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How do I share the pics?

well
 
 
 
fuck

metal gear rising  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

helped a friend build a new computer today with a lot of the same parts I have, a mATX version of my mobo so he can put it in a smaller case later for LAN parties, and Gskill 2400mhz RAM because it happened to be the cheapest 2400Mhz RAM at the time. 
Here are some horror photos of what happens if a computer has never been cleaned in the ~10 years of its life
 
Even after blowing out most of the dust there was so much on the CPU heat sink that you can't see the fins of the heatsink
 

 
 
 
 
 
And the best Part, The CPU came out with the heat sink and is still stuck on. I couldn't even twist it off
 

Thanks!
Well I've finally managed to find both the time, drive and location to get the gold plating underway. I've decided to go with the GPU plate, the plugs, EK logos and of course the RAM heatspreaders. The reason it took a while to get to this stage is that quite frankly I didn't trust most of the plating people I checked out. There are 3 metals to be plated here, 2 of which (steel and aluminium) aren't usually accepted, so I wanted to find a place that would be able to manage fine whilst still working with individual pieces (many skip straight to trade customers only).
Whilst this isn't exactly a big update, I figured you guys might want to be kept in the loop. Here are the pics I sent to the plating people, sadly I only had my phone with me so they look a bit anaemic.




The 50p was just for scale since I doubted they'd be able to tell much about the size without something consistent. Sadly I didn't have a ruler to hand, would have been easier.

Oh dayyuumm! (http://bit.ly/1tohVla)
 

an update!! wooohooo!
 
Well, with my computer being nominated for mod of the month over at bit-tech (vote for me here please!!!  ) i thought id best actually do some modding!
 
A massive thanks to 
 

 
 for sponsoring the sleeving for this build! For those who dont know, E22 is in partnership with Lurto0 customs who sells teleios sleeving.
 
i wanted teleios sleeving.
there is no orange teleios sleeving.
lets mod some sleeving!!
 
 
So, this is half of the sleeving i was sent from E22.Biz i have more white too... i want this orange though..
 

 
This is where Stuart from Kemtex.co.uk came in. I emailed Stuart a few times as id seen somebody dye sleeving before, but every attempt i tried had failed.
 
Stuart is a expert in dyes and after a few emails, i rang him. He was very interested in what i was doing and actually told me that the stuff i was ordering was far beyond my needs and he turned down a £25+ order, in the end all i needed was this
 

 
and he actually supplied it to me for free as he was interested in whether it would work or not.
 
So, i got a pan of hot water and put it on the hob (notice the stains, this wasnt my first attempt lol)
 

 
Then added around half of the 25g bag of dye.
 

 
I gave it a stir (do you think i could be a hand model?) (Parvum, valkia, anderp.... no taking the mick -.- )
 

 
Grabbed the sleeving and started to put it in!
 

 

 
Try and get all the sleeving underwater, make sure you stir often and also turn it over as much as you can
 

 
after around 10 minutes
 

 
after around 20 minutes
 

 
after around 30 minutes
 

 
the colour the sleeveing is in the pan isnt the same as what you will get in the end, you MUST wash off the dye, this does take a lot of colour away from the sleeving, this is what i got in the end:
 

 
Some nicer shots:
 

 

 

 
So, once id done this i thought i best actually sleeve something...
 
24 pin:
 

 
8 pin:
 

 
6 pin pci-e to 2 6 pin pci-e 
 

 
Group photo:
 

 
I have got 2 more of the pci-e sets obviously for my other 2 cards, but i didnt want to over crowd the photos lol.
 
Once again, a massive thanks to E22.biz and also Kemtex.co.uk If you want sleeving or dye, please give either of them a visit!

Hi everybody!

Been following LTT for a while now, figured I should finally make an account in order to get involved with the community. As a bit of background, I'm a student from the UK with a passion for modding and watercooling in particular. Some of you may know me from reddit, where I'm an active member of /r/buildapc and a moderator at /r/watercooling, I'm also found on Bit-Tech under the same name. I haven't actually been modding for that long, I probably started seriously not more than a couple years back. Since then I've caught the bug and can't wait to launch into new projects the moment one is finished!

So to kick things off I thought I would share with you my current work in progress rig:

 

The idea behind "Loramentum" was to make a rig that could be wall mounted but at the same time watercooled. The challenge comes from how I also wanted the rig to be portable so that it could be taken to LAN events and to/fro home and university. Naturally a simple mini-ITX rig in say an EVGA Hadron could have sufficed here, but I wanted to try something new and a bit more novel, at the expense of being a bit more portable.

