Patch

Finally getting the ball rolling here.

Here's the Bloodrage waterblock off. Notice the connections to SB and Vregs. The provided LN2 pot base covers the copper sink as well as a large portion of the aluminum heatsink.


Again, look at the heatpipe connections to SB and Vregs......got me thinking....


A few neked shots:



Now it's time dress up in something nice.


Painted and socket prep.


I'm gonna keep heatpipes intact and prep everything accordingly.




Don't forget the backside. Painted, with initial armaflex and eraser. One thing I like about the Bloodrage is the lack of pushpins. Don't worry, a sheet of neoprene is going over all that.


I've never actually heard of anyone actually using the BR pot. Except for Sayaa during testing. Notice how short it is?


I may regret it, but I wanted to try insulating SB and Vreg heatsinks as a single unit. After insulating everything except the last heatsink in the chain I tested with a few drops of LN2 in the pot. That last heatsink got icy cold real fast - just from the heatpipe connection. Rather than try to fight a losing battle with condensation, I just insulated the whole darn thing. Note that I made the NB pot taller with an "extension" of armaflex and neoprene. That, with a funnel, may work. Or not. We'll see.


I wanted to be a LOT further along than this right now. But prepping up to this point has taken about 12-15 hours of labor.

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Stock speeds make hardware sad.

5.27 Ghz i7 920 C0 on LN2......5.31 Ghz i7 975 on DICE......6.36 Ghz E8600 on LN2
7.01 Ghz Pentium 4 631 on LN2......7.96 Ghz Celeron 352 on LN2......7.02 Ghz Celeron 360 on LN2

jeffries7

Looks good but didn't you start a thread yesterday?

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I_dalder_I

AH that beautiful board is trashed Good luck on the ocing tho looks pretty fullproof

ritchwell

The board is getting cheaper so it might be a good thing. All i got to say is wow!!!

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Patch

No, but I did put some teasers in the Bloodrage Owner's Club thread.

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Stock speeds make hardware sad.

5.27 Ghz i7 920 C0 on LN2......5.31 Ghz i7 975 on DICE......6.36 Ghz E8600 on LN2
7.01 Ghz Pentium 4 631 on LN2......7.96 Ghz Celeron 352 on LN2......7.02 Ghz Celeron 360 on LN2

jeffries7

Oh yer sorry thats were i saw them

Good luck, what sort of clocks are you predicting?

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zomgiwin

when're you doin the run?

G|F.E.A.D|Killa

i thought the board has issues getting over 225 BCLK

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I heard Ford is coming out with heated bumpers in 2010 so your hands don not get cold while pushing it.

jeffries7

I think they fixed it with a newer bios, if i remember right.

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Patch

Got a few more hours of work to finish CPU pot insulation and setting. I need a little more eraser and a few nick nacks. I've cleaned out 2 local artist supply stores already (I left a few squares out of politeness). Both of them actually got a little mad that that I was using "art" materials for non-art, which I found a little humorous. Especially when I glanced at what they considered "art".

Anyway, I might to a little trial tonight with my last few liters. Refilling the dewar tomorrow.

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Stock speeds make hardware sad.

5.27 Ghz i7 920 C0 on LN2......5.31 Ghz i7 975 on DICE......6.36 Ghz E8600 on LN2
7.01 Ghz Pentium 4 631 on LN2......7.96 Ghz Celeron 352 on LN2......7.02 Ghz Celeron 360 on LN2