Log Aurmend's Log because he is very unorganized

[AURMEND]

Took me a long time stopped and starting but this all thanks to senscutsend for sending me candy for motivation.

Revision 3 design



CPU: Ryzen 3950x with a Black Ridge cooler 120mm fan.
GPU: Zotac 3070 Twin Edge OC w/ flashed BIOS
PSU: 800w Platinum
RAM: VLP DDR4 32GB total , currently at 3000Mhz, can OC it to 3600Mhz


The order


The zotac 3070 mod with dual 100mm fans

The main components installed and comparted to a S4M outer shell


PSU. To be continued...

But here's a benchmark so far


newest benchmark with a modded bios Zotac 3070 Twin edge

 

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New PSU heatsink

All wired up


And the case pics



Oh yeah, new CPU cooler fan, a Zotac 100mm. I can now use full size ram again. Note that i have Dual Zotac 100mm fans on the 3070 and it's very hard to reach over 70°c. I'm guessing I'll have great performance with this one also.

 

[AURMEND]

Using these vents, should i push more air into the case or suck it out. Most of the air is coming from the rear IO cutout and only the GPU fans are pushing into the case at the moment.

 

[AURMEND]

well im going to order revision 4, which is 3.968 liters

 

[AURMEND]

So I'm going to continue with the water-cooled dual 92mm rad design. I just realized it might work if i rotate the Mobo 90° clockwise. Still worried about GPU clearance when it's stacked onto the motherboard. Also i gotta figure out a way to attach it onto the case.

Edit: looks like I'll mount the riser to the case to attach the GPU and maybe screw in the GPU ports to the case also. I have an EKG annihilator PRO square ILM coming in that i got for $50 and a Chinese Zotac 3070 waterblock for $60.
I'm going to modify the EK WB to see what I can do to make it thinner

 

[AURMEND]

So with some mods on the Mobo, i can cool the 800w psu with a 40mm fan, i messed up on the dual slim 40mm fan version ( broke the PSU cover

 

[AURMEND]

So question if i where to get a RTX 3090, what shorter coolers will fit? Around 215mm is required if i want to keep the case under 4.0L and 245mm under 4.5L and 272mm for under 5 liters

Edit: looks like Alienware makes the shortest at 267mm. Hopefully there is a RTX 4090 that's short so i can beat Petricor on the performance per liter. That does most likely meant my black ridge mod will be obsolete

 

[AURMEND]

Also for the super curious curious my motorcycle, OEM vs my mods. Yes there's is a lot of parts made from SCS and a full engine management parts ( the bike is a 2 cylinder and i can control the AFR on each cylinder)

Yes, i use to be an automotive technician (fancy word for a mechanic) at Toyota specializing in electronics. (I only work on japanese cars motorcycles). Currently in the military overseas in Europe (which is the reason why everything takes longer. Amazon shipments arrive in 3 weeks). Also stay aways from Naples Italy, you have e choices when visiting Italy, go anywhere north of Rome, east of Naples towards the mountains (Avellino) or south of Naples to the shore (specifically Amalfi Coast or towards Pompeii). Yes Italian cars are garbage.

 

[AURMEND]

I can only mod when i am inebriated so screw it. 4 Liter case

 

[Elaman]

Excellent job. I am starting to see a correlation between automotive technicians and PC modders, actually the guy who convinced me to have my current build water cooled, even if it wasn't even necessary.
Also, some of the NFC builds seem to be definitely automotive-inspired...

 

[AURMEND]

Rev 4.5 of the case has been ordered, size increased from 3.91 liters to 3.99 liters.

 

[Valantar]

Rev 4.5 of the case has been ordered, size increased from 3.91 liters to 3.99 liters.

Heresy!

 

[AURMEND]

New dual black ridge heatpipes arrived, each heatpipe is 5 grams heavier than the Chinese ones. Waiting on 3D printer resin to make the heatpipe bending tool again

 

[AURMEND]

I'm getting good at this heat pipe bending.

 

[BaK]

I'm getting good at this heat pipe bending.

Indeed, good job!

New dual black ridge heatpipes arrived, each heatpipe is 5 grams heavier than the Chinese ones.

I should wait to see if they are working better, but can you please share where you have ordered the new ones? And at what price?

 

[AURMEND]

Indeed, good job!


I should wait to see if they are working better, but can you please share where you have ordered the new ones? And at what price?

Digikey but I'll let you know the info once i get my temperature comparison

 

[AURMEND]

The holes are overkill, but it allows me to reuse this plate

 

[BaK]

I understand the excitement, nice workmanship here!
But you could have lay down the vape and CLOSE your pants before taking the pics!

The holes are overkill, but it allows me to reuse this plate

Reuse, how?

 

[AURMEND]

I understand the excitement, nice workmanship here!
But you could have lay down the vape and CLOSE your pants before taking the pics!


Reuse, how?

Yeah, too lazy on my photo editing. Basically i can choose which holes i would need on the PC case. And also it's more for the adapter plate, if i make a mistake on the adapter plate i can just screw on a new one. And i did make a mistake so now I'm 3D printings the whole thing.

Modding will soon be halted for like 30days due to me moving back to the US.