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    Guys. I'm finally done. Sorry for delay! Fully functional btw!
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    For anyone still subbed, I made a video! This is my new channel for mods & media related stuff!
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    Yep it's already planned to replace them. Those were a last minute idea that was not so great. Finding a functional, steampunk-style gauge is a bit tricky though.
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    Finally took the hardware for a photoshoot last night. The CPU block plating was botched (local guys) so I'm going to be polishing it up and starting again... First, a shot of the whole family Asus Z10PE-D8 WS "Copper Edition" Kingston 8x16GB DDR4 ECC 2133Mhz Memory! 4x 1.2TB Intel 750 NVME drives... 4.8TB total SO, this is the their old U.2 cable that they used to include with their 750 2.5" drives... colorful cables and overall, quite ugly. Ugh, those cables. THIS is the new m.2 direct version of the cable! All sleeved and in black, with a sexy black PCB to boot! Those cables tho... Then of course the 4x Nvidia Titan X in full copper glory! Let me tell you how much it sucks to clean these backplates... Single slot ftw!
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    Finally...an update! Thank you to Bill Own @http://mnpctech.com/ First Item: 3.120mm "360" Rotating Insert Aluminum Radiator Grill, Silver Second Item: Billet Pro-Line 120mm Adjustable "SLOTTED" insert Third Item: Diamond Knurl PC Feet, Silver Painting Video Tutorial by Bill I gave that copper leaf a go on the fan grills and I have to say I'm a pretty big fan of how it turned out for a practice run! Those rusted rads... The case feet from Bill turned out amazing! Much better than any of the items I copped painted lol And a teaser for next time...
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    Big update... no fancy photos though, no time Got the last Titan X in there Still waiting on CPU blocks... All 7 devices Started some designs on the last card, not final placement for res. Rusted rads are finally assembled and back in the case From the front: Dual D5s Dressed up the PSU a little too Dual FC10s on the top, still need to be mounted. Have a really cool idea for up here coming soon! I got two batches of copper sheet... the first, the bottom two panels, as you can see is in much better shape. The second wrinkles so god damn quick. Might have to replace all of these ones So many wrinkles.... but check dem custom windows! They fit the theme perfectly Yes sir And the front window, which I realized I put on backwards, oops. Probably will be redoing the bottom left panel, need a different design for the power buttons. The embossing I did of the sponsor logos! With my derpy "Garage"... Closeup of the windows again
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    I figured you'd appreciate this Update: So honestly at this point I won't be sharing pics of the hardware pr0n until after the build is finished...just not enough time in the day, however here are some in progress pics I snap with my phone on occasion for everyone: Rad pieces painted with iron Leather, before being darkened: All panels: Inspiration for external btw: Randomness from Etsy First layer of rust Darkened vs stock leather Second layer of rust Internal panels being painted Time to paint fittings, in bulk! First in black 6 coats later Top panel being cut Fully rusted! Cutting that beautiful copper panel...
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    All done guys... Huge thanks to Charles@XForma & my sponsors for making this possible: Time to go dark...
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    Soon™
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    Engraving ideas for the plexi windows
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    Single slot brackets! First round of copper plating Sadly the copper didnt' want to stick to the 2.5" enclosure or heatsinks so they'll probably just get a coat of black paint. Second round New 9ft wall mounted photo backdrops! Here's my "modding room", which isn't necessarily where I do assembly or even most of my modding, just things like drilling/activities that involve flying metal shards, and my painting! City life is rough but fortunately I at least have a spare bedroom and bathroom I can dedicate to modding now. Not too long ago I was living, working, and modding out of a 1 bedroom apartment so at least I'm past that madness! Yes, that's a toilet. Yes, I still use it on occasion. Paint "booth"! Far from ideal but when you live in a city, what can you do. No garage for me, or anyone else. It works out okay, keep the ceiling fan running constantly, sometimes bring in a box fan, have the window open and wear a face mask. One block installed, 2 to go for now. The last one will be put into the build at the end, for complicated reasons. First round of painting And result: Heatsinks will go back in for a few more coats still Went to Blick and picked up a bunch of fun materials to play with! RAM Blocks De-flowered-stickered Same for black modules, for painting: And the copper modules: To give you an idea of how many EK components are going into this... My list of how many stickers have to be painted! While tearing down the FC10s, (thank you again to @Ceadderman for hooking me up with a second!) I noticed the print size and location are ever so slightly different. Fun Lamptron (@Luciel) facts. Time for black! It seems I forgot to take a pic of everything being painted copper, will do later. Some results: Sadly I put too much black on the EK badges, will need to redo at some point The bits pre-badged The bits, post badging! I'm quite happy with this For next time...
