MILKANDOREOS 4 Posted January 4 Hello everyone! New update to the tower 5k project. Like I promised in the last post, the 240mm radiator has been added. I also added another 2 Cosmiq fans. These are forward, where the ones on top are reverse, which is generally ill advised as it can decrease the fan lifespan. Alas it's form over function in this case. it appears the noise problem I was having is now gone with a point higher in the loop, and now there are no bubbles found in the GPU or CPU waterblocks. Quite simple fluid mechanics, since air is lighter than water, it will naturally find itself above the water. This is why pumps should NEVER be at the top of the loop. If air is introduced to the pump too much, then it will run dry and straight up break. Other upd ates include cable management improvements and installation of the UPS from my second SFX PC, as well programming singalrgb properly (fuck you icue). I also had to switch the liquid, from the P1000 liquid to distilled water (that part is IMPORTANT) that has been treated with Primochill's treatment. This treatment helps stop the water from corroding the metal (one of the reasons you have to use the same type of metal, no mixing of copper and aluminum (called galvanic corrosion)) Though since I had to add a new tube, you can see where the P1000 stained the softline tubing, which sucks but oh well, it's motivation to do the thing I meant to do- hardline tubing! Here she is with the new radiator and fans! you can kinda see the tube going from the gpu to the radiator is different, to be precise it's clearer since the others are stained. Included is a 3d printed fox, courtesy of my gf. Better look at the radiator. Quick peek at an upgrade I did- hard to tell but there is a dust filter on the entire intake area. It's magnetically attached. Here is the complete setup! Three 1440p screens and a 1080p screen. Surprisingly useful to have so many screens. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, another peek into the future! The current plans after I get my job is to prioritize a 9070XT, especially with ramageddon. It may not go into the system off the bat, as waterblocks are still coming out, But I would love the upgrade. From there the plan is the quatro and fake RAM so all my slots are populated. But in the meantime, I have started actual meaningful work on the hardline tubing, since I figure this is the best time to work on it, before I start working again. It has always been the plan to have the basement with softline and the main compartment with hardline. A major question for some time was structural stability. That is where a great quote comes in- "Good engineers copy, great engineers steal". https://www.printables.com/model/1148872-thermaltake-tower-500-intake-fan-tray/files In this system they have some serious hardware, but I am most interested in the 3d model of the tower and their mounting method. I found this to be a genius idea I should of had months ago, but oh well. One of my big concerns is that the current metal basement plates have small hooks that they use to slide into place, which obviously won't work with PLA or acryllic. So I shall steal the idea and improve on it for my needs, to make sure the basement is properly held up. She's just being started but each of those planes represents a fitment placement roughly, I will most likely need to do many versions. I may include fans towards the front so fresh air is pulled into the main compartment. I need to get my ender 3 working, which terrifies me. I also realized I would have a lot of problems if I used hardline tubes for the 240mm radiator, and since the softline and hardline tubing have similar diameters, I will use softline for that straight area, but pulled tight so it looks straight. Should make maintenance easy. Sorry for how scattered this post is, I am trying to fix my sleep schedule and am quite tired right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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