Mercury Hero
12/10/15(Mon)00:33


Build a new(ish) computer. A tad bit smaller than before. And with a horizontal motherboard layout. Still heavy, though.

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15/10/15(Thu)13:15

thank you, gang, means a lot!

13/10/15(Tue)10:15

Just in time for Fallout 4! Nice build, very tidy :)

12/10/15(Mon)13:49
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About a year ago I did an energy reading on this computer. Power supply is rated at 520 Watt with a efficiency of 81% at a 20% load, 85% at 50% load, and 81% at 100% load.

12/10/15(Mon)13:37
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Here's a pic from the manufacturer's site. Hope that answers your question.

12/10/15(Mon)12:32

A fine work of art, Mr. Grim. When this thing is running at full steam, how many amps. does it pull on the ole electric bill?

12/10/15(Mon)01:01
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Case: CaseLabs Mercury S8

Tada! All done.

ps: please forgive my grammar, I'm thinking 3 steps ahead when typing. And sometimes I forget to add the pic.

12/10/15(Mon)00:57
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I forgot to snap when I adding in the coolant, but basically you fill the reservoir, turn on the power supply unit (psu), than as soon as the reservoir is almost empty you flipped the switch on the psu to avoid running the pumps dry. Than repeat to fill the reservoir.

Once the fluid was in I added the drives; top 3 are solid state drives (ssd), the fatty is a traditional hard disk drive (hdd).

12/10/15(Mon)00:52
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ready for adding in the final coolant. I'm using a different power supply unit, so I don't need to unplug all power cables to the motherboard, graphics cards, etc.

12/10/15(Mon)00:49
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And then the other 2 radiators

12/10/15(Mon)00:48
2042.0
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and added the first radiator

12/10/15(Mon)00:45
1970.9
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Added the motherboard, and the 2 graphics cards. Wires are guided to them with help of clips.

12/10/15(Mon)00:43
1993.3
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Wire routing and/or guiding begins. I sleeved the wires of the pump, because they were horrible blue and green.

12/10/15(Mon)00:42
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I did 2 leak test with distilled water, there was some coolant residue in the rads hence the red color. Had 1 leaky fitting in the 1st test, but it turned out to be a improper sanded tube. 2nd test past. On to disassemble and start with the wires.

12/10/15(Mon)00:38
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>>31517 same process, different angle

12/10/15(Mon)00:37
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in the process of measuring the tubes, bending them, and fitting

12/10/15(Mon)00:35
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The naked case