Must have needed a little extra oompfh for that 3x windforce fan! if you go down the EK route be sure to use the EK cooling configurator to be sure of compatability - Adam
Project: Majestic (Air540)
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Must have needed a little extra oompfh for that 3x windforce fan! if you go down the EK route be sure to use the EK cooling configurator to be sure of compatability - Adam
Back in the UK now so its full speed ahead on project Majestic.
Fitting the radiators into their modified position was a lot more challenging than i had expected as it wasn't as straight forward as bolting straight through the fans into the rads themselves, this was my first attempt...
That 3 or so mm step on the left hand side proved to be the downfall for this one.
Here it is fitted with the 360rad and the right hand side acrylic plate i just made...
And this is how tight it was to the rad port, it would had have been a real struggle getting the backside port fitted with it being so tight...
Back into the garage i went to gain that few extra mm, i also noticed i would be able to fit just a standard 90 (as opposed to a rotary) onto the near rad port which im pretty happy about as i feel it will look a lot nicer for the tube that will run vertical down the length of the rad. Heres the second attempt...
Overall I'm pretty happy with progress so far even if it has taken 2 days to fit the rads. Next up i'll be spraying/mounting the reservoir, creating the floor plate, creating a plate to cover the top alloy and Delidding the CPU
- Adam
Fitting the radiators into their modified position was a lot more challenging than i had expected as it wasn't as straight forward as bolting straight through the fans into the rads themselves, this was my first attempt...
That 3 or so mm step on the left hand side proved to be the downfall for this one.
Here it is fitted with the 360rad and the right hand side acrylic plate i just made...
And this is how tight it was to the rad port, it would had have been a real struggle getting the backside port fitted with it being so tight...
Back into the garage i went to gain that few extra mm, i also noticed i would be able to fit just a standard 90 (as opposed to a rotary) onto the near rad port which im pretty happy about as i feel it will look a lot nicer for the tube that will run vertical down the length of the rad. Heres the second attempt...
Overall I'm pretty happy with progress so far even if it has taken 2 days to fit the rads. Next up i'll be spraying/mounting the reservoir, creating the floor plate, creating a plate to cover the top alloy and Delidding the CPU
- Adam
, more images !
Hey everyone time for another update. These past few days I have truly realised how hard it is to do a custom build. I take my hat of to those that take on the crazy builds we see kicking about.
More than once I've thought to myself "how on earth do I get around that", "why did I decide to do this in the first place" and "maybe I should give up".
But alas I'm still persevering!
Decided to get the delid out of the way first, I really didn't fancy the razor technique and I didn't have a vice so i set up a kind of jig to emulate a vice. I realised it sucked after 2 failed attempts and ended up sat there with my CPU in one sweaty palm and a razor blade in the other. Result...
I think it was a success so i cleaned it up and slapped on some CLU, didnt trust myself not to get the CLU onto the little row of "things?" down the side, all i knew is that if i did it would be goodnight for this little CPU so i used some leftover thermal pad from my Ti block to cover them over. I have to say though the CLU was almost a pleasure to work with considering the horror stories I've heard about how hard it is to spread...
Huge sigh of relief after everything was back together and looking pretty sweet, i used Gelid GC-Extreme between the block and the IHS...
Next up i sprayed the XSPC Reservoir in white plasti-dip...
As the Reservoir was curing i measured, cut and bent a nice floorplate for my build only for it to be a few mm out...
Whilst in the process of fixing that particular issue i managed to crack the floorplate halfway down the middle, second time round the fit was much better and the bend also a lot nicer so it was a happy accident i guess.
Next up I finally got around to finishing up the front fascia, after a bit of sanding here and there i was ready to apply the vinyl, it was a whole lot easier to apply than i expected...
After spending the most part of this morning doing some little fiddley adjustments to various panels and some modifications for the fan wiring I wrote up a list of which order to install everything and decided to do a test run...
Just waiting on the acrylic tubing now then i can continue, should be here shortly! Thanks eveyone! - Adam
More than once I've thought to myself "how on earth do I get around that", "why did I decide to do this in the first place" and "maybe I should give up".
But alas I'm still persevering!
Decided to get the delid out of the way first, I really didn't fancy the razor technique and I didn't have a vice so i set up a kind of jig to emulate a vice. I realised it sucked after 2 failed attempts and ended up sat there with my CPU in one sweaty palm and a razor blade in the other. Result...
I think it was a success so i cleaned it up and slapped on some CLU, didnt trust myself not to get the CLU onto the little row of "things?" down the side, all i knew is that if i did it would be goodnight for this little CPU so i used some leftover thermal pad from my Ti block to cover them over. I have to say though the CLU was almost a pleasure to work with considering the horror stories I've heard about how hard it is to spread...
Huge sigh of relief after everything was back together and looking pretty sweet, i used Gelid GC-Extreme between the block and the IHS...
Next up i sprayed the XSPC Reservoir in white plasti-dip...
As the Reservoir was curing i measured, cut and bent a nice floorplate for my build only for it to be a few mm out...
Whilst in the process of fixing that particular issue i managed to crack the floorplate halfway down the middle, second time round the fit was much better and the bend also a lot nicer so it was a happy accident i guess.
Next up I finally got around to finishing up the front fascia, after a bit of sanding here and there i was ready to apply the vinyl, it was a whole lot easier to apply than i expected...
After spending the most part of this morning doing some little fiddley adjustments to various panels and some modifications for the fan wiring I wrote up a list of which order to install everything and decided to do a test run...
Just waiting on the acrylic tubing now then i can continue, should be here shortly! Thanks eveyone! - Adam
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Looks absolutely fantastic
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That new front panel and fans look stunning build is coming on really nicely
Thanks for the positive comments everyone, much appreciated
Yeah I've used the original mount, although i did consider just using the rings and leaving off the plate, that should work if you wanted to. Although if that doesn't give enough clearance from the D5 pump ring that could be an issue, maybe in that case you could change that chunky plastic ribbed D5 ring for one of the fancy metal ones? - Adam
Yeah I've used the original mount, although i did consider just using the rings and leaving off the plate, that should work if you wanted to. Although if that doesn't give enough clearance from the D5 pump ring that could be an issue, maybe in that case you could change that chunky plastic ribbed D5 ring for one of the fancy metal ones? - Adam
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Thanks for the positive comments everyone, was thinking today that its going to be a nightmare to fill as my plan was to turn it onto its back and fill it up via the right side of the res. This would mean the pump would end up at the top above the res (it will be in the other compartment right behind the 360 rad) i would have to keep putting in back onto its base to run the pump bit by bit.
I think im now going to flip the res around so the fill port is on the left and have some tube exiting the left of the case as a fillport, this way i can turn it onto its front and fill it all at once as the pump will be below the res, i can then turn it back onto its base when its full.
Will i be ok pressure wise having a tube permanently coming out of the res fill port bearing in mind that it will always be full of liquid? heres a quick diagram...
Thanks - Adam
I think im now going to flip the res around so the fill port is on the left and have some tube exiting the left of the case as a fillport, this way i can turn it onto its front and fill it all at once as the pump will be below the res, i can then turn it back onto its base when its full.
Will i be ok pressure wise having a tube permanently coming out of the res fill port bearing in mind that it will always be full of liquid? heres a quick diagram...
Thanks - Adam
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Why not use rubber tube and replace it with a stop end when system is full and bled, and if you can use a 90 connection you won't have to drill the case.
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Awesome looking build
