Parvum Systems Project Magnus

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Amazing,

looks like its going to be a bitch to bleed the air out if it though

Oh don't! I really don't want to think about it. It weighs a ton as well so gunna be a b***h to move let alone tilt/put on its side

 

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Mr labido you are going to give in to a parvum i guarantee it! when i see u next i will make sure if it

haha indeed! It's only a matter of time before he comes begging

True craftsmanship really does stand out.

Ah thanks mate. Means a lot

 

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Acrylic front tubing and Monsoon bending kit

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A small update:

So well known forum modder/builder/negative/argumentative/point-well-made friend B-NEG came to check out the Parvum set up. He actually came to brief us on a reservoir we will be custom milling for him but while he was down came with his new Monsoon kit. Here is the photo of the full kit:

Really nice little kit. Obviously as stated already here bending is not something we personally like as a look but for the front of the case we needed to use a few concealed bends with acrylic. For anyone who is already good at bending tubing or just wants to start I'd say go for it! Its expensive for the full kit but it's something you'll use on all builds. Just please don't go crazy with the bends! ;D

A few of my favorite pieces:

The little cutting jig is really cool.

So apply heat:

And bend! B-NEG = lots of bending. Another nice little touch with these is you can screw or clamp them down. Useful if you want to make more advanced jigs:

Test fitting the tube:

Tubing in place:

The black panel will be re-cut to improve this. We knew this was going to be pretty likely but now we can bring it down much lower and file away a 45° section. This should pretty much hide all of the bend.

Finally it wouldn't be a B-NEG helping hand without his partner in crime:

UNTIL NEXT TIME. THANK YOU!

 

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I think I've pretty much given up trying to work out how all that links together

Haha yeah from photos alone that's probably pretty impossible to work out. Maybe it'll become more clear when the coolant is in. But probably not.

I genuinely love this build. Looking forward to seeing the final product!

Thanks dude

Even more amazing, those reservoirs are incredible!

Can't wait to see the finished build, still rather mystified about the 'extra' GPU?!

Yeah super happy with them, being glass they feel worlds apart from other reservoirs.

The GPU at the top is a weird on. It will connect to the same loop as the GPUs bellow but will pair up with the raid card water block above it and connect via the rear.

Good work chaps.

Just out of interest what breed of dog is that?

Thanks Joel; the dog bread is a Shih Tzu!

those monsoon kits look really great

Really awesome little bit of kit. I hope they sell the parts individually however as some bits a lot of people will already own.

Looks part Ewok to me.

Ahah pretty much!

 

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I am loving this every time I see it, Quick question though.
I would assume those lovely res would not be put into a consumer product?
Well, I'm assuming they'd be extra

Thanks dude. Well we for sure want to look at selling a reservoir that will fit really well into our range of cases. We will either consider making these our self or having them made based on our design. We are very well connected with some of the bigger water cooling companies so either way it will be correctly tested and safe before these go on sale.

One dose not simply have the words to describe this.... epic build mate.

Thanks Ash!

Just caught up from where I last saw it at page 3 - looking absolutely fantastic!

Ah glad you are still here! Thanks for reading

Just a quick question on the S1 case, do you think 2 240mm rads could stand side by side with each other in the front of the case if the front was modded to allow for mounting it?

I had a quick look at the case and its 275mm wide and I randomly picked a radiator and it is 135mm wide so theoretically 2 of them could fit in the front?

Thank you.

Yeah dude, yeah in theory that would work no problem. However it would cause a bunch of aesthetic issues. You wouldn't be able to keep the front shape as it is, the way the front panel covers the colored accents. You would also have to change the mid wall. The mid wall curves in such a way to wrap around the front radiator. If there was two you would probably either want to cut it short or try to run in between the two.

All things you could do but possibly not worth how much work it would take. I'd recommend for more rad power going with an extended version. 360mm in the bottom and a 240mm in the front. If you only wanted to use a single GPU like 8pack you can even do a 240mm front, 240mm top AND 360mm in the bottom. We will probably do a limited run of these at OCUK.

