Loramentum - A watercooled, wall mounted rig - Fan and lighting upgrade! 27/01/17

[Maki Role]

I'm currently fapping (to the pc of course... 

 

Understandable...  :lol:

 

Looking sweet. Can't wait for more updates.

 

I'll try my best to keep them nice and regular.  There's loads of interesting stuff planned out for the next few weeks!

 

Very nice.

 

Thanks Raboo!

 

Shouldn't the GPU be facing the other way?

Or you will need a really long riser.

 

 

If you looked at the 3d Render, he is going to use a long riser

 

 

Bingo, having a riser custom made (it's just soldering really, not too fancy) that should hopefully fit it well.

 

I remember seeing these renderings a while back - so glad you could finally start building. It looks great so far.

 

Thanks!  Took a while to get this one off the ground, so much pre-planning involved.  Would have been so much easier if I had my own CNC 

 

Ah OK. I hope he makes the GPU gold like in the render.

 

That's the plan 

 

I dont think you stated it (or not that I can find) but what sort of paint are your using/how are you gold plating everything. Also did you ever think of going with gold straight tubing but of the metal sort so it could be gold plated aswell?

 

The parts I'm having gold plated are all pretty small, so I'm taking it to a place local to me in London.  They specialise in plating things like iphones and whatnot so this should be right up their alley.  I did think about doing gold tubing, but figured it might be a bit too much.  There needs to be only just enough gold in the build for it not to look garish, plus the gold/yellow coolant should have a nice glint anyway thanks to the acrylic tube.  Might have a look into doing a photoshoot with some Mayhem's aurora inside, that would look sick thanks to the channels and reservoir design.

[AxelPeeters]

I ♥ Renders  

[darkspeedy26]

well, before seeing the real life photos i didn't think the gold colors would be this similar. I guess you are lucky its all the same shade of gold. Looking good so far  

[Prömetheus]

Ow my gawd! That looks rlly awesome! Can't wait to see more!

[AMaleWhale]

I always wanted to make a wall mounted rig, but now I see this I feel very inferior

[Maki Role]

I ♥ Renders

 

Hopefully you'll like the real thing also 

 

well, before seeing the real life photos i didn't think the gold colors would be this similar. I guess you are lucky its all the same shade of gold. Looking good so far

 

Thanks!  It's one of the reasons I was so careful to get the materials right in the renders, means one can test stuff out before committing to any purchases.

 

Ow my gawd! That looks rlly awesome! Can't wait to see more!

 

Then you're going to enjoy today...

 

I always wanted to make a wall mounted rig, but now I see this I feel very inferior

 

Haha no don't think like that!  I'm some random guy making this thing in his bedroom without even a table to use as a workbench.  If you believe in your idea enough you can definitely make it happen with great results! 

 

UPDATE!

 

 

 

UPDATE!

 

So I finally had the time to sit down, thread all the larger holes, make the O-rings and get a preliminary leak test going.  To be honest it was a pretty painless operation actually.  The threads were simple enough, the O-rings were a little fiddly but seem to have come out well and the testing itself appears to be going smoothly.  The only dye I had lying around was blue, so I used that to try and see if there were any major leaks.  Thankfully I could only see one, which looks to be from a fitting (a spare 45° one I had, the o-ring doesn't have a strong seal).

 

There does appear to be a small issue with air currently though.  For some reason, in my design I didn't take into account that air would be able to move from the reservoir back into the loop through the top.  I'll take some more pictures later showing what I mean.  It's not a huge issue by any means though and may just need some creative filling instead.

 

Here are some pics for now, since I'm still working on stuff I'll take more later.  Must say though that I'm bloody impressed with the pump so far.  Got it running at 4 currently and it's quieter than the overhead lighting!

 

Front

 

Back

 

Blue!

 

[spwath]

 

Hopefully you'll like the real thing also 

 

 

Thanks!  It's one of the reasons I was so careful to get the materials right in the renders, means one can test stuff out before committing to any purchases.

 

 

Then you're going to enjoy today...

 

 

Haha no don't think like that!  I'm some random guy making this thing in his bedroom without even a table to use as a workbench.  If you believe in your idea enough you can definitely make it happen with great results! 

 

UPDATE!

 

 

 

UPDATE!

 

So I finally had the time to sit down, thread all the larger holes, make the O-rings and get a preliminary leak test going.  To be honest it was a pretty painless operation actually.  The threads were simple enough, the O-rings were a little fiddly but seem to have come out well and the testing itself appears to be going smoothly.  The only dye I had lying around was blue, so I used that to try and see if there were any major leaks.  Thankfully I could only see one, which looks to be from a fitting (a spare 45° one I had, the o-ring doesn't have a strong seal).

