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Here is a picture of the assembly progressing. The
motherboard has been mounted and the IO shield has been installed. The
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Next up we assembled the GPU fanless heatsink. This is
actually a very novel contraption. Designed to fit most video cards
regardless of chip maker or vendor, although the install was a bit complex. It
uses a lot of thermal grease and can be very messy to assemble. But in the
end we were got it fully assembled. One really nice feature is the main heat
pipe dumps the heat of the video cards GPU directly outside the back of the
case. <pun>Very cool! </pun> |
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Another pic of our progress with the video card installed and
the heatsink hanging out the back of the case. You can also see clearly all
the space we have in the front of the case to mount the cooling system. |
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Next we install our ram now that all the fooling with
bulky oversized parts is all done with. We have installed the ram sinks on
the ram and it was a simple enough process. I wonder if a copper heat
spreader would have worked better though..... |
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So out comes the big hitter! We installed 4 - 1 Gig sticks
of DDR 400 in each of our ram drives. The cards are fairly large and have a
battery onboard to maintain state as long as the power supply is plugged in
and turned on and for 6-8 hours without. I recommend using ram with ramsinks
on them to help promote heat dissipation. |
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With the ram drives installed, you can see it's becoming cramped
rather quickly. One thing we found in the testing process is it's best to
remove the slot covers between the 2 Ram Drive cards so some heat they
generate can escape the case and not get up to the video card. Also be
careful to position the cables so they don’t obstruct airflow. |
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