Project: Angel
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retrogamer1990
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dust is going to be a *****....
good work!
good work!
Decided to give my pumps a little service:
Remove the stock top:
Remove the magnet and the black stock O-ring:
Fit new build matching O-ring:
Take XSPC Reservoir top (best performing solution):
Fit top to pump and check for correct and even O-ring compression:
Rinse and repeat for 2nd 18w DDC pump:
Add DDC res holder (custom):
Add blue LED's
Job done.
Just need barbs and braiding now
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Remove the stock top:
Remove the magnet and the black stock O-ring:
Fit new build matching O-ring:
Take XSPC Reservoir top (best performing solution):
Fit top to pump and check for correct and even O-ring compression:
Rinse and repeat for 2nd 18w DDC pump:
Add DDC res holder (custom):
Add blue LED's
Job done.
Just need barbs and braiding now
.AntiHeroUK
New member
Very nice Rich. I like what I see
I originally planned on all white for the braid:
However the braid I got was not the best and showed alot of the colour of the cables through the braid. I should have gone for murdermod braid but meh. I could have gone the easy route and chosen black but every man and his dog is doing black so opted for blue.
For the ATX I opted to sleeve each cable individually in blue with the ends (the bit nearest the PSU split into 6x4 cables and braid them in blue which gave a neater, easier to manage bundle rather than the PSU exit looking like a rats nest of cables.
Heres the 3mm braid used:
Unclasping the cables from the ATX block was a total PITA. Forget about using the pre-made tools, they snap after about four pins. Bring on the ghetto ATX pin remover
:
Each pin was painstakingly numbered so I knew which pin went where come rebuild time:
Then I comenced the braiding:
A whole lot of mess!
Note some of the cables are frayed at the ends. These were trimmed before sealing with heatshrink.
However the braid I got was not the best and showed alot of the colour of the cables through the braid. I should have gone for murdermod braid but meh. I could have gone the easy route and chosen black but every man and his dog is doing black so opted for blue.
For the ATX I opted to sleeve each cable individually in blue with the ends (the bit nearest the PSU split into 6x4 cables and braid them in blue which gave a neater, easier to manage bundle rather than the PSU exit looking like a rats nest of cables.
Heres the 3mm braid used:
Unclasping the cables from the ATX block was a total PITA. Forget about using the pre-made tools, they snap after about four pins. Bring on the ghetto ATX pin remover
:
Each pin was painstakingly numbered so I knew which pin went where come rebuild time:
Then I comenced the braiding:
A whole lot of mess!
Note some of the cables are frayed at the ends. These were trimmed before sealing with heatshrink.
Here was the tricky part as I needed to judge how far up the pin to put the heatshrink so's not to interefere with putting the pin back in the block but also not to have any pesky cable colour showing. Here's the 'best fit' that worked for me:
Once braidied up I then had the tedius job of realigning the barb on the pins (24x2!)
Getting there....
Done (although need to trim some heatshrink to level it all out a little).
Rinse and repeat for 8 Pin 12v:
You can still see some colour through the cabling but it's not as bad under normal light, camera flash seems to have brought it out much more than you can see. Either way it's a helluva alot better than the white looked!.
Thats about it for now, still got alot of braiding to do, molex, SATA then all the misc wiring in the PC. I'll crack on with that once I get the feeling back in my fingers....sigh
Once braidied up I then had the tedius job of realigning the barb on the pins (24x2!)
Getting there....
Done (although need to trim some heatshrink to level it all out a little).
Rinse and repeat for 8 Pin 12v:
You can still see some colour through the cabling but it's not as bad under normal light, camera flash seems to have brought it out much more than you can see. Either way it's a helluva alot better than the white looked!.
Thats about it for now, still got alot of braiding to do, molex, SATA then all the misc wiring in the PC. I'll crack on with that once I get the feeling back in my fingers....sigh
