Project: Darkside

2old2care · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:

http://www.koolance.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=28_43&products_id=179

Somewhere between you two prolly....
But the extra tweakin'......Priceless

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Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

gmoney, the one u found doesnt have the windows or water cooler, ie its a crappy version of the same case.

Ham_fisT · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject:

I would hardly say CRAPPY

it's one bada$$ case even without the Koolance gear.

Hey weaZ....ummmm...we're still waitin' for those benchieS

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gmoney · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:20 pm Post subject:

[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject:

This thing is being very interesting. It runs strong for about 5-10 minutes and then just shuts off. No warning or anything just dead. But starts right back up and the push of the button and will run strong for another 5-10 and then dies again. So I am going to get a new motherboard here shortly and try again.
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Josh · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject:

I must have been thinking of the PSU.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:

2old2care · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject:

gmoney · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:10 am Post subject:

eh have u guys heard of the new pc power and cooling 850...

with peak watts over 950....
made specifically for sli systems... thats what u need kog... running that thing with all that fancy shiot in it .. pfft ... cant bare to see what the price for it is though
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FreeTheRock [banned] · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:37 am Post subject:

ya its crazy with 4 12v rails at 17A each

Josh · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:21 am Post subject:

Zero_Fresh · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:

Weaz, that machine looks awesome. A lot of good hardware going into this project. Good luck with the new mobo. Hopefully it fixes the problem.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:02 am Post subject:

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

PC Power and Cooling claims it'll fit in a standard ATX case, and looking at yours, I think it'd fit without any modding. It looks longer than it is (seen one, want one, can't afford one....... *sigh*)

I'm thinking that might be your problem, too. Not sure what the added power requirements are for the PEE you have, but with everything else you've got in there, wouldn't surprise me if even a high-quality 500w wouldn't handle the load, depending on ambient temps.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:56 am Post subject:

Well the power requirements for that motherboard along with the PEE and 2-6800Us, 4x512 ram, 1 PATA IDE, 2 SATA IDE, I external HDD, 2 optical drives, 1PCI-e card, 2 PCI cards, 1 firewire device, 6 USB devices is 550 watts.

And the 510 Turbo Cool is supposed to power a dual CPU system fully loaded with upto 10 HDDs and the whole bit. But I know other people with this same motherboard are having the same troubles.

Oh on the dimensions of the 850 watter, it is 9.1" long. While the 510 unit is 5.5". The PC3-725 can accept a PSU upto 6.5" long. Yeah I did my homework before buying my parts. But the way the case is made it can be modded to take the larger power supply.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Yeah, it looks like it would fit just fine, with the second drive cage out.

I KNOW I couldn't fit one in my mid-tower, just ain't happening.

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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject: Update!

Project Darkside is going to take a major turn.
As many of you know I currently running a P4 3.4EE in an Antec P160 case with a custom watercooling set-up. And the current project is making use of a new Koolance PC3-725 case. Well at this point in time I am contemplating getting a larger PSU and also modding the case to accept a Black Ice radiator. After much thought I have decided to cross the two computers. What this mean is the 3.4EE and everything is going to reside in the Koolance case and the new dual core is going into the Antec case. This way the dual core and SLI can get better cooling with the better radiator in Antec case. And also have more room for the possible PSU upgrade. With the switch of cases will come a waterblock, pump and tubing size upgrade. That should enable the dualcore system to run a little cooler. As I dont think that the Koolance system was fully upto the task of handling the dual core under full load 24/7.

For a little preview of the new waterblock here is a peak:
http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-blc-204.html
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2old2care · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject:

Nice looking block Shock

....Simple really...but effective.

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Xal · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:19 am Post subject:

Good luck bro.! Can't wait till its all sorted, we need some benchies!!

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dene · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject:

* contunuily drools over keyboard * That systes is creamable manb i love it.... verynice.
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Cool topic!!! :) :)

Zero_Fresh · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:47 am Post subject:

1 year and 1 day later, the prject Darkside thread was revived by a random guest. Or was it not so random at all? Hmmmm.... Conspiracy maybe.

P.S.
It is a very nice rig.
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