Parallel In The Black
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Mysterae
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The internal modification to the other 980Ti is complete, still with the original black fan surround as I'm waiting on the chrome one to be returned. Ignore the paint on the Geforce logo, I haven't rubbed it off yet.
Some tools in readiness for the next stage
. We have pipe cutter, pipe straightener and pipe bender and not forgetting the star of today's show, the chromed copper tubing .
As I had the normal copper pipes cut and bent to shape already it was just a matter of copying them but some adjustment was necessary. For example I've now fitted to Aqua Computer MPS200 flow sensors (one for in, the other for out).
One graphics card fitted:
Both graphic cards fitted:
Now that I've seen the build with the chrome tubing I think chrome for the 980Ti's fan surrounds was the right decision. The green doesn't suit any more. Anyway, really looking forward to how the chrome 980Ti's will turn out !
After a bit of leaking testing it's power on time. Of course I had to get the green LEDs switched on in the GPUs just to see what they'd look like, these are at 100% power.
How about some blue.
A view at the front. Reminds me of a set of exhaust manifolds!
Talking of exhausts, the added heatsinks inside the 980Ti's are working a treat. The amount of heat coming out of them is considerably higher than before without the 'sinks. Remember it's extracting the heat from the VRMs and RAM only, the waterblock is cooling the GPU. A successful mod
Here' a parting image of the chrome XSPC Raystorm. The Dominator ram below will be changing too ...
Thanks for reading, until next time.
The internal modification to the other 980Ti is complete, still with the original black fan surround as I'm waiting on the chrome one to be returned. Ignore the paint on the Geforce logo, I haven't rubbed it off yet.
Some tools in readiness for the next stage
. We have pipe cutter, pipe straightener and pipe bender and not forgetting the star of today's show, the chromed copper tubing .
As I had the normal copper pipes cut and bent to shape already it was just a matter of copying them but some adjustment was necessary. For example I've now fitted to Aqua Computer MPS200 flow sensors (one for in, the other for out).
One graphics card fitted:
Both graphic cards fitted:
Now that I've seen the build with the chrome tubing I think chrome for the 980Ti's fan surrounds was the right decision. The green doesn't suit any more. Anyway, really looking forward to how the chrome 980Ti's will turn out
!After a bit of leaking testing it's power on time. Of course I had to get the green LEDs switched on in the GPUs just to see what they'd look like, these are at 100% power.
How about some blue.
A view at the front. Reminds me of a set of exhaust manifolds!
Talking of exhausts, the added heatsinks inside the 980Ti's are working a treat. The amount of heat coming out of them is considerably higher than before without the 'sinks. Remember it's extracting the heat from the VRMs and RAM only, the waterblock is cooling the GPU. A successful mod
Here' a parting image of the chrome XSPC Raystorm. The Dominator ram below will be changing too ...
Thanks for reading, until next time.
Mysterae
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Cheers, I think!
You could well be! Remember without you guys comments in these projects it can feel like we are not being seen. Encouragement goes a long way to maintaining the impetus one needs
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enRodjavel
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those cards,.. looks really mint dude!, love the chrome piping.
Mysterae
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Sweet mods dude, any clearance for some backplates on those GPU's? I agree the green is OTT, Monochrome is the forward for this IMO, thanks for sharing
Funny you should ask, I was thinking about that the other day. Some simple chrome backplates might look good and there is some clearance but only 5mm from the tallest screw head to the adjacent pipe - that might be a bit too close. This may be something I'll add at a later date, my excuse for not doing it now is that I won't see the backplates when the pc is in it's final position. Chrome backplates would definitely complete them though!
I do agree that chrome for the graphics cards will be best, the green doesn't sit well with me now, but it was a worthy experiment, if only to scratch that itch.
Ooooooohhh liking the industrial look
Cheers guys, means a lot
. Depending on the post I'll have something changing soon that you may not be expecting .
Mysterae
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No, I bought the already chromed copper tube from ebay, around £23 for 1.5m from this seller. It comes coiled up as per my picture so you have to straighten it before you can do anything with it. That's where the tube straightener was required as getting it true again is nigh impossible by hand. Here's a link to the KwixUK tube straightener.
Mods - I hope it's okay to provide the links above, I have no associations with either, just helping out
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Mysterae
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Cheers mate, and thanks for the image quote, this page was looking a bit dull without images
. I'm now waiting on some bits (my surprise guests ).JustThatGuy
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That GPU mod leaves me speechless, thanks for sharing the great build.
