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  • mad73M Offline
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    looks good to me, I would of never started it I hate computers can just about turn 1 on look at the trouble I have uploading pic had to get my son to do it I have trouble with my phone give me a spanner any day lol

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    • mad73M mad73

      looks good to me, I would of never started it I hate computers can just about turn 1 on look at the trouble I have uploading pic had to get my son to do it I have trouble with my phone give me a spanner any day lol

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      Calum
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      @mad73 Give me a spanner, what do you think I have been building this with my teeth!

      Do both pal. To be fair, I enjoy building the computer more than I do using it. And that's the Gods honest truth lol. Once its built it'll be used for YouTube lmao.

      It's just once you have had a custom PC, it's so hard to go to anythibg else. Just imagine no loading for anything. Everything is instantaneous on this machine.

      It is lovely. But overkill. And you know me, I don't shy away from the tools.

      But I am not very good at stuff like your man cave. One day I hope to be. But it's not a skill I posses right now. It takes all sorts of people in this world.

      Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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      • MightymanM Offline
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        When I eventually upgrade my SSD I will probably be going with whatever the latest Samsung drive is. Just wondering, why did you choose a corsair drive and a Hyper x drive over other makes?

        TDR 125 - 2001

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          When I eventually upgrade my SSD I will probably be going with whatever the latest Samsung drive is. Just wondering, why did you choose a corsair drive and a Hyper x drive over other makes?

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          Calum
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          #17

          @MIGHTYMAN Samsung are absolutely gash lmao! Their SSD's are not compatible with Debian.

          I bought the corsair one many moons ago.

          I got the hyperx one free with the 970 graphics card. I would have not bought it out of choice.

          The drive I would have got eould have been the San Disk Pro

          Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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            But as I'm not a Linux user, are the Samsung's seriously that bad?!

            TDR 125 - 2001

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              Calum
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              Ah in that case, the overhead of running Windows outweighs the gains of running an SSD. I joke of course.

              So on paper the Samsung Pro is better than the San Disk. But the random read speeds, which are more like real life performance, favoured better on the san disk.

              Out of personal preference I don't like Samsung products. I have a few expensive Samsung items that are just naff.

              But either way you won't tell the difference.

              Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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                @mad73 Give me a spanner, what do you think I have been building this with my teeth!

                Do both pal. To be fair, I enjoy building the computer more than I do using it. And that's the Gods honest truth lol. Once its built it'll be used for YouTube lmao.

                It's just once you have had a custom PC, it's so hard to go to anythibg else. Just imagine no loading for anything. Everything is instantaneous on this machine.

                It is lovely. But overkill. And you know me, I don't shy away from the tools.

                But I am not very good at stuff like your man cave. One day I hope to be. But it's not a skill I posses right now. It takes all sorts of people in this world.

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                @Calum said:

                @mad73 Give me a spanner, what do you think I have been building this with my teeth!

                Do both pal. To be fair, I enjoy building the computer more than I do using it. And that's the Gods honest truth lol. Once its built it'll be used for YouTube lmao.

                It's just once you have had a custom PC, it's so hard to go to anythibg else. Just imagine no loading for anything. Everything is instantaneous on this machine.

                It is lovely. But overkill. And you know me, I don't shy away from the tools.

                But I am not very good at stuff like your man cave. One day I hope to be. But it's not a skill I posses right now. It takes all sorts of people in this world.

                teeth hahahahahaha I like it
                most things to do with carpentry is having the right tools same as most things really , I just cant get on with computers to small and fiddly for me hammers and power tools as there nice and big , if your good at building things which it seems you are going by your bike and computer building a shed is easy really you could build 1 with basic tools hammer hand saw nails sprit level ,

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                • mad73M mad73

                  @Calum said:

                  @mad73 Give me a spanner, what do you think I have been building this with my teeth!

                  Do both pal. To be fair, I enjoy building the computer more than I do using it. And that's the Gods honest truth lol. Once its built it'll be used for YouTube lmao.

                  It's just once you have had a custom PC, it's so hard to go to anythibg else. Just imagine no loading for anything. Everything is instantaneous on this machine.

                  It is lovely. But overkill. And you know me, I don't shy away from the tools.

                  But I am not very good at stuff like your man cave. One day I hope to be. But it's not a skill I posses right now. It takes all sorts of people in this world.

                  teeth hahahahahaha I like it
                  most things to do with carpentry is having the right tools same as most things really , I just cant get on with computers to small and fiddly for me hammers and power tools as there nice and big , if your good at building things which it seems you are going by your bike and computer building a shed is easy really you could build 1 with basic tools hammer hand saw nails sprit level ,

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                  Calum
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                  #21

                  @mad73 haha yeah thanks. One day maybe lol.

