Something interesting:
Oil is wicking along the inside of the display port cable for one of my monitors. It's wicking 6ft from the inside of the case to the display port input on the monitor itself. Interestingly, the other two monitors cables, which are DVI, are not experiencing this...
My brother is currently using a crappy old laptop to watch downloaded TV shows and such on his TV via S-video out. He is a student and as such does not have a lot of money, so he's still rocking an old CRT TV (even if he had the money, I doubt he'd spend it on an HDTV). Thus, the device would...
Here's some pics that I forgot I took. I snapped them before I installed the Indigo Extreme though, so the GTS250 is still there.
Slow shutter without the nasty flash using a tripod is really the way to capture the glow.
The temps I quoted are after full load for several hours. The oil temp is stabilized. flow rate from here: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=270J/s+*1cm^3+/.9g+*+1/(1.55K)+*+(K*g)/(1.966+J)+*.951gal/hr+/1cm^3/s+
I got a second data point for calculating the pump flow rate.
Properties of oil:
Specific gravity: 0.9 g/cm^3
Heat capacity: 1.966 J/(K*g)
Power draw of computer idle: 270 W = J/s
deltaT of oil In/Out: 1.55C
Power draw under load : 480W
deltaT of oil In/Out: 2.60C
(270 J)/s * (cm^3)/(.9 g) *...
Dammit I knew I was missing something.
Great news! Got the Indigo Extreme installed and made a few modifications to the GPUs. Temps are excellent now! Woohoo, I can actually use my computer for its intended purpose.
Following the very specific directions for the indigo extreme, I...
Thanks! It's been a frustrating journey.
My Indigo extreme kit came in this week. Been busy with senior level enginering courses, so I haven't had the chance to mess with it until today.
The problem is that the indigo extreme needs to be applied when the motherboard is flat. Seeing as...
Good news folk, I patched the leak in the top corner yesterday. I cleaned up the plexiglass with some paint thinner, let it dry, then applied silicone. I'm at uni now, but the plan is to refill the tank when I get home today
Also, I made little clips out of aluminum to hold my silicone caps for...
Cheers. I found a leak! (Not sure if it's the only one or not, so I didn't say 'the' leak). Up at the very top of a corner, the joint between the two sheets of acrylic is not 100% tight. It looks like the top 1.5" isn't quite sealed. I drained the tank to about 2/3 and I'm waiting for the oil to...
And now for some fun math. I think this is all correct, anyone recently take a heat transfer class? I wanted to figure out the flow rate of the oil
Properties of oil:
Specific gravity: 0.9 g/cm^3
Heat capacity: 1.966 J/(K*g)
Power draw of computer: 270 W = 270 J/s
deltaT of oil In/Out temp...
While those are both valid ideas, there is so much oil all over the god damn place that I don't think they'd help :(
Thanks! As you can see in this video, it is very quiet :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyBrYHmtEyo
Well, I think Rubycon needs to come to Ohio. I can't find the god damn leak on my case. The silicone "caps" on my sawed off T's are not leaking. The fittings and T's in the front of the case are not leaking. The left side radiator is not leaking. I don't think the bulkhead fittings on the bottom...
Lol, I should have taken your advice about the epoxy in place of the silicone. However, I took a quick look at those silicone plugs yesterday and both of them appeared to be intact. Must be leaking from some place else.... I need to remove one of the radiators to take a better look (pain in the...
Will definitely try to get a video up soon. However, it sprung a leak late last night (right before I went to bed) so I drained it. The tank is not leaking, and I doubt one of the fittings is leaking, so it's probably one of my temperature sensors or the bulkhead fittings. I won't be able take a...
Filling... (~3 gallons)
Filling... (~5 gallons)
Full! (~7.5 gallons)
Houston, we have liftoff!
Fan spinning slowly (~300rpm is my guess, no RPM sensor though)
Weeeeeee.
Installing Windows 7 at the moment. Can't wait to OC this behemoth. 270W idle power draw.
Worked on the case a bit more tonight but not as much as I had wanted. I really wanted to finish it today, but my electronics design lab is sucking hardcore, so I didn't get home until lateish.
I decided to dedicate a fan to circulate oil directly over the GPU heatsinks. Seeing as how there...
Thanks. I don't know the temps yet, I only let it run long enough to take a picture of the POST screen. There's no oil in it at the moment so I didn't want to leave it on for too long because the video cards don't have any active cooling.
Putting everything into the case.
I had to modify the bracket on the GTS250 on the end. It was a double height, now it's single height. :dremel:
Fired up the system for the first time. It has no active cooling so I only let it run long enough to see that it worked.
Excuse the poor cell...
That would be neat! However, I was under the impression that oil only degrades if there is arcing taking place. I certainly hope I don't have any arcing! Hehe.
Excuse the low quality pics, took them with my cell phone.
My motherboard is going to crowded.
Leak testing the tank! If...
So would you recommend spending $45 on new elbows with caps or just go with my current jobbie? I can easily remove the silicone from my PVC fittings and replace it with epoxy putty.
And I'm not sure my mental image of what you have in mind is what you're intending. Can you draw a diagram...
http://www.economyrubber.com/610-Brass-Compression-Male-Run-Tee/M/B001S57ZI6.htm something like this? And then buy a 1/2 NPT female threaded cap? (You have no idea how much work it was to find a male run tee that fits 5/8" tubing...)
Hm, would epoxy hold up in oil?
I got a GTS250 for "Free" with my MSI Big Bang mobo. I think I'll use it for PhysX in conjunction with my 2 ATI 5850's.
So it needs to be prepped :dremel:
Don't want these cheapo underpowered fans in my oil. Besides, they make the card take 3 slots instead...
I'm not dead! I've been trying to decide if I should attempt replacing the caps on my motherboard, or just get that MSI board with the hiC-caps. In the meantime, I've done a little work:
I bought new T's and chopped off one of the barbs. I inserted the temperature sensor and sealed it with...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.359725
MSI Big Bang Fuzion LGA 1156 Lucid Hydra Mobo: $359.99
MSI GTS 250 1Gb $139.99
Combo Discount: -$160
Rebate on GTS250: -$10
BCB: -$10
Total: $319.98 free shipping
So essentially you get a $140 video card for free and get $40 off the mobo...
I cleaned the oil off a CPU, graphics cards, heatsinks, wireless NIC and RAM using a combination of IPA and acetone. Then I washed them with really soapy water and dried them in the oven. Worked fine.
1.52V Vcore. Temps were from after hours of 100% load from folding@home on all 4 cores. I had a really bad Q6600, didn't OC for crap.
It had no TIM, what do you expect? hehe
Haha, I've done the same thing with a Barton 2500+. I unplugged the fan temporarily and then forgot about it. I...
~85C full load on a heavily overvolted/overclocked Q6600. I didn't put any TIM on because I was afraid it would dissolve into the oil. This go around, I plan on putting some TIM on and sealing it in with silicone.
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