Project Rhino - A HEX GEAR R80 prototype build

[smicha]

Beautiful! This reminds me my 4x Titan X build a year ago.  Your cable work is exceptional!

[p0Pe]

13 hours ago, smicha said:

Beautiful! This reminds me my 4x Titan X build a year ago.  Your cable work is exceptional!

Thanks man! Another update is coming later today as I got the CPU and PCIe ssd. I made a bobo though... But I will explain that later.

[p0Pe]

Got some goodies from Intel! But I messed up. I thought I could just throw the PCIe ssd in between the two top graphic cards and be done with it, but after testing it out, the heatsink gets VERY hot during use, and I would not be comfortable with having it sanwitched in between two cards. The other option would be to watercool it, but it would require a special made SLI bridge, and would put the ssd out of the rear of the case. All in all, no really good solutions. I even tried messing around with a X4 extender cable, but could not really find an alternative that I liked.

 

So the end of it will be that I will be taking out one of the Titan X's after thermal testing and benchmarking is done, and then I will put this baby in the rig and shoot some more pictures!

 

One a bright side, I have the Klevv Urbane ssd that I can use as a main OS drive until the Intel one can be put in.

 

 

A 1.2 tb PCIe ssd, and a i7 5960x!

 

 

This disk is just INSANE in every way. 

 

 

One thing I quickly noticed compared to standard ssd's or M.2 ssd's is the huge heatsink.

 

 

Also, the backplate is a nice touch!

 

 

It is actually suprisingly small. CPU for scale. But even though it is not huge, it is actually quite heavy because of the heatsink.

 

 

Not much to say. Lots of dots.

 

 

Just messing around with the macro lense.

 

 

I again opted for the dedicated X99 waterblock. This one just makes life so much easier if you know you will only be using it for X99 setups.

 

 

The polishing on these waterblocks are quite alright:D

 

 

Almost to the point of stupidity.

 

 

It looks good, but will never be seen again.

[NoobCase]

awesome hardware.... shame with the SSD.... ghetto mount it on the back with double sided tape.. problem solved!

[starwarsguy99]

Awesome is an understatement,

Me saying I'm not Jealous is a lie.

Amazing.

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

I literally got shivers up my spine when i saw those titans with the water blocks god damn 10/10 

[Loleo]

I asked my older brother what he would assume everything in that picture with the water blocked titans would cost. He looked at it for a while and then said 1000 dollars (but in Swedish currency). Not even close! Amazing build and such a sweet build log, keep up the good work.

 

PS: shame with the SSD

[NoobCase]

7 minutes ago, Loleo said:

I asked my older brother what he would assume everything in that picture with the water blocked titans would cost. He looked at it for a while and then said 1000 dollars (but in Swedish currency). Not even close! Amazing build and such a sweet build log, keep up the good work.

 

PS: shame with the SSD

haha... that won't even cover one GPU... damn...

[BeardRex]

This is new.. I like it!

[smicha]

Could you do me a favor and measure the screws from the backplate? 

[p0Pe]

10 hours ago, NoobCase said:

awesome hardware.... shame with the SSD.... ghetto mount it on the back with double sided tape.. problem solved!

 

That would require quite a long PCI x4 extender:P 

 

7 hours ago, starwarsguy99 said:

Awesome is an understatement,

Me saying I'm not Jealous is a lie.

Amazing.

 

Technically you are envious then:D

 

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

I literally got shivers up my spine when i saw those titans with the water blocks god damn 10/10 

 

Imagine putting them on, without having tested if they even work. Will be fun booting it up the first time and see if everything is recognized

 

5 hours ago, Loleo said:

I asked my older brother what he would assume everything in that picture with the water blocked titans would cost. He looked at it for a while and then said 1000 dollars (but in Swedish currency). Not even close! Amazing build and such a sweet build log, keep up the good work.

 

PS: shame with the SSD

 

To be fair, they are so insanely expensive that few people would have guessed that. I got all 4 of them mounted together with the EK flow block thing, and it was a bit nerve wrecking walking around with such expensive hardware in one hand, while balancing the camera in the other and trying to open doors, walk down stairs etc.

 

5 hours ago, NoobCase said:

haha... that won't even cover one GPU... damn...

 

But close:D

 

5 hours ago, BeardRex said:

This is new.. I like it!

 

New is ALWAYS better!

 

3 hours ago, smicha said:

Could you do me a favor and measure the screws from the backplate? 

 

Sure man, exactly what screws? I am taking it you are wanting the screws from the PCIe ssd? Just all of them?

 

Another product update before the "real" progress starts in the next update! 

 

 

Recieved some ram from Klevv! I have been drooling over these ram for soo long, and finally got my hands on a set.

 

 

64 GB in a total of 8 sticks.

 

 

These have built in light, and I am quite interested in seeing if this will be too bright for my liking.

 

 

They are drop dead gorgeous though!

 

 

 

Again, a few macro shots.

 

 

Mounted in the motherboard. Sorry about the yellow tint from the plastic protector on the motherboard, I had not gotten the cpu installed on this pic.

 

 

 

I could not decide which one of these two shots to keep, so here is both.

 

 

I also got one of the Urbane 480 gb ssd's which was initially thought as a secondary drive as I wanted the 750 PCIe drive as the primary, but since that will not fit until I get a graphic card taken out, I will use this drive as the main drive for the benchmarks and so on.

[smicha]

Same mobo  I am using for 7x 980 ti  

 

The EK screws that hold the backplate to the gpu, please.

[smicha]

PS. What is your lens?

[p0Pe]

7 minutes ago, smicha said:

Same mobo  I am using for 7x 980 ti  

 

The EK screws that hold the backplate to the gpu, please.

 

PS. What is your lens?

 

Ahh okay, I will get that measured tomorrow!

 

I am using a canon 50 mm 1.8, and a Canon EF 100/2.8 USM Macro for the closeups.

[smicha]

Just measure the thickness - is this m2 or m3?

 

I am also using 1.8D 50mm for Nikon - great lens. 

[Smooth Bunz]

12 minutes ago, smicha said:

Same mobo  I am using for 7x 980 ti  

 

The EK screws that hold the backplate to the gpu, please.

Did you mod them for single slot use? I need pics

[smicha]

1 minute ago, Smooth Bunz said:

Did you mod them for single slot use? I need pics

Yes  Stay tuned. Soon. Brand new 7x 980 ti cut.

 

[p0Pe]

Just now, smicha said:

Just measure the thickness - is this m2 or m3?

 

I am also using 1.8D 50mm for Nikon - great lens. 

 

Ahh okay. They are M3. You can also see this from the manual

[Smooth Bunz]

1 minute ago, smicha said:

Yes  Stay tuned. Soon. Brand new 7x 980 ti cut.

 

What are you using the cards for?

[smicha]

Just a small teaser if you don't mind posting it here.  For heavy 24/7 rendering,  animations, purely pro work.

[Smooth Bunz]

1 minute ago, smicha said:

Just a small teaser if you don't mind posting it here.  For heavy 24/7 rendering,  animations, purely pro work.

Dude! That is legit!!!

[smicha]

Just now, Smooth Bunz said:

Dude! That is legit!!!

Now, close your eyes and imagine 7

[smicha]

13 minutes ago, p0Pe said:

 

Ahh okay. They are M3. You can also see this from the manual

Thank you !

[nmil]

If you had the budget, couldn't you just get the Samsung 950 m.2 ssd? I hear they have similar speeds to the Intel 750, but in the m.2 form factor.

[Guest]

7 hours ago, p0Pe said:

SNIP

Wow are you Danish? I'm moving there in a couple months. I am excited to see how the build turns out, good luck!