Desert Sapphire – Part IV
So the build continues… The day after Christmas, my wife and I drove out into Kansas to visit family. Given the weather forecast for the next day compared...
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Desert Sapphire – Part III
Ah I love international orders… Thankfully everything in the box was unharmed. The only casualty was a corner of the thermal pad for the passive backplate...
Desert Sapphire – Part II
I mentioned in the previous segment that water cooling parts were on their way. The first order from Performance-PCs arrived the day after Thanksgiving — ...
Desert Sapphire
The time has come to introduce another build project, this one being a client build. All of the primary hardware has been purchased and I’m just waiting o...
Follow-up on Colony West
So the system has been up and running for about a week now, so it’s time for a follow-up on how the system is performing. Temperatures First I couldn̵...
Rack water cooling, cont.
EK got back to me pretty quickly on my inquiry. The screws in question that I’d need are M3x10 DIN 7991. They even offered to mail me a set if I couldn...
Rack water cooling
First order of business after getting the rack completed was moving everything into it. Three chassis (4U and 2x2U), two radiator panels (3U each), and a surge ...
Finally a cabinet!… frame
First I’ll say up front that I love quiet fans. They tend to not move the greatest amount of air, but quiet is always a nice compromise in my opinion. I m...
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...
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