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[NoL]

Those blocks are 100% crap.They are too cheap to get a plate to mill it, so they do a thin plate and channel the water with the top cheap acrylic/acetal/whatever. Theres incredibly little surface area for your ram and such. Even the GPU area has very little surface area to restriction ratio.

Crap.

But nice Lian Li!

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah I'm not very impressed with it tbh. Ah well Imma lap it and if its rubbish get a Swifttech GPU block

 

[Carbine]

nononononononooooo.... try the EK waterblocks.... they are veeeeeeryyyyy nice!!!

You can get them from http://www.watercoolingshop.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=26_68

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah I saw them they looked decent. Imma try lapping this one first and see how the temps go. If not then I'll sell it and get one of them

 

[Carbine]

Good lad!!!!

Gonna get one or 2 when i get 2 X1900XTX from HK when i go on holiday next week end! :yumyum:

 

[FarFarAway]

Nice

 

[FarFarAway]

Nice Little update for you. Got loads of stuff from Kustom Today:

Case Top Cut

AC Evo 360 Rad

AC 360 Rad Grill

Blowhole Trim

SilenX 120mm Fan

Lapping Kit

Pics of the good stuff

Bits:



Case top:





Rad:





Test Fitting:



Thanks to Kustom PC's for that

My mate gave me a piece of plexi he had laying around so Imma get my dremel out in a bit to practice, then think about cutting out a small window in the case.

Here's a preview of what I want the window to look like:

 

[ai_01]

how much it cost for them to cut it for u?

 

[FarFarAway]

Its like £25 + return postage (but that includes the RAD + Grill and some awesome packaging)

EDIT: Lapping kit got here so Imma lap that block in a bit

 

[Ham]

Your gonna turn into that kemp

 

[FarFarAway]

Update for anyone who's interested:



Took ages but looks better certainly

The contact area was AWFUL!!

 

[Raging]

is that a flyer for one of your s&m parties under your table

just kidding

that cut looks nice and clean,that rad looks good too

be sure to let us know how it all goes and performs:yumyum:

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah does look a bit dodgy now you say that.

Its actually for screenselect.co.uk

 

[Raven]

Took ages but looks better certainly

The contact area was AWFUL!!

what paper did you start with and which did you end with ?

assuming you used wet sandpaper.

is that a flyer for one of your s&m parties under your table

just kidding

lmao :rollingla

 

[FarFarAway]

Went with:

I lapped as following:

Grit 400>600>800>1000 (all for about 10-15mins.

Then I used:

40micron>25 micros>20micron>15micron and 10 micron for about 5-10mins each.

And yes I used it wet. That is not the problem - the problem is that the block is a long way from being flat so much so that even the low grit paper won't get it flat.

 

[Raven]

40micron>25 micros>20micron>15micron and 10 micron for about 5-10mins each.

those sizes i never heard of before but looks good.

up to 1200 is easy to come by over here.

 

[JN]

Arn't those micron ones like a rubbing compound Kemp? or do they actually do paper in those grits?

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah they're like Ultra-fine paper

 

[FarFarAway]

Update for you all. Tis late and I am knackered but I've done quite a bit today..

I had to sell the stacker to raise some funds meaning that I had to move to the Lian Li today. I haven't done much modding really. But I did manage to get a couple of things done:

1: Install Rad + Grill + Fans

2: Decide to put a window in front of the 3 1/4" bays where my HDD's are. Looks pretty nice.

3: Install everything back into case minus watercooling. Still waiting on some integral stuff from Watercooling Shop

Soz for the bad pics but I had to use my phone as the missus has gone away for the night and taken our digi-cam

Top Screws done:



Grill and fans installed:



Getting the LCD in



Getting all the drive bays in place:



Dinner break - 10pm!!



For the drive bay I cut off a piece of perspex to size of the hole. I then drilled 4 holes equidistant from each corner of the drive bay. I drilled the perspex with matching holes and use some nice bolts and nuts to hold it in place. I think this looks nice



Eventually got the hardware installed



Front view of the case:



Top view showing that sexy grill and fans. I found that silenX fans come with a kind of black dust covering them. Maybe this is for protection but either way I got out some surgical spirit and got it off. Now they're nice and shiny



A money shot of the LCD in action as well as the HDD drive bay window. I may mod the drive bay itself to accept a small fan blowing over the HDD's from the side. We will see.

 

[Eguy]

Its kick ass, but why is they stock HSF there ?