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Now it makes sense. Thanks JLangevin!

No problem. I took these pics on a backup pump and 1/2ID" barb so that you could compare the ID to the thread diameter. Even though my explanation summed it up for you, the visuals are definitely an eye opener. Notice how much larger the hole is than the actual ID of the barb.

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Very nice! No rear fans, though? Any lighting?

Ill be getting rear fans soon. The lightning got sent back :(

Afterburner 2.2.3 has yet to come out and my return period was up. So I got sick and tired of waiting on Msi for something they promised with the Lightning to begin with. Picked up a reference 680 on the forums here and a koolance block all for the same price as a new lighting so it seemed like the smart thing to do.
 
Ill be getting rear fans soon. The lightning got sent back :(

Afterburner 2.2.3 has yet to come out and my return period was up. So I got sick and tired of waiting on Msi for something they promised with the Lightning to begin with. Picked up a reference 680 on the forums here and a koolance block all for the same price as a new lighting so it seemed like the smart thing to do.

Gotcha. I was actually wondering about lighting (not lightning :p), as in lighting effects (CCFLs, LEDs, etc.). My components have a black and blue color scheme and I just have 2 white CCFLs (1 long, 1 short) to show it all off.
 
Gotcha. I was actually wondering about lighting (not lightning :p), as in lighting effects (CCFLs, LEDs, etc.). My components have a black and blue color scheme and I just have 2 white CCFLs (1 long, 1 short) to show it all off.

Haha wow Im and idiot. My bad

Ive got a 2m NZXT blue led strip on order. Hopefully it will work well. Should help really light things up nicely.
 
Wow, looks like you put some serious work into that. Very impressive. I love the little side door that hides the fan controllers and such.
 
I thought this was a modded FT02 at first!!

Is that curved top piece made of plastic or metal?

It sure looks a lot like the Silverstone case :)

The curved top piece is made of 1 mm thick aluminium. The 1.5 mm that I used to cover the rest of the case was a little bit hard to bend.

Where did you get that metal screen/mesh? I love it.

I murdered two cheap wastepaper baskets from IKEA.
This one: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80153254/
But the older model which was round :)
 
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Certainly some flaws with my first loop. I look to be expanding it to the GPU's soon, probably get 670's since full cover blocks for the 580 LE's are astronomicly expensive.

Since i have a bay res I need quite a bit of slack to pull it out the front to fill, also I didn't have any angle fittings, but I have some on the way so I should be able to use much less tubing in some area's.
 
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Just waiting to get a full cover waterblock for the GPU.
 
coollaboratory liquid ultra to 6970 and XSPC razor block
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mounted and sexy
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600t barely fits under desk, rofl reservoir is xspc dual bay with led, with a mcp655 on the back
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inside is the mounted razor and the raystorm using lowes braided 1/2"ID tubing and xspc compfression fittings, using a phobya xtreme 200mm rad with thermaltake fan working
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Idle is 28c, Load temps are 42c for i3-2100 at 3.3ghz and 48c for 6970 stock, using prime95 and furmark
 
coollaboratory liquid ultra to 6970 and XSPC razor block
Idle is 28c, Load temps are 42c for i3-2100 at 3.3ghz and 48c for 6970 stock, using prime95 and furmark

you have an i3-2100 with a 6970? isnt that quite a bottleneck?
 
you have an i3-2100 with a 6970? isnt that quite a bottleneck?

Only in highly threaded loads is the i3 a bottleneck. So, BF3 might have issues, but thats about it. Most games use less then the 4 threads that i3 has.
 
How stiff is that tubing?

I recommend not using it.

I had to stick the ends into a cup of boiling water for it to stretch over the barbs and then tighten fittings.

you have an i3-2100 with a 6970? isnt that quite a bottleneck?

I'd say going from the amd 6core to this is faster, but THIS HAPPENED and I had an i3-2100 to remedy my ignorance of ruining a 3570k. Damnit.
 
I'd say going from the amd 6core to this is faster, but snip and I had an i3-2100 to remedy my ignorance of ruining a 3570k. Damnit.

so youre saying the 2100 is faster for gaming than the amd 6-core? weird. i have one in my htpc and would like a bit more power for big screen gaming. might have to stick my 5870 in there when i upgrade to a 8XXX next year. shouldnt be as much of a bottleneck as i thought. :)
 
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so youre saying the 2100 is faster for gaming than the amd 6-core? weird. i have one in my htpc and would like a bit more power for big screen gaming. might have to stick my 5870 in there when i upgrade to a 8XXX next year. shouldnt be as much of a bottleneck as i thought.

Yes and system boots faster, seems like there is better ssd performance on this intel chip,
 
wow sonda wtf kind of fans are those? they look awesome. and expensive.
 
65dba lol. do those undervolt ok or do you lose a lot of cfm per dba?

With controller they undervolt to whisper quiet speeds. Mine have developed some odd noises though. I explained more in the hot deal thread I made.
 
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