Jump to content

CroyAlore

Member
  • Posts

    33
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Reputation Activity

  1. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Enter Plasma in InWin Chopin GPU 1050 ti Mod - Pluto   
    I made sure to keep the clutter in the case to a minimum so I chose to use a NVMe with no other HDDs, and the result is this compact motherboard.





    As you can see here the cooler pretty much uses as much room as it can get.





    Now with the main components out of the way I can start working on the GPU.





    I started by making the cuts needed to fit the GPU below the motherboard tray, as well as a cut at the back for the IO and two cuts at the bottom of the case to allow for additional airflow.





    It fits pretty snug in there and there is plenty of room in between the motherboard tray and the card to fit the riser.

















    The riser takes up some additional room at the back but by using different riser and modifying the other side of the case I should be able to get it to fit. Also the cases' rear panel has a protruding shroud to give a small bit of room for the riser as well.

    The next thing to do from here is change the fans on the GPU, as the current fans sound like a small turbine, and to mount the GPU in the case. Thanks all.
  2. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Enter Plasma in InWin Chopin GPU 1050 ti Mod - Pluto   
    Here are the Thermals: I tested the system in two configurations, either standing on its feet or laying on the front panel for maximum air flow.
     
    First Configuration - Standing on Feet With 100% GPU Fan Speed:
     

     
    Furmark at 1080p with 0xAA
     

     
    3DMark Skydiver Stress Test
     

     
    (with Markers)
     

     
    Adia 64
     

     
    Second Configuration - Laying on the Front Panel With 100% GPU Fan Speed:
     

     
    Furmark at 1080p with 0xAA
     

     
    Furmark at 1080p with 0xAA plus Adia64
     

  3. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to Rosinbole in COSMOS - titan update + battlestation   
    WOW!
     
    Cool build, I must say.
  4. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to neSSa in "OdySSey" project (finished)   
    A couple of days of rest have passed, I'm back in the saddle! The first pipes in the chamber intended for the res and pumps were placed. Cabling and lighting were also done:)
     





  5. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Leinahtan in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hello all, I have finally completed the project, here are the final photos:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  6. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Arkratos in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hello all, I have finally completed the project, here are the final photos:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  7. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Glennieboyyy007 in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hello all, I have finally completed the project, here are the final photos:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  8. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to Brodholm in WING X99 | A CNC-milled Scratch Build! (Benchmarks, temps and wallpapers posted!)   
    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:
     
     
  9. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to Brodholm in WING X99 | A CNC-milled Scratch Build! (Benchmarks, temps and wallpapers posted!)   
    Doing the bottom compartment as far as I can right now.

    This is the fan I had to do some modifications on for the water cooling to be able to fit without it being to tight.

    Mounting fans and trying to figure out how to do all this the best way.

    Decided to mount it as it is supposed to be so I can get a better idea.

    I did not want to sleeve the fans. I did that the last time and it was bothersome and did not really add to the aesthetics. And here they will not ever show. Non sleeved cables can look much better than sleeved in some cases and also have much smaller footprint.



    Mounted the PSU.

    Decided to keep the full lengths of the fans and do a neat splitter with some clean cable routing. Making it easy to replace a fan IF there is a malfunction or anything like that.

    Designed a simple fan splitter on a board.

    Some soldering later

    Hot glue is the solution to a lot of things

    Isolated and protected.

    Just some cleaning up with an exacto knife and we are good to go.

    Put them on the fan with some hot glue. Really sticks well and you should still be able to pry it away if needed.



    Did the cables in this neat row. I really like the cables that comes with these fans. Flat wire is really good when it comes to management.





    Really pleased with how it turned out. Really neat, took some time though

    Drain port that is easily accessible in the front. Rotating fittings make it easy to point downwards or outwards and drain fluids when needed. Also put a inline temp sensor to monitor the water temperature.

    Nice and neat, just the way I like it!

    Mounted the leds! The red wire is gone from the leds, even if it does not show it bothered me later so I switched that one to a black also.

    Mounted the magnetic fan filters from demcifilter. They are really neat and you can order them to custom sizes and shapes.



