OcUK backroom project "Cobra"

Hi guys, I am part of the tech team here at OcUK, I have been back at the company now for just under 12 months. I am currently working on a project and will be putting the pics and build process in this thread.

The case I am starting with is the Lian Li D600.
The case is available from OcUK from the link below

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-652-LL&groupid=2362&catid=187

I will be posting a few pics later of my current progress as I am currently stripping the case and applying a custom paint finish.....

Hey Craig

Looking forward to seeing this progress over the coming weeks

Heard all about it at OCUK so its gonna be good

Bailey

ok so far i have totally stripped the case back of all bays and motherboard tray and rubbed it down ready for primer...

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I now have the case and motherboard tray primed in white ready for painting

That look big ! So is this the OcUK assembly workshop or your own place? Any parts in mind you can share with us?

Enjoy the build anyway

I am currently using Ocuk backroom for spraying as the wife would go mental if I used the spare room for spraying. I'm looking at x99 but have not yet decided which motherboard to use but I think there will be hopefully a crossfire/sli set up. Would also like to get some superfast storage. There will a lot of work to do on the waterblocks as I plan on fully customising them.

Go skylake and get that red/white z110 board, would match the case!

Will be keeping an eye on this build!

very cool

Ok so I got distracted for a bit, a colleague has a 3D printer so the idea of custom fan grills to match got my brain thinking, he has been playing around with the settings a bit and there is still a bit of tweaking but the image below gives the idea in mind ........

Ok so I got distracted for a bit, a colleague has a 3D printer so the idea of custom fan grills to match got my brain thinking, he has been playing around with the settings a bit and there is still a bit of tweaking but the image below gives the idea in mind ........
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Looking good Craig

Oh the perks of working at OCUK.

Looking good, case is huge! Will be keeping an eye on this.

Subbed, looks good so far!

shellshockmunch said:

Ok so I got distracted for a bit, a colleague has a 3D printer so the idea of custom fan grills to match got my brain thinking, he has been playing around with the settings a bit and there is still a bit of tweaking but the image below gives the idea in mind ........

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it will definitely look good but will surely affect the airflow

well finally I can get back to upload a few more pics of this build log, the fan grill has been revised a fair bit now and I think I am happy with the final outcome....

2nd revision



3rd revision



and finally have settled for the below

I have decided to go skylake just because why not??
I have chosen the Asus Maximus Viii hero as I have used this board more than others and I am confident of achieving some high clocks on there

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-maximus-viii-hero-intel-z170-socket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-651-as.html



I have already decided to mod the board a little bit
Some of the plastic and the southbridge have been removed ready for painting..

I have decided on a Superflower 850watt platinum psu, available from Ocuk from the link below,

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...platinum-power-supply-gunmetal-ca-049-sf.html



of course this has to be modded too right ?!




so it looks like this now...



just got to put it back together........

I have just finished putting the psu back together and I think it looks nice

Well waded in and got myself an I7 6700k

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/intel-core-i7-6700k-4.0ghz-skylake-socket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-581-in.html

Also got me hands on a 980ti too the Mrs aint gonna like me .... hahahaha

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-geforce-gtx-980ti-reference-design-6144mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-212-ok.html

Had to play with my motherboard and cpu a bit and after acquiring some ram from 8Pack I had the chance to do some tweakings, I banged it all on a test bed with an Asetek 240mm closed loop cooler and well I was shocked just how easy this motherboard was to use, the ram was 3200mhz at C16 and for starters I went in at 4.8 with no issues so I upped it to 5GHZ!!! Into windows and ran Intel xtu for an hour to check stabiltiy........



it ran with no issues so I did a quick test on cinebench and I was surprised at what it was beating, anyway put it back away for now until its ready before I go breaking something