R1.0 INDUSTRIAL

Firstly thank you to those mentioned in the above image for supporting my endeavors once again!


I'm very excited to start my next personal project R1.0 INDUSTRIAL, after several months of collaborations it's great to be back in full control deciding my own specification. Not only that but setting the pace myself and taking the time to photograph everything and get it all out on the forums!

So a little writing about the project first to get things going, much like LIGHTNING this is centered around a very special piece of hardware and providing it with all of the power and cooling required is the main focus. The build won't be adorned with anything unnecessary however no compromises will be made along the way either. As the name implies aesthetically it will remain subtle and raw with nothing for show but nothing to hide. I intend to apply this way of thinking to each individual element and hopefully the end result will remain sympathetic to it's origin.


As of this moment I don't have every part but I definitely won't be straying far from what I have decided as so many will be integral to the design of the case. I will elaborate on the reasoning as I unbox things but already it's clear that I have opted for completely colour neutral products with extremely reserved branding.

XFX Radeon Pro Duo x2
ASUS X99-M WS
Intel Broadwell-E i7-5960X
Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 3200C16
Corsair Force MP500 M.2 480GB
Western Digital Black 1TB x2
EVGA Supernova 1600T2
Parvum R1.0 INDUSTRIAL

Aqua Computer Aquaero 6 LT
Aqua Computer Aquaero 6 Passive Heatsink - Black
EK-Supremacy EVO X99 - Nickel Plexi
EK-FC Radeon Pro Duo - Nickel Plexi x2
EK-FC Radeon Pro Duo Backplate - Black x2
EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi (incl. pump) x2
EK-CoolStream PE 360 (Triple) x2
EK-CoolStream CE 280 (Dual)
EK-M.2 NVMe Heatsink - Black
EK-HD Adapter 10/12mm - Black x30
EK HD Tube 10/12mm 2-Slot (2 pcs) x2
EK-AF Angled 90° G1/4 - Black x4
EK-AF Extender Rotary M-M G1/4 - Black x2
EK-CSQ Plug G1/4 - Black x2
Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC 2000RPM IP67 PWM x6
Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC 2000RPM IP67 PWM x2
Noctua NA-SAVP1 Chromax - Black x4


Straight in with the aforementioned centerpiece and for once i'm not even going to attempt to conceal one for later!



Because there is just something about being instantly hit with 6 fully formed PCIe power connectors that it would be rude to hold back.





It comes as quite a shock when 6 screws later a magnificently elegant Cooler Master solution is unveiled, clearly far more attention was put into this than just doubling up their single card efforts.







But lets take an even closer look and not pretend a standard cooling solution was ever going to last long in my hands.







Very rapidly all kinds of beautiful secrets were exposed, two massive cores, PLX chips and endless power circuitry neatly tessellated inbetween. Considering the PCB size is no bigger than what would be found on a single GPU GDDR5 card the density is insane.



A good cleaning was in order to reveal the mirror perfect Fiji cores and all the little High Bandwidth Memes!













Already from the little bit of performance testing I managed to do (yeah these two cards instantly smashed my overclocked quad 780Ti's) and my time spent taking them apart I am completely in love with these cards. The brutal insolence of power, crossfire, PLX chips and the effort taken to package everything so elegantly together is astounding.

I'll be back very soon with a preview of the case!

JR

Well... Here is one project I am looking forward to seeing progress

Can't wait to see how it ends up looking!

This will be interesting

Sick sick sick. Gonna love this one.

Are you 100% sticking with the Dom Plats? Without advocating bandwagonism, there's been a build or 2 knocking around pair that Asus board with KLEVV Cras and they are literally a match made in heaven. Very, very tall RAM though.

LePhuronn said:

Sick sick sick. Gonna love this one.

Are you 100% sticking with the Dom Plats? Without advocating bandwagonism, there's been a build or 2 knocking around pair that Asus board with KLEVV Cras and they are literally a match made in heaven. Very, very tall RAM though.

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No i'm not 100% on Dominator Platinums, but I definitely won't be using CRAS, since seeing it in context from above i've really grown a disliking to it. Normally i'd go for HyperX but it's somewhat too aggressive looking for this build so Platinum's seem logical. I have an early set of DDR3 from back when they had diamond cut polished light bars so using them seems like the most likely option.

JR

Today I finalized the 3d design of the case ready to cut hopefully before this week is out. Lots of changes have been made to absolutely maximize the cooling potential without making it too much bigger than the retail R1.0, at 500x400x285mm it remains a similar scale but the extra length allows for an additional 280mm radiator in the front as well as the original pair of 360mm radiators in the base.



Above the front radiator an integrated reservoir is neatly tucked away revealed from above only by a Radeon Pro Duo logo inlaid into the top layer. This will be a mix of polished and frosted acrylic to show movement in the coolant.



With the front radiator and fans eating into the available space in the main chamber of the case rather than awkwardly position pumps blocking the view of the motherboard I decided they needed to go somewhere else. A sizable space was available in the back but it would have been difficult to get the loop around the PSU hence it has been moved to the top.



Just like LIGHTNING the holes have been precisely toleranced to hold the cables parallel, this does mean all the cables will need to be assembled in position but on the two occasions i've tried this it has been well worth it.



I'm sure i've not mentioned or shown half of the tweaks i've made but some surprises must be left for along the way.

