Posted June 15, 2013 Considered, don't fancy blowing my warranty prior to see if the cards even work though. You could probably just put a electrical tape on them, and take it off if you need to RMA or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 18, 2013 Author Having some issues finding time this week to do anything, work is busy right now, so not much time for anything at home. I hope to fill the loop this weekend, then i can close out this build with some final touches. Few little things i intend to do after the loop is filled & leak-tested. Install Red LED's underneath the Dimastech Hard Bench - should create a nice red glow under the bench. Black of the capacitors on the graphic cards & motherboard Until work slows down a little, not much i can do :( Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 22, 2013 Where did you get a SLI bridge like that one? =) Build Log 2 | Caselabs SMA8 Black & Red Build Log 1 | Switch 810 Black & White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 22, 2013 Author Where did you get a SLI bridge like that one? =) http://www.coldzero.eu/ They also do custom orders :) Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 22, 2013 when I first looked at the GT ram with the heat spreaders off I couldn't figure out what ram it was? ha ha One of my favorite flavors. cool build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 25, 2013 Author Update : 25/06/2013 Completed all the sleeving for all three graphic cards, hard-drives & molex cables. I've just finished installing all the cables, fingers hurt & I've caught the flu :( I'll throw up some quick photo's of the cables installed, I'll be training the cables a little to ensure the cables are neat. If all goes to plan, perhaps I'll fill the loop this weekend? This loop is going to be highly annoying to fill, i have a feeling I'll be running the pump dry for several minutes :o Stay tuned for photo's in the morning. Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 25, 2013 looks so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 25, 2013 Author Update : 26/06/2013 Here's a few quick pictures of the cables installed, they are not trained yet but it's the rough idea. :) I've had to rethink my loop order, filling the res & feeding the coolant to the pump was going to be a complete pain and near impossible. Previously i had the Res>Dual Rads>Pump - Which would be ideal for my loop order, but it just won't work :( Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 26, 2013 Very nice, as always. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 26, 2013 That looks really sexy :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 26, 2013 Looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 26, 2013 Author That looks really sexy :P Thanks :) Looks amazing! Cheers for the feedback Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 26, 2013 Author Update : 27/06/2013 Changing from Black to Clear tubing, something i never do in my builds - Just ordered a few meters of Primochill Advanced clear tubing. Loop order is far tidier now that i has the RES > PUMP configuration. Turns out when measuring my cables i got lazy with my Molex cables, they are roughly 2cms short to the power supply :o What i intend to do is directly wire the MCP655 Pump to the power supply instead of bridging with a molex connector, far cleaner look. Oh i just ordered some Antec Red Led's to sit underneath the Hard Bench. Won't be filling this weekend :( Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 26, 2013 If you could do one thing different it would've suggested one of the Graphics cards cables red to add more color to it. But ERMAHGERD it looks amazing i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 26, 2013 Author If you could do one thing different it would've suggested one of the Graphics cards cables red to add more color to it. But ERMAHGERD it looks amazing I'm not much for flooding colors into my builds, always been a subtle highlight type of guy. But I'm going against my beliefs and throwing in clear tubing, that will add far more color to to the build :) Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 26, 2013 I'm not much for flooding colors into my builds, always been a subtle highlight type of guy. But I'm going against my beliefs and throwing in clear tubing, that will add far more color to to the build :) Clear tubing? What color is the liquid? i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 27, 2013 Author Clear tubing? What color is the liquid? Once filled, it shall be red :) Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 27, 2013 Once filled, it shall be red :) It shall be sexy then ;) i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 27, 2013 I wonder if you can get a rainbow coloured liquid, i would never use it but that would be funny. I guess it would be goof for a clown setup. cpu: intel i5 4670k @ 4.5ghz Ram: G skill ares 2x4gb 2166mhz cl10 Gpu: GTX 680 liquid cooled cpu cooler: Raijintek ereboss Mobo: gigabyte z87x ud5h psu: cm gx650 bronze Case: Zalman Z9 plus Listen if you care. Cpu: intel i7 4770k @ 4.2ghz Ram: G skill ripjaws 2x4gb Gpu: nvidia gtx 970 cpu cooler: akasa venom voodoo Mobo: G1.Sniper Z6 Psu: XFX proseries 650w Case: Zalman H1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 27, 2013 How the bloody hell has this been on these forums for this long and I've only come across it now? I guess that's one major downside on a really busy forum, it's just really easy to miss stuff unless you spend all your free time here (which I don't ;)). Anyway: Oh dear god it's pretty! :wub: BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 28, 2013 I wonder if you can get a rainbow coloured liquid, i would never use it but that would be funny. I guess it would be goof for a clown setup. It would mix. Good idea though ;) i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 28, 2013 I wonder if you can get a rainbow coloured liquid, i would never use it but that would be funny. I guess it would be goof for a clown setup. It would probably turn brown by the time you finish adding the colours :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 29, 2013 Author A k u l a V 2 - Complete So throughout this build i have stuck by my guns and gone with what i felt was right with my highlighting of colors, throughout all my builds I've always gone with the approach, more black less color, well now that I've seen the finished result with the red coolant i could very well change my ways. The project is now complete, baring a few minor updates, little extra cable management down below & remounting the SSD, nothing big enough to halt the build. I had my concerns prior to filling the loop, the EK angle fittings felt a little off, but credits to EK, their fittings held up fantastic :) Couldn't be happier with the finished product, I'm sure it's not everyone's taste, but this sums me up perfectly :) Started pushing these 680's to their limit today, getting some excellent speeds and the temperatures are amazing. Thanks for the support throughout this build-log - your comments were very encouraging. Anyway here is what you have been waiting for, pictures :o Akula | Dimastech Test Bench | Watercooled | Tri GTX 680's | Build of the Week Mercury | Caselabs Mercury S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan | Build of the Week Armada | Define R4 Titanium | Watercooled | EK Waterblocks | Newest Buildlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 29, 2013 I know black/red is done frequently, but builds like this one clearly show why: If done well it just looks so bauce. :wub: BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 29, 2013 WOW pure awesomeness :d just amazing You can't walk out of your own story - Rango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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