[OcUK Staff Builds] Project 800Done Right ;)

Bicepo · 9 Jun 2012 at 14:40

Hi All,

I have been planning a build in an 800D for quite some time now, however due to several OcUK projects (Blade and Mammoth to name but a few) I haven't been able to make any progress until now that is.

The premise for my build is to do something with the 800D which hasn't been done before, or at least to my knowledge, yes this is going to be a challenge as the 800D has been cut and chopped by many a talented modders before me.

The Spec of the Machine will be as follows;

CPU: Intel 3770K - With IHS Removed and new TIM applied
Motherboard - Gigabyte G1 Sniper 3
Memory - Samsung Green 8GB 30Nm
PSU - XFX 750W
GFX - EVGA Classified 570 SLI
ODD - Slot Loading Blu-Ray optical
HDD - 128 Crucial C300 + 240GB SSD TBC
Case - Corsair 800D

Watercooling -

Pump - 2 x D5 Vario with Bitspower black sparkle mod kits & Bitspower dual D5 top in Acetal
Blocks - All Nickel Plexi EK Blocks
Rads - 2 x Black Ice SR1 480's + 1x Black Ice SR1 280
Tubing - Xspc 7/16 Black tubing
Fittings - Bitspower 7/16 compressions
Fluid - Mayhems Premixed UV Green

The first thing that I needed to do was to completely strip the 800D down, so the Hot swap bays were removed, then the lower HDD bays and floor were taken out. Finally the Mobo Tray and ODD drive bays were removed which left me with the bare shell of the case, as you can see below;

I will post some more up later once I have managed to get the photographs sorted.

KiiYzOo · 9 Jun 2012 at 15:27

oooooohhhh interesting

second 480 on it's side or on the bottom sucking air in?

pgi947 · 9 Jun 2012 at 15:31

Subscribed, can't wait to see where you're going to put the rest of the radiators and PSU?!

Bicepo · 9 Jun 2012 at 15:42

Hi Guys so I have a few more images of what I have done so far.

I have cut the top panel so that the 480 can be fitted in the roof, this is a rough cut for now as I will need to finish this off once I have my Rad Grill to put over the top.

The next thing that I have also been doing is looking at how to control the fans that will be installed, as there are going to be a lot of them. I am using Enermax T.B silence fans so they are quiet anyway but when the PC is Idle I want to to be super silent. So I have chosen to use an Aquareo. I have used BigNG fan controllers before but they aren't that great when you daisy chain fans where as the Aquareo is much better at this.

So where to put it, well I don't use my front panel much so I am going to ditch the standard 800D one and put the Aquareo there instead. Firstly I took the plastic molding of the 800D front panel out and compared it to the bezel of the Aquareo like so;

As luck would have it it's almost a perfect match

So then I cut the metal out of the front of the case so that there was enough mounting depth for the unit;

And now it fits, I just need to make some brakets up so that it is nice and secure.

More to come soon

Subliminal Aura · 9 Jun 2012 at 15:44

Bicepo said:
CPU: Intel 3770K - With IHS Removed and new TIM applied

Subscribed !

I've been thinking of doing this but couldn't see any decent instructions on the internets the last time I looked

Bicepo · 9 Jun 2012 at 15:53

Subliminal Aura said:
Subscribed !

I've been thinking of doing this but couldn't see any decent instructions on the internets the last time I looked

It's Tricky I have to admit, It needs to be done with a knife with a long sliding blade, then I start in each of the corners to just get the blade under the IHS, once I have done that I start to work the blade from corner to corner being very slow and carefull to 1. not hit the Die and 2. not the scratch the PCB of the substrate once the IHS is off its a very simple process to change the TIM. I have gone for Liquid Pro on the die, then Prolimatech PK-1 between the IHS and cooler.

I hope that makes sense, however be very carefull as any damage would invalidate warranty :mad:

I have already done some testing with my chip board and memory and I have had 4.8Ghz with 2200Mhz memory 24/7 stable at 85degrees and that was on a megahalems so to say it makes a difference is an understatement!

Subliminal Aura · 9 Jun 2012 at 15:56

Awesome .... thanks

Bicepo · 9 Jun 2012 at 16:02

Subliminal Aura said:
Awesome .... thanks

No Worries,

This may be worth having a look at, it's in Spanish but Google translate will help.

http://foro.noticias3d.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=391334

jamesfreddie · 9 Jun 2012 at 17:10

Bicepo said:
I hope that makes sense, however be very carefull as any damage would invalidate warranty

So if you remove the IHS and its all ok does it invalidate your warranty?

