Codename :-Proteus IV

[robertchalmers1]

ive noticed a few of these threads appear so i thought i would join in the fun also i think it will be kewl to look back on and see how i got on building the system. Please remember this is a slow work in progress and will take hopefully between 6-8 from today until completion. anyways i shall start with a list of components.

coolermaster HAF X full tower case
intel i5 4670k cpu
Gigabyte Z87X-OC motherboard
Avexir Core Orange Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz
2 X Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5
HDD unsure but an SSD and 2 X 1tb hdd

1 X laing ddc 18w pump
1 X phobya 150mm gold reservoir
1 X EK 360mm PE rad
1 X EK 240mm PE rad
1 X EK csq supremacy cpu block
2 X EK Water Blocks EK-FC7970/R9 280X CSQ
2 X EK Water Blocks EK-FC7970/R9 280X Backplate, CSQ
Monsoon 19/13mm gold fittings, straight, 45 and 90 deg fittings
black 19/13 xspc fittings
5 X Arctic F12 PRO FANS
5 X Corsair sp120 fans

im sure there are bits and pieces ive missed out but will edit and add in later on.

case arrived today with some rads etc so 1st task is modding the front bay area to house the 240mm rad which im in the process of doing just awaiting friend to come down with a drill and small grinder. will take pics as im working and post them soon

 

[robertchalmers1]

thought i would add a wee update

here are some items that have been delivered over the last few days

 

[robertchalmers1]

heres the case i shall be using

 

[robertchalmers1]

heres some pics of the components close up

gigabyte z87x-oc. love the colours of this board

DDC 18w pump with ek top

phobya 150mm gold res

monsoon 19/13mm fittings i shall be using in shiny gold with white tubing

 

[robertchalmers1]

i had to take an angle grinder to the front of the case to remove the 3.5hdd storage as well as the bottom panel of the 5.25 bay area to accomodate the ek 240mm PE radiator


from the front

from the side

thankfully no modding to the top which houses the 360mm ek PE radiator.

from inside the case

from above

 

[robertchalmers1]

next on my to buy list this week is

240mm ek PE rad
19/13mm monsoon gold fittings inc 45 and 90 degree bends
ek supremacy cpu block
psu

will post some pics when they arrive

hope you like what im trying to achieve here

 

[robertchalmers1]

Was going to go orange and black but that seems too common nowadays and wasnt sure what colour to mix with orange so eventually decided with white. Hopefully get a wee update over next couple of days when I get some stuff delivered

 

[robertchalmers1]

Spoiler

Just checking to see if I can post of the mobile seeing as my laptop decided to die on me

Images are allowed to be upto 1280x wide or use spoiler tags if over that.

 

[robertchalmers1]

Take it those fans no good then? The 45 angle on the top is there for filling as it gives me a better angle to connect hose and funnel onto it. I presume thats what your meaning

 

[robertchalmers1]

They're decent as cost effective case fans, but on a fairly high fpi rad like yours, I'd have a few doubts. Still, they'll probably work well enough

I see you have 5 SP120's on your list. Where are they going?

Into my friends case, he bought them off us before I got chance to use them.

 

[robertchalmers1]

I really needa try work thru my pics and get them all uploaded but takes forever to do 1 on a mobile phone

 

[robertchalmers1]

sorry for no updates heres how it stands thge now, bit of a mess yes i know but going to strip it down toniight and re-route tubing etc and see if i can get a neater build, also need to wait on braided cables coming

let me know what you think and open to suggestions for improvements

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ukbilleh/media/5yhzyr1_zpsb5e55b47.jpg.html

 

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http://i61.tinypic.com/5yhzyr.jpg

 

[robertchalmers1]

2nd pic is the better one to view if possible