Project: Violet Violence (nearly done pg3)

clinic · 18th April 2011, 11:18 AM

My first OCAU worklog! The brief is to build a WC monster for my gaming needs. Some parts are new, some parts are salvaged.

So, here we go with the initial layout:

Violet Violence - watercooled 1090T

Case: Corsair 600T White Edition
CPU: AMD X6 1090T, overclocked
MB: ASUS M4A89TD USB3
RAM: 6GB Patriot Signature DDR3 @ 1600
HDDs: Kingston SNV425-S2 64GB SSD + WD Green 1TB
GPU: Powercolor HD5850, overclocked
Power: Coolermaster 700W
Lighting: 2x Bitspower 20cm UV CCDs
Block: EK-Sup HF Uni
Pump: Swiftech MCP355 with DDC Clear Acrylic Pump Top
Res: Phobya Balancer 150, Silver Nickel, G1/4"
Rad: XSPC RX240
Fits: EX PSC Fitting (3/8”ID ½” OD) x 8 in Black Nickel
Fans: Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850 x2
Tubing: MasterKleer UV Purple Tubing 13/10mm (3/8” ID)

EDIT: Removed the blue breeze build, it was boring to read!

18/04 - Current status of build - Parts ordered.
30/06 - First stage build complete
12/09 - cables sleeved and neatened, GPU watercooled
16/10 - complete!

Chif · 18th April 2011, 2:58 PM

Sounds cool.

Are you gonna be doing some modding? If so, what are your plans?

Pics please?

glennsfield · 18th April 2011, 3:30 PM

Where did you order your purple tubing from?

clinic · 18th April 2011, 3:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chif

Sounds cool.

Are you gonna be doing some modding? If so, what are your plans?

Pics please?

It's just a build log for now, we'll see how all the parts go together on whether or not I have to break out the dremel.

Pics will definately be forthcoming sometime next week or early the following week as components start arriving. A long weekend + backorder on the case and CCDs is responsible for the delay.

Quote:

Originally Posted by glennsfield

Where did you order your purple tubing from?

Purple tubing is from Performance PCs (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php) as I couldn't find an Aussie store with that colour in their catalogue.

As far as other parts are concerned, if others are looking for similar components suppliers so far as follows:

GAMMODS: Waterblock, fittings, radiator
The Koolroom: Reservior
PCCASEGEAR: Fans, CCDs, Zalman CPU cooler, fan controller
Greenbox iT: Motherboards, Corsair case, RAM
Nepean Micro Computers (my local computer store in Penrith NSW): Everything else, kindly price matched by Dean to MSY/Mwave/Skycomp prices, what a champ!

AudioFX · 18th April 2011, 8:42 PM

white case, purple tubing... sounds good so far

Sven76 · 19th April 2011, 11:16 PM

Doesnt purple mean your sexually frustrated or something????

but then if your spending your time and energy in this forum its par for the course!!..

Lucky we like to fiddle

Darkness Born · 20th April 2011, 9:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sven76

Doesnt purple mean your sexually frustrated or something????

but then if your spending your time and energy in this forum its par for the course!!..

Lucky we like to fiddle

always back to sex.... sick sick man

yeah I love a white case

cannot wait to see the colour combo...

what colour are those 1090 mobos?

clinic · 20th April 2011, 9:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkness Born

what colour are those 1090 mobos?

Both ASUS mobos are a black base with yucky light blue highlights on the DIMM/PCI slots and dark blue NB/SB heatsinks. I'm hoping it'll be alright with the purple, guess we'll see.

callum14 · 20th April 2011, 10:37 AM

OT, What clocks/voltage is your 5850 set to?

clinic · 20th April 2011, 7:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by callum14

OT, What clocks/voltage is your 5850 set to?

Currently running in my existing system @ 825 core with 1005 ram @ 1.15V. Temps hovering aound 46. The memory has been really flakey on my 5850 at pretty much anything over stock.

In news on the build, the first lot of parts arrived today

Res from TKR and pump from ebay.

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4301/dsc0270uh.jpg

The Res is a piece of art, I love it! Here's the base with 4 sockets:
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3806/dsc0272hl.jpg

Full view:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1527/dsc0274h.jpg

top view:
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9679/dsc0275ca.jpg

clinic · 22nd April 2011, 1:17 PM

More stuff yesterday: rad, block, fittings and pump top from GAMMODS

http://img718.imageshack.us/i/dsc0269pf.jpg/

Closer view of pump top with fitting attached

http://img718.imageshack.us/i/dsc0269pf.jpg/

Shame the tubing didn't arrive before the weekend so I could setup the loop

silverbullet · 28th April 2011, 2:39 PM

The pics are both the same

Darkness Born · 28th April 2011, 3:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clinic

Currently running in my existing system @ 825 core with 1005 ram @ 1.15V. Temps hovering aound 46. The memory has been really flakey on my 5850 at pretty much anything over stock.

In news on the build, the first lot of parts arrived today

Res from TKR and pump from ebay.

