Project Bloodfang - New PC Build Log.
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Big day today! Fill up and leak test day.
First, soundcard:
Loops are now complete, second bottom radiator in place:
Paper towls in place to catch any leaks just in case...
Filling the loops... yes... that is me urghh...
Just covering the top for the blowback caused when the air is pushed out the system:
Both loops filled...
My air trap and bleed valve worked perectly.
Testing the fans, you can see a PSU on the table in the background, not sure how true it is or not, but I was advised that when doing the leak testing to not use the main PSU from the system, considering how many thousands in hardware there is, for the sake of a 20 quid PSU I did it anyway.
Anyway so far no leaks, just waiting for the air to find its way out the system. Will leave it running overnight and hopefully tomorrow morning, it will still be full of water!
First, soundcard:
Loops are now complete, second bottom radiator in place:
Paper towls in place to catch any leaks just in case...
Filling the loops... yes... that is me urghh...
Just covering the top for the blowback caused when the air is pushed out the system:
Both loops filled...
My air trap and bleed valve worked perectly.
Testing the fans, you can see a PSU on the table in the background, not sure how true it is or not, but I was advised that when doing the leak testing to not use the main PSU from the system, considering how many thousands in hardware there is, for the sake of a 20 quid PSU I did it anyway.
Anyway so far no leaks, just waiting for the air to find its way out the system. Will leave it running overnight and hopefully tomorrow morning, it will still be full of water!
wedgar
Well-known member
Thanks for sharing the photos and updates. It has been fascinating watching what you have been building.Big day today! Fill up and leak test day.
First, soundcard:
Loops are now complete, second bottom radiator in place:
Paper towls in place to catch any leaks just in case...
Filling the loops... yes... that is me urghh...
Just covering the top for the blowback caused when the air is pushed out the system:
Both loops filled...
My air trap and bleed valve worked perectly.
Testing the fans, you can see a PSU on the table in the background, not sure how true it is or not, but I was advised that when doing the leak testing to not use the main PSU from the system, considering how many thousands in hardware there is, for the sake of a 20 quid PSU I did it anyway.
Anyway so far no leaks, just waiting for the air to find its way out the system. Will leave it running overnight and hopefully tomorrow morning, it will still be full of water!
So a problem occured yesterday in my planning I never thought about the speed controller on the pumps... put simply there was so easy way to access them. So a fix was needed.
First using a tool fassioned from a pair of tweasers, filed down and bent into a very tight 90 degrees, stuck my phone with front camera underneith to see what I was doing and turned the pumps upto max speed:
Now that was done I could then re-wire the molex and RPM signal wire into a single standard 3 pin fan cable which would allow me to control the pump speed via the lamptron touch controller!
First using a tool fassioned from a pair of tweasers, filed down and bent into a very tight 90 degrees, stuck my phone with front camera underneith to see what I was doing and turned the pumps upto max speed:
Now that was done I could then re-wire the molex and RPM signal wire into a single standard 3 pin fan cable which would allow me to control the pump speed via the lamptron touch controller!
Allen
Active member
yes... that is me urghh...
Hey, nice hoody!
Branded xenForo wear!
Great job on the build, too.
ForestForTrees
Well-known member
Cafepress, pls?
Have had some issues with the graphics cards... long story short it hasnt been an easy fix... hopefully updates soon.
I have a creative 5.1 system.
Allen
Active member
Hmm… still not finished, eh?
By now, Devil’s Canyon is out. Shouldn’t you be looking at upgrading to an Asus Maximus VII Formula and an Intel i7-4790K?
In all seriousness, thanks for posting your build log. I've learn a lot and have been motivated to try my hand at building something... on a much smaller scale of course.
By now, Devil’s Canyon is out. Shouldn’t you be looking at upgrading to an Asus Maximus VII Formula and an Intel i7-4790K?
In all seriousness, thanks for posting your build log. I've learn a lot and have been motivated to try my hand at building something... on a much smaller scale of course.
Forsaken
Well-known member
You should only upgrade every other generation with Intel. Devil Canyon just fixes many of the issues Haswell had, and Broadwell will be the next large boost in performance.Hmm… still not finished, eh?
By now, Devil’s Canyon is out. Shouldn’t you be looking at upgrading to an Asus Maximus VII Formula and an Intel i7-4790K?
In all seriousness, thanks for posting your build log. I've learn a lot and have been motivated to try my hand at building something... on a much smaller scale of course.
JVCode
Well-known member
Oi, I have devils canyon
Deebs
Well-known member
This. Tick Tock.....