PARVUM APIS by JR23

[JR23]

After spending the best part of our day working on APIS it's starting to really come together and the detailed and thorough planning seems to be paying off. Despite a few moments of tension an elegant solution was quickly found to most of the little issues that arose.

The first task was to tap the 1/4" BSP holes in the acrylic pass through components.

With that out of the way it was straight on to cutting and bonding o-rings from nitrile cord.

Then A LOT of screws.

After that I went on to bend some tubing...

...completing the pass-through assembly with all of the push in fittings as well as sleeving the D5 with a Corsair peripheral connector.

Now for one of the slightly more dramatic moments, unfortunately the reservoir was very slightly too tall for what we had planned. Easily rectified with a little lathe action.

It was only a subtle difference, facing ~2mm off the top and extending the counter-bore which encompasses the recessed stop plug.

But once in position it was perfect, perhaps even more elegant than if the res had been shorter. The sharp edge blending seamlessly into the case.

If that didn't give away how I chose to mount the reservoir then i'm sure this will. The top is inlaid into the accent of the case and the bottom sitting directly over a pair of push in fittings. The res simply drops through the roof and is trapped in position by the outer black layer of the roof.

I also bored out the recessed holes in the bottom part of the reservoir to accept normal fittings rather than EK's 8mm extenders.

We are extremely pleased with how the loop is taking shape and the contrast of materials and colours on show. Tomorrow we plan to fit the graphics cards, tube those, then assemble the pedestal section with radiators, fans, cables and tubing. The top of the case should simply drop over it and hopefully if there are no major problems we will see how this all looks with some coolant!

JR

 

[Luggs]

Wow, the precision of this build is stunning, the res looks amazing, just perfect!

 

[savagesam117]

Very, very smart. I love the way all the fittings drop down and then that's all you see.

The new ek stuff looks much smarter now too.

Do you create all the designs for the bottom tray bit? Pretty awesome if so.

 

[JR23]

Thanks for all the comments and support guys! Sorry i've been getting a bit slow at replying, it just seems to be work, update, sleep, repeat right now, which definitely isn't a bad thing

Great seeing another black/yellow parvum build - looks awesome and love the mid plate!

Thanks, your build definitely influenced my friends color choices on this, just the case on it's own is so striking. I remember seeing yours assembled before it left too, definitely under-rated scheme.

Looks like you went with the left design? That would've been my choice.

Yep left was unanimous in the end, it had to be!

Whats the purpose of a midplate? is it just to serve as like a reservoir/make all the tubing look a lot neater?

Hopefully the latest update will help you to visualize it's purpose. It essentially allows all of the tubing to be neat and flowing while seamlessly joining components both above and below the plate itself. Runs of coolant will come up the components as well as drop straight down into the radiators in the pedestal.

Wow, the precision of this build is stunning, the res looks amazing, just perfect!

After working with tiny builds like Chocolate Box and MATE things just have to be that way to work, I love porting that ethos over to larger projects where every tiny piece of space is justified and considered.

Very, very smart. I love the way all the fittings drop down and then that's all you see.

The new ek stuff looks much smarter now too.

Do you create all the designs for the bottom tray bit? Pretty awesome if so.

Yes I was very skeptical about the REVO when I first saw it but it is beautiful, just a little refreshing. I hope they continue to produce the older styles just for shear choice but they rarely disappoint. The simple push fittings are unrivaled too, so clean.

I designed the pass-through plate and the case, all machined in house at Parvum. Over the course of MATE,SENESCENTIS and SHEEDY we put a lot of work into refining the custom water cooled parts, just developing an interface that works well with our equipment. Each time things are getting far more intricate and advanced and we still have a lot planned for the future!

JR

 

[jt_uk]

Now that my friend, is art! Its obvious that you love building these systems and you guys are always trying out new ideas. This is why I'll be buying cases and accessories from Parvum.

Keep up the good work

 

[mods1965]

I love the way you use the accent to hold the tube. Could this be your best build yet? Its looking like it. I am loving this case.

