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post #2401 of 3245
11/17/12 at 8:27am
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Thanks for the thoughts Electrocutor. I'm going to leave all 8 sticks in and see how much memory gets utilized when working with my Adobe stuff. It's usually during the video editing and rendering that all 12GB in current system gets utilized. So I'll see how much gets sucked up when 64GB is available. If it uses less than 32GB...then I'll probably drop down to option c. Although I am intrigued with the idea of a ramdisk. Ever try one?
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11/17/12 at 8:34am
Congratulations on the engagement Chris! All the best. thumb.gif I forgive you for not posting the blocks pictures. biggrin.gif


Now if I can find the right time to propose to my gf as well....redface.gif
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post #2403 of 3245
11/17/12 at 8:39am
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Congratulations on the engagement Chris! All the best. thumb.gif I forgive you for not posting the blocks pictures. biggrin.gif
Now if I can find the right time to propose to my gf as well....redface.gif

Thanks Quest!

Follow Nike's advice. Just do it. Plus...sounds like you're going to have a house for her....right? No time like the present.
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11/17/12 at 9:45am
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Thanks for the thoughts Electrocutor. I'm going to leave all 8 sticks in and see how much memory gets utilized when working with my Adobe stuff. It's usually during the video editing and rendering that all 12GB in current system gets utilized. So I'll see how much gets sucked up when 64GB is available. If it uses less than 32GB...then I'll probably drop down to option c. Although I am intrigued with the idea of a ramdisk. Ever try one?

I have, things load lightning fast, if only you could put your OS on one you'd blow SSDs outta the water.
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11/17/12 at 10:01am
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I got the extra baby fans I mentioned I needed due to losing the round clips while disassembling. I painted them last night, and I'm installing today.

First...here is the power harness that will fire up the 4 baby fans and the back panel 120mm fan.







For the 4 baby fans, I ended up wiring them all together into one connection. I used white heatshrink to cover all exposed wires and joins, and then sleeved it up to the power connector.....





...and here they are spinning along with the back 120mm fan.





I can't show you the back yet since I don't have the stickers on. I've made them....but I don't have the right size circle cutter for them. Will order one and get those put on soon.

I love the look of the little fans. You can feel the air they are moving....but just a little bit. More for looks than performance. They don't make any real sound at all....very quiet. I think I finally have my total fan count finalized...and I've powered up 50 out of 56 fans now, ...or 89%. I have 6 more to go that are split among two power harnesses. Shouldn't be too tough to finish that this weekend.
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11/17/12 at 11:37am
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Thanks fkjac! JennG is encouraging me to finish. She misses the living room. smile.gif
Hmmm....I've done 5 cables, and had a success rate of 100%. The only issue I've had is one of the 4 had a connector that is a little loose. Doesn't seem to click back into place like the others. But....even it works. I haven't experienced the contacts failing, but I've never had to try multiple times on putting it on. When I'm putting it back on....I'm using needle nose pliers and putting pressure right in the middle of the connector first, and then I do both ends. It has always pressed right down into the cable, and as long as you are doing it on the correct side of the cable, it should be making contact with wires underneath. Could you be damaging contact at all when you initially take it apart? Do they still look straight when you first take apart the connector?
Everything looks good after disassembly. I must be damaging them somehow on reassembly, though I'm basically putting my pliers in the middle and squeezing. I'm trying to squeeze just enough for the pieces to lock together, but I must be overdoing it somehow.
I'll get some spares later and try again.
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11/17/12 at 11:46am
Why add noisy "baby fans"?
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11/17/12 at 11:48am
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Why add noisy "baby fans"?

Epeen+looks+completeness. Doing something this expensive you do it right.
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11/17/12 at 12:15pm
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Why add noisy "baby fans"?


You must have missed this......

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They don't make any real sound at all....very quiet.


Very quiet Noiseblocker fans. If they were noisy....I wouldn't be using them.
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11/17/12 at 12:50pm
ohh dear god.. i like the fact that i LOVE this modding hardware world.. i never get tired of see this kind of stuff... killer and great looking build.. keep going and full of pics rolleyes.gif
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