Work Log: Project Brilliant™ - Page 6

well I know for sure my build won't be completed till jan. I'm waiting for the new 45nm intel quads to come out.

now that the holidays are coming up....man, I won't have any money for the build. I guess all my presents could be for the computer! lol

I'm looking forward to seeing your build shazza. we have near identical setups.

I mentioned that to my girlfriend and she said no.... but I have 306 days or something before quakecon.

The thing is, I've never played Quake.

lil Update:

1x D-tek FuZion CPU Water Block Options: Barb: 1/2"
1x Swiftech MCP655™ 12 VDC Pump: Barb: 1/2"
6x 3 pin extension cable
sleeving
color: Black
heatshrink: Black
1x Thermalright HR-05 SLI for southbridge chipset
1x Petra'sTech "PT_Nuke" Concentrated Biocide
1x Sunbeam Multi Fan Power Port
10x Stainless Steel Worm-Drive Hose Clamp (Wide Band w/Liner)
1x OCZ XTC Memory Cooler
1x O-Ring, White, 1/2"ID x 5/8"OD x 1/16" Width (Pack of 10)"

I still need 5 more 120mm fans, the ek full body gpu block and 6 more fan extensions and the aftermarket NB heatsink, oh and some 80mm fans for the SB and NB heatsinks. Then I'll be done with most of the cooling.. lol

wow

I need a better camera or change some settings or something. I can't seem to take close up pictures. They're just coming out blurred.

I have a Polaroid i733 7mp camera. =(

Thanks Shazza. Anything closeup though, it just goes to crap.

I keep everything in their boxes and bags, I only take em out to take pictures.

lol

I have all my screws in ziplock bags with tags for em. I'm not messing around on this build.

I need to find it. plus it's my girlfriends camera..

It's a pink camera.

Thanks Sol +rep

I got it.

Thanks.

The only thing I really know about camera's is mp and screen size.

*A big thank you goes out to PCTorque for hosting this amazing forum NBF.

Today, I decided to pratice lapping for the first time on my Thermalright HR-05 SLI heatsink. I checked it first with a razer to see how flat the base was and found it was convaved.

Items I used for this project are:

• 400 grit sandpaper Walmart
• 800 grit sandpaper Walmart
• 2000 grit sandpaper Walmart
• 91% alcohol Walmart
• Masking Tape
• Thin piece of glass or marble
• Paper Towel and Q-tips
• 1 hr of free time

My lapping station, note I have the sandpaper in thin long sheets, you want to make long constant strokes, without adding pressure. You want the weight of the heatsink on the paper only.



The three types of sandpaper I'm using today. Some people suggest using 400,600,800,1000,1200,1500,2000 grit paper, but really isn't needed, because the paper will get smoother as you sand and it saved me alot of time this way.



Notice the base of the Thermalright HR-05 SLI heatsink is pretty shiny, but it has a rough nickel plating on top of the copper base. Lets get to work on removing the nickel and getting a smooth base of copper.



I used a sharpie to mark out the X, ok lets begin with the 400 grit



After about 20 mins with one sheet of the 400 grit paper, the base looks something like this. Notice the nickel is still around the middle? That is were it is convaved.



After another 25 mins with 800 grit



Finishing up with the 2000 grit you can see the shine and the middle of the base is raised from the edges, this will allow better contact to the chipset of the motherboard.

For this build, I'll be lapping the SB, NB, CPU heatsink, and the CPU waterblock. Cooling is very important to my build.

I hope you enjoyed my pratice run at lapping a heatsink

Question about Raid!

Ok, so I'm trying to decide on setting up two raid 0 setup in my new rig. The setup would be 2x wd 150 raptor x's and 2x SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series 500gb's both in raid 0.

I'm alittle worried after reading about reports of onboard nvidia raid performance from the 680i. Should I use a hardware raid card and what should I look for? I do not have a clue about raid.

You have to start somewhere. 3 years ago I didn't know how to build a computer, now look at where it's gone. I don't transfer files, I just want the upmost performance from everything in my rig. Right down to the fans.

I want raid =)