in-progress Build Log - Temporal Snow! (Complete 30/11/16)

[Bananasplit_00]

34 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

23/11/16 - MORE PAINTING!!!

 

SoundBlaster Z painted to match the scheme and the PCI bracket straightened ready for vertical mounting against the back of the case

 

 

 

Got something arriving to customise the backplate a little

i really should paint my Soundblaster Z because that looks amazing

[stealth80]

m.2 plate arrived and it was deaf worth the wait!

 

 

Available here if anyone is wanting one, they appear quite rare at the moment:

 

http://www.coldzero.eu/364-m2-covers

[Bananasplit_00]

1 hour ago, stealth80 said:

m.2 plate arrived and it was deaf worth the wait!

 

 

 

Available here if anyone is wanting one, they appear quite rare at the moment:

 

http://www.coldzero.eu/364-m2-covers

yah that looks amazing

[stealth80]

I got bored and the black fans were annoying me, so I split them down and and started priming!

 

[stealth80]

A picture of the LCD I'm going to use to display my Aida 64 temps, showing a picture of the reason why I need a LCD in the first place ! 

 

 

 

[stealth80]

Yay replacement Waterblock has been shipped, should have this almost wrapped by tomorrow! 

[stealth80]

Got the fans finished and tidied up the PCI brackets around the rear of the lower radiator and got the LCD mounted in the surround.

 

 

 

[DieselWeasel]

2 hours ago, stealth80 said:

Got the fans finished and tidied up the PCI brackets around the rear of the lower radiator and got the LCD mounted in the surround.

Personally I'd keep the casing of the fans black as they blend in too much with the case now. The build looks amazing so for so I guess you know what you're doing
How's the performance of the fans? Did you do a good job and they are just as they were or are they louder and don't spin as nicely? 

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, DieselWeasel said:

Personally I'd keep the casing of the fans black as they blend in too much with the case now. The build looks amazing so for so I guess you know what you're doing
How's the performance of the fans? Did you do a good job and they are just as they were or are they louder and don't spin as nicely? 

I haven't flashed the fans up yet as the loop is still partially drained whilst I wait for the gpu block to arrive. The finish on them isn't as great as I usually do, however that's mainly because I didn't want to keep adding coats and potentially cause symptoms you identified.

 

The block is here arriving tomorrow, hopefully along with the last thing I'm waiting on, so I will find out then 

[stealth80]

Waterblock has arrived, sound card aint gonna fit, bummer! 

[Bananasplit_00]

1 hour ago, stealth80 said:

Waterblock has arrived, sound card aint gonna fit, bummer! 

PCIe risers all the way lol

[stealth80]

5 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

PCIe risers all the way lol

Ive got a riser, I will show what I mean when I get the card fitted.

 

 

In the meantime, heres the backplate finished and I love it!

 

[stealth80]

8 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

PCIe risers all the way lol

So here's the issue:

 

[Bananasplit_00]

1 hour ago, stealth80 said:

So here's the issue:

 

 

cut the PCI bracket thing and make it sit flush with the bottom of the case?

[stealth80]

5 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

cut the PCI bracket thing and make it sit flush with the bottom of the case?

can't cause the pci riser I have makes the card sit just as high if not higher

[stealth80]

ok so I got everything sorted today, the block arrived yesterday, but I had serious Man Flu and slept only 40 mins before my night shift!

 

So today I could finish it up, especially as the back plate was finalised!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Load temps, this was with GTA 5 benchmark running

 

 

 

 

Fans turned out good

 

 

Only eye sore left is the keyboard, hopefully be moving onto an Asus Claymore (the whole reason for the 5 inch LCD)

 

[Bananasplit_00]

50 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

can't cause the pci riser I have makes the card sit just as high if not higher

well then there isnt much to do  

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

well then there isnt much to do  

Ye kinda frustrating as I already bent the PCI and sprayed the case of the SoundBlaster lol

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, stealth80 said:

Ye kinda frustrating as I already bent the PCI and sprayed the case of the SoundBlaster lol

can it fit in there in any other way? so its not a complete waste? lol

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

can it fit in there in any other way? so its not a complete waste? lol

one place, above the very nice back plate for the 1080 I just got finished

[Bananasplit_00]

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

one place, above the very nice back plate for the 1080 I just got finished

that fat radiator at the bottom is messing up this build lol  how was the PCI riser running? maybe you can find a longer one and have it on the other side of the inlet/outlet of the block?

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

that fat radiator at the bottom is messing up this build lol  how was the PCI riser running? maybe you can find a longer one and have it on the other side of the inlet/outlet of the block?

then the wires would be in the case, the ones connected to the LCD are already giving me ticks

[Bananasplit_00]

5 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

then the wires would be in the case, the ones connected to the LCD are already giving me ticks

well i cant see a way to fit it in there that wont ruin the look of it at all, the only thing i can think off is a longer riser cable or a thinner rad but i dont think a thinner rad is going to happen because of temps mainly

[stealth80]

Nominted MOTM for November at Bit-tech:

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/mod-of-the-month/2016/12/06/mod-of-the-month-novemeber-2016/1

 

Throw me a vote (I don't expect to win, the book is amazing!)