First attempt at water

[dandos23]

Well, I finally bit the bullet and went for it.

Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case
Crucial MX200 500GB M.2 2280SS SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive
EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream XE 480 (Quad)
EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO - Full Nickel
Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack x2
Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack x3
Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle
Kingston Fury Black 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black x2

Unfortunatly I didnt take any photos of the build so far and am already over half way through. I still have the blanking plate for the 5.25" bays and the motherboard tray cover to do. I just havent decided if I should buy them or make my own. Lastly there is the cable management.

This is what it looks like so far, I had to make the light box at the bottom as the only place that makes them never has them in stock.

 

[dandos23]

Can you please remove the spoiler tags as per rules for posting in the project area

Sorry, removed.

 

[dandos23]

Looks good to be honest. Not bad for first attempt. Did you though about water cooling gpu too and possible upgrade?

I will be doing that but not untill around April next year due to costs.

You cant see in the pics, but the light box can change to any colour as well. I will get a vid up at some point.

 

[dandos23]

How did you make the light panel? Looks very evenly lit.

This was not easy although the principles of it are. The parts that i used are

11mm x 11mm x 2 meters 90 degree aluminium
0.5mm x 500mm x 500mm steel sheet
5mm x 500mm x 500mm clear frosted acrylic
6mm x 35mm x 35mm clear acrylic x 40 (few spare)
5050 led strip 5 meters
wifi led strip controller

I used the 90 degree aluminium to make a frame that fit inside the case and then cut the steel sheet to fit inside that making an 11mm deep tray essentially.

This was then painted with black metel paint on the outside and white metal paint on the inside to help the light reflect off of the surface.

I had to polish the edges of the 6mm x 35mm x 35mm clear acrylic before evenly spacing them inside the tray so that the light could pass through them easily and provide support for the frosted acrylic that sits on top of that. All the little blocks of acrylic are held in place with 1mm think double sided tape.

The led strip is then placed around the edge of the tray with the connector closest to the back of the case.

The last part is the frosted acrylic which is cut to fit just inside the tray and sit on top of the clear acrylic blocks.

There were a few other things as well that made it a bit more complicated but if people want I could do a proper right up.

looks good but why such long tube runs? just because you like the look?

generally the shorter the better. nice work tho

Partly for the look but also because there was such a small amount that the tube needed to be bent I couldnt actually do it, so I had to exaggerate all the bends and make it longer. It was also to allow room for a new GPU when the time comes.

 

[dandos23]

I will get the tubes shorter, but not untill the rest is done. I will redo the tubes when the new gpu goes in and I know where they can go.

In the mean time I need to get the motherboard tray cover done and the cover for the 5.25" bays.

I have an idea for the motherboard tray cover that I hope will work, we will see though.

The fluid is Aurora by Mayhems but it is diluted with some pure H2O by Mayhems and some blue dye, this has made the effect a little less but hopfully it will last a little bit longer. The nice thing about this is there is a drain port at the bottom near the rad and I can change the coolant to anything I want because I can change the colour of the light box at the bottom.

 

[dandos23]

Right, just a small update, pictures will follow later this week.

I managed to pick myself up a new GPU and power supply in the black friday deals that OCUK did.

So I now have a Sapphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate and a Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply.

After a lot of searching I found a water block that fits the R9 390 so that has now been fitted to the GPU and the new PSU will be going in tomorrow.

The motherboard tray cover is all marked out and ready to be cut but I dont think it will be finished for a few days yet.

 

[dandos23]

Sorry it has taken soooo long, been very busy recently.

I have added the new PSU and GPU and made a good start on the motherboard tray cover, still needs a bit of work though.
The new GPU is also water cooled.