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Polishing and sanding the acrylic

I got this kit. You basically use sand paper, and then you use number 3, number 2 and then clean with number 1.

I recommend using microfiber cloths. And remember to NOT use the same cloth for different number bottles. You do not want to use the same cloth for number 2 as you did for number 3!!!

Before you go with the number 3 you will have to do the basic work with sand paper. I went from 240 grit to  --> 400 --> 800 ---> 1500 ---> 2000 and then I went with number 3. That produced a really nice result.

Did all the sanding in this container filled with moving water. It really helps when you have running water when you polish. At least I think so.

This is how it can look when you start.

Sanded to 2000 grit.

Polished with nr 3, 2 and then cleaned with nr 1. I was a bit lazy with this part since it really does not matter.


Sanded this uneven with 60 grit. The idea being that it will diffuse the light and give a more even illumination around the base of the case.


Can you spot the difference?


Clear like glass!


Rinse and repeat, same procedure as before.












Finally done with the polishing. This took a LOT of hours to do, and it is really draining work, both mentally and physically. You need to push really hard when you polish with the cloth and sanding seems like it never ends. Going through all those stages of different grit papers was tedious work. But in the end the result was all worth it! Now I need to make some o-rings!
 

About time to mount some components. These have been sitting on my shelf long enough...

Like a glove! Always a bit nervous when you make scratch builds and make custom IO that it will not fit. But it was really nice and snug!



GPUs and SSDs mounted!

Here is a neat tool I designed. The thing I hate the most about sleeving is stretching the sleeve so that you get a really tight fit around the cable. That hurts my hands bad after a while, and it is not like the other burning and bending etc does not hurt. And at the same time you need to pinch the cable so it does not go back. This is my first rev of a tool to aid me in this. And I must say it works quite nicely.

Here you can see the sleeve pulled through the rolls causing it to tighten around the cable. And when you stop pulling the sleeve stay in place and does not go back. And a stretched sleeve looks much much better than a non stretched sleeve.

This is such a mess. I don't like to sleeve, I think it is tedious and I get nervous that I have done something wrong all the time and checks everything like 5 times over and over...

Okay, a few days later I am done with 90% of the cables. My fingers hurt, I have burned myself on the arm and hand (very small table in the apartment) since I put down my arm and hand on the very hot gas touch 2 times... My fault but lets blame the very limited space

This sleeve gets very stiff when streched and it is a pain to bend, but on the other hand it looks amazing and it is really tight, much tighter than the MDPC sleeve that is very good quality.

Okay now, how the hell do I fit this into here. I originally planed this with 18 AWG wire and much softer sleeve. Now with this much tighter sleeve and 16 AWG wire the cables do not like to stay in place...

I really like how the GPU comb turned out. I wanted to make something that goes with the same theme and lines as the build. Turned out better than I thought it would.

Decided to make the pump connect inside the pump house.

Shortened the original cables of the D5 pumps

I ended up using hot glue to be able to get the cables to stay in place. Was impossible otherwise. Either way, I only used hot glue on places where you cant see it. So no hot glue what so ever will ever be visible. I originally was against using any kind of glue "since then I cant remove the cables" then I remembered that I have threaded each individual cable through holes so that is pretty much a permanent installation... So then I was fine with it. If you do something like this though I recommend that you are really careful to not get any glue where you don't want it.

A small amount of hot glue to fix the bottom layer of the cables did the trick. Really neat.

Here you can see the whole tree.

Now I just need these cables to conform to MY reality, GET IN LINE!!!

That is more like it! Will leave it like this for a day or two and they will stay more or less in place when I remove the scrap acrylic pieces.

Looks really neat but what a pain to do. Don't think I would have done them visable if I knew how much time I would have to spend on them. I would at least have done some changes in the design if I knew I was going to use 16AWG and this thicker sleeve. This could have been much easier than it was.


Time for a very big moment. Plugged in the cable and put on the switch on the PSU. Time to boot for the first time since removing every single cable and every connector and putting them back in again. THe amount of money that rides on that all the cables are correctly connected is HUGE.

Here we go...

The sweet, sweet boot screen! What a HUGE relief, it posted just fine into bios and all GPUs etc are detected. Had to turn it off after about a minute though since I have no cooling on yet. But this is such a relief.

Quickly fixed up the cables on the front and straightened them up a bit (they need a bit more work to be perfect but I will do that later)





The foot is not mounted back again since I might need to screw in the fill ports from underneath when I connect the custom blocks.


Another quick boot with the lights connected also.


Starting to look a lot like the renders! I am really excited now! Now I just need to polish the acrylic parts, make orings, leak test the blocks and test the pump tops. And If all that works I am basically 99% done with the case. Just some minor things like the power on button that needs to be fixed!


A Video of how the sleeving tool works and how I do my sleeving:
 
 

While I am at it, might as well post the next update!
 

