD- 2 1TB HDDs - LG 23' Flatron - Razer Death Adder - Ducky Shine 3 Cherry MX Blue - Logitech z506 5.1-

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He did it because the Noctua fan will run much more quietly, your PSU is produces some of the most noise next to your GPU. 

Yeah, I understand why. It's just not something I see alot

CPU: Intel core i5-3570k / Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPOWER / GPU: MSI GTX 660 Ti PE x2 in SLI / Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB / Power supply: Seasonic x750 with individually sleeved cables / Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker / Cooling: H100i / Storage: 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD and 1TB Western Digital HDD 

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looking great so far

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This is so cool! Makes me want to try this myself! But one thing that's holding me back is that I've heard that people who use metal tubing can have some condensation problems. Is this a myth?

you wont have condensation problems unless you use a water chiller or something.

PC Builder, Engineer... BACON    Project Cobalt: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/38058-project-cobalt-copper-piping-laser-etching-and-more/#entry489258

| NZXT Switch 810 | i5-3570k | gigabyte UD-5H | Corsair Vengeance 8gb ram | GTX 670 | 2x 60gb intel 330 series ssd's in raid 0 | 1tb seagate barracuda hdd | Corsair tx750m | XSPC razor GPU and CPU waterblocks | XSPC d5 vario pump | Thermochill Pa140.3 | phoyba 280mm radiator | Chromed Copper tubing |

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He did it because the Noctua fan will run much more quietly, your PSU is produces some of the most noise next to your GPU. 

yeah this is why i did it, the tx750m can be quiet loud at certain loads with ticking noises etc so im hoping that this will be a very silent build.

PC Builder, Engineer... BACON    Project Cobalt: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/38058-project-cobalt-copper-piping-laser-etching-and-more/#entry489258

| NZXT Switch 810 | i5-3570k | gigabyte UD-5H | Corsair Vengeance 8gb ram | GTX 670 | 2x 60gb intel 330 series ssd's in raid 0 | 1tb seagate barracuda hdd | Corsair tx750m | XSPC razor GPU and CPU waterblocks | XSPC d5 vario pump | Thermochill Pa140.3 | phoyba 280mm radiator | Chromed Copper tubing |

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yeah this is why i did it, the tx750m can be quiet loud at certain loads with ticking noises etc so im hoping that this will be a very silent build.

about taking out a psu fan, is it hard or can any1 do it easily

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about taking out a psu fan, is it hard or can any1 do it easily

its as easy and taking the fan out soldering the new one on. you have to know what each wire in a 3/4pin fan header does.

PC Builder, Engineer... BACON    Project Cobalt: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/38058-project-cobalt-copper-piping-laser-etching-and-more/#entry489258

| NZXT Switch 810 | i5-3570k | gigabyte UD-5H | Corsair Vengeance 8gb ram | GTX 670 | 2x 60gb intel 330 series ssd's in raid 0 | 1tb seagate barracuda hdd | Corsair tx750m | XSPC razor GPU and CPU waterblocks | XSPC d5 vario pump | Thermochill Pa140.3 | phoyba 280mm radiator | Chromed Copper tubing |

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This has GOT to be build of the week. 

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I really need to stop visiting the Build Logs section because it just makes my rig look crappier every time :(

#OhCrap #KilledMyWife

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Update 7

 

Designs for sleeving

 

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Some nice packages arrived today, i got some tools, some sleeving from mdpc and some connectors.

 

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Sleeving from MDPC, blue, grey and white plus some blue sata sleeving.

 

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i bought a couple of 24 pin extenders so that i wouldn't have to worry about crimping my own wires.

 

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watching Lutro0 and he said be creful removing the pins you can cut yourself and i said "Naaah, no way, not a chance." withing 5 wires this happened.

 

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the 6 pin vga cables

 

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Now for the 24 pin

 

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All of the wires including the 24pin, six 6 pin, 8 pin and one of the sata cables

 

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24 pin pattern

 

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Sata cable...

 

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Well that all of the wire sleeving, the next update will be in a few days as im having trouble getting the finish i want with the nickel plating.

PC Builder, Engineer... BACON    Project Cobalt: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/38058-project-cobalt-copper-piping-laser-etching-and-more/#entry489258

| NZXT Switch 810 | i5-3570k | gigabyte UD-5H | Corsair Vengeance 8gb ram | GTX 670 | 2x 60gb intel 330 series ssd's in raid 0 | 1tb seagate barracuda hdd | Corsair tx750m | XSPC razor GPU and CPU waterblocks | XSPC d5 vario pump | Thermochill Pa140.3 | phoyba 280mm radiator | Chromed Copper tubing |

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Ah yes, some sleeving pr0n before going to bed, just what I needed. :D

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That sleeving is gorgeous!  :wub:

CPU: i7 2600 @ 3.4 GHz | GPU: MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr 3 @ 1150 MHz core/6300 MHz memory | Motherboard: Some crap OEM H67 mATX board | RAM: 16GB Patriot G2 Series Division 4 @ 1333 MHz | SSD: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda | Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Windowed | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i | Mouse: CM Storm Inferno | Keyboard: crap OEM keyboard (Soon to be replaced with a CM Storm Quickfire TK) | Headphones: Audiotechnica ATH-M50's | Speakers: Corsair SP2500's

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