Hi Everyone,
This is the third and final mod of the season for me. I am currently waiting for my philips ambx to arrive for my "AIO AL" (a.k.a. "Nameless" mod also posted on here) and to get my hands dirty on finishing the remake of the horns and other details on "Diabolo" (also posted on here). All three will be on show at the MLP event in Murcia, Spain from the 6th to the 11th of December.
Fallout Cause SP (Slim & Passive) is the succesor to my fav mod of my own creation "Fallout Cause", it was just a paintjob yet it was before I got in to making worklogs and I′ve learnt so much since then that I want to do something new in the same style as FC was.
About the conditions, maybe some of you remember my previous "Mod in a Week" project (a.k.a. Acid Burn), the conditions are the same, Start to Finish happens within a week, starting to day, Saturday 26-11-11 so it will be finished by Saturday the 3rd of December as the latest.
All products needed have to be bought/ordered and received within this period. This of course puts limitations on what I can use but that′s also part of the fun in this kind of project.
I chose to start today as the products from the sponsor for this project arrived.
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Informatica Outlets is simply the must go to website in Spain for great deals on hardware and all needed components to build a PC. So thank you very much Informaticaoutlets.com for your sponsorship on this project!
The products sponsored for this project are:
B-Move Slim II M-ATX low profile case
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Intel Celeron Dual Core E3400
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ASUS EN210 GeForce
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Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT Motherboard
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Other products sponsored include a memory card reader for the case, a 250gb seagate barracuda sata2 hard drive and an LG CD/DVD rewriter.
As the name of the project suggests, I am aiming for making the whole computer passive, i.e. no fans, which is why I′ve gone for the ASUS 210 low profile silent GPU, and the celeron intel cpu, as it′s a low end basic cpu, it should be the easiest socket 775 cpu to cool without fans, just a heatsink and decent thermal paste. Other products I′ve acquired today for this project are:
Thermaltake Mini-Typhoon CPU Cooler
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2x2Gb Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz (I know this mobo supports up to 1333 but its fine, it will help keep the ram cool to underclock it plus I got a simply great deal on them).
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Let′s start then.1st Day - Saturday 26-11-2011So I′ve done a quick bench-test to make sure all the hardware is working fine and in deed, no problems whatsoever.
Because the B-Move Slim II is a low profile m-atx case I pressume meant for an HTPC, most aftermarket heatsinks will not fit, but I can′t use the stock intel heatsink because it′s cooling power is virtually non-existant without a fan. So I′ve gone for the thermaltake mini-typhoon as I got a great deal on it and it has a decent copper surface that should keep the cpu cool enough without a fan. So I mounted it with Noctua NX-1 thermalpaste, and went on to do some temp testing without a mounted fan. On idle I get 54c, on stress testing, it doesn′t go over 76c now, this are high temps for such a cpu, but remember it′s being passive cooled and the temps are within safe boundaries so I can check that off the list.
Again because the case is low profile, the cooler will not fit even without a fan, I knew this, hell, I wanted this to happen so I could cut a hole on the side of the case to expose the copper which will add to the final look, if any of you have seen my original Fallout Cause, you′ll know exactly what I mean : )
So, 1st, let′s cut the hole:
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Now to test it on the case:
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Very nice fit! next issue, the cpu cooler′s mounting possition means that the ram doesn′t fit because of it′s cooler, thing is, I like the cooler and rather not have to shave the trimmings off, so, did some measurements, and it would seem cutting off one of the cpu cooler′s pipes is the way to go, so that′s what I did:
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Now for mounting tests:
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Now as you can see it fits fine but its in contact with the ram stick by very little, my question is, would this affect anything in any way? would it transfer heat to the ram heatsink or the other way round? Should I trim the ram heatsink?
That′s it for today, tomorrow I prep further modification to the case, I am planning on openings and signs of aging and damage caused by rust and the extreme conditions of a fallout post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Thanks for reading! : )