The Patience of Job

Well sometimes when you are the first person trying a thing, it takes time to get it right.



It took quite a while for CoolIT Systems to get my Boreas Chassis to me. I had asked them to install the Boreas chiller (for my GPUs), and their new WS-240 chiller for the CPUs. Not only is the 240 a new product, they had never installed one in this kind of chassis before, so things were a little cramped. After they got it installed they realized the fans were a little too thick - 25 mm. After some shopping around they finally found some low profile 20 mm fans.

All this took time to sort out but I finally got my chassis Friday, July 17. Since we had just moved homes the day before our new place was in quite a state of disarray - boxes and boxes everywhere. Finally Saturday morning I had some time and space to open the box and take out the chassis. I spent the morning installing the power supply, BluRay drive, and motherboard; but after installing the motherboard it was clear there were problems.

1. The coolant hose from the WS-240 was blocking the power connector for CPU-2.
2. The pump for the Boreas was blocking the main power connector.
3. The coolant hose between the two CPU water-blocks was too short.

In retrospect I probably should have shipped them the motherboard and these problems would have been obvious to them too. After talking to CoolIT on the phone on Monday they agreed to have me ship it back and correct the problems. They should get the chassis on Friday, and hopefully will be able to get it back to me soon.

While I am incredibly eager to finally get this computer system running, it has been over two years that I have been planning it, so if it takes a few more weeks to get it built right I have to be patient.

In the mean time rumors are the Intel will soon release a Xeon 5590 processor, which will likely be faster than the 5570 processors I bought. I have not opened the boxes my processors are in, so if Intel releases the new ones soon enough, I am hoping I can exchange my 5570s for a couple of 5590s.

Cheers, Eric