Project: SR-2 STACKER

coolmister · Aug 21, 2010, 07:38 PM

I know its been way too long and these damn 840's have been breeding

Some serious cooling needed for this EVGA SR-2 board and although the 840 is a pretty big case it was obviously going to be to small for 3 loops so lets get "stacking"

Anyway, i was looking at my separates under the TV and liked how they stacked with the round silver feet showing in between so decided to do something similar with the two 840's and make a stacked rad box to fit on top.

I'm thinking a couple of EK 480 radiators up top - one for the CPU's and one for the full board block and and a couple of MIP's RAM Freezers.

I'm removing the hard drive caddy from the main 840 and will be mounting two EK 240's there for the graphics cards.

So, i did a bit of a crude mock up with bits of chewing gum just to see how things look

MINI 840 anyone

Erroneus · Aug 21, 2010, 08:10 PM

Crazy!

I like it. You better not live in a earthquake prone area

Takaharu · Aug 21, 2010, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erroneus

Crazy!

I like it. You better not live in a earthquake prone area

Superglue

procupine14 · Aug 23, 2010, 05:08 PM

Oh man this is totally what I have in mind to do in the near future for my water cooling setup. I want to use a seperate case that can use minimal fluid loss quick disconnects to make it at least slightly portable.

I always love your builds!

CJLMTLCA · Aug 24, 2010, 03:40 PM

Nice! Once done it will be worthy of a Coolest Master logo.

***craig5320*** · Aug 24, 2010, 04:10 PM

Looks awesome, more pics to come I hope

coolmister · Aug 25, 2010, 05:13 PM

Cheers guys......long way to go yet but you get the idea

BIG thanks to Crazy_V shipping me a brand new SR-2 board over and going above and beyond with updates, even though she's had her own issues to deal with.

I got to hold one of the early samples at CeBIT in March but i forgot how big they actually are but none the less it, what a fantastic piece of kit.

Anyway couldn't resist sticking a few dual PCB 295's in there just to see how it looked

......blocks all ordered

**kris23** · Aug 25, 2010, 05:24 PM

thats some power...

coolmister · Aug 26, 2010, 05:38 PM

Well i finished off fabricating the rad box and got it riveted back together so decided to test fit one of the 480 rads which fit perfect so all the measuring paid off.

The whole top will be replaced with a 6mm thick piece of aluminium with a vent that will match both sides of the box but more on that later - just added the original top to see how things were looking and i'm well chuffed.

And finally, i couldn't resist a photo next to the mini H20 Cosmos

***craig5320*** · Aug 27, 2010, 12:23 AM

great work so far, keep it up

niceguyrichy · Aug 27, 2010, 12:42 AM

looking pretty awesome so far

i'm envious; i don't have the skills, the money, or the balls to give something like this a try. kudos mate

coolmister · Aug 28, 2010, 04:56 PM

Nothing to see really but couldn't resist firing this thing up on the table

I didn't think i had a PSU that would work but found a new Coolermaster Silent Pro M 1000w which has 2x CPU 12v 4+4 Pin and 6x PCIe 6+2 Pin and works a treat though not tried any 295's yet but booted and loaded W7 on a 74GB Raptor with a 285 and all seems well.

Time to play

CJLMTLCA · Aug 28, 2010, 08:02 PM

Looking good!

at least someone can put their system together

Takaharu · Aug 29, 2010, 10:04 AM

Can you actually power 3 295s?
Will 6-way SLI work or will it be something else?
Do you have powerful air conditioning to fight off the heat that those cards are going to kick out?
Can I have a job like yours?

coolmister · Aug 30, 2010, 12:12 PM

At this point i have no idea which cards the final build will use and only tried the 295's to see what it looked like.

I'm shooting for a couple of XFX 5790 Black Editions as i liked how they worked on a previous build but time will tell i guess.

procupine14 · Aug 30, 2010, 04:53 PM

At this point seeing that motherboard with those cards in it I have to change my pants.....Just saying.

Takaharu · Aug 30, 2010, 09:38 PM

You tore a hole in the front, proc?

Seriously though: two 5970s, two processors and two lots of triple-channel memory? Damn. Wish I had 5 grand laying around.