Yep I think its a smart solution. Considering the fans on the GPUs will never spin up much at all with the gpu WC'd, and will stay nice and low to cool the VRM etc
Kudos dude!
My only suggestion that I see stands out alot is the GPU brackets are still stock unpainted. I think if they were done black they would blend in with the background. And your disk labels gotta go
Kudos dude!
My only suggestion that I see stands out alot is the GPU brackets are still stock unpainted. I think if they were done black they would blend in with the background. And your disk labels gotta go
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Mysterae
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Cheers mate, sharing the process is as big a part of it as building it.
Thanks dude! You're right about the graphic card's fans although I have linked them to the temperature of the GPU in Afterburner. As the core temperature never gets above 48C I've made their custom fan profile like this:
This works very well in keeping the fans moving but low when idling and then shifting the air when required. I will say that one side effect of this mod is the noise the cards now make at 50% - it's a lot worse! Having the water block in the path of fast moving air generates what I can only describe as a turbine-like noise at 60% and above! So fan speeds that high are reserved for when GPU core temps are >50C which I've yet to see.
The graphic cards' brackets are a gun metal grey so they blend a little but I won't be able to see them once the side panel is back on. Same for the disk labels. You are right though, they need to go!
---- Update ----
I mentioned in a previous post that the Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM would be changing, and that they have. I've found I'm needing more than 16GB of RAM recently and rather than get another 16GB of the Dom Plats I went for 32GB of Klevv Genuine 2400MHz:
I think they look a bit more refined that the Dominators, what do you think?
Four look even better.
Fitted. Even turned off they the look so in place, suiting this build.
Switched on and running. I was surprised at just how bright they actually are! Unfortunately the brightness can't be adjusted and when fitted it's the back of them you see from the top, neither are huge issues though. They really draw your eyes to them.
This is getting mental ....
Cheers mate, sharing the process is as big a part of it as building it
.Yep I think its a smart solution. Considering the fans on the GPUs will never spin up much at all with the gpu WC'd, and will stay nice and low to cool the VRM etc
Kudos dude!
My only suggestion that I see stands out alot is the GPU brackets are still stock unpainted. I think if they were done black they would blend in with the background. And your disk labels gotta go
Thanks dude! You're right about the graphic card's fans although I have linked them to the temperature of the GPU in Afterburner. As the core temperature never gets above 48C I've made their custom fan profile like this:
- GPU core temp - 0 - 25C ; Fan speed 20%
- GPU core temp - 25 - 30C ; Fan speed 20 -35%
- GPU core temp - 30 - 40C ; Fan speed 35 - 40%
- GPU core temp - 40 - 50C ; Fan speed 40%
- GPU core temp - 50 - 60C; Fan speed 40 - 100%
- GPU core temp - 60 - 100C ; Fan speed 100%
- GPU core temp - 25 - 30C ; Fan speed 20 -35%
- GPU core temp - 30 - 40C ; Fan speed 35 - 40%
- GPU core temp - 40 - 50C ; Fan speed 40%
- GPU core temp - 50 - 60C; Fan speed 40 - 100%
- GPU core temp - 60 - 100C ; Fan speed 100%
This works very well in keeping the fans moving but low when idling and then shifting the air when required. I will say that one side effect of this mod is the noise the cards now make at 50% - it's a lot worse! Having the water block in the path of fast moving air generates what I can only describe as a turbine-like noise at 60% and above! So fan speeds that high are reserved for when GPU core temps are >50C which I've yet to see.
The graphic cards' brackets are a gun metal grey so they blend a little but I won't be able to see them once the side panel is back on. Same for the disk labels
. You are right though, they need to go!---- Update ----
I mentioned in a previous post that the Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM would be changing, and that they have
. I've found I'm needing more than 16GB of RAM recently and rather than get another 16GB of the Dom Plats I went for 32GB of Klevv Genuine 2400MHz:
I think they look a bit more refined that the Dominators, what do you think?
Four look even better
.
Fitted. Even turned off they the look so in place, suiting this build.
Switched on and running. I was surprised at just how bright they actually are! Unfortunately the brightness can't be adjusted and when fitted it's the back of them you see from the top, neither are huge issues though. They really draw your eyes to them.
This is getting mental ....
remember300
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Looks and performs great what more could you want! !
Mysterae
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Update
This build should have been completed by now, but the company who I sent the shrouds off to didn't do a good job of the chroming, or to be specific didn't chrome the items in their entirety. I don't know what they were thinking. The surfaces of the shrouds that were chromed were done very nicely, but next to the bare metal it looked crap and was unacceptable.
