[Build Log] Ebony and Ivory

[monikernemo]

hahaha use the intel fan la

Problem is Haswell E CPUs no stock heatsink fans

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[gaoxing84]

Problem is Haswell E CPUs no stock heatsink fans

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ohh you got the haswell E ah. haha

borrow lor. usually people will test first. to be safe

 

[monikernemo]

ohh you got the haswell E ah. haha

borrow lor. usually people will test first. to be safe

Installed an air cooler TnT bought this deepcool neptwin tower heatsink from this guy for 40. Feels really light and cheap :O

My first time ever installing after market air cooler. H100i alot easier to install I swear...

Applied alot of pressure when installing CPU but Heng never brick the CPU or what

Managed to boot !! No ram erors or what not so quite Heng. Abit kumgong forget to install pcie WiFi card...

As for bios, abit luan but guess will navigate thru bah. Otherwise will try and update more soon!

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[gaoxing84]

ok la the bios. haha used to it.
but i oc once, i never go in again. haha

 

[monikernemo]

ok la the bios. haha used to it.
but i oc once, i never go in again. haha

Wah you jin satki set one time stable Liao Haha

Asus one last time keep tweaking, but quite accessible imo la.

either that or maybe it's basically the same thing just that I haven't gotten used to it



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[gaoxing84]

Wah you jin satki set one time stable Liao Haha

Asus one last time keep tweaking, but quite accessible imo la.

either that or maybe it's basically the same thing just that I haven't gotten used to it



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no la. a few tries.
i meant once i get a good stable OC. i am done. haha
4.5ghz @ 1.235v sounds ok to me. haha

 

[monikernemo]

no la. a few tries.
i meant once i get a good stable OC. i am done. haha
4.5ghz @ 1.235v sounds ok to me. haha

That's really good!

Haven't tried for this chip but aiming a 4.4-4.5 at 1.25, then I happy Liao.

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[bummerboyx]

hi moniker, wondering, where u bought your x99a sli krait from?

 

[monikernemo]

hi moniker, wondering, where u bought your x99a sli krait from?

Fuwell at list price

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[djdestiny]

:OOO
Too generic Liao the name

Actually see how la but I purchased the flexi tubings Liao hmm think first loh.

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Devil May Cry

Arghhh thanks Haha. I think may go with swiftech.

Dunch poison me hahaha

I going soft tube buy the tubes Liao paiseh haha

Hard tube for first timer looks daunting

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My mate did acrylic tubing on first go For us we found a cheap way, like 1/5-1/10 the normal price
You can go with silverstone PWM splitter if can find, they're smaller and you don't need to bend your wires as much as the swiftech ...

Installed an air cooler TnT bought this deepcool neptwin tower heatsink from this guy for 40. Feels really light and cheap :O

My first time ever installing after market air cooler. H100i alot easier to install I swear...

Applied alot of pressure when installing CPU but Heng never brick the CPU or what

Managed to boot !! No ram erors or what not so quite Heng. Abit kumgong forget to install pcie WiFi card...

As for bios, abit luan but guess will navigate thru bah. Otherwise will try and update more soon!

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Used to have a neptwin. They're heavy... And cheap feeling? I don't think so

 

[monikernemo]

Devil May Cry



My mate did acrylic tubing on first go For us we found a cheap way, like 1/5-1/10 the normal price
You can go with silverstone PWM splitter if can find, they're smaller and you don't need to bend your wires as much as the swiftech ...


Used to have a neptwin. They're heavy... And cheap feeling? I don't think so

DMC? Never a fan of that LOL

Was considering that too looks more elegant hmm but that thing is not to see daylight anyways so... Whats the 'cheap' way? I bought tubings already so might as well.

It feels really light imo compared to DRP3?

 

[monikernemo]

Small updates:

Test painted three of the grommets, only this one slightly better/presentable... tore the paint off two of the other grommets. Even so, this one not very even. Looks okay for a 5 feet mod

Wasted alot of spray just to spray one! Maybe going to line them up one shlot just to paint to save some paint.

Used a hairdryer to hasten drying.
For now it looks like this...

39 more grommets to go.


Barrow fittings arrived yesterday!

Very solid, but imperfect paint jobs here there haha. Thanks to gaoxing for sharing!!

Ball valve is really tight though, can't get it to close shut. See if can loosen or not using Allen key.

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[monikernemo]

On a bad camera, sure doesn't look too bad...

But up close looks quite uneven.

