OcUK First Project build
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Todays progress has been very colourful as you will soon see, included buying more fans and spraying the rings, and also attaching two of the rads to the bottom of the case
the image above shows the rads fitted with fans attached only put one image up as its exactly the same but just different colours.....
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
the image above shows the rads fitted with fans attached only put one image up as its exactly the same but just different colours.....
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
The case is really nice to build in although a little bit of a pain just make sure you have your components ready to go in as you build the case up! In regards to a colour scheme you need to get yourself a man cave so you can pick whatever colour you like.......the bright her the better
The image below shows how much space there is on the inside when the two rads and fans are either side......The fans can properly be screwed in from the outside if you have long enough screws, but there is a recess on the plastic where the fans screw in so I'm guessing the fans need to be put on the inside and then mounted to the rad.
I hope this helps, I struggle explaining things sometimes
So more work has been done on this joker build......Both tube resevoirs mounted one next to the motherboard (when i put it in) and one mounted to the back of the fans at the front of the case.
Also I also placed both pumps in rough locations. one facing the clear window and also one is underneath the front of the case....hopefully this will connect easily to the 250mm tube reservoir.
As you can see on the pump I've alternated the colours just to mix it up a bit.
Also I also placed both pumps in rough locations. one facing the clear window and also one is underneath the front of the case....hopefully this will connect easily to the 250mm tube reservoir.
As you can see on the pump I've alternated the colours just to mix it up a bit.
So today has been a bit of a slow day haven't had much to do really except planning for the next stage which is tubing.....after i manage to get my top panel sorted (Thanks Parvum and 8 Pack for sorting this out for me) and getting a radiator which needs painting and buying fans for it. -_- spending all them pennies (Any donations welcome hahaha)
One thing i did manage to do was fit in the motherboard a gigabyte SOC champion, I'm fully aware of the colour of it but do not fear.....parts are going to be sprayed/painted green and purple and all the PCI-E lanes and all the DIMM slots will be occupied blanking out the majority of the board......You may ask why did i pick this board? Well I got offered it at work not going to say no to a cheap board.
I managed to do some tubing.....well i managed to fit in two tubes only to see if the pump and res were in line and to see if it was possible to get a tight angle fitted into the radiator which suprisingly fitted really well.
The 90 degree fitting was a bit of pain which my sausage fingers it wasn't easy to attach and screw in.
Over all its been slow but productive day, least I know the tight fitting fits and it is not moving.
One thing i did manage to do was fit in the motherboard a gigabyte SOC champion, I'm fully aware of the colour of it but do not fear.....parts are going to be sprayed/painted green and purple and all the PCI-E lanes and all the DIMM slots will be occupied blanking out the majority of the board......You may ask why did i pick this board? Well I got offered it at work not going to say no to a cheap board.
I managed to do some tubing.....well i managed to fit in two tubes only to see if the pump and res were in line and to see if it was possible to get a tight angle fitted into the radiator which suprisingly fitted really well.
The 90 degree fitting was a bit of pain which my sausage fingers it wasn't easy to attach and screw in.
Over all its been slow but productive day, least I know the tight fitting fits and it is not moving.
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Was your motorbike a kawasaki by any chance? if so thats the colour spray paint i used, such a nice nice colour.
Yeah i think you need to see the case in order to get a good understanding of the case if you need any help let me know.
Slowly getting things set up now got myself a EK X99 supremacy water block and fitted them with a green and a purple acrylic fittings sticking wight hem joker theme.....
Im hoping to have the project complete by the end of next week
Im hoping to have the project complete by the end of next week
Got two loops in it so was honking green and purple again to match the rest! Have two acrylic tubes coming from the base of the case each with different fluid next to each other! I have a plan in my head but whether it will work or not is another story
Thanks for the positive feedback guys slowly coming along......All I'm waiting for now is tubing, my 3rd rad and 5 corsair SP120mm fans, So not too much......
I managed to fit the sprayed back plate to my SLI EVGA 980 Ti SC+ cards, which looks good considering I had never done a custom spray job before.
I managed to fit the sprayed back plate to my SLI EVGA 980 Ti SC+ cards, which looks good considering I had never done a custom spray job before.
So after much thinking over the past week deciding with aquaero to buy I've gone for the aquaero 5 as I need to control 15 fans with it also I'm not to concerned about having one pump on it instead of two! All that maters to me is that the temperature probes are on each of the pumps and the fans speed up or slow down depending on temps!