**Mousey** · Sep 1, 2010, 02:54 PM

Even just on the table that setup looks pretty mental, Got any benchmarks to show us?
I also noticed you smoke Camels, How man? Camels are horrible

Golden Virginia or bust

crowTrobot · Sep 3, 2010, 12:16 AM

Holy crap! That looks so goddamn bad ass. lol

*subscribes*

PhaedraCorruption · Sep 6, 2010, 10:35 PM

First time I have seen this done with a 840, very nice and original.

procupine14 · Sep 8, 2010, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takaharu

You tore a hole in the front, proc?

Seriously though: two 5970s, two processors and two lots of triple-channel memory? Damn. Wish I had 5 grand laying around.

just blasted the fly clean off

coolmister · Sep 13, 2010, 03:51 PM

Getting there, slowly but surely

I hadn't planned on using either Phobya radiators or fans but when a friend at Aquatuning UK saw the prod log on Bit-Tech and suggested i give them a go, plus the fans fit in perfectly with the colour scheme, who was i to argue. So hats off to both Aquatuning and Phobya for getting involved in this mod.

13x Phobya Nano-G 12 PWM LED Silent Waterproof 1500rpm
13x Phobya 4Pin PWM extension 30cm - black
2x Phobya G-Changer 240 Black
2x Phobya G-Changer 480 Ver. 1.2 Black
2x Phobya Radiator Stand - black - Quad - 4x120mm

Still waiting on blocks but before i get the 480 rads mounted in the rad box, i'm going to do some simple testing to see which way is best for airflow etc but they do fit perfectly

Takaharu · Sep 13, 2010, 05:08 PM

13 fans - is that all?
What's the noise level like during your testing?

isaak · Sep 13, 2010, 10:13 PM

Looks really clean coolmister! keep the pictures coming

procupine14 · Sep 15, 2010, 02:49 PM

I have to agree coolmister, those fans look very nice! Next dumb question....where is the 13th fan going?

coolmister · Sep 24, 2010, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by procupine14

I have to agree coolmister, those fans look very nice! Next dumb question....where is the 13th fan going?

Probably on the back of the chassis

Big thanks to Michael at MIP's for getting me the SR-2 blocks along with a couple of HK3's and RAM Freezers.

I pre-ordered some M3 stand-off along with some M3 Hex bolts so could go ahead and mount the HK3's using the standard SR-2 back plates so couldn't resist to do a dry run to see how things look

coolmister · Sep 25, 2010, 10:23 PM

I'm trying to keep components separate so at least both CPU's will end up being roughly the same temps which would be better when overclocking so i'm thinking three loops like this....

1x 480 rads for CPU's
1x 480 rads for MB and RAM Blocks
2x 240 rads for GPU's

I think that should be plenty

I've used red, blue and green so its easier to pick each loop out but i won't be going with those colours

Takaharu · Sep 26, 2010, 12:35 AM

I'm no water cooler (no pun intended) but wouldn't it work out better if you cool one CPU + RAM separately from the other CPU + RAM?
If you're cooling both processors using the same feed I'd imagine it'd be warmer than cooling one lot of RAM plus a processor (plus a chipset), as the RAM would give off less heat.
Having said that, you'd end up with two different temperatures for the CPUs...

isaak · Sep 26, 2010, 08:27 AM

I'm thinking the second CPU in the loop would run warmer than the first because it is using "prewarmed" water?
I'd go RAM1 + CPU1 -> 480
RAM2 + CPU 2 -> 480
GPU -> 2x 240

Does the mobo need cooling?

coolmister · Oct 12, 2010, 04:20 PM

Sorry for the lack of updates - i've been modding my new car

Three Kazemaster fan controllers turned up for the rad box so time to make a bezel to hold them.

Just wish they had turned up earlier so i could have got them all mounted but ran out of time so one down, two to go and at least the weather is going to hold out all weekend so more to come over the next few days.

