EHW Ai

great job, both of you!

Ah, yes, giving birth to babies. What else would you give birth to? Loaded questions aside, I'll be sheathing my black pipe in what follows (it won't prevent birthing babies though):

I think he was a roommate of mine in one of my past lives.

Hi guy & welcome

First up, a big sale by EVGA while they try to eliminate their backlog of Leather Jacket's 30X0 Series GPUS: Next, a change to what I previously mentioned about the voltage and ammeter gauges. I cancelled that order because I was having issues with the vendor (Newark), and ordered 2.5 inch round gauge versions from a different vendor. They have to come direct from Simpson and Simpson doesn't sell small quantities directly to the consumer, so it'll be a few weeks before they arrive. An example of what they look like follow (an AC gauge is pictured): Now for the best part, at least from my POV: having gotten the idea from EVGA's pricey E1 product, I decided to add the gauge pod to the Atlas II chassis as already mentioned above. That said, I also managed to find the following pipe cups (they're already here) that will sheath the gauges almost perfectly: Once the gauges are installed, the pods will look something like this: I had thought about running copper pipe from the rear to support them, but they're pretty heavy (7-8 pounds together from the heft); so I'll just use standard 1/2 inch pipe and fittings to do so. If I feel I need to do so once I get that far, I'll also give them a "copper treatment" (or maybe even a steam punk treatment). Then I'll run the wiring for them through a flange and the pipe, and fuse/wire them and add test points, also as already mentioned above. That's it for now

So I started taking a look at the system I'm about to tear apart because its cpu block appears to be full of poop (getting low flow through it), but I did run a CPU Profile on it even though ***everything*** is pretty much set to stock (see the linked 3DMark Results). To speed things up a bit I'm going to stick a Noctua air cooler on the CPU and swap in the 2080ti (also air cooled). Note: I'm an old boomer noob to this stuff so be gentle with me (it's my first time) and wear gummi Handschuhe. Anyway, given the linked results, I could probably squeeze a lot more out of this setup if it's set up properly.

bto '73-74, unbannt (wrong thread, right attitude )

So I decided to add 0-15VDC and 0-10amp Simpson panel meters to my Atlas ii build, which I just ordered. I kept them small (1.5 inch through-hole) so that I could mount them in a plate I'm fabricating that will be attached to the left rear lower pump mount. That panel will also include six fuse holders and led lights that will be used to indicate whether a fuse is good or not; as well as banana jack test points to monitor the 12VDC. Three of the fuse holders will be dedicated to three DDC pump motors. Anyway, pix of the parts follow, as well as representative images of the gauges.

lol, I've come out of many closets in many different places over the years, but outside of my relatively recent projects, had to give up hoarding when i became a wandering monk in the lands that time forgot. (if it can't fit in a shopping cart, i can't take it with me ) but I do have one of the following that I could try before time runs out or i move on to a higher plane or the current contest ends: what sayeth you?

I did a quick run through 1000 grit (wet) and am happy with the results. It's not perfect, but then I never suffered from OCD Anyway, the bands around the DDC fans haven't been properly seated yet (you'll note they're loose), and see if you can tell how my version of the Atlas II frame itself differs from the 100% stock version. Besides hardware, here's a hint: I had to extend one of the wings a bit to fit everything on the right. Note: it's a solid extension that you can lift it by.

drilled the holes in the 16 gauge copper plates for the bulkhead fittings and power switch; dry fit them before buffing and polishing the plates:

not necessarily tech related, but i did order a new hat rack today: for my git-r-done caps, of course.

some more recent pix, etc. the first are some recent copper purchases: these next two have to do with the bulkhead fittings/copper plate I'll be installing that will provide for the installation of the QDCs and power on/off switch: i likely will change the color schema for the bulkhead fittings; probably use one color for one loop, and another color for the other loop. just not sure yet which two of the three colors (silver, red, black) I'll use. i'm thinking red and either silver or black. red because of the subtle injection of red in the build thus far; silver because I've got a ton of silver fittings for the brunt of the two loops. the last, black, should be self explanatory. ...or i might just leave the color schema the way it's currently pictured above. hmmm... decisions, decisions, decisions. anyway, it all needs to be buffed/polished clean and shiny of course and covered in a sealant that will help keep the copper from tarnishing.

