PARVUM FTW

This is a build for my friend SniplerXLS in the second Parvum Systems R1.0 ATX prototype with a custom watercooling loop for the CPU and GPU, of course also the obligatory bespoke MDPC-X PSU cables and a unique frosted blue, frosted clear and black color scheme for the case. The theme of the build will be continued throughout with predominantly black hardware, blue coolant and all Bitspower silver shining fittings.

EVGA GTX1080 FTW
EVGA Z170 FTW
Intel Skylake i7-6700K
HyperX Predator 4x8GB
Samsung 950 PRO 512GB
Samsung 850 PRO 512GB x2
Western Digital Black 2TB x2
Silverstone Strider Titanium 800W
Parvum R1.0 ATX Prototype II

EK-Supremacy EVO - Acetal + Nickel
EK-FC1080 GTX FTW - Acetal + Nickel x2
EK-FC1080 GTX FTW Backplate - Black x2
EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Acetal (incl. pump)
EK-CoolStream XE 360 (Triple) x3
Bitspower BP-WTP-C47 Multi-Link Adapter x34
Bitspower BP-90R 90° Rotary Extender x10
Bitspower BP-WTP-C39 90° Extender x8
Bitspower BP-WTP-C04 Pass Through x8
Bitspower BP-WTP-C06 Stop Fitting x4
Bitspower BP-WTP-C60 15mm Extender x4
Aqua Computer Aquaero 5 LT
Aqua Computer Aquaero 5 Passive Heatsink
Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC 2000RPM PWM x9
Noctua NA-SAVP1 Chromax - Blue x5

Already we have had one day working on the build, unboxing all of the hardware as well as assembling and post testing the main components. Here are some pictures from along the way!



































































Thanks for checking it out, the fittings will be arriving from Taiwan very shortly and we can begin to simultaneously build up the case and the cooling loop in the next update!

JR

This should look amazing will keep an eye on it

Hopefully the loop is going to get started on this weekend!

An abundance of progress was made on FTW over the weekend as more and more pieces come together.



Fittings aside all of the watercooling parts are from EK, all black acetal.







It didn't take long to get everything prepared and blocked, i've had an awful amount of practice over the last few months, so much so I didn't even take any PCB shots of the cards. Definitely unusual behavior for me, I love naked cards but like most 1080's they just seemed embarrassingly sparse.



Fresh from Taiwan no less than 60 Bitspower silver shining fittings.





There was no time to line up and name each fitting, quite a lot for a relatively simple build but all part of a cunning plan.





Next up was the 9 Noctua iPPC F12's each equipped with blue Chromax to match the build.



Then the two EK XE 360 rads were mounted to the base panel of the case, fans added and wires trimmed to length.







To ensure overkill on the cooling front a third XE 360 was decked out with 3 F12's. triple triple FTW.





The rotaries and C47's all fitted ready, the loose rad fits vertically at the front of the case with the ports at the bottom. Then a 90° formed acrylic tube on either side will join the outer ports of the horizontal rads to the front rad.





Next 4 of the 5 storage drives were prepared and fitted directly to the midwall of the case, two WD blacks and two Samsung 850's.







The reservoir brackets, motherboard and aquaero were also added completing the midwall assembly.



The subtle views of the drives look spectacular through the frosted midwall although the green PCB's may warrant some further attention, for now i'm loving the effect.



Through a hybrid of CAD and measuring the assembled parts a layout for the loop and midplate was drawn up, marked onto the piece and checked against the hardware. With everything double checked it was off to the workshop to try out my latest acrylic torture device.



Without a CNC mill/laser cutting 20mm holes in acrylic is always a fun task but I found just the right tool browsing RS, unlike most crude hole saws this was one solid piece with a central guide drill and it made for a very controlled cut teamed with a 490RPM pillar drill.



After drilling some smaller holes for the D5 REVO it was time to commence stage 2!



For this lots of fittings were required, but very worth it, first I cut the tubes (ofc measured from CAD) and then assembled each one with a C47 multi link adapter and a simple 90° extender at each end.



