Albedo - Custom Case - 5950X - 3090Ti - Overkill Watercooling

IrishJ · January 28, 2020

Hello there,

I wanted to share my new project build with you.

Albedo (Latin: albedo, meaning 'whiteness') is the measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation received by an astronomical body.

I'm an PC enthusiast and IT specialist from southern Germany and quite new to this forum,

nevertheless I'm a frequent viewer of ltt videos and that's why I also post this build here.

I'd like to start with the overall specs, so you know what to expect:

Hardware:

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 ~~3950X~~ 5950X

MB: Gigabyte Aorus X570 Xtreme

GPU: EVGA 3090Ti FTW3 Ultra

RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident-Z Neo 3600MT CL14

SSD: 3x 2TB Gigabyte PCI-E 4.0

Sound: Creative Soundblaster AE-9PE

PSU: Corsair AX1600i + Custom Sleeved Cables

Case:

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Custom case from PC Design Foundry

Top: 2x 360mm Radiators

Front: 1x 480mm Radiator (I could add another quite easily)

Bottom: 2x 360mm Radiators

Everything is built modular, so exchanging parts is easy, also no rivets.

Here some renders, they should be the final ones maybe just a few little changes:

Watercooling:

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Pump: 2x Aquacomputer D5 next

Pump-Top: 2x Aquacomputer Ultitop

Reservoir: 2x Integrated into MB Midwall

Radiators Top: 2x Hardwarelabs Black Ice Nemesis GTX 360

Radiator Front: 1x Hardwarelabs Black Ice Nemesis GTX 480

Radiators Bottom: 2x Hardwarelabs Black Ice Nemesis GTX 360

Midwall distribution plate + midfloor distribution plate

CPU Block: EKWB-Quantum ~~Velocity D-RGB - AMD Nickel + Plexi~~ Magnitude D-RGB - AM4 Nickel + Plexi

GPU Blocks: EKWB-Vector FTW3 RTX 2080 Ti D-RGB - Nickel + Plexi

Controller 1: Aquacomputer Aquaero 6LT

Controller 2: Aquacomputer Quadro

Temp Sensors: 2x Aquacomputer Calitemp Inline + 2x In Pump

Fittings: EKWB Torque HTC-16 + Torque 90°

Fans-Radiators: 16x Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax.black.swap

Fan Backside: 1x Noctua NF-S12A PWM chromax.black.swap

As you can see that's quite an overkill build, but also my money, but I'm not only gaming on this machine, as that would be quite wasteful.

Now little Storytime:

The idea of a new build came to my mind with the release of the AMD Ryzen 3000 series, I saw that sweet 16 core CPU and knew I needed it.

Then a good friend of mine had the idea to make a little mod series for him, me and a few willing customers. That decided we designed

a prototype case with Parvum Systems in an Evangelion Anime Style (Eva-01) and ordered it mid august'19. I received the case mid/end december

with major defects, replacement parts still missing, and that's why I hit my frustration limit (can tell you more about that if wished).

I found about PC Design foundry and ordered a new case there. Case is now in design and manufacturing starts today.

The Evangelion Mini series is dead for now, prototype case will be used by said friend, when replacement parts arrive.

I'm very eager to start with the build process soon, every part of the hardware and watercooling is already at home, and waiting to be used.

Updates:

Update 1: Design #1
Update 2: Machining #1
Update 3: Design #2
Update 4: Vandalswitch
Update 5: Machining #2
Update 6: Machining #3
Update 7: Machining #4
Update 8: Design #3
Update 9: Machining #5
Update 10: Machining #6
Update 11: Machining #7
Update 12: Mini "distributor"

Update 13: Machining #8

Update 14: Machining #9

Update 15: Cables MDPC-X

Update 16: Painting #1

Update 17: New CPU Waterblock

Update 18: Machining #10

Update 19: Build #1

19_blackie_73 · January 28, 2020

Pretty interested how this turns out

And servus ebenfalls aus dem Süden Deutschlands

IrishJ · January 28, 2020

43 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

Pretty interested how this turns out

And servus ebenfalls aus dem Süden Deutschlands

I hoped I'm not the only german around here

Servus auch von mir!

Designwise a few more things need to be done:

1. cable holes for fan cables

2. finish pipe routing

3. add standoffs and screws for assembly

4. add perforation in the side doors

5. add perforation to the rear

6. add dustfilters

7. add mounting features for the distributors

8. add mounting holes and standoffs or brackets for SSD and Fancontroller

Just a few more days of slight detailing and the manufacturing can begin.

The extrusions are going to be cut tomorrow. The whole case is built modular

and each part is replaceable and screwed into place, no rivets needed.

