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Automotive shop custom PC!!

HybridFuel
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I run an independent Auto repair shop in Jacksonville Florida and my office computer was showing it's age! So being a LTT fan, why not build a new one with some flair!

its an I5-11500, needed something decent with integrated graphics, MSI H510i Pro Wifi, with a crucial P3 500 gig m.2, and 16 gigs of Team Group DDR 4.

It's not a gaming rig by any means but its not supposed to be!

the case........ahh the case! It's an intake manifold from a 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL450

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HOLY MOLY TYHATS BEAUTIFUL, if you made these and sold them... bro... id buy one INSTANTLY

Dont forget to mark as solution if your question is answered

Note: My advice is amateur help/beginner troubleshooting, someone else can probably troubleshoot way better than me.

- I do have some experience, and I can use google pretty well. - Feel free to quote me I may respond soon.

 

Join team Red, my apprentice

 

STOP SIDING WITH NVIDIA

 

Setup:
Ryzen 7 5800X3D / Sapphire Nitro+ 7900XTX 24GB / ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming / Cooler Master ML360 Illusion CPU Cooler / EVGA SuperNova 850 G2 / Lian Li Dynamic Evo White Case / 2x16 GB Kingston FURY RAM / 2x 1TB Lexar 710 / iiYama 1440p 165HZ Montitor, iiYama 1080p 75Hz Monitor / Shure MV7 w/ Focusrite Scarlett Solo / GK61 Keyboard / Cooler Master MM712 (daily driver) Logitech G502-X (MMO mouse) / Soundcore Life Q20 w/ Arctis 3 w/ WF-1000XM3

 

CPU OC: -30 all cores @AutoGhz

GPU OC: 3Ghz Core 2750Mhz Memory w/ 25%W increase (460W)

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22 minutes ago, Blqckout said:

HOLY MOLY TYHATS BEAUTIFUL, if you made these and sold them... bro... id buy one INSTANTLY

i will assume the price of the casing new will be quite more than the average pc. 😄

 

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*squints* I bet the Wifi reception is great, surrounded by aluminum and all...

Main System (Byarlant): Ryzen 7 5800X | Asus B550-Creator ProArt | EK 240mm Basic AIO | 16GB G.Skill DDR4 3200MT/s CAS-14 | XFX Speedster SWFT 210 RX 6600 | Samsung 990 PRO 2TB / Samsung 960 PRO 512GB / 4× Crucial MX500 2TB (RAID-0) | Corsair RM750X | Mellanox ConnectX-3 10G NIC | Inateck USB 3.0 Card | Hyte Y60 Case | Dell U3415W Monitor | Keychron K4 Brown (white backlight)

 

Laptop (Narrative): Lenovo Flex 5 81X20005US | Ryzen 5 4500U | 16GB RAM (soldered) | Vega 6 Graphics | SKHynix P31 1TB NVMe SSD | Intel AX200 Wifi (all-around awesome machine)

 

Proxmox Server (Veda): Ryzen 7 3800XT | AsRock Rack X470D4U | Corsair H80i v2 | 64GB Micron DDR4 ECC 3200MT/s | 4x 10TB WD Whites / 4x 14TB Seagate Exos / 2× Samsung PM963a 960GB SSD | Seasonic Prime Fanless 500W | Intel X540-T2 10G NIC | LSI 9207-8i HBA | Fractal Design Node 804 Case (side panels swapped to show off drives) | VMs: TrueNAS Scale; Ubuntu Server (PiHole/PiVPN/NGINX?); Windows 10 Pro; Ubuntu Server (Apache/MySQL)


Media Center/Video Capture (Jesta Cannon): Ryzen 5 1600X | ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0 | Noctua NH-L12S | 16GB Crucial DDR4 3200MT/s CAS-22 | EVGA GTX750Ti SC | UMIS NVMe SSD 256GB / Seagate 1.5TB HDD | Corsair CX450M | Viewcast Osprey 260e Video Capture | Mellanox ConnectX-2 10G NIC | LG UH12NS30 BD-ROM | Silverstone Sugo SG-11 Case | Sony XR65A80K

 

Camera: Sony ɑ7II w/ Meike Grip | Sony SEL24240 | Samyang 35mm ƒ/2.8 | Sony SEL50F18F | Sony SEL2870 (kit lens) | PNY Elite Perfomance 512GB SDXC card

 

Network:

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                           ┌─────────────── Office/Rack ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Google Fiber Webpass ────── UniFi Security Gateway ─── UniFi Switch 8-60W ─┬─ UniFi Switch Flex XG ═╦═ Veda (Proxmox Virtual Switch)
(500Mbps↑/500Mbps↓)                             UniFi CloudKey Gen2 (PoE) ─┴─ Veda (IPMI)           ╠═ Veda-NAS (HW Passthrough NIC)
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╩═ Narrative (Asus USB 2.5G NIC)
║ ┌────── Closet ──────┐   ┌─────────────── Bedroom ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
╚═ UniFi Switch Flex XG ═╤═ UniFi Switch Flex XG ═╦═ Byarlant
   (PoE)                 │                        ╠═ Narrative (Cable Matters USB-PD 2.5G Ethernet Dongle)
                         │                        ╚═ Jesta Cannon*
                         │ ┌─────────────── Media Center ──────────────────────────────────┐
Notes:                   └─ UniFi Switch 8 ─────────┬─ UniFi Access Point nanoHD (PoE)
═══ is Multi-Gigabit                                ├─ Sony Playstation 4 
─── is Gigabit                                      ├─ Pioneer VSX-S520
* = cable passed to Bedroom from Media Center       ├─ Sony XR65A80K (Google TV)
** = cable passed from Media Center to Bedroom      └─ Work Laptop** (Startech USB-PD Dock)