 

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LIGHTING LOOKS AMAZING!

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It's 2014! We are still here and with one of my favorite bits! Lighting starts!

First we start with yet another break down. This time was to fit the final motherboard tray and fit the single LEDs:

Next we add the Phobya LEDs, 2 pin setup, so nice and simple:

Installing:

Installed into the case:

Connection terminal:

Honestly so stoked on how the white LEDs look in the XSPC blocks:

Chucked a LED strip in the bottom just to see how the res's look:

Until next time. Questions please?!

 

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Same here, I'm very interested in getting hold of a parvum s1.0. I have emailed the info@ address on your site a couple of times but not had a response.

I would be very interested in getting hold of the extended 8 pack version you just posted above, but similar to Jimbo, having the 360 in the roof as it looks like the one on the floor might obscure the bottom PCI-E slot? I have a sound card to fit in!

Should have replied to everyone now, really busy here just getting everything together for the case restock.

Love the Monsoon kit, plus the build is looking just jaw dropping. Awesome stuff guys

It's a great little kit and thank you.

This just makes me want to put my poor effort in a dark cupboard and weep with shame

Awesome build guys!

aha don't be silly! This has been a labor of love and time. The longest build we have done by far. Happy with it, all things take time, each build we do we see improvements and learn new techniques!

Amazing work guys! The craftmanship is outstanding!

Thanks dude

Mother of God.meme

Justin. Can I have your babies?

Sure, but at what cost? I charge.

Dat iz propa peng innit!

hahaha peng ting!

Very nice! I must ask, how do you manage to get the tubing to straighten up like that? Looks awesome.

Ah it's easier than you think... It's not floppy tubing! Hard acrylic tube

You want questions, I have one.

Can you come wire my build up?

This is incredible, have to agree with you the white LED's look awesome.

Haha if you bring me the build I would probably do it

Thanks, really made a world of difference. Was stoked to see it light up!

 

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This is one seriously amazing build. Subbed!!!

I'm stunned by the quality, scale and detail to this, amazing isnt a big enough word to describe it!

Waiting to get my hands on the S2, it would be great to have some pics

Thanks for the sub. Means a lot. Can't wait to show this one off at events throughout the year.

I will see if I can sneak a picture or two here. If I am honest it is just a revision. Demand is very high for the 1.0 still but we wanted to add a few essential changes. USB 3.0 will be as standard in the front. We have changed the panels to create a built in case feet system. This is pretty damn useful when a lot of people our moving their rigs. We pulled the height of the case up by about 15mm in size, again super helpful to squeeze that extra thickness and have more freedom with radiators. Finally we changed the clear window acrylic to a hard coated acrylic. This is super scratch resistant and we are very happy with the gains.

Wow...that's very impressive. Awesome doesn't come close

Looking good.

That looks gorgeous, can't wait to see the finished build

Thank you very much all! Please, any questions etc just ask.

Holy watercooling Batman! Those GPU's look epic!

Haha indeed! Had a 4th GPU but no support from Nvidia and not good enough results in real application to bother using hacked bios

 

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Custom raid card waterblock

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Another update all!

As mentioned previously we more than had to do something about the raid card. Not only for aesthetics but to help with the cooling. The passive cooling is pretty weak and not helped by the lack of any system fans near by.

Now this is what I love about modding; never throw anything away! I've been saving this little EK bridge block for about 6-7 years. I didn't even buy it back then to use it just saw it going cheap second hand. I since rescued it when I was visiting my parents over Christmas. Now we put it to use! So perfect for the job:

Next we cut a small piece of 5mm clear and tapped it for the fittings:

We then cut the 5mm black acrylic lid. Used a 1mm deep V bit to make a nice detaling. Also trying to keep within the XSPC style here:

Copper block installed with M3 bolts; as you can see O ring doing its job:

Passive cooler removed and fresh thermal compound added:

Clear acrylic and block installed to the raid card:

Grabbed the old springs from the passive heat sink to help reduce risk of over tightening:

With the top installed; wow we are super happy at this point:

For what was a relatively quick to make solution... over the moon. It took a lot of time to get the measurements bang on but the rest went together super easy:

Installed in the case with 2 x LEDs for a test fit:

Certainly fits the XSPC monster now and look forward to not having any temperature issues. *In theory at least...*

Thanks for stopping by... another update very soon!