IrishJ · January 30, 2020

Little Update on designing the case

- added Standoffs and mounting features

- changed the channeling in the midwall distributor a bit

- added a gap for LED's beneath the midfloor distributor

- added drainports and ports for the front radiator

Some screenshots:

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Connection to top radiators, changed the channels to be more straigt, also will not be using aqua pipes in the final build to connect to the rads.

Gap for led, is now 8mm because 8mm standoffs are quite common.

Bottom look into the compartment:

Also I decided on a name and overall design, will reveal it at a later time, when the banner is ready.

Also machining started yesterday.

19_blackie_73 · January 30, 2020

9 minutes ago, IrishJ said:

Little Update on designing the case

- added Standoffs and mounting features

- changed the channeling in the midwall distributor a bit

- added a gap for LED's beneath the midfloor distributor

- added drainports and ports for the front radiator

Some screenshots:

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Connection to top radiators, changed the channels to be more straigt, also will not be using aqua pipes in the final build to connect to the rads.

Gap for led, is now 8mm because 8mm standoffs are quite common.

Bottom look into the compartment:

Also I decided on a name and overall design, will reveal it at a later time, when the banner is ready.

Also machining started yesterday.

I'm curious how does this work, do you give the design input and they change it accordingly or do you do the CAD design work yourself and they are the manufacturing partner?

IrishJ · January 30, 2020

He's doing cad work/engineering + manufacturing.

I do measuring things (fittings, gpu's,...), a little bit of prototyping and 2D design + design input.

To be clear PC Design Foundry is 1 Guy, and he's quite the pro.

Edit: Picture from machining

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Andyl · January 31, 2020

Here is an update from making the corner extrusions today. PC Design Foundry

Setup parts on the router. I have to use an edge finder to set the 0 and also to make sure that the extrusion is exactly parallel with the machine.

Machine using a long 4 mm diameter slot cutter.

This is quite a long part to be making. I added some support in the centre for the next parts.

The ends cuts are through all the cosmetic surfaces of the extrusion. Leaving it supported by a section that can be cut later with a hack saw.

Finished cuts.

Finished parts will be 626 mm long.

Saw of the excess extrusion at the ends.

Clean off the coolant and chips with water.

Ready to install Tappex inserts.

PC Design Foundry

IrishJ · January 31, 2020

Added the name for the build + banner in the first post, overall color scheme will be UV Blue/clear + Shades of Grey + White + Black.

Also here the rear fan:

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B4Quattro · January 31, 2020

Looks interesting, grüße aus dem Saarland :D.

IrishJ · February 2, 2020

Short Update,

today I soldered the RGB vandal switch, despite only showing green, everything works just fine!

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zogthegreat · February 3, 2020

Man, if the final case is anywhere close to the renderings, it's going to look awesome!

I'll be watching this one in anticipation!

BTW, Willkommen im Forum IrishJ. Ich bin kein Deutscher, aber ich spreche es ein wenig. Ich habe in den frühen neunziger Jahren im Hunsrück gelebt.

Andyl · February 3, 2020

PC Design Foundry

Got a few parts of the sheet metal done today. Also installed the Tappex inserts into the corner extrusions and did a quick assembly check. This is a really large case!

Length 630.4 mm

Width 324 mm

Height 603.5 mm not including feet.

Router setup as follows 3.5 mm cutter. 0.35 mm depth of cut. 1200 mm/min feed rate. 12000 RPM

Did some sanding with the sheet metal still in place on the router to remove burrs.

Before any bending.

After Bending.

Quick fit check. Lots more to do.

GamerBlake · February 4, 2020

On 1/27/2020 at 11:59 PM, IrishJ said:

Hello there,

I wanted to share my new project build with you.

Albedo (Latin: albedo, meaning 'whiteness') is the measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation received by an astronomical body.

I'm an PC enthusiast and IT specialist from southern Germany and quite new to this forum,

nevertheless I'm a frequent viewer of ltt videos and that's why I also post this build here.

I'd like to start with the overall specs, so you know what to expect:

Hardware:

Hide contents

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

MB: Gigabyte Aorus X570 Xtreme

GPU: 2x EVGA 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid (were available at a much lower price than the FTW3 Ultra, same PCB)

RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident-Z Neo 3600MT CL14

SSD: 3x 2TB Gigabyte PCI-E 4.0

Sound: Creative Soundblaster AE-9PE

PSU: Corsair AX1600i + Custom Sleeved Cables

Case:

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Custom Manufactured Case form PC Design Foundry

Top: 2x 360mm Radiators

Front: 1x 480mm Radiator (I could add another quite easily)

Bottom: 2x 360mm Radiators

Everything is built modular, so exchanging parts is easy, also no rivets.

