Project: Erebus

darwin1859 · 30 Jun 2015 at 22:34

B N3GATIVE said:
Erebus is the First Chaplain of the World Eaters,he is the primary instigator of the downfall of Horus.

40k....Since Day 1.

Thanks for the info... I used to have an awesome Space Marine army... until my little bro decided they were toys and demolished them all :mad:

Luggs · 2 Jul 2015 at 16:27

darwin1859 said:
Thanks for the info... I used to have an awesome Space Marine army... until my little bro decided they were toys and demolished them all

I feel your pain! After numerous successful campaigns against overwhelming odds, my Blood Angels were finally defeated earlier this year by the combined might of my little ponies and olaf the snowman...

I now have a childproof lock on my man-cave...

Looking forward to more pics!

Rehok · 3 Jul 2015 at 09:48

Now you don't ever need to go to the gym for upper body as you can just lift your PC as it will weigh a few tons

, Going to look good, apart from you when you try to move it

darwin1859 · 27 Jul 2015 at 21:23

Finally making some more progress on the project. I fitted the awesome Coldzero kit for the 900D. Very impressed with the quality and engineering of the parts.

In the photos you might also notice my dolly trolley. It has made working on the system so much easier!

Current test build until I fit the loop:

darwin1859 · 27 Jul 2015 at 21:24

Rehok said:
Now you don't ever need to go to the gym for upper body as you can just lift your PC as it will weigh a few tons , Going to look good, apart from you when you try to move it

Tell me about it - I recently moved house and had to carry it! Check out my above post about the dolly...

zack1667 · 28 Jul 2015 at 12:38

The 900D is mahusive! good job so far man

darwin1859 · 28 Jul 2015 at 12:50

zack1667 said:
The 900D is mahusive! good job so far man

Thanks! It is indeed - the ATX mobo looks tiny inside.

darwin1859 · 30 Jul 2015 at 17:10

Lamptron fan controller and 5.25" bay stealth mod.

Before...

Out comes the Dremel...

After...

Keechy · 30 Jul 2015 at 17:48

great front bay mod keep up the work

darwin1859 · 31 Jul 2015 at 23:38

Keechy said:
great front bay mod keep up the work

Thanks

darwin1859 · 31 Jul 2015 at 23:39

Fitting two of the three R9 290X with Alphacool blocks.

Brian18741 · 2 Aug 2015 at 00:30

I've never actually seen Alphacool blocks before! Also the front bay mod worked out great, very neat!

greyfox591 · 2 Aug 2015 at 07:19

That looks sweet & nice mobo

TechMinerUK · 2 Aug 2015 at 11:04

Those alphacool waterblocks have a nice beefy look to them. Also the case mod for the fan controller looks really clean.

Excellent work

darwin1859 · 3 Aug 2015 at 00:42

Brian18741 said:
I've never actually seen Alphacool blocks before! Also the front bay mod worked out great, very neat!

greyfox591 said:
That looks sweet & nice mobo

TechMinerUK said:
Those alphacool waterblocks have a nice beefy look to them. Also the case mod for the fan controller looks really clean.

Excellent work

Thanks for your comments. The Alphacool blocks are pretty beefy, the styling has grown on me the more I look at them.

It's been a busy weekend, lots of progress but I can't post more until all the loop is finished and the system is back up and running.

darwin1859 · 17 Aug 2015 at 21:14

Happy to say I'm back up and running after successfully fitting the loop. I'll be catching up with logs for a while!

Spraying the Corsair SP120 and AF140 fan rings. No primer - I just sanded with about 200 grit paper, cleaned thoroughly and sprayed several thin coats. I'm happy with the paint, it has a good matt finish.

Tower of fans...

With painted rings

Flushing the (2x) Alphacool UT60 480mm rads, ready for fitting.

Fitting the top rad. I had to solder a female-female adapter for the 8-way fan splitter.

Top rad fitted. Also fitted the GPUs, CPU and MOSFET blocks. My planned tubing routes are marked by pipe-cleaners.

Drilled some holes - two in the midplate for tubes to pass through to the lower section, one above the res for a rear fillport, and a couple to mount the res holders further apart.

Both rads now fitted. I also used carbon fibre vinyl on the fans.

More coming soon!

Luggs · 18 Aug 2015 at 08:13

Love the subtle use of colour, this is so my style of build. And i'm still in love with your mobo btw lol

Great work!

Brian18741 · 18 Aug 2015 at 09:02

Very nice, the fans turned out great! Some purple Mayhems Aurora coolant would looks the bidness in there!

darwin1859 · 21 Aug 2015 at 15:12

Cutting, bending and fitting the rigid tubing. The tubing is 12mm ID / 16mm OD, which meant the bend radius was quite large.

This post shows a test fill with clear coolant - this will soon be replaced with a custom Purple pastel coolant from Mayhems...

Tools for cutting and bending

First tubes in place - reservoir inlet and outlet, and fill port routing to the rear of the case

90º bending mandrel. As it turned out, a tighter bend radius was needed...

Improvised tight bend 90º jig, using the original mandrels for alignment, and a plastic bottle cut and nailed down for the bend itself

Bending a tube with the new tight 90º jig

Another improvised jig, used to secure the bent tube while bending again in a perpendicular plane. This gave perfectly-aligned bends

An improvised tight radius 45º jig, again using the mandrels as guides for the tubing

All bends done, tubing prepped and finished, and fitted in the system

Test filling the loop with clear coolant. This was followed by a (successful) extended leak test. The coolant will soon be replaced with a custom purple pastel coolant from Mayhems

darwin1859 · 21 Aug 2015 at 15:15

Luggs said:
Love the subtle use of colour, this is so my style of build. And i'm still in love with your mobo btw lol

Great work!

Thanks for your comments. I'm glad the choices I made with the theme are well received.

Brian18741 said:
Very nice, the fans turned out great! Some purple Mayhems Aurora coolant would looks the bidness in there!

Even better - Mayhems have agreed to sponsor the project, and have made me a custom purple pastel coolant, to match perfectly the fans and cable sleeving