 

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You have just put XSPC out of buisness

Nah, awesome mod man, very nice indeed!

haha no we will combine forces! GO XSPC GO!

You are ***ing with me!
DAAAM thats some good work on the raid card, DAM good.
You make it look so easy
Great to see it develop. Looking good

Haha we are f&&king with everyone!!! world watercooling domination! Something like that
Thanks for the kind words, to be honest the actual cutting and assembly of the raid card was pretty easy, the measurements and drawing was the hard part.

Fantastic job on that raid card, fits the theme of the build just perfectly.

Loving the progress on this along with the nice big pictures. Any shots of the other side of the raid card? did you enclose the entire thing or is there still PCB on the other side?

Thanks cypto! You would be correct in assuming the underside is not covered. We did consider adding a 15mm black block to the bottom to house it entirely but in this instance it was never going to be visible and made it a quick fix for the cables.

lsi raid card, i was drooling.

that block, omg.

LSI be straight pimping

Custom watercooling blocks..

Is there anything you CAN'T do?

Both Shaun and I are actually pretty weak swimmers. This had nothing to do with knowing each other; we just both suck at it. Otherwise we have most things covered.

Just incredible. Keeps getting better and better! The block on the RAID card is stunning.

That raid card block is incredible!

Great work on the raid card.

So much raid card loving! Thanks guys, appreciate every comment!

+1

+thanks

 

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Just another update

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Welcome back. Nice to see you all.

First up we would like to say Thank you once again to tiny tom logan, he of course mate the raid card mod possible.... by supplying said raid card. Thanks mate.

We would also like to thank Asus for the support along the way. They did a great little write up on the rog.asus website that managed to pull in a MASSIVE 31,797 views. This is huge for us and considering the builds not finished.. very impressive. Thanks for the continued support Asus UK and Richard.

To the update!

We start by cutting the 'final' top panel:

That took some SERIOUS measuring skills that's for sure. Couldn't have done it without our trusty digital caliper. To any modder looking for a new tool... it's the one of course:

Now we have to get to work on the pump/res connections. Sorry to anyone who is big on symmetry. Lines pretty hectic here also:

Installed an additional D5 in the second layer of the top panel... more accurate measuring require of course to allow it connect directly to the fitting below:

Next... despite having the wonderful b neg help us out and bend the tubes for the front of the case we just could not get it to fit in with the build, even trying to make the front panels cover as much of the bend as possible it still didn't look neat enough.

So more measuring... more replacement panels... so many replacement panels...!

Pretty accurate fit:

Cheeky shot with 1 of the 2 full pipes installed:

MUCH happier for sure. Both will be filled with white coolant. Really cant wait for this.



Until next time... what are you all up to this week?

 

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The tubing on the front panels - brilliant idea. That's going to look amazing



Why, thank you for asking. I've had to RMA my PSU, so I won't be able to see my beautiful Parvum light up this week

Thanks Fulax, much happier with the front now.

That's really annoying, had some problems with hardware not working on purchase recently which is rare for me. Glad to hear you'll very soon be lighting the Parvum up!

Planning my parvum

thanks for all the support you guys.

I say it after every build, absolutely awesome bro, i honestly cant wait to see this in the flesh!




The same as always.... pestering you on facebook, planning builds, wishing i had more money

Thanks davido! Roll on iSeries no? , did you fix the motherboard? Sure I read you busted yours.

Haha keep up the pestering, I will always reply just sometimes takes a bit

wondering how i can justify a raid controller...

looking great. the fittings in the panel itself is a brilliant idea. really like that.

will look crazy good with white tubing.

