Enigma - TJ07, SLI, 3 loops, Laser Cutting, Powdercoating + Etching

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:37

Some of you might have seen this on another forum , I just dropped it on Bit Tech last night.

Hardware:
XFX 780i Motherboard
Intel Q6600 (G0 Stepping) - possibly upgrade to Yorkfield
4GB OCZ Reaper (2x2GB)
2 x 8800GT 512mb - NO LONGER GOING FOR TRI SLI
Enermax Galaxy 1KW PSU
Soundblaster Fata1tly
2 x 150GB Raptors in Raid 0

Watercooling
Loop 1
CPU - EK Supreme OR D-Tek Fuzion
Northbridge - AF Custom Block
Mofsets (2) - AF Custom Block
DDC Ultra with EK Top
Thermochill PA120.3

Loop 2
GPU's (2) - EK Full Cover Blocks
DDC Ultra with EK Top
Black Ice Stealth 360

Loop 3
Ram - MIPS Ram block + AF Custom Top
HD's - Danger Den Dual Drive block
Southbridge - AF Custom Block
XSPC X2O Compact 400 Pump / Reservoir Combo
XSPC R120-S Radiator

Case: Silverstone TJ07

Mods:
Internals powdercoated black
Externals powdercoated orange (RAL 2009) + Lacquer
Laser cut side panels
Cable braiding (ARGH!!)
Somehow cramming in 3 loops!
Some funky acrylic and LED fun

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Part 1 - Hardware

XFX 780i Motherboard

2 x WD Raptor's

SATA DVD-RW

Some of the watercooling parts

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:38

Part 2 - Case Mods

I have got all the case internals back from being powder coated, not much to see as it's currently in bits.. can't put it back together until the outer case has been coated!

Don't think I posted a pic of this before I took it to get coated but basically this is the middle divider than runs through the case.
Originall it was split into 3 smaller sections so I whipped out the dremel out made it into one big area, the black acrylic false floor will cover this up afterwards

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:38

UPDATE - Braiding

Here we have the mCubed T-Balancer and the add on Sensor Hub... and that means a hell of a lot of cables, so out came the braid on them! Took me a while to do, nearly 20 wires in total!

XSPC Pump - DONE

Front Panel Power & Reset Switches and LEDs -DONE

2 of these pumps are for this build and the other 3 are for another called Supernova
DDC Ultras with EK Tops - DONE

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:39

UPDATE - LED Fun

Ordered a load of LEDs, some white and some UV. The UV ones will be used to Illuminate the side panel and white ones to illuminate the case internals.
In the pic below you can see about 50 White LEDs with 560Ohm resistors soldered onto the positive leg and then heatshrinked over.

Made the stealthy LED floor with a piece of scrap black acrylic, test run before I do it with the proper piece.
This should illuminate the motherboard area nicely without being too in your face like cathodes can be.
Think I saw it done on Bit Tech many moons ago, liked the idea ever since.

5/16" holes drilled 40mm apart, 20mm from the edge:

Got some of these nifty little LED holders to go in the holes (those are the 5mm white LED's that I spent hours soldering resistor to btw)

With the nifty holders in place:

Few LEDs wired up with crocodile clips whilst I made sure eveyrthing is looking ok

I'm still tinkering with those LEDs right now, and also trying to find a way to incorportate a light controller to dim them down when need be.

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:39

UPDATE - Side Panel Lasering and Etching

UV Red Acrylic etched with Enigma Guild logo and moto

I still havent mastered how to photo the etching but was speakin to Richi on MSN earlier about it. When I get the panels back I will try out some different methods to get clearer shots.

These 2 were took with flash on, not sure why the flash cancels out half of the etch though.

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:41

UPDATE - Externals Powder Coated

Case back from being powder coated, RAL 2009 + a clear coat as well.

Lighting isn't brilliant on the pics but its pouring with rain at the moment so proper pics will have to wait till tomorrow.

Just to put anyones mind at rest regarding the colour, these pics below are much more true to life, the others show a very pale shade of orange.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w292/marcus000/Engima/Assembled12.jpg

Still need to sand down some bits to get the case to fit back together nicely together but this is where i'm at, at the moment....

[IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w292/marcus000/Engima/Assembled3.jpg

Got some black thumbscrews as well somewhere.

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:44

UPDATE - Fan Wiring - Still being added to

Black Ice Stealth 360 fans all wired up together

Thermochill PA120.3 with daisy chained Xilence Red Wing Red LED Fans

Fan on XSPC R120-S radiator braided and 3 pin connector soldered

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marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:45

Reserved for Watercooling 1

EK Full Cover Blocks fitted onto the 8800GT's

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:45

Reserved for watercooling 2

marcus000 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:45

Grande Finale

Shall be updating this log very regularly so keep checkin back!

breamy1990 · 1 Mar 2008 at 17:51

were did you get the etching done ? as im after some etching doing on a piece of tinted plexi i have

steveo · 1 Mar 2008 at 19:06

you sir have to much money

can i have some please

Fr0dders · 1 Mar 2008 at 22:39

edit out the competitor name before you get given a free holiday

Azza · 1 Mar 2008 at 23:38

steveo said:
you sir have to much money

can i have some please

Macrus is doing it for a customer.

RoachycaL · 1 Mar 2008 at 23:45

Hey mate - Im planning on making a light project out of my Coolermaster Stacker 832, its black and Im hoping to make an ongoing orange and black theme, basically just coating the inside black, make all cables orange and some other stuff. I was just wondering what mke and model the fans you chose are? As Im after some black and orange ones, are they silent as I like my pc to be

marcus000 · 2 Mar 2008 at 00:45

@MrLOL - I tried my best to leave any out names, can you please e-mail me or at least point me to where a competitor name is mentioned.
EDIT: Ah I think I found it, if the one you spotted is still there just let me know and remove it.

@steveo - Yeh like Azza said, its for a customer. I do some custom work for a couple of companies and this is one of the builds.

@beamy1990 - I'll e-mail you shortly about the etching, i've already been threatened with a ban so guess I gotta tread carefully.

@RoachycaL - The fans are Xilence Red Wing fans, they come in plain, red LED or blue LED.

Cheers for taking an interest so far anyway guys

benji182 · 2 Mar 2008 at 04:03

looks rad so far - can't wait to see this finished and the supernova. will you be making a thread for that ?

marcus000 · 2 Mar 2008 at 04:07

Cheers for the e-mail Benji, i'll pull the pic out in a second. Just tryin to find a replacement one.
EDIT: Replaced

Yeh I will be posting the Supernova build as soon as it has been painted.
V2000 painted black with a blue pearl coat, tri-SLI and tri-loops!

Fr0dders · 2 Mar 2008 at 20:45

marcus000 said:
@MrLOL - I tried my best to leave any out names, can you please e-mail me or at least point me to where a competitor name is mentioned.
EDIT: Ah I think I found it, if the one you spotted is still there just let me know and remove it.

you found it

just got to wait for the updates now. should look good when finished

chaparral · 2 Mar 2008 at 20:53

marcus000 said:
[XSPC Pump - DONE

I not seen this pump before...