bleucharm28
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MIPS = very good stuff. Their nickel plating is also quite good.
BP has issues with plating and cracking acrylic tops. Their cylinder reservoirs are very nice though.
Nice change with the color. As for the backplate, it's great, but I'd considering adding a cut metal logo/sign instead of having it etched on. After that, add some multicolor leds with a controller and you're set here IMO.
Does it have to be laser cut? There are various places with water jet cutters, motorcycle shops/builders etc.I agree it would be better - having difficulty sourcing a laser cutter that can cut a think metal sheet I'm working on it in the background though
If it's just a temp patch, go with the cheapest option.Now I'm not sure whether to:
- get two more sli connectors (I need this one)
- use two compression fittings instead
- get two of the bitspower crystal sli links to match better
What do you guys think?
I should probably go with the cheapest as I'm hoping monsoon free's new design will solve the problem for me.
I vote this one
Does it have to be laser cut? There are various places with water jet cutters, motorcycle shops/builders etc.
If it's just a temp patch, go with the cheapest option.
I would not recommend striping mechanical drives at this point.
Yes cheap 128/256gb SSDs striped on a high performance host provides sizzling performance at a fraction of the cost of a turn key enterprise solution.
Good choice on storage controller. Personally if I were buying a higher end Areca host I'd go for the newer 1882-ix series. It's a modest improvement over the 1880-ix but may be a bit more future proof in regards to SSDs.
Be careful with filled PCI-E slots. Hopefully you were using DI/distilled water. Any hardness in the water can/will leave behind mineral deposits. While when DRY these don't cause much harm they are slightly hygroscopic in nature. What this means is they will absorb moisture from the air and (particularly on humid days) they can alter the electrical characteristics of the slot to cause many a great headache down the road!
Best bet with any board that's received a dousing like that is to flush it out with 99% isopropyl alcohol.
I would not trust any block not using a metal hold down. Raystorm and the homebrew one pictured are such. With proper metal retainers you can crank down the mounts until they bottom out getting the best pressure (and temperatures under load!). With a flimsy acrylic/acetal/delrin hold down it will cry uncle long before optimal mount pressure between plate and CPU IHS is achieved. What good is that low flow/reduced restriction if the plate is not optimally mated with your CPU IHS???!
DR MIPS knows how to do it right!
Yes flow should not be a concern. If there is a lot of back pressure however things in front of said restriction will run under considerably higher pressure. (i.e. avoid acrylic tops on large chipset blocks!)
More information on the MIPS block is sketchy at this time actually. I'm curious as to how it performs. Currently the best block to get for performance and reliability would be EK HF copper.
Indigo Extreme, Coolaboratory Liquid, etc. are outstanding performers but can absolutely handle NO movement after reflow has completed or performance suffers greatly. Because of our environment such compounds are ruled out. (Computers are in constant motion here for days at a time and during rough weather they can receive quite a pounding!)
If you NEVER move your system (i.e. forget about lan parties, etc.) then it probably will work fine.
Nice items... good thing that you got that leak nailed down early though, that could have gotten nasty really quickly.
Very cool! Looks like fun.
can it run crysis?That thing makes even HAF X look like a mid case. Death Star quality.