You can always justify a raid controller, so solid and future proof, even if you run 4 SSDs and pull huge speeds in raid 0 you'll always move it from build to build as you upgrade. If SSDs finally start to over take raid controllers as standard you can move it to a home server etc Yes you want a £500+ raid card and yes we will make it look pretty

That's some neat looking cuts
As always, loving your updates



Me, I'm continuing a week long struggle with blender, trying to put a build together so I can get what I need clear before I get in contact with yourselves

Thanks dude, more updates to come very soon!

Ah awesome to hear, we look forward to getting more Parvums out there, keep us posted.

Have you decided on a colour for the coolant?

What he said ^

Post 114 in the thread

I am unsure if this is still their plan though

So to clear this up the plan as it stands is to use both Mayhems Ice White and Mayhems Oil Black. The system holds two loops. We plan to run one of each coolant cooler into the custom res' in the bottom of the case, each opposite colour will then pass through the chamber. Black and white will be alternating as much as possible. I had a few people advise red but I honestly think we will keep this build monotone.

That front panel is looking great with the two tubes. Even better the second you add the coolant.

Thanks cypto, super happy and honestly so excited to fill it

 

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I just love those pipes in the front panel, the white on black is going to be spectacularly cool.

Thank you! Just want to put the fluid in nowwwwwwwww!!! An update soon guys and girls.

 

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More Cable Management

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Back once aaaaaaaaaaaaagain!

This time we our tying up some lose ends and working on the cable management in the rear. Horrified if I'm honest at how much wire needs to go in this build.

We start with laying the beast down. Not actually as easy as it sounds:

First problem to address:

Due to the thickness of the res' in the bottom you cannot screw the bottom of the pass through fittings on.. this is a bit of on issue because a few of the angles connected to the acrylic tubing are maybe out by 0.something of a mm or a degree:

To fix this we came up with a solution that worked out EVEN better than expected. Starting with some extenders:

Another pass/fill port:

With these combined you can actually use the ring/nut on the fitting to tighten and pull everything into place:

All done here.... expensive fitting bill...!

Next up we start to install the cables for the rig. Must say Pexon did a great job on the PSU for us. We gave him the exact lengths needed for a LOT of cables. Results super happy. Wanted to keep to one tone, keep it super neutral:

On to hell... the rear! A LOT of cables to deal with:

So before we do this we consulted the Parvum Guardian:

He said if we don't sort it quick time he will hit us with his hammer.. >.<,

MORE mess:

To combat this we need to cut another pane. Drawing first:

Next we grab one of the old panels from Magnus. Love to reuse every bit of acrylic we can. Then of course recycle whats left after that:

Little beauty:

Slotting our cable management beast in:

Super stoked on this:

Finally for this update in goes the slot loading blue-ray:

That's all guys and girls. Was great, getting very close now. Loads of progress.

Until next time... What did you have/will have for dinner tonight?

 

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Looking great,
SO MANY CABLES!!!

What blu ray drive is that?
I like the slot loading drives



Battered fish, peas, carrots and grilled cheese on mash potato

Indeed ALL THE CABLES!!! Pexon had his work cut out on this PSU haha.

It would be the Philips Lite-on DC-6E2SH.

 

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Sorry for the lack of an update. We have been busy working like mad and spent the weekend at LSUCS LAN 44. For more info check out the website here:
http://lan.lsucs.org.uk/

We attended this event to showcase our cases but also to help raise funds for the special effect charity:
http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/

We auctioned a Parvum ITX with all money going to the charity. It has been a great little event. A couple of photos of the LAN:

For all who want to see Magnus, we will be updating the thread start of the coming week!

Hope you all had good weekends?

 

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Looking forward to Mangus Pics.

LSUCS looked good, I never go to lans



Having an internal crisis over fan choice but on the whole good

You should! LSUCS is ran by an amazing bunch and is super cheap to attend. Better internet than basically any UK LAN and really just ran brilliantly.

As for the fans... damn they are so hard to choose some times. What was your dilemma?

 

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Rear of case complete!

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HI ALL!

