Monsta 500R - The further adventures of Petey

Uncle Petey · 18 Apr 2013 at 17:44

Overkill FTMFW!

Watch your flow rate though. I found that while performance was still fine, there was a bit of a drop off in pressure when I added the other 240 at the back.

Uncle Petey · 18 Apr 2013 at 18:07

Nice!
That's a great build already. Gonna be bloody epic when you're done

Don't worry about the spam, I'm happy to see more monsta action.
Somehow, that 360 looks even more massive in your case than mine!

Uncle Petey · 18 Apr 2013 at 18:18

The ones on the 360 are... One of the 240's had one half peeled off on arrival. I managed to catch the edge of the sticker on the other side and it's now slightly curled at the edge.
I'm selling that one, so I've had to order some stickers.

Also had a lump on the finish of the top 240. You can just about about see it in a couple of the pics earlier in the thread. It's on the top edge.

Uncle Petey · 18 Apr 2013 at 18:46

Here's the custom cables I got for a very reasonable price. Shame the green isn't uv, but hey...
In hindsight, I would've done them slightly different. Happy as they are though.

Really hate that usb3 front panel cable...

Uncle Petey · 18 Apr 2013 at 20:44

Nickolp1974 said:
they look spot on, where they from?

Even though OcUK don't do a custom sleeving service, I probably shouldn't name the site here

They cost £25 posted and were with me 2 days after ordering. You can specify your colours in any order you like.
I'll trust you the details.

I think pgi may have used the same place for his cables.

Gregster said:
Great build Petey and the UV green makes it look superb. Great stuff

Thanks a lot mate. Looks like my modding days weren't quite done after all

Uncle Petey · 24 Apr 2013 at 12:45

Just thought I'd add some better pics for sake of completion

Uncle Petey · 25 Apr 2013 at 11:10

lol, it does run kinda warm

Uncle Petey · 15 Sep 2013 at 01:31

And hide all the glowy fat rad goodness?

Nah, I need to get Parvum to make this for me:

Uncle Petey · 16 Sep 2013 at 17:14

Aneskimo said:
WOW!

The final mock-up looks good petey, after umming for so long between a corsair 540 and parvum i went for the parvum!

Nice one, I expect pics!

Sadly, I may be out of the game as it looks like I'm gonna have to sell up...

jonnyp1993 said:
That looks awesome

Cheers mate

Uncle Petey · 16 Sep 2013 at 18:30

They loved it before you opened yer gob anyway

Either way, my beach ball head has been significantly deflated seeing as I now have to sell up and go without my baby... Not happy. No Sir...

Uncle Petey · 19 Nov 2013 at 18:10

BaDBoY_uK said:
Quick qn Mr. Petey - does your loop go Pump-Res-GPU or does it go CPU-GPU-Res-Pump?

Thanks

As said below

Haven't seen that pic for ages btw. Dunno what I was thinking with the alternate black/silver on the fittings

The res always has to feed the pump.

sachielAdji said:
It would be the latter. The inlet of that pump top is the one in the centre.

Yep, res-pump-rad-rad-cpu-gpu-res.

Uncle Petey · 19 Nov 2013 at 18:38

CharlieRich said:
So nice looking! The colour of the coolant is so nice

Thanks mate, were you referring to the green or the blue?

If it's the green, then that's the colour of the tubing (with UV) along with a green LED in the reservoir. The coolant is clear

Now someone give me the money to get Parvum to build me this and also to go xfire for extra epeen pimpdom!

Uncle Petey · 16 Dec 2013 at 12:50

So I upgraded psu, mobo and cpu, added another 7970 and went for the tackiness crown

Sorry, couldn't be bothered to take better pics

Merry Christmas!

Corsair RM850 flat cables are ****.

Sadly, I had to sacrifice my soundcard as it didn't like being underneath the bottom gpu and since the backplate gets quite warm, I didn't want to put it in between the cards either. But I'm contemplating swapping out the 7970's for a 7990 and going back the old mobo which would would allow me to keep the Essence.

Uncle Petey · 16 Dec 2013 at 13:18

In theory, yes.
It's just the expense of case + matx mobo + res and other bits n bobs really. We're talking close to £500 all in for pretty much just looks...

Uncle Petey · 16 Dec 2013 at 13:56

Aneskimo said:
Tell me about it, i dropped having a 780 from my build to bring the price down abit.

Out of curiosity what sort of performance should i expect from my single 7970? Its a ocuk tech labs vtxed model, i game at 144mhz 1080p if that helps. Cheers.

Depends what you're playing, how much you can OC and what settings really

At 1080p a single 7970 at around 1150-1250mhz is generally fine with most demanding games at high to max settings. It was for me anyway.
Saying that, for your 144hz monitor, you really could do with another 7970 to get the most out of it.

Tell you what, forget gaming. Give me your cpu/mobo/monitor and I'll sell the dog and a couple of bits to fund the Parvum case

Nickolp1974 said:
Very nice Pete, monsta's rock just stuck a 420 monsta in mine, forgot how big they were, it could cool a freaking car!!!

Cheers Nick.
So you're back to the Monsta's? Man, you chop and change so often

I've got a couple of AX360's here. Half tempted to swap the front rad to give me a bit more space if I change to the 7990. Then again, I could just remove the pull fans and retain full Monsta status...

7990 goes right up to the fan grill. I'm really taking the **** with this case. She cannae take ne more!

Uncle Petey · 16 Dec 2013 at 16:55

Cheers guys

Looks like I'll most likely be bunging one of the 7990's in and chucking these on the miner with the other 7990.
Kinda sad because I really love the look of two cards

Still, it does mean that the Essence will regain it's rightful place and we can banish Realtek audio back to the dungeon

Uncle Petey · 16 Dec 2013 at 21:51

Appreciate the comments, guys

@eviljester91
I cut the panel myself using a nibbler hand tool as the bulge on the outside as well as parts of the inside made it too awkward to use a jigsaw.
I'd recommend a dremel and a steady hand instead of a nibbler as it's bloody hard work

On another note, I'm just about to whack an EK nickel/plexi block on a 7990 and take the 7970's out. Very sad to lose the dual card look, but I wants muh soundcard back.
First world problems eh?

----VERY LATE EDIT--- Just in case anyone ever wondered what happened with that. You never know...

Uncle Petey · 26 Apr 2014 at 21:14

Very kind words mate. Thank you, but I'm far from anything close to a 'pro builder'

What you've created is easily up in that realm with the attention to detail and finishing quality though. All I did was cut a few things

Uncle Petey · 26 Apr 2014 at 21:58

Thanks Stuey, glad you like it

I'm somewhat of a sad panda as Parvum have declined to make the case I designed based on an S1.0

Not sure what the exact reasons are tbh, but I think it's mainly to do with them being rather busy and stuff + they're bringing an official ATX case to market in the near future.

Anyway, here's what I wanted for those that haven't seen it and it's annoying because I have the mobo, 480 rad and the res just sitting here and ready to go...

There'd be a nice floor to ceiling vented shroud covering the front fans/pipework btw.

Anyone want to start an online petition?