My 580 Lightning Extreme or Sabertooth P67 in my multimedia/secondary rig has been giving me constant headaches. Basically, it randomly decides if it wants to detect a PCI-E issue and simply won't put out an image. Dealing with that was a blockade to posting new pics. Fortunately, here they are now!
First things first, a few glory shots of the incredible air cooler on the 690 before it goes away for good.
I turned on some Boys II Men and Marvin Gaye while I removed the old heat sink. Gotta get her in the mood before taking her clothes off.
Now to install the waterblock!
It is quite lovely, the brushed aluminum finish looks fantastic up close.
The options for fittings are amazing as well. You have 6 different options for inlet/outlets so you don't even need angled adapters.
The thing I wasn't happy with at all was that it comes with cheap looking red washers.
Through the magic of the interwebs, I decided to transform them into some clear nylon washers.
Much much better.
With things settled, time to get the loop up and running for leaks. 12 hours in, nothing yet.
Pardon the bad lighting, the paper towels everywhere made it impossible for me to get decent lighting without massive shadows.
