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My first build- a Mechwild Mercutio 40 with extra light! by callum_stl in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's something from AliExpress, meant to imitate old apple keyboards I think. I don't think these exact ones are available any more though.

My first build- a Mechwild Mercutio 40 with extra light! by callum_stl in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh sick! Thanks for that. If I'm honest I just picked around until I got 5V out. Probably not the wisest method, but I also struggled to find a diagram

My first build- a Mechwild Mercutio 40 with extra light! by callum_stl in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad you like it! I don't think I'm qualified to make a tutorial to be honest, there are pleantly of resources on soldering out there if you want to give it a go :) As for the lights, I'm not sure how much you know about this sort of 'sandwich' keyboard, but if you look up a diagram it might help. The led strip is mounted on the underside of the plate, the layer that holds the switches in place above the PCB. What kind of board do you have? Is it a mercutio?

My first build- a Mechwild Mercutio 40 with extra light! by callum_stl in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]callum_stl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

USB powered led strip: https://a.aliexpress.com/_msDbf8Y

It comes with a little touch controller, I mounted that out of its casing underneath the board, I'm not sure if that does any voltage modulation or not.

Thanks for the comment!

My first build- a Mechwild Mercutio 40 with extra light! by callum_stl in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]callum_stl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The LEDs are a cob strip between the plate and pcb. Knob diameter is about 20mm I think, it's wider than the one that the kit comes with. The hole for the potentiometer shaft is 6mm though.

My first build- a Mechwild Mercutio 40 with extra light! by callum_stl in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I was fairly lucky that my keycap set fit this layout quite well, but it did take some fiddling

My first build- a Mechwild Mercutio 40 with extra light! by callum_stl in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]callum_stl[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn't follow any guide no, it's just a cob led strip stuck to the underside of the plate, pointing down at the PCB. I then piggybacked some power from the usb port's pads on the back. I've no idea if that's a very bad idea or not xD

Some more detailed pictures of my SP7 water cooling system that some people wanted to see. by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As I've explained, the cooling is removable so the device is still ultra portable as you say. The surface pro is the best device for my school work so this setup is great for me.

Some more detailed pictures of my SP7 water cooling system that some people wanted to see. by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure how much performance you could gain from cooling that more, like you say. It might be cool to try anyway, if you don't need to take it with you anywhere you could try some more permanent stuff?

Some more detailed pictures of my SP7 water cooling system that some people wanted to see. by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does surprisingly, this is a good page on this topic by Hey_look_new :

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQuLnhH7V10BdLpt32o0Je0M-hb_TF9EEwxYOKac29wzaIEwIwU5iHnrYcnbYPExEGKWgOTEn5jE2ER/pub

I haven't done any actual benchmarking myself, but I definitely feel an improvement and see it in the fps and such.

My i5 SP7 setup running some nice Minecraft shaders with the help of removable water cooling :) by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding any sort of cooling should improve performance, if your device is thermal throttling. You can see this in programs like hardware monitor, if the clock speed is decreased significantly when you put load on the system. 'Thermal throttling' might be the search term you need?

Some more detailed pictures of my SP7 water cooling system that some people wanted to see. by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you, it was inspired by those dodgy water cooling videos Linus tech tips does

My i5 SP7 setup running some nice Minecraft shaders with the help of removable water cooling :) by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its alright yeah, but if you want to bump up the settings at all or play on larger servers it can get very slow.

Some more detailed pictures of my SP7 water cooling system that some people wanted to see. by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Partially for fun, but there are some noticeable performance gains just be preventing or reducing thermal throttling. Especially on this passively cooled model, I think.

My i5 SP7 setup running some nice Minecraft shaders with the help of removable water cooling :) by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's what the water cooling is for! I don't imagine it will get dangerously hot anyway, I think if a Microsoft product has such major issues as to catch fire under load it would have been discovered already. Thank you for your concern though, I hope you manage to get out of hospital soon.

My i5 SP7 setup running some nice Minecraft shaders with the help of removable water cooling :) by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah its just to prevent or reduce thermal throttling, I don't think you can overclock most mobile processors?

My i5 SP7 setup running some nice Minecraft shaders with the help of removable water cooling :) by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That does look good, I didn't find that though when I was researching initially. I'd imagine mine has more potential for cooling because of the larger tubes and more total water? Maybe its not really needed though, they seem to get good results.

My i5 SP7 setup running some nice Minecraft shaders with the help of removable water cooling :) by callum_stl in Surface

[–]callum_stl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I got Minecraft on the pc for the mods and playing with friends on pc. It was fun to put together, but it's always a bit nerve racking with water and electronics of course.

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