XB'owner (Water cooled pc inside xbox one)

[MorningStrummer]

21 hours ago, Tomic said:

@MorningStrummer  gonna say maximus viii ?

nope,

On 9-2-2016 at 6:58 PM, TheRandomness said:

Asus Maximus VII Impact?

Yes sir indeed.

23 hours ago, UnbrokenMotion said:

 

Maybe use some sort of interconnect on the back? How many watts can an LPT printer port handle? It may be ugly but it would work nicely assuming it can handle the wattage, and you can even secure the plug!

 

Or a 40-pin molex-type thing?

 

Eitherway, it would make moving the PC around easier, should you ever have to.

For the interconnect's I'll be using XT150 (150A @12V), dean's (30A @12V) and a 6 pin pci-e connector, and to give you an idea here's my first test on making an external psu and it has actually served me pretty well with testing various hardware:

 

23 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

Or, you know, have an SFX PSU

it's pretty small yes, here it is next to a xbox 360s supply:

 

and btw, the psu is to big to fit, because I have other things planned. You might be able to tell from the way the case is cut.

 

and last but not least here's a little sneak peek of what's NOT to come:

 

doesn't help does it

 

well what about this, some custom sleeving  

 

new update coming after deadpool. so go out and watch a movie  

[MorningStrummer]

The big reveal

Yes, you'll get a mayor idea of what I have planned.

 

 

 

But first,

I actually got asked the other day how I wired up the touch sensor. This made me realize I haven't really shown that properly and that some other people might be interested in this as well.

Now here is the diagram I've made to show the person and now also you guys how exactly it works.

One important thing to note though, for the relay I recommend using a mechanical one instead of a solid state one. I initially used a solid state one myself however this gave me some difficulty's, after powering the system on it quite instantly turned off again, this was due to the fact that the relay held it's connection for longer than the signal was inputted. now when you take a mechanical relay the connection/disconnection will be instant.

 

 

And now for the actual BIG reveal

Let's start talking hardware,

to keep the suspense don't scroll to fast

 

 

You've already seen this one 1 post up, so here it is again, the psu I'll be using. A SilverStone 450W sfx psu. the thought process behind this was actually pretty simple, I wanted an external psu which wasn't any/much bigger compared to an xbox power brick. so sfx or tfx was the way to go.

 

 

Honestly I was amazed at how small this thing actually is. so to give you guys an useless comparison her it is next to an xbox 360s power brick

 

 

Now I also know what you WANT to tell me.

DAT FAN

 

 

And I know, so I came prepared, it is going to be replaced with a noctua 92mm fan

 

 

And yes I believe it is going to fit, at 14mm thick it'll even fit inside the chassis. I just have to move the power plug a tad bit.

 

Next up on the hardware list is going to be storage.

For games l'll be using a 750GB WD Black 2,5" hard drive. yet again one of those things that is impressively small for what it delivers (hur hur)

 

 

Now to cash this drive and for the OS l'll be using a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

 

 

Keeping in line with flash storage, here is the memory I'll be using. and what can I say about size again  

 

 

 

Uuuuhhhhmmmm wait that's not what I meant with size.

 

 

Ah a lot better, I mean like, these are really small, just see for yourself

top left some random ddr2 stick, top right old corsair vengeance ddr3, bottom left uhmmm.... sdram I believe (no I'm not 50 years old) and bottom right, my stick

 

so these sticks barely get out above the memory slot

 

 

 

And wait what's that??

that looks like, like, like...uhhhmmm a water block?

 

Indeed it is. A maximus VII impact from asus with an EK full cover water block

Also explains the random placement of the mobo in the case.

 

In between these bad boys there is sandwiched an intel core i5 4690k

 

 

Yes I could've gone with an i7, however it won't provide a performance benefit in gaming scenario's (that is what this machine is for) so spending that extra €100 wasn't worth it to me.

anyway back to the mobo:

 

 

 

That was enough eye candy for today guys. I hope you enjoyed once again and keep the guess work coming as to what's in it more

 

Next update will be:

well why do I even try, I'm not gonna listen to myself anyway.

IT'S A SURPRISE 

[Kobathor]

This build has really come together. Impressive!

[Tomic]

Waterblock! I want to know how this will pan out @MorningStrummer

[DaltonM]

Hell yeah dude keeep up the good work

[MorningStrummer]

INHALE ALL THE FUMES

 

Yes guys it's soldering time.

 

Lets start with the simple stuff, the ground wire's

seems to be ok.

 

now lets go on to the other simple stuff, 8pin psu and 6pin pci-e

 

 

When inspecting the 24 pin from the psu I was a little surprised to find what looks like a capacitor. 

 

 

so lets see if we can reuse it, take of the sleeving and pull out the pins.

 

and done. now lets connect all the 12V wires.

 

I used the same technique of in line soldering on the negative leads.

