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Beta Orionis/Mira

Mira

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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 ...

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Corsair AX860: A retraction

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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

Beta Orionis – Part XXV

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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/Mira

Radiator box for PC water cooling

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I’ve demonstrated in two projects how you can build an external water cooling solution, first with a cabinet with mounted radiators, and second with radia...

Beta Orionis

Beta Orionis – Part XXIV

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

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Beta Orionis – Part XXIII

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

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Beta Orionis – Part XXII

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

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Beta Orionis – Part XXI

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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

Beta Orionis – Part XX: New loop

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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 ...

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Beta Orionis – Part XIX: Taking it outside

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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....

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