Project Log - Anniversary Rebuild
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Holy cow you got some nice parts!
So do you now have two 7790 1gb cards?
So do you now have two 7790 1gb cards?
I suspect Corsair has been watching our plans as...that exactly what where going for
Not just the one card sorry for any confusion, Connor not a hardcore gamer. The 7790 is just right for what he'll be doing, and is a decent baseline for us to review new products against.
We've just had word that some parts from Primochill & ModSmart should be shipping soon.
heres a peek at some of them
Also Connor has been tweaking the design again. With his Uncle working in a fabrication factory, I expect this shouldn't take much longer before it all starts taking shape
More incoming
heres a peek at some of them
Also Connor has been tweaking the design again. With his Uncle working in a fabrication factory, I expect this shouldn't take much longer before it all starts taking shape
More incoming
Caporegime
Looks promising 
I know the parts are donated and all, but I would sell the 7790 and the 1500W PSU and get a much better GPU and a far less expensive PSU (like a 650/750W XFX)
I know the parts are donated and all, but I would sell the 7790 and the 1500W PSU and get a much better GPU and a far less expensive PSU (like a 650/750W XFX)
Looks promising
I know the parts are donated and all, but I would sell the 7790 and the 1500W PSU and get a much better GPU and a far less expensive PSU (like a 650/750W XFX)
I know that would make sense but it just doesn't feel the right thing to do.
Back to the Build, We have had a few teething issues again.
The Sapphire GPU was producing random artifacts, So off it want back to be tested.
Kingston jumped onboard much like the last build Connor did, They sent over some nice HyperX Beast Ram.
The Primochill and Modsmart Box arrived but a few parts where missing, namely the custom fittings for the acrylic tubing, meaning we can't move forward until its resolved. With the deadline creeping up and so much left to do the timing couldn't be worse
We even contacted various UK suppliers in attempt to buy them ourselves just to get things underway. Sadly the UK suppliers have the same info as us( their on order). The new range of products Primochill has released, has had such a strong response. they can't get the bits out to the resellers quick enough.
Which in their defense we understand
Grilles We have here
2x360mm
1x240mm
1x280mm
Cables
Flow Indicator
Reservoir
We've got a few people to speak with but we should have a special Radiator arriving the next few days too. Pending some custom plates and other pieces being made in time, Where also visiting a past Supporter of Connor soon! to have something custom-made. More about that soon.
Any one coming to i49 we will see you there!
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Back again, sorry its been almost three weeks now... and its finally starting to take shape, Connors gone back to his earlier plans of two boxed chambers, the other designs just were not practical at all. We where unable to move forward until the Ghost fittings arrived...and we have 12 of them to play with now
We've been a little busy but yesterday connor mocked up his templates for the sheet metal work. we've just got back from fabrication and they turned out great.
The first peice is a simple L shaped PSU box
You'll notice a cut out, We didn't want the PSU that Cooler Master sponsored to be hiden, The cut out will show this part marked in red
The next peice is a essentially a rad Box/cover, its large enogh to house the rad,fans and allow him to route tubing from one case the next.
Next we need to plate or remake the back cover on one of the cases, as it had all the IO and PCI mounts he doesnt need
before
After
Rough mock up, Connors just debating PSU at top or bottom
Either way the res will sit in the center like this
So in case we have Rad,res,and PSU in this case.
Case two will be motherboard, Using the acrylic tubing hes going to bend and route it from one case to the next, lots more coming, With i49 only a few weeks away i can wait!
A few more cuts and additonal plates but its getting their now!
We've been a little busy but yesterday connor mocked up his templates for the sheet metal work. we've just got back from fabrication and they turned out great.
The first peice is a simple L shaped PSU box
You'll notice a cut out, We didn't want the PSU that Cooler Master sponsored to be hiden, The cut out will show this part marked in red
The next peice is a essentially a rad Box/cover, its large enogh to house the rad,fans and allow him to route tubing from one case the next.
Next we need to plate or remake the back cover on one of the cases, as it had all the IO and PCI mounts he doesnt need
before
After
Rough mock up, Connors just debating PSU at top or bottom
Either way the res will sit in the center like this
So in case we have Rad,res,and PSU in this case.
