Fifty Five Below by Nick Parker

[retrogamer1990]

what could go wrong?

 

[Ham]

Floodback.

Can't see if you've got an accumulator in there to prevent it. But i would have thought given LDs usual standard it should be fine.

 

[stevej696]

thats awsesome! never thought id see the day wen phase change was internal good job! First one ive seen personally.

Definatly reps for that!:worship:

 

[Ducky Spud]

Nice to see you've got it in there! Whats it like noise wise when running? I keep asking haha, sorry, im just dead curious!

And you'll jinx it if you keep saying its going perfect!! careful!!

 

[AaronCooper]

Haha Nick! Didn't expect to see you on here mate!

Thanks again for the WC parts, hope your enjoying your new rig, seen you been lookin for another 4870 for quad fire, is it worth it due to the scaling?

 

[retrogamer1990]

hey mate, yeah I'm everywhere

yeah I have got another, just waiting for it to arrive the majority of reveiws say scaling is excellent, in most cases it almost doubles FPS, so i can really crank everything up

 

[Ducky Spud]

No more updates on this? Its been a while

 

[retrogamer1990]

well yes and no, just very minor things really. not worth an update :/ motherboard expected back this week!

 

[f0x.]

Cant help but bump this, i demand to know whats happening with this awesome project!

 

[retrogamer1990]

hmmm things have gone a little wrong, but im sorting it.

 

[Ducky Spud]

Haha, that doesnt sound too good! When people say somethings gone "a little wrong" they tend to be playing it down a bit! Did you drop a piano on it?

 

[retrogamer1990]

okay update time! got some new stuff today from germany

mmm whats in the box?

Two of these: phobya pumps and some tubing

EK motherboard block

ooh whats this orange box?

it says EK on it...

its a nickel plated 5850 Block! (with backplate and white top!!)

Lots of sexy fans

phobya 120.1 radiator, with an innovative fitting placements (more on that later)

another EK box...

it's their 120.2 radiator!

and finally some lovely fittings and SATA cables

theres a few other little bits and bobs aswell, I'm starting installing it all tonight/tomorrow!

 

[walkingasd]

are you going to remove the silly wheels or keep them like that?

 

[f0x.]

Cant wait to see the finished product, your phase change unit is a beuty mate, really tidy looking. +1 for awesomeness

 

[retrogamer1990]

are you going to remove the silly wheels or keep them like that?

I would remove them,becuase they are silly... but this thing weighs more than the earth, I couldnt move it without them i dont think

Cant wait to see the finished product, your phase change unit is a beuty mate, really tidy looking. +1 for awesomeness

thanks!

 

[retrogamer1990]

teaser update

worked for 12 hours solid on this today so far, i've disassembled it, cleaned it, got the motherboard waterblock installed, graphics block installed, rads in, replaced all the fans, and...er thats about it hehe. It dosent sound like ive done a lot in 12 hours, but i'm meticulous.

SHINY!

thats all folks!

I'm fully expecting to have to disassemble and reassemble it all again though.

 

[thestepster]

thats is gorgeous lookin waterblock on the gpu

 

[retrogamer1990]

Funny story...

I needed some vaseline or dielectric grease to insulate my CPU socket so that condensation wouldnt get in and fry it.

I couldnt find any grease, so I thought the easiest thing to do was use vaseline, I thought we had some already, but we didnt.

So anyways, I got some change and went down the road.

I nervously walked into my local shop and looked around. The woman behind the counter asked me what i was after. I said "This is going to sound strange, but all I need is vaseline."

She looked at me, clearly trying not to laugh.

"It's for my computer!" I said loudly, turning red.

"That's the best excuse I've heard yet!" she smirked.

All the customers turned around and gave me funny looks.

She slowly handed me a large tub of vaseline, chuckling to herself and I hastily paid and walked out.

The things I go through to build this bloody computer!

motherboard insulated unit set up and tested successfully! running for hours with no issues

next step is to hook up the WC

load temp

a while later....

Nearly there, just gotta install the pumps and fill it all up, then i'l be 95% complete with minor things left to do

 

[thestepster]

:rollingla ha ha ha thats what its like when ur 15 going to buy condoms

but that build it looks amazing mate nice work look forward to seeing it complete

 

[Ghosthud1]

lol! the amount of mishap a tub of vaseline can cause.

my god is that thing amazing, what would pursade you to give it to me