Your PC ATM

[SirKeldon]

Originally Posted by ALMOSTunseen

Just a quick Question, do 90 degree fittings affect flow much?

This is the eternal question, theoretically they affect flow, though it all, many people treat them as "demons" based on urban myths mostly: "they're cutting it down to 50%" or others. The only way to get it tested it's to use a flow meter, cause the flow is affected for a lot of things, not just the elbows, also the loop distance and curves (or kinks), the loop fluid (density and viscosity) as well as the position of water elements as blocks or radiators. Once said that, of course 90 degree elbows are gonna affect flow but the amount of it it's gonna change from one loop to another. There are math and physic formulas that can help you with that but the easiest one is to measure it by yourself in your specific system.

In my personal one, i can see how fast the liquid is moving (using Mayhem Aurora fluid) and as far as i can see, the shortness of my circuit, the fact that no tube is kinked and a powerful pump is giving me almost the same speeds on every part of the loop w/o noticeable flow restrictions.

Also you can find 90 degree rotary elbows which are carrying a 45º inside as some Bitspower fittings.

Originally Posted by Krazy Owl

90 degrees are always more restrictives. They are generally used for two main reason:

First: When the access is limited so you have to install that 90 elbow.

Second: When you need to slow down the flow at a critical point in a water or any hydraulic system.

Yeah, i'm using them in two critic and very limited points of my circuit: the return from radiator to reservoir which will cause a curve between these elements and will disturb the res-pump tube and could move the position of my radiator, also the pump-block connection, which i decided to make it straight to allow more air to pass through the MB and the plate of the GFX. It was just to maximize the free space to maintain the circuit in case any emergency happens and also some fresh inners.

[Random Murderer]

Originally Posted by SirKeldon

Almost a year passed since this and this

I had to leave that beautiful project it in its very first stage due to work. Many things were missing: the power cable was not hooked up, element disposition was not deeply thought and nothing was permanently attached or well fixed. Fortunately i had time these few last days and i wanted to upgrade the beta version to 1.0 ... and it was kinda successful.

Had a time thinking about the hard drives position (now i'm running two) and its best spot for heat dissipation w/o compromising anything else. I also measured a lot of the internals to suit the original power button and led that i had along with a new Swiftech MCR-220XP and Micro-Res v2. Got some new 1/4" auto-fittings and 2x60mm fans that i placed under the rad to keep it higher than the deposit. To replace my old blue neons i got one Phobya LED Stripe (white color) and i paired it with a switch profiting one of the original holes of the case. To beautify the top part and hide the PSU as well as the CD and some cables i cutted the original G5 cpu covers and give it a lil bit of Mac Pro top-style.

Enough talking, let's go to the pictures

This is the look of the lil beast closed
http://img.techpowerup.org/121220/Closed.jpg

Power button and led (detail)
http://img.techpowerup.org/121220/PowerButtonDetail.jpg

Deposit + Radiator + Pump (detail)
http://img.techpowerup.org/121220/DepositRadPump766.jpg

HD + CPU Block + GFX + Rear fans + LED Stripe (detail)
http://img.techpowerup.org/121220/HD...earFans252.jpg

General view without the door
http://img.techpowerup.org/121220/GeneralView.jpg

And a shot of the temps (don't trust the voltages, their readings are wrong)
http://img.techpowerup.org/121220/Temps.png

Hope you like it!

PS: I needed to get it done in case the world ends today :P

Best. Mac. Ever.

[Krazy Owl]

Originally Posted by ALMOSTunseen

Just a quick Question, do 90 degree fittings affect flow much?

Think of the flow like a wood pencil. The middle part and the outer part.

The center of the flow is theorically almost the same and the outside flow too when in a straight line.
When it comes to curves even the smallest, the outer flow change direction producing a chain reaction by making impact with the central flow.
The more the speed of the external flow the more swirls it may create when making impact with the tubes and fittings affecting at the same time even more the straight center flow.

Physics is so wide that it needs calculation to know if these swirls accentuate or decrease the flow speed.

Clear enough ?

[Techtu]

[Morgoth]

i just bought 24gb ram 4gb modules ECC registred 1333mhz kingstone for 50 euro

[PHaS3]

Haven't posted pics of my PC since the GTX 680 came along, so I thought it was time

[MxPhenom 216]

Can't wait for next january/february to post pictures of my new computer project im planning for my cuirrent rig. It involves Switch 810 and carbon fiber.

Originally Posted by cadaveca

I still have to test those for low-volt, so I am not sure. I do know that the Platinum sticks are not as flexible with subtimings as these sticks are. I can tweak subtimings on these and get way more performance out of these than the Corsair sticks.

I think I've found the limit of my IMC, so that made me look at low-volt. These G.Skill sticks use a different IC than the Platinum sticks, and I think the C11 2666 Platinums have the same IC as these G.Skill ones do.

Now play with 9-11-10-28 @ 1.5 V, 2133 MHz. You cannot find sticks with htose timings at 1.5 V..all the sticks with those timings use 1.65V. I'm really enjoying playing with these.


I'm also compiling info for a memory OC guide. I have a couple of boards to get done, this memory kit, and then I'll post the clocking guide.

If only the tridents looked as good as the dominator platinums.