The it was easy to loosely assemble a pass through fitting in the 20mm hole, screw that into the 90°, tighten down the locking ring and put a C47 in the top side ready to go up to the res/pump/cpu/gpu.



I may have then just taken many photo's to make up for the fact these phenomenal little runs will be near on impossible to see in the finished build.









And finally looking down from above...



...and from underneath again <3





Can't wait to get on with the rest of the loop! Just need to make some special fan extensions for the lower radiators and it will be time to piece together all of these big pieces.

JR

Looks amazing! Great photos too... what camera are you using and what settings do you have when you take these shots?

At the time I was worried or not if spending this sorta money on a system is worth it. The photos alone I feel are worth it!!

Cant wait to get my hands on this system.
Once again JR Thank you!

Jeez those are some professional photos. A complete custom build can't wait to see what it looks at the end.

beautiful photos

These pics, seriously, I would say there not real, but can see your reflection taking the pic off of the chrome fittings. Don't know how you do it, but these sort of pics make me want to needlessly buy hardware

Nice, those passthroughs look great... Seriously considering drilling some holes in my new case now

Stunning as always

I really need to learn how to use my camera properly!

im hoping i can order a case like this wiht some nice custom stuff on it as i dont have the equips to make them myself. but im useless with measurements and stuff so may just ask them to wing it.

always on the lookout for parvum builds they are so nice when they have these custom water parts.

With each individual piece of the case assembled from last week the next logical step was to start putting them together into one huge lump, however before that there was a few little jobs to do in some places that would become very hard to access. The most critical task was to make extensions for all of the fans.

But before we get to that a little context, this project as being built as a big brother to my friends X2.0 which I put together earlier in the year. Being air cooled it's not so ambitious however they will both share exactly the same case materials, sleeving colours and Chromax equipped industrialPPC's.











Now back to the current action! A substantial package of supplies arrived for this and two other builds i'm working on.







In the previous update I used ATX crimps for the fan wires ready for 4-pin EPS style connectors.



So for each bank of fans I made a female 4-pin EPS to 3-pin fan cable, the Aquaero 5 being used only supports one PWM channel which will be used for the pump hence only 3-pin extensions were needed.





All plugged in ready, the main reason for using these connectors besides being neater with individual heavy gauge wire was that they can't be unplugged accidentally.





One extra tube was needed from the CPU back to the 3 radiators once cut I assembled all of the fittings onto the midplate.



Then placing the midplate and floor together it was simple to screw the 15mm extenders into the two radiators using the rotaries.



After that I turned it all the right way around and added the front panels and midwall simultaneously with all of the hardware attached, threaded the cables through and quickly it took shape!



Everything fitted together exactly right, the final tube and rotary extender were just the right length to reach the radiator ports and the height was just right too. Not that I dimensioned the entire case around making this one set of hardware fit perfectly....



The other tubes linking pass through's together all stayed in place throughout and sit neatly above the fans.



Just lots more tubing and sleeving to go! Also I promise I will scrape together enough pennies to buy a new backdrop roll and take pics of the entire thing for the next update. I'm working with a little tiny square with raggedy edges all the way around atm, so close ups it is.

JR

Stunning as always and such quality images, well done.

Looking forward to the tubing been put in place! Missing my GTX 1080S at the moment Thank you for all the work your putting JR!

How would a layman such as myself go about making adjustments to my Parvum case, can an electric jig saw and a drill do the job?

No writing this time because i'm desperate to go and have my first proper session on Farm Simulator 2017, besides this one is pretty self-explanatory! I've bent, cut and fitted every single tube completing the loop ready for leak testing. Also along the way sleeved the pump and fitted everything which needs to be fitted.





















200 or so metres of MDPC-X arrived in the week so perhaps i'll start some cables tomorrow and hit you guys up with another update.

JR

What camera, lens and settings are you using for these photos? I'm in awe.

Legend said:

What camera, lens and settings are you using for these photos? I'm in awe.

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A Canon 60D with standard EF-S 18-55mm lens, all ISO400, between 1/40 and 1/200, ~F4.5, manual selection AF point, OIS off. Just one softbox in the whole scene and lots of ghetto rigging.

JR

Beautiful rig and photos as ever!