 

Retired/Other:

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Laptop (Rozen-Zulu): Sony VAIO VPCF13WFX | Core i7-740QM | 8GB Patriot DDR3 | GT 425M | Samsung 850EVO 250GB SSD | Blu-ray Drive | Intel 7260 Wifi (lived a good life, retired with honor)

Testbed/Old Desktop (Kshatriya): Xeon X5470 @ 4.0GHz | ZALMAN CNPS9500 | Gigabyte EP45-UD3L | 8GB Nanya DDR2 400MHz | XFX HD6870 DD | OCZ Vertex 3 Max-IOPS 120GB | Corsair CX430M | HooToo USB 3.0 PCIe Card | Osprey 230 Video Capture | NZXT H230 Case

TrueNAS Server (La Vie en Rose): Xeon E3-1241v3 | Supermicro X10SLL-F | Corsair H60 | 32GB Micron DDR3L ECC 1600MHz | 1x Kingston 16GB SSD / Crucial MX500 500GB

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2 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

*squints* I bet the Wifi reception is great, surrounded by aluminum and all...

in that config yes. but it's possible to get extention cables for antennas. 

 

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25 minutes ago, Robchil said:

i will assume the price of the casing new will be quite more than the average pc. 😄

 

Lol yes if you bought one new! $$$ but we replaced the engine on this truck so in this instance the "case" was free 😎

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14 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

*squints* I bet the Wifi reception is great, surrounded by aluminum and all...

yeah i thought about that during the build, was gonna drill holes in the top section so the antennas could protrude out a little but as it

turned out the reception is fine, especially since the router is 4 feet away 

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52 minutes ago, Blqckout said:

HOLY MOLY TYHATS BEAUTIFUL, if you made these and sold them... bro... id buy one INSTANTLY

much appreciated! no plans to build and sell though

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Before adding that Noctua fan, did it

 

throttle? 😎

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1 minute ago, DJ46 said:

Before adding that Noctua fan, did it

 

throttle? 😎

I see what you did there! 🤣

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how long did it take to gut the plenum? Looks like it fits in there so well too. 

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35 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

how long did it take to gut the plenum? Looks like it fits in there so well too. 

it was actually easy! the runners bolt in to the top and bottom so it was just a matter of taking out the screws and prying them out.

Hardest part was getting that noctua fan into the throttle body. The bore is 82mm, so i got an 80mm fan and had to shave down practically all of the fan's frame! It's crazy snug in there!

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Will it fit my honda? JK 😄

 

Nice build. Could hide the noctua fan on the intake with a busted butterfly valve on half throttle position

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9 hours ago, PriitM said:

Will it fit my honda? JK 😄

 

Nice build. Could hide the noctua fan on the intake with a busted butterfly valve on half throttle position

If you have a welder we'll make it fit! lol i thought about that but there just wasn't any room. Gonna try and modify a different fan to put in there so all you see is the blades

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That's SICK ASF!!!!!! Was this manifold just sitting around, or was there a reason (other than looks) you chose it for? I'm shocked there haven't been more of these builds!! I've seen a few in LS blocks, but none in a manifold. (maybe when my 350 vortec kicks the bucket, I'll do one!)

please tag me for a response, It's really hard to keep tabs on every thread I reply to. thanks!!

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On 2/21/2023 at 1:03 PM, Dillpickle23422 said:

That's SICK ASF!!!!!! Was this manifold just sitting around, or was there a reason (other than looks) you chose it for? I'm shocked there haven't been more of these builds!! I've seen a few in LS blocks, but none in a manifold. (maybe when my 350 vortec kicks the bucket, I'll do one!)

Thanks for the props! We replaced the engine on a 2011 Mercedes GL450 with a used one, so i had this manifold that came off the old engine just sitting around. The fact that it can be taken apart easily and the internal runners can be unbolted and removed freeing up a ton of space is what made me go with it. That LS manifold would be way harder cause it doesn't seperate (well atleast not without cutting). But if you do one def post it! that would be sweet!

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19 hours ago, Greadwan said:

this is awesome, love the intake plenum PC

Thanks! It's a great conversation piece when people are in the shop!

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On 2/22/2023 at 4:29 PM, HybridFuel said:

Thanks for the props! We replaced the engine on a 2011 Mercedes GL450 with a used one, so i had this manifold that came off the old engine just sitting around. The fact that it can be taken apart easily and the internal runners can be unbolted and removed freeing up a ton of space is what made me go with it. That LS manifold would be way harder cause it doesn't seperate (well atleast not without cutting). But if you do one def post it! that would be sweet!

Nice! I'll definitely post it if I end up doing it, which all depends on my motor dying (which I don't think it will very soon). How long did it take you? What sort of modifications to the manifold (if any, other than taking it apart) had to be made to fit the motherboard?

please tag me for a response, It's really hard to keep tabs on every thread I reply to. thanks!!

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18 minutes ago, Tyzin said:

Needs a 4090! 

 

That would be pretty funny 

I try to be a human, but I cannot, because I have returned to monke.

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Hehe boi

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POV- when it can run crysis-

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