 

don't enter guys crazy scientist at work:

 

 

now lets get going on the 5v

 

 

here's the 3.3v with sense:

 

 

and here's where I made a mistake, nope even I am not perfect  

I just put a bit of solder in there and everything was just fine.

 

And BAM here's the finished result:

 

 

All the connectors and wires in place, it does get a bit crowded doesn't it.

in the meantime I had to also make a fan cable so I'm able to control at least 1 fan by the gpu.

 

but now the other end of the cable

 

I'm going to be using 3 of these capacitors in order to smooth out the incoming power. one on each voltage.

 

 

So here we go lets make it modular

both 12v and ground are like this.

 

 

not to bad of a result is it.

 

 

but we're not done yet. we now have all the connections in the pc but no power coming in yet.

 

welcome back my old friend, let's tear you apart

 

 

Damn this thing is packed, but i managed to get her out.

now let's see what we have over here:

 

Not a whole lot special however you notice those 3 capacitor's there's 1 for each voltage, sounds familiar doesn't it.

 

 

now that's something I didn't expect, apparently this psu also uses a 5v sense tracing into the 24 pin. I'll make sure he gets a home as well.

 

but first lets de-solder, I want to get all the cables out of the pcb so I can install my own into them.

 

however there turns out to be a problem, all the wires are crimped together and it's holding them in there when I want to pull them out. so plan b it is. solder the wires to the wires

 

let's start with the smaller single ones

that's easy

 

on to the big ones

5V

 

3.3v

 

12v

 

and ground

 

 

and here is the end result:

 

now lets make the case fit:

 

and continue on the cable. this one's gonna be sleeved

 

now that that is out of the way, lets tackle the modular part again

 

get my 2 remaining capacitors ready and lets get going

 

 

now this is where my 5v sense has gone, about 10cm off of the t-connector togheter with the capacitor

 

And here is the finished result

 

 

now lets put this fan inside the psu

 

I'll have to move the power plug and mount it upside down in order to make the fan fit

 

 

next up is some more cutting,

I'll have to make the top part fit as well, so get rid of the little tab and make the fan grill a little bigger

 

 

now let's see if it fits

 

 

fit's like a charm(ish) getting the top part over the psu was actually a really tight fit.

 

now that all of the above is done it's time to measure the voltages and see if everything is hooked up correctly

 

here's the ps-on voltage

 

and here the 5v standby

 

seems to be alright, now lets turn her on

 

 

12v is fluctuating a bit but probably because nothing is connected.

 

both 5v and 3.3v where all right

 

now let's bring in an old motherboard

 

no explosion so everything is still good. lets continue measuring

 

 

all looks good so lets call it a day and go home. ehmmm wait I am home

 

Before I go if you want to see another pc inside a xbone but with a different thought process behind it check out brighteyes890's build

 

I hope you all enjoyed this little, no wait.......  LARGE update.

[potoooooooo]

I have no idea what you just did lol

[Godlygamer23]

Is that flux that I see on the modular panel for the power supply?

[MorningStrummer]

7 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

I have no idea what you just did lol

A really difficult way to void your warranty  

5 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Is that flux that I see on the modular panel for the power supply?

I actually checked but it doesn't seem to be, the pcb is just really shiny.

[Godlygamer23]

5 minutes ago, MorningStrummer said:

A really difficult way to void your warranty  

I actually checked but it doesn't seem to be, the pcb is just really shiny.

See if you can see what I'm seeing. I've circled the areas that I'm looking at, and even if it's not flux(some of it isn't I'm sure), it still looks like contamination.

[MorningStrummer]

15 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

See if you can see what I'm seeing. I've circled the areas that I'm looking at, and even if it's not flux(some of it isn't I'm sure), it still looks like contamination.

-snip-

ah my bad I thought you meant this part

 

well those spots do seem to be flux residue, there is one thing though. I've bricked 1 psu by mixing up 5v-sb and ps-on when putting together the 6 pin connector. That is also the board you see in that image. the second psu has less residue on there luckily. 

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, MorningStrummer said:

ah my bad I thought you meant this part

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well those spots do seem to be flux residue, there is one thing though. I've bricked 1 psu by mixing up 5v-sb and ps-on when putting together the 6 pin connector. That is also the board you see in that image. the second psu has less residue on there luckily. 

My bad. I thought it was the modular part of the power supply lol.

[Henry]

@MorningStrummer do u happen to have a degree in electrical/computer engineering or something?

[AlienALX]

9 hours ago, Henry said:

@MorningStrummer do u happen to have a degree in electrical/computer engineering or something?

 

Dunno, but he has really big balls

[Henry]

14 hours ago, AlienALX said:

 

Dunno, but he has really big balls

Why are his balls big? Does he have blue balls? Are they swollen? How would you know? Are you responsible for his blue balls?