    Really easy to remove and clean.

    Now it is time to progress to the next compartment before I can finish up the bottom.

    Mounted the motherboard plate and IO parts.

    Put in the pump covers and the RGB leds that will light the acrylic line that goes around the pump back.

    Did not plan on this RGB part. But when the foot looked that nice I really wanted to expand on that. Tested with this and it looked amazing. I like the RGB-thing going on right now. But the most important thing for me is that it is balanced. And that you can turn it off when ever you want to. That is really important.

    The translucent plexiglas is mounted and I have removed the protective film. It looks really clean and nice in my opinion and I am glad I went with this type of design instead of a regular plain mid section in aluminium.

    Played around and mounted "tree" to see how it will look and I am really really please with how balanced this is (for me at least). BUT, I am getting myself ahead quite a bit. Next up is no small task, sleeving...
     
  10. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Ratchetman42 in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hey all, I've decided to try a scratch Build. I've been planning it for a while now and I've been able to start it. I wanted to make a simple, clean case that allows for easy liquid cooling integration. I've posted this on another forum and I wanted to see what kind of feed back and critiques I can get.
     
    Completed Pictures:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
    Computer Components
    [CPU] - Intel i7-4960X
    [GPU] - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
    [MB] - Asus Rampage IV Gene
    [RAM] - Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB
    [PSW] - Corsair RM1000
     
    Liquid Cooling Components
    [RAD] - Hardware Labs Nemesis GTX 280
    [GPU Block] - Ek-FC970 GTX ACX – Nickle
    [Fittings] - Ek Black
    [Pump] - Aquacomputer D5 Pump (Ek Top)
    [Monitoring] - Aquacomputer aquaero
     

    This is the initial Model of the Case made in Solidworks
     

    Finished product after water cutting and bending
     

    Back Panel
     

    Rad Cover
     

    Motherboard + Tray, with acrylic cover
     

    Acrylic Sides for the Rad Box
     

    The Back Panel is installed with metal bars
     

    Side of the Rad Box
     

    Other side of the Rad box with the Acrylic Side
     

    Here you can see the front of the Rad Box
     

    Motherboard Tray installed
     

    Back of the Motherboard
     

    Here is the overview of the assembly
     

    Where the Rad, Pump, and PSU would go
     

    With the Acrylic Side
     

    Front of the assembled case
     

    Motherboard placement
     

    Flow rate Monitor and Pump
     

    Pass-throughs with Side Acrylic
     

    Without Acrylic
     

    Back of the case
     
    After the Power Coating:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
  11. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from iFreilicht in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hey all, I've decided to try a scratch Build. I've been planning it for a while now and I've been able to start it. I wanted to make a simple, clean case that allows for easy liquid cooling integration. I've posted this on another forum and I wanted to see what kind of feed back and critiques I can get.
     
    Completed Pictures:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
    Computer Components
    [CPU] - Intel i7-4960X
    [GPU] - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
    [MB] - Asus Rampage IV Gene
    [RAM] - Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB
    [PSW] - Corsair RM1000
     
    Liquid Cooling Components
    [RAD] - Hardware Labs Nemesis GTX 280
    [GPU Block] - Ek-FC970 GTX ACX – Nickle
    [Fittings] - Ek Black
    [Pump] - Aquacomputer D5 Pump (Ek Top)
    [Monitoring] - Aquacomputer aquaero
     

    This is the initial Model of the Case made in Solidworks
     

    Finished product after water cutting and bending
     

    Back Panel
     

    Rad Cover
     

    Motherboard + Tray, with acrylic cover
     

    Acrylic Sides for the Rad Box
     

    The Back Panel is installed with metal bars
     

    Side of the Rad Box
     

    Other side of the Rad box with the Acrylic Side
     

    Here you can see the front of the Rad Box
     

    Motherboard Tray installed
     

    Back of the Motherboard
     

    Here is the overview of the assembly
     

    Where the Rad, Pump, and PSU would go
     

    With the Acrylic Side
     

    Front of the assembled case
     

    Motherboard placement
     

    Flow rate Monitor and Pump
     

    Pass-throughs with Side Acrylic
     

    Without Acrylic
     

    Back of the case
     
    After the Power Coating:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
  12. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Purpledrank562 in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hey all, I got some more photos of the Led's for now until I figure out a way to mount the SSD/HDD's
     
