I've been a member of the forum for some time now and a subscriber of LinusTechTips for a few years. Being 17 years old I'm still in school, in fact in my last year (Yr 12). Along with that I get to do a “Major Work” for my industrial tech Timber class. This “Major Work” can be anything we want, we must design it, then make it. Along with this we need to make an 80 page folio showing everything from steps of construction to drawings and tools used. We have about 8 months to create our project which is then marked by a group of judges who travel the state and mark the projects from each school. In 2014 I came Dux (First Place) in this subject with a mark of 96% I put a lot of effort into my projects and spend a lot of time designing and planning them. Being my last year I decided to go big or go home, something that is different than a coffee table, a chair, etc. I decided to make this “Project: Ravage” a modded computer table.
You may be wondering why “Project: Ravage”? Well Ravage is to “cause severe and extensive damage to”, e.g my wallet and then benchmarks. I’m 100% sure none of the judges have seen this before so I'm hoping to blow their minds away. The project has changed so many times since last November when I started to plan it, come to think of it, the first design had 780ti’s in it, which has now been replaced by 980ti’s. Table will be fully water cooled with custom tubing.
The top of this table will be made out of Tasmanian Oak with a oil matte finish. To add to this there will be a sheet of glass over the wood top which will be laminated and toughened so it won't shatter or crack. I have always used tables with glass on the top and I like how they don't wear out or get damaged (as easily) like the timber would. This timber is light and will contrast well with the dark stained legs.
The Legs are made out of 70x70 pine with a few pieces of Tasmanian oak accents. These legs will be stained a dark brown/black and then lacquered to a matte finish.
For the box underneath I will be using Meranti. It’s like pine but without the knots. Its got a nice clean grain and looks like a premium timber but without the price tag. This box will be lacquered and kept with the timer look to match the table top and offset from the dark legs.
I never did Multimedia in school because the classes were at same time as timber so I never got taught AutoCAD or any other fancy programs. I taught myself how to use sketchup and with that knowledge I designed this table from scratch over a time span of 2-3 months. Throughout this time the table changed quiet a bit to account for different parts, cooling, aesthetics and the normal R&D stuff but it finally came down to this.
CPU: Intel i7 5960X ✓
Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe 3.1 ✓
Graphics Cards: 2x Gigabyte Reference 980ti ✓
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 Plat 1200w ✓
Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Black 4x4GB ✓
Hardrives: Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVME 512GB, ✓
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB, ✓
Samsung 840 Evo 240GB, ✓
WD Black 4TB HDD ✓
Fans: Noctua NF-12 Industrial 3000RPM ✓
LEDs: RGB 5m Strip, Remote Controlled ✓
SLI Bridge: EVGA Pro V2 Two Way Long ✓
Also heaps of watercooling stuff from EK, Bitspower, and AlphaCool
Update 1: Build Pics
Update 2: CNC Routering
Update 3: Computer Housing
Update 4: Table Assembled
Update 5: Leg Finishing + LEDs
Update 6: Leg Staining
Update 7: Motherboard + Fans
Update 8: Asus X99 Deluxe is in!
Update 9: PSU, Cables, SLI Bridge
Update 10: 5960X, 16GB Ram
Update 11: Computer is running!
Update 12: Glass Top
Update 13: Rads, SSD, Sleeving
Update 14: Construction Finished
Update 15: 980ti Twins? Update 16: Keyboard Painting
Update 17: Table Display
Update 18: Watercooling Arrived
Update 19: GPU Waterblocks
Update 20: Waterblocks in System
Update 21: Reservoirs Installed
Update 22: Hardline Tubing Started
Update 23: Fill and Drain Ports
Update 24: Tubing Finished
Update 25: Watercooling DONE!
Update 26: Computer Complete!
Update 27: 5960X Overclock
Update 28: 980ti SLI Overclock
Update 29: Headset Stand
Update 30: Temp Setup Complete
Update 31: Notti LEDs
Update 32: Mayhem Pastel R.I.P
Update 33: Build Log Winner!
Update 34: Featured on WAN Show
Update 35: Pastel fluid falling out.
Update 36: Watercooling Upgrade
Update 37: Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVME 512gb + Logitech G933
Update 38: Watercooling Upgrade and Finale
Update 39: SLI Bridge Mod
Update 40: Added Blue Ram
Update 41: PG27AQ 4k GSync
Update 42: Custom CableMod Cables
Update 43: Version 3.0
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