Anyway, the shrouds were sent back for rework before the holidays and should be back with me soon, looking forward that.
While I had some time I thought I'd address an item that I've wanted to do for a long time - modify the EVGA SLI bridge. The EVGA logo irked a little and it was a little bit dull. I wondered if I could jazz it up a little, make it more purposeful.
As a reminder, here's how it looked :
Upon stripping it down I was surprised that the acrylic EVGA logo was raised quite a bit so that it sits in the black plastic. It had to be sanded down.
In reference to the image above:
1. The acrylic EVGA logo.
2. Sanded down using 320 grit sand paper.
3. Smoothed down using 600 grit wet sand paper.
4. Wet sanded some more and polished using 1200 grit sand paper and acrylic polish. It's clear again!
The EVGA logo on the bridge itself had to be dremelled out and I thought I'd remove the black plastic lines to expose them as vents of sorts to let some light through. A bit of rough dremelling but it would be cleaned up later with some needle files.
Brief intermission - Our cat is always looking for new places to call its bed. The latest is my Dremel bag, but not when I turn the Dremel on it's not!
I always wondered why the EVGA SLI bridge's LEDs were white. Surely green would be more appropriate? I wanted it green to match the green geforce logo of the 980Ti's, but replacing the surface mounted LEDs would be difficult. Then I thought of a quality idea
Yep, that's right, I'm using the wrapper from Quality Street chocolate!
It takes two wrappers for one SLI bridge:
I wondered what to put in the window of the bridge and settled on simply "SLI".
In reference to the image above:
1. Deciding on what font to use (decided on LCD font).
2. Working out what font size would be best.
3. Printed on better quality paper and decided that printed green would be better than using the Quality Street chocolate wrapper to colour the LCD (couldn't get the wrapper flat enough, despite ironing it in a damp tea towel!).
4. Placed the "LCD" in position and mounted white paper in the bridge to help reflect the light more.
The finished article:
Fitted with the power off:
And finally, in position and switched on with the SLI bridge's LEDs at 100% brightness via Geforce Experience:
I'm happy with that !
Thanks for reading and please leave a comment or any questions you may have, bye for now!
This build should have been completed by now, but the company who I sent the shrouds off to didn't do a good job of the chroming, or to be specific didn't chrome the items in their entirety. I don't know what they were thinking. The surfaces of the shrouds that were chromed were done very nicely, but next to the bare metal it looked crap and was unacceptable.
Anyway, the shrouds were sent back for rework before the holidays and should be back with me soon, looking forward that.
While I had some time I thought I'd address an item that I've wanted to do for a long time - modify the EVGA SLI bridge. The EVGA logo irked a little and it was a little bit dull. I wondered if I could jazz it up a little, make it more purposeful.
As a reminder, here's how it looked :
Upon stripping it down I was surprised that the acrylic EVGA logo was raised quite a bit so that it sits in the black plastic. It had to be sanded down.
In reference to the image above:
1. The acrylic EVGA logo.
2. Sanded down using 320 grit sand paper.
3. Smoothed down using 600 grit wet sand paper.
4. Wet sanded some more and polished using 1200 grit sand paper and acrylic polish. It's clear again!
The EVGA logo on the bridge itself had to be dremelled out and I thought I'd remove the black plastic lines to expose them as vents of sorts to let some light through. A bit of rough dremelling but it would be cleaned up later with some needle files.
Brief intermission - Our cat is always looking for new places to call its bed. The latest is my Dremel bag, but not when I turn the Dremel on it's not!
I always wondered why the EVGA SLI bridge's LEDs were white. Surely green would be more appropriate? I wanted it green to match the green geforce logo of the 980Ti's, but replacing the surface mounted LEDs would be difficult. Then I thought of a quality idea
Yep, that's right, I'm using the wrapper from Quality Street chocolate!
It takes two wrappers for one SLI bridge:
I wondered what to put in the window of the bridge and settled on simply "SLI".
In reference to the image above:
1. Deciding on what font to use (decided on LCD font).
2. Working out what font size would be best.
3. Printed on better quality paper and decided that printed green would be better than using the Quality Street chocolate wrapper to colour the LCD (couldn't get the wrapper flat enough, despite ironing it in a damp tea towel!).
4. Placed the "LCD" in position and mounted white paper in the bridge to help reflect the light more.
The finished article:
Fitted with the power off:
And finally, in position and switched on with the SLI bridge's LEDs at 100% brightness via Geforce Experience:
I'm happy with that
!Thanks for reading and please leave a comment or any questions you may have, bye for now!