 

[JR23]

Now that my friend, is art! Its obvious that you love building these systems and you guys are always trying out new ideas. This is why I'll be buying cases and accessories from Parvum.

Keep up the good work

Thanks! We would love to find a way to make crazy parts like the mid-plate available to more people but it is very difficult to develop something that is so useful and slick for a variety of hardware. It's also very re-assuring and satisfying to build something like this and see it endure multiple LAN's and events.

I love the way you use the accent to hold the tube. Could this be your best build yet? Its looking like it. I am loving this case.

It is looking fantastic in person, just a little more showy than my personal rigs while still remaining surprisingly understated, for a black and yellow build. Although less advanced than MATE and rather less crazy than SHEEDY it is a beautiful blend of my own and Parvum styles. I do like it a lot and I wouldn't be mad if I had to keep it!

JR

 

[JR23]

Another epic day of progress has been made on APIS, picking up from Saturdary me and TJ worked in parallel to complete the loop and paint the Corsair fan rings. I started by making the two tubes for the graphics cards. As the midplate is so substantial the tubing could be used to support the GPU's, so to alleviate any sag I laid the case on it's back to measure up giving a unique view of the pass-through plate from it's polished side.

To help all of the tubing push together, and come apart I used a small amount of silicone grease to lubricate the o-rings. Being water resistant it also helps things to seal and won't float off around the loop.

Meanwhile TJ got to work priming the fan rings he had prepped on Saturday.

The first GPU was installed, supported perfectly by the tubing.

A few yellow coats on the fan rings.

Installing the top card with the lower one so rigidly was very challenging, the easiest way I found was to remove the terminal block so it could be pushed down and then re-united with the card itself.

The next and final pieces of tubing to be cut were for the lower radiators. After neatly wiring all the fans into a PWM splitter PCB, I offered up the radiators and fans all assembled on the floor panel.

Much clear coat later the fans were looking great.

So then we brought out progress together, very striking and a great match for the case! They were still a little tacky at this point but we managed to very carefully piece them together.

Following that we removed the stickers from the mechanical drives keeping the back side looking just as clean and visually balanced.

Lovely glimpse of EK radiator and coolant channel, and this is 'just' under the PSU.

Fans looking great, TJ did an awesome job.

Such presence.

Very pleasing repetition with the tubing runs. So many tiny and precise details on this which aren't even visible.

Prepare for coolant pics, much yellow, soon!

JR

 

[Pelinox]

Looks lovely

 

[Luggs]

I think I have run out of appropriate compliments to offer for this build, it surpasses any of the usual platitudes given... It's simply stunning...

 

[colinmcr]

Aww man I love that midplate arrangement

 

[mods1965]

Wow!

 

[JR23]

Filling the loop was very easy and already it seems to have bled remarkably well, after a long 24 hours of running it really quietened down and bedded in. So I think i'm going to leave out attempting to write about this one and let the pictures talk!

Time to order some sleeving supplies!

JR

 

[Teuton]

Gorgeous.

 

[1nfamous]

 

[JR23]

I think I have run out of appropriate compliments to offer for this build, it surpasses any of the usual platitudes given... It's simply stunning...

It's ok, if you just post blank comments I understand

Aww man I love that midplate arrangement

Wow!

Gorgeous.

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Thanks guys! Can't wait to get on to the sleeving, I have some black, dark grey and yellow teleios on the way, some great 16AWG PVC insulated wire one the way too in black and yellow for extra brightness. Can't wait to get going on all of that this week.

JR

 

[colinmcr]

Yet again I've had a Parvum nerdgasm! This is becoming a fetish!! Please stop building things that look way better than anything I can do.

 

[Matt26LFC]

I am so buying me a Parvum!

That is a great build! That mid plate!!! Brilliant!!

How are you finding that EVGA board dude? I'm looking at going X99 instead of Z170 and want mATX and the EVGA board is the one, of the very few aval, that I like the look of

 

[bsoltan]

This is awesome! Very nice.

 

[theMilitant]

You've got skills OP. Very nicely done and the photography is great.