Sprocket's New Home

[Super Dude]

Clocker,

Sprocket looks simple, yet unique and elegant, in her new home.I don't think the tubes look messy, it looks quite cool.I feel I have to comment on Sprocket's tempretures too, I think it's absolutely impressive.

But honestly, I think Sprocket had more of the sex appeal look in her previous CoolerMaster Centurion case.

All in all, you did a splendid job, Clocker.

[clocker]

Originally posted by Super Dude@18 June 2004 - 07:34


But honestly, I think Sprocket had more of the sex appeal look in her previous CoolerMaster Centurion case.

Housed in the Centurion case Sprocket was J-lo.
In the Gateway she is Catherine Hepburn.

Aging gracefully is an art.

[Virtualbody1234]

Yup. I agree that Catherine Hepburn is more appealing.

[lynx]

I see she's taken your chair again.

You really ought to get her something of her own to sit on.

A pedestal perhaps?

[clocker]

Although a pedestal would prolly be acceptable, sitting on my back is Sprocket's favorite perch.

[peat moss]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@18 June 2004 - 07:12
Yup. I agree that Catherine Hepburn is more appealing.

Hey its Katherine with a K you crazy canadians

[clocker]

Time for our weekly update.

The watercooling continued to work well, but I was never able to completely bleed the air from the system with the T-line I had installed.
Research revealed that I had two options available.
1.) An air trap...basically just a fancier version of a T-line installed in the return line, or...
2.) A reservoir.

The air trap seemed like the best solution, so off to Home Depot and the electrical dept. There are many molded ABS electrical boxes that work very well as watercooling accessories.
The appropriate items were purchased and about two hours later ( had to let the sealant set up) I had an air trap to call my very own.

It actually worked, too.

But, as usual, I saw room for improvement.
Back to Modding Central.
Perusing the aisles a whole new concept dawned upon me and that is what you see pictured here.

Looks very much like the picture from a few days ago, doesn't it?
Look a bit closer.
Yes, the radiator is now mounted outside the case...I figured I may as well remove that heatsource from the interior...but no, that's not the biggest change.

It's the pump enclosure.
Bigger.
The pump was modified to run submerged and now sits in the enclosure which does double duty as a reservoir and sound muffler.
It is self-bleeding and still silent.
I have read that the downside to a setup like this is that the heat from the pump is transferred to the water
Tough.
I can live with an extra degree or two in exchange for the ease of setup and clean installation.

Too soon to see if it really makes a difference to Sprocket.

I have noticed a weird temp related phenomonon the last few days.
I now believe my NF7-S is possessed.
I was doing some spring/summer cleaning/updating, which required some rebooting.
About every third boot, when I got back to the desktop, the temp was showing almost ten degrees lower than before.
And it would stay at this lower level until I booted again, then it would be back to normal ( @ 28-32c at idle).
No rhyme nor reason for this that I can tell, but she still sporadically does this.

Any rational explanations appreciated.

Later.

[kaiweiler]

Looks good clocker.
so you've finally given up on your quest with the SilentTower I see, good choice in my opinion
I was looking around a few shops and came accross a heatsink that made me immediatly think of you, it was the Aerocool Deep Impact DP-102, looks similar to the SilentTower really, just a little more copper
Not sure if you'd want to give it a try or not, but if you ever have an option of somehow obtaining one for extremely cheap or even free, let me know how it works!
As of now they are quite expensive though, about $60-$70 Canadian Dollars, the same price as the famous SP-97 from Thermalright.

But your setup is looking nice now, I like the use of larger fans. I'm trying to get rid of every fan under 80mm in my case, and even most of the 80mm are being replaced for bigger quieter ones as well.
Looks good though
What's your next move?

[lynx]

I had exactly the same temp variation with the mobo temp when I first got my Asus board, although a reboot was not necessary to trigger the change. It would be running along showing 16C, then minutes later it would jump to 24C, then later back down to 16C. Occasionally I would see 20C, but this was unusual. Once the temp reached 24C increases were steady.

I assume it is still doing it but the increased ambient temp is masking this. I'm guessing it is a design fault in the sensor chip. The chip is reported as Asus ASB100 but I feel sure it will be something else rebadged for Asus.

[clocker]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@25 June 2004 - 10:58

What's your next move?

Unfortunately K, up to this point no one has seen fit to shower me with free parts to test.
It would be nice though, wouldn't it?

Next move is to add the northbridge to the waterloop.
I have already ( this AM) gathered what I believe are the necessary hardware bits to do this.
As long as I have the case stripped down to install the waterblock I also want to fabricate a new mount for the HDD.
I have an idea, but won't know specifically how to implement it till the case is bare.
No too sure when I'll feel like doing this...feeling kinda lazy today...