    Here they are (Caution for anyone sensitive to moving colors/lights):
    Gif of the LED's
  13. Funny
    CroyAlore reacted to Psittac in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Holy crapola that's amazing!
  14. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Glennieboyyy007 in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    I got a quick update of some more pictures of the LED's as well as a photo of the drainport and GPU I/O panel, I hope you all enjoy them
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  15. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Izzdy in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hey all, I've decided to try a scratch Build. I've been planning it for a while now and I've been able to start it. I wanted to make a simple, clean case that allows for easy liquid cooling integration. I've posted this on another forum and I wanted to see what kind of feed back and critiques I can get.
     
    Completed Pictures:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
    Computer Components
    [CPU] - Intel i7-4960X
    [GPU] - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
    [MB] - Asus Rampage IV Gene
    [RAM] - Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB
    [PSW] - Corsair RM1000
     
    Liquid Cooling Components
    [RAD] - Hardware Labs Nemesis GTX 280
    [GPU Block] - Ek-FC970 GTX ACX – Nickle
    [Fittings] - Ek Black
    [Pump] - Aquacomputer D5 Pump (Ek Top)
    [Monitoring] - Aquacomputer aquaero
     

    This is the initial Model of the Case made in Solidworks
     

    Finished product after water cutting and bending
     

    Back Panel
     

    Rad Cover
     

    Motherboard + Tray, with acrylic cover
     

    Acrylic Sides for the Rad Box
     

    The Back Panel is installed with metal bars
     

    Side of the Rad Box
     

    Other side of the Rad box with the Acrylic Side
     

    Here you can see the front of the Rad Box
     

    Motherboard Tray installed
     

    Back of the Motherboard
     

    Here is the overview of the assembly
     

    Where the Rad, Pump, and PSU would go
     

    With the Acrylic Side
     

    Front of the assembled case
     

    Motherboard placement
     

    Flow rate Monitor and Pump
     

    Pass-throughs with Side Acrylic
     

    Without Acrylic
     

    Back of the case
     
    After the Power Coating:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
  16. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Camorider in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hello everybody, I have been able to take some more photos of where the build is currently at. I still need to sleeve cables as well as do some cable managment, so most of the photos do not include cables at the moment.
     
    Here is the completed loop. I did not need a lot of tubing at all for this build due to the compact size of the case and the use of Barrow acrylic fittings. So it did not take long to set up the loop.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    I haven't found a good enough way to take more photos of the LED's so I wasn't able to take many more photos, but I'll be sure to post a update very soon of the different LED patterns the case can do.
     

     

  17. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Glennieboyyy007 in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hello everybody, I have been able to take some more photos of where the build is currently at. I still need to sleeve cables as well as do some cable managment, so most of the photos do not include cables at the moment.
     
    Here is the completed loop. I did not need a lot of tubing at all for this build due to the compact size of the case and the use of Barrow acrylic fittings. So it did not take long to set up the loop.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    I haven't found a good enough way to take more photos of the LED's so I wasn't able to take many more photos, but I'll be sure to post a update very soon of the different LED patterns the case can do.
     

     

  18. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to Brodholm in WING X99 | A CNC-milled Scratch Build! (Benchmarks, temps and wallpapers posted!)   
    New update, glamour shots!

    Asus Rampage V 10th edition!






    A 10-core Intel Core i7-6950X extreme!
    By far the most expensive and powerful processor I have ever had my hands on.

    What is better than one Asus GTX 1080 strix?
    Well that would be two, right :]


    32GB of Corsair LPX ram!
    Corsair 140 ML Pro fans!

    Two Intel 800GB PCIe 750 series SSDs!


    One sexy 1200W power supply.


