Mod’n Roll 2012: The Theory of Everything.

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Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

Is that an insulating panel?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean?

Dot_Kappa ha scritto:

Oh Man, I fall in love with the I/O plate

Thank you very much!

tom1 ha scritto:

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You can't rush awesomeness! :2funny:

(And you can't fix stupid either! :asd: )

Small update.

I've been busy elsewhere, and haven't had the opportunity to get any real progress.

The guy who's doing most of the electronics have less than a month left to finish his ph.d. thesis so he's been pretty caught up in that.

Although I tried to reason with him he still thinks that's more important than this!? (joke, he actually asked if he needed to finish it up, or if it could wait a month. I decided to cut him some slac )

It's almost done though, here's what we got so far:

The scematics:

The print:

And the whole damn thing:

Apparently there was a bit of work in it... So much work for such a little detail! :lol:

But I havn't been lazy at all!

Since I knew I would not finish this in time for my gf's birthday, I had to think of something else. I recalled she talked about always wishing for an R/C car when she was a kid, but never got one.

Now I'm no stranger to that type of thing, and I decided to pull my stuff out of the basement and build her one of my old parts. I have one rolling car, and 3 others for parts. It's the cheapo HBX cars, but they are quite good for starting up (She said that if she didn't get the pc, the gift could not cost more than $1) Even with all the parts I had, I still went a little over budget, but don't tell her! :lol:

After painting, but before fixing around the windows:

Bling bling:

She frikkin loves that thing! The perfect gift from the perfect boyfriend! :naughty:

That's it for now. I was hoping to get further the next couple of days, but we need to clear out the entire workshop to have the floors redone.

So it's be a week or 2... Have faith my friends, it will get done! Now the deadline is June 20th (ish) can't remember the exact date of her last exam.

Angel OD

Yet another small update.

I've had a 1/4" tap and a guide in my jacket-pocket for ages, and decided it was time! :lol:

The thread in the rads were a bit dirty, so I couldn't get the inserts in.

I filled the radiators with demineralized water (yeah, we have it on tap at work :rock: ) To make sure that the dirt could be rinsed out by putting the rad upside down.

Teflon tape on the inserts. The rule of thumb I learned was to give it 7 turns. It may seem like a lot, but it never fails.

Inserted:

Next thing is to mount these 4 fittings on the pumps. I'm not 100% sure, but I think I'll cut the plastic inlets/oulets and make an M8x0,5 fine thread. It seems like the best idea with regards to the thickness of the plastic and diameter of the fittings.

Also I need to make an angle bracket for the 2 pumps. Hopefully I'll get these things done soon!

tom1

hohoho , two pumps

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

hohoho , two pumps

Yup!

I got a good deal on those pumps, so unfortunately it means that I'm not going to be making my own this time...

2 pumps are neccesary for 2 reasons:

1. I really want both red and blue liquid in the system.

2. The waterblock I made for the CPU is really bad for flow, so I'm not sure there would be enough pressure to do both CPU, NB and GFX.

But there is no doubt that it's an expensive sollution. I now have 2 of those pumps for that pc, and 2 more for my own setup. That's like 400 Euro worth of pumps in my appartment! :lol:

tom1

ahhaha or right. And about 2.000 dollar in rig

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

ahhaha or right. And about 2.000 dollar in rig

Heh... Honestly, I have no idea how much money I have put into computers, the Wii, and my PS3... And I actually don't want to know! :lol:

I just did a quick calculation, and there is around $4-500 in my girlfriends case and 80-120 hours of work... And that is without hardware! So I guess this kind of proves that modding is not about the money, but about the love!

tom1

but about the love!

of course

Modding = Soul

One1ros

Angel OD ha scritto:

1. I really want both red and blue liquid in the system.

Why?

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

of course
Modding = Soul

One1ros ha scritto:

Why?

Why not? I have red and blue fans, I have red and blue LED's and I also want red and blue water.

Small update:

Finally got around to making another thread in an angle fitting so the CPU block is now completely done!

Also as you see, I made the first pump top. Don't really care about looks and acrylic tops as they will be hidden. But it actually looks pretty cool!

That's it for now. I'm ready to go on, so the updates should be coming at a steady flow from now on.

One1ros

I like it!

Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

I like it!

Thanks a lot man!

Yet another very small update:

I made a bracket to hold the pumps today. It seems like it's going to fit it pretty well, but time will tell.

I guess the next thing is to go head on with the dvd-drive. Mounting the drive, the peripherals, and all that stuff.

tom1

want to use two swiftech to match a sanso ?

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

want to use two swiftech to match a sanso ?

I just googled the sanso... Damn that thing is bad!

But since I need 2 loops, I need 2 pumps!

tom1

yes is the queen and beast of the pumps

Angel OD

Progress time.

I got started on the top for the dvd-drive. Lexan part setup in the mill:

Lexan done, and I also milled the piece I had left over from cutting out the top of the case:

Put together:

Test fit in the case:

Top in:

Now that could have been a lot worse!

The position of the dvd-drive:

With the top:

Now I have to get everything put together, it should be somewhat easy now that I have all the parts.

Until next time!

One1ros

The optical drive bay is fantastic!

How does the mechanism work?

Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

The optical drive bay is fantastic!
How does the mechanism work?

Thanks man!

How it works, you will find out later.

Angel OD

Damn... Things always take more time than you imagine them, don't they?

I was hoping to get a lot further today than I did, but there are only so many hours in a day!

Here's what I got for you:

I had to mill a small channel in the lexan top to make room for the slimline adapter for the dvd:

I also found a hinge that worked great, with almost no play. I know it's brass, but it'll be painted white. Mounted on the lexan top:

Milled a piece of aluminum that I glued onto the back of the dvd drive, to mount on the hinge:

Spent 15 minutes removing the damn label on top of the drive:

In my happiness of everything going great, I completely forgot one important thing: When the top pivots around the hinge it moves up AND back at the same time. At this point I had glued the drive to the white top, and since there was no way I was trying to take it off, I had to figure out somehow to remove 0.5 mm off of the back edge:

It worked perfectly, but the height of the drive is a bit off. It sticks out around 0.7 mm. Gonna get that fixed tomorrow.

Here you see the back. No way around the 0.6-0.7 mm gap:

In the up position:

That's it for today. I should get the last small querks fixed tomorrow, and then get started on the part that holds the mechanical part that will lift the drive.

One1ros

What a perfectionist!