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    Kingston Finally got the RAM from Kingston all 128GBI will be liquid cooling them and covering dat greenBoard fits great!I most likely wont be using a dual Predator setup anymore, probably dual XE radsCards from NvidiaDamn dvi wasting space...Uh oh... 3k worth of GPUs getting readyOh dear...Much betterOh yes...So. Much. Stuff.Intel sent me a rare gift with all the SSDs This will be their replacement for the ugly hyper kits/M.2->U.2 cable adapters. So clean and perfect. This will be for the 1.2TB U.2 form factor 750 drive. Total of 4.8TB of NVME storage.
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    Asus Man I've missed 2P boards... Luckily Asus is the only manufacturer that bothers to make BEAUTIFUL looking workstation boards still... Hnnnng Now with chips!
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    Moar updates! Brought to you by: Corsair The beast... First Titanium rated PSU BIG BAG OF CABLES LOOK AT ALL THOSE CABLES So glad this is a thing with high rated PSUs. Beast mode So many things!
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    First update: Case Labs So the awesome guys over at Case Labs whipped me up a custom motherboard tray in several ways. They got me a real sleek looking copper powdercoat, a hole up front for an EK-RES X4, and the extended it to cover the entire area huge thanks to them! The hole starts here... and it also through the second layer They also whipped up this custom holder to secure the reservoir to All assembled! Don't worry, the outside will be receiving a paint job and there are still more of those slick copper finishes coming as well. They sent me one panel so I could check it out and get a feel for the case and how I would like to proceed first. Look at the shiny texture
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    Copper Work Tool Anyone who knows me, has known that I've always been dying to do a Steampunk build. I even get to do a 2P! This build will used for processing 4K video that we've been shooting at events and tutorials etc for EK's YouTube channel. Anyway, I'm really excited for this build and I'm fortunate to have all these incredible sponsors also excited about what's coming. Without further ado... Asus Case Labs Corsair EKWB Kingston Nvidia The Case: Caselabs S8 "Copper Edition" ✔ SSI-EEB Tray ✔ 38mm Extended Ventilated ✔ XXL Window ✔ Drop in 120.3 x2 Mount ✔ Left: Standard Window with Ventilation ✔ Right: Standard Window ✔ Front: Window ✔ 2.120 Flex Bay ✔ 120.3 in lower chamber ✔ Base Specs (2) Intel Xeon E5-2670s V3 (12c/24t 2.8Ghz full turbo) ✔ Asus Z10PE-D8 WS ✔ (8) Kingston DDR4 ECC 16GB 2133Mhz Corsair AX1500i ✔ (4) Nvidia Titan X ✔ (4) Intel 750 NVME Drives Watercooling Equipment: (2) EK-Supremacy EVO Cu (4) EK-RAM Monarch X2 - Acetal (8) EK-RAM Monarch Adapters (4) EK-FC Titan X - Acetal ✔ (4) EK-FC Titan X Backplate ✔ (3) EK-SSD Intel 750 EK-FC Terminal 7 Way (2) EKWB D5 Pumps ✔ (2) EK-RES X4 Glass ✔ (10) EK-Vardar F4-120ER ✔ (2) EK-XLC Predator 360 ✔ (1) EK-CoolStream XE240 ✔ EK-ACF Copper Fittings 10/16mm EK-HDC Black Fittings 12mm EK-ZMT Tubing 10/16mm Copper Tubing 12mm ✔ EK-Ekoolant EVO Green
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    All done guys! Photos coming soon
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    Guys. I'm almost done. The photos below look pretty similar to the ones above but I actually ended up adding in a second D5 because the 1st was having some struggles with all the angled fittings. I was waiting for the final product of the sled pump mount to be finished: Mine isn't quite orientated like this though. Finishing up the tubing this week, here are some photos: I had to clean up the blocks and backplates... coolant dried in them and were getting a little dirty: Top: Cleaned | Bottom: Pre-cleaning Redid the cable management: Results: So close guys! Sorry for the delay...
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    Update to Z170! This board is soooo much more SFF friendly it's ridiculous. The layout makes everything much easier, the top 120 rad now fits much much better. Changed to a pair of slightly larger drives I had sitting around. The main reason was because they're black compared to the silver Intel's. They look much better now. See, all black. Don't mind the orange, it's just to make sure nothing leaks before adding the top cover with 120 rad. The case is a little beat up from traveling it needs some love. And together! I think I'm going to cut another 240 grill on the top of this side to help with the exhaust of hot air, and to spice it up a bit eh.
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    Which is why I've strapped it to the outside
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    Enough to route the GPU power cables between the fan and GPU, but it was so tight that I wasn't worried at all during shipping.
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    I am looking into cutting out quiet a bit and put in a slotted plexi window to give it some more breathing room. I have considered doing some "artsy" hard line tubing externally, but we will see, it's not a very high priority right now. Why would I stream Xbox Games to the PC? Especially GTA V? I'd much rather just play it natively in its PC form, which looks infinitely better haha
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    EK SE-240 and SE-120
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    God damn, you beat me to it. I've been dying to do this for ages now. Good job!
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