Project: Erebus

darwin1859 · 12 May 2015 at 18:13

Introduction

Hello and welcome to project Erebus. My previous project, Aether, was a Crossfire R9 290X, watercooled Corsair 450D build. Erebus will be bigger and faster. The plan with this project is to create a silent, powerful gaming machine based on the X99 platform. 4K graphics and fully-watercooled, with rigid tubing.

Main components

Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus
CPU: Intel Haswell-E i7-5820K
GPU: 3x XFX AMD R9 290X
Memory: Corsair 16 GB DDR4 Vengeance LPX 2666
Display: iiyama 4K FreeSync and 144 Hz FreeSync monitors
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
Cabling: Custom-sleeved with E22 Teleios

Watercooling components

Radiators: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 480mm
Pumps: 2x Alphacool VPP655 (Laing D5)
CPU block: Alphacool NexXxoS XP³ Light (Black Chrome edition)
GPU blocks: Alphacool NexXxoS GPX
Reservoir: Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Pro 25 LT
Fittings: Alphacool HT 16mm HardTube compression fitting G1/4
Tubing: Alphacool HardTube 16/12mm plexi clear
Coolant: Custom Mayhems purple pastel

Fans: 16x Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition
Fans: 3x Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition
Fan controller: Lamptron CM615
Flow sensor: Aquacomputer High Flow USB

Peripherals

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB UK
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 RGB

Confirmed sponsors

I would like to thank my kind sponsors for making this project possible.

Hardware acquired so far

Updates

Bensons · 12 May 2015 at 20:04

Nice plan and I love the name, it reminds me of the Horus Heresy.

darwin1859 · 12 May 2015 at 20:28

Bensons said:
Nice plan and I love the name, it reminds me of the Horus Heresy.

Thanks, it's actually the name of a god of darkness. So I guess that fits well with the WH40K type theme.

dacads · 12 May 2015 at 20:49

Reminded me of the Raijintek Ereboss cooler lol

P.s Sweet looking mobo

Luggs · 13 May 2015 at 08:32

Damn +1 for that mobo, wish more manufacturers would do plain black mobo's and not force you down their colour scheme. Really nice mate!

dacads · 13 May 2015 at 11:11

Luggs said:
Damn +1 for that mobo, wish more manufacturers would do plain black mobo's and not force you down their colour scheme. Really nice mate!

True, most appear black but are dark brown :S not sure why maybe cheaper to make somehow?

darwin1859 · 13 May 2015 at 14:58

Luggs said:
Damn +1 for that mobo, wish more manufacturers would do plain black mobo's and not force you down their colour scheme. Really nice mate!

Cheers mate!

dacads said:
True, most appear black but are dark brown :S not sure why maybe cheaper to make somehow?

Yeah my current/previous mobo's (MSI G55 SLI) PCB is a very dark reddish brown. It might actually look okay on a board with red details, but the details are blue, and if you look closely it doesn't match well.

n14hta · 15 May 2015 at 09:44

Good selection of parts, looking forward to see progress.

darwin1859 · 15 May 2015 at 13:09

n14hta said:
Good selection of parts, looking forward to see progress.

Thanks, I have almost everything in place now, and itching to get started.

darwin1859 · 10 Jun 2015 at 11:30

Hi guys,

A quick update to confirm the project will be using both 4K FreeSync and 144 Hz FreeSync displays.

More updates coming very soon...

colinmcr · 10 Jun 2015 at 19:04

Nice hardware, I also like that motherboard it's very clean looking.

darwin1859 · 11 Jun 2015 at 22:05

colinmcr said:
Nice hardware, I also like that motherboard it's very clean looking.

Cheers

darwin1859 · 15 Jun 2015 at 22:36

I also started a test build. I'll be using a Corsair H105 until the loop is fitted. More pics coming soon...

russell664 · 15 Jun 2015 at 23:25

Can never get over how massive the 900D is!

Luggs · 16 Jun 2015 at 07:55

Back in Black! (get rid of that white fan!! lol)

Looks really clean and slick, are you planning to add some accent colour or stick with all black?

Bryan Kortez · 16 Jun 2015 at 10:31

This is going to be a nice build

Really liked your Aether build too, amazing.

darwin1859 · 28 Jun 2015 at 00:33

Luggs said:
Back in Black! (get rid of that white fan!! lol)

Will do

Looks really clean and slick, are you planning to add some accent colour or stick with all black?

I haven't decided yet, but probably orange or purple accents. Still keeping heavy black throughout though.

Bryan Kortez said:
This is going to be a nice build Really liked your Aether build too, amazing.

Thanks!

darwin1859 · 28 Jun 2015 at 00:35

Alphacool parts arrived!

Keechy · 29 Jun 2015 at 15:20

this look up to be a nice build

B N3GATIVE · 30 Jun 2015 at 19:23

darwin1859 said:
Thanks, it's actually the name of a god of darkness. So I guess that fits well with the WH40K type theme.

Erebus is the First Chaplain of the World Eaters,he is the primary instigator of the downfall of Horus.

40k....Since Day 1.