brinkz0r Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Welcome, we meet again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 For 10 years i always used the "better" soundcards. But the last year i used onboard, somehow i didn't like it. And last week my eye fell on the Asus Xense. I fell in love instantly ! Specially cause it would fit perfectly in the desk with the chrome look. So i was already saving some money for it. Andy PSU died ... And we can't run without it Here some unpacking pictures. More tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k.3nny Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Nice to read this here to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felipefgoes Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Awesome project! Very unique! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 2 days from 09:00 till 23:00 and 10:00 till 17:00 Still seems like nothing has changed ^^ Breaking down already took a few hours ] Too small holes for those cables. couldn't find those cables in another color Removed the hdd stickers. Ready to take off. Like a bomb exploded. measuring and drilling. Changing the tempsensors. This is so i can put them at the in and outlet in the desk. I can measure the in and outgoing temperatures more accurate then. Pff it still works Aluminium rain. Sleeved the ugly red sata cables. Cutouts for the dvd-r drives. BP bucket. Done. Further on with the loop. Tempsensors mounted, just a tiny piece of barb. Sleeved cables sleeved again Now the worst part, connecting the cables again and placing the new PSU. Also done. Custom made molex of 1.30m for the Asus Xense. piece by piece .... New molex for the "underground fans cable". Ready to fill it up. Almost done filling the new loop. wtf, ghosts in my res ... Loop running, all thats left getting the pc running. Wow, it booted, luckily i got normal voltages now. Almost forgot the extra hole for the bulgin switch for the lighting First temporary, later with sleeve. They work ! Power switch/power led -- Reset switch/hddled -- Lighting switch/lichting led Screens off Works like a charm. Hdd temps lowered 17-20 degrees. Still in love It fits You can also see the Xense molex Pc heats up the water with 1.7 degrees. Hmm needs some polishing. [/url] Perfect spot for the Sennheiser Xense Ready to type this update ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Finally a dream came true ! BIG Removing films, i love it ! Eeny, meeny, miny, moe ... Took me only 10 minutes to switch the old one with the new one. Changing the old DVI cable to a new Dual link DVI cable took me more time. Need this cable cause of the higher resolution. Very useful, i could start using it right away for the pics of this update. Bling And time for a little test .. It really looks fabulous ! Maybe i won't be the last now anymore Still a lot to configure, but already looks awesome. And ready to go on again All i want now is another Dell 17" in portrait mode Conclusion : I think i'll add this to my list of special hardware of the last 15 years. Next to the Diamond Monster 3D 3DFX 4MB and the Intel x25m ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Some new improved blocks : Original I need more bling bling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yep, i like the new one more . Rather have plex. Ordered to see what it is, green fan and a Lamptron 22mm Blue led momentary. Looks very good. Pushing goes softer then a "real" Bulgin. Something i wanted to do a long time. Wtf ? Lets clean that up too. And done. And that afternoon @ the door .. No one could have told me there's a trick to hold the rubber in place ? Totally happy again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 My Silverstone Strider had to go back for RMA so ... Back to Corsair Nice sleeved cables. 100A ! First i thought they were made of plastic, but im glad they are aluminium. Such a nasty job this .. 4 hours later .. Another 4 hours later Leak testing Now without stud. Gold status now I love it, also a better flow then the other block Lamptron ddr3 slots Transformers ! I liked the ssd's there more. Also temporary used the plexi's from the Intel ssd, somehow i liked it. Some benchmarks with 2 x Corsair F60 in raid0 Up and running ! Temps also lowered another 1-4 degrees compared to the old block. Beast in his cage And some random pics.. Lamptron Pci-e covers. I love EKWB Thinking of using 6 of these inside the desk. (Others will remain Scythe GT's) Total picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Added a third ssd ^^ Wanted to connect the extra ssd when i had 10 minutes spare time, but ... Both multilane cables i had connected were full So had to drain the loop AGAIN so i could add an extra multilane specially for the ssd Still need to think of something to make it look better. Very satisfied with the speed, i guess i can't get more out of it cause of the iop341 limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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