Mira
The time has come for another build log. Seven months ago for Valentine’s Day, I posted a revisit to Absinthe in which my wife’s AMD FX-8350 system ...
Category: Beta Orionis
Corsair AX860: A retraction
Last year I wrote a negative review of the Corsair AX860 power supply in which I said that I had two units on me fail in a short period of time: When an 800W po...
Beta Orionis – Part XXV
How to begin on this… Beta Orionis (β Ori.) was reduced to little more than parts due to the work on Desert Sapphire. The reason was to move β Ori. into a...
Beta Orionis – Part XXIV
In going to Micro Center, I picked up a pair of Swiftech extension fittings and seated them. While a little tight, I was actually able to seat the tubing withou...
Beta Orionis – Part XXIII
In figuring out how to tube up the mainboard, I half felt like I didn’t know what I was doing given how much I tried to change up things. Friday night I s...
Beta Orionis – Part XXII
I wasn’t done with the mainboard yet. After the last segment, I started with preparing the EK Supremacy EVO block. The backplate was first, then I made th...
Beta Orionis – Part XXI
Nothing like a holiday weekend to continue a build, especially since I’ve been putting this off for a lot longer than I originally anticipated. Okay I did...
Beta Orionis – Part XX: New loop
First a recap on the current parts of the system, starting with the base parts. CPU, mainboard, RAM: AMD FX-8350, ASRock 990FX Extreme6, 8 GB Graphics: PNY GTX ...
Beta Orionis – Part XIX: Taking it outside
The fan experiment is going fairly well so far. I’ve been keeping an eye on temperatures and basically looking for a sweet spot for dialing everything in....
Beta Orionis – Part XVIII: New power supply and quieting things down
The new power supply is installed and so far has been running steady without any problems. The only minor concern about the EVGA power supply is its PCI-E power...