First up then some cables to connect for the raid card. 8 sata cables in fact! MOARRR cables

Connecting the raid card water block to the top GPU block:

Next rather large task was to start connecting all the crazy pass through's in the bottom of the case:

Now for something we have been planning since the start. SSD heaven. In the form of 8 as you may have already seen Hyper X SSDs. These things are amazing. Physically/aesthetically the best SSDs I've ever seen and used and from what I gather the performance will match any other drives out there. Black with orange drives? Not here thanks!

A cheeky shot of the icydock! This will be really useful and fills that spot great:

Last for the update we managed to get the back of the case finished. 95% complete at least. All cables and wiring for the build finished. All fans routed to the required fan controllers, all other cables filtered up the frosted cable cover. Nice LED strip installed behind the cables to make some nice shadows. Again to match the front 4 more Hyper X SSDs. This is a massive focal point for the build. We really wanted to show these drives off:

That's all for today. Honestly though this update was huge for the build. Not TONS of eye candy but just completing the lower loop and ALL the wiring was a HUGE task.

Until next time.... do you like the back of the case and what are you all watching on TV?

 

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Wow.
This case is so sexy.
Those SSDs look great on side panel.
Window is a little small?
But I guess that's because of amount of stuff you had to put inside the case, right?

Its awesome huh! Shame I cant carry it alone. Gotta call in the troops.
It does look a little small, but as its just an extra feature window to show some of the cable management. The main window on the other side of the case will be huge !

Looks fantastic,
So many angles in that tubing, what would you recon the full journey of the fluid would be if it was laid flat? 50 feet?
SSDs looking good, I don't think my build will go for quite as many lol

Back of the case looks good, but what'll the airflow be like past the windowed section?
And no tv for me, no time

haha now that is a good question. I'll try get you a little approx measurement soon it wont be 50 feet but will be a lot! I know I've gone through it but not been keeping track.

Always time for the odd show in bed what are you so busy with? (that was just a curious question not being rude)

Yet again tubing is outstanding and those enermax white cluster fans, don't even get me started!

I do love the white clusters! I'm moving away from LED fans just because the ones without seem to perform better.

Love what you've done with the SSDs. Those Hyper X ones a great, aren't they? I've got Plextor and Samsung SSDs too, and the Kingston ones just feel so much more substantial.

Yeah they are soo good! Wish people would push them a little more, performance is the same as any other high end SSD, basically capped, these are just so solid and well finished. Hate SSDs that you can squeeze super easy and probably damage.

This is simply mind bogglingly good! I'm curious as to how much the beast weighs? Especially after all the loops are filled...

I bet you are all sh***ing bricks when time comes for first power-up? This thing better POST!

We are going to wait until its totally finished and filled and weight it in. It's really heavy now. Defo not able to move it solo. We will see if 8pack can carry it at iSeries.

Ah dontt.... most hardware came direct as sponsorship and we didn't test it on air... 'that's the parvum way' haha.

Those drives look great, seriously nice looking build so far.

Thank you hawk! Really happy with them. Cant wait to set the raid up.

 

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Totes amazeballs!!!!

Thanks nick

This is one of the best builds I've ever seen!

I can feel myself falling for PC builds again!

Falling for PC builds is THE thing to do, glad we are helping this be a part of your life more so !

I know
I meant in serial production.
I was hoping s2.0 was going to be full atx. That's what I meant

A production Parvum ATX case would get my money.

Of course we will guys don't worry. We are currently trying our best with 3 full time staff to just keep up with demand of the mATX case. ITX is basically ready and we will start to push this very soon. After that it would only be stupid not to do an ATX case. We are also very busy working on a our own fan or at least licencing a Parvum fan... very busy here.

To combat this business we are very much considering taking on another full time staff member, but of course with everything, you have to be very careful not to run before you can walk... we are very good at walking so are just being sensible.

One amazing creation and really hope this makes it onto the production line soon would take this case over any atx case out there at present can't wait to see the next chapter complete.

Defiantly a huge step in our ATX case design so super glad we did it. Thanks, should have an update soon!

The SSD idea is great.

Thanks Joe!