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post #141 of 397
10/29/07 at 12:35am
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Did alittle sleeving tonight.


Six panaflo 120mm fans.





Tonight I decided that I'd mod the X-fi i/o flat ribbon cable. This cable is what is needed to connect the front panel connections and remote to the soundcard itself. Obviously this cable is very ugly and very hard to work with.




You'll need a very sharp razor.

Cut down in between the wires of your ribbon cable. It is not necessary to separate out every individual wire of your ribbon cable, but you can if you want to. I decirded to go by 3’s to make the separating effect.

I found it was best to cut down the ribbon cable about an inch and then gently pull the wires the rest of the way. Gently pull and separate the wires the length of the ribbon cable.



After separating every three wires we get something like this.



Sleeving installed.



All Finished. Looks alot better and it's alot easier to work with.


And of course I did recieve my new Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card




Brilliant™
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post #142 of 397
10/29/07 at 12:57pm
Looks good GQ. They don't sell round cables presleeved in shrink wrap though?
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post #143 of 397
10/29/07 at 4:04pm
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Originally Posted by DarqHelmet View Post
Looks good GQ. They don't sell round cables presleeved in shrink wrap though?

They do I believe, but not Creative. They believe in flat ribbon only. So I figured I'd mod it, since I've never really seen anyone do it..
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post #144 of 397
11/16/07 at 10:30pm
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sorry for lack of updates, I haven,t been able to much. with the holidays and having a trip back home I haven't been able get any new gear for my rig. hopefully ill be getting my mobo, so I can start to mod it. I plan to volt mod, mod the mosfet heatsinks and change out the n/s bridge with the aftermarket heatsinks I have. but now it seems as if the mobo I want is sold out everywhere but a few places and I'm not sure I want to get the 780i whent it comes out.

*posting from my phone*

I'm also looking at using my works water/laser jet cutter on my case, so look out for that
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post #145 of 397
11/16/07 at 10:42pm
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Originally Posted by GBrilliantQ View Post
sorry for lack of updates, I haven,t been able to much. with the holidays and having a trip back home I haven't been able get any new gear for my rig. hopefully ill be getting my mobo, so I can start to mod it. I plan to volt mod, mod the mosfet heatsinks and change out the n/s bridge with the aftermarket heatsinks I have. but now it seems as if the mobo I want is sold out everywhere but a few places and I'm not sure I want to get the 780i whent it comes out. *posting from my phone* I'm also looking at using my works water/laser jet cutter on my case, so look out for that
Wondered what was going on with your build. GBQ, what kind of heatsinks do you have for the N/S bridges and MOSFET?
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post #146 of 397
11/17/07 at 2:49am
Your patience with the lapping is inspiring.
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post #147 of 397
11/17/07 at 6:27am
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South: Thermalright HR-05 SLI
North: Noctua NC-U6

Everything has been updated on the front page.

As for the mosfets, I haven't decided what sinks I'm going to use. I'll be using MX-2 tim all around.
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post #148 of 397
11/24/07 at 6:20am
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Which one?

DFI LP UT P35 T2R



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136037

ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA / SE



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131221

ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131182


So now that EVGA has quit making the 680I because they basically lied about being 45nm quad ready and I doubt 780 series will be able to do anything with quads, because Intel and Nvidia are fighting over SLI.

I ask you...

Which one?
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post #149 of 397
11/24/07 at 12:55pm
I vote for the P5K Deluxe

Like the features of it, and it seems to be held in high standings with many people
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post #150 of 397
11/24/07 at 1:42pm
I see Ek has a GPU water block for the 8800GT now
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post #151 of 397
11/24/07 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
I see Ek has a GPU water block for the 8800GT now

I'm not getting an 8800GT
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post #152 of 397
11/24/07 at 4:38pm
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Which one?

DFI LP UT P35 T2R



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136037

ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA / SE



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131221

ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131182


So now that EVGA has quit making the 680I because they basically lied about being 45nm quad ready and I doubt 780 series will be able to do anything with quads, because Intel and Nvidia are fighting over SLI.

I ask you...

Which one?
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post #153 of 397
11/24/07 at 6:09pm
hey GBQ, off topic, but I just wanted to know what the prices for the Penryn 45nm chips. Since I think this CC dispute may take a bit to be finalized, so I might as well wait until I can get a rev. 1 GTS and Penryn quad core
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post #154 of 397
11/24/07 at 6:23pm
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I'm on my phone at work right now. I know 1000 cpu batch retail prices are going to be 316 for the q9450 which is amazing, but....... the new q9650 that's out right now is selling for 1400 so that's a 400 dollar markup.. ita tough to tell right now. I'm waiting for the q9450 myself.
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post #155 of 397
11/24/07 at 6:42pm
GB, why not a Gigabyte P35 Ds4 mobo, its like 170 and it supports the new 45nm chips...I'm going to prolly upgrade to the 9650, but we'll see.
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post #156 of 397
11/24/07 at 6:59pm
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Originally Posted by GBrilliantQ View Post
I'm on my phone at work right now. I know 1000 cpu batch retail prices are going to be 316 for the q9450 which is amazing, but....... the new q9650 that's out right now is selling for 1400 so that's a 400 dollar markup.. ita tough to tell right now. I'm waiting for the q9450 myself.

hmm well even if they are too high, it'll probably further knock down the current prices
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post #157 of 397
11/24/07 at 7:00pm
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GB, why not a Gigabyte P35 Ds4 mobo, its like 170 and it supports the new 45nm chips...I'm going to prolly upgrade to the 9650, but we'll see.

Yeah I agree, the DS4 looks like a good mobo to me too.
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post #158 of 397
11/24/07 at 7:33pm
Asus P5k.
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post #159 of 397
11/24/07 at 7:42pm
I like my P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP, it has been a solid board. Don't think you could go wrong with the three you have there.

Bummer on the nvidia boards, guess a newer quad won't be goin in the backup rig .
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post #160 of 397
11/24/07 at 7:45pm
I don't like the green on the DFI board.
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