 

There does appear to be a small issue with air currently though.  For some reason, in my design I didn't take into account that air would be able to move from the reservoir back into the loop through the top.  I'll take some more pictures later showing what I mean.  It's not a huge issue by any means though and may just need some creative filling instead.

 

Here are some pics for now, since I'm still working on stuff I'll take more later.  Must say though that I'm bloody impressed with the pump so far.  Got it running at 4 currently and it's quieter than the overhead lighting!

 

Front

 

 

Back

 

 

Blue!

 

 

 

Wow thats AMAZING. I really want to build a cool build like this.

[Raboo]

Very nice.

[Maki Role]

Very nice.

 

Thanks Raboo!

 

Wow thats AMAZING. I really want to build a cool build like this.

 

Cheers man, better get planning eh? 

[DoubleY]

What's with the blue coolant? Are you just testing the loop?

[Maki Role]

What's with the blue coolant? Are you just testing the loop?

 

The only dye I had lying around was blue, so I used that to try and see if there were any major leaks

 

Yup. The dye helps to make the water more visible, which makes leak testing easier.

[DoubleY]

Yup. The dye helps to make the water more visible, which makes leak testing easier.

Sorry. I don't read the posts, I just look at the pictures

[_ASSASSIN_]

I just want to say that it looks good and all but I really don't want you to use a yellow clear style coolant as seen in the renders because TBH it looks like piss. You should go clear/pastel gold.

sadly I can't find any pastel coolant that looks like gold that isn't aurora.

http://www.xoxide.com/mayhems-pastelsunsetyellow-coolcon250.html

just my opinion

[Maki Role]

I just want to say that it looks good and all but I really don't want you to use a yellow clear style coolant as seen in the renders because TBH it looks like piss. You should go clear/pastel gold.

sadly I can't find any pastel coolant that looks like gold that isn't aurora.

http://www.xoxide.com/mayhems-pastelsunsetyellow-coolcon250.html

just my opinion

 

We'll have to see, I've considered using a pastel yellow of sorts, but wasn't completely happy with how it came out in the renders.  I'll be using pastel white in my other build I'm doing atm so I can always mix some yellow up to see how it looks in person.  The pastel yellow would certainly have more pop that's for sure, would have to orange it up a little to get it just right though.

[spwath]

We'll have to see, I've considered using a pastel yellow of sorts, but wasn't completely happy with how it came out in the renders.  I'll be using pastel white in my other build I'm doing atm so I can always mix some yellow up to see how it looks in person.  The pastel yellow would certainly have more pop that's for sure, would have to orange it up a little to get it just right though.

I agree with assasin, use somthing else.

IF you use whats in the renders, you might as well get it for free by drinking a big bottle of water and waiting.

[Worth]

@Maki Role what paint to you plan to use to get that matte black finish on the acrylic.

[Maki Role]

@Maki Role what paint to you plan to use to get that matte black finish on the acrylic.

 

I'm not actually going to be painting the acrylic itself, I'm having a thin aluminium sheet laser cut to go on top.  As for paint, I'll be using a few layers of automotive primer and then a satin black on top, I'll just be picking these up from Halfords around the corner (been really impressed by their paints actually, thought they'd be really meh).

[Worth]

I'm not actually going to be painting the acrylic itself, I'm having a thin aluminium sheet laser cut to go on top.  As for paint, I'll be using a few layers of automotive primer and then a satin black on top, I'll just be picking these up from Halfords around the corner (been really impressed by their paints actually, thought they'd be really meh).K

Thanks

[d33g33]

Awesome.

 

Did you get the rubber gaskets made or just bought?

[Maki Role]

Awesome.

 

Did you get the rubber gaskets made or just bought?

 

Made them myself actually, they were rather simple funnily enough.  All you need is a razor blade (for a really clean cut), some o-ring cord (I got mine on ebay, easy enough to find in loads of sizes) and a cyanoacrylate super glue (again easy to source, normal plastic superglue).  You basically just cut the length you want and glue it together.  I then went over the join with the razor just to check that everything was smooth so as to get a good seal.

[d33g33]

Made them myself actually, they were rather simple funnily enough.  All you need is a razor blade (for a really clean cut), some o-ring cord (I got mine on ebay, easy enough to find in loads of sizes) and a cyanoacrylate super glue (again easy to source, normal plastic superglue).  You basically just cut the length you want and glue it together.  I then went over the join with the razor just to check that everything was smooth so as to get a good seal.

Awesome thank you very much!

[godsarmy]

epic!

[carolkarine]

I wish there was a way to just follow the author's posts. I don't want to see all the comments about how awesome it is, I just want more to drool over!

[Travianw135]

I wish there was a way to just follow the author's posts. I don't want to see all the comments about how awesome it is, I just want more to drool over!

Only look at the post if the author made a comment. It won't always be an update to the build, but...

[darkspeedy26]

any updates on this? @Maki Role