JR

Looking good

Looks good on the small screen - for some reason Google aren't serving your images to my desktop at the moment. The cooler under that shroud does look really well designed. Its sort of ironic that you're going to ditch it as without the shroud on it does look fairly industrial....albeit too colourful with the red. I don't doubt you have something impressive-looking in mind by way of a custom block though!

Cenedd said:

I don't doubt you have something impressive-looking in mind by way of a custom block though!

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Looking at the spec list, it seems he's going with EK blocks in this instance.

JR23 said:

No i'm not 100% on Dominator Platinums, but I definitely won't be using CRAS, since seeing it in context from above i've really grown a disliking to it. Normally i'd go for HyperX but it's somewhat too aggressive looking for this build so Platinum's seem logical. I have an early set of DDR3 from back when they had diamond cut polished light bars so using them seems like the most likely option.

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Teamgroup Dark Pro? No lights though.

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Or shall I just hush my face and await your usual genius?

It's been an extremely busy end to the week at Parvum staying late until past midnight on Friday before heading straight back into a full days cutting on Saturday, but, thankfully, monumental progress was made! The R1.0 was completed alongside three of it's equally custom but less industrial brothers.





Mixed amongst the other beautifully tesselated R1.0 panels are all of the 5mm black parts which make up nearly of the case.





Plenty of intricate inlays were also cut and assembled.



It would also seem that some big tools were selected to come out and play on thicker acrylic!



Not sure what that would be about , well I have an indecent amount of plastic backing to be removing so i'll catch you all in a few days!

Also pictures should now be visible for everyone not using chrome

JR

So you're the reason mine hasn't been cut yet?! Haha looking good though, will be following this one closely

It's going to be kinda okay I guess

I managed to squeeze in a little time on the project between work and the GTA bikers update, just enough to get the first custom watercooling piece prepared.



As always lots of tapping but this time with blind holes and a counter bored hole for the fill port.



The o-ring sizes on this build are slightly different to what we would normally use, partly because it needed to be smaller in some tight areas of the midplate and also because the lids are much thicker than usual.



Each o-ring is made from a continuous extrusion of 2mm nitrile cord, cut to length. bonded together and the seated in 1.35 x 2.15mm groove.





Lastly lots of screws to tighten down.



And of course remove the backing from the polished acrylic!





Onto testing and a little coolant experimation, Mayhems aurora silver with X1 black concentrate really is something, perhaps slightly too much black this time around but I am in love with this combination.



Hopefully I will find time for the next piece this week too!

JR

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Hnnnnnnggggg.

Reported for porn

You can never have too much black.

I like that. It kind of looks like the sky in really depressing Gothic oil paintings.

my goodness that liquid is gorgeous.. the swirls are slightly reminiscent of Van Goths Starry Night

It's been a long day on the project today as i'm sure you will see in just a moment!



Things started off with some second ops on panels which required countersinks from both sides, most importantly the midwall so I could install female threaded standoff's rather than tapping the acrylic as usual. But also the base panels just so there would be no screw heads visible from very very low angles, just because.



All of my blocks arrived from various corners of Europe!











Certainly as 'full cover' as it gets, glad I opted for plexi.



Lots and lots of pads and paste later...













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280 for a Parvum, how strange this seems.





No doubt a healthy amount of rads to deal with all of the mighty cores.





Not just the case itself but everything i've changed to be 90° countersunk, it's definitely an addiction, such stress concentration reduction.



Now time to get all of my lovely Noctua's out, they've been waiting on this project for some time.







Naturally black Chromax for extra dankness.



I noticed through the spinning blades just a little of the wire insulation was visible and really detracting from the dankness. So added just a little heatshrink to blend them in. Normally I would have sleeved the whole fan cable but in this instance to keep things clean I will be joining them all together.



Both fans trimmed to length.



Stripped and twisted together followed up with a little solder to keep them securely together.



Then ATX crimps o.O strange I know but hopefully this will make more sense when it comes to the next set of fans.



Again at this point I realized the lower part of the cable would be visible at an obscure angle through the intake on the PSU side...



So I sleeved back up past the midplate in Shade 19, I know this way seems complicated and still only half sleeved but they have a really fine gap to squeeze through.



Onto the next set. this time a pair of PE 360's packaged precisely at the back of the case flanking an extra cube in the centre.



And the rest of the Noctua's...



...love the F12 frame.



So this time I think what I did with the cables makes much more sense with a 6-way split, impossible with normal fan crimps but hopefully very neat with 4-pin EPS connectors, which i've checked should just tuck inbetween the rads.



Yet another novel idea to incorporate more countersunk screws was to use female standoff's.



It was an obvious idea which came to me when thinking about how to attach the Aquaero without having the back side of a brass standoff visible in the front of the case, hence I decided to use it for the board too.





The nickel plating looks perfect against the cubes and i'm sure the blocks too when I get to that part!



So here is the finished front accent panel and radiator assembly.



Just got to decide on my own pinout convention and add the block.



Same goes for the floor assembly, the gap at the front is precisely big enough for the 280 + A14's to nest into.





I just so happened to find the exact length of tubing needed to join the rads together, 54mm, in my offcuts.





And for no particular reason, the underside.



Even I rarely look at the bottom of my system, but still great to know it is perfectly consistent.



So that's just about everything for now, well except this little piece...



JR