It's getting real hard!

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Now i want a whole set even though i've already got extensions

You are really milking that post count aren't you

I'm really looking forward to getting it finished now but still got quite a bit to do

 

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Actually just noticed it was you on the other thread haha

Not milking it just procrastinating uni work rn haha.

I'll keep an eye on here for tomorrow though

I've been doing that all week.. Really need to do some work but I can't be bothered at the moment.

Yey, I seriously cant wait, is it sad i check this thread daily in the hope for something and its become something of a schedule lol

Yeah me too, I check it everyday to see if you guys reply It's nice having people comment on something you've done aha

 

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Sam isn't a happy bunny

So I went got my fittings this morning, woo.. Opened them up, and some are missing They didn't send the whole order as some were out of stock, despite being in stock when I clicked purchase and they didn't tell me this so i'm getting a refund on them and placed an order for them at OCUK as they are now in stock.

I then got a phone call from my manager asking to come in and work, he had 40 bikes to build on his own.. For 4pm and it was double pay so off I went.. Totally ruined my days plans

I'm going to take a few bits to work tomorrow to spray them, the rad and the grille in the top and side of the case.

I got home at 16:45, done a little bit of work on the golf, managed to get the dash back together and finish spraying the boot so it wasn't totally wasted but faar from what I wanted

Hopefully these bits will turn up Monday and I can get it finished over the next few days.

 

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Sad times.

That's what you get for not ordering from OcUK in the first place

If OCUK had it in stock at time I would have!

I have found a little bit I can do at home so there will be a few pictures tonight

 

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Loving this build, treading the line between classy & moody to absolute perfection. Look forward to seeing the beautiful beast up and running

Thanks man!

 

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So a little update of things.. With pictures

I actually done this the other day, which I forgot about and didn't think I had pictures of it but they were on my camera.

Sprayed the front and top mesh white to tie it in with the theme of the build.

Stripped:

My DIY spray booth, I couldn't be bothered to walk to the garage!

Laying down that paint!

It's like watching paint dry

Not going to lie, I think this looks awesome!

Another sneaky little peek there

Awful shot but shows you the whole thing.

My favourite part.. Photo's of fittings.

Still can't use this bloody camera properly

Cheeky bit of case leg showing there

 

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The spray job on that mesh looks really good, well done mate.

What fittings are they?

They are PrimoChill Revolver.

The mesh looks much better in person!

 

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The paint job on the case looks excellent, it adds a nice bit of flare to the system without it becoming tacky. Also just wondering how come you wen't for the Primochill fittings with line grips rather than the knurled fittings. Hopefully it should make them easier to tighten

I went for these because I liked the look of them once I decided what tubing I wanted and these came in a pack of 10. No real reason. They are really nice to work with and seal really well too.

 

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Hey! It depends if you are happy with the spec of your PC. If not then upgrade if you are then make it pretty

Haha, yeah it's easily done.

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Took the rad to work today, found some matte black paint in my draw of spray paint, apparently I've sprayed a bike matte black before!

I've ordered some more bits from OCUK. Going to put some new thermal paste on my blocks and give them a clean as I've never actually done so.

I'm unsure what fans to go for, these SP120's are awful, they are really noisy and dont really push much air. I can't bring myself to spend £15 on a fan though and I'd need like 7 of them

I need to get this finished, my room is a mess with PC parts everywhere and it's annoying me now.

 

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I'll have a stupidly cheap 5820k in that case

£350!? And the rest!? You spend that in pump, res and rads!

Haha, thanks man. Somehow that reminded me to go and buy some lighting, this'll be my 4th order on the go from this weekend!

Anyway, if you want a chat, send us a trust, wanna try and keep this build only, no offence

 

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I hate waiting on parts Got fittings, fluid, fans and a couple of other bits coming can't start more bending until they come.

Some bits should be coming today though, so that's not tooo bad..

I did spray my rad though, from silver to a matt black. Wasn't able to get any pictures during as I was at work and my manager was looking at me like i was some sort of freak.

Looks quite good I think.

I don't know what lighting strips to go for, anyone got any recommendations on what to go for?

 

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Looking very nice as usual. From the photo you seem to have got a perfect finish on painting the radiators. What steps do you do to paint them as it's not my fortay of things but I'm quite intrigued now

As for lighting the NZXT strips are supposed to be pretty good but I wouldn't advise the Phanteks ones as they use connectors for their cases (And the white light has a blue tint to it)

Well what can I say, I'm great in a spray booth

It was done on a bit the first layer was 8k acid etch primer and then some halfords Matt black I found. A couple of coats and everything was looking good. I wish I could get the bit of my car I had to spray as good

The NZXT Hue+ ones are meant to be really good, and having seen a build with one in, it looks awesome!

