Project: Erebus

[darwin1859]

This build oozes class.

Very nice can't wait to see the coolant make this build it looks awesome.

Fantastic, can't wait to see it!

Looking forward to the final product. So far so good

Nice. Really, really nice.

Thank you very much for all your comments. Much appreciated

Currently Blitzing the system before I fill with the custom Mayhems purple pastel coolant. More pics shortly.

I'll also be showing the finished build at the Alphacool stand at Insomnia 55, if you'll be there come and check out the build!

 

[darwin1859]

How long did it take to plan and bend the pipework? Looks very well done

Superb work so far. Those jigs deserve a thread of their own
Your tubing bends are also excellent.

Thanks guys - I spent a long long time doing other prep before I even started with the tubing. For example measuring and cutting the holes in the midplate, and remounting the res. I had to get that perfect, as even though it's a big case, there's surprisingly little space to work with once you shove 2x 480 mm push/pull rads in there!

But doing the actual tubing, I reckon took a couple of days on/off. I measured everything at least three times with a Monsoon measuring kit (pretty useful). Cutting and chamfering the ends was pretty quick with a Dremel. It was mostly measuring, doing sums and drawing it out that took time.

The run from GPU to CPU took a couple of attempts - at first I tried a 90º/90º, but it wouldn't fit in the space, so then I used 90º and 45º. Everything else I got first time. 16/12 tubing is hard work!

The jig I made was pretty much the minimum possible bend radius before the tubing would deform. I was scouring the house looking for an object with the right diameter - eventually I found one, a bottle of hayfever nasal spray, that I demolished with the Dremel

Superb work and damn, them gpu's look great together. This is going to be a beast!

Thanks - the GPU blocks have definitely grown on me. I think it's quite an industrial look?

 

[darwin1859]

Sorry guys I don't know why but my notifications for the forum aren't working?

Im loving that little front panel mod, i might give that a go. Is there anything to watch out for or was it pretty straight forward?

Pretty straightforward if you have a Dremel. You'll need some fairly thick stick pads to attach the bits, as they are hollow underneath. Also, you might lose some paint on the cut edge revealing the metal beneath - I used a black marker to cover it.

Excellent work on the tube bending. Worth the effort doing it properly. It's going to look great when you get the coloured coolant in.

Thanks mate. I'm very happy with the coolant from Mayhems. See below for finished pics...

 

[darwin1859]

After several months planning and work, the project has finally reached completion. The ultimate 4K gaming computer with trifire R9 290X, X99 and DDR4 RAM. Full rigid watercooling loop including dual D5 pumps and two 480mm radiators.

Thanks to Alphacool for displaying the finished system at Insomnia Gaming Festival 55. That was a lot of fun! And a special thanks to all the sponsors for this project: Corsair, Alphacool, iiyama, E22, Mayhems and Lamptron.























Here you can see I brush Plasti-dipped the I/O ports black...


















On display at i55

 

[darwin1859]

Cheers guys

 

[darwin1859]

love it!, Looks ace in purple , very nice job on those panels aswell. Where did you get those little circular carbon stickers for the fans? I'd like some of them to put on mine.

I bought some carbon fibre vinyl from Amazon and cut it to size.

Only thing i dislike about the 900D is the smoked window , got a acrylic panel coming next week which is clear which i will drill and fit it as i hate the blue hue around the window from my white lights, cost £12 cut to size and polished around the edges at 6mm thick so looking forward to that .

Yes, the blue glow! I tried to position LEDs pointing away from the window as best I could to avoid it. With hindsight an acrylic panel would've looked ace. Where did you order it?

 

[darwin1859]

There are many places that do cut to size acrylic, I ordered from here http://www.theplasticman.co.uk/index.php?area=calculator. They were the cheapest but take a 3-4 days to get the stuff cut and polished which I dont mind waiting.

Measured as 500mm x 422mm.

It will sit about 1mm back from the door though, corsair stepped their panel down around the edges so it sits level with the door frame.

I will drill it myself using the old one as a template. Then will have a nice clear shiny panel .

Just wish corsair did a clear panel for it would be much easier.

Thanks for that. I'd love to see your results...

I'm a FAN of this build.. Real nice job

FANtastic! Thanks

Can't stop drooling over this build, so awesome... Defo using this as inspiration for my next build

Thanks mate, I look forward to seeing it.

 

[darwin1859]

Thanks for comments guys

 

[darwin1859]

It normally sits under my desk, I have to remind myself to look at it sometimes too