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    Where to find a Supermicro X9SCL+-F ??

    Anyone know where to find the "+" version of Supermicro X9SCL+-F motherboard?: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C202_C204/X9SCL_-F.cfm
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Those heatpipes are just copper tubes with a few drops of coolant inside and sealed in a vacuum. Nothing too dangerous with cutting them I don't think. At least luckily, I was not harmed in the processes. By the way, I have some more pics of the waterblock that I installed on the RAID card. Why...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments. Good suggestion. Luckily, those heatsinks should have pretty good airflow coming from the 120mm hard drive fan just adjacent to them. The card is pretty long and it should fit in close with that fan. Here's a view with the previous card installed...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    To fit mosfet heatsinks onto the card, I needed to trim the heatsink base in a few places... And a few places on the underside as well... Here is the heatsink and base all cleaned up and ready to install... Next step was to mount the mostfet heatsinks... These thermal pads came...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Modding the cover so that it misses the south bridge cooler presented an interesting challenge. This issue also arose during the original build of this project pictured here: Basically, the block will need to be moved to the left and rotated so that the two barbs line up parallel to the PCI-E...
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    Getting feet \/\/et - H20 Antec P180 - What you're about to see may disturb you :)

    Woah! When you said "may disturb you" you weren't kidding! I was doing OK until I got to this one: Crazy but awesome! I am interested in seeing your temps. Interesting use of plenums. Please comment on your fan noise. Nice work!
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    It turns out that watercooling this GTX260 wasn't going to be as easy as I first thought. Mounting a Swiftech waterblock on the GPU should not be a problem, but there doesn't seem to be an off-the-shelf heatsink available to cool the rest of this version 2 card. As you can see in this pic, the...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    After tearing everything down, I was pretty surprised at the condition of the CPU block after three years of use. There is only a few bits of gunk and no corrosion... The next thing to do is water cool the GPU. I picked up a Swiftech MCW60-R2 waterblock for the GPU and a GTX200 heatsink for...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Yeah, I know. This project is a relic! I usually upgrade every year or so, but since 2007, two additions to the family plus other events have slowed me down a bit in this department. ;) I'm planning a new project on all new hardware later this year though (sometime after the home theater...
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    Thanks Oldie!

    Thanks Oldie!
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    Oldie, I was wondering if you could change the title of a worklog to "Project: TYPHOON...

    Oldie, I was wondering if you could change the title of a worklog to "Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**" The thread is here: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1177022 Thanks! Jon
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    2010 REBUILD Hello! I'm back with an update to this project that started three years ago already! TYPHOON has been working great as my everyday workstation, but it's time for a rebuilt to fix a few issues and to give it a thorough cleaning. This hardware is pretty dated now, but I really can't...
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    Project: Rogue (NZXT SFF)

    Great! Thanks for the mini-review. You're right, those are hard to find. That was a good deal at frozen. Hopefully one will come again. Anyway, I'll keep watching your progress. That's going to be one sweet rig! :)
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    Project: Rogue (NZXT SFF)

    Hi Craig, awesome project as usual from you. I'm curious to know if your Sanyo fans put off any sort of growling like my panaflos do when running at about half-speed. I have two 120x38mm pannys (like here) connected to a sunbeam fan controller and when the knob is set anywhere past about...
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    LoFi version of the forums?

    Cool, I just learned how to save my entire worklog in one click from the LoFi version. Nice!
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    maicoX - Projekt V2 (NOT FOR MODEM USER!!!)

    Stunned and speechless! :eek::eek::eek::eek: Amazing!
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    nlancaster and Nicepants42, thanks for the suggestions about the core temps. These temps are definately higher than what I'm used to with the Opteron 165, which never broke 48C, and that's even overclocked to 2.8GHz! But of course I don't know if that's a true core reading or not. From what I...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Stu55, thank you very much! :) I'm quite happy with the way it turned out. I used "slipstream" but I think the drivers are more like "integrated". With the drivers integrated into the install CD, there's no longer the need to press F6 at the beginning of XP setup in order to add the RAID...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Update: Benchmarks and Overclocks Setting up the Typhoon went very smooth. I used nLite 1.4b to slipstream the Areca RAID drivers into XP SP2 64-bit edition, which installed without a hitch. Here's a pic of Typhoon along side my other Opteron 165 rig (@2.8GHz) built with the good'old Chenbro...
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    Project L.O.S.I.A.S. Modified Sugo (LCD,TEC, and SLI)

