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BAUTE BESITZEN!
This thread will track the progress of my latest build, Baute Besitzen. (built to own!) Let the worklog commence!
*** COMPONENT LOADOUT ***
Hardware:
DFI LanParty UT SLI-DR
AMD Athlon64 3200 [winnie]
ATI X850XT 256MB
2x512mb Corsair XMS PC3500C2 rev. 1.1 [BH5]
Western Digital 74GB Raptor - x2 RAID-0
Western Digital 250GB SATA
LiteON 16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Burner
LiteON 52x32x52+16 Combo Drive
Water Loop:
Dtek White Water CPU Block
Danger Den Maze 4 GPU Block
Black Ice Extreme Radiators - x2
Laing D4 Pump
Danger Den Dual 5 1/4 BayRes
ClearFlex Tubing
I figured I would start with my waterblock, since the case and a few other components havn't arrived yet. My block is a Dtek WhiteWater that I've been using to cool my Athlon XP 2500 @2.6ghz. The block comprised of a copper microfin base, a copper jet-impingement center plate, and a delrin top.
After being in my existing water loop for almost a year, the inside of the block had a bit of corrosion on the copper. I scrubbed all of the internal and external surfaces thouroughly with brasso, then flushed with 91% alchohol.
The block was designed for use with a socket 462 motherboard with the 4 holes surrounding the socket. I called up danny @ dtek and he was nice enough to ship me his last Athlon 64 mounting bracket of this style. Damn nice bracket... although the aluminum needs some polishing. DREMEL TIME!
Almost looks like chrome after a good polishing with the dremel and a little brasso.
The base of the block also received a little love from the brasso & alchohol.
Re-assembled and ready to mount!
I took the original A64 HSF retention bracket off the motherboard, and replaced it with these two machine screws from my original White Water mounting kit.
On to the chipset! The NB on athlon64 motherboards normally do not put out close to the heat that the athlonXP boards did, due to the on-die memory controller. NF4 chipsets are probably the warmest of them all, so I decided to get some better TIM under that heatsink. I popped the plastic pins and off came the hsf. Underneath is the tiny NF4 core. I used some goo-gone and alchohol to rid the HSF and the NB of the old TIM.
When you install the video card, the back of the card normally hits this shiny bracket, so I opted to leave it off.
I then applied AS5 to the core. Then I used some machine screws, plastic washers, and tiny springs to clamp the hsf back on the board.
As most of my friends know... I have been wanting one of these cases for about 2 years. Baute Besitzen would not be complete without a U2-UFO!
After stripping off the side panels and all of the internal trays, it was just an aluminum frame with front and back plates.
First I decided to put in the 3.5" bay fans. I did not want to have hundreds of wires dangling all over the place, so I soldered all of the leads together into one molex. I will repeat this step for the rest of the fans in the case as it comes together.
Aaaaah yes... they do look nice.
Next was to install the 4 Cold Cathodes. I opted to use 2 blue and 2 UV bulbs. First was to mount the inverters so that the bulbs would reach where I wanted to go. Then I mounted the CCFL's: Blue are on the back-top and back-left. UV's are on the top-left and top-right.
The switches came mounted in a standard expansion slot bracket. That cheesy-ness had to go!
I took the switch out of one of the brackets and used it as a guide to trace the placements of the switches. Then I dremeled out the holes.
Doesn't look too bad. I cleaned it up a bit more after this pic, but still not perfect. It is hard to cut a square hole with a round tool! My nibbler wouldn't fit... so bah!
Oooooh pretty!
For a PSU I chose the Ultra X-connect modular 500watt unit. Chrome with blue UV fans/lights/windows. This thing is MAJOR shiny! I almost didn't want to touch it.
Get mounted:
Everybody needs their space... even when you are Baute Besitzen! I opted to go with 2 74gb Raptor's in RAID-0 and 1 WD 250GB SATA for storage.
Next up was to get the optical drives and 5.25" bay ready for action. I chose lite on 16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer, and a 52x32x52+16 CD-RW DVD-rom combo drive.
Ok bitch... prepare to get your face ripped off...
I used my old lian-li drive bay covers, and cut the sides off of them. I then epoxied some rubber feet to the drive CD trays. I used small corks, cut to size, and glued onto the drive bay covers over the eject button on the drives. A little more epoxy secured the drive covers to the feet on the drives' CD tray.
Just a little poke in the lower right corner of the drive and viola!
I used another drive bay cover, and cut some of the tabs off to cover my one un-used drive bay. A little more epoxy and it is secured in place perfectly.
