darwin1859

Haha. I've chosen Greek gods and mythical beasts for all my builds, starting to run out of good ones now though! 

Hello and welcome to Project Hades by Darwin PC!

Introduction
Hades was the ancient Greek god of the underworld, a son of Titans and brother of Zeus and Poseidon. As Project Hades will feature an inverted ATX conversion, the underworld theme made sense. I have a few mods planned to make this build stand out.

Hardware
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K GPU: Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Super JetStream Memory: Kingston HyperX Savage 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 PSU: Cooler Master V1000 1000W 80+ gold modular CPU cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240 Cabling: Custom-sleeved with E22 Teleios
Sponsors
Thanks to the following sponsors for making this project possible: Cooler Master, Gigabyte, Palit and Kingston / HyperX.

Updates
Hardware Test build Case modding pt. 1 Case modding pt. 2 Build complete

Hello and welcome to Project Hades by Darwin PC!

Introduction
Hades was the ancient Greek god of the underworld, a son of Titans and brother of Zeus and Poseidon. As Project Hades will feature an inverted ATX conversion, the underworld theme made sense. I have a few mods planned to make this build stand out.

Hardware
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K GPU: Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Super JetStream Memory: Kingston HyperX Savage 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 PSU: Cooler Master V1000 1000W 80+ gold modular CPU cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240 Cabling: Custom-sleeved with E22 Teleios
Sponsors
Thanks to the following sponsors for making this project possible: Cooler Master, Gigabyte, Palit and Kingston / HyperX.

Updates
Hardware Test build Case modding pt. 1 Case modding pt. 2 Build complete

Been very busy today... filling the loop and taking lots of photos. I'll be posting the fill video and photos as soon as they're edited.
 

I spent a long time sleeving this week! Really happy with the neon green colour sleeving from E22, it's a nice vivid colour and will match the coolant very well.
 

 

 

To fit better with the theme, I made some green and white vinyl stickers for the Riing fans.
 

 

 
Leak testing!
 

To fit better with the theme, I made some green and white vinyl stickers for the Riing fans.
 

 

 
Leak testing!
 

Been very busy today... filling the loop and taking lots of photos. I'll be posting the fill video and photos as soon as they're edited.
 

Been very busy today... filling the loop and taking lots of photos. I'll be posting the fill video and photos as soon as they're edited.
 

To fit better with the theme, I made some green and white vinyl stickers for the Riing fans.
 

 

 
Leak testing!
 

I made some detailing for the window using vinyl. To fit with the Greek theme ('Psyche' was the Greek goddess of the soul), I chose a Greek pattern.
 
Here's a sneak peak...
 

Hi guys, I would like to thank Thermaltake and all the sponsors for inviting me to this competition and making this project possible. It's been challenging at times, I was hit with many delays, but got there in the end!
 
The finished build photos are below. I'll also post a loop fill video as soon as I finish editing it!
 
I hope you like what I created - Project p5yche, a twin Core P5 mod.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watercooling loop video: http://youtu.be/u9ctmFKCPTc

Hi guys, I would like to thank Thermaltake and all the sponsors for inviting me to this competition and making this project possible. It's been challenging at times, I was hit with many delays, but got there in the end!
 
The finished build photos are below. I'll also post a loop fill video as soon as I finish editing it!
 
I hope you like what I created - Project p5yche, a twin Core P5 mod.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi guys, I would like to thank Thermaltake and all the sponsors for inviting me to this competition and making this project possible. It's been challenging at times, I was hit with many delays, but got there in the end!
 
The finished build photos are below. I'll also post a loop fill video as soon as I finish editing it!
 
I hope you like what I created - Project p5yche, a twin Core P5 mod.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made some detailing for the window using vinyl. To fit with the Greek theme ('Psyche' was the Greek goddess of the soul), I chose a Greek pattern.
 
Here's a sneak peak...
 

Hi guys, I would like to thank Thermaltake and all the sponsors for inviting me to this competition and making this project possible. It's been challenging at times, I was hit with many delays, but got there in the end!
 
The finished build photos are below. I'll also post a loop fill video as soon as I finish editing it!
 
I hope you like what I created - Project p5yche, a twin Core P5 mod.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 Thermaltake Riing 120 mm RGB fans fitted! 
 

 
Also got the top tubing runs sorted now I have the flow meters.
 

 
Looking good in green...
 

24 Thermaltake Riing 120 mm RGB fans fitted! 
 

 
Also got the top tubing runs sorted now I have the flow meters.
 

 
Looking good in green...
 

I think it a great build and what makes it great is that is unique and no one else has done it before. Mine is still work in progress compare to my first build that was featured on TechSource (Brian) My current build will be complete after i get the GTX 1080 and the design for the finish product. Do keep up the great work though. I shared your post on my facebook and my friends think its awesome. When your are done, you should submit your build to a few channels to get feature.
 

Got the case powder coated white, riveted / bolted the two parts together, and started fitting the hardware to make the loop.
 
Here you can see some of the green detailing I've done on the motherboard and will do elsewhere, using vinyl.
 
Starting to come together...
 

With the case assembled and hardware installed, it's time to construct the watercooling loop.
 

 
I'm using the cutting tool provided in the kit from Thermaltake. This works really well, very quick and only gives a slight burr on the inner edge of the tube, that is easy to remove.
 

 
Started off cutting the straight runs to connect the radiators to each other.
 

 
First bend in place - connecting the left radiator to the reservoir. The bending insert and mandrel from Thermaltake made this a breeze.
 

 
All the tubing in place, apart from the top run from the motherboard block to the radiator. This run is actually longer than 1m (the length of the tubing pieces), so I will be using the flow indicators from Thermaltake to break up the length.
 

With the case assembled and hardware installed, it's time to construct the watercooling loop.
 

 
I'm using the cutting tool provided in the kit from Thermaltake. This works really well, very quick and only gives a slight burr on the inner edge of the tube, that is easy to remove.
 

 
Started off cutting the straight runs to connect the radiators to each other.
 

 
First bend in place - connecting the left radiator to the reservoir. The bending insert and mandrel from Thermaltake made this a breeze.
 

 
All the tubing in place, apart from the top run from the motherboard block to the radiator. This run is actually longer than 1m (the length of the tubing pieces), so I will be using the flow indicators from Thermaltake to break up the length.
 

24 Thermaltake Riing 120 mm RGB fans fitted! 
 

 
Also got the top tubing runs sorted now I have the flow meters.
 

 
Looking good in green...
 

Fitting the water blocks for the 2x ASUS GTX 980 STRIX graphics cards.
 
With stock air coolers:
 

 
Coolers removed - nice looking PCBs!
 

 
With the water blocks fitted. I like the black/white combo.