The loop toward the front of the image is three 4.2 DDCs (0.2mm copper strip is hiding two of the 60mm Noctuas at the bottom of the dual DDC top); the loop in the rear is two D5s. Keep in mind I'm working-in provisions to add the dual MORA 420 option as well. Anyway, about the active cooling I'm setting up for the three DDCs: PWM control for each of those will be assigned one channel using the Quadro (the three fans are connected to the Active Splitty9 which will be assigned a channel of its own via the Quadro); with the Quadro connected to the Aquaero 6LT at the top rear above the PSU. Each of the DDC heat sinks also has a thermocouple attached to them which in-turn are connected to the Quadro. While 12VDC power for the DDCs is pulled from a bus in the lower rear which is connected to the PSU to avoid tripping OCP in the Quadro, the Quadro and the Active Splitty9 also get their own 12VDC and 5VDC via a peripheral PSU output so that they'll function properly as far as PWM control goes. I'll also be attaching thermocouples to the cpu block and to the front and back of the KPE GPU blocks. Got more copper arriving this week (mostly for aesthetic purposes): 4x 14gauge 2"x12" copper bars, and 1x 1/8" (.0125") 2"x12" copper bar. Somewhere in all that are also provisions for a Farbwerk 360 RGB LED Controller, which I might use to control led strips embedded in (e.g.) the "Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" collage I put together during the CCP beers virus pandemic lockdown period. I figure if I accomplish that, all I'll have left to work on is installing a full sized church organ w/pipes and finding someone who is a combination of Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Marty Feldman to play them while dressed as someone like the Abominable Dr. Phibes or Herr Doktor Frankensteen's laboratory assistant.

...more progress. DDC group isn't quite finished yet (need to clean up the wiring somewhat), but their Noctua fans are wrapped in copper now.

Notes to self: Never rear end someone and say "that was my fault" on a dashcam video then post that video on the Internet. Always stock spare grenades under the driver's seat within easy reach.

it was a good excuse to look for road rage memes.

Thought you be interested in seeing where I went with the active cooling for the DDCs: The fans will plug into the splitty (three of them), which will comprise one channel on the Quadro. The three ddcs will then each be assigned to one of the three remaining channels on the Quadro. Because the DDCs can pull up to 4amps of current each when they start up, I'll disable fast/full start for them in AquaSuite, which will keep the current under the Quadro's maximum of 2amps each. See the following two links for more info about that: PSA: Disable Aquacomputer Quadro's "Start Boost" feature if you are using it with an 18W PWM DDC re-wired to a single 4-pin PWM cable. (The Quadro boost overloads the pump during start (>2A) and trips its own OCP protection repeatedly.) Running a 3.2 DDC 18W rewired to 4pin header from a Quadro 25W, recently started tripping Quadro's over current protection resulting the pump to cycle on and off While I do have the option of adding shrouds, It really won't be necessary: As for the typically ugly color of the Noctuas, I've worked out something for them as well. I'll wrap them in in the copper strip that's on its way, securing them with copper rivets: The additional copper will go well with the the 3090 KPE once I move it to this build, and there will be additional copper embellishments as well throughout the build. Anyway, if you're wondering why three DDCs, I wanted to make sure I've got enough headroom to plug the kit & kaboodle into the MORA3/Test Panel assembly: Last but not least, I'm a bit concerned about the problems people have been having with power supplies lately with respect to higher end systems tripping over current protections in (e.g.) Seasonic and other psus. The Atlas II portion of the build does have a 1300Watt Seasonic Platinum PSU in it and I'll be running some stress testing to make sure it's up to the task.

Congrats, bud! Can't think of anyone better for the job P.S. Don't listen to pookie. He watches too much violent tv.

Yeah, I'm able to reproduce it as well. But because it isn't consistent across all topic links from the gitgo, I took a closer look at it and it seems as if it only happens if a rig in the rig listing of the last poster in a topic is incomplete in some way (e.g., missing a thumbnail). Can't take much more of a look at it because my eyes haven't been behaving themselves lately. Definitely script related.

^I see what you did there.

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