[Casemod] Tt D3sk - Finished!!

[L3p]

Back again!

I was invited for the Thermaltake 2016 CaseMOD Invitational Season 1, such an honor!
Normally I prefer a scratch build but with the Thermaltake P5 I just couldn't ignore my idea for it

 

 

Specs:

Intel Core i7-6700K
Asus Maximus VIII Formula
Asus Geforce GTX980 Strix (2x)
Asus ROG Swift PG348Q 34" 100Hz
Avexir Red Tesla 2666Mhz 16GB
Samsung 950 Pro 256GB M.2
Thermaltake Core P5 (2x)
Thermaltake  DPS G RGB 1250W Ti
Thermaltake Fully Liquidcooled

Enjoy!

[L3p]

Lets kick off with the first big update

Unpacking .. Awesome!

The P5's

480 Rads

Plenty of pump power.

Reservoirs

Lots of fans.

Cpu and Strix blocks

Not sure yet if and how much I will use it, but a bending kit

It will be a mixture of PETG and nickelplated brass

All unpacked

So shiny!

The gaming gear! Off course needed to complete a desk.

First steps, mounting the fans.

And sleeving the pumps.

Just trying to imagine myself how it would look.

Sawing mounting rails for the desk

Will be using regular shelve holders to mount the desk to the wall

The idea

More next time

[paddy-stone]

Following  - am really looking forward to seeing this dude

 

Your l3peau build was awesome and I am seriously both humbled and impressed with your work, you obviously love your work, keep it up and thank you

[Maybach123]

subbed looks like its going to be a home run but i am not envious of who ever has to cut that big piece of glass

[RustyHamrLickr]

Followed as well, will most likely look good. One question though, are those fan controllers in the picture with all the fans?

[L3p]

17 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Following  - am really looking forward to seeing this dude

 

Your l3peau build was awesome and I am seriously both humbled and impressed with your work, you obviously love your work, keep it up and thank you

 

16 hours ago, Maybach123 said:

subbed looks like its going to be a home run but i am not envious of who ever has to cut that bit piece of glass

 

14 hours ago, RustyHamrLickr said:

Followed as well, will most likely look good. One question though, are those fan controllers in the picture with all the fans?

 

Thanks guys!

I believe you can either buy the fans separately or as a 3-pack with controller 

[L3p]

Today the hardware and modcave

 

Best looking mainboard ever.

 

The power.

 

Avexir memory

 

Lovely ssd.

 

GPU power.

 

More power

 

Some shots together.

 

Cleaned up the modcave where it's all going to happen.

 

[L3p]

I planned the whole weekend for measuring, cutting, drilling, filing, sanding etc

 

 

 

 

 

Ahh yes .. what I've been waiting for!

 

One arm should be able to hold 63kg, I'm using 4 of them.

 

Not much left of the internals.

 

Bottom shot.

 

 

So lets cut! (tried the dremel once again .. screw that)

 

 

 

 

 

Cover plate for right side of the desk where normally the mainboard goes

 

 

 

 

More filing needed

 

 

And holes

 

 

Also countersinking the PSU

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, I don't like stickers

 

 

Rads also more inside

 

 

More holes, drilling and sanding.

 

 

Just had to test the fans

 

 

[L3p]

More drilling, cutting, filing and sanding.

 

 

Came up with an little idea to bring 12V for fans, pump and lighting to the right side of the desk. 

 

 

Picked up the laminated glas panel for the Tt d3sk.

 

 

Also picked up something awesome to complete this desk setup

 

 

Back to the 'powerbar'

 

 

2 molex lines directly from PSU to the right side.

 

 

Some wire management inside the P5

 

 

Test

 

 

 

Shortening the massive steel poles which will hold the glass panel.

 

 

I just found out where my safety glasses were

 

 

Few to go.

 

 

Going to test the hardware without liquidcooling. Very excited!

 

 

 

I never thought about the ROG logo from the Asus PG348 ... normally it shines ON your desk ... 
I like the effect

 

[nmil]

11 hours ago, L3p said:

So many pretty things I will never be able to afford.  Mod looks good though, I love the floating look.

[L3p]

Time to mount the blocks!

 

 

I always love these

 

 

2 hours later.

 

 

 

I'm working with several controllers for fans and lighting and want to have them in groups.
Fans - Top lighting - Bottom lighting
Need multiple cables and extensions from side to side through the 'powerbar'

 

 

Like this

 

 

 

Also want some cable managements, all extra cable out of sight in the P5

 

 

 

Done!

 

[EX1]

Never thought about using the P5 chassis as a desk! Awesome work Peter!

[L3p]

The loop. Finally!

First some pads underneath the GPU's

 

 

And the first fittings and pipe

 

 

 

Works like a charm

 

 

 

 

Should become something like this.

 

 

But still lots to do.

 

 

 

[L3p]

And another update!

 

Almost used all the fittings.

 

 

But glad some extra are on the way.

 

 

So first some more cable management.

 

 

So also the Displayport, keyboard and mouse cable.

 

 

 

Done!

 

 

Checking if everything still works.

 

 

 

Also received a flowmeter to check out.

 

 

Funny mirroring seen from bottom.

 

 

I guess white isn't too bad either.

 

 

[TheCamba]

I agree.  White is very becoming of that setup.

[L3p]

Finally the last fittings also arrived.

 

 

So I could finish the last part of the loop.

 

 

 

 

And testing if everything still works .. 

 

 

Time to fill it up

 

 

Always exciting

 

 

Not a single leak

 

 

Next thing is also very exciting ... is the hardware still working?

 

 

Awesome when you see on first boot "CPU Fan speed error detected"
That's good

 

 

And so the glass panel goes up

 

 

Chair also fits perfectly
One last small update and then ... final pics!

 

 

[MadG4mer]

How is the glass held in place?

 

[L3p]

By 8 pieces of slip free rubber on the poles

[L3p]

Small extra before the final post.
Found some plexi from a previous project which will come to good use

 

 

Sawing, sanding and polishing.

 

 

And done

 

[MadG4mer]

14 minutes ago, L3p said:

This is the kind of stuff I would really like to see full tutorial on (LEDS etc)

 

 

[L3p]

Well, it's all actually here, all I did was using UV active acrylic and the lighting underneath does the rest

[L3p]

I want to thank everyone for following this project!
For me personally it was quite a challenge.
First of all because of the available free time I had next to my job and family.
But specially to create a 'Desk PC' below $400 of material. (2xP5 + tools + glass + mounting)
All this with standard tools like a jigsaw, drill, ironsaw, file and sandpaper.

 

So here's my contribution to the Thermaltake CaseMOD Invitational 2016 Season 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally I had 20 minutes to enjoy DOOM

 

 

 

 

I tested all possible color combinations, my personal choice was Blue/Red, however I think many will like white too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ps. Should I make a little video too?

[TheCamba]

2 minutes ago, L3p said:

 

ps. Should I make a little video too?

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Yes!

[F.A.T.]

Good to find you here also  !! Absolutely beautiful Peter! and....YES PLEASE a video !!!

[L3p]

Thanks dear