Project MEGA DEBLOW - Watercooled Desk Mod

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Took some doing, but Finally worked out a way to keep the matrix LED's

14/04/2014 - Just noticed i forgot to add the fan photos, so here they are
CM Jet Flows - plane black no LED's

Nice to have 2 speed controllers included with the fan, 1200rpm & 1600rpm

forgive the sawdust didn't look that bad without the camera flash lol
removable rubber ends!, if i had not already cut the wood i would have removed the four fan ends and cut circles not squares as the fans are about the same thickness as the wood and would have looked great.

 

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RADs and pump in place along with the new pump carbon wrap cover (RES base)

Needed to extend most the fan wires, forgot to take a pic

The converted triple RAD fan holder fitted to replace the wood that was there on the test build

redone the sides with new wrap, the triple RAD shown here was not in the test build,

 

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made some blocks to raise the RES a inch higher, i might get a clear pump top in the future and light it????

The tubing covering the GPU bridge can be removed, and atm its no longer on, cant decide if i like it on or off

 

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New wrap added to the front, new switches and new fan controller
also partially covered the blu-ray drive
under the blu-ray is my drink holder (converted DVD drive)
the bottom bay holds my main OS SSD drive

 

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Boy o boy - this just gets better, amazing.

Mark

Thanks Mark

The more I see the colour of that coolant the more I love it, great work

Thanks Hawkhench,
the water is pure and clear, the tubes are UV green
I decided to light the water with LEDs, then when i get bored of a color i can change easy to another, the only thing i wont be able to change is the tubing color.





was going to update with some more pics but Photobucket down for maintenance atm so cant upload any

 

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Stoopid Photobucket!! We need moar photo's

working on it

This just gets better - excellent work you are doing

Thanks Scotty


You can just about see the LEDs for the matrix cards on the sides near the volts - + buttons
they can be moved around a bit but i think they look best on the sides

 

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No problem m8, love the cola build your working on
I used some old PSU wires and other bits i had in the tool box, the only wire i have bought new was for the LED strips,

so long as you use the same gauge wire that's coming from the PSU it will be fine, you can use thicker wire if you have to. wont effect how the 12v switch performs, just don't use thin wire as thats a fire risk

Photobucket back to normal again, uploading more pix as i type

 

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Most lights fully working now, water flowing nice, temps looking good

Getting close to complete

 

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that's all the pix for this weekend,
more to follow later next week

 

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This is just getting better!

Thanks Jimbaw
from the way it was looking at the start i don't think its possible to look any worse lol

You wont know what to do with yourself once it is finished Lol.
Plenty of gaming ahead I will bet. Looking good - or should that be e p i c.

Mark

As soon as BF4 came along i was regretting this project lol
only had chance for a quick play on the BETA
Hopefully next week i will get to play it and maybe some elder scrolls online if its any good


Thanks haxxbaxx

 

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Stunning What sort of temps do you get? Sorry if I've missed it, admittedly skimmed second page

Thanks

here's all my temp info for now -

CPU @4.6
GPU's Core @ 1260MHz, Mem @ 1800MHz

Idle temps = (This test was done after all the 3D marks and gaming)
CPU = 34c
GPU1 = 29c
GPU2 = 30c

Water Temp before RADs = 26.1
Room Temp = 22.6
FANs at lowest settings


3D Mark (default settings) did 4 tests back to back and until the temps was at the max
CPU = 58c
GPU1 = 44c
GPU2 = 45c

Water Temp before RADs = 33.3
Room Temp = 22.1
FANs at lowest settings


Heaven Bench did about 3 full tests at max settings back to back and until the temps was at the max
CPU = 55c
GPU1 = 39c
GPU2 = 40c

Water Temp before RADs = 29.5
Room Temp = 21.6
FANs at lowest settings


1 hr playtime on Grid 2 (maxed out)
CPU = 54c
GPU1 = 42c
GPU2 = 43c

Water Temp before RADs = 33.1
Room Temp = 22.3
FANs at lowest settings





All this was done with the fans on the lowest settings, as when im gaming without a headset i don't like the noise
I will do more testing when the desk is done, but for now im more than a bit happy with the GPU temps
i was hitting 85c and even up in the 90s when i was on air with the fans on 100% and that was only running at 1100MHz on the cores

The OC on the cards and CPU is stable and i haven't messed with it much during this build, i could probably hit 4.8 on the CPU and possibly 1300 on the GPUs if im lucky

3D mark score was 12751

Rob

Great desk! I love the use of the UV - proper job!