Case two will be motherboard, Using the acrylic tubing hes going to bend and route it from one case to the next, lots more coming, With i49 only a few weeks away i can wait!
A few more cuts and additonal plates but its getting their now!
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As always I look forward to seeing more of Connor's (and your) efforts,
Once again you both have come up with something very interesting!
Once again you both have come up with something very interesting!
Right then back to the build, the mentioned PSU cover and rad boxes were filled down and ready to install
Its wasn't a bad fit, not what we hoped for to be honest.
But really its just wasn't right, with a second GPU installed their was no room for a card to breath, the gap between box and bottom of the motherboard was around 1mm
He called in the help of his grandfather
But still after trimming it seemes to PSU would need to be relocated
While figured out what to do Connor ordered a few bits and pieces
He began work on bridging the top lids together
Still needed a little work but looks great, the main issue is the 120mm grill, it's not a typical circles shapes, each hole is a hexagon and is proving difficult to neaten up
Next challenge was to bolt the two cases as one
Due the weight of the PSU, it would have to be bottom mounted
Sadly due to a planning error, the window cut to show the coolermaster branding would no longer work
Cue another one of Connors quick ideas! SSD would be mounted their!
Agains the many plan changes and slight error with the sheet metal means we have a rather large gap to fill here at the front
During all the chaos of things starting to go bad, correctly his spirits were lifted!
I've been in contact with Pascal for a little while, the hope was to do something about the flimsy and bashed up slim 360mm rad we had to work with, he said he could do something...and oh my....he DID
Nice rad?
Oh white! Even better?
Wait a minute...whats this effect on it?
Connor has been given the ONLY one in the world, Custom made, just for him White carbon effect rad....mind blown
Next we managed to get the boxes bolt into place for mock-up
Spagetti anyone?
Finally Connor began the task of bending the tubing
First bend came out ok but as we don't have the official silicone bending rod, it was very much a case of trial and error, some coming out better than others
[MOCK UP]
and final update...reusing some of the removed pieces from the antec one, specifically this honey comb hard drive cage area
Connor has filled this gap and is multi purpose for routing cables.
Due to the trial and error of the bending, we had to order another 36" of tubing on friday and thankfully it arrived the next day. Time to route the tubing,finish up and pray we get this done for i49...which is in 6 days!
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This is looking sweet, looking forward to the finish line
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looks fab, can't wait to see how it all ends up! good to see so many companies getting behind the project.
This is looking sweet, looking forward to the finish line
us to meant to be in telford in 4 days!
Getting used to bending method now
Lined up nice
One of the more difficult peices we did
this is a full 24" lenght tube , its very surpsing how much we needed
Rough mock up
Only 4 days to go...slight worried
their are so things that just wont be done in time for i49, but we;ll keep the log updated after the event. Anyone visiting come down and see us on the Antec boothback with more soon,
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Right then time to update you guys...Oh my what a hectic two weeks its been
The loop was filled and it was clear he had a flow issue,
It became more apparent when adding some dye
The issue was those 90's been too harsh and thinning in the tubing, Despite his best efforts to open up the tubing, it cracked, Thankfully the we picked up one of the last peices of stock in the Uk...except it was red...
So literally the day before we were due to travel down to telford the insomnia gaming event, Despite time ticking fast, Connor really wanted to get some paint and colours into the rig. So it was time to break down the rig and add some more structural support for the Journey to i49
The small changes had an epic impact
Red tubing in place and its not a bad match for the other red pieces, fans,flow meter
Before we knew it..it was crunch time, There was a small amount of cosmetic work today and planned to do on the way down, Traffic meant we didn't arrive until late Friday PM, Saturday morning was a nice refreshing change at the hotel, no paint, tools or tubing in sight
As soon as we pulled up the event it seemed the curse continued to strike, Upon filling the loop a misplaced fill port cap caused disaster...and a very slippy event floor, Connor despite keeping his cool, which heartbroken, Antec and a guy from MSI Frantically searched for a cap and did find one...Sadly due to a massive error we had not assembled the loop correctly meaning access to fill was near impossible, Even with the best efforts of everyone around us, the system was not to be filled.
