Project: Erebus

Rikk82 · 22 Aug 2015 at 11:33

This build oozes class.

kthula666 · 22 Aug 2015 at 12:05

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

mushtafa · 22 Aug 2015 at 12:54

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

Brian18741 · 22 Aug 2015 at 19:59

darwin1859 said:
Even better - Mayhems have agreed to sponsor the project, and have made me a custom purple pastel coolant, to match perfectly the fans and cable sleeving

Fantastic, can't wait to see it!

faheemrazzaq · 24 Aug 2015 at 01:24

Looking forward to the final product. So far so good

russell664 · 24 Aug 2015 at 08:07

Nice. Really, really nice.

Luggs · 24 Aug 2015 at 08:39

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

TechMinerUK · 24 Aug 2015 at 09:26

Superb work so far. Those jigs deserve a thread of their own

Your tubing bends are also excellent.

darwin1859 · 24 Aug 2015 at 10:00

Rikk82 said:
This build oozes class.

kthula666 said:
Very nice can't wait to see the coolant make this build it looks awesome.

Brian18741 said:
Fantastic, can't wait to see it!

faheemrazzaq said:
Looking forward to the final product. So far so good

russell664 said:
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 · 24 Aug 2015 at 10:10

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

TechMinerUK said:
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

Luggs said:
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?

Trunkey · 1 Sep 2015 at 22:43

Love the photo of all that alpha cool kit, nice looking build too.

rickyjb · 1 Sep 2015 at 22:49

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?

grim. · 1 Sep 2015 at 23:27

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.

darwin1859 · 2 Sep 2015 at 13:15

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

rickyjb said:
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.

grim. said:
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 · 2 Sep 2015 at 13:15

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

TechMinerUK · 2 Sep 2015 at 13:47

Excellent work. The build looks absolutely stunning

Also I do love that shade of purple

colinmcr · 2 Sep 2015 at 14:53

Stunning mate, love the colour and so neat looking

darwin1859 · 2 Sep 2015 at 16:37

Cheers guys

NMBlack · 2 Sep 2015 at 18:05

Black and purple, love it!

johnnyrotten665 · 2 Sep 2015 at 18:09

Shiny