Some parcels arrived for me this week!
:o)
Samsung 22" widescreen monitor with 2ms response time
I couldn't wait for the 9800 GTX+ to hit the shops, and didn't know what driver problems it might have, so I went for a tried and tested 9800 factory overclocked by BFG. Shame I won't be taking advantage of their "lifetime" warranty ;o)
A modest bundle
This Logitech 5.1 speaker system gets good reviews. I will be playing a lot of music on this system, so the speakers need to be up to scratch.
Outputs to an external hi-fi system if required
Woof woof!
A solid motherboard with support for up to 1200MHz memory
Plenty of bits and pieces with that, incuding an optional fan for the northbridge.
I'm not too keen on the Asus advertising on the heatsinks, might have to remove that to improve airflow.
Lots of connections - always good.
Should be room for the EK water block...I hope!
Picked up an E8500 for the price the E8400 was when I started this project.
Some 4" UV lighting for the reservoir.
The bigNG fan controller that I'm hoping I can just fix-and-forget.
An excellent bundle of stuff for fixing in a bay, in a card slot or standalone with acrylic tops. Plus you can buy extra sensors if you need them.
Looks big, but in fact it's only about 3-4 inches long.
Same with this PCI-e sound card from Creative. It looks huge, and I was concerned about bending tubes around it, but in reality it's only about 4 inches tall.
Feser F1 UV Red coolant - anti-freeze anyone?
All those components need some quality amps running through them. This PSU from Enermax gets excellent reviews, some awards and is modular, so no unnecessary cables.
And a free wallet. Not that I need one any longer, after buying all this gear!
Now we're finally getting to the interesting bits. This is a GTX 9800 water block from EK, which I'm hoping is going to fit to my GTX 9800 OCX card.
Acrylic top - shame it's going to be face down in the case.
All the necessary, including stoppers (wish I'd known), O-rings, mounting screws, allen key and thermal pads.
Hewn from a solid block of copper in the mines of Moria...er sorry, getting a bit carried away. I do love these w/c components though.
Some bits and bobs.
1/2 barbs, stubby barbs, PSU bridging tool and Acousti fan mounts.
Jubilee clips - I'm taking no chances!
T-piece and ball valve for a drain line
Tygon R-3603 - couldn't get hold of any 7/16" / 11/16", so this is 7/16" / 5/8" - the next best thing.
4 120mm fans from Xilence - a good trade-off between high volume of air and low noise.
Flange-type
3 and 4-pin connectors
A couple of 12" UV lights for the case.
XSPC RS120 UV-reactive "red-orange" radiator.
Looks a bit too day-glo orange for my liking, but under UV light it might be redder.
XSPC RS360 for the top of the Cosmos S case. They supply screws that look like 1.25" M4. These should fit through the case holes and through the flange of one fan (1" thick).
Arctic Silver Ceramique and some red and UV LEDs
These acrylic stoppers for the GPU water block have holes for 5mm LEDs, so I plan to take advantage of that.
I may have over-ordered on the UV lighting front...
EK Supreme Plexi CPU water block.
Supplied with all mounting bolts, nuts, washers, etc. And both mounting plates, in case your motherboard heatsink real estate is too high-rise for the larger plate and you have to use the "universal" mount.
This shows the 2 holes pre-drilled for 3mm LEDs. Unfortunately I couldn't find any 3mm LEDs.
More copper loveliness :o)
XSPC 5.25" bay reservoir. Supposed to be the clear-fronted variety, but WatercoolingUK sent the black fronted one by mistake. RMA in progress...
A fancy gel mount for the pump to reduce vibration and hopefully noise.