First off, changing the threads on both radiators. These are 6-32 and I am going to use M4.
Get the right size drill!
This is a really nice function to have on your drill press. You can set a maximum depth. This is very useful while drilling radiators since you will not puncture it by drilling to far.
Tapitapptapp! Remember, not to far!
Muuuuuch better!
Quickly making a board for the button assembly and the illuminated front logo!
Manually jogged the end mill and taped the board to the aluminium sheet.
Separating one piece the circuit from the other.
Made this photo booth that I can fold down and is basically as big as the bottom piece.
I can fit my soft boxes and this also works as work light.
Gets really nice and bright when I work, and I can angle these to change the lights either for work or when taking photos.
Since this is not compatible with the EK-monoblock and I really like the cover I thought that I could do some slight modding.
Cut it here, and drained the fluid inside.
Sealing it up with some super glue.
All done, just need to rest for a while and a few dots of black marker from a pen.
Changed the RAM heat sink so I can fit the monarch ram block. This is a PITA since the original heat sinks are glued/taped to the ram. And they do not come of easy, even with a heat gun...
They sure look nice though!
Ram-block mounted!
Full cover mono-block and gpu-blocks also mounted!
Looking real nice!
Here you can see the mod that allowed the cover to stay in place!
Looks very good in my opinion.
Strix GPU-block and backplates mounted.
These sure are good looking!

Water cooled SSDs!

Wheeww, a huge relief that being done with that. Just tested the system and it posts, and detects all the RAM, GPUs etc! Puhhh!

Time for another update! The chassis itself is done apart from sanding/blasting and anodizing!!!

 


First up, 10mm plexiglass for the illuminated foot.

Used coolant here, later discovered that it did not matter and only made a mess.

This needs to be chamfered.




Here you can see the basic idea. A LED-strip will be placed in the clearance slot.

Really pleased! Hope this will give the illusion case is "floating".



Test piece for the light box. Everything looked fine so I proceeded with the real piece.


The loc-line gets quite cold. You can see frozen condensation around the line




Here it is, working away. Unfortunately did not take a picture when it was done. But it looks just like the test piece

Using a special cooling unit that cools the air up to -delta 50 degrees Celsius. That means the air coming out of nozzle is ~20-50 = -30 degrees Celsius. This keeps the more dimensionally stable and produces better cuts.

Side panels was made out of 6mm acrylic.



Top window is also 6mm acrylic.





 
All acrylic pieces that goes into the case is now done! The white light diffusing mid plate and logo in front was also done, but I do not have pictures of them unfortunately. But, apart from surface treatment on the aluminium, the case is basically done, machining vise.
 

Update 11: Filled the PC with 40 liter of oil!
 
So I finally filled the pot with medical grade mineral oil and I needed exactly 40 liter.
However, i have bad news: It is leaking. Not very much, I can catch all leaked oil of the last four hours with a single paper towel but still. And I'm not sure how to seal it. The in- and outside already have lots of silicone seal, so adding more won't help much. I', thinking about casting the bottom 3 cm of the build.
The second bad news is power consumption. With Prime95 and Furmark concurently running, the PC pulls about 900 watts from the wall. This is significantly more than the estimated 600 - 650 watts. The stress test is still running, but it won't be able to get rid of next to 1kW passivly.
The reason is the Xeon Phi with an idle power consuption of 120 watts. And Prime95 is pushing the CPU beyond the rated TDP.
 
But for now, enjoy the pictures:

 

 

 

 

 
And a dust cover until I finished the top.
 

 

I call this story "Would you like some batteries with that?"
 
So when you work in retail, you will meet your fair share of shoplifters. I worked in an electronics shop, so we got shoplifted quite a lot...okay maybe like 3-4 times a week but anyways.
 
Okay so we sell CCTV kits at this shop, they retail at about $700 each on average. So we do our best to keep them secure. So our CCTV corner has the cameras out on display for people to look at, Although what people don't realize is that all of them are recording.
 
So one day a guy walks into the store, and after a bit of browsing he picks up a cctv kit and then walks out without paying. So firstly because of our CCTV camera display we now have High definition video of him stealing the kit from about 8 different angles. But wait a bit, the story gets better!
 
2 minuets later he walks back into the store, this time he picks up a set of battery's and instead of shoplifting them he decided to pay for them. So he walks up to the counter and pays by CREDIT CARD. So for anyone not aware, we can print out a log of all the card transactions. Now for the icing on top of this idiot cake...
 
We have a special offer program that you can sign up to and get discounts when you next come into shop. My friend who was on the till at the time (we didn't know he had stolen anything by this point) asked if he wanted to sign up for some discounts. AND HE DOES!
 
So we now have:
His full name His full address 8 High definition video's of him stealing a cctv kit and Confirmation of his identity because only you should know your credit card pin. Within 3 Hours the police had arrested him and our CCTV kit was returned to the store.
 
TL;DR Don't sign up for discounts. Ever.

