-----'PARVUM HOF'-----

[parvumsystems]

Hi all. Now that SHEEDY, KRAIT and MATE are drawing to a close it's to time to keep the ball rolling with another even bigger project. Having discussed an admiration of high end watercooled builds with a friend and rep from KFA2 (Galax to those outside of Europe) it led into the start of this project PARVUM HOF. We intend to encompass the ethos behind KFA2's Hall Of Fame GPU's while as always adding our own unique angle towards case design and liquid cooling. We will also be working with for the first time, Diamond Cooling, a small UK based company who specialize in custom watercooling components. They already have an established relationship with KFA2 focusing on full cover solutions for HOF cards.

We are also very grateful for the continued support of our sponsors ASUS, Silverstone and HyperX who together with KFA2 and Diamond Cooling made this project possible for us.


Case - Custom Parvum Systems L1.0_Invert
Motherboard - ASUS X99 Deluxe
GPU - KFA2 GTX 980Ti HOF x3
PSU - Silverstone Strider ST1500-GS

Remaining components TBC


This is the initial concept for the case, an inverted version of our retail ATX chassis the L1.0. We may well add or take away various elements before it's cut depending on where the loop takes us but this is what we have for now.

Lots of monochromatic un-boxing goodness to come shortly!

 

[parvumsystems]

Straight in with two GTX 980Ti's from KFA2 and another one which clearly is also from KFA2 h34r: no Galax branding to see here.

The clean simple details of the packaging look fantastic, definitely a balance we intend to continue, perhaps with the reintroduction of green as a secondary accent.

The beasts are out!

Now we just need a motherboard to bring all of this insanity together, as if by fate we also had this X99 Deluxe arrive at HQ.

With the 2.5 slot coolers fitted we could only find room for two cards on the board, but thats ok, watercooling can solve this

JR23 also had the guts of LIGHTNING standing by when taking the photographs, it would have been rude not get a few shots of them together. Why am I sensing an epic benching session when these projects are both finished!

Can't wait to catch up with you all soon as the parts come together for HOF, it's already looking very big and very white.

 

[parvumsystems]

Any ideas on a date? If within the next month, I will defiantly hold off on a case! Also, ideas on a price?

Will be within the month. Retail is set at £299.99/£300.

 

[parvumsystems]

Bloody hell was not expecting that sort of price range! Think that will minimize your buying group.

We've focused on the smaller form factors for such a long time as we feel they are most appropriate for the vast majority of users. There has been continual pressure to develop a retail ATX case, especially since Project Magnus. We felt that our first solution needed to be capable of housing significantly more components than an mATX chassis and consequently all of the watercooling that goes along with it. Alongside huge SLI setups and high-end watercooling we don't think that the L1.0 is that expensive and it's certainly competitive among cases with comparable feature sets. We never anticipated it would appeal to those looking for a case to run a single air-cooled graphics card (as that would easily fit in an mATX or even ITX case). Having said that we will look to bridge the gap inbetween the S2.0 and L1.0 in the future, going big initially and allowing much higher spec builds seemed like the first logical step. Just like the decision to bring the X1.0 prior to the VEER1.0 when scaling things down to ITX.

 

[parvumsystems]

Bloody hell £300 for a plastic case

Sadly acrylic costs more than aluminum. As does manufacturing it within the UK.

 

[parvumsystems]

It's a pretty stupid argument really. 5mm matte finish European sourced acrylic is more expensive than the aluminium used to make mainstream cases from China. Then add UK labour, warehouse costs, CNC machining over folding/stamping and the list goes on...

Saying some grades of aluminium is more expensive than acrylic is like saying some chocolate is more expensive than some sweets... it all depends what it is. In this instance; our case material vs that of the average case differ in price a lot.

 

[parvumsystems]

PARVUM HOF will return soon, several deliveries have now been made and we are ready to progress once FURIA is complete. Three substantial slabs of copper may influence a slight case layout change though!

 

[parvumsystems]

Get ready for huge amounts of copper, acetal and inlays, here comes the swag from Diamond Cooling!

Not only those three but also some epic HyperX kit arrived for the build, 32GB of Savage DDR4 and a pair of 240GB SSD's.

Now lets take a look that that all together

Now that we've witnessed the magnitude of the mighty HOF blocks it seems likely that the case layout will be changed to something a little more unconventional, perhaps with them stood vertically at the front. Lots more to come on this as we step up the hype to get it ready in time for the summer events.

 

[parvumsystems]

Ok so a change of motherboard for HOF, no big reason but I think you'll agree it is about to get even more exciting! There should be several updates over the coming week, we have lots more kit to show off, a new sponsor and a plenty of revisions to the case on the way to fit this beast!

 

[parvumsystems]

Ok guys here it is, the magnificent D8, no teasers this time

Naturally a few extra HyperX goodies were needed to truly show off the D8's capabilities.

Our plans for this build are quickly snowballing hopefully the watercooling kit will soon be released from UK customs and work on the case can commence.