bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 17d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 29/01/21 09:05 PM Share Posted 29/01/21 09:05 PM 13 hours ago, Rab said: what is the brand/model of the CPU cooler the young fella at work wants one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,980 Member For: 11y 1m 23d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 29/01/21 10:35 PM Share Posted 29/01/21 10:35 PM Gigabyte Aorus AIO I got the 280 version 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 12y 4m 18d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 27/02/21 03:18 AM Share Posted 27/02/21 03:18 AM (edited) So want to provide a bit of an update. This is gonna be long winded boys. sorry in advance As in previous posts, I got a new MB, CPU, RAM and GPU. This is the steps to work out I was missing stuff. Opened the GPU box first. I was bloody surprised by the size of this guy As you can see below, I was going to have issues getting this bad boy in the case. The reservoir was in the way. So I decided to wait until I had all the parts. I removed the back plate from the old machine. Removed the original back plating from the new motherboard, only to realize that the back plate was not gonna fit. I was lucky enough that PLE had them in stock for $1. New board with new back plate and mounting screws Opened the CPU box and what a let down. total disappointment. so much anticipation killed. Can you spot it? So many trees killed for nothing. AMD you have disappointed me. Shiny. My precious Look at the quality of this motherboard. It surprised me big time. in all of my IT career, nothing has surprised me like this board. I had ordered a new bracket for the Waterblock. just forgot to order the backplate for the MB as mentioned before. I split the Waterblock and replaced the new mounting bracket and installed the RBG. I cleaned the inside while I was at it. All nice and clean. Proceeded to install her in the case, then realized I was missing something. He is a big boy Previous PSU was moved into gaming machine for the son. I had no PSU. These guys know how to box stuff. they know how to make you feel good too. I was surprised with what was included in a PSU box. Fridge magnets, Stickers..... This is so well stuff into the box. so compact. They made me feel like a mechanic, actually. PSU was installed and it was time to move on to installing the Pump and reservoir. Due to the size of the GPU, I had to shift it over. only managed to get 2 nuts and bolts in. See how close this is getting? Nothing else holding it down. I think the hardest part for me, was getting what tubing I had left and getting it all to work. I just wish I had measured up first and then cut piping. I got the piping cut before installing the GPU. piping was cut for the CPU first. 😞 I had an issue where one pipe was not long enough, and so I had to shuffle stuff around. previously I had both Radiators connected to each other, then the CPU and GPU was connected together. This time the CPU sits after the first radiator(on the right). Then the CPU connects to the second radiator(top). Finally when the GPU Waterblock arrives, it will be connected after the second radiator. Ignore the blue. it will be changed to RED as soon as I get the software installed. A bit difficult doing this remotely from work. Edited 27/02/21 03:21 AM by masda74 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 17d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 27/02/21 03:49 AM Share Posted 27/02/21 03:49 AM 28 minutes ago, masda74 said: This is gonna be long winded boys. sorry in advance not at all, and no need to apologize great pics and write up @masda74 I love this stuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 12y 4m 18d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 27/02/21 03:51 AM Share Posted 27/02/21 03:51 AM Those PCIe Cables for the GPU, sitting there like that, are just doing my head in aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 17d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 27/02/21 03:54 AM Share Posted 27/02/21 03:54 AM (edited) buy some extender cables and cable manage those ugly plastic blocks out of view see HERE Edited 27/02/21 03:55 AM by bloodycrashboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 12y 4m 18d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 27/02/21 04:01 AM Share Posted 27/02/21 04:01 AM ooof. Spend more money??? Minister of War and Finance is already on a war path because of the previous spendings....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 17d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 27/02/21 04:05 AM Share Posted 27/02/21 04:05 AM yeah nah mate bought a new pair of alpine star motorcycle gloves today.............................................Mrs BCB looked at them with a frown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 12y 4m 18d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 27/02/21 05:31 AM Share Posted 27/02/21 05:31 AM Yeah Well, I recently ordered this without her knowing. I can only imagine what is going to happen if she receives it while I am up at site. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 17d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 27/02/21 05:45 AM Share Posted 27/02/21 05:45 AM well I suppose she will now be able to yell "slow down you're going to kill us both" shattering your ear drums 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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