PapaSmurf6768
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Quick update for y'all:
I've been sitting around for almost a month waiting for my Mobo to come back from RMA. Until then, I've been doing a lot of thinking. First thing I've been thinking about is where I'm gonna put some more carbon fiber, since I think I've still got a lot of room until I get to that "overkill" stage. So what I did today was this:
I gave the pump a quick wrap, since it was easy and it looks pretty darn good:
Next I was looking at my SSD. Now I didn't want to wrap the whole thing since I thought that a slab of carbon fiber wouldn't look good. So what I decided to do was cut out a hole for the sticker, and wrap around that.
Sheet of carbon with hole cut out:
Applied to the drive, excess cut off:
All done!
Also, a week or so ago I noticed my Raystorm had a little corrosion on it. Some copper cleaner got most of it off, but I heard about "lapping" and I wanted to give it a try.
The lapping station, with the first grit taped down:
The surface after lapping. Notice how the middle looks smoother than the corners; I think this is because the Raystorm is made slightly bowed in the middle, so that part made better contact with the sandpaper:
Testing for contact between IHS and the block. I think this means I did a decent job (sorry for blurry pic, but I think you get the idea):
That's it for now, but I've got a lot more planned for this build. Motherboard should be here sometime next week, but I do have some other updates ready for before then...
I've been sitting around for almost a month waiting for my Mobo to come back from RMA. Until then, I've been doing a lot of thinking. First thing I've been thinking about is where I'm gonna put some more carbon fiber, since I think I've still got a lot of room until I get to that "overkill" stage. So what I did today was this:
I gave the pump a quick wrap, since it was easy and it looks pretty darn good:
Next I was looking at my SSD. Now I didn't want to wrap the whole thing since I thought that a slab of carbon fiber wouldn't look good. So what I decided to do was cut out a hole for the sticker, and wrap around that.
Sheet of carbon with hole cut out:
Applied to the drive, excess cut off:
All done!
Also, a week or so ago I noticed my Raystorm had a little corrosion on it. Some copper cleaner got most of it off, but I heard about "lapping" and I wanted to give it a try.
The lapping station, with the first grit taped down:
The surface after lapping. Notice how the middle looks smoother than the corners; I think this is because the Raystorm is made slightly bowed in the middle, so that part made better contact with the sandpaper:
Testing for contact between IHS and the block. I think this means I did a decent job (sorry for blurry pic, but I think you get the idea):
That's it for now, but I've got a lot more planned for this build. Motherboard should be here sometime next week, but I do have some other updates ready for before then...
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