Darkstar101

Just ordered the remaining 2 red compression fittings and the chipset and CPU waterblocks and as promised some external pictures. These were quite difficult to get right as the lighting in my room is quite dim and the flash seems to over power the colours in the case:
 
 

 
Excuse the Intel cooler, but that i7 gets hot !

Doubt CustomPC Would be glad to see this

Slight change to the cpu > chipset blocks
      Loving that PWM plug there   So i'm about to go away with work for a while which puts this build on hold for a little while, so heres my to do list (for me as much as others!)   Ek 8mm extender needs fitting to the Chipset block as you can see in the picture its not quite parallel.   Order and fit EK 970 ACX + Nickel Backplate.   Order 1x XSPC Chrome 90 degree fitting (not in stock at the moment). This is the final fittings for the GPU loop.   Figure out a way to either make the bitfenix recon work with the pwm hubs and ek pwm pumps or buy a new fan controller. Or buy 4x fan pwm splitter cables for the 8 fans and find another way of controlling the pumps (must avoid connection to motherboard)

Postman came today with not one, not 2, but 3 parcels 
  My remaining fittings       Quickly got everything connected, carried out a few hour flush and then filled the system. Done some leak checks just bleeding it now:   Love that block!     Had to take the fittings out from the CPU > Chipset as there just wasn't enough room to bend the hose:       Reservoir filled (well the cpu loop)         Just gotta get the EK Block now for the 970GTX, but that is going to have to wait as I have to go away with work tomorrow  :angry:

pliers ^^^
 
everyone should have some, its one of the most important tools

Pliers
With this type of head, i've never seen a household without at least one
 

So i decided to paint the reverse of the PCIE adapter for the Samsung XP941 as the green wasn't really fitting with the colour scheme
 

 

 
and my assistant (or so he thinks)
 

You need to list the exact part number of your APC Battery Backup unit (Which is a UPS, as explained above). Most likely, you're going to overload the unit.
 
A UPS has two important specs:
Volt-Amps, and Watts
 
If you know the model number, you can cross reference the runtime-based-on-load on the APC.com website.
 
For example:
http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE750G&total_watts=400
The BE750G. This is a 450 Watt UPS, with 750 VA capabilities.
 
It can run your 400 Watt load for about 3.5 minutes...
 
Of course, you can sometimes increase runtime by adding more batteries, but not every UPS supports this feature. Usually only rackmount ones will support additional battery packs, so you should generally just buy the right UPS for your needs right away.
 
For your PC, you're gonna want a UPS that supports at least 500 watts, since if for whatever reason, your PC draws extra load, and goes beyond the watts spec of the UPS, you'll possibly destroy the UPS.
 
For example, this unit supports 600 watts max load, and can run your 400 watt load for just under 9 minutes:
http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BR1000G
 
That's enough time to realize you're on battery power, and to save any open documents/games and shut down the PC.
 
But honestly it depends on why you want to run a UPS. If you just have occasional brown-outs for a few seconds, then you don't need to worry about total runtime too much, as long as it supports your max load.
 
You may also want to consider running your Monitor off the UPS (So you can see what you're doing when the power goes out), which means you'll need a few extra watts for the monitor too.

Radiators all fitted now, 8 hours work and it doesn't look much different
        Hopefully the remaining compression fittings will arrive on Monday with the EK chipset and CPU Blocks

These radiators look great, unfortunately I can't test them yet cause watercooling.co.uk can't get an order to me having paid on 26th Feb for an in stock item!
  Rant over, the rads are painted and ready to refit:          

Rads primed and working on the top coat now
 

What's in the box ?
  2x Mayhems 360mm Havoc Radiators! Quad pass, triple chamber, can't wait to try these, but first I need to paint the primer to match the case, back to annoying the wife!         Nice paint free threads!     Ready for painting, a quick layer of white primer (although it's primed I feel going white needs to be over white primer ) before painting  

Update 06/03/15
    Just had some goodies arrive from Mayhems!       A pretty large box in which contained:   2x 1 Ltr Pastel Red     2x 1 Ltr Pastel Ice White     1x 1 Ltr H2O Pure       2x Blitz Pro 2 2x 15ml Red Dye     1x Blitz Clean Basic       and 2x something else .....     Thanks again to Mick at Mayhems!

