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**thlnk3r** · 12-21-08

Wow Emersonsc! I'm giving you a rep for a job well done

What are the temps like with the second 4850?

**txtmstrjoe** · 12-21-08

Emersonsc, great job! thlnk3r linked me to your thread because I've been thinking about taking my Opteron skinny dipping sometime in the future. Your thread is inspirational!

emersonsc · 12-21-08

Thank you!

No clue on the second card. My mobo died on me a few days ago. ASUS tech support btw... total asses. The guy i talked to was verrrry rude. Their RMA department isnt open untill monday 10am so i gotta get it sent out. im doing a "parrallel" rma? i think thats what he called it where they send one out the same day i send mine out.

Anywhos. I still want to put in a second cathode on the bottom but then im not sure as the shade at the bottom hides some of the wires from the PSU (yes i know i coulda gotten a modular... kinda. I got my corsair 750watt for $80 brand new in box. No 750 modular comes close to that price) I'm also thinking on putting it on some small castors then putting LEDs aboce the wheels to light the under part up.

I also thought about getting a Danger-Den single bay reservoir and then putting a couple blue LEDs in the but alot of people didnt like it because of suction issues or something to that effect.

I might also go with this instead if i fits in a floppy drive space.

Anyone have any ideas on what to do next? (anyway i can get this listed as a build-log?)

emersonsc · 01-22-09

::UPDATE::

Finally got my board back from asus. Bought another 2gb kit from corsair. Got the second 4850 in the way i want it. Bought all new tubing from (of all places) Home Depot. 1/2ID tubing. Nice and thick. Doesnt kink. Re-routed the tubing. I also relocated the side fan to the outside of the case to allow more space for the GPU blocks tubing. Also got ahold of a Logitech G15 keyboard with the LCD readout (very sweet) and a 22in monitor with a 1920x1080 rez. Gaming now makes me... yeah you get it.

New Monitor + Kyboard

Made the tubing look even and nice...

The side fan is now mounted on the outside of the case to allow more space for tubing

Inside view

Full side view

zomgiwin · 01-22-09

i would put that fan back in if you could
just to make it look nicer :P
any way to flip that top rad upside down and run the tubing down through holes you could cut?

emersonsc · 01-22-09

I thought about that, but they would either get kinked and jammed by the I/O or the rez. The fan cant go inside due to the tubing and the bends i need to go from the first card to the second. I actually like the tubing on the top, gives it a futuristic kind of look. I'm a dork i guess

zomgiwin · 01-22-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by emersonsc

I thought about that, but they would either get kinked and jammed by the I/O or the rez. The fan cant go inside due to the tubing and the bends i need to go from the first card to the second. I actually like the tubing on the top, gives it a futuristic kind of look. I'm a dork i guess

i know what you mean for the tubing
i thought it looked kinda cool :P
buuut, i also like to have nothing showing lol
thats just my personal style
but to each his own!
and, the fan on the inside thing
that kinda sucks imo that you can't fit it in ther :/
but, still works

thought about trying a low-pro fan?

Pao · 01-22-09

Nah, I think it looks great! I think the fan on the outside just adds some originality to the build. No one else has a build quite like yours and you know that!

emersonsc · 01-22-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by zomgiwin

i know what you mean for the tubing
i thought it looked kinda cool :P
buuut, i also like to have nothing showing lol
thats just my personal style
but to each his own!
and, the fan on the inside thing
that kinda sucks imo that you can't fit it in ther :/
but, still works

thought about trying a low-pro fan?

The tubing goes right up to the window. I fact, if the fan didn't have the plastic supports or guards built into it, the fan would actually get caught on the tubing, even with it being on the outside. I'm going to be doing some searching on some kind of enclosure to give it a made to look that way kinda feel. I would just say scratch the fan and just leave the screen there, but I still need that air pushing in the case as the two fans in the front and on top pull air out of the case and through the rads

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pao

Nah, I think it looks great! I think the fan on the outside just adds some originality to the build. No one else has a build quite like yours and you know that!

Thank you!

**thlnk3r** · 01-22-09

Emersonsc, that looks very clean. I wouldn't change a thing

Congrats on the 22" monitor and keyboard.

Good luck

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