PARVUM i1.0 Prototype
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these are sexy cases, is there atx cases like this?
I want this sexy rig please
Here. It. Is. Piece by piece.
Guess we do have time for a little look around our complete case!
Lots more inbound soon!
J.
I want this sexy rig please
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The shipment has been located and we now have all the required watercooling supplies to complete our evil project, I mean, project. Just an ordinary project.
No time for that unboxing hype, time to equip the blackest radiators with the whitest fans and test fit everything.
As with every other piece of the build we got Stainless screws for that task too.
Perfect!
So onto the radiators in the back too...
Total whiteout on the front!
And the beautiful D5-REVO to try out also.
We don't yet have the correct screws to mount the D5, however it's looking pretty close. It may need a little material removing from the feet to the front pipe 100% true but that should be a fun job.
The test fit all went very nicely, everything accurately coming together. When the pump screws roll in that will get set correctly, then fan/pump wires planned out and then taken apart to execute those.
J.
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Really nice build guys, I've been wondering about a mid panel being a res for a long time, and now it seems its possible!
Can't wait to start building my R1.0 once my front panels arrive, still deciding on the res pump combo, as not sure I can fit a separate pump under my gpu.
Can't wait to start building my R1.0 once my front panels arrive, still deciding on the res pump combo, as not sure I can fit a separate pump under my gpu.
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Yesss, 5 M5x20mm screws for the pump!
In the first test fit the pump out which drops down into the rad didn't quite align, the pump was about 2.5mm proud. So while extracting the captive screws from the bracket it also has some material removed from the feet as well as hollowing out all of the webbing from the bottom section to give it a more floating look.
Pump all installed, now lining up much better. Exactly where the discrepancy came from we aren't sure, maybe just the tolerance on the radiator, pump and fitting stacking against us.
With a pump now securely attached everything was ready for a little leak test and coolant preview. With so much of the block covered by components and radiators it made sense to do it out of the case with little bridges for each set of ports.
Filling was simple with the top port and the opacity of pastel white looks epic again.
All is well after a day now, onwards!
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Some progress from early last week before JR dropped this to go work on his R1.0, first testing all the correct wires were connected together as we splice all of the fans. The 3 from the rear and front 2 form one set powered directly from the PSU and linked to the motherboard via PWM for control.
Tubes cut and mounted, joining the rear side and radiators to the midwall.
The stretch of wires across to the individual fan will be partly visible through the top grill hence they were sleeved in white to blend in.
Because the back side of the front rad will be clearly visible through the transparent midwall the wire from the left hand fan was passed under and out together with the right hand fan wire.
So when observed from the front or rear of the build the fans are in the same orientation and free of little wires.
With those neatly routed it was time to trim the length and crimp both front fans together. These will plug directly into the bottom motherboard header and take power from the board just to minimize the amount of cables passing through the midwall and also allow this rad to be easily removed.
Fast PWM check from the Aquaero 5LT.
After that the pump was sleeved, the +12V and GND trimmed and terminated with ATX crimps ready for a 6-pin AUX connector and the tach/PWM diverted across the motherboard.
Front 2 fans added to the rear 3, again with +12V and GND directly to 6-pin AUX and PWM out to the motherboard.
All bundled and routed ready to fit the front panel. The 3 wires (PWM from rear fans and power for the pump) tuck inside of the front fan frame and get trapped in place, leaving the unlseeved white wires in the tiny space between the front panel and rear fans completely hidden.
The partly visible side of the rear fans...
All the ATX terminated power cables ready to go when the PSU arrived, for now bundled in heatshrink to protect our nice polished midwall. So shiiiiiny.......
Front side all wired, tubed and ready! Front tube sitting just right with the modified REVO mount.
And this is why so much work went into 7 fans, just two PWM wires are visible from the back side of the build, neatly sleeved heading to the motherboard.
Hyped for PSU and cables!!!!!
That's us for now, we collected the PSU and CPU today so more updates tomorrow!
J.
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love the clear motherboard tray/ water channel block 
will you be using clear liquid to show the EK fans at the rear ? if not give it some thought , guessing bleed test will show it might look better then white fluid
as ever , stunning work
will you be using clear liquid to show the EK fans at the rear ? if not give it some thought , guessing bleed test will show it might look better then white fluid
as ever , stunning work
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That is some insane cooling for such a small case! Incredible engineering for small form factor.
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Watch this space intently, all will be revealed very soon!
J.
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We are back after 48 hours of insanity to complete i1.0-II and despite a few exploded LED strips things went astoundingly well. First our double Strix attac.
These will not be required where we are going...
...on the nickel/plexi train to block city.
Such class.
After a very fast check to see that the monstrous GPU + block combination did indeed fit inside our very small case it was directly on to sleeving, tackling those long 8-pins straight away. Each wire was cut to length in place, removed, crimped, sleeved then reassembled in position.
Supplies and tools used were the usual knipex, MDPC-X CTX3, Molex 15-16AWG mini-fit-jr crimps...
...15AWG MDPC-X wire, pre-cut anthracite shrinks...
...and of course Carbon-BTI sleeving.
Some considerable time and
Now fast forward all the way back to Essex it was time to strip down i1.0-I and steal his lovely 1TB 960 Pro's.
That of course meant some light disassembly of i1.0-II to get at both M.2 slots.
Front pupperino going in.
With the original EK supplied digital LED strip slightly exploded after neglecting the (VERY INCONSIDERATE!) pinout we had to replace the strip, this did however seem like an excellent opportunity to overclock the LED's to a massive 144 per meter with a ridiculously dense substitute.
Following the huge procedure of simultaneously fitting the block, LED wire and fan wires to the motherboard all at the same time while the fan wires were still attached to the case it was time to do the last 4 tubes.
Two straights and two 45° bends completed the loop...
...that means just one thing remains to be done!
aaaand back to the studio for final pictures we go. Catch you all very soon.
J.
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Excellent work. Thanks for posting the video as well. That adds another dimiension to great photos.
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Welcome to the first wave of final pictures for i1.0 Prototype-II in its natural powered off state. There will be more, and there will be lights, some of which might be RGB!
yayayaya
J.
Great build guys, cracking amount of cooling for such a compact case and as millimetre perfect as we've come to expect from yourselves and JR 
Just one thought though: Could you make a very light silvery grey coolant using clear > some white > tiny drop of black > silver aurora? The white looks good but think it could look even better with a coolant that's just a tiny bit transparent, purely so the fans show through the res
Just one thought though: Could you make a very light silvery grey coolant using clear > some white > tiny drop of black > silver aurora? The white looks good but think it could look even better with a coolant that's just a tiny bit transparent, purely so the fans show through the res
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Time for the serious stuff!
Don't worry guys, 2017 will be over soon!
J.
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Great work as always guys.
Soldato
I presume JR walked out of the door just before the RGB came on?
Sensational work.
Sensational work.
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Aha.. entirely .GIF RGB update was my idea, a satirical shot at how stupid PC Hardware in 2017 has become. But it seems some really messed up people think that it's good. Either way the project was excessively good until that point, now we dropped it down a few levels the return will be even more epic.
Hopefully nobody will ever attempt it again as any future ironic attempts just wouldn't be hipster enough.
JR
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lol, the kicker is that RGB can work when done properly and tastefully. The rainbow overload was hilarious, but yes it's a shame that the irony was lost on most people.