Where did you get the glass from and how much was it if you don't mind my asking? I reckon my next rig will be incorporated into a desk and if it looks anything like yours it will need to be on show!

Thanks and nice user name lol
Mine was just Deblow, but i lost all my info ages ago so had to add a mega to the start, sounds stupid to me now lol

anyway, the glass was made for me by a friend i use to work with in the glass industry, hes at a new place but still can make the glass for me now and then. not sure what they would charge you for a shape, but for squares and simple shapes i would guess its about £60 ?
that's just a guess, i worked on the printing side so wasn't privy to the sales side

Glass used was 6mm toughened clear

This looks Beast

Thanks

 

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Quick questions:
Where do you live?
What time is your house usually empty?
What type of locks have you got?
Is there enough room for a van to park?

Really tempted to give it a go one day

lol that's a good set of questions, but you forgot the main one!

How do i get it out the door?

 

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Can I ask, did you use much, if any heat on the carbon wrap when applying it? I recently applied some 4D black to my Raspberry PI case and heated it to make the curved surfaces go easier. But I was struggling to not apply too much heat as afterwards it carbon seems to harden significantly.

Wonder if anyone who has a lot of experience with this to write a wee guide.

From trial and error i discovered its best to only heat as much as you have to, try do the most work you can with your hands or tools,
I use a heat gun on the lowest setting and quite far from the wrap, the longer you spend heating it the more harder it will set

try not to stretch it, but more like you would work with clay

and ofc, if heat wont do the job your going to have to make small cuts or even add more wrap.

the corners on my desk and the corners near my pump had to be cut because i didn't want the wrap to go hard and deformed,
i places separate bits or wrap on the corners to cover the small triangle gap left after cutting.

 

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maybe it would work better for you if you had a second person to help.
try heat all 4 sides and then you hold 2 and someone else holds the other 2 and pull it down over the PI at the same time,
just make sure to heat it as little as possible to prevent hardness

 

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Haha dammit!
Amazing job mate

Top work. The carbon fibre coating really gives it a pro-looking finish, and it just looks amazing.

Any chance of some distanced pictures so you can see the whole?

I did a couple and the only reason i haven't uploaded yet was because my room is a mess and i don't want people to think it looks like this all the time lol,
also don't want to give the impression the desk is complete.

But as you have asked, here is a shot taken last week, its in a mess atm but i hope to have it done by the weekend and lots of better shots taken

 

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Thanks Tattysnuc







here's the pullout I've made, used the runners from my old ikea draws, and covered the wood with some fake leaver (Flux)

Made a curve in the back so theirs room for wires to drop down the back if needed

the cup is misleading, it was a nice pot of tea

 

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A quick update,
making a small block to house 2 switches, one will control the LEDs for the lower shelf's and the second will control the LEDs on glass shelf above the desk top.

i will be placing it under the desk more than likely just below where the mouse mat sits

made from my trusty Ikea wood

Clips i will be using

 

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fantastic job mate, really wish I had the ability to do something like this

Hadn't seen the table in it's full glory until now - looks amaze, nice 1 mate

Thanks both


I'm still working on the final desk WalderX, just done with the switches and now working out a way to try hide the wires a bit better if i can,

this is the wires , maybe someone has a idea i could try?
all i could think of was to make a box to cover them, maybe from perspex or thin wood.

would have been easier to have them at the back of the desk but i need to be able to get to them easily with the desk up against the wall as my room is very small