Project <<| Black3d |>> | Update 14/04/207 | Completed final pics

Conroe Installed and running

Too tired to do a detailed post...but it's going well. Redone Water loop and installed Conroe

No problems so far at stock. Mobo ran fine with the 2gig of GSkill

One quick pic before bed...stock speeds remember and RAM running on Auto - muchas throttled

 

Quick Pics

Pics quickly More pics and detailed comments to follow tonight or tomorrow





The loop sticks out a bit unfortunately But I'm getting the eddie EK block soon so hopefully that would be better for routing. I can just put the case side on without one of the fans

We'll see...

 

Mm nice dude.
Super pi 21 was what i got stock as weel and on 3 other systems.
Crank that puppy to 3ghz and bring on the 17secs like i pulled on air today ( 23 while dual priming ).

 

I plan on going well past that 3GHz barrier for sure

 

Conroe in and clocked!

Thanks man

Max Stable OC 3.6GHz (400 x 9)



http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=111144



What I may run it t 24/7 is 3.375GHz (375 x 9)





http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=111180

Not bad

Here's t3h sex:









It's worth noting that there is still work to do on this. The eddie ek block is yet to go in and I have to sort out that hole where the fan was: it didn't fit on the case with the alphacool block so I'm hoping it will with the eddie...though not confident. I spose i could just make it into a nice window

 

simple yet effective nice work

and nice on the conroe, somone has lots of money

 

Thank you

And not a huge amount of money - I just tend to sell my old setups and get new stuff

 

Soz about the lack of updates. Been busy with review and stuff.

I have some new RAM and a new chipset cooler but I also managed to break a CCFL

Awaiting stock as AC Ryan is the only make I'll have

I'm moving soon so hopefully I'll have some time to get some work done then

 

Update finally!

Right update. Pics don't do this justice as it looks very nice in real life.

Not fiddled properley with the mobo yet but it installed Windows fine. The temps are a bit high on the CPU but I think I need to adjust the fixings a bit.

Added some drive bay stealthing and still lots more stuff to do like doing the floor in carbon fibre and some more black alu inside but it's looking good so far imo

New hole cut in mobo for cabling:



Dremeled that up as well as some more alu to cover the drive bays





There's a couple of scratche that I can polish out (this is my workhorse PC after all), but it's very nice shape apart from that, despite these terrible pics

Quick UV view:







Current hardware is:

Core2Duo E6600
DFI RD600 motherboard
2 x 1gb Mushkin HP2 6400
MSI 8800GTX 768mb
OCZ Gamextream 850w
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160
2 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K80's (in RAID 0, not installed yet)
Sound Blaster X-Fi fatal1ty edition with breakout
Crystalfontz LCD drive bay screen
Pioneer DVD-RW

Custom Water Cooling:

Swiftech Apogee CPU Block
Laing D5 Pump
Aquacomputers EVO 360 RAD
5 x 120mm SilenX High Performance fans

 

have you had any issues with the R600 temps then ??

 

Well I'll post up some pics of the mess DFI made of the NB later on, but yes they're pretty high (50°C idle stock) even with that SilenX fan I have on the NB. An alternate cooler is being sourced right now

 

good work there, I see you have an ICFX3200, yeah the paste isn't really nice, should change it before the first post, and a HR-05 would be very nice because you're watercooling
I'm still waiting on my ICFX3200...
please post the temps here too

 

Aye it didn't even get booted without changing the TIM on the NB and SB.

Need to reseat my Apogee then I'll post some temps

 

nice, I like your style

 

Some people wanted to see what the NB looked like before I cleaned it up:

I used plenty of tissues at first as there was so much, then some TIM and a clean cloth when it got to reasonable levels.

 

About time for an update!

Right then big bundle of stuff from my good friends at SpecialTech



I did manage to forget to ask them for Green UV Dye tho

My X-Fi card had an IDE like wire but I had to make it better



I got the CF off of eBay. The bloke cuts it to size for you. High-quality automotive Carbon Fibre





Got the insides fairly sorted. Damn annoying that the nice short IDE cable ST got me wasn't quite long enough to fit Still the lil green Sata cable was

The OCZ cooler didn't fit either due to the board having the RAM slots in a weird place. Getting tempted to use my 680i board in my main PC...

Here's the finished insides:



Not too bad imo.

Fitted wheels to the old girl and put the cathode switch out of the bottom of the case so I can turn em off easier:

 

Final Update - completed

Right not doing anything more to her so here she is. Got a few scratches and scrapes on but that's cause I haul it around a lot

Full Build Thread Click Here

Specs:
Case: Lian Li PC71B
CPU: Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3400Mhz (24/7)
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty iCFX3200
RAM: Mushkin XP2 6400 @ 800MHz 3-4-3-10
GPU: MSI 8800GTX 768mb
Sound: Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS edition
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K160
Optical: Pioneer DVR111BK
PSU: OCZ GameXstream 850w
LCD Bay: Crystalfontz CFA 635
Screen: Dell 2405FPW
Input: Logitech G5 + Saitek Eclipse II

Watercooling:
Swiftech Apogee GT CPU Waterblock
Laing D5 Pump
Aquacomputer Evo 360 RAD + Grill
ClearFlex 1/2" ID tubing
DangerDen Clear Bay Res
Zerex racing Coolant
Green UV Additive

Additional Cooling:
NorthBridge: Thermalright HR-05 + SilenX 80mm fan
3 x SilenX 35mm 14dba Fans (rad)
2 x SilenX 25mm 14dba Fans (case side)

The front:



The side - too many scratches



view of the front and side



View of the top as well



The insides (ignore the fan wires at the top they're tidied away)



A little detail on the CPU and NB area



Detail on the PWM area



The Carbon:



Wheels



Some UV action

Front bay res and LCD



Side with the "smoked" window and fans



All lit up - looks better in real life but I did the best shot I could





Gratuitous Desk Picture:



Been a long project and would have been better done all together but never mind

Big Thanks go out to SpecialTech for all the help with the Project bits and bobs - GJ Guys

Now to start the next one

 

nice works

 

Thanks dude

I forgot this pic when I edited the post:

 

use a 1/8 inch drill bit, go right through the rivets