Fret Saw with piercing 12 x 32tpi blades

Aug 21, 2010, 07:38 PM	#1
coolmister HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East - England Posts: 93 Rep Power: 40	Project: SR-2 STACKER I know its been way too long and these damn 840's have been breeding Some serious cooling needed for this EVGA SR-2 board and although the 840 is a pretty big case it was obviously going to be to small for 3 loops so lets get "stacking" Anyway, i was looking at my separates under the TV and liked how they stacked with the round silver feet showing in between so decided to do something similar with the two 840's and make a stacked rad box to fit on top. I'm thinking a couple of EK 480 radiators up top - one for the CPU's and one for the full board block and and a couple of MIP's RAM Freezers. I'm removing the hard drive caddy from the main 840 and will be mounting two EK 240's there for the graphics cards. So, i did a bit of a crude mock up with bits of chewing gum just to see how things look MINI 840 anyone

Aug 21, 2010, 08:10 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Crazy! I like it. You better not live in a earthquake prone area __________________

Aug 23, 2010, 05:08 PM	#4
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Oh man this is totally what I have in mind to do in the near future for my water cooling setup. I want to use a seperate case that can use minimal fluid loss quick disconnects to make it at least slightly portable. I always love your builds! __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Aug 24, 2010, 03:40 PM	#5
CJLMTLCA 14X Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 633 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Nice! Once done it will be worthy of a Coolest Master logo. __________________

Aug 24, 2010, 04:10 PM	#6
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Aug 25, 2010, 05:13 PM	Thread Starter #7
coolmister HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East - England Posts: 93 Rep Power: 40	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Cheers guys......long way to go yet but you get the idea BIG thanks to Crazy_V shipping me a brand new SR-2 board over and going above and beyond with updates, even though she's had her own issues to deal with. I got to hold one of the early samples at CeBIT in March but i forgot how big they actually are but none the less it, what a fantastic piece of kit. Anyway couldn't resist sticking a few dual PCB 295's in there just to see how it looked ......blocks all ordered

Aug 25, 2010, 05:24 PM	#8
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Aug 26, 2010, 05:38 PM	Thread Starter #9
coolmister HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East - England Posts: 93 Rep Power: 40	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Well i finished off fabricating the rad box and got it riveted back together so decided to test fit one of the 480 rads which fit perfect so all the measuring paid off. The whole top will be replaced with a 6mm thick piece of aluminium with a vent that will match both sides of the box but more on that later - just added the original top to see how things were looking and i'm well chuffed. And finally, i couldn't resist a photo next to the mini H20 Cosmos

Aug 27, 2010, 12:23 AM	#10
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Aug 28, 2010, 04:56 PM	Thread Starter #12
coolmister HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East - England Posts: 93 Rep Power: 40	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Nothing to see really but couldn't resist firing this thing up on the table I didn't think i had a PSU that would work but found a new Coolermaster Silent Pro M 1000w which has 2x CPU 12v 4+4 Pin and 6x PCIe 6+2 Pin and works a treat though not tried any 295's yet but booted and loaded W7 on a 74GB Raptor with a 285 and all seems well. Time to play

Aug 28, 2010, 08:02 PM	#13
CJLMTLCA 14X Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 633 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Looking good! at least someone can put their system together __________________

Aug 29, 2010, 10:04 AM	#14
Takaharu I can fart in 7 languages Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,859 Rep Power: 113 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Can you actually power 3 295s? Will 6-way SLI work or will it be something else? Do you have powerful air conditioning to fight off the heat that those cards are going to kick out? Can I have a job like yours? __________________ I don't get paid to know the answer, therefore I'm far more likely to give you a straight and honest answer. Mods Rig, Box Mods Rig, Folding details

Aug 30, 2010, 12:12 PM	Thread Starter #15
coolmister HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East - England Posts: 93 Rep Power: 40	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER At this point i have no idea which cards the final build will use and only tried the 295's to see what it looked like. I'm shooting for a couple of XFX 5790 Black Editions as i liked how they worked on a previous build but time will tell i guess.