[arnoo1]

just benched my pc with my new rig
gpu is a Gigabyte gtx670 Windforce 3x @1080/1267/6412(core/boost/mem)
cpu @ stock

[Sliver Victor]

[gerard.canada]

My Fractal Core 1000

1st Place Best in Looks "SFF Category" - Games and Gadgets Expo 2012 (Davao City - Philippines)

(sorry for the phone cam)


(sorry for the phone cam)

[SirKeldon]

Originally Posted by Sliver Victor

http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/...psd591af3d.jpg

http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/...ps160ba2ed.jpg

I like the Cyborg mouses, and though i have friends that love them ... when I tested it briefly in some shops felt it kinda bulky and "annoying" while i was dragging it around due to feeling the space gaps with my palms (i tend to rest all the hand on the mouse) ... so i'm really in doubt, from your experience, once you set it up well, is it really comfortable as other ergonomic mouses as Logitech G700 or Razer Mamba?

Btw, what are your system specs?

PS: I had the exact same Allsop mat as you, even the colour

Originally Posted by gerard.canada

My Fractal Core 1000

1st Place Best in Looks "SFF Category" - Games and Gadgets Expo 2012 (Davao City - Philippines)

(sorry for the phone cam)
http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1192616/

(sorry for the phone cam)
http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1192617/

http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1192618/

http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1192619/

Nice outter views and congrats for the prize!!! what about the inner? Do you have some pics to show us? I'll be glad to see them =)

[lZKoce]

Originally Posted by PHaS3

Haven't posted pics of my PC since the GTX 680 came along, so I thought it was time

Orange dust? Are you living in the desert? . Nice rig though, awesome angle for the shots, it makes it look may cooler

[WebsterXC]

Hey everyone! I'm new to this forum, but I've been a member at OCN for a good while now. Came here for the classifieds, and I plan on staying

Here are some pictures of my rig: it's an ACU Camo theme that's almost finished. I just need to fabricate a top and front piece. The case started as a Cooler Master Cosmos S.

[PHaS3]

Originally Posted by lZKoce

Orange dust? Are you living in the desert? . Nice rig though, awesome angle for the shots, it makes it look may cooler

Haha, no I live near a freeway, so I get a lot of break-pad dust here. Moving soon though so that shouldn't be a hassle for much longer. That dust in those shots was from 1 week - cleaned out the whole PC about a week back

A good friend of mine took the shots with his shiny new Canon camera, so he went mad with the angles Thanks man

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Case+cooler for xmas. Ended up taking the new H60's fan out. Really bad sound signature.

[[Ion]]

No pictures yet, but I'm picking up a new GPU for my ITX setup

[Random Murderer]

Originally Posted by LAN_deRf_HA

Case+cooler for xmas. Ended up taking the new H60's fan out. Really bad sound signature.

http://img.techpowerup.org/121226/P1010816b.jpg

System looks great, that's some fine cable management you did!
How'd you like the new mounting system for the Corsair cooler?
I found it relatively painless. I say relatively because I had to remove the X-Socket and put the original LGA2011 backplate on, and that was a PITA, but the actual Corsair mounting system in and of itself was pretty easy to install.

[LAN_deRf_HA]

I like the mount. The backplate works better now that they ditched 775. Before you had to keep sliding the pegs around until you could get it to fit your socket, now it's just 1155 or 2011 so you either slide them all the way out or slide them all the way in.

[Arrakis+9]

ordering this tomorrow bonus points if you can guess what im going to do with the LED's

[TriggerWolf]

Originally Posted by Arrakis+9

ordering this tomorrow bonus points if you can guess what im going to do with the LED's

/snip

Place them around the fan?

[ALMOSTunseen]

Originally Posted by Arrakis+9

ordering this tomorrow bonus points if you can guess what im going to do with the LED's

http://img.techpowerup.org/121226/parts.jpg

Well guessing by your tabs open, your wiring them in up in series/parallel in your case! Don't know how 4chan helps though.....

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Originally Posted by Arrakis+9

ordering this tomorrow bonus points if you can guess what im going to do with the LED's

http://img.techpowerup.org/121226/parts.jpg

I would say in the fans also.

[GamerGuy]

Some shots of my rigs -
<- Main rig, in profile


The pic above was before I'd swapped out the HX1050 for the X-1250


CM Storm Trigger Cherry MX Red KB + Tt Level 10M mouse

2nd rig:
FX8120 + CM Hyper 412Slim + Corsair SP Performance fan/Asus Crosshair V Formula/8GB OCZ DDR3 1600mhz RAM/2x GTX670 2GB SLi/Corsair ForceGT 128GB SSD (OS)/2TB Hitachi Deskstar + 2x 500GB WDC Blue (Storage)/Corsair HX1050/Thermaltake Commander MS-II chassis/64bit Win7 Pro SP1


The pic above was before I'd swapped out the Seasonic SS-850AT PSU for the HX1050, other than that, the rest is unchanged.

Here's my 3rd rig:
C2Q X9650/Asus Maximus II Formula?4GB KHX DDR2 PC8500/Sapphire HD6990/Auzen X-Fi Forte 7.1/SilverStone OP1000/Sharkoon T28 chassis/64bit Win7 HP SP1

[MxPhenom 216]

Originally Posted by WebsterXC

Hey everyone! I'm new to this forum, but I've been a member at OCN for a good while now. Came here for the classifieds, and I plan on staying

Here are some pictures of my rig: it's an ACU Camo theme that's almost finished. I just need to fabricate a top and front piece. The case started as a Cooler Master Cosmos S.

http://www.overclock.net/content/typ...350/height/700
http://www.overclock.net/content/typ...350/height/700
http://www.overclock.net/content/typ...350/height/700
http://www.overclock.net/content/typ...350/height/700
http://www.overclock.net/content/typ...350/height/700

Is that milk or eggnog as your coolant?

[ViperXTR]

crappy night time pic >.<