Project:- R3s

[KiiYzOo]

bought myself a 5870

but I need some help deciding whether to:

A) use my current ek xt360 rad

or

buy a thick 360mm rad, like the phobya g-changer 360 or the ek xtx 360

what do you guys think? I will be selling most of my spare stuff to fund the watercooling etc in this build, and to fit a 360mm rad in the front I'll be cutting the bottom of the 5.25" bays. also thinking of getting an aquaero 5 lt as my fan controller and maybe four scythe gt's

 

[KiiYzOo]

well guess what arrived today?



DSC_0133.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

My 5870!!

this will be watercooled later on, but for now, some pics

DSC_0143.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr



DSC_0145.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr



DSC_0146.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr



DSC_0148.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr



DSC_0155.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

after a recommendation from someone on another forum, I decided to use my dad's d3100 with my lens and a white screen for some light, the pics above were taken in this way

here is a test shot:



DSC_0118.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

 

[wassupdoc]

after a recommendation from someone on another forum, I decided to use my dad's d3100 with my lens and a white screen for some light, the pics above were taken in this way

here is a test shot:

Looks good, if only my pc was small enough to be lit up by my monitor

How's the 5870? you not feeling the performance loss?

 

[KiiYzOo]

haven't played any games yet, so cant tell

you could move the monitor further away and turn up the brightness to compensate?

 

[wassupdoc]

haven't played any games yet, so cant tell

you could move the monitor further away and turn up the brightness to compensate?

Lol, have you seen the size of my pc?

i have a 24 inch monitor on full brightness and it lights up some of it

 

[KiiYzOo]

don't think I have

 

[wassupdoc]

don't think I have

Colossal SLi Rig, on the rig galleries

 

[KiiYzOo]

awesome

 

[wassupdoc]

Thnx

 

[KiiYzOo]

Guess what arrived today guys?



DSC_0571.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

some nice 1/2" bitspower fittings

DSC_0606.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

 

[wassupdoc]

nooooice

 

[KiiYzOo]

Yup

 

[yassarikhan786]

Very nice mate

.

 

[KiiYzOo]

Thanks

gonna order some stuff tonight, so should have a cpu loop up and running this weekend

(don't have enough money to include the 5870 yet

)

 

[KiiYzOo]

Got some new fans in the mail today

DSC_0208.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr



DSC_0227.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

all I can say is wow, they look awesome and were £5 each!!

Watercooling for just a cpu loop should be coming tomorrow, so expect some updates then

loop should be done this weekend

 

[wassupdoc]

nice

 

[KiiYzOo]

Yup

 

[Solidarity]

Where did you pick up the fans for £5 each?

 

[KiiYzOo]

from the ocuk mm

 

[KiiYzOo]

My watercooling stuff arrived today

didn't take pics of the boxes etc, but you guys didn't need to see that anyway

Before:



DSC_0639.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

During:



DSC_0645.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

after:



DSC_0648.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

The pump looks awesome, I may remove the sticker at the front and also the screw in bits at the side



DSC_0662.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

Here's all of my shiny new fittings, do you notice anything different?



DSC_0664.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

Shiny, very heavy, res:



DSC_0689.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

The fans from yesterday's update mounted on the rad:



DSC_0705.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

And here is the fitting that will act as my drain port and as an extension to allow me to use a 45 degree fitting (the extension fitting is just there so I don't loose it

):



DSC_0713.jpg by Kieran Horne, on Flickr

Until the next update

..........