    Wow, great idea using a PCI extender for your x-fi card. That rig is simply incredible. Btw, I think a black permanent marker like a sharpie may also work to blacken out the cable. Anyway, I can't wait to see your next update...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    nlancaster, I've got a feeling it will ;). I look forward to your updates. :) Emission, I'll watch out for it - sounds interesting! Nicepants42, sweet looking rig you've got there. I don't think I would've guessed it was 62lbs, so I think my 68lbs isn't all that much then :confused:. Somebody...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Citizen86, thank you! :) Nicepants42, thanks for the tip! :) And also your concern about the pump running dry. Oneil is right though, this thing weighs in at 68lbs! :eek: That's why I improvised a way to purge the air out without having to flip it. Also toggled the old psu that was powering the...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Thanks Steve! Your work is out of this world, so I'm extremely flattered by your compliments, thank you! About the sensors, I wanted to keep the sensors dry (I've read they disintegrate over time) and I figured the temperature drop across the wall of the fitting has to be very nearly zero as...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    At long last the build phase of Project: Typhoon is DONE!! :D:D I present to you the final pics of the project. Enjoy!! :) Ooops, forgot to plug in the black sata cable... :rolleyes: I hope you enjoyed the worklog! The next steps in the project will be to install the...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Thank you! Yep, I'm a noob at water cooling. I've built plenty of air rigs, but none wc'd. Always wanted to though and, well, here it is! :) Thanks rybeck! There's a Dremel router base accessory that I think would also leave a nice cut. It'd still need a template to ride against, but that...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    I got the fan mounted up... The router left a nice edge on the fan hole... The back side looks like this... ... and the wire got pinned to the panel with a small improvised bracket at the bottom screw... Fill'er up please!... :D This funnel piece made it easier to keep the water...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    I just finished cutting out the side panel for the fan and took a break. Here's how it looks up to now. The fan bezel itself mounts to the side panel, and then the fan to the bezel. In total 8 holes need to be drilled through the panel... I started with the four larger holes for the fan...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Bigger? Where! :p The fan is clear, which helps, but the grill is the problem (and also kind of fugly IMO with the thick bezel and dense grill). I'm going with it for now because I'm sort of out of time with this project (plus it's hot right now in N.CA). I had planned to make one that'd be less...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    pc299, it seems the original stacker side panel with the little 80mm fan bracket behind that huge circular vent was just begging for a 250mm fan. I'm glad to hear it's working so well. :) Thanks! Yeah, I thought about that. I do agree it'd look better without a big fan on the side. Right...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Thanks guys. :) I fixed the leak with a new brass tee! The system held a steady 10psi for 30 minutes which I think is passing enough. The new tee is the same exact cast brass tee. I tried an extruded brass tee from Lowes that's the same dimensions, but it didn't have enough face on the end to...
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    Project: Quad Cooler

    Looking good so far nlancaster! :) Sorry to learn about your sd card. Lost pics are a bummer. I've used the free PC Inspector File Recovery to recover pics off flash media before. Works well. Except it sounds like your camera may not have taken any at all, but it may be worth a try anyway...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    I've taken some bigger strides now, but with one step back :rolleyes: (show stopper at the end)... Here's the wiring on the back all ready to be tucked in behind the side panel... There's only .5" space to fit the cables inside the side panel... I got it all tucked in except for one or two...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    WipeoutFTW, thanks! I'm (finally) rounding the final lap with this project, well at least the building part of it... Those brass 90 degrees fittings are going to be temperature sensors... and the stick-on wire mount will serve two purposes: hold the sensor against the brass and hold the wire...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Somebody get it off me!! The wife isn't too fond of this drawer :D LOL... Spray paint "for plastic" works pretty well on white cable tie mounts... There's not a lot of room on the back of the mobo tray for wires to run between it and the side panel. The anchors around the PSU cable were...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Thanks! I'm currently working on the wiring. Another update coming soon.
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    Project: Quad Cooler

    Oh, I see. I didn't realize that fitting wasn't original in the sketch. Wow, that's some thick plastic they put in that res, looks beefy. Btw, did you decide on two rows of fans or just one row at the top?
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    Project: parallel HEX (completed!)

    "Custom" has a new meaning. Absolutely amazing work, congrats!
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    Project: Quad Cooler

    Thanks! I'm glad you've found my project useful.Your design is already improving on the "Stacker/GTX480" mod by having all four fans exposed. It's definitely the way to go. :cool: Yep, looks good. That's a sweet spot for the fillport too. Ha! That's exactly what I did with my Enermax...
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    Project: Quad Cooler

    I'm vaguely familiar ;) with your design so I thought I'd make a comment or two. I like your idea of having a tray to cradle the radiator at the top of the case so that no screws would be seen at the top. I also like your redesign of the top front without the stock plastic bezel. I think the...
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    Project: TYPHOON (Stacker+ GTX480) **2010 REBUILD**

    Recovery update summary #2: I ordered the 1/2" threaded pump housing from Laing (bottom left)... Having the threaded inlet, a PVC union can be used to connect the res...: But that big nut on there didn't fit in with the original pump mount, so two more brackets fixed the problem by...
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