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Shovinus

Shovinus

Shovinus

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Hope you guys will like this build I will try and link up as many of the parts I am using as possible. Though some will be reused from my old system and may not still be on sale.

I don't have all the bits yet and I will be modding it over time, for now I just want a working system up. Then I will mod the case after.

First off I am starting with a Maximus Extreme IV
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-475-AS

(All pictures hosted by imageshack.us)


Adding a 2500K Retail CPU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN


Putting in 2 sets of Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) memory
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-114-KS


My EK Supreme LT CPU block (Linked is the LTX version as we no longer have the LT)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-120-EK


Pre-braided Red Extension Cables
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-029-BX
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-120-BX
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-028-BX


I am currently awaiting the case to be delivered hopefully wont be too long, then I can continue. What do you think so far?
 

Top and sides off

This needs to come out of my way.

Got it removed now

A 140mm triple rad would fit nicely here.

Silly drive bays, I don't need you.

Need to remove the front to get at them.

Front gone, now for the slot covers.

Two 140mm fans for a dual 140 rad space.

Dremel them rivets :)

Drive bay removed.

Put the board and graphics card in to see what it would look like and also get ideas for how to fit the loop.
 
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Drilled holes for the T-Balancer to sit at the back of the case on the stand offs, USB-b port is given easy access so I just have to remove the grill with the four screws if I need to update the settings on it.

You can't really see it once the grill is back on. Not that it matters much, its the back of the PC :P
 
Going to do black red and white now, talking to Slame has made me opt to custom braid the whole system red and white :) My desk is black top with white cupboard and legs, if my PC was just red and black I don't think it would match. Therefore the cables will be red and white individually braided.

Will decide further in to the build whether to powder coat or not, sometimes looks better with shiny metal, but in the end I probably will yes :)
 
do you mean is it made to fit in there or would it physically fit inside it with a bit of modding?

I don't think it is designed to go inside the 5.25" drive bays, I did not think to check, though I bet with a bit of adjustment it would fit inside, how come?

I removed the 5.25" bays because I will only be using a single slot loader mounted vertically in the front, more on that later though.

I will check on Monday when I am back in work it fits inside.
 
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Was meant to update today with pics of the touch sensor board that will operate the on switch and the eject button, only I accidently wired it up while testing with the IC the wrong way up and didn't notice XD Killed it, got to wait until I get another one :(

On a plus note, I had bought the rad that are going in so should get them shortly.
 
I used a breadboard to retest the chip, found out I was just doing something wrong, not totally sure what, but never mind :P

Anyway set it all up and the breadboard and tested it, it worked great, used LEDs to test the principle as you can see in the video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sczTQIrrp7w&feature=youtu.be

Then I set it up on the stripboard and still works thankfully :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnyUouP_ais

Just got to wait for the terminals in the post now :) Going to take it in to work tomorrow and test it if I can :)
 

The terminals for the circuit came today, so its all done, drilled 4 holes for the standoffs as well, just got to connect it to the case now. Tested it again and still working :)
 
Lol, yeh, forgot to cover up the background, oh well.



The braiding came today, just got to wait for Slame's tools to come :) Massive thanks to him for letting me borrow them :P



Cut all the heat shrink sections up in preparation, because I have nothing else to do XD

The braid didn't come like that btw, I just dropped it, tried to fix it, then found that's not easy with 50m of braid XD
 
Thought I would just update this, most of this was a few days ago, just not got round to updating until now

The new rads came :) 140 dual and triple phobyas.



so did Slame's tools :D cheers Slame



Which I used to do this to my PSU cables:

 
still not sure what color to do the fluid, I was going to do ice white but apparently the ice white pastel fluid is only meant for showing your PC off and not for long term fluid as it goes off basically over time, not 100% sure if this is totally true but not worth the risk, which means I really need to find either a good stable white alternative, or go full red

What you think?
 
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Cleaned it up a bit and added the hose to the tube res
 
it's missing a tube res and pump atm ;) the pump is what I am waiting on, the whole system runs in parallel, there is no down side to doing it this way and I think it looks neater :)

Yeh they are fine for long term apparently just have to flush my system first got confused by a colleague.

The case I think is staying silver because I think if I powder coat it it will look too black.
 
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