completed [Completed][Scratch Build] Project: Ravage - Custom Watercooled Computer Table Build by 17 yr old.

[ClownFace1511]

13 hours ago, Urishima said:

I am not comfortable with making noise past 8pm, tbh.

If they complain just say im doing small renovations and it was the tradies

[ClownFace1511]

 

Wow, its been a minute since ive been on the forum, let alone update the desk build. Taken me 3 years to finally bite the bullet and do a small upgrade, how time escapes you. Anyway, glad to say I have still been using my desk basically every day since it was built and haven't run into any issues, even with the coolant being 3 years old (sorry ek). Figured it was time to flush everything out and see the damage, and to my surprise, there wasn't any! The ek uv blue fluid that I put in it 3 years ago was still fine, none of the blocks were clogged up, corroded or anything. The soft tubing was a bit stained but the hard line was fine, not that I was super worried because blue fluid was going back into it but none the less the fluid held up super well. Disappointed that they discontinued that fluid but I ended up switching over to cryofuel navy blue which was the closest match. 

 

Speaking of things being discontinued... I managed to score myself a brand new X99 deluxe monoblock from ek which they found lying around their warehouse after sending in an email trying to get my hands on one. Unfortunately X99 is considered old now so they don't make monoblocks for them anymore which is a bummer. Always wanted to throw one in the table but they weren't in production at the time of me building the table. It does look awesome though, way better than the standard cpu nickle block. 

 

While everything was apart I took some time to redo some of the acrylic hard line as the existing bends wouldn't line up with the new monoblock and I wasn't real happy with the outcome of some of the bends from day 1 but just went with it as it wasn't a big deal. Its been a while since ive made some hard line tubes so I ordered double what I thought I needed and still didnt have enough and had to go through my pile of scrap pieces and make do. Unfortunately they don't make lengths longer than 500mm anymore which made my job harder because I was working with 800mm pieces before. In the end it worked out well, same sort of design as before, you can only change things so much in such a small area.

 

I will throw in a couple of pictures of the fans as well, I thought they would be super clogged up seeming as I haven't touched the desk in 3 years but once again I was surprised that the only bad two were the none filtered ones, all the other 9 fans were completely clean. Just goes to show that a good filter setup and also positive air pressure keeps the dust out.

 

In the 3 years I moved house and only just managed to complete the setup on how I intended it to look, there are minor things that still need to be done but overall I think it looks pretty killer. Above my desk is a cheap 4K TV that I bought from aldi for like $800 and after mucking around with the colour I got it to look fairly decent. It has this blue tinge to it which I cant get rid of but that's probably just the cheap panel. Looks fine when you are watching a movie or just normal free to air TV.

 

Thats about it really, thew in some cablemod RGBW strips which are a huge improvement over my ebay ones that I had in there before. Didn't feel as though I needed to change out anything else,2x 980ti's and a 5960x aren't going to disappoint for a few more years to come. Not sure what will happen next, can't really say this is the end. Hope you have enjoyed it, still one of the best computer desks out there on the internet although I may be bias ;).

 

[Anden]

On 6/20/2015 at 2:51 PM, ClownFace1511 said:

 

 

Hey everyone my name is Thom,

 

I've been a member of the forum for some time now and a subscriber of LinusTechTips for a few years. Being 17 years old I'm still in school, in fact in my last year (Yr 12). Along with that I get to do a “Major Work” for my industrial tech Timber class. This “Major Work” can be anything we want, we must design it, then make it. Along with this we need to make an 80 page folio showing everything from steps of construction to drawings and tools used. We have about 8 months to create our project which is then marked by a group of judges who travel the state and mark the projects from each school. In 2014 I came Dux (First Place) in this subject with a mark of 96% I put a lot of effort into my projects and spend a lot of time designing and planning them.  Being my last year I decided to go big or go home, something that is different than a coffee table, a chair, etc. I decided to make this “Project: Ravage” a modded computer table.

