CrossWater Worklog - Page 2

DRen72 · 01-15-08, 07:26 AM

I've got my fingers crossed for the 3870X2 card. I sure hope ATi/AMD can breath life back into their video cards. That would be quad GPU crossfire gaming. We all best pray for good drivers...the drivers will be key.

Umm...I myself will probably have to upgrade to a bigger power supply too. The 550w isn't going to cut it if I go with these cards.

Madpistol · 01-15-08, 07:51 AM

We have to have pics and benches of the finished product. That's just crazy.

stncttr908 · 01-15-08, 08:11 AM

Where do you work, and can you get me a job there?

KasuCode · 01-15-08, 04:42 PM

This is more of a project then a build. I figured the 9650 will be one of the best cpus of 2008 so I might as well get it.

Anyways im thinking about a 3rd water loop for the north bridge mosfets and maybe memory. Just a small cheapo (but decent) loop.

And

Trying to decide on a touchscreen. I want the front of the case to be clean. Im going to take off all the drive covers and mesh it up with a touchscreen or normal lcd in the middle to display voltage and temps.

And I will be sure to take LOTS of pictures as I got myself a new camera. (nothing special)

Ill also take benchmarks between the x38 and P35 chipset with the Q9650 on water.

Stay tunned Ill be doing allot of updates as stuff starts showing up.

KasuCode · 01-16-08, 09:34 PM

Well I thought I would put my QX9650 in my P35 board to test things out but my board dosnt like it at all. Even after the bios update (which supports the chip) I get a stupid CMOS checksum bad error and must use defaults (being 6 milti 200mhz = 1200mhz

So waiting for the new board...

I did take one or two pics for ya tho.

Red = Old / Blue = New 12GB of RAM all togeather.

KasuCode · 01-18-08, 06:25 PM

My second water loop came today. I went with a 120.2 rad because I cant fit a 120.3 the way I want to do it. All im waiting on now is for the motherboard to get here and the 3870X2's to release.

Starting the display mount.

I cant find all my tools so thats as far as I got.

KasuCode · 01-25-08, 05:13 PM

Motherboard got here yesterday. Got all the water cooling togeather and installed almost everything.

THIS IS NOT FINISHED

I have allot of work to do yet to it. I am only showing what it looks like so far.

First up the new board pictures.

All my watercooling laid out.

CPU Block Installed.

KasuCode · 01-25-08, 05:34 PM

Starting to install the GPU water cooling so its ready when I get the 3870X2's

And the CPU coolin.

8Pin Mobo power wasnt long enough so I had to make it longer.

I have to make racks for the Harddrives and finish the front panel for my 5" LCD. Ive also got allot of other work to do with it. But this is how it sits in my room at the moment.

**bacon12** · 01-25-08, 05:50 PM

That is shore gonna be a pretty rig

01-25-08, 06:26 PM

Tis a thing of beauty for sure.

Bman212121 · 01-25-08, 11:54 PM

Wow, just Wow...

That is one awesome looking rig, I can't wait to see the final product.

**sammy sung** · 01-26-08, 03:21 AM

Thats looking pretty damn kickass code,awesome job sofar

01-15-08, 07:26 AM	#13
DRen72 Eastern Pipistrelle Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Cave Posts: 2,058	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC I've got my fingers crossed for the 3870X2 card. I sure hope ATi/AMD can breath life back into their video cards. That would be quad GPU crossfire gaming. We all best pray for good drivers...the drivers will be key. Umm...I myself will probably have to upgrade to a bigger power supply too. The 550w isn't going to cut it if I go with these cards. __________________ CPU: Intel i7 2600k Video: EVGA GTX 590 / 24" BenQ FP241WZ LCD Motherboard & RAM: ASRock P67 Extreme6 / 16GB DDR3 RAM Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 128GB SSD / Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB / Two Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB drives Optical Storage: Pioneer BDR-206DBKS Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi / Logitech Z-5500 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) Other: Antec P183 Case / Corsair AX-1200 Power Supply / Logitech G5 (v2.0) / Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Console: XBox 360 Elite

