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    JT8101997 got a reaction from BiG StroOnZ in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    The portal pc is now pretty much finished
    I may still add a few more small decorations like some 3d printed turrets down by the button but for now it's all working great and it's been moved into the house so I can start using it. I think it turned out pretty great. Hope you like it and thanks for following
     
    Btw I added a couple small details like painting around the temp screens and adding a button and companion cube 

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from BiG StroOnZ in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    This project is long overdue for an update. Sorry for anyone interested in progress that I left waiting. My dad passed away and I completely lost interest in my hobbies for awhile so this sat in the garage collecting dust. Until now  No negativity though, the point is the portal build is back! I've been working on this a lot the last couple days and been having a lot of fun with it.
     
    I got the parts in from cold zero (about 3 months later lol) and my reservoirs and fit everything in the case just to see how it would look

     
    Then I measured and marked the psu shroud for drilling
    And it cracked. Don't have a picture cause I was so irritated I forgot. But I glued it back together and it doesn't look too bad. Thought about ordering a new one but I don't feel like paying a bunch of money to wait another 3 months. 
     

    Next I attached all the pass through fittings and it was time to do the soft tubing underneath
     

    Lmao it's a bit of a redneck repair but it'll look great when it's finished just trust me
     

    I'd just like to point out here how little room I had to connect the tubing to the reservoirs with how tall they are. This was one of the most annoying parts so far. 
    And here you can see I refinished my garage counter and got the reservoirs and gpu backplates installed

    Hard tubing begins! I installed the flow indicators too
     

    Tubes are done
     
    Next up is wiring /cable management and some decoration work. Let me know what you think of it so far. I'll probably have another update coming later today or tomorrow. Thanks everyone for your time! 
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from BiG StroOnZ in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    RAM came in last night and I got it installed this morning. I really like the look of it. Trying to cram as much white as possible inside this build lol. Since these are RGB I'm going to set the color to blue to match the cpu water loop. 
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from BiG StroOnZ in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Got a good update for you all. I started putting things together and I'm pretty happy with how this looks so far. 
     
    First off I had to put these little silicone pads on the corners of every fan. Which took longer than you'd think. 

     
    Next up was mounting the fans on the two 360 EK radiators

     
    Cool thing about the 780t is the extra space in front and up top for mounting fans, so I went for a push pull setup 

    One thing that really bothered me though was the fact that corsair claims you can fit a 360 rad in the front. And while I got it to work, it was a real pain. There's these annoying bumps underneath the bay that don't seem to serve any real purpose yet stick out just enough to block a radiator from lining up properly. So I ended up having to cut part of that off. It's covered by the radiator now so you can't see it, but it was still disappointing that they designed it this way. They clearly didn't test their claims or just didn't care. 

     
    I thought this was kind of funny. I installed a dual lcd temp display on the front bay so I could monitor the loop temps and it made a face with the cd drive. So idk if I'll leave it like that or just remove the cd drive since I shouldn't need it too often anyways. Just like to have the option since I already had one. Entertaining none the less. 

     
    And I guess there's an upload limit so I'll have to split this post up to add more pictures. 
     
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    JT8101997 reacted to -ism in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Damn that looks incredible. Kudos to you!
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    The portal pc is now pretty much finished
    I may still add a few more small decorations like some 3d printed turrets down by the button but for now it's all working great and it's been moved into the house so I can start using it. I think it turned out pretty great. Hope you like it and thanks for following
     
    Btw I added a couple small details like painting around the temp screens and adding a button and companion cube 

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from zinger565 in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    I only have a snapchat video but I figured I'd post it anyways
     
     
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from zinger565 in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Thanks guys
     
    So I've started 3d printing a couple decorations
    (I use a flashforge creator pro with simplify 3d)

     

     

     
    And I had to hand paint everything

     

     
    Next I did a little decorative work to the tubes

     

     
    And finally I added the tiles to the case. These are actually coasters I found on thingiverse and scaled down. Once I'm done with the other prints I'll make a post to give credit to the creators of everything I printed. 

    (ignore the apple juice my brother thought it was funny to bring me 4 gallons of it when I asked for a cup 😂) 

     
    Now it's time for me to tackle the cable management. Wish me luck lol 🤞

     
    Thanks for your time

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from 19_blackie_73 in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    I only have a snapchat video but I figured I'd post it anyways
     
     
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from 19_blackie_73 in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    The portal pc is now pretty much finished
    I may still add a few more small decorations like some 3d printed turrets down by the button but for now it's all working great and it's been moved into the house so I can start using it. I think it turned out pretty great. Hope you like it and thanks for following
     
    Btw I added a couple small details like painting around the temp screens and adding a button and companion cube 

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from seon123 in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    The portal pc is now pretty much finished
    I may still add a few more small decorations like some 3d printed turrets down by the button but for now it's all working great and it's been moved into the house so I can start using it. I think it turned out pretty great. Hope you like it and thanks for following
     
    Btw I added a couple small details like painting around the temp screens and adding a button and companion cube 

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from TVwazhere in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    I only have a snapchat video but I figured I'd post it anyways
     
     
  13. Like
    JT8101997 got a reaction from TVwazhere in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    The portal pc is now pretty much finished
    I may still add a few more small decorations like some 3d printed turrets down by the button but for now it's all working great and it's been moved into the house so I can start using it. I think it turned out pretty great. Hope you like it and thanks for following
     
    Btw I added a couple small details like painting around the temp screens and adding a button and companion cube 

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from TVwazhere in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Cable management is now done and everything is connected. It took forever with how many cables this thing has but I'm glad it's done. Getting close to finishing up the build now
     