 

You may be wondering why “Project: Ravage”? Well Ravage is to “cause severe and extensive damage to”, e.g my wallet and then benchmarks. I’m 100% sure none of the judges have seen this before so I'm hoping to blow their minds away. The project has changed so many times since last November when I started to plan it, come to think of it, the first design had 780ti’s in it, which has now been replaced by 980ti’s. Table will be fully water cooled with custom tubing.

 

 

The top of this table will be made out of Tasmanian Oak with a oil matte finish. To add to this there will be a sheet of glass over the wood top which will be laminated and toughened so it won't shatter or crack. I have always used tables with glass on the top and I like how they don't wear out or get damaged (as easily) like the timber would. This timber is light and will contrast well with the dark stained legs.

 

The Legs are made out of 70x70 pine with a few pieces of Tasmanian oak accents. These legs will be stained a dark brown/black and then lacquered to a matte finish.

 

For the box underneath I will be using Meranti. It’s like pine but without the knots. Its got a nice clean grain and looks like a premium timber but without the price tag. This box will be lacquered and kept with the timer look to match the table top and offset from the dark legs.

 

 

I never did Multimedia in school because the classes were at same time as timber so I never got taught AutoCAD or any other fancy programs. I taught myself how to use sketchup and with that knowledge I designed this table from scratch over a time span of 2-3 months. Throughout this time the table changed quiet a bit to account for different parts, cooling, aesthetics and the normal R&D stuff but it finally came down to this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU: Intel i7 5960X ✓

 

Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe 3.1 ✓

 

Graphics Cards: 2x Gigabyte Reference 980ti ✓

 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 Plat 1200w ✓

 

Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Black 4x4GB ✓

 

Hardrives: Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVME 512GB, ✓

                  Samsung 850 Evo 500GB, ✓

                  Samsung 840 Evo 240GB, ✓

                  WD Black 4TB HDD ✓

 

Fans: Noctua NF-12 Industrial 3000RPM ✓

 

LEDs: RGB 5m Strip, Remote Controlled ✓

 

SLI Bridge: EVGA Pro V2 Two Way Long ✓

 

Also heaps of watercooling stuff from EK, Bitspower, and AlphaCool

 

 

Update 1: Build Pics

Update 2: CNC Routering

Update 3: Computer Housing

Update 4: Table Assembled

Update 5: Leg Finishing + LEDs

Update 6: Leg Staining

Update 7: Motherboard + Fans

Update 8: Asus X99 Deluxe is in!

Update 9: PSU, Cables, SLI Bridge

Update 10: 5960X, 16GB Ram

Update 11: Computer is running!

Update 12: Glass Top

Update 13: Rads, SSD, Sleeving

Update 14: Construction Finished

Update 15: 980ti Twins?
Update 16: Keyboard Painting

Update 17: Table Display

Update 18: Watercooling Arrived

Update 19: GPU Waterblocks

Update 20: Waterblocks in System

Update 21: Reservoirs Installed

Update 22: Hardline Tubing Started

Update 23: Fill and Drain Ports

Update 24: Tubing Finished

Update 25: Watercooling DONE!

Update 26: Computer Complete!

Update 27: 5960X Overclock

Update 28: 980ti SLI Overclock

Update 29: Headset Stand

Update 30: Temp Setup Complete

Update 31: Notti LEDs

Update 32: Mayhem Pastel R.I.P

Update 33: Build Log Winner!

Update 34: Featured on WAN Show

Update 35: Pastel fluid falling out.

Update 36: Watercooling Upgrade

Update 37: Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVME 512gb + Logitech G933

Update 38: Watercooling Upgrade and Finale

Update 39: SLI Bridge Mod

Update 40: Added Blue Ram

Update 41: PG27AQ 4k GSync

Update 42: Custom CableMod Cables

Update 43: Version 3.0

How did you get textures into sketchup? I'm designing my own desk right now i started in sketchup but have moved to fusion 360. Looks awesome