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4301/dsc0270uh.jpg

The Res is a piece of art, I love it! Here's the base with 4 sockets:
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3806/dsc0272hl.jpg

Full view:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1527/dsc0274h.jpg

top view:
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9679/dsc0275ca.jpg

that is a ref card yeah?

clinic · 28th April 2011, 5:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silverbullet

The pics are both the same

Whoops! Ohh well, I'll claim imageshack ate the other one and a feral squirrel changed the URL

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkness Born

that is a ref card yeah?

Same clocks as the ref card, slightly different cooler setup.

Ref 5850: http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/DESKT...verview.aspx#2

Powercolor 5850: http://www.powercolor.com/au/product...#Specification

Powercolor do a few "PCS+" versions of the 5850 that are factory overclocked. The "Dirt 2 edition" has the highest overclock @ 875/1225, though they don't specify the voltage it runs at. Mine will run stable @ 875 core but, it gets a bit hot for my liking.

clinic · 9th May 2011, 12:24 PM

Well, everything has arrived and looking at all those parts together has raised some problems:

1. The RX240 rad doesn't fit in a 600T, there's not enough clearance above the mobo. Unfortunatley, I scratched the paint on the rad with the corsair's top grill while toying around with the fitting, so that won't be going back for an exchange

New slimline RS240 ordered on the weekend.

2. How bloody hard is it to source M3 x 35mm socket head screws for the pump top and 6/32 x 1-1/4 for the scythe fans

More updates when new parts come in I guess

18th April 2011, 11:18 AM	#1
clinic Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Posts: 296	Project: Violet Violence (nearly done pg3) My first OCAU worklog! The brief is to build a WC monster for my gaming needs. Some parts are new, some parts are salvaged. So, here we go with the initial layout: Violet Violence - watercooled 1090T Case: Corsair 600T White Edition CPU: AMD X6 1090T, overclocked MB: ASUS M4A89TD USB3 RAM: 6GB Patriot Signature DDR3 @ 1600 HDDs: Kingston SNV425-S2 64GB SSD + WD Green 1TB GPU: Powercolor HD5850, overclocked Power: Coolermaster 700W Lighting: 2x Bitspower 20cm UV CCDs Block: EK-Sup HF Uni Pump: Swiftech MCP355 with DDC Clear Acrylic Pump Top Res: Phobya Balancer 150, Silver Nickel, G1/4" Rad: XSPC RX240 Fits: EX PSC Fitting (3/8”ID ½” OD) x 8 in Black Nickel Fans: Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850 x2 Tubing: MasterKleer UV Purple Tubing 13/10mm (3/8” ID) EDIT: Removed the blue breeze build, it was boring to read! 18/04 - Current status of build - Parts ordered. 30/06 - First stage build complete 12/09 - cables sleeved and neatened, GPU watercooled 16/10 - complete! Last edited by clinic; 16th October 2011 at 5:24 PM. Reason: Updated status of build

19th April 2011, 11:16 PM	#6
Sven76 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bundaberg Posts: 1,252	Doesnt purple mean your sexually frustrated or something???? but then if your spending your time and energy in this forum its par for the course!!.. Lucky we like to fiddle __________________ Character is the measure of what a man does when no one is looking...

22nd April 2011, 1:17 PM	#11
clinic Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Posts: 296	More stuff yesterday: rad, block, fittings and pump top from GAMMODS http://img718.imageshack.us/i/dsc0269pf.jpg/ Closer view of pump top with fitting attached http://img718.imageshack.us/i/dsc0269pf.jpg/ Shame the tubing didn't arrive before the weekend so I could setup the loop __________________ Visit my build log: Violet Violence Logi G owners club #102 Successful trades: JimG, dragon7 (x2), phat larry, mikio, edhn, Freakn, Vohaul, trippinonprozac, munted123, Excess, Multiplexer

9th May 2011, 12:24 PM	#15
clinic Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Posts: 296	Well, everything has arrived and looking at all those parts together has raised some problems: 1. The RX240 rad doesn't fit in a 600T, there's not enough clearance above the mobo. Unfortunatley, I scratched the paint on the rad with the corsair's top grill while toying around with the fitting, so that won't be going back for an exchange New slimline RS240 ordered on the weekend. 2. How bloody hard is it to source M3 x 35mm socket head screws for the pump top and 6/32 x 1-1/4 for the scythe fans More updates when new parts come in I guess __________________ Visit my build log: Violet Violence Logi G owners club #102 Successful trades: JimG, dragon7 (x2), phat larry, mikio, edhn, Freakn, Vohaul, trippinonprozac, munted123, Excess, Multiplexer Last edited by clinic; 9th May 2011 at 12:32 PM.

18th April 2011, 2:58 PM	#2
Chif Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Adelaide SA Posts: 602	Sounds cool. Are you gonna be doing some modding? If so, what are your plans? Pics please?

18th April 2011, 3:30 PM	#3
glennsfield Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brissy Posts: 332	Where did you order your purple tubing from?

18th April 2011, 8:42 PM	#5
AudioFX Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 748	white case, purple tubing... sounds good so far

20th April 2011, 10:37 AM	#9
callum14 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: C: Drive Posts: 368	OT, What clocks/voltage is your 5850 set to?

28th April 2011, 2:39 PM	#12
silverbullet Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Marcoola, Sunshine Coast Posts: 1,911	The pics are both the same