Ultimate Cooling Machine -- Heavily Modified TJ07 [Not 56k friendly]

[deafboy]

Hey Guys,

 

Been asked to post this over here so I figured why not.  So this build has been in the works for just under a year.  After all said and done things could have been started and finished in under a week but there was certainly a lot of trial and error over the year, that in conjunction with taking my time and keeping busy with school it took longer than expected.  The past two months of the build were pretty much me waiting on people (welders/powder-coaters/etc) to get their part done

 

[introduction and plan]

This was essentially my dream build and decided to treat it as such, although the GPUs will likely be upgraded in the spring.

 

The TJ07 has been around for a long time and is certainly showing it's age and I love the case enough but want a refresh. I plan on replacing and modifying 100% of the panels while maintaining the same essence of the TJ07. Primary upgrades:

8-slot I/O panel to support quad GPUs

Create better fitting doors and panels

Support for 8.120 Rad space

Keep it a classy, quiet, and high performing machine.

 

 

This machine is an all around work-horse (programming, folding, gaming, multimedia, and of course the interwebs)

 

The bottom section of the case houses the AX1200i, pump, EX480 and EX120.

Up front is an EX360, reservoir, and fan controller.

 

In addition to being heavily watercooled, hard pipe has been used with copper tubing, although it's been painted to fit the look of the build

 

 

[current parts list]

-Silverstone TJ07

-ASUS Rampage IV Extreme

-Intel 3930k @4.8-5.2GHz

-Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866

-2x EVGA GTX670 FTW @1400+ on the cores

-ASUS Xonar DX

-Crucial M4 256GB SSD

-Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB

-Corsair AX1200i w/sleeved cables

-Dell 3007wfp IPS Monitor

-2x Dell 2007fp IPS Monitor

-2x 4TB Hitatchi USB 3.0 External Drives

 

-Corsair SP2500

-Sennheiser HD280

-Koolance PMP-500 Water Pump

-EK 250ml Advanced Reservoir

-XSPC Rampage IV Extreme Water Block

-XSPC Raystorm CPU Waterblock

-2x XSPC GTX680 v2 Waterblocks

-XSPC EX480 Radiator

-XSPC EX360 Radiator

-XSPC EX120 Radiator

-Lamptron FC-5V2 Fan Controller

-Scythe S-Flex F 120mm Fans (Until I find something better)

-copper tubing

-push fittings

-a bunch of aluminum sheeting for fabrication

 

Not really a huge fan of the name, but it is what it is now... although I'll likely go phase at some point, lol.

 

 

I am not going to copy the entire build log here, figured I'd at least show you guys the semi-final result though.  If you want to check out the entire build log please check it out here:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1290854/build-log-the-ultimate-cooling-machine-bmw-inspired-tj07/0_50

 

 

Semi-Final Pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Random Progression Pics:

 

 

 

[nickpc]

looks nice

[mrconan]

amazing

[DirkaFat]

I've made it through

[hiyayhi]

I Remember following this build religiously when the sever was using Vbulletin but when the sever was changed I lost it

 

I am amazed at how epic this has become and how much it has changed since I last saw it. You sir are a machine!

 

Your work is amazing keep it up!

[NanoMasky]

looking good so far

[Missioncode]

very very nice

[deafboy]

 

 

 

Because it's needed. lol.  Thanks, Slick for the wallpaper.

[Focux]

why windows 8?? and 1400+mhz on both 670's? that's hard to believe lol whats ur temps or is that just for benching..

[Homicidium]

That's so freaking sexy

[GunnAthax]

Amasing bulid

[GreetsFromGermany]

THAT CASELABS ! Any information about it?

[jeffrey_rodriguez]

any build log about the caselab?

[deafboy]

looks nice

Thank you

 

amazing

Thank you

 

I've made it through

Haha, thanks.

 

I Remember following this build religiously when the sever was using Vbulletin but when the sever was changed I lost it

 

I am amazed at how epic this has become and how much it has changed since I last saw it. You sir are a machine!