So today I got quite a bit of work done and I think it's finally starting to look like a modded pc rather than a small building site, as a plus note i think i've finished spray painting so that should please the wife!   So the partition is painted and fitted, but I'm waiting on the 5mm LED's to arrive before I fit the acrylic and the inside of the B,D and O's from the text. I also painted and added my 240mm radiator to lower of the case to fill the void that was left from moving the rad to the ceiling:       As I said I've also moved the other 360mm rad to the ceiling, if it was left in the lower section it would obscure half of the text on the partition wall. Now both 360mm rads are in the roof!     As i got the partition wall in I figured I may aswell go ahead and sort out the locations of the two EK Pump/Res combos. I de-pinned the PWM and Molex connectors and made small holes on top of the partition allowing the wires to be hidden. That involved dropping the bottom from one of the res's to switch the wires to the reverse side. Now its all done, and i really like the look so far. The fittings on the left side Res will be swapped to the white ones i detailed in my initial parts list once i win the lottery to pay for everything :roll eyes:        
 

Bit more work done tonight, got the letters stuck to the acrylic for the back drop, but can't attach the back drop to the partition wall until the LEDs arrive which appear to have been delayed :wall bash:
  So all i got for the moment is an example of the routing from the res to the 240mm radiator, need to order more 90 degrees, compression and a couple of 45 degree fittings and the 16/10 primochill.      

I decided to drop the motherboard and PSU in the case tonight as a temporary fit just to see what extra cables I'm gonna need and basically to see how the fans look, and I love them lol
  I decided to drop the motherboard and PSU in the case tonight as a temporary fit just to see what extra cables I'm gonna need and basically to see how the fans look, and I love them lol       For a start i need a braided 8 pin tax extender, cable is just long enough!        

Hey thanks, todays update is all about that mount lol
 
Today I got the partition wall finished with LEDs fitted to the acrylic, so now the wires are well and truly hidden! I also had a delivery which was made up of the primachill tubing, and the 45 and 90 degree fittings (12 of). I got most of the CPU loop complete but i don't have the white compression fittings yet for the GPU and I'm still waiting on some funds to buy the EK CPU, GPU and motherboard chipset block      
 

So as the 240mm radiator was added later on into the planning stage, it also happened to form one of the lower points in the CPU loop. Therefore i needed to add an additional drain to the one already planned for the res. So this weekend i got that finished which required some metal work on the rear grill to provide an opening for the actual drain point:          
 

Today i had a couple of deliveries arrive including the Bitfenix Recon fan controller, 2x PWM hubs, a braiding kit, 8 pin red extension and the final Enermax Vegas fan for the 240mm radiator. I spent quite a lot of time wiring everything up and tidying up the looms from the fans in the ceiling of the case and also tidied some of the wires around the back of the partition. I also braided the CPU loop pump wire and the front panel header cables:     Got the wife to take the pictures as she better with camera than me, took the picture of the text with the lights off and no flash, but i think the exposure was too low, however the text doesn't appear as pink as normal lol   The front of the case, pretty much the only finished area : )     Both fans fitted to the 240mm radiator:         New XSPC fittings fitted to the res/pump combos, wanted to use the black chrome ones which I already had but seems theres a global shortage of black chrome    
 

Yaya  <_< thats only coz you have more space than me for now anyway, lol  nice specs though

Some photos of the motherboard.
 

 

I have a lot more data than you.
 
I have a D-Link DNS-325 2 bays NAS with 2x 4TB WD Red in raid0, and 4x 1TB WD Elements 2.5 USB 3.0.
 
And I'm in need to get 4x 2TB WD Elements 2.5 USB 3.0, because 1 of my 2 HDD's in the NAS is dying, can't write into it, only read. And will backup all 8TB to external HDD's, so then I can send the faulty HDD to RMA.
 
And I will get a D-Link DNS-345 4 bays NAS when WD releases Red with 10TB HDD's, and 4x 10TB WD Red.

Find or make complete pinouts of your powersupply.
 
 
It's not free that's for sure, but I found it very relaxing and not at all annoying. The few sleeving jobs I've done so far have been very enjoyable. I guess it depends on what mindset you go into it with.

Nice case for watercooling.

The sleeving has arrived
  Here's the sleeving and some extra cool stuff from Mainframecustom.com <3<3
 

 
  Absolutely in love with the blue colored sleeving, looks so sweet!. Cant wait untill i get to the sleeving part!