                  Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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                    #22

                    As one might come to expect from my craftsmanship, No leaks.

                    It's all finished!

                    I am so pleased with the finish. I redone all thr lines I was not happy with and am really pleased with the result. No its not perfect, but it's really.
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                    • DartyD Offline
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                      awwww maaaaaaaan, it's such a nice rig! Please trust, get Project Cars on there and upload some vids!!! Also a great rig for CAD. My favourite pass time atm

                      Keep it real

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                      • DartyD Darty

                        awwww maaaaaaaan, it's such a nice rig! Please trust, get Project Cars on there and upload some vids!!! Also a great rig for CAD. My favourite pass time atm

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                        Calum
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                        @Darty Hhmm, I bet if I check the bank the computer will say 'No'. I don't want to examine how much the upgrades have cost me lmao! Project cars next month.

                        I very rarely use this computer for gaming, not sure why I upgraded it, just fancied a challenge of building the liquid cooling system.

                        Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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                          #25

                          That's a mad loop aha! Nice though 😉

                          TDR 125 - 2001

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                            That's a mad loop aha! Nice though 😉

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                            @MIGHTYMAN Yeah, I wanted individual cold feeds to each of the components. As such it did take a few attempts to get right.

                            The hard part was making them all single pieces. The amount of pipes I had to scrap because I got it wrong three bends in grr!

                            Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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                              Mightyman
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                              Individual cold feeds? I have never heard of anyone doing that before. I get the feeling this is a very similar scenario to you adding a second radiator to your DT. Looks very good, but doesn't provide any noticeable functionality. Whilst it would be good to drop some of the components by a few degrees, I'm sure in practise it wouldn't really help? The only benefit might be that you have a LOT of extra coolant so it might take a very small amount of additional time, before the whole loop gets up to working temp?

                              Sorry if this comment seems like I'm having a dig, I'm really not but I know you are much like me in that there are some unique ways we like doing certain things like this, even if the result is little to no gains and a much lighter pocket!

                              TDR 125 - 2001

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                                mad73
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                                very nice calum knew you would do a nice job

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                                • mad73M mad73

                                  very nice calum knew you would do a nice job

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                                  Calum
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                                  @mad73 Cheers mate 🙂 Got it exactly how I want it, for now.

                                  @mightyman Nah you wouldn't put hot coolant from the GPU into the CPU then into the Motherboard. If you're going to do the job properly you want individual feeds after yhe radiator. It's a little more work but it is a noticeable difference. Remember if the average temperature is lower, then the radiator/fans has to do less work to cool it down. So it increases the lifespan of components.

                                  The DT is modified so in theory needs a bigger radiator. On hot days it will see 100 degrees centigrade. Which was always worrying for me. But I am not convinced the Lanza radiator made that much difference. A proper Ally rad will though. So if you fabricate a proper ally rad to the dt the temperature difference will be mental. YZ runs with barely little coolant and the temps are like 50 degrees. That's half that of the dt.

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                                    Been busy doing some more upgrades to my PC. Another 16 Gigs of ram, another SSD and a HDD. New pump and reservoir and have mounted an OLED screen hooked into an Arduino which in turn is hooked into the motherboard.

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                                    Eventually the Arduino will poll the motherboard for CPU temperature as well as time.

                                    Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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                                      Been busy doing some more upgrades to my PC. Another 16 Gigs of ram, another SSD and a HDD. New pump and reservoir and have mounted an OLED screen hooked into an Arduino which in turn is hooked into the motherboard.

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                                      Eventually the Arduino will poll the motherboard for CPU temperature as well as time.

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                                      NINJA
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                                      @Calum Looking damn good bud!!! 👍

                                      SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!

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                                        @Calum Looking damn good bud!!! 👍

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                                        @CYBER-NINJA Cheers mate, it's good to have a PC again lmao.

                                        I couldn't have chosen a worse time to rebuild this PC, as soon as I did the bloody forum started falling apart lmao!

                                        Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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                                        • CalumC Calum

                                          @CYBER-NINJA Cheers mate, it's good to have a PC again lmao.

                                          I couldn't have chosen a worse time to rebuild this PC, as soon as I did the bloody forum started falling apart lmao!

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                                          @Calum Tell me all about it bro, I know your pain! I was stuck with a tablet for 6 months while my PC was being rebuilt. I vowed never again so I splashed out on a quality laptop, so I'll never be tech-less again!!! 😉

                                          SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!

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