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aqua-computer-aquaero-5-lt-usb-fan-controller-wc-011-aq.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aqua-computer-aquaero-5-lt-usb-fan-controller-wc-011-aq.html
so got the final bits to my build, can start assembling this weekend hopefully.....things I brought are as follows:
32gb Avexir white LED RAM
2 litres of Mayhems X1 UV green fluid
Aquaero 5 controller
The Avexir RAM is a good choice for me personally as its pretty solid and hardly has any issues and is stable...(Also looks good too)
The Mayhems fluid is for one loop only as the other loop is going to have purple fluid, the green fluid will be going into the purple radiators and the purple fluid will be going into green radiators. In regards to the purple fluid I will be using Mayhems clear fluid and using a purple dye to add to it so i can get the right colour contrast.
The Aquaero 5 controller has the capability of supporting all of the 15 fans I have in the case and it has the option to attach temperature probes....These will be attached to the pumps and the fans will ramp up or down depending on the temperatures of the fluid.
Let me know what you think......Things are getting close to completion
32gb Avexir white LED RAM
2 litres of Mayhems X1 UV green fluid
Aquaero 5 controller
The Avexir RAM is a good choice for me personally as its pretty solid and hardly has any issues and is stable...(Also looks good too)
The Mayhems fluid is for one loop only as the other loop is going to have purple fluid, the green fluid will be going into the purple radiators and the purple fluid will be going into green radiators. In regards to the purple fluid I will be using Mayhems clear fluid and using a purple dye to add to it so i can get the right colour contrast.
The Aquaero 5 controller has the capability of supporting all of the 15 fans I have in the case and it has the option to attach temperature probes....These will be attached to the pumps and the fans will ramp up or down depending on the temperatures of the fluid.
Let me know what you think......Things are getting close to completion
Should look good. You SURE that's enough RAM?
Not sure about your case but had good results on a Fractal Design Define S mounting an Aquaero 5 on the rear of the motherboard tray near the front where one of the hard drives would be. Spaghetti-side so to speak.
Its not a LCD display Aquaero 5 so I don't have to worry about placement of it, It can just hide in the back of the case with the fans attached to it.
Today was a productive day....doing the last bit of spraying such as the top radiator purple and the corsair sp120mm rings green and fixing the RAM into place Once that as done I fitted the fans to the radiator and the exhaust to the back of the case. I think its safe to say it looks really good so far. not much to do now.
1, Fix and mount both pumps
2, Bend all the tubing
3, Position Aquaero in a suitable place
4, Attach all fans to the Aquaero
5, Connect it all up and off we go
Im getting custom cables made for me which will be purple and green to stick with the theme......(Just need to order them first)
1, Fix and mount both pumps
2, Bend all the tubing
3, Position Aquaero in a suitable place
4, Attach all fans to the Aquaero
5, Connect it all up and off we go
Im getting custom cables made for me which will be purple and green to stick with the theme......(Just need to order them first)
So just discovered something tragic, I need to rotate both radiators in the under carriage, so the inlet and outlet ports are towards the back allowing me more space to fit plastic tubing easily. Also i need to rotate the top radiator so the ports are towards the back allowing the acrylic tubing to look neater. Finally I feel I need to put a 480mm radiator in the front of the case.
One of the two points I am going to fit is going to be fitted in the back of the case out of the way, so I need to find a place to put that, the other is facing the clear panel.
These new adjustments are going to slow progress down a little bit as I'm going to have to find new locations for the tube resevoiur.
Sigh not a good Sunday (Damn you brain for over thinking things -_-)
One of the two points I am going to fit is going to be fitted in the back of the case out of the way, so I need to find a place to put that, the other is facing the clear panel.
These new adjustments are going to slow progress down a little bit as I'm going to have to find new locations for the tube resevoiur.
Sigh not a good Sunday (Damn you brain for over thinking things -_-)
So after a slight panic, I think I have come up with a conclusion....Im still going to have to rotate the radiators but instead of switching them out in order to change the colour of the purple fans on green rads ad vice versa, I think I'm just going to have all fans green, as it stands better instead of the purple fans, as you can't really see the purple fan rings at the bottom of the case.
If I am going to put a 480mm rad in the front I may double fan the radiator doing a push pull airflow, although this will take up all the space......(Hmmmmm not to sure.)
Placement of the larger tube res is going to have to thought out properly......(maybe mount it on the top rad?)
On separate note just ordered some purple and green modded cables to stick with the theme.
Leave me your ideas.........If you have any
If I am going to put a 480mm rad in the front I may double fan the radiator doing a push pull airflow, although this will take up all the space......(Hmmmmm not to sure.)
Placement of the larger tube res is going to have to thought out properly......(maybe mount it on the top rad?)
On separate note just ordered some purple and green modded cables to stick with the theme.
Leave me your ideas.........If you have any