Dear VR-Zoners, I have been thinking of ways to try and place all my images in a flowing manner. like what i did in the XS forums, but theres a 16 image limit for each posts, and I really din anticipate so much updates and pictures from the start of this project log..haha..so i decided to create some sort of contents page with URL link by the side so you guys can just jump right on to the pages you wanna view. Previously I implemented this code system FBK0001 so that you can jump to that section easily using the CTRL + F, but due to the image limit, cant be used here..so just ignore it..(:
Heres the Xtreme Systems link for those who want to view everything on a single page. Image intensive so lotsa of patience needed. URL
Heres the link for my old rig UV Cuboid. URL
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Contents [FBK0000]
Foreword [FBK0001]
Introduction and History [FBK0002]
Fiery Black Knight (METAMORPHOSIS) [FBK0003]
Components Line-Up [FBK0004]
Watercooling Line-Up [FBK0005]
Watercooling Set-Up [FBK0006]
Pictures (1 per each component) [FBK0007]
Pictures of Components [FBK0008] URL
Pictures of Watercooling Components [FBK0009] URL
Detailed Pictures [FBK0010]
Silverstone TJ07-BW [FBK0011] URL
EK Waterblocks Part 1/4 [FBK0012] URL
EK Waterblocks Part 2/4 [FBK0013] URL
EK Waterblocks Part 3/4 [FBK0014] URL
EK Waterblocks Part 4/4 [FBK0015] URL
Watercooling Components Part 1/5 [FBK0016] URL
Watercooling Components Part 2/5 [FBK0017] URL
Watercooling Components Part 3/5 [FBK0018] URL
Watercooling Components Part 4/5 [FBK0019] URL
Watercooling Components Part 5/5 [FBK0020] URL
3 x Asus GTX 280 1GB [FBK0021] URL
Silverstone Zeus ZM1200M [FBK0022] URL
Custom Case for Radiator Placement [FBK0023] URL
Problems Encountered Part 1/2 [FBK0024] URL
Problems Encountered Part 2/2 [FBK0025] URL
Setting Up [FBK0026]
Setting up CPU Loop Part 1/3 [FBK0027] URL
Setting up CPU Loop Part 2/3 [FBK0028] URL
Setting up CPU Loop Part 3/3 [FBK0029] URL
Mounting EK-FC280 GTX - Nickel Plated waterblock Part 1/2 [FBK0030] URL
Mounting EK-FC280 GTX - Nickel Plated waterblock Part 2/2 [FBK0031] URL
Setting up GPU Loop Part 1/2 [FBK0032] URL
Setting up GPU Loop Part 2/2 [FBK0033] URL
Fiery Black Knight (METAMORPHOSIS) Completed [FBK0034] URL
Detailed History of FBK
Before METAMORPHOSIS - Coming Soon
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Foreword [FBK0001]
First and foremost, i would like to thank the fellow people for their various important contributions, guidance, patience, advices, suggestions, support, comments that make all of this possible.
[In Alphabetical Order]
bianco [nice knowing the first time u asked mi bout the intel core 2 extreme processor..then later on we end up trying to poison each other..hah..and we share the same liking for black and red..((: and thnx for helping mi out with the bitspower fittings..o: i realli learnt loads of things from u..four bros..d:]
Doraemon269 [yoz, i seek out advice from u while i was overclocking the q9450..ur 3.8ghz was realli a wonder..]
dragonknightz [hah..u are the very first one that poisoned mi to watercool]
froze [i still recall our first encounter..(: hee..but we went on great ever since that..and i am realli very fortunate to have u guide my first outline for the cpu loop..((: thnk u froze! watercooling doraemon and his arrays of watercooling poisons..and all the MOs and and all the hardwares..(((:]
heartykid [another wc poisoner..(:]
iversongarnett [thnx everything, from guiding mi in overclocking from the very start of my project..learnt loads from u later on..everything bout hardwares and softwares, information of everything around the tech world..thnk u!! not forgetting that time when we had our great time trying to outperform each other in vantage gpus scores..haha..the four bros..(:]
joos7er [still remb the first time i seek ur advice bout the z5500 and xfi prelude..? hah..and not forgetting u persuade mi to get a q9450 instead of a q9550..i am glad..o: and later on we commited ourselves to watercooling our gpus..hahah..]
nashaz [hee...won't forget u, one of the threes who assisted mi along with the overclocking and all..thnx! hehe..and compliments from u, a pro modder, is realli fantastic..d:]
pissing_intel [hee..sir..we realli had a nice time overclocking and trying to outbeat each other..((: u won the first round..and ig won the second using i7 ):..i have yet to won any..hahha..but cheers!! the four bros..(:]
VR-Zoners [thnk u guys..u are a great group of people i came to noe..and meet..and respect..btw i might have left out a few ppl coz i cant remb so much things at once..i do have a poor memory hah..will add on if i recall..d:]
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Introduction and History [FBK0002]
This project log has come a long way. It started from April 2008 with the purchase of a Silverstone Zeus ST85ZF 850W. From then on..its full steam ahead in gettting all those hardwares to materialise my rig. I had a red and black theme in mind. And i named the rig i was gonna build..Black Knight..here's the pic..
after that i proceeded to mount 2 x Thermalright HR-03 GT on my two pieces of 9800GTX, got myself 2 blowholes by the side of TJ09 panel in a bid to reduce my GPUs IDLE and LOAD temps. The results were good..total drop of 20 degrees in load temps.. With the addition of 2 more red tracers..i renamed my rig Fiery Black Knight coz of the amount of heat it is releasing and the strong fiery red given off by the leds. Here's the pics..
i was doing quite a bit of overclocking on my Q9450 but onli managed a 3.7 Ghz..in an attempt to get about this FSB wall..i went to purchase Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650..it was a great processor..made for overclocking..i managed a 4.4 Ghz on TRUE itself..managed to break my personal record for 3DMark 06..but the temperature of the processor is realli high..i decided to try out a watercooling kit to see if it cools well..the results is not spectacular..a few degrees lower than the TRUE..but i got the hang of whole WC works..heres the pics..
