After waiting for 6 months for my case, I finally have a little bit of progress with my build. I figure a bunch of photos of boxes and parts might be a little boring.
Little bit of back story
Started off with a Coolermaster Haf X case, but soon learned that wasn't the best looking case. Give me a break, it was my first ever PC (I was a mac guy). Soon switched to a Fractal Design XL (Old worklog here - http://family.million-dollar-pc.com/showthread.php?t=903). Still wasn't super happy with that case, so I am currently using a Silverstone Raven RV02, which has been great. My biggest issue with it is the amount of space inside the case. Watercooling options are limited to a 180mmx3, and after that there isn't any room for much else. It seems like I would have to compromise too much with that case to be able to watercool. As we know around here, compromise isn't a word :P
So now on to the good part :)
At CES this year, Corsair dropped the 900D. After kicking myself for screwing around and not just buying a TJ7 or 800D right off the bat. It would have saved me some money, rather than swapping between cases over and over. We got a new distributor at work, and I was able to order a 900D. So I pulled the trigger and ordered one. It's was a slow boat from China, so it took 6-7 months to show up. Thanks to Linus for making that CES video and making me buy yet another case. :(
The Computer:
Case: Corsair 900D
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 Deluxe
CPU: Intel i7-3930K
Ram: Kingston HyperX 32GB (Prob going to be swapped for something with a black PCB)
HDD: Kingston HyperX SSD 120Gb X 2 in RAID 0 (Might swap for Samsung 840 Pro's since 240GB isn't much space)
Video Cards: Tri-SLI MSI GTX680 Lightning
PSU: Seasonic X Series 1250W (using a temp 1050W Enermax PSU while I make custom cables and sleeve)
Now for the cooling
I figured it would be a good idea to order all the big parts up first to be able to place them in the case and route the lines/ etc after. I am missing a couple cooling parts because I wanted to wait for the case to show up (needed to measure). I am missing everything that is in italics.
Rad up top: Alphacool UT60 480mm
Rad in the basement: Alphacool UT60 480mm
Second rad in the basement: Alphacool 240mm (xt maybe)
Four rad in front: Alphacool 240mm rad (xt maybe)
Bitspower CPU Cooler
Bitspower Ram Coolers x2
Bitspower Dual D5 Top with blue pump covers
Bitspower Res (need to pick one and order it)
EK GTX680 lightning blocks x 3
use all bitspower crystal links for the tubing and fittings
Corsair SP120 x 20
Aquacomputer Aquaero 5 XT
Aquacomputer Aquaero 5 LT for slave
Aquacomputer Poweradjust x2
And now for the worklog pics so far. It's a mixture of cell phone and DSLR photos depending on how lazy I was that day. lol
Corsair SP120
Seasonic X-1250W PSU
Wall of wind lol
Bitspower CPU Block
One of the RAM Blocks
By far the best fan controller out there
Bitspower Dual D5 pump top
All the mobo blocks together
UT60 up close
3D printing a couple parts for the build. One is a new PSU fan cover to replace the ugly yellowy brownish one, with a new one that has the same hole styling of the 900D.
Also going to print blackplates for the GTX680's. They will be used to bring in the sleeved PCIe power cables. The "gap" in the middle there with the ridge will be covered by plexi or some type of clear plastic. There will be female connectors in the back of it so it's easy to remove the video card when needed. Haven't finished the design for the backplate part itself, so thats why its just a big blank spot.
It finally arrived after 6 months!!!!!!
First thing I notice... it doesn't fit under my desk. First world problems :S Or as my friend put it "Lots of space in new case - No space for new case"
Want to flush mount the aquaero on the front as clean as possible, so I marked where i need to cut.
After first cut
First test fit, not too bad. I will expand it a bit more and make it sit a bit more flush soon, along with some bondo or something to make it a bit of a smoother cut. The whole front will be covered in black matte plastidip to get rid of the brushed aluminum. I love the brushed look, but all the drive bays lines don't line up and it looks bad imo
Not too bad for a first run
Time to swap out all the fans in the case to the corsair ones. I know that AF fans would do better then the SP ones, but rads will be going behind them all after I receive all of my parts. Buying 16 or so temp fans would not be cheap lol.
Test fit of one of the rads for fun
Time to swap over the mobo
And its in place
With all the temp gear in place so I can still game in the mean time
And last, a comparison between a Silverstone Raven RV02, Fractal Design XL, and the Corsair 900D
I know that's a lot of photos condensed down into one post. Next on the block is the make the backlit midplate for the computer, along with a motherboard tray plate as well (not backlit). I will update soon when I have some more progress with some of these parts. Might post up photos of the 680 blocks when they arrive on thursday if people want to see them. I could break out the DSLR again.
Thanks for the long read, feel free to give any comment or suggestion. I'm open to discussion.
370GT got a reaction from 118killbill in 800D Loop Direction
370GT got a reaction from alpenwasser in Project Godzilla - 900D Long Term Build
370GT got a reaction from TicTac in Project Godzilla - 900D Long Term Build