Here Some renders, they should be the final ones maybe just a few little changes:

Watercooling:

Reveal hidden contents

Pump: 2x Aquacomputer D5 next

Pump-Top: 2x Aquacomputer Ultitop

Reservoir: 2x Integrated into MB Midwall

Radiators Top: 2x Hardwarelabs Black Ice GTX 360

Radiator Front: 1x Hardwarelabs Black Ice GTX 480

Radiators Bottom: 2x Hardwarelabs Black Ice GTX 360

Midwall distribution plate + midfloor distribution plate

CPU Block: EKWB-Quantum Velocity D-RGB - AMD Nickel + Plexi

GPU Blocks: EKWB-Vector FTW3 RTX 2080 Ti D-RGB - Nickel + Plexi

Controller 1: Aquacomputer Aquaero 6LT

Controller 2: Aquacomputer Quadro

Temp Sensors: 2x Aquacomputer Calitemp Inline + 2x In Pump

Fittings: EKWB Torque HTC-16 + Torque 90°

Fans-Radiators: 16x Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax.black.swap

Fan Backside: 1x Noctua NF-S12A PWM chromax.black.swap

As you can see that's quite an overkill build, but also my money, but I'm not only gaming on this machine, as that would be quite wasteful.

Now little Storytime:

The idea of a new build came to my mind with the release of the AMD Ryzen 3000 series, I saw that sweet 16 core CPU and knew I needed it.

Then a good friend of mine had the idea to make a little mod series for him, me and a few willing customers. That decided we designed

a prototype case with Parvum Systems in an Evangelion Anime Style (Eva-01) and ordered it mid august'19. I received the case mid/end december

with major defects, replacement parts still missing, and that's why I hit my frustration limit (can tell you more about that if wished).

I found about PC Design foundry and ordered a new case there. Case is now in design and manufacturing starts today.

The Evangelion Mini series is dead for now, prototype case will be used by said friend, when replacement parts arrive.

I'm very eager to start with the build process soon, every part of the hardware and watercooling is already at home, and waiting to be used.

Damn! Nice hardware!

I only have 1x 2080 Ti myself (EVGA XC2 Ultra) and it demolishes any games I play.

I even get 144fps in Resident Evil 2 on max settings @ 1440p!

IrishJ · February 4, 2020

17 hours ago, GamerBlake said:

Damn! Nice hardware!

I only have 1x 2080 Ti myself (EVGA XC2 Ultra) and it demolishes any games I play.

I even get 144fps in Resident Evil 2 on max settings @ 1440p!

That's why I call it an overkil!

Andyl · February 7, 2020

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Got a bit more done. The vents take quite a long time to machine.

Top vents.

Installed a bunch or PEM standoffs to do some assembly

Rear panel is not screwed on yet.

Started making two if the three radiator covers. These are a bit harder because they have bends in two directions so I need to machine both sides and get them aligned perfectly. Will Bend them next week.

KrMaH · February 8, 2020

Followed simply because its too damn epic not to...

GimmeGaming · February 9, 2020

I've followed to see how it turns out, I'm not German (I'm Irish) but I live in Germany so does that count

Andyl · February 10, 2020

PC Design Foundry

Bent up two of the radiator covers today and machined two more parts.

Cutting the last radiator cover.

Cutting the front vent panel.

Here is a soda can for scale.

IrishJ · February 11, 2020

Short update on design:

- changed midfloor distributor size to seal off the lower compartment

- added sidepanels

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Andyl · February 12, 2020

PC Design Foundry

Bent the top radiator cover and installed it today.

Started machining the distributors. This is just the rough cut to remove most of the material. I will do a fine finishing cut tomorrow.

Andyl · February 14, 2020

PC Design Foundry

Finished cutting the distributors and tapped most of the holes. Have a few more to taps and a lot of countersinks to do.

This is the 1/4 inch O Flute Cutter I use for acrylic distributors. Whiteside SA2075 Solid Carbide O-Flute

Cuts very clean and fast.

Even with an Auto reversing taping chuck it still took 40 minutes as there are so many holes.

Did a fit check and it fits perfectly.

Also installed the concealed standoffs to hold the front on.

Andyl · February 14, 2020

PC Design Foundry

Finished machining , tapping and countersinking the distributors. Did another fit check and they are super nice.

Next I need to remake the rear chassis part to flip the power supply orientation. Also make the side panels. Make the O rings for the distributors. Then paint all the metal parts.