Project :: Moondust :: Update 16/09/05

Thanks for the comments zr_ox, really appreciated I've been looking for a Sunbeam for a while and I came across the Vantec in the FS Forums Basically, i'll probably run the fans at full speed, noise doesn't really bother me. I'll get those pictures of cutting the panels up ASAP, sit tight peeps
Thanks again to Paul for sponsoring me that stuff, it's appreciated and has saved my pocket money for another week

 

i love teh cpu block! very pretty.

 

Thanks I'll be doing that with the Maze4 Chipset block i have on the way aswell

 

Looking good mate. Hadn't seen this till now! Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

Not bad and your only 15!!Cocky: I admire your bravery and patients , I am in the process of buying a danger den kit, what I do like is that led in the gpu ,can you do this to the cpu cooler block to? So do you have to drill a small hole in it to fit? how do u supply power to the LED?

 

any updates soon ? You know we are dying to see the progress! hurry up mate

 

Ty It was the CPU block that i drilled an LED hole for, I soldered up an LED with a 480ohm resistor to a 12V molex, that's where it gets its power from

 

did you try it without drilling the hole? Just worried about cracking ect...

 

It's fine, don't worry. The construction of the block is hard to explain, the lucite is only for the inlet/ outlet holes. This will probably show you, the Maze3 is basically the same apart from the overall shape of the block I'll be leak testing for a full 24 hours before adding any hardware so there's no cause for concern Thanks anyway

 

v nice leeum, so can you fit an led that changes colours i spose u can lol koool, could u post a pic of the led connected to a molex please that would be great

 

It doesn't show much because it's sleeved, hope it helps I may have an update this afternoon, if not it will be next week for definate

 

ah kool nice work, so you just soldered the wires from the led to the molex and put a 480ohm resistor in ther kool

 

Here’s my attempt of an update.



I put the pump and radiator into the case for a test setup, I only put one fan on the radiator to make sure the tubing cleared it without any problems. The placement of the pump has worked out quite well; any heat generated will be cooled by the two fans behind it. Also see the small strip of neoprene under the pump; this should take care of any vibrations.



I then cut a length of Tygon between the pump outlet and radiator.



Since then my sponsorship goods arrived from Paul @ WaterCoolingShop.com, a big shout to him! The items he sponsored me are 2x 120mm fan grills, an LCD display, some tubing (I seem to be accumulating a lot of the stuff ) and a dual UV CCFL kit.



Here’s a closer look at the LCD screen. It’s the 20x4 Blue backlight and white text model



It’s been happily sitting on my desk while I’ve reviewing it. Here it is running LCDSmartie.



As far as mounting it goes, while planning the project I always had it planned that I’d mount it in the two floppy bays; as I love them due to the radiator it seems the best option. Here’s a picture of the unit placed above for a size comparison.



Better picture, should fit nicely in there



Here it is behind the floppy bays when they’re removed. The plan is to cut the floppy bay covers to accommodate the screen, I will then cut a polished aluminium bezel to be placed over the top which will hide the cut in the bays and will hold the LCD in place using 4 bolts. The same applies to the fan controller; I hope to start this over the weekend.



I also attached the 120mm fan grills to the radiator fans; personally I think they look much better.



From another angle I have work experience in roughly a months time so all systems go on making as much progress as possible.

 

Updates?

 

Give me a few days

 

What about "nope!"?

 

looken sweet

 

No comments other than the one you've seen a lot, WOW. I want to suscribe (which I am :> )

 

Just a bump to say i'm still here and working on the project I will have an update as soon as the bolts have arrived from Inox Fasteners and i've found some wire fan grills Also, my host is now back up after a few days downtime

 

Looking good mate, love the fans, very..........bling