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[Giancarlo124]

Great work. This is awesome!

[Thunderjolt]

I think I need new underwear after seeing that case with all those graphics...

[Ralphington]

ho ho ho holy shit this is amazing!

[Jameswalt1]

Sorry for the lack of an update the last several days, been busy at work.

I have made progress though, just nothing to take pictures of...yet:

1. Loop is 100% planned out, ordered a couple more fittings I needed. Loop will consist of straight lines, a few 45 degree bends and 45 degree fittings. In general I'm just not a fan of 90 degree bends, or at least when a build has a plethora of them. The drain valve will be below the floor.

2. Cable management has been 100% planned out and the request has been placed with Joseph at sponsor Ensourced Custom Sleeved Cables. I did a mock up for measurement reasons using some other cables I had from an AX1200 and the routing is just genius on Parvum's part, it's going to look great. Cables will be solid graphite gray, no color pattern, with gray cable wraps that Ensourced makes. Minimalistic cable color aesthetics, but makes sense for the build after much deliberation. Sometimes less is more... write that down

3. New screws had to be ordered for the radiators and fans to compensate for the thick acrylic, so no pics of fans installed yet.

Still lots of other small things to do over the next few days like modifying the I/O shroud, sleeving fans and other misc cables, doing graphics on the fan centers, as well as other subtle graphics on the interior, and of course lighting.

In general the goal is to finish the build in time for the games release date on November 4th. It will be a harrowing 3 weeks, so expect an onslaught of photos

[connorpiper]

Do you have to use a key to turn it on?

[AlexStriz]

Do you have to use a key to turn it on?

Was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's a random hole? Build looks great nonetheless

[Jameswalt1]

Was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's a random hole? Build looks great nonetheless

That's where the gold vandal switch goes

[Anthony10]

Ooooooh..... myyyyy...... god.....

[TannerThanU]

In general the goal is to finish the build in time for the games release date on November 4th. It will be a harrowing 3 weeks, so expect an onslaught of photos

 

 

Thats a day before my birthday...I can only assume this is meant for me then right?  B) 

[Fiq]

So fucking epic

[Jameswalt1]

Here's the aforementioned Vengeance LP ram... The reality is that the front side of the graphic will be 80% covered up by the 24 pin and the backside graphic isn't visible at all, but hey, it's the little things right?

[Guest]

the evga Z97 boards are probably the sexiest mobos I've ever seen.
keep up the good job!

[carolkarine]

the evga Z97 boards are probably the sexiest mobos I've ever seen.

keep up the good job!

 

you are entitled to your opinion, but I have to disagree. I feel like evga has fallen apart compared to asus and gigabyte in recent years (including on their GPU coolers as well)

[MourningSouls]

the evga Z97 boards are probably the sexiest mobos I've ever seen.

keep up the good job!

If they coloured the caps black I would agree. They stand out so much, and they don't look good.

[Tearass]

the evga Z97 boards are probably the sexiest mobos I've ever seen.

keep up the good job!

 

I feel like Gigabyte make the sexiest mobos. So clearly everybody feels different about this.

[MourningSouls]

I feel like Gigabyte make the sexiest mobos. So clearly everybody feels different about this.

Colour should be the choice of the end user, sadly only Corsair seems to agree on any level with this. So solid dark colours will win every time for me.

 

That said, the Z87 Sniper boards looked amazing.

[Jameswalt1]

Update!

Looks like the fluid that was being made for me fell through so I'm concocting my own little recipe made up of Aurora 2 with a small amount of X1 Oil Black concentrate. This created a nice dark gray metallic Aurora. Should look amazing in the loop. I took pics of the standard Aurora 2 followed by my mixture.

Also I received the gold C17 Aqua Pipe for the reservoir from DazMode

[d33g33]

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnn

 

 

*that was a pleasure noise*

[Jameswalt1]

Update:

Here you can see how the fans and front rad look installed. You can also see I went for a simple approach to the fan centers - just black, no labeling.

You can also see the I/O shroud that I modified and painted - I cut off the screw mounting tabs completely that utilize the motherboard screws so I could a) position it flush to the I/O plate (which I also painted the edges black) - and B) I can position it so it does not bump into the backplate of the GPU.

You can also see the reservoir position as well as get a clue to some of the tube routing.

[GhostWindGamer]

...fuck me thats sexy

[GroovyGI]

I didn't think it would look sooooo good

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

-blorp

what do you use for a camera?

[HellaflushMcSwaggins]

That looks aboslutely gorgeous, now waiting for the sexeh tubing

[Jameswalt1]

what do you use for a camera?

I have a Canon 70D

[pepporony]

dat lighting doe...