     

     

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from 19_blackie_73 in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Cable management is now done and everything is connected. It took forever with how many cables this thing has but I'm glad it's done. Getting close to finishing up the build now
     

     

     

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Cable management is now done and everything is connected. It took forever with how many cables this thing has but I'm glad it's done. Getting close to finishing up the build now
     

     

     

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    So I just ordered one of these things

    It's a speaker for a diy greeting card recording. This will be used to add audio every time I turn my pc on. If anyone's curious I'll obviously post pictures but you basically just record what you want on it and wire it to the motherboard speaker so the sound activates when the computer posts
     
    It's going to have the game audio "Power up initiated" from when glados comes back online and maybe some of the radio music or something lol
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from TVwazhere in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    So I just ordered one of these things

    It's a speaker for a diy greeting card recording. This will be used to add audio every time I turn my pc on. If anyone's curious I'll obviously post pictures but you basically just record what you want on it and wire it to the motherboard speaker so the sound activates when the computer posts
     
    It's going to have the game audio "Power up initiated" from when glados comes back online and maybe some of the radio music or something lol
  19. Like
    JT8101997 got a reaction from 19_blackie_73 in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    So I just ordered one of these things

    It's a speaker for a diy greeting card recording. This will be used to add audio every time I turn my pc on. If anyone's curious I'll obviously post pictures but you basically just record what you want on it and wire it to the motherboard speaker so the sound activates when the computer posts
     
    It's going to have the game audio "Power up initiated" from when glados comes back online and maybe some of the radio music or something lol
  20. Like
    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Thanks guys
     
    So I've started 3d printing a couple decorations
    (I use a flashforge creator pro with simplify 3d)

     

     

     
    And I had to hand paint everything

     

     
    Next I did a little decorative work to the tubes

     

     
    And finally I added the tiles to the case. These are actually coasters I found on thingiverse and scaled down. Once I'm done with the other prints I'll make a post to give credit to the creators of everything I printed. 

    (ignore the apple juice my brother thought it was funny to bring me 4 gallons of it when I asked for a cup 😂) 

     
    Now it's time for me to tackle the cable management. Wish me luck lol 🤞

     
    Thanks for your time

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    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    This project is long overdue for an update. Sorry for anyone interested in progress that I left waiting. My dad passed away and I completely lost interest in my hobbies for awhile so this sat in the garage collecting dust. Until now  No negativity though, the point is the portal build is back! I've been working on this a lot the last couple days and been having a lot of fun with it.
     
    I got the parts in from cold zero (about 3 months later lol) and my reservoirs and fit everything in the case just to see how it would look

     
    Then I measured and marked the psu shroud for drilling
    And it cracked. Don't have a picture cause I was so irritated I forgot. But I glued it back together and it doesn't look too bad. Thought about ordering a new one but I don't feel like paying a bunch of money to wait another 3 months. 
     

    Next I attached all the pass through fittings and it was time to do the soft tubing underneath
     

    Lmao it's a bit of a redneck repair but it'll look great when it's finished just trust me
     

    I'd just like to point out here how little room I had to connect the tubing to the reservoirs with how tall they are. This was one of the most annoying parts so far. 
    And here you can see I refinished my garage counter and got the reservoirs and gpu backplates installed

    Hard tubing begins! I installed the flow indicators too
     

    Tubes are done
     
    Next up is wiring /cable management and some decoration work. Let me know what you think of it so far. I'll probably have another update coming later today or tomorrow. Thanks everyone for your time! 
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    I was originally planning on using some normal looking cylinder reservoirs I had already. But then I saw these, and I couldn't resist. Personally I think these fit the build way better. They look like those transport tubes in portal 2! I ordered 2 and they should be arriving pretty soon. Let me know what you think. 

    Novacore extreme limited edition reservoir
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    RAM came in last night and I got it installed this morning. I really like the look of it. Trying to cram as much white as possible inside this build lol. Since these are RGB I'm going to set the color to blue to match the cpu water loop. 
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Pt. 2
    I got the processor seated and installed the water block


    Coolers removed and water blocks installed on the 2080's as well


     
    Lastly, I installed the motherboard into the case along with both the cards 

     
    And that's it for now. Thanks for checking out my build
     
    Ps: sorry if the picture quality isn't the best, I'm using my phone camera for now but once the build is finished I'll be taking some nice photos with my dslr
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    JT8101997 got a reaction from NotABigGamer in The Cake is a Lie - Water Cooled Portal PC   
    Got a good update for you all. I started putting things together and I'm pretty happy with how this looks so far. 
     
    First off I had to put these little silicone pads on the corners of every fan. Which took longer than you'd think. 

     
    Next up was mounting the fans on the two 360 EK radiators

     
    Cool thing about the 780t is the extra space in front and up top for mounting fans, so I went for a push pull setup 

    One thing that really bothered me though was the fact that corsair claims you can fit a 360 rad in the front. And while I got it to work, it was a real pain. There's these annoying bumps underneath the bay that don't seem to serve any real purpose yet stick out just enough to block a radiator from lining up properly. So I ended up having to cut part of that off. It's covered by the radiator now so you can't see it, but it was still disappointing that they designed it this way. They clearly didn't test their claims or just didn't care. 

     
    I thought this was kind of funny. I installed a dual lcd temp display on the front bay so I could monitor the loop temps and it made a face with the cd drive. So idk if I'll leave it like that or just remove the cd drive since I shouldn't need it too often anyways. Just like to have the option since I already had one. Entertaining none the less. 

     
    And I guess there's an upload limit so I'll have to split this post up to add more pictures. 
     
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