Aug 30, 2010, 04:53 PM	#16
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER At this point seeing that motherboard with those cards in it I have to change my pants.....Just saying. __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Aug 30, 2010, 09:38 PM	#17
Takaharu I can fart in 7 languages Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,859 Rep Power: 113 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER You tore a hole in the front, proc? Seriously though: two 5970s, two processors and two lots of triple-channel memory? Damn. Wish I had 5 grand laying around. __________________ I don't get paid to know the answer, therefore I'm far more likely to give you a straight and honest answer. Mods Rig, Box Mods Rig, Folding details

Sep 1, 2010, 02:54 PM	#18
Mousey Synth's Long Lost Bro Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Web Design Hell Posts: 7,189 Rep Power: 245 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Even just on the table that setup looks pretty mental, Got any benchmarks to show us? I also noticed you smoke Camels, How man? Camels are horrible Golden Virginia or bust __________________

Sep 3, 2010, 12:16 AM	#19
crowTrobot HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 699 Rep Power: 83 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Holy crap! That looks so goddamn bad ass. lol subscribes

Sep 6, 2010, 10:35 PM	#20
PhaedraCorruption HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER First time I have seen this done with a 840, very nice and original.

Sep 13, 2010, 03:51 PM	Thread Starter #22
coolmister HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East - England Posts: 93 Rep Power: 40	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Getting there, slowly but surely I hadn't planned on using either Phobya radiators or fans but when a friend at Aquatuning UK saw the prod log on Bit-Tech and suggested i give them a go, plus the fans fit in perfectly with the colour scheme, who was i to argue. So hats off to both Aquatuning and Phobya for getting involved in this mod. 13x Phobya Nano-G 12 PWM LED Silent Waterproof 1500rpm 13x Phobya 4Pin PWM extension 30cm - black 2x Phobya G-Changer 240 Black 2x Phobya G-Changer 480 Ver. 1.2 Black 2x Phobya Radiator Stand - black - Quad - 4x120mm Still waiting on blocks but before i get the 480 rads mounted in the rad box, i'm going to do some simple testing to see which way is best for airflow etc but they do fit perfectly

Sep 13, 2010, 05:08 PM	#23
Takaharu I can fart in 7 languages Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,859 Rep Power: 113 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER 13 fans - is that all? What's the noise level like during your testing? __________________ I don't get paid to know the answer, therefore I'm far more likely to give you a straight and honest answer. Mods Rig, Box Mods Rig, Folding details

Sep 13, 2010, 10:13 PM	#24
isaak HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,286 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Looks really clean coolmister! keep the pictures coming __________________ The first step... shall be to lose the way. - Galway Kinnell

Sep 15, 2010, 02:49 PM	#25
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER I have to agree coolmister, those fans look very nice! Next dumb question....where is the 13th fan going? __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Sep 25, 2010, 10:23 PM	Thread Starter #27
coolmister HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East - England Posts: 93 Rep Power: 40	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER I'm trying to keep components separate so at least both CPU's will end up being roughly the same temps which would be better when overclocking so i'm thinking three loops like this.... 1x 480 rads for CPU's 1x 480 rads for MB and RAM Blocks 2x 240 rads for GPU's I think that should be plenty I've used red, blue and green so its easier to pick each loop out but i won't be going with those colours

Sep 26, 2010, 12:35 AM	#28
Takaharu I can fart in 7 languages Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,859 Rep Power: 113 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER I'm no water cooler (no pun intended) but wouldn't it work out better if you cool one CPU + RAM separately from the other CPU + RAM? If you're cooling both processors using the same feed I'd imagine it'd be warmer than cooling one lot of RAM plus a processor (plus a chipset), as the RAM would give off less heat. Having said that, you'd end up with two different temperatures for the CPUs... __________________ I don't get paid to know the answer, therefore I'm far more likely to give you a straight and honest answer. Mods Rig, Box Mods Rig, Folding details

Sep 26, 2010, 08:27 AM	#29
isaak HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,286 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER I'm thinking the second CPU in the loop would run warmer than the first because it is using "prewarmed" water? I'd go RAM1 + CPU1 -> 480 RAM2 + CPU 2 -> 480 GPU -> 2x 240 Does the mobo need cooling? __________________ The first step... shall be to lose the way. - Galway Kinnell

Oct 12, 2010, 04:20 PM	Thread Starter #30
coolmister HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East - England Posts: 93 Rep Power: 40	Re: Project: SR-2 STACKER Sorry for the lack of updates - i've been modding my new car Three Kazemaster fan controllers turned up for the rad box so time to make a bezel to hold them. Just wish they had turned up earlier so i could have got them all mounted but ran out of time so one down, two to go and at least the weather is going to hold out all weekend so more to come over the next few days. Fret Saw with piercing 12 x 32tpi blades