Another PC in a Desk! (Obsolete)

[pete910]

Update at bottom of this post ( 12/07/2017)

Here's some pics of my new build that I have done. First time wood project too.

Finished the desk a while ago but ended up decorating the front room as a way to appease the mrs

After a thread on here on what MB/CPU to go for (see here) hung back and went for the Sabertooth mk1 + 4790k

I did do a lot more pics but seem to have lost the SD card in the midst of decorating, So only have a few phone pics.

Design + look . I am constrained to a certain size so a conventional desk wont fit

** Second image deleted as it's wider than 1280 pixels and spoiler tags are not permitted within this section ** - DirtyJester

This is what I was aiming for...

Here's a few on me doing some holes for the res/RAD and what not.

The tricky bit as I didn't want a steel MB tray as the base. The holes were drilled under size then a bit of wood glue, then the stand-offs was knocked in.

Some I have of the build. Used my old 5870 and a old small Intel WS board to see what it will roughly look like

Bit more work and a few more packets of haribo's

After the leak test over night and all the wiring done, it was time for the final fill.

Much to the annoyance to the Mrs I put it in the kitchen and left it running valley benchmark.

Right! After some decorating, shelving + a new wall mount arm carpet, it was time to install it! mmm haven't got one of the steel wall frame I made

Better look at the inside

Down side is, Its itching for a second 290 in there

One of the front, Did decide to put power switch and what not on the side rather than the middle. also move the DVD drive up to top slot

All in all, quite happy how it turned out. Not a patch on most of the projects on here.

But am pleased with it. Made a few mistakes on the build, PSU be in a better place but hey, that's life

Full specs.

CPU: R7 1700x
MB: Gigabyte GA-AX370 K7
GPU: Zotac GTX 1080 ref
MEM: 16gb DDR4 HyperX 16Gb
SSD's: 1 vertex 4 512gb + 1 850 eco 512Gb + 1 Tb 850 evo + 128Gb nvme(OS drive)

WC bit. Basically added to the H30 ek kit I already had see here

EK-WB

2x 360 RADS
2x 140 Res
EK D5 PWM
1080 GPU block
Supremacy CPU block

Couple of Koolance QD3's added.

6x bitfenix spectre pro 120mm fans (Rad)
1 230 mmm spectre pro for the bottom (the red one )
Bitfenix MB/GPU Gold/black cables

Asus 27" 1440p IPS Monitor

Am sure there's something I've forgot to list.

What you all think?

Pete.

Update: 27/03/2017

Some new pics + Updated specs

One of the 1080 with block

Update: 12/07/2017

EK mono block added

 

[pete910]

Cheers for the comments guys!

What do you use for those renders, is it easy to use?

I have the skills of a monkey who was dropped on its head at birth when it comes to this stuff, I tried Sketchup briefly and flopped

I used Varicad ( clicky ) ,it is for structual/steel work but works well. 30 day free trail if you download it. Easy to pick up too. works in windows and Linux.

I already had it for steel work I do. Autodesk is just too damn expensive for me.

Perfect use of space, fantastic job Pete!

Just one tip for you that helped me BIG time,
Cover the bottom fan with some tights, after using tights i get almost 0% dust inside the desk & because its on the bottom it wont look crap

The overpriced fan filters you can buy pre-made tend cut the airflow to much for my liking

I've discovered that about the filters have one all ready. It does work well in catching dust though. Epic build of yours BTW deblow. It was seeing builds like that inspired me to have a bash at doing one.

Here's a few more picks of the wall mount and of the KB tray lifted.
You can just see the filter in this pic Deblow.

and one of the KB tray lifted

 

[pete910]

Just need to invest in a new chair now

I think I know what to ask Santa for

 

[pete910]

Well added some colour

Still not got a chair

 

[pete910]

Great build!!

What clocks and temps are you getting on that ?

Cheers!

Clocks,
4.6 CPU 1.3v tried lower volts, crashes BF4 when I do
1100 core 1450 mem

Temps.

2.5hr Planetside 2 GPU 47 CPU 65 Ambient 20
3hr BF4 GPU 57 CPU 62 Ambient 19

Fans/pump don't exceed 50% So cant complain. Noisiest thing is my PSU when gaming. don't hear anything else
Not looked/checked with new fans/pump I'll have a look tonight

Noticeable difference with pump regards vibration noise due to my build. The DCP4 is not a loud pump, never heard it when I had it in a conventional case, Its the resonating vibration that it produces made me try a D5.
Shame you don't see it

 

[pete910]

Looks really nice!.

How do you manage being so far away from your monitor?

Its on a Ergotron wall mount arm

This is where it is while in use.

pic of the mount

 

[pete910]

Nice, now you just need add some nice blue LED's with an on/off switch. Would look amazing at night then!.

I actually thought of may be having different colour LED fan, something like red as the first 2 then blue as last fan. Thought of making them flash but think that would drive me nuts

Where is this drawing air from for the rads? I originally thought the idea was 2 kinda "flow channels" down the side but I see it's a solid front and tucked up against a wall.

Nice looking job otherwise though

230mm fan in bottom, if you look at the 11th pic in main post you can see it better. You can make it out in one pic a couple of posts up .

 

[pete910]

Hmmm, ok, so where does the air exhaust to? The fresh air comes in, gets sucked into the rads but then I don't see where it can flow to. The 2 sides look pretty airtight. Just thinking some airholes somewhere or airholes + fans on the sides would net you a bit more flow and probably help temperatures a fair bit. You could even have a couple of extra 140mm fans at the front underside and a couple at the back, topside so you had flow going down the sides the radiators can then dump warm air into.
Find a brass grille to go at the back on each side to keep it themed

Air goes out the back via 170mm openings each side. there's roughly 50mm clearance from the back to the wall across its width. First drawing shows them.

 

[pete910]

Very nice build. I really like it.

Well done man, great work.

Cheers dude.

Still not sorted a chair mind, just can't seem to find something that take my fancy

 

[pete910]

Not gonna get a fancy gaming chair like everyone else then?

Nope

desk is beautiful, threads quite old now, specs still the same?

Pretty much all bar a sound card that I never use Due to the fact that after using the hdmi out to a denen avr, a sound card just dont cut it

 

[pete910]

Updated due to gone for a AMD CPU + I actually have got a new chair

*pic removed*

 

[pete910]

Another update, Gone for the EK mono block.

Surprisingly heavy the mono block + when you have the GPU with block together in the board it's damn heavy

Obligatory LEDs on

Have to say, when you switch it to cycle colours it does look good , don't hate me..........

Works well, I wasn't expecting it cool as well as the supremacy but it not far off tbh. VRMs are well cooled to. Ran mprime for a couple of hours and VRM's peaked at 62, CPU 67. Sorry don't have ambient guess would be 20's