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post #11 of 18
6/26/12 at 12:35pm
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While waiting for more parts to arrive I thought I would have a play around with ideas for replacing the Dominator-GT sticker on the RAM. I've never been very good at this sort of thing but what I came up with I think is simple and effective.

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Or if I was to include the Corsair logo?

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NOTE: Because I am copying these posts from my worklog on another forum these are all dated. I have already decided on the second option and the order has been placed for the custom stickers.
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post #12 of 18
6/26/12 at 12:35pm
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For my current watercooling loop I used Primochill Pro LRT 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD clear tubing. I found that although the tubing fitted fine on the barbs of the EK compression fittings the covers (not sure what else to call them), even though they were made for 5/8" to 3/4" OD tubing, wouldn't screw down completely. I emailed EK and they said it was supposed to be a tight fit to stop water leaking. I ended up covering the fittings with a cloth and used pliers in an attempt to screw the caps down with almost no success. I even ended up damaging one of the fittings frown.gif

This past experience has lead me to search for an other option for tubing. I recently came across Tygon R3603 1/2" ID, 5/8" OD Laboratory Tubing. The thinner wall means I can not only screw the caps on properly but I can sleeve my tubing with high density white sleeve like I did with my current loop, except this time I can sleeve into the fitting for a much cleaner look. I found that the thick wall of the Primochill tubing made it very stiff and hard to work with, hopefully the Tygon tubing is an improvement biggrin.gif
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post #13 of 18
6/26/12 at 12:36pm
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To anyone who is following this thread; sorry about the slow updates. I just got back from a holiday and look what was sitting on my desk when I got back!

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post #14 of 18
6/26/12 at 12:36pm
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Here are some more shots:

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Hideous SATA cable before MDPC sleeving.

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After MDPC sleeving smile.gif
This cable was my first attempt at sleeving a cable so it's not perfect but I am quite proud of the result smile.gif

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post #15 of 18
6/26/12 at 12:37pm
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Here are a few more shots of the hardware:

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A photo of my second package from Nils smile.gif

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Warranty of the two 120GB SSDs is no more tongue.gif

I will be taking the cases to the powder coaters in the next 10 hours to be painted black, can't wait to see how it turns out biggrin.gif
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post #16 of 18
6/26/12 at 12:37pm
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More parts have arrived! biggrin.gif

Can you guess what this is?

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RAM de-stickered and waterblock installed biggrin.gif
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post #17 of 18
6/26/12 at 11:15pm
Love your attention to detail, great to see a fellow dunediner on OCN biggrin.gif
Platinum Edition
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
L5420 Supermicro X7DWT Radeon 6770 4*1gb Elpida DDR2 FB Dimms. 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Seagate Barracuda Ice edge mini * 2 Win 7 Profesional IBM 19 inch 
PowerCase
Silverstone 600w Fully Modular Test Bench - Soon to be custom Scratch build. 
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Platinum Edition
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
L5420 Supermicro X7DWT Radeon 6770 4*1gb Elpida DDR2 FB Dimms. 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Seagate Barracuda Ice edge mini * 2 Win 7 Profesional IBM 19 inch 
PowerCase
Silverstone 600w Fully Modular Test Bench - Soon to be custom Scratch build. 
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post #18 of 18
6/26/12 at 11:20pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ruairi View Post

Love your attention to detail, great to see a fellow dunediner on OCN biggrin.gif

Thanks mate, yeah us NZ modders are a rare breed. Would love to see some of your work sometime.
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