Now if my damn radiators would show up...
This thread will track the progress of my latest build, Baute Besitzen. (built to own!) Let the worklog commence!
*** COMPONENT LOADOUT ***
Hardware:
DFI LanParty UT SLI-DR
AMD Athlon64 3200 [winnie]
ATI X850XT 256MB
2x512mb Corsair XMS PC3500C2 rev. 1.1 [BH5]
Western Digital 74GB Raptor - x2 RAID-0
Western Digital 250GB SATA
LiteON 16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Burner
LiteON 52x32x52+16 Combo Drive
Water Loop:
Dtek White Water CPU Block
Danger Den Maze 4 GPU Block
Black Ice Extreme Radiators - x2
Laing D4 Pump
Danger Den Dual 5 1/4 BayRes
ClearFlex Tubing
I figured I would start with my waterblock, since the case and a few other components havn't arrived yet. My block is a Dtek WhiteWater that I've been using to cool my Athlon XP 2500 @2.6ghz. The block comprised of a copper microfin base, a copper jet-impingement center plate, and a delrin top.
After being in my existing water loop for almost a year, the inside of the block had a bit of corrosion on the copper. I scrubbed all of the internal and external surfaces thouroughly with brasso, then flushed with 91% alchohol.
The block was designed for use with a socket 462 motherboard with the 4 holes surrounding the socket. I called up danny @ dtek and he was nice enough to ship me his last Athlon 64 mounting bracket of this style. Damn nice bracket... although the aluminum needs some polishing. DREMEL TIME!
Almost looks like chrome after a good polishing with the dremel and a little brasso.
The base of the block also received a little love from the brasso & alchohol.
Re-assembled and ready to mount!
I took the original A64 HSF retention bracket off the motherboard, and replaced it with these two machine screws from my original White Water mounting kit.
On to the chipset! The NB on athlon64 motherboards normally do not put out close to the heat that the athlonXP boards did, due to the on-die memory controller. NF4 chipsets are probably the warmest of them all, so I decided to get some better TIM under that heatsink. I popped the plastic pins and off came the hsf. Underneath is the tiny NF4 core. I used some goo-gone and alchohol to rid the HSF and the NB of the old TIM.
When you install the video card, the back of the card normally hits this shiny bracket, so I opted to leave it off.
I then applied AS5 to the core. Then I used some machine screws, plastic washers, and tiny springs to clamp the hsf back on the board.
As most of my friends know... I have been wanting one of these cases for about 2 years. Baute Besitzen would not be complete without a U2-UFO!
After stripping off the side panels and all of the internal trays, it was just an aluminum frame with front and back plates.
First I decided to put in the 3.5" bay fans. I did not want to have hundreds of wires dangling all over the place, so I soldered all of the leads together into one molex. I will repeat this step for the rest of the fans in the case as it comes together.
Aaaaah yes... they do look nice.
Next was to install the 4 Cold Cathodes. I opted to use 2 blue and 2 UV bulbs. First was to mount the inverters so that the bulbs would reach where I wanted to go. Then I mounted the CCFL's: Blue are on the back-top and back-left. UV's are on the top-left and top-right.
The switches came mounted in a standard expansion slot bracket. That cheesy-ness had to go!
I took the switch out of one of the brackets and used it as a guide to trace the placements of the switches. Then I dremeled out the holes.
Doesn't look too bad. I cleaned it up a bit more after this pic, but still not perfect. It is hard to cut a square hole with a round tool! My nibbler wouldn't fit... so bah!
Oooooh pretty!
For a PSU I chose the Ultra X-connect modular 500watt unit. Chrome with blue UV fans/lights/windows. This thing is MAJOR shiny! I almost didn't want to touch it.
Get mounted:
Everybody needs their space... even when you are Baute Besitzen! I opted to go with 2 74gb Raptor's in RAID-0 and 1 WD 250GB SATA for storage.
Next up was to get the optical drives and 5.25" bay ready for action. I chose lite on 16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer, and a 52x32x52+16 CD-RW DVD-rom combo drive.
Ok bitch... prepare to get your face ripped off...
I used my old lian-li drive bay covers, and cut the sides off of them. I then epoxied some rubber feet to the drive CD trays. I used small corks, cut to size, and glued onto the drive bay covers over the eject button on the drives. A little more epoxy secured the drive covers to the feet on the drives' CD tray.
Just a little poke in the lower right corner of the drive and viola!
I used another drive bay cover, and cut some of the tabs off to cover my one un-used drive bay. A little more epoxy and it is secured in place perfectly.
Now if my damn radiators would show up...
