Project Log - Anniversary Rebuild

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Hi guys, Been a little while since I was around.

This project is some what of an anniversary build, It's just over a year now since I shared my son's first build and mod ( See Link below)

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18388161&

The build was a lot fun and a great learning curve, what started out as a time filler project ended up looking really good considering what we had to work with, With the support of some guys on this very forum, Custom work and donated parts finished it off.



Pretty Soon after a huge venture began, Connor's build for narcolepsy UK.

(See Link below)
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18396393


Give a take a week or two it's around a year since his personal build was finished and his sponsored build began, now seems a fitting time to rebuild and improve his personal rig.

Their lots of ideas still floating around but below is a rough concept of what he hopes to achieve, The heart of the rig is an Antec "ONE" Cases, Which has great sentimental value ( See above link) it's by no means the biggest of flashiest cases but has potential.


The rig is set to be dual purpose, practical and both easy to work with, now that connor has moved on, and now reviews hardware.

At this time It'll more of a cosmetic project, his old hardware from his build will be xfered over and upgraded if and when possible.


Hadware list as of 24/04/2013
Antec One cases
Tools and lots of motivation!

Thread will be updated asap theirs is more to share.
 
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Right then fella's, we've got an upcoming holiday in a couple of weeks but connor was eager to get cracking on. First thing to do was break case down and get that drill out



You'll notice one the side panel has a window cut out, Our last attempt at mixing the antec "One" side panel and our jigsaw was a testing experience

We'll be calling in all the help we can get to make sure everything is done better. The panel was cut to Connor's spec by his uncle, Who happens to work in a fabrication factory, I expect Connor will be sending plenty of work his way.



At this point of time he's only focusing on cosmetics,Colour choice will come soon

Firstly I've donated my watercooling setup to him. At this time He has
1x360 Slim Radiator
1x Phobya UC-1 Waterblock
1xEK Res & 1x Phobya dc400 pump.

For tubing that'll depend on which concept he goes for, Sadly I can't producedepic renders so we will to make to do with my shoddy Paint skills....:D

Like his past build He is very keen on having the motherboard rotated. Intially he planned something like this


Just wasn't practial with the size limatations, he's tweaked his design to this...



He wants to to focus on both side being modded and sway away from the norm of windowing and putting all efforts on to one side of the case..

Radiator position is not certain and will depend on if we cant source another one.








One idea is to have the tubing to come out of the side panel ( will be never bee removed anyway) and go back in again, he's got his eye on some solid tubing rather than traditional flexible hosing.


Back side view
no window here as all you would see is the motherboard tray, instead focusing on the tubing and a 360mm grille to house the fans.


A final option was to mount to rad flush at the front of the case and bring the tubing out of their and back again.



I know it's not exactly clear, So i'll knock up a video over the weekend to help

That's it for now folks..
 
Right then boys and girls sorry for the delay, Just dropping a quick update while I've got a spare second


Connor and I have been in regular Contact with the builds first Sponsor, Antec.He tweaked his design but the small form factor of the Antec ONE case was, well..just too small.

So we're throwing another ONE into the mix... Antec One + Antec One=2? nope...ONE big ass, dual case!

We've taken the concept to Sapphire and in a heartbeat jumped on board and sponsored Connor with a Sapphire 7790 GPU




We've also been in Contact with


&


Who are bringing some damn nice products to the table this year. Part list will be finalised in the coming days.


Drum roll please...it's time to showcase my legendary MSpaint skills once again and show the current concept.

Front view



potential back views- Depending on his final choice




A look inside...from both sides...the right image will also have a psu cover to hide wires coming in from the second case



Tubing Route and dual Windows for one side


In a nut shell, two cases side by side, one to house the main components, mobo,gpu, the other to house PSU, radiators, pumps, SSDs,Optical drives, bays res's. he's keep the psu mounts of both cases though, which ever one is not in uses wil have a cover on it..

The cases' intention is to have the option to fit a bit of anything and everything when he needs too, When he needs to test AIO coolers for example. The theme is black on the outside, lots of white paneling inside, accented with red components, cables, dyes ect. The second cases, has all the option to house big radiators and such


Really wish I had some work in progress to show, Sadly things are a little slow-moving but it'll be worth it. We had recently set a target to bring the rig down to I49 later this year. We're in early disscuions about having the rig showcased on a booth.. if it all gets done in time! Fingers crossed though. Which means we really need to get crack, so expect lots of work asap.

On the negative side of things...Shame to spoil the post, our Motherboard a Mpower Z77 decieded to POP and take out our 2500k which means, it's about to embark on it journey into the unknown. Intel RMA has left us in a tricky position, from our understanding Sandybridge is EOL, it's apparenlty a 50/50 whether they can supply a 2500k or IVY equivalent. I have no ideas how Intel RMA works and with being a "K" version cpu, IDK what to expect, whether it'll be rejected or swapped out?

Also Zero chance of motherboard returning for RMA... For reasons I simply can't get my head around it has two missing pins..so we've got a nice £150 paperweight.:mad:

Timing of this is well crap..especially as Haswell just rolled out, we had planned to either stay mpower and 2500k or sell them off to build up funds and go Haswell... anyhow see you guys soon!
 
This project looks very promising so far, well done to you and Connor! :)

And by the way if you are considering Haswell you might want to read this article, especially if you will be overclocking.
 
@TheDesX77 Cheers, yeah I've seen the article. It's a bit dissapointing. Feels likey Ivybridge all over again. We're morst likely still going Haswell, For the builds purpouse (reviewing) it really needs current gen hardware ;)
 
Nice project, good luck with it!

Also, I have an Antec One which I was going to replace with something I can easily fit a 240mm radiator in. However, seeing the picture where you've taken the case apart, I might have a go at doing the same. Was this easy to do? I'm not a big fan of modding and don't have any tools at the moment.
 
Really wish for everyones sake I could render lol ! Second case is due tomorrow. Been trying to mock connors ideas up, this is best I can do until the box arrives and we can crack on!

 
Right then some new toys arrived! First box is fron Antec, The second case is with us now, which means connor has something practial and not my shoddy MSpaint mockups to work with. Within the week he should have it all marked out and ready to cut













Next up is something special from our newest sponsor. Big respect to Cooler Master for jumping in and Supporting Connor once again.




1500W! Yum Yum Yum :cool:




Finally the good guys over at Sapphire once again have supported Connor.


















Oh and one more thing......After much debate we just couldn't see the point on buying another z68 or Z77 motherboard. Makes sense to go current gen despite the inital reviews and uproar haswell has brung with it. So we ordered some goodies from noneother than OCUK











The build is sitting in a temp case with...brace yourselves...stock cooling :rolleyes:


The next shipement we're expecting should change that....a lot

In typical Britsh weather fashion, It been to dark to get any decent photos today sorry , Till next time ;)
 
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