01-15-08, 07:51 AM	#14
Madpistol It's a wittle baby! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United States Posts: 4,554	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC We have to have pics and benches of the finished product. That's just crazy. __________________ http://bfbc2.statsverse.com/sig/deta...d%20Pistol.png MadPistol's Rig AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (RB-C3) @ 4Ghz, 1.425 Vcore, 1.25V NB VID Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme (w/ Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm fan) Gigabyte UD3H AM3 790GX motherboard XFX Radeon HD 5870 PNY XLR8 2x2GB CL8 DDR3 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws 2x2GB CL8 DDR3 1600 Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Titanium OCZ Vertex II 120GB SSD (OS drive) Western Digital 500GB Caviar (black) Western Digital 640GB Blue Samsung DVD burner Logitech MX performance mouse Logitech G15 keyboard Corsair HX 750-watt Modular PSU Antec Nine Hundred case Windows 7 Home Premium x64 ASUS MK241 24" LCD ACER X241W 24" LCD - RIP

01-15-08, 08:11 AM	#15
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC Where do you work, and can you get me a job there? __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

01-15-08, 04:42 PM	#16
KasuCode Wiley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 1,878	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC This is more of a project then a build. I figured the 9650 will be one of the best cpus of 2008 so I might as well get it. Anyways im thinking about a 3rd water loop for the north bridge mosfets and maybe memory. Just a small cheapo (but decent) loop. And Trying to decide on a touchscreen. I want the front of the case to be clean. Im going to take off all the drive covers and mesh it up with a touchscreen or normal lcd in the middle to display voltage and temps. And I will be sure to take LOTS of pictures as I got myself a new camera. (nothing special) Ill also take benchmarks between the x38 and P35 chipset with the Q9650 on water. Stay tunned Ill be doing allot of updates as stuff starts showing up. __________________ Check Out ~CrossWater~

01-16-08, 09:34 PM	#17
KasuCode Wiley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 1,878	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC Well I thought I would put my QX9650 in my P35 board to test things out but my board dosnt like it at all. Even after the bios update (which supports the chip) I get a stupid CMOS checksum bad error and must use defaults (being 6 milti 200mhz = 1200mhz So waiting for the new board... I did take one or two pics for ya tho. Red = Old / Blue = New 12GB of RAM all togeather. __________________ Check Out ~CrossWater~

01-18-08, 06:25 PM	#18
KasuCode Wiley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 1,878	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC My second water loop came today. I went with a 120.2 rad because I cant fit a 120.3 the way I want to do it. All im waiting on now is for the motherboard to get here and the 3870X2's to release. Starting the display mount. I cant find all my tools so thats as far as I got. __________________ Check Out ~CrossWater~

01-25-08, 05:13 PM	#19
KasuCode Wiley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 1,878	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC Motherboard got here yesterday. Got all the water cooling togeather and installed almost everything. THIS IS NOT FINISHED I have allot of work to do yet to it. I am only showing what it looks like so far. First up the new board pictures. All my watercooling laid out. CPU Block Installed. __________________ Check Out ~CrossWater~

01-25-08, 05:34 PM	#20
KasuCode Wiley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 1,878	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC Starting to install the GPU water cooling so its ready when I get the 3870X2's And the CPU coolin. 8Pin Mobo power wasnt long enough so I had to make it longer. I have to make racks for the Harddrives and finish the front panel for my 5" LCD. Ive also got allot of other work to do with it. But this is how it sits in my room at the moment. __________________ Check Out ~CrossWater~

01-25-08, 05:50 PM	#21
bacon12 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,536	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC That is shore gonna be a pretty rig

01-25-08, 06:26 PM	#22
grey_1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC Tis a thing of beauty for sure.

01-25-08, 11:54 PM	#23
Bman212121 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,726	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC Wow, just Wow... That is one awesome looking rig, I can't wait to see the final product.

01-26-08, 03:21 AM	#24
sammy sung Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 2,302	Re: Just ordered some of my DreamPC Thats looking pretty damn kickass code,awesome job sofar __________________ -=[Q9650@3.6GHZ \| Thermalright ultra 120 extreme \| Antec 1200 \|ASUS P5Q-PREMIUM\|MSI N580GTX Twin Frozr II\| Kingston Hyper X DDR2 1066 4GB]=-