The time period is now october 2008..here comes a great promotion on Asus GTX 280 1GB graphics card..its SGD 400 a piece..i simply cant resist the offer...its supposedly used for a compy..but apparently the cards i got were quite new..i believed its brand new..with this cards..i embarked on a frenzy quest to get my vantage scores up..i gave up on 3DMark 06 coz the newer cards GT200 does not scale well in that benchmark..Vantage is a more accurate bench for GTX 280..i managed to achieve a 23k GPU score..throughout the benching..i realise that GTX 280 is way hotter than the 9800GTX..this is where i have the notion of going custom watercooling..and i did went custom watercooling..i made several heavy changes to my Fiery Black Knight and here begins the start of METAMORPHOSIS...
Why did you went for custom liquid cooling?
Theres a couple of reasons in delving into custom cooling. Previously, i was using the swiftech 120 compact cooling kit. It was able to cool the cpu better than a thermalright heatsink, but not by a huge margin. I wanted very much to get something that is capable of cooling my cpu more effectively. After all, i overclocked my cpu moderately (3 Ghz to 4.4 Ghz) for daily use (benching and gaming), and needed to realli keep the temps low..previous swiftech kit onli manage to keep it around 85 degrees celcius during load. The other reason is my gpus. GTX 280s is realli pretty hot on their stock coolers. Temperature for load soar between 76 plus to 85, 90 plus degrees celcius.
Why do you go for 3 Way SLI?
hah..main reason is i had already decided on watercooling my mb, cpu and gpu. hence might as well get another card to maximise the potential of my rig. After all, i had a 780i mb which is capable of 3 Way SLI.
Brief Outline of Metamorphosis
- New Casing
- 3 Way SLI
- New PSU
- Custom WC (2 Loops)
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Fiery Black Knight [METAMORPHOSIS] [FBK0003]
Components Line-Up [FBK0004]
[Monitor] Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD
[Speakers] Logitech Z5500-Digital 5.1
[Mouse] Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue
[Keyboard] Razer Lycosa
[Operating System] Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Bit / 64 Bit
[Processor] Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0 Ghz
[Motherboard] Asus Striker 2 Formula 780i
[Ram] 4 x 2GB Crucial Ballistix Red Tracers 800 Mhz
[Graphics] 3 x 1GB Asus GTX 280
[HDD] Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB GLFS
[HDD] Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
[Soundcard] Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1
[Optical] Pioneer DVR-213LS
[PSU] Silverstone Zeus ZM1200M 1200W
[Casing] Silverstone TJ07-BW
Watercooling Line-Up [FBK0005]
[CPU Waterblock] 1 x Swiftech Apogee GTZ Extreme Performance
[GPU Waterblock] 3 x EK-FC280 GTX SLI - Nickle Plated Acrylic
[Northbridge Waterblock] 1 x EK-NB S-MAX Acetal
[Southbridge Waterblock] 1 x EK-SB Striker 2 Formula Acetal MODDED
[Mosfets Waterblock] 2 x EK-Mosfet ASUS 3a Acetal
[Pump] 2 x Swiftech MCP355 12v DC Pump
[Reservoir] 2 x XSPC Acrylic Reservoir for Laing DDC
[Radiator] 2 x Feser X-Changer QUAD 480 Extreme Performance Radiator
[Tubing] 20 Feet Tygon B-44-4X Food, Milk and Dairy 1/2in. ID 3/4in. OD Laboratory Tubing
[Coolant] 2L Feser One F1 Cooling Fluid UV Red
[Fittings] 1 x Bitspower G 1/4 Shining Silver Dual Rotary Angle Fitting
[Fittings] 1 x Bitspower G 1/4 Shining Silver Extender
[Fittings] 2 x Bitspower Shining G 1/4 Silver D-Plug Set
[Fittings] 14 x Bitspower 1/2in. Compression Fittings for 3/4in. OD Tubing
[Fan Controller] 2 x Scythe KazeMaster 5.25"
[Fan Controller] NZXT Sentry LX 5.25"
[Fans] 8 x Scythe Slipstream 120mm 110 cfm
[Fans] 5 x Zalman ZMF3-RL 120mm
[Fans] 2 x Zalman ZMF2-RL 92mm
[Custom Case]
Watercooling Set-Up [FBK0006]
[CPU Loop] CPU > NB > Mosfet > Mosfet > Radiator > Reservoir > Pump > CPU
[GPU Loop] GPU 1 > GPU 2 > GPU 3 > SB > Radiator > Reservoir > Pump > GPU 1
Linear Mode
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