Need to focus on the 'antennas' abit more.

The paint comes off really easily if you flex the rubber alot. The rubber coating coming off this one because i bent it quite vigorously earlier. Might be redoing as well...

Prolly the structure of the rubber breaks up and stretches, becoming looser and less adhesive to the surface when you bend it.

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[djdestiny]

DMC? Never a fan of that LOL

Was considering that too looks more elegant hmm but that thing is not to see daylight anyways so... Whats the 'cheap' way? I bought tubings already so might as well.

It feels really light imo compared to DRP3?

Deepcool heatsinks are already comparably the heaviest on the market ... And DRP3 is just ENORMOUS.

On a bad camera, sure doesn't look too bad...

But up close looks quite uneven.

Need to focus on the 'antennas' abit more.

The paint comes off really easily if you flex the rubber alot. The rubber coating coming off this one because i bent it quite vigorously earlier. Might be redoing as well...

Prolly the structure of the rubber breaks up and stretches, becoming looser and less adhesive to the surface when you bend it.

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Paint on a rubber is a bad idea. Did it once and the moment something touched it bye bye goes the paint.

 

[monikernemo]

Deepcool heatsinks are already comparably the heaviest on the market ... And DRP3 is just ENORMOUS.


Paint on a rubber is a bad idea. Did it once and the moment something touched it bye bye goes the paint.

Read alot about rubber and paint. The issue is that while most paint coatings are rigid, rubber is flexible so therefore the paint wears easily. I'm using plastidip Btw, and do find that it is easy for the paint to come off the rubber too despite its rather elastic nature.

Well thanks for the info on heatsinks Haha as I've said this is my second heatsink. Drp3 being the first.

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[djdestiny]

Read alot about rubber and paint. The issue is that while most paint coatings are rigid, rubber is flexible so therefore the paint wears easily. I'm using plastidip Btw, and do find that it is easy for the paint to come off the rubber too despite its rather elastic nature.

Well thanks for the info on heatsinks Haha as I've said this is my second heatsink. Drp3 being the first.

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Rubber paint + rubber = double disaster

Well to be fair it's not supposed to be heavy. The Assassin is the true definition of heavy ...

In fact if light = cheap, then I suppose ALL CM heatsinks feels cheap then

 

[monikernemo]

Rubber paint + rubber = double disaster

Well to be fair it's not supposed to be heavy. The Assassin is the true definition of heavy ...

In fact if light = cheap, then I suppose ALL CM heatsinks feels cheap then

If you insist



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[monikernemo]

Updates:

Sold pump and reservoir, going for a D5 combo with reservoir tube from Barrows.
Comes with a pump cover as well! Looks like this:

As such, going to reorganise the original order as well.

Ordered two strips of 60cm LED at 18 rmb!!

And some white blank keycaps.

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[monikernemo]

Painted the grommets:

Just a very slight coat, too thick then will form the distinctive plastidip layer making it easy to come off.

Not bad far away huh.

LOOK AT MT WHITE ARMY!!



Meanwhile, waiting for stuff to come. Led lights, pump kit and more fittings taobao. Mainframe finally (after two months) tell me that the cabled extensions will be shipped!

Haven't settle the fan hub, and still finalising loop set up. Once fittings and cables come will start with the water blocks!

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[monikernemo]

Almost completed! Just a sneak peak of progress:

Sold off PSU because wanted to mount rad horizontally, but base of the rad was too thick, making it incompatible with the mounting holes of the case. Have to source for new psu in the interim sigh~

The rads are freaking hard to install!! Had just one set of screws to secure the fans and rads together along with he case. After installing the first fan, you have to push and slide another fan between the rad and casing.

The rubber anti vibration pads of these noctuas added much resistance, making it infinity times harder.

CPU block on the other hand was a breeze thanks to the 2011-3 socket.

Assembling GPU block:
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Quite tacky to remove the screws, some of them almost wouldn't budge!! Had to put some pressure in them to generate enough friction to turn

Shiny GK-110 silicon!

Put on thermal paste and thermal pad.

Hmm didn't use kaya method because don't have any spare credit cards to use... Moi is chao peasant.

Tada~~ virgin water block experience.

Not really difficult, though can be daunting initially if you don't know anything. All in all feels like removing a CPU cooler just, that this is more massive.

Hopefully pump accessories, led, keyboard stuff (from taobao) and cables (f*** lutroo man so long Liao still diao there) comes soon!

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