We didn’t get many pics of the rig on the stand, to be honest it was a mixture of sadness and confusion, the event was packed!
Naturally some feedback was good some not so much, He overheard something being said that crushed his spirits and we hit the road the next day...
After a long journey back, he took the negatives and turned them into positives and set about making the rig want he had hoped he had shown...right now it’s about 99% done with some minor cosmetic fixes left to do. Last minute changes and fixes mean some section will be changed but for now its all functional
He’s faced more than average setbacks, issues, delays and let down but despite this...I'm simply the proudest dad in the world, and of course the wave of trolls will keeping firing their nonsense this way, but hey he did again and I can assure you he’s bouncing straight back and will keep doing what he loves. Hes 13, he designed it, made cuts, drilled it, riveted it,bolted it, painted it, bent tubing, fill it...it’s his rig and he loves it.
i'll be back with a final update at some point but I'd to take this chance to thanks all the family members and friends for encouraging him, Sponsors for believing in him and all that have viewed and commented,
The loop was filled and it was clear he had a flow issue,
It became more apparent when adding some dye
The issue was those 90's been too harsh and thinning in the tubing, Despite his best efforts to open up the tubing, it cracked, Thankfully the we picked up one of the last peices of stock in the Uk...except it was red...
So literally the day before we were due to travel down to telford the insomnia gaming event, Despite time ticking fast, Connor really wanted to get some paint and colours into the rig. So it was time to break down the rig and add some more structural support for the Journey to i49
The small changes had an epic impact
Red tubing in place and its not a bad match for the other red pieces, fans,flow meter
Before we knew it..it was crunch time, There was a small amount of cosmetic work today and planned to do on the way down, Traffic meant we didn't arrive until late Friday PM, Saturday morning was a nice refreshing change at the hotel, no paint, tools or tubing in sight
As soon as we pulled up the event it seemed the curse continued to strike, Upon filling the loop a misplaced fill port cap caused disaster...and a very slippy event floor, Connor despite keeping his cool, which heartbroken, Antec and a guy from MSI Frantically searched for a cap and did find one...Sadly due to a massive error we had not assembled the loop correctly meaning access to fill was near impossible, Even with the best efforts of everyone around us, the system was not to be filled.
We didn’t get many pics of the rig on the stand, to be honest it was a mixture of sadness and confusion, the event was packed!
Naturally some feedback was good some not so much, He overheard something being said that crushed his spirits and we hit the road the next day...
After a long journey back, he took the negatives and turned them into positives and set about making the rig want he had hoped he had shown...right now it’s about 99% done with some minor cosmetic fixes left to do. Last minute changes and fixes mean some section will be changed but for now its all functional
He’s faced more than average setbacks, issues, delays and let down but despite this...I'm simply the proudest dad in the world, and of course the wave of trolls will keeping firing their nonsense this way, but hey he did again and I can assure you he’s bouncing straight back and will keep doing what he loves. Hes 13, he designed it, made cuts, drilled it, riveted it,bolted it, painted it, bent tubing, fill it...it’s his rig and he loves it.
i'll be back with a final update at some point but I'd to take this chance to thanks all the family members and friends for encouraging him, Sponsors for believing in him and all that have viewed and commented,
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i think he did an amazing job ... and ignore the trolls you find them in all walks of life
Mate, i49 was full of children this time around. I saw that build when I was there and was very impressed with it. Only criticism is it should've taken pride of place on the stand and not in the corner, was difficult to see. And possibly some internal lighting for events to make it stand out, then you're onto a winner
i think he did an amazing job ... and ignore the trolls you find them in all walks of life
Indeed some the harsh things he heard were not just from internet kiddies though, I don't matter who said what I guess But lets just say i'd expect the guy could have been more proffesional...
Mate, i49 was full of children this time around. I saw that build when I was there and was very impressed with it. Only criticism is it should've taken pride of place on the stand and not in the corner, was difficult to see. And possibly some internal lighting for events to make it stand out, then you're onto a winner
Agree.....its was just one of those things I guess. We did attempt lighting, onyl thing to hand was UBS powered,that meant runnign the rig with zero cooling, and with the room temp in the halls it hit the thermal limit very quickly and shut down