NoName, CM Storm Trooper Completed
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wrenaudrey
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small finishing touch that was necessary
Very tidy inside and the colour you chosen and the way you've blended it together it just so nice!
One thing though, how did you change the colour on the front panel?
Wondering cause im gonna buy the trooper soon and I want to change it to white, I personally don't like red as LED.
i can't say that if i had a different coolant i would have better temps. the color still looks fine. i recently cleaned the system and made changes to the loop, i reused the coolant, just ran it through a coffee filter before i put it back in. i did add blue die to the coolant when i first filled so i was expecting some staining of the tubing, but i don't think what happened was staining or placticizer
there was also some sort of build up around the fitting, not inside the blocks
and i am not sure what this is but it was like wet lint and it was only in the CPU block, it never really affected flow or temps but it was there, i think it may have been like plastic residue from tubing, I didn't "flush" it when i assembled the loop the first time
i will continue to use Mayhems product because they seem pretty top notch, and now one else has come up with a product similar to pastel.
Very tidy inside and the colour you chosen and the way you've blended it together it just so nice!
One thing though, how did you change the colour on the front panel?
Wondering cause im gonna buy the trooper soon and I want to change it to white, I personally don't like red as LED.
here is the post i did on the build log
small finishing touch that was necessary
i had managed to burn something on PCB for the fan control and light control when i was testing 8 corsair SP 120's so i cut all the cable for that long ago...
so i cut out the part of the PCB that didn't interfere with the audio jacks and USB ports and placed some green LED strips in there. pretty simple.
this is what the loop looks like now
I cut out all the CD drive bay stuff and place a piece of sheet metal over the assembly, i used the mounting brackets the res came with and just drilled and screwed them onto the piece of sheet metal
if you don't plan on putting a rad in the bottom you could just mount it the way TTL did in orca. if you do put a rad in the bottom you can try something similar to what i did but the vibrations from the pump could make the res slowly slip out of the mounts. or you could make a little pedestal like i have for the pump and mount the assembly on that
Here is a link to the build log
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The Orange One
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The rig looks great mate! Nice work!
input needed
so guys its been a while. some upgrades coming soon. it seems that i have contaminated meyhems pastel somehow somewhere. it seems to be growing some brown stuff in the tubing. i would have caught it sooner if i wasn't away all summer and saw it every other other weekend. so the loop will need redoing and i am toying with the idea of pipe. as for system upgrades i need some suggestions, i am going to be running 5760x1080 resolution and obviously a GTX 480 would not handle that i am trying to decide what i should get.
option:
single GTX titan
option:
two way SLI 3gb GTX 780
only reason why i don't jump on this immediately is because i worry that the 3gb wont do as good as the 4gb on the 770 or the 6 gb on the titan
option:
two way SLI 4gb GTX 770
option:
two way SLI GTX TITAN
this sound outrages and would be complete over kill.
so guys its been a while. some upgrades coming soon. it seems that i have contaminated meyhems pastel somehow somewhere. it seems to be growing some brown stuff in the tubing. i would have caught it sooner if i wasn't away all summer and saw it every other other weekend. so the loop will need redoing and i am toying with the idea of pipe. as for system upgrades i need some suggestions, i am going to be running 5760x1080 resolution and obviously a GTX 480 would not handle that i am trying to decide what i should get.
option:
single GTX titan
option:
two way SLI 3gb GTX 780
only reason why i don't jump on this immediately is because i worry that the 3gb wont do as good as the 4gb on the 770 or the 6 gb on the titan
option:
two way SLI 4gb GTX 770
option:
two way SLI GTX TITAN
this sound outrages and would be complete over kill.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Why not SLI 780? Or even a 7970ghz Xfire setup instead of 770Sli? Gonna need that 384bit bus and extra Vram. Though you won't need more than 3gb.
Love the rig Benito! It looks incredible.
If you let me know what games you play I can run (assuming I have it) them using my SLI Titans and keep an eye on VRAM usage to give you an idea if they use more than the 3GB of VRAM that a 780 has. I also game at 5760x1080
Cheers,
Ulijin.
If you let me know what games you play I can run (assuming I have it) them using my SLI Titans and keep an eye on VRAM usage to give you an idea if they use more than the 3GB of VRAM that a 780 has. I also game at 5760x1080
Cheers,
Ulijin.
i am considering SLI 780's. hate to say but i guess i'm just loyal to nvidia and well my rig is green and black, the inspiration came from the nvidia themed cases that coolermaster used to make.
hey thanks for the help. i play a lot of FPS. Crysis 3, battlefeild, COD, Batman Arkham city(not FPS), syndicate. i will probably get GRID2.
thanks!
I quickly tried out:
Batman on max settings 2.1GB was the most I saw being used
Crysis 3 2.2GB was the max I saw
BF3 Multiplayer 64 player map 2.4GB was the max it hit, but I'm pretty sure that BF3 will use more on certain maps. I think I've had it up to 3.4GB before, but it's a VRAM hog and will load as much as possible. You don't necessarily need all that loaded.
Not very scientific, but on any of the games you've mentioned I'd say you'd be fine with SLI 780s. I used to game with SLI 680 4GB cards and never saw a game hit the limit.
Hope this helps a bit,
Ulijin.
Batman on max settings 2.1GB was the most I saw being used
Crysis 3 2.2GB was the max I saw
BF3 Multiplayer 64 player map 2.4GB was the max it hit, but I'm pretty sure that BF3 will use more on certain maps. I think I've had it up to 3.4GB before, but it's a VRAM hog and will load as much as possible. You don't necessarily need all that loaded.
Not very scientific, but on any of the games you've mentioned I'd say you'd be fine with SLI 780s. I used to game with SLI 680 4GB cards and never saw a game hit the limit.
Hope this helps a bit,
Ulijin.
i couldn't edit the first post to put in the updates but here she is
Hardware:
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k
MOBO: Asrock Z77 Extreme 9
RAM: 4x 4GB Gskill Sniper 1866MHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 780 SC X 2
PSU: Seasonic 1250X
SSD's: OCZ Agility 4 256GB/Windows 7, 128GB/Windows 8
HDD: 1TB WD Black
Cooling:
1x Alphacool UT60.120.3-roof
1x Alphacool UT60.120.2-floor
1x Swiftech mcp655 vario
1x Bitspower 250ml tube res
1x Watercool HeatKiller Nickle/Black CPU Block
2x Watercool Heatkiller GPU-x^3 Hole Edition Titan Block w/Backplate
Corsair SP120 HP on rads in push config
PrimoChill Rigid Acrylic tubing and Fittingd
Mayhems Pastel Mint Green approximately 1.5L
Assortment of Enzotech and Bitspower extenders and rotary fittings
Hardware:
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k
MOBO: Asrock Z77 Extreme 9
RAM: 4x 4GB Gskill Sniper 1866MHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 780 SC X 2
PSU: Seasonic 1250X
SSD's: OCZ Agility 4 256GB/Windows 7, 128GB/Windows 8
HDD: 1TB WD Black
Cooling:
1x Alphacool UT60.120.3-roof
1x Alphacool UT60.120.2-floor
1x Swiftech mcp655 vario
1x Bitspower 250ml tube res
1x Watercool HeatKiller Nickle/Black CPU Block
2x Watercool Heatkiller GPU-x^3 Hole Edition Titan Block w/Backplate
Corsair SP120 HP on rads in push config
PrimoChill Rigid Acrylic tubing and Fittingd
Mayhems Pastel Mint Green approximately 1.5L
Assortment of Enzotech and Bitspower extenders and rotary fittings
