Project Fortis [Parvum ATX Build!]

M1keMK · 4 Jul 2015 at 08:16

Hello everyone! Welcome to my latest project!

This will be my 3rd in a Trilogy of Parvum Builds, after Micro But Mighty and Mini But Mighty last year.

In keeping with the mighty theme from the last two builds:

Fortis = Latin for Powerful, Mighty, Strong

Big thanks is due yet again to Justin at Parvum who has let me get my hands on an early pre-release ATX Parvum case. Not only that this is going to feature a pretty unique accent colour as it will be their first yellow accented case. Parvum don't usually offer yellow, so they ordered in the acrylic just for my build - thanks guys :thumbup:

The case is due shortly, but here are the renders:

So... onto the specs for this build!

Hardware:

CPU: Intel I7 5960X
Motherboard: MSI X99S X-Power AC
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 2666mhz
GPU's: 2x EVGA GTX 980Ti SLI (Flashed to SC)
Sound Card: Asus Essence STX
SSDs: 2x Crucial M4 256gb in RAID 0
PSU: Enermax Revolution 85+ 1200watt PSU.

Watercooling
CPU Block: EK Supreme Evo
GPU Blocks: EK Titan X Full Cover
Radiators: TBC
Tubing & Fittings: TBC
Reservoir: TBC

I have to thank MSI for the reason for all this bright yellow! This build will be based around their OC Series X99S X-Power motherboard:

Another thanks to ColdZero.EU who are supplying me with custom 980Ti back plates that will fit the X99S (mem slots are too close for standard ones) and that match the theme:

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And of course... here are the GPU's:

and waterblocks:

One of my first jobs will be getting through this lot, and braiding my PSU! This is straight from Mainframe customs over in the US. This is the third build I've used their paracord and a few of their other bits and pieces too and I highly recommend them!

That's it for now, but keep a look out for updates!

mods1965 · 4 Jul 2015 at 10:53

Looking forward to seeing this! (Official Parvum fanboy)

FL630 · 4 Jul 2015 at 11:16

Are they renders of the final release version of the Parvum ATX? If so, I am very, very excited!

TechMinerUK · 4 Jul 2015 at 11:19

This build is going to be great, I love the black/yellow colour scheme.

M1keMK · 4 Jul 2015 at 12:41

Cheers guys... glad you like it. Really pleased to be doing a build that isn't blue or red! Lol!

FL630 said:
Are they renders of the final release version of the Parvum ATX? If so, I am very, very excited!

Parvum mentioned to me that they were working on at least a couple of alternatives. A compact one... Which is what this is, that continues the theme of their other cases in being very space efficient, and a larger one which I thi k has a whole extra bottom section that can hold a pair of triple rads. Not sure if they've decided what they are releasing - I guess they will decide based on feedback from projects like this one.

FL630 · 4 Jul 2015 at 13:25

Thanks M1keMK, both sizes sound tempting as I love the look of rads at the bottom (ala 900D/caselabs).

Looking forward to this progressing.

Luggs · 4 Jul 2015 at 13:30

Being a life long supporter of Wasps rugby club, I fully support this build

Mads1 · 4 Jul 2015 at 13:42

Look forward to the rest of the updates in this build.

haxxbaxx · 4 Jul 2015 at 15:14

any ideas when they will actually release the atx version?

Keechy · 4 Jul 2015 at 15:37

this is going to be great

M1keMK · 4 Jul 2015 at 19:09

haxxbaxx said:
any ideas when they will actually release the atx version?

Afraid not... They havnt mentioned anything specific to me.

skaif · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:30

Ooooooooooo Parvum fanning the atx case flames! Just release in already!

Leon Axel · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:52

This looks very interesting.

M1keMK · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:44

Thanks for the comments guys...
A quick update... started the long job of cable braiding. Sorry for the dodgy photo, but wanted to share what its going to look like! I'll take some better ones when ive done a few more cables.

colinmcr · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:52

Awesome looking render, cant wait to see it in the flesh.

TechMinerUK · 6 Jul 2015 at 09:49

What program did you use to create the case render? :confused:

M1keMK · 6 Jul 2015 at 10:54

Parvum did the render for me. Essentially they sent me an initial render of what their atx case might look like, I then edited it with a few of the touches/changes I wanted in Photoshop along with a couple of requests on email, they took that into account, rerendered it and essentially that's the version you see in the first post. The guys are really easy to work with.

mikeggratton · 6 Jul 2015 at 11:43

this looks to have potential :-)

kaku · 6 Jul 2015 at 11:51

You're putting MSI backplates on EVGA 980Tis?

Case is looking really good. I especially like the layering of the front panels.

M1keMK · 6 Jul 2015 at 12:05

kaku said:
You're putting MSI backplates on EVGA 980Tis?

Case is looking really good. I especially like the layering of the front panels.

Lol, I wondered when someone would pick up on the backplates. It's really cos of the yellow theme, MSIs logos all fit in quite nicely. I did a couple of designs that included evgas logo but for some reason. It just didn't seem right in yellow. They are only reference cards anyways.

On the front, yeah the triple layers look awesome and allow me to just have yellow accents. With just two panels the amount of yellow would have looked far too much! Lol.