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Update #3 – Component Photos Update #3 – Component Photos I got around to editing the photos I took, enjoy! 6800k. Processors are really frickin hard to photograph. G. Skill Ripjaws 32gb kit. The heatspreaders are really nice on these, the photos certainly don’t do them justice. Too bad I’ll be replacing them with Monarch modules. Samsung 960 EVO 250gb. The plan is for this drive to handle the OS and Main Applications. Intel 750 Series 400gb. I don’t have a big storage library, so this will do for bulk storage. It’s mostly going to be for show anyway. I also have two 850 EVO 250gb drives going in the build, those will be used as a RAID 0 scratch disk for the little PS and Premiere that I do. GTX 1080. I’m sure most of you have probably seen a million and two of these on the forums, this will be more than sufficient for my needs. 10/10 Unboxing experience. The founders coolers are really nice. X99-M WS. Even after the X299 Announcement, this is still the best mAtx Board on the market IMO. On to some water cooling gear! Let’s start with EK: Supremacy X99. Intel 750 Series SSD Block. The plan is to flat-out steal L3P’s idea and make an acrylic top for this so that it matches the rest of the components. EK-FC 1080 GTX. I’m on the fence regarding whether to polish these blocks, we’ll see a little later on down the road. Singularity Computers Protium. Everything about this reservoir is great, the quality and aesthetics are so understated that they will literally fit in any build, can’t wait to use it. Aquacomputer Aquaero 6 PRO and Flow Sensor. Again, super high quality parts, worth every penny. And finally, the case. Unfortunately my setup is not large enough to properly capture this, so I will leave a single photo below and figure something out before I need to shoot the final photos. In the meantime, I received my aluminum panels, and upon opening the package realized that I completely forgot to measure and order one piece, so that will put the project on hold for a day or two (which isn’t awful considering finals and work will hold it up as well). Thanks for looking!

Update #2 – Cutting some holes Over the past couple of days I’ve been able to get some preliminary work done for the mods, as well as take some photos of the components, though I haven’t been able to rummage through and edit them yet. I was also able to test everything on my super sick test bench: Now, on to the mods. The first thing on the to-do list was to disassemble the case. From here, I reversed the top panel so that the radiator mount offset carries over to the inverted layout. Unfortunately, I did not get any photos of this. After that, I masked and cut out a large portion of the rear panel, which will be replaced with 2mm aluminum, along with the motherboard tray. Rough Cut: All filed up. This was done with a Dremel. After this, I took measurements and ordered (hopefully) all the aluminum needed, I also picked up some screws and standoffs as well as some other bits and pieces from McMaster. That’s all for now, thanks for looking!

Thanks for checking out the log, I'm interested to hear why you say this.

Thanks Guys!

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Hey Everyone! My name is Dawson and thanks so much for checking out my build log! This will be my fourth build, second time liquid cooling, and first time using a form factor other than ATX. The goal of this build is to find a case that has excellent craftsmanship and subtle aesthetics (and will therefore need no exterior modification) and modify the interior to create a unique but clean look. That being said, let’s get on with the specs: Core Components: CPU – 6800k GPU – Gtx 1080 RAM – 32gb G.skill Ripjaws 4 2666mhz Mobo – Asus X99-M WS PSU – Corsair RM1000i Storage – Samsung 960 Evo 250gb, Intel 750 Series 400gb PCIE, 2x Samsung 850 EVO 250gb in RAID 0 Case – Phanteks Evolv Micro ATX Glass, Anthracite Grey Liquid Cooling: Blocks – EK Nickel Plexi for CPU, GPU, Intel SSD Pump – Alphacool VPP755 with EK X-Top Revo Plexi Radiators – EK SE240 and EK SE360 Fans – 5x Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Reservoir – Singularity Computers Protium Medium – Polished Acrylic with Black rings Fittings – TBD, Bitspower 16mm of some colour most likely Fluid – TBD, leaning towards Mayhems X-1 Purple at this point Miscellaneous: Cables – Scratch-Built using Mainframe Customs Black Sleeving and Gosumodz Alliance Combs Lighting – TBD Control – Aquaero 6 PRO with Flow and Temp Sensors Nanoxia CoolForce Cable Combs Modification list: Create a custom, inverted motherboard tray from aluminum Create a custom rear case panel to clean up the aesthetics Modify the GPU bracket (for what I won’t say yet…) ;P Powder coat all interior parts matte black That’s all for now, but I’ll just leave the obligatory group photo below for now: Thanks for looking!

Still Quite hard for me to believe those are renders, but I'll take your word for it ;). If you don't mind me asking, specifically what is the problem with this forum?

Ohhh the hype level just got kicked up!

Another Build by 50mm!

Damn that finish tho! ;D

Looks like the top of a TJ11, which I really really love. Can't wait to see it completed!

Love the TJ07, can't wait to see this finished. Also really liking the paint job, is it conventional paint or is it powder coated?

I do like this design lots more than the original, can't wait to see it finished!

Super Excited to see how this pans out! Also really excited for CES and hopefully some 1080ti stuff!

Awww ChooChoo Hype Train!!!!

Love all of your mods, and I don't think will be an exception!

I have Monsoon fittings in my rig right now, and I gotta say that while I love the aesthetic of the fittings, I CANNOT stand the poor design and quality. (I have the free center hardline with the dumb locking ring that needs to be glued to a pipe) I will not be purchasing fittings from them again.

I've said this like a million times, but I LOVE watching this come together!

Smoooth...

Beautiful Build!

Looks great Willy!

Looks great, super hyped to see this log finished!