Is money allows an NZXT Hue+ watched a review of it the other day and it looks amazing. Or even just a normal hue if you're okay with the bay controller.

I have some NZXT LEDs and they aren't great tbh.

Watched a video or two on the Hue+ and whilst it does look good I don't think I cant justify the cost to myself, which is usually pretty easy!

I'm going to see why my lighting solution stopped working tomorrow after work and hopefully I can fix it, it looked pretty good.

 

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Quick tip for use of the deburrer:

When you're doing the measurement, you can actually measure 1-2mm extra for safe margain, and then after you've made your bend, use the deburrer to trim the length at each end until everything is leveled.

Also, you might want to try out what is the optimum pressure you need to push the tube into the deburrer as the tube will melt if you apply too much pressure and does not leave a nice edge under too low pressure.

But the tube cutter should give you a nice enough edge

Good luck

Yeah it is pretty handy for trimming things down and getting it just right.

It didn't take too long to get the hang of it

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My lighting was good as I could select whatever colour I wanted and dull or brighten it up which was good. Just hope I can get it working.

 

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The final parts have arrived!!!

I can finally finish her off with the exception of cables.

It took me weeks of checking to find these in stock but at last!

Bitspower is pretty..

Couple more normal fittings, no more black and I wasn't prepared to wait a week or whatever so providing I can find some black paint tonight, it's going to be sprayed.

And some thermal paste, never purchased any before!

 

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Tonight! It's in bits as we speak! Some ek stuff that came with the CPU block and the GPU's had blocks on them so not a clue! Blocks are getting stripped in a minute and getting replaced.

Next reply will be a picture update

 

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Neither does mine, P£11 for that T fitting.

I can't get this one bend right. Well close enough.. I think I need another fitting

 

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£11 for one fitting!! They may be beautiful but they do take the biscuit a little!

does this mean no finally update tonight?

Yeah tell me about it! I got two normal fittings for that! My 90 degree one cost that too! Daylight robbery.

This does mean no finale update but you do get a bit of an update.. This evening hasn't been very successful

 

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Well parents off to bed means no more work as they get annoyed with the sound of the heat gun. I walked upstairs went to turn on my PC, forgot it's not there So i'm on my laptop which doesn't process stuff quite so quickly and doesn't like too many things open, but it can run BF4 on high so it's got that going for it!

The first thing I done was strip and re-paste the blocks. I noticed card two (Which is now card one) when I took the block off there wasn't a great deal of paste on either two of the sides of the chip, which explains why that card was quite a bit hotter than card 1, which was odd as that was getting the fresh supply of cooler, coolant.

Anyway, both apart and back together with no problems at all.

Card all stripped and cleaned. I done one at a time incase something went wrong then I still had one working. I also managed to spill some coolant onto card 1 which he didn't like too much.

The paste is awesome, it comes with an epic little spreader thing which is well handy! Was having too much fun with it to get any pictures sadly.

All back together and clean too.

One 120mm radiator fixed into place after being flushed with some DI water.

I thought this bend would be close enough between the radiator and the CPU. I couldn't have been more wrong.

I got a bit carried away with bending and didn't take pictures but after much measuring, heating, tweaking, trimming we got there!

Not one of my prettiest and the pictures looks like there's loads of marks when there isn't, it looks quite neat in person. It also looks pretty drunk in the second picture. It's actually straight. I made sure of it!

Then it was time to go from GPU 1 to the newly found radiator..

This was first attempt with no measuring to make sure it was possible.

Hmm...

Something is not quite right here but i'm not sure what it is yet!

This is the point where my parents said goodnight so here I am..

I think tomorrow i'm going to have to crack open a new tube of tubing as I've just finished pack 1 of 3.

I've got to be up at 5am for work tomorrow, I work in retail and have to be there for 6am what is this!? and I don't finish until 6pm so i'm not sure if i'll have the energy to finish it tomorrow. I hope I can.

At least my fans from OcUK should come tomorrow. I've had a delivery from them every day this week

 

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As always looking good, those blocks look very nice fitted on the cards (They give it a beefy look) and don't worry about the tubing runs as when I did my build there were appeard to be marks on the tubing but as soon as the coolant ran through it they vanished.

I'm not quite sure about the last run though

Yeah the last run got redone and turned out pretty well. That first one was awful!

You are gifted mate. Keep going!

I wouldn't say gift but thanks!

Should be finished tonight. Just got to get the tubing behind the case done including the drain port.. Going to be fun!

 

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Pics!!!!

Later this evening, don't worry. Want to get it finished then I'll put them up. Was just eating dinner so I thought I'd reply.