Bicepo · 9 Jun 2012 at 17:50

jamesfreddie said:
So if you remove the IHS and its all ok does it invalidate your warranty?

Technically Yes as you will have modified the product since it was sold to you, however you may or may not be able to get a replacement from Intel if all goes ok. However this all depends on them. If you send your chip back with the IHS loose they are of course going to reject your warranty claim.

jamesfreddie · 9 Jun 2012 at 17:56

Bicepo said:
Technically Yes as you will have modified the product since it was sold to you, however you may or may not be able to get a replacement from Intel if all goes ok. However this all depends on them. If you send your chip back with the IHS loose they are of course going to reject your warranty claim.

What about if you have that overclocking insurance?

Bicepo · 9 Jun 2012 at 18:06

jamesfreddie said:
What about if you have that overclocking insurance?

That all depends on the insurance to be honest, I don't have massive knowledge of how they work but I am guessing that it would usually only cover accidental damage. I wouldn't have thought it would cover damage through modification of a product :rolleyes:

gary996 · 10 Jun 2012 at 10:35

Interesting build mate. Look forward to seeing some more progress

Bicepo · 10 Jun 2012 at 19:34

KiiYzOo said:
oooooohhhh interesting second 480 on it's side or on the bottom sucking air in?

Yep

Bicepo · 10 Jun 2012 at 19:41

so I have done some more work on this today and took some more photo's for you all.

I have now placed the second rad in the bottom of the case like so;

Now to get the PSU in, I will need to cut a new plate for the back of the case so the PSU can be mounted correctly, but you can see how I want it to mount (I will be braiding this at some point)

I am in two minds with what to do with the mid plate, as you can see below it now has cut outs and holes in it that I no longer need so I may end up fabricating a new one without these;

Mid Plate and Mobo Tray back in the case (temporary fixings until I decide what to do with the mid plate)

With the mid plate in you can see that it is now right up against the bottom of the PCI slots on the back of the case, for some reason on the original configuration of the case there is a gap.

Bicepo · 10 Jun 2012 at 19:47

Now I have also been looking at how to get mount the 3rd rad in the case;

I am going to mount this in the front of the case pulling air in. I have removed the bar off the front panel that would normally separate the door for the hot swap bays and the OD drive bays and it now looks like this;

And now finally time to look at some of the hardware that is going into this machine

my favourite part;

So Memory first of all, I am using the Samsung 20Nm memory but this doesn't look very extreme so I have added some Artic cooling heat spreaders and it now looks like this;

Here is the board and memory together

I hope to have some more for you soon!

hyperst · 10 Jun 2012 at 19:51

Looking good, my setup of rads in my fractal are the same and so is the psu, one tip for you is make sure you cut a big enough opening in the back of the case for the psu as I didn't and had a real hassle when I come to swap it out for another as I couldn't get it out, or another thought is if you are going to braid the whole psu what about having no mid plate, if you get the cables looking right it could be looking nice in the bottom of the case

Bicepo · 10 Jun 2012 at 20:02

hyperst said:
Looking good, my setup of rads in my fractal are the same and so is the psu, one tip for you is make sure you cut a big enough opening in the back of the case for the psu as I didn't and had a real hassle when I come to swap it out for another as I couldn't get it out, or another thought is if you are going to braid the whole psu what about having no mid plate, if you get the cables looking right it could be looking nice in the bottom of the case

Thanks for the tip, my plan is to cut most of the back panel out, then have a removable panel that will slot into place with the PSU attached. I want to keep the mid place as the pumps are going to be behind the rad in the bottom and I want to use bulkhead fittings through the mid plate, I have also been thinking of creating a illuminated green plexi mid plate so that it shines upwards and illuminates the inside of the case.

snaggster · 10 Jun 2012 at 20:20

Looking great!! Though i would get rid of the 280 rad. I don't think you will see any difference in the temps, as two 480's are overkill already. You could also consider a 700d front, if you are junking the hot-swap bays. It is a much nicer, cleaner front, imo.

What res are you going to use?

Stoner81 · 10 Jun 2012 at 21:20

Looking epic!

Stoner81.