[ObeseWalrus]

This is fucking cool

[MorningStrummer]

On 15-2-2016 at 1:16 AM, Henry said:

@MorningStrummer do u happen to have a degree in electrical/computer engineering or something?

No, I just really like electronics.

18 hours ago, Henry said:

 How would you know? Are you responsible for his blue balls?

he has seen them  jk  jk

 

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!

klick ^^

[19_blackie_73]

3 minutes ago, MorningStrummer said:

No, I just really like electronics.

he has seen them  jk  jk

 

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!

klick ^^

nice, good job

What about dGPU?

[MorningStrummer]

5 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

nice, good job

What about dGPU?

still waiting for it, can't quite get the right one. you'll see later what I mean by that.

[BeardRex]

Damn this is awesome!

[MorningStrummer]

So, it's been a little while....

 

What about that gpu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

who who who, hold on there for a little bit, not so fast.

 

lets tackle cooling first

we've seen a water block already so there is only a few things left on that part.

 

lets start with the pump/reservoir.

 

 

Yes I'm gonna go EK for this one as well.

 

 

next up is radiator,

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, portrait photo

 

 

Ah, way better  

 

of course I do need fans to accompany the radiator.

 

No, these are NOT LTT edition's

 

 

 

now lets start mounting, first the pump/res,

I actually had one of these l brackets laying around and thought they were the perfect fit.

only when I ordered another pair I realized these are actually EK-UNI Holder's, so unintentionally more EK products  

 

anyways lets go on,

 

fits quite nice

 

 

Thats a little tight but made to fit

 

 

 

 

It does stick out a little though, but hey once you install your display and peripherals it's about the same clearance.

 

Now let's fill her up why don't we

 

trust me there is enough room for a gpu.

But what about the hard drive???

 

right there

 

 

and what about the GPU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

well that is a long story so let's begin,

I had done some research before deciding on the gpu and ended up with GTX 970, as some of you had already suspected.

So I had gone ahead and ordered the 970 and a water block for it. when the water block arrived I checked if it would fit, and turns out I even have room to spare.

but then the gpu arrived,

 

seems like it's alright doesn't it.

well once I opened the box I had realized that this was a wrong card, it was a reference design, as I looked specifically for that, but once you turn it over this happened:

 

 

DAT PCB, has a unnecessary extension. I could of course saw the last bit off. however there are some resistors on the other side so I didn't want to take that gamble.

So I returned it to the store and ordered a different one.

 

I should have known better,

 

Still seems alright doesn't it,

 

 

 

NOPE, second time I got the wrong card.

 

So third time's a charm, I went on ebay and searched for a different 970. I managed to find one, advertised as a Palit jetstream gtx 970 with the following serial number NE5X970H14G2J

when looking up the serial number I was happy to see that palit mentions it as 3 mini DP, 1 mHDMI 2.0 and 1 DVI. this one would also be the one with the shorter PCB.

so I went ahead and ordered the card.

then when it arrived I was surprised.

 

 

I mean like, that box is really big. just look at it

 

Compared to a GTX TITAN box

 

anyways I opened the little flap and saw the gpu

 

meaning it was not a scam  

 

although I'm not done yet.

look at the serial number and display outputs.

 

THE WRONG CARD AGAIN, third time's a charm my a$$

that one's going back as well, luckily for the seller, I didn't even bother opening the box so he is able to resell the same damn thing again.

 

so conclusion, I'm pissed, So lets look at the fury nano then I guess, Anyone interested in an EK-FC970 GTX - Nickel. I have one, brand new, never used

 

So that's the story for today, expect the gpu update, not any time soon  I'll see what I can come up with.

 

Has anyone actually realized how fast this pc boots?

 

I'm hungry let's eat a waffle.

[DaltonM]

50 minutes ago, MorningStrummer said:

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How much for the 970?

 

Also fucking amazing job dude. I cannot wait for this to come to fruition. 

[AlienALX]

Nano !

[TheElt]

Nano would have been my choice for sure, so long as you can stomach the extra cost for one. But the performance will be nice since it won't throttle under water

[MorningStrummer]

Finally page 4, page 3 was getting way to looooooooooong.

On 19-2-2016 at 3:21 PM, DaltonM said:

How much for the 970?

 

Also fucking amazing job dude. I cannot wait for this to come to fruition. 

Don't have the 970's send them all back to the store. I only have the waterblock. and btw with shipping it would have made no sense for you  I'm from the Netherlands.

On 19-2-2016 at 4:21 PM, AlienALX said:

Nano !

fury, fury x, fury x2. TITAN  

 

actually probably would fit if I went for air cooling

On 19-2-2016 at 4:38 PM, TheElt said:

Nano would have been my choice for sure, so long as you can stomach the extra cost for one. But the performance will be nice since it won't throttle under water

fury x2 for me. If it were to have been released, the build would have looked slightly different.