The main construction itself is formed from a single piece of machined acrylic, which will not only provide the structure to the components, but also feature water channels for the coolant. Protection during transport will be provided by a flight case that I'll also be building.


Contents:

Update 1: Introduction and Renders
Update 2: Laser Cut Frame Lid
Update 3: Watercooling Care Package from EK
Update 4: O-rings, Wires and Braid
Update 5: GPU Blocks and Fractures
Update 6: Trial by Water
Update 7: Fans, Plugs and Dye
Update 8: Extenders, Extensions and Sharpies
Update 9: Corsair Dominator Platinum - Gold Edition
Update 10: Front panel cut
Update 11: GPU Bracket Started
Update 12: GPU Bracket Finished
Update 13: Flight Case Parts
Update 14: PSU Bracket and Pump Jacket
Update 15: Part assembly!
Update 16: Stand and Coolant Renders
Update 17: Flight Case Part 1
Update 18: Flight Case Part 2
Update 19: 24 Pin Sleeved... Again
Update 20: Flight Case Interior Work
Update 21: 8 Pin CPU Cable made and sleeved
Update 22: GPU Sleeved up and Cable Management
Update 23: PSU Fan and SSD Painting
Update 24: New Mechanical Keyboard and Stand Progress
Update 25: Stand Finished
Update 26: Smashed... Better start over
Update 27: New Block Design and 3D Model sharing!
Update 28: The Parts Still Work!
Update 29: New Block and Giveaway
Update 30: O-rings back in
Update 31: Block filled and tested
Update 32: Hardware Installed
Update 33: Tubing Added
Update 34: Coolant Added
Update 35: Finished!  Final Pics Here!
Update 36: Better Final Pics Here!  Ignore the previous ones
Update 37: Battlestation Upgrade!
 
First up I'd like to thank EK Waterblocks who will be providing much of the watercooling equipment used in this build, I'd also like to thank Intel for sending me an i7 4770k to use in this build!

 

So here's a hardware lowdown:

CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k
Motherboard: Asus Z87I-Pro
RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866MHz
GPU: Asus AMD R9 290
PSU: Corsair RM650
Storage: Samsun Evo in some undecided size (likely 512GB)

Cooling:

CPU Block: EK Supremacy Clean Gold
GPU Block: EK-FC R9-290X Acetal
Radiator: XSPC EX360 Crossflow
Pump: Laing D5 Vario with EK Clean Pump Top
Fittings: EK HD Adapters
Tubing: EK rigid acrylic tubing 10/12mm
Fans: Undecided but I'm likely to go for Noiseblocker eloops as they look simply fantastic

Concept Renders:
 
 
These were made using a combination of Autodesk Inventor and Blender, with the renders themselves being done in Cycles within Blender. I find planning builds like this in 3D can be a great idea as it allows you to play with things like colour schemes and alternate parts very easily.
 
 










For the case I've decided to go for the carbon vinyl look. Not only is it easier to work with, but most of the people I asked said they preferred it, which certainly works for me. I'm planning on having the RAM heatspreaders and GPU Plate/IO shield gold plated so that they match the theme. You'll notice from the renders that the reservoir is actually built into the structure itself, it's definitely one of the parts I'm most looking forward to finishing.

And now for some actual components!

 


I know you've all seen it before, but damn I love the look of these sticks. Very different in person to how they appear in the promotional art though, the bars have much more texture to them, which is no bad thing.


Dat box...


Sockets make for some cool macro shots.


And just for a laugh, this is where I'm keeping the components for now... Yeah I know, I don't think I've ever seen an emptier Phantom before.

And the award for the loudest stock component ever goes to the 290. I knew the stock cooler was pretty loud, but I was truly taken aback just by how much, it's insane.

Here's the machined part after a few goes with some coarser grit sandpaper. I'll be slowly working my way up the grades, just need to order in some more of the high grit stuff first.



Rough fitting session with the rad, pump and an old GTX 590. That card is monstrously sized, much larger than the 290 (or at least it feels it), thankfully the holes line up with the ports etc. on the 290.

Hope you all enjoy the project! I'm looking forward to being able to post more updates as well as getting involved with the awesome community here.