Oooh are you ready for this PC enthousiasts?
Aye aye, Captain
*sound of a spinning hard drive that's too loud*
I can't hear you!
"AYE AYE CAPTAIN!"
Oooooooh.
Who lives in a massive black block of thick steel?
"Stefan, M-byte!"
So quiet and oily and cooled is he!
"Stefan, M-byte"
If quiet computers be something you wish!
"Stefan, M-byte"
Then drop a few thousand and pray for a dish!
"Stefan, M-byte"
READY?
"Stefan, M-byte"
"Stefan, M-byte"
"Stefan, M-byte"

Stefaaaaan M-BYYYYYTE! AH AHH AHH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHH...

I see thanks.
 
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Tbh what I imagine your next build be:
 

 

This will be my first and last post on this particular forum. I am absolutely astonished after reading this post.
 
I Work for a fairly well known IT Solutions Company and I came here to write a post about how useful some of Linus' videos have been to a particular audience I have been doing lectures for.
 
But then I came across this post and couldn't believe it, if I'm totally honest. The way it has been made and some of the responses are so disrespectful and arrogant towards the average person I'm horrified that some of you guys are apparently either currently within the IT Industry or have aspirations to be in our industry. 
 
I have made a fair few appointments for our company over my 30 years working for them and I can honestly say if I knew that one of the candidates for a particular position being applied for spoke or believed in the things they have typed on here they would certainly not get the job and there CV would be passed around to any partners to make sure none of our close contacts employed them.
 
I have over 30 years of working for said company have seen the rise of the IT Industry from such humble beginnings to what it has become now. But the feelings I had at the start and I teach to others has always been the same. It was something I learned whilst on a business meeting in the states with some at the time industry experts and what they portrayed in their speech I have always tried to pass on and that is... That technology is there because of a wanting to make the average person's life easier. And after reading this it feels like we've failed.
 
Using a Laptop has become part and parcel of my life for many years and I've accepted that, but It is because of necessity not because of choice. It and technology in a much more broader sense is there because it's needed. So to talk about so called 'Old People' who couldn't find an on button or double clicking etc in a way like we are a 'Super Race' and they are to be mocked is disgusting. Perhaps some of you guys should be ashamed and think of this... Next time you have someone like this come into contact with you... Instead of thinking oh my god this guy doesn't know about computers... Think wow they must know a whole lot about life. Not everyone wants to sit in front of Glass, Tapping on Plastic and Aluminium all day. They will have a more all round lifestyle with a family etc and holidays and life experiences that can't be got from sitting in one place watching a screen talking about the next CPU,gpu... 
 
To the so called it experts on the site... If you posted any of the obscene comments then I think perhaps you are the one who needs educating.
 
And unbeleiveably some of the guys posting these 'Know it all' Comments are under 25. And to you I think you are the future of the world and should realise that what you think you know is 0.0001% of life and that typing and so called LOLing at other people isn't productive and is actually showing you're own lack of world knowledge.
 
I am sorry for the Long Post but it is definitely needed after reading this, im sure they'll be a few requiring and LOLing etc from the uneducated but to all who actually want to progress and help others in life please remember were all in this together and don't ever think that having a small metal box attached to a keyboard in a dark room is everything in life as you are mistaken. Use whatever knowledge you have and I can assure some of you I have forgotten more than most of you have even began to learn over the years... Use your knowledge to help. Thanks anyway and see you around.
 
 
Peace Out... Francis Rosenthal.

yes my screeninator is a asus strix gtx 970
my powermathingy is a EVGA supernova 650 GS
my little stickaminator is Hyperx Fury 16Gb (2x8)
Procesrthingy is Intel i7 4790K
and that big thingy that everything attaches to is a msi z97s SLI krait edition
 

 
EDIT: i should make this my sig

Today my sister came into my room to hang out with me for a bit while I was re-assembling my PC (took it apart to fit it to a case I am custom buidling). She was pointing at the graphics card trying to find the right word for a few seconds.... she ended up with screeninator 

Jetmotor koeling, dat roept herinneringen op...
 

 
Anyway, videokaart ruil gaat door, Zaterdag middag de Strix omruilen voor de stock 980 Ti met Ref koeling. Hoop dat ik het niet te veel ga merken tijdens het gamen, zag in de benchmarks dat de Strix best wel aardig wat krachtiger is dan een doorsnee 980 Ti. Hopelijk kan ik de stock kaart wat overclocken, van 1.000 Mhz naar 1.200 Mhz hoop ik stieken op maar ik begrijp dat dat kan verschillen per kaart. Heb nog nooit zelf een videokaart overgeclocked, toch maar eens in verdiepen.

noice
we have new units now:
1 colton = 6 boxes of glowsticks
1 linus = 1 giant UPS

after a week of traveling to school without any music i bought this one the sennheiser hd 451

after a week of traveling to school without any music i bought this one the sennheiser hd 451

nou zal ik dan ook maar gaan helpen, alleen al om onze oosterburen t in te kunnen halen

nou zal ik dan ook maar gaan helpen, alleen al om onze oosterburen t in te kunnen halen

nou zal ik dan ook maar gaan helpen, alleen al om onze oosterburen t in te kunnen halen

looks like an awesome build, i always love black & white builds
time to follow