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Wow, I shoulda poked my head in here earlier...

Looking pretty slick so far man!

 

 

Next best part? I can actually view the pics at work!! Looking forward to the updates.

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Yea, they are coming. I have all the pics, its just prepping them, uploading, and writing the posts.

 

I have been trying and trying, but stuff keeps coming up that delays it :( like the 41 hours of work this weekend (friday to sunday...well, monday morning).....oh well, when the cheque comes in, i will be able to afford more toys :P

 

Soon, i promise

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Yea, they are coming. I have all the pics, its just prepping them, uploading, and writing the posts.

 

I have been trying and trying, but stuff keeps coming up that delays it :( like the 41 hours of work this weekend (friday to sunday...well, monday morning).....oh well, when the cheque comes in, i will be able to afford more toys :P

 

Soon, i promise

could be worse... I've done 26+hr days for free because i already had my 80

doing long butt days with no OT is the worst

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I feel for you guys! Been there, done that, got the T-shirt!

 

I used to do those kinda hours on "salary" - 0 O/T! That sucked, especially when the phone rang at 3AM!

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Again, I apologize for it taking so long for an update. Work has been quite hectic and seeing that i spend a lot of time manipulating images at work, the last thing that was on my mind when i get home is to continue doing just that, lol. But...on with the show!

 

Here is where i attached the CPU block. It is quite a simple procedure so i will just add the pictures and you can follow along as you scroll.

 

cpu_parts~0.jpg

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cpu_parts_close~0.jpg

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cpu01~0.jpg

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cpu02~0.jpg

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cpu10~0.jpg

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After having the block mounted, i took it apart again to check contact.

 

footprint_block~0.jpg

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footprint_cpu~0.jpg

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I was happy with that, so i put it all back together afterwards :)

 

More in a few, just uploading more pics.

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For this one also, i will let the pictures do the talking :)

 

GPU01.jpg

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GPU02.jpg

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GPU03.jpg

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GPU05.jpg

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GPU10.jpg

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Hmmmmm...I never even thought about this before hand. The ramsinks are waaaaay too tall. They sell low-profile versions of these, but i dont even think they would fit.

GPU11.jpg

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Oh well, lets bust out the sidecutters :)

GPU14.jpg

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Finally with the 3 ramsinks neutered

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ghetto03~0.jpg

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Taaa-Daaa :D

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There are the only 2 things that i did to my case to aid with the fitting of the equipment. I was going to cut a few holes in the motherboard tray to route cables, but opted against it in a spur of the moment decision. I may do it further down the road, but the cables didnt end up in the way so im not too worried.

 

My templates for the holes and the cutout

casemod01.jpg

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Taped off and ready to cut

rad_cutout.jpg

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Holes drilled and case cut

cut01.jpg

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Tape removed

casemod03.jpg

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casemod02.jpg

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Ummm yea. I'm sure you can tell from that last picture that things are a little crooked. This is what you get for not properly taking your time. The holes werent too far off so i just had to drill them out with a bit 1 size bigger.

 

The harddrive cage taped up and marked

casemod04.jpg

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Pump placement

casemod05.jpg

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Pump mounted (top)

casemod06.jpg

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Pump mounted (bottom)

casemod07.jpg

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The pump came with a foam padding attached to the bottom (I am unsure if they all do, or if it was from the previous owner) and i decided to use thick rubber washers on the top and bottom to minimize any vibrations.

 

 

I think thats about it other than assembly. I only had 2 hands and was very eager to get things together, so i dont have a whole lot of pictures of that process. I will see what i have and post them up soon though.

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It is done, its just the log that is laggin behind.

 

The last few times i have hopped on vent, you must have been playing with your wii-wii or something :P

 

But yea, im leaving work pretty much right now so if your around, lets blast some stuff (space baddies or terrorists :) )

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