Absinthe to Amethyst
Naming computer build projects tends to have an art behind it. Some builders have a certain finesse with it, while others… not so much. I chose the name &...
Category: Absinthe
Build log for building out a copper tubing water cooling loop in my wife’s computer under the name Absinthe.
Adjusting the recipe
Bitfenix specifications for the Spectre Pro place them at the upper-end of what would be considered silent. They’re rated 18.9 dB(A) for the 120mm, 22.8 d...
Another glass of absinthe — II
In the interim, the R9 290X was put back into the system and the GTX 1080 pulled and sent back to NewEgg on RMA. Unfortunately NewEgg didn’t send out the ...
Another glass of absinthe
Time to revisit Absinthe. Current specs for immediate reference: CPU: Intel i7-5820k GPU: XFX R9 290X “Double-D” 4GB Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512 GB...
Distilling Absinthe — Part III
The United States Postal Service certainly had a weird way of delivering a package. I live in an apartment complex, meaning that packages that cannot be put in ...
Distilling Absinthe – Part II
Now that we’re past the introduction, let’s actually get down to work, starting with a small aside on the table. I said in the previous section that...
Distilling another batch of Absinthe
It has been about a year since I last wrote about my wife’s computer, Absinthe. In that time the system has been running smoothly without any complaints. ...
Absinthe – Part XX
Okay so for Valentine’s Day I bought my wife an R9 290X to replace her GTX 660 pair. Previously I’d talked about going with a GTX 970, mainly becaus...
Absinthe – Part XIX: Valentine’s Day
The title almost makes this sound like some horrible romance/horror movie… Anyone know Neve Campbell’s phone number? I think she’d be perfect ...
Absinthe – Part XVIII
And here we are to the 18th part of this build log for Absinthe. There’s not much of an update on this one, though — just some more pictures of the ...