Project H2Orange

[Magic Puffin]

This is just insane!

[davido_labido]

This is just insane!

 

im thinking i was insane trying to get it finished so quickly !!! ARGH! around 12 hours to get this up and running, it looks like im going have to put some of the mods and things on hold just to get it running, IF (and its a big IF) i can find enough tubing kicking around to finish the loop ! ive used nearly 3 meters so far and you cant even see any of it!

[consoleconvergence2pc]

The effect of the aurora wears out in a few months and was only recommended for demonstration and exhibition use.

Looks great but not as a good performer compared to other liquids, you bay have to change fluid every so few months. 

[davido_labido]

which is why i have a load of Mayhems pastel and X1 also

 

the newer Aurora lasts a whole lot longer than the older stuff too bud but i will only use it for shows/photos

[Monty007]

Looks awesome man!  Can't wait to see the finished pics!!  Bring on the updates!!

[davido_labido]

Soooo.

 

My build was meant to be complete today so i could take it to i-series.

 

Its not complete =(

 

however i have got it to a state where i can probably get it running when i get it to LAN. 

 

so, this is what it currently looks like:

 

 

 

 

it certainly wont look pretty at lan, which im gutted about. ive had too many set backs though (in my personal life, as well as with the build) and i just havnt had the time.

 

I have another LAN in june (LANTASTIC) so i will have it finished before then for sure. it also gives me plenty of time to re do all the paint work and do some nice sleeving.

 

Right, i best get off, all this is getting chucked into the car in a hour and half, and so far ive not packed anything for me at lan, ive been too busy!!!

[davido_labido]

Long time no update!!!

 

well, first of all, I51 was amazing. Many drinks were had (my favorite drinking partners being : coolmeister (always a pleasure), TinyTomLogan (first time drinking with him tbh, and a rather nice gent!), Andy from eteknix (again, another first, a good bloke!), the parvum boys (awesome boys!)

and some of the OCUK crowd (much drunk!)

 

Now you might think that all i did was drink there?! YOU ARE WRONG!!! i fixed up my computer so it was usable, and i also spoke to quite a few people in the industry that want to work with me on future builds!!!!

 

One of these is going to be sponsoring H2Orange, i dont mind telling you, im very excited. I wont say who yet, but its a VERY big company, who specialise im memory and SSD's!!!

 

Also, ive gained a few builds to do from i51 also!!! One for a professional gaming team!!!!

 

but less of the chat, heres what i did today. Its only a small update, with one or two pics but here goes!

 

 

I started with a table looking rather like this:

 

 

After around 8 or 9 hours, i had this:

 

 

Basically, with having the 3 GPU's in my system, there were loads of wires and it was annoying me. Out of everything that wasnt ready at LAN, this was probably the biggest thing that stuck out to me.

so now, each GPU will have this:

 

 

Its 1 6pin converting into 2 6pins. Once i get the sleeving through, of course they will look a lot better and all the soldering will be insulated. 

 

once done, il be using orange connectors like so:

 

 

I need to order some more of these though, as the 10 i already have all seem to be a blooming different shade of orange =(

 

Anyways, thats all for me for a little while. An announcment will be made soon, informing you of my new sponsor, and il also be giving away 2 XSPC t-shirts too!!! 

 

Cheers!

[TheInverseKey]

Wow nicely done I never thought that you can paint a motherboard but why not I guess. 

[ATX]

I'm really liking the Orange and White.  :wub:

[Sousuke]

I have to admit the system looks amazing!!

[davido_labido]

I have to admit the system looks amazing!!

 

 

Thanks guys

 

this is how i had my system set up at I51 :

 

 

As you can see,  the wires look horrible =( Also, the mid plate on the left is being replaced with parvum plastic and set inline with the window

[davido_labido]

Well today was a good day!!!!!!!!!

 

im proud to announce HyperX to my list of sponsors!

 

 

Im super excited about this as you can imagine! I would firstly like to start by saying a MASSIVE thank you to Krystian over at HyperX who saw my computer at I51 and was happy to help with the build!!

 

i wasnt expecting a parcel so soon as i was only asked for my address a day or two ago, but this afternoon there was a knock at the door and a nice UPS man gave me this:

 

 

I didnt have a clue as to what it was at first... 2 parcels? i hadn't ordered anything and certainly wasnt expecting anything.

 

the next minute, i saw the word "Kingston" and felt like a kid at Christmas!!!! BEST FEELING EVER!!!

 

so, i opened them both up and in parcel number 1 was the SSDs i was told i should be receiving... so why another box?!

 

well.... THEY SENT ME RAM TOO!!!!

 

 

The SSDs are certainly for this build, the ram, well, that is for something later  

 

These HyperX SSDs are a limited edition white and black version and they look awesome, he selected these for me so that they would match my build better than their standard ones!

 

and they do! they look awesome. 

 

 

 

 

hmmm, although they do look a lot whiter than the standard HyperX SSDs, they have a bit too much black on them still!

 

SO.... TIME TO MOD....

 

hmmmm, im sure this is an advisory only ....

 

 

aaah, luckily i didnt remove it, so im sure im still covered!

 

 

so thats whats inside!?!

 

 

hmmm, i wonder if the "X" comes off to make it easier to spray, Yup it does, now this was quite tricky, but the "X" is made out of metal which did make me a bit more confident. 

 

 

the glue thats used is very good, took me a while to get the "X" off.

 

 

some rubbing alcohol and they looked like this:

 

 

time to mask off the area i dont want spraying!

 

 

elevated the SSDs so that i could do the edges as well as the top!

 

 

and started to spray!

 

The undercoat first...

 

 

Then THE ORANGE!!!

 

 

so... the final pics:

 

 

 

 

 

They arent 100% perfect, so i might actually put another coat on these, but i do really like them!

 

thanks again to HyperX for these, i cant wait to get them in my system!! Also, keep an eye out for my posts using the White HyperX Fury ram soon!!!

[Redheadsrule13]

Awesome, Nice to see you really giving everything a specialised touch.

[davido_labido]

Awesome, Nice to see you really giving everything a specialised touch.

 

I do my best buddy! thanks for the kind words!

[Monti]

Those SSD looks so cool and good job getting the sponsor! 

[Janssent11041]

removes warranty label

 

*orgasm*

[The_Edster]

Don't rush it dude, when you put this much effort into a build you want it to be perfect. Take your time and get it the way you want it before worrying about LAN's and events.

[davido_labido]

Cheers guys,

Yeh I didn't want to rush things really buy I did need to take it along to i51 as I'd promised a sponsor if have something done for it. Luckily I managed to get it in a working state on the Thursday night when I was there (everyone else was gaming and there's me building a computer lol)

I now have until August to get it finished which if my last sponsor manages to get the products to me in time, and a couple of other things I need doing get done, I should be ready!!!

The only thing then is to wonder what to do next!!?!

[nicholaswillems]

Sick build man, it's beautiful!

[swifty7]

interesting build,  I myself like black and orange better so the original color scheme of your mobo was fantastic.

 

keep up the good work

[GeekySole9354]

Those SSD's :wub:

[JoaoPRSousa]

Im loving the colour scheme! Love that SSD custom paint aswell

[Hikaru12]

Beautiful and unique color scheme.

[davido_labido]

Thanks folks!! I have another little project to do the next time I'm off work, but hopefully Il be doing more to this over the next few weeks, I want to re spray the reservoirs, sort out the cooling and get the screen on the front running something pretty!

I've also got some work being done by a friend of mine, I'm not gonna say too much but it should be unique

[Ganondolf]

Sweet jesus I cannot wait to see the finished glamour shots of this.

 

Nice job!