I agree fellas. Fold ftw.
I did hook up the new card on air just to test it though. This is with no overclocks, "previous system" is with SLI enabled:
And for giggles, here's what pumping up one card's core clock to 710MHz is worth: (no SLI, just the card on water)
I had it as high as 730, but it wasn't quite stable while gaming, so I dialed it back a bit. FWIW, temps were beautiful the whole time, the highest I saw was 38 celcius.
I don't have any real update folks, sorry. I've been really busy the last several weeks. For the active service and Vets out there, here's some acronyms for you: MEB, PEB, TDRL, with liberal doses of JAG along the way. Still have the VA to duke it out with. I (reluctantly) started the whole process in Dec 08, and I finally start clearing 06 May. I'd be happy to talk that whole deal in PM's if anyone feels like commiserating.
As far as Sleeper, I got some work done on the wiring. If you recall, I needed to lengthen the 6 pins PCI leads. Got that sorted, and prepped for the new card:
To help tame things up top, I only individually sleeved them part way. Here's where they exit the top of the case:
I'm thinking some sort of plate affair ala the Thermaltake Spedo to tame those and keep the side panel from bulging. More to follow there.
LOTS more wiring still to sort:
I've also been thinking about the loop, since I'll be draining it sooner or later to add the new card. If I fab a new bracket, I can rotate the pump 90 degrees on axis and reverse system flow. Instead of pump>rads>gpu>gpu>cpu>res, it would go pump>cpu>gpu>gpu>rads>res. I'm not so much worried about the card heat dump, but I thought the extra pressure wouldn't hurt cpu block any, and would keep my options open in the future for other more restrictive impingement style blocks. The down side is I think at minimum I'll need either a 90 about 3 inches from the pump outlet; or a 45 attached directly to the pump outlet and another 45 about 2 inches away in order to plumb it.
The other option is to relocate the pump. (yeah yeah, I know, you all suggested this a long time ago)
I mocked up what that would look like with a quicky photochop:
Order there would be res>pump>cpu>rads>gpu>gpu>res. Looks good in text, but the plumbing is a little cluttered.
The good news is either alternative also uses the "top" outlet on the EK top, which iirc is slightly improved performance wise over the "front" one that I'm using now.
Somewhat off topic, but I looked around but didn't find much in the way of examples. Does anyone know how feasible it is to plumb tri-SLI using MCW-60's instead of full cover blocks?
