It has been a long day. The thermal pads came in the mail around midday Eastern, and I just finished the work covered by this post. With that said, I reiterate: I hate thermal paste and thermal pads. It is probably the only thing I do not enjoy with this project. Still, it's done, and I hope I never have to open them up again.
This is the redone GPU, now with the backplate that arrived yesterday.
The CPU with its barbs fitted. However, I ran into a snag since then and switched out one of the elbow barbs with a normal barb.
The barbed GPU and CPU mounted in the machine.
Tubes! Red. Translucent. Blood vessels. Totally intentional. They will all be attached to the barbs with steel clamps.
Well, that was interesting. After several reroutes and bouts of frustration, I have made everything fit. No kinks, I still have access to the reservoir fill-hole, and I can still stick my RAM in. Now to fill it up and begin the 24hr leak test.
This is the redone GPU, now with the backplate that arrived yesterday.
The CPU with its barbs fitted. However, I ran into a snag since then and switched out one of the elbow barbs with a normal barb.
The barbed GPU and CPU mounted in the machine.
Tubes! Red. Translucent. Blood vessels. Totally intentional. They will all be attached to the barbs with steel clamps.
Well, that was interesting. After several reroutes and bouts of frustration, I have made everything fit. No kinks, I still have access to the reservoir fill-hole, and I can still stick my RAM in. Now to fill it up and begin the 24hr leak test.
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