Ongoing Gigabyte GA-MA78-S2H passive and diy-enclosure (3 Viewers)

ichessblumen

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    wohoo, update...update :)

    I'm close to fall asleep, but just wanna show the small progress of this late night work.

    I think you'll recognize what's this gonna be...therefor just pics. ;-)

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    Okay, a few words here. Upon special wish...I think it's recognizeable how I fabricated the "flushed in" mesh.

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    Good n8. :yawn:
     

    ichessblumen

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    Thanks flokel...

    And time for an update.

    This is the work of two long evenings and a sunday.
    It doesn't look much, but t'was timeconsuming all that soldering, filing and and assembling and disassembling while I tried the components to fit.

    That's the emergency fan which is now shroudless, that the air can paas out. I call it "Free Wheely" ... :D
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    Here , that's the wire harness. Only the needed contacst. No more no less. But took me some time.

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    And that's the result. Viewed from top you can see...all wires in a fine order.

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    And then I thought over and over agin, what sort of acrylic I should use for the display.
    I tried an acrylic two way mirror...but I didn't like it. Was too much silverish in the front.
    Blue, yes blue... ahh, found a forlorn piece in the garden shed and cut it right away.

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    wohoo, and after that I tried how it looks like. Well, see...

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    Ather that I was quiet happy with the look of it and installed OS and the VFD driver plus software and it turns out like this.... :rock:

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    another view

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    viewe from the right top angle

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    I'd say: "Finished"... :)

    Some last things are over.

    I want to put a usb port between the fins on the left side coz on the backside is not very convienent.

    Of course final pics have to be made. I think I'll do that when I've set up the whole rig
    in my drawing room and when mediaportal will be installed.
    I'll report then about the temps...

    So long.
     

    Ent

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    :eek: There are not words. :cool:
    I want to build my case.
    I'm trying to draw the model and in the meantime I bought components (cpu, mb, hd, gpu).
    I haven't chosen the heatsink and I like your solution: You mod a heatsink (which) or is there some kits.
    I looked long for the web, the one that I found is of hfx.

    Thank you, still :cool:
     

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    Simply amazing, looks great and I love the fins...
    How is the temp? os the passive cooling working?

    thank you for the nice words.

    I tried a blu-ray and works okay at an average cpu usage of 35% more or less.
    The temperature was shown by gibabyte software "EasyTune5" and gives out 55°C during BR playback.
    The fan runs then at 800 rpm . I've too fiddle around abit with this software to find out the best solution coz it doesn't still work at my full satisfaction.

    Ent said:
    There are not words.
    I want to build my case.
    I'm trying to draw the model and in the meantime I bought components (cpu, mb, hd, gpu).
    I haven't chosen the heatsink and I like your solution: You mod a heatsink (which) or is there some kits.
    I looked long for the web, the one that I found is of hfx.

    Thank you, still

    thank you too. yes, the hfx came also to my mind when I planned this one. but was too expensive.
    When you want to do the same, I found the heatpipes and the cpu block at Conrad Electronic

    greetz.
    ieb
     

    Ent

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    thank for yours answer and patience..:oops:
    Sorry me if so boring :sorry: , I do not speak German (and my english is so bad).
    In "Conrad Electronic" I found only the heatpipe.
    Which German's word I must searching for "cpu block"?
    Last, I do not understand which tool you used for bend the heatpipe
    sorry
     

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