HeretEK-An EK Vulture build

savagesam117 · 10 May 2015 at 23:39

I love the red on them water blocks! Build is looking awesome so far!

I need to learn how to use my DSLR

Luggs · 11 May 2015 at 08:22

Excellent work as always, cant wait to see finished build.

foop · 11 May 2015 at 12:14

That's a lovely looking case to start with, and you've made it look at least twice as good.

Are those GPU blocks connected together yet, or is that coming later?

B N3GATIVE · 11 May 2015 at 17:00

FL630 said:
Wow love that, so simple yet a great looking mod.

Thanks! Im glad you like it,means im doing something right!

dacads said:
The brass looks brilliant mate, what paint did you use?

Also fantastic photos, which camera do you use? Need to get myself one of those DSLRs

For the fans? Its brass effect vinyl, not paint.

My camera is a trusty (old) 350d but the recent pics in this log were taken with a Canon EOS M system camera....

savagesam117 said:
I love the red on them water blocks! Build is looking awesome so far!

I need to learn how to use my DSLR

Tripod,ISO100,good lights and adjust f stop to extend/reduce DOF

Luggs said:
Excellent work as always, cant wait to see finished build.

End of the month is coming and it needs to be finished for then!

foop said:
That's a lovely looking case to start with, and you've made it look at least twice as good.

Are those GPU blocks connected together yet, or is that coming later?

Polishing the copper tube as we speak.....

B N3GATIVE · 26 May 2015 at 20:16

Loop cut and in,need to pull them all and bench polish the tubing,airbrush with a red candy finish and tweak a couple of the lines for perfect alignment before final fitting.
Nice and clean,simple and gives a perfect view of the hardware inside.Very happy with the layout!

And yes,I lost one of the o-rings for the 290x block,this is why the cover for the VRM bridge is off....

Now the perfectionist comes out in me,I cant stand hardlines that are not in line with points of reference,they have to be bang on! The rear tube from the GPU needs about 3mm lopped off the end where it meets the reservoir to bring it in line.

Sleeve is on its way too!

All in all a very clean loop indeed!

Nedb37 · 26 May 2015 at 20:39

This is stunning!

mushtafa · 26 May 2015 at 21:50

The pipework looks stunning mate. Looking forward to this being finished

mods1965 · 27 May 2015 at 13:03

Beautiful design. How do you fill and drain the hard line? I love the idea of hard line tubing but worry about what to do if/when you have to disassemble it.

4rtex · 27 May 2015 at 14:15

I love the tubing. It's not taking over the other bits but it still shows. I wish I could do that

B N3GATIVE · 27 May 2015 at 20:09

Nedb37 said:
This is stunning!

mushtafa said:
The pipework looks stunning mate. Looking forward to this being finished

mods1965 said:
Beautiful design. How do you fill and drain the hard line? I love the idea of hard line tubing but worry about what to do if/when you have to disassemble it.

4rtex said:
I love the tubing. It's not taking over the other bits but it still shows. I wish I could do that

Thanks guys,im glad you like it.
The loop is a stone cold bitch to drain and fill but it will be done so rarely that its not a concern for me.

And an hour on the bench polisher later.....

CPU block has been rotated for the correct flow path and the tube has had all the cutting back and tweaking done. I wont need to do any more polishing because of the candy coat,if this was a full bore polish job then I would still be at it till the small hours.....

Luggs · 27 May 2015 at 21:07

omg, that is stunning...

GAM8LE · 27 May 2015 at 21:32

beautiful build!

Rusko187 · 29 May 2015 at 11:25

This looks stunning, one of the best builds I've seen.

Vinno · 29 May 2015 at 12:29

This is incredible. Really gorgeous.

B N3GATIVE · 29 May 2015 at 16:16

Luggs said:
omg, that is stunning...

C35799Gamble said:
beautiful build!

Rusko187 said:
This looks stunning, one of the best builds I've seen.

Vinno said:
This is incredible. Really gorgeous.

Thanks for the kind comments,feel free to vote when the EK contest starts that phase of the competition

Devastater6194 · 29 May 2015 at 17:23

When does the competition open? Awesome build, now all you need is Be Quiet's wireless PSU instead XD

B N3GATIVE · 29 May 2015 at 18:59

Devastater6194 said:
When does the competition open? Awesome build, now all you need is Be Quiet's wireless PSU instead XD

Lol!

Sleeve is sitting in Royal Mails sorting office down the road,picking it up tomorrow and doing the PSU over the weekend. Deadline is the 1st!

B N3GATIVE · 29 May 2015 at 22:12

Well,the candy coating of the tube went to pot,it looked so bad....the thinners rag was got out immediately and it was removed.....

You know that cheap chrome plated plastic for kids toys? Yeah..just like that. So..polished copper it is.

Sleeving this weekend and I cant wait to take finished pics of it.!

In the meantime...

Keechy · 29 May 2015 at 22:55

i think i look very cool as it man can wait till see it finished

B N3GATIVE · 31 May 2015 at 18:49

And done...just in time for the deadline. All wired and working,need to black vinyl the HDD tho and generally tidy up and dust out....

Final pics tomorrow!

In the meantime...have some fresh from the bench shots!