    And last but not least a HUGE amount of water cooling gear from EKWB. Including motherboard monoblock, gpu block, backplates, ssd block, pump and tops, radiators, ram block, fittings, dye and much more.



  19. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to Krille21 in DIY pc desk (replica of Linus pic desk)   
    Now the paint has dried and will be adding red on the edges seen from above! 

  20. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Fungal in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hey all, I've decided to try a scratch Build. I've been planning it for a while now and I've been able to start it. I wanted to make a simple, clean case that allows for easy liquid cooling integration. I've posted this on another forum and I wanted to see what kind of feed back and critiques I can get.
     
    Completed Pictures:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
    Computer Components
    [CPU] - Intel i7-4960X
    [GPU] - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
    [MB] - Asus Rampage IV Gene
    [RAM] - Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB
    [PSW] - Corsair RM1000
     
    Liquid Cooling Components
    [RAD] - Hardware Labs Nemesis GTX 280
    [GPU Block] - Ek-FC970 GTX ACX – Nickle
    [Fittings] - Ek Black
    [Pump] - Aquacomputer D5 Pump (Ek Top)
    [Monitoring] - Aquacomputer aquaero
     

    This is the initial Model of the Case made in Solidworks
     

    Finished product after water cutting and bending
     

    Back Panel
     

    Rad Cover
     

    Motherboard + Tray, with acrylic cover
     

    Acrylic Sides for the Rad Box
     

    The Back Panel is installed with metal bars
     

    Side of the Rad Box
     

    Other side of the Rad box with the Acrylic Side
     

    Here you can see the front of the Rad Box
     

    Motherboard Tray installed
     

    Back of the Motherboard
     

    Here is the overview of the assembly
     

    Where the Rad, Pump, and PSU would go
     

    With the Acrylic Side
     

    Front of the assembled case
     

    Motherboard placement
     

    Flow rate Monitor and Pump
     

    Pass-throughs with Side Acrylic
     

    Without Acrylic
     

    Back of the case
     
    After the Power Coating:
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
  21. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to Brodholm in WING X99 | A CNC-milled Scratch Build! (Benchmarks, temps and wallpapers posted!)   
    Update 01 | Design and Renders
    Fist update of the project, the renders. A lot of work has come before this. Approximately 500 hours of planing, designing and drawing. A few things have changed. Due to the nature of renders (time consuming!) I have not updated them for a few minor fixes and design tweaks!

    Do you want to browse pictures in fullscreen? Here is a link for you!. Then use (View album in fullscreen). BUT! Remember to comment here when you are done!



    The AF logo before WING X99 have been removed and replaced with the WING logo as seen below on the accent line on top of the chassis.





    I'm going to leave it with these render and not show everything right now. Every render takes 1-8 hours to do. And I also want to have some surprises left for you to uncover along the way!
  22. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from hotbrass in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hey all a quick update,
    I was able to finish up the loop in the case and get it up and running but I wasn't able to take too many photos at the moment and I have some more mods left to do so for now I'll just leave you all with a sneak peak.
     

     

     

  23. Like
    CroyAlore got a reaction from Glennieboyyy007 in COMPLETED - titan - Scratch Micro-ATX Build   
    Hey all a quick update,
    I was able to finish up the loop in the case and get it up and running but I wasn't able to take too many photos at the moment and I have some more mods left to do so for now I'll just leave you all with a sneak peak.
     

     

     

  24. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to Brodholm in WING X99 | A CNC-milled Scratch Build! (Benchmarks, temps and wallpapers posted!)   
    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.
     
  25. Like
    CroyAlore reacted to Brodholm in WING X99 | A CNC-milled Scratch Build! (Benchmarks, temps and wallpapers posted!)   
    Finally its time for the case assembly!


    Finally enough part to assemble the outer case! All outer cover panels is held by magnets and will be glued after anodizing.

    Just a blast to assemble it! Finally you go from just flat pieces to an actual case. It was a lot of threading before I could do all this but I was very careful to get everything right.


    This is where the button assembly will fit.









    Very pleased if I may say so. A very proud moment and a huge relief to have the outer shell together. Next up is the inner segments of the case!
×