Gratuitous

yah, im with you. march april will be a 6k month for me if kep and srx come out, not to mention that awsome lookin evga psu

i know its nuts, what us geeks do to keep up with the latest tech 

we can do delrin on the cpu proto's do you have it in 1/4"?

but those of us who take longer usually seem to have the nicer rigs

Gratuitous
... watercooling an sr-2 as your first watercooling rig is basically like learning to drive for the first time in a ferarri. fun as heck, but dangerous if you scratch it.

I almost Fell out of my seat laughing at this. I applaud your analogy :) only because I honestly Used the SR-2 as my first major Water cooled Rig. and Ive been in my bosses ferrari ( alas not driving, but still fun ). My only suggestion is Don't buy Used Parts like I did... errr. Buy them with caution and test the living crap out of them before you put them into production. I got ~10 fittings from someone and all of them were 45* compression fittings and they leaked at the base when pressure was applied to the loop. asides from that I never had any problems with my setup and that was because I tested everything thoroughly. Buying New and Custom parts made the Build a Blast and a thrill to work on and show off once it was done. So jshaynes don't be too worried about messing it up. Honestly it is quite hard to screw it up. Heck I'm sure There are things I could do better but Watercooling is just like a gun, Respect it and it will respect you. People have choices but almost all the choices are good depending on what you are shooting for, some are just better than others. Thats just my take on it.

sadly i think the ratio is more like 70% patience 30% finances for me lol but I'm still collecting good parts just over a much vaster amount of time then i believe many could cope with, been looking at individual pieces for at this point nearly a year and still unable to even power on yet because of the parts still on the list to pick up >.<

Perhaps a little lol,  while that is my nephew I actually changed  to this one to baby the forum moderators who said my original one was a little too risque to be used.. so I'm babying the forum and keeping the art to the build and in my photo bucket lol

http://i680.photobucket.c...otton2/BloodDragon.jpg
there is a link to the original for those of viewing age and wondering what my normal avatar is.

Gratuitous
the setup on either ek system or nates is basically the same, watercooling an sr-2 as your first watercooling rig is basically like learning to drive for the first time in a ferarri. fun as heck, but dangerous if you scratch it. a little bit of common sense and general mechanical inclination are necessary. Just read up on how to plan your loops, pumps, fittings, and above all leak test completely before you power anything.

 
 
Hah, yea I have been gathering that same impression.  Wish I had kept up with the water cooling world earlier, but didn't really need to until now with the workstation.  Ah well, like ya said plan it out and take it slow . . .
 

Gratuitous 
i think nate is in the middle of his run, if you want to wait a few weeks extra for us to build and test my new cpu tops with the bridge, you will be able to get away with 4 less fittings for a much cleaner less cluttered tubing run. nothing like the joy of custom:)

 
That sounds pretty sweet.  That would be combining the upper CPU block with the mosfet block?  Are we talking few extra weeks meaning more like few extra months, or really not that long? =)

Well guess that means for the second side of my build i'll have more area for engravings :)
When you get your renders up please CC me them so i can try to pick and fit some pictures for engraving when i get to that stage.

Gratuitous
absolutly:) remember, this is not the air cooled combo block that nate makes. just a kickass custom top for the m6.

 
err, im cornfused =). i thought what nate currently makes is separate water blocks for cpus, mosfet, and board (nb/sb)?
 
and what you guys are currently working on is a water block that combines those 4 separate ones into two?  a cpu0 / mosfet piece and a cpu1 / long squiggly nb/sb piece.

jshaynes

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absolutly:) remember, this is not the air cooled combo block that nate makes. just a kickass custom top for the m6.

err, im cornfused =). i thought what nate currently makes is separate water blocks for cpus, mosfet, and board (nb/sb)?

and what you guys are currently working on is a water block that combines those 4 separate ones into two?  a cpu0 / mosfet piece and a cpu1 / long squiggly nb/sb piece.

you are correct. forgotten was thinking of a differant project nate was working on that he wants perfected for his build.

Nate if you see this, sorry for not replying to your PM.  I've tried to a couple of times but looks like my PMs aren't being sent.   They don't show up in my Sent folder, even though they say "Sent successfully" when I submit.  
 
Anyways, I'm definitely interested in a water block set.  I'll see if I can get this PM thing ironed out with one of the Forum admins.

Sorry all, I took the day off.  My oldest daughter was sick and I stayed home to help take care of her.  Usually on the computer all day. 

I had help, my folks came over and I was able to multi-task.  Making some upgrades to my shop.

ZOOM IN ON THE BLOCK!?  and all that ram..?   holy cow thats alotta ram.
 
You should have sent me those CPU blocks.. I could have refinished them as a matching set!  

very nice the copper offsets the red and black nicely very streamlined. Or as my wife would say "Perdy!"
:)