 

Your work is amazing keep it up!

 

Yeah, it was kind of nice that it got taken down though, allowed me to complete it and do a more concise thread.

 

Thanks!

 

looking good so far

 

Thanks

 

very very nice

 

Thank you

[deafboy]

 

why windows 8?? and 1400+mhz on both 670's? that's hard to believe lol whats ur temps or is that just for benching..

 

I like Windows 8... I never touch metro so it's been a nice bump.

 

The temps are generally in the 50s under load at 1400+, but I've seen it in the 60s when I did a long session of intense loads.  I generally just leave the clocks lower though since I only game on the single monitor, have yet to find anything that I play that requires more of an overclock.

The top card on stock volts did 1350 and the bottom one did 1325.  Flashed the bios to up the voltage and am perfectly stable at 1400+ on both of them with the bump.  Honestly though, it's almost pointless.  The performance increase from 1325-1350 to 1400 is pretty much nonexistant outside of benches.  I went to 1420 or so on the top card during benches and was disappointed by the gains so I dropped it back down.  The added volts certainly bump the temps and power usage.

 

That's so freaking sexy 

 

Thanks

 

Amasing bulid

 

Thank you

 

THAT CASELABS ! Any information about it? 

 

Friends build that I was holding onto while he was away

 

any build log about the caselab?

 

There is one over on OCN but it's pretty much an endless pit.  It's going to be shipped across country soon and will get a pedestal and stuff thrown onto it.  Constant never ending project.

 

There is an SR-2, Lepa 1600, bunch of water cooling gear, chillers, and soon to be some 9000 series GPUs

 

[MWildd]

looks amazing dude! some neat metal work going on here

[fuse]

Thats amazing! I've always wanted to do a build with that case but I don't have time and craftsmanship. 

[alpenwasser]

There is one over on OCN but it's pretty much an endless pit.  It's going to be shipped across country soon and will get a pedestal and stuff thrown onto it.  Constant never ending project.

Haha, true that. Last time I checked it was well over 5000 posts long. Good thing

there's a table of contents, otherwise that log would just be completely unreadable. :lol:

Ontopic: Good to see this here. IIRC I gave a vote for MOTM for this baby.

[Focux]

I want to upgrade to win8 sometime soon but 7 works great so far. Only reason is cos of DirectX11.2 hate the lack of Aero on win8 but I think there are mods for that. Sigh* already installed 7 on my 840 Pro lol

[Quantum]

very nice build

[Axis]

wow.... clean is clean!

 

amazing!

[Focux]

[Crion]

Wow.  Really good job. 

[Nicktrance]

Wow, that looks absolutely gorgeous, Build of the week material for sure.

[deafboy]

looks amazing dude! some neat metal work going on here

 

Thanks

 

Thats amazing! I've always wanted to do a build with that case but I don't have time and craftsmanship. 

 

Thanks, and you can definitely do it just have to spread out your time.  I didn't have much time, that partially why it took me as long as it did.

 

Haha, true that. Last time I checked it was well over 5000 posts long. Good thing

there's a table of contents, otherwise that log would just be completely unreadable. :lol:

Ontopic: Good to see this here. IIRC I gave a vote for MOTM for this baby.

 

Haha, yeah, it's pretty much impossible to follow over there.  Always something changing.  And thank you

I want to upgrade to win8 sometime soon but 7 works great so far. Only reason is cos of DirectX11.2 hate the lack of Aero on win8 but I think there are mods for that. Sigh* already installed 7 on my 840 Pro lol

 

Honestly, there isn't much of a reason to upgrade, it's certainly lighter and there are some nice new features but nothing mind blowing.

 

very nice build

 

Thank you

 

wow.... clean is clean!

 

amazing!

 

Thank you for the kind words

 

 

Haha, thanks...lol, that gif gets me everytime

 

Wow.  Really good job. 

 

Thanks

 

Wow, that looks absolutely gorgeous, Build of the week material for sure.

 

Thank you.