PST: Project Silicon Talisman

faheemrazzaq · 11 Aug 2015 at 23:14

Hi,

I am going to start a new build named PST: Project Silicon Talisman. I have received most of the parts and awaiting some. It is a combination of old and new parts. I am not upgrading monitor, CPU, motherboard and memory as there isn't much to gain with the Skylake over Haswell Devil's Canyon. The build consists of the following components:

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon
GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black
Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White
CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO
GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal
14/10mm Acrylic Tubing
Barrows Black compression fittings
420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)
360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)
Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop
Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts
Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)
Radiator Fans:
420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O
360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20
Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

Thanks for watching.

REV01: Larger Side Panel Window and temperature display inside the case.

Original Build Photos

System turned ON

With Side Panel ON

.:SAmSuNG:. · 11 Aug 2015 at 23:16

Never heard of diamond cooling. Have you considered petg tubing rather than acrylic?

faheemrazzaq · 11 Aug 2015 at 23:19

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Never heard of diamond cooling. Have you considered petg tubing rather than acrylic?

Diamond Cooling are doing waterblocks for only one particular series of cards and that is Galax Hall of Fame 980/970 and possibly 980 Ti also. I looked at PETG but reading around leaves a lot of question marks on it's compatibility with coolants and UV reactivity, etc.

grim. · 12 Aug 2015 at 00:10

Sounds like a fun build, looking forward to some pictures. I'm still out on petg, i've used acrylic before and never had an issue with it so don't see the need to change.

faheemrazzaq · 13 Aug 2015 at 00:12

Here are a few snaps of custom cabling.

grim. · 13 Aug 2015 at 01:00

Looking good. Can I ask where you get the cable spacers/tidies? I don't know what they're called...

faheemrazzaq · 13 Aug 2015 at 01:05

grim. said:
Looking good. Can I ask where you get the cable spacers/tidies? I don't know what they're called...

They are called cable combs. I bought them from OcUK.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?keywords=Comb&_=1439424107302

.:SAmSuNG:. · 13 Aug 2015 at 07:54

Who did your cables or is that the new cable mod system?

Luggs · 13 Aug 2015 at 07:58

I'm gonna guess Pexon from the quality of them, look fantastic!

mods1965 · 13 Aug 2015 at 07:58

I think those cable cable combs are E22 ones.

faheemrazzaq · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:10

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Who did your cables or is that the new cable mod system?

they are done by shakmods.

TechMinerUK · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:11

Those cables look excellent, they're going to look great in the system

faheemrazzaq · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:13

mods1965 said:
I think those cable cable combs are E22 ones.

yes they are E22.

faheemrazzaq · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:14

Working on the SLI bridge with the Galax Hall of Fame logo to compliment my gpus. I have received the bridge cover. Now this needs to go on to the bridge itself. Pictures to follow.

Hukkel · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:30

Hey Faheem, I recognised your name in your forum nickname

We are working on them buddy. Hang in there

And of course good luck with your project!

Tim

faheemrazzaq · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:42

Hukkel said:
Hey Faheem, I recognised your name in your forum nickname

We are working on them buddy. Hang in there

And of course good luck with your project!

Tim

Hey Tim

Great to see you here. Yes looking forward. Meanwhile I can keep myself busy with drilling a few holes in the chasis. A lot of little stuff to get out of the way.

faheemrazzaq · 13 Aug 2015 at 21:08

First coat on the fan grills. These will go on the rear side panel, which will be cut to accommodate 3 140mm fans for air intake.

faheemrazzaq · 14 Aug 2015 at 00:30

And finally Galax HOF SLI bridge is ready ;-)

Brian18741 · 15 Aug 2015 at 18:13

The cables look great and that sli bridge is the business!

faheemrazzaq · 15 Aug 2015 at 23:34

Brian18741 said:
The cables look great and that sli bridge is the business!

Thanks Brian. It's really great feeling when things start to work out this way.