Project: Molten Gold

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THIS BUILD LOG GOT SHARED ON THE OCUK FACEBOOK PAGE ON 19/02/2015!!

I'm currently looking for sponsors for this build! Any help will be appreciated & offers are welcome at any point :)

As the title sugests, this is a build log on my latest project, Molten Gold. It's set in an Enthoo Primo Gold Edition & is going to be a long term project, in no hurry to complete so no end date has been set. It'll receive updates in the long run, both small and large, all posted here for you to see.

My plan for this project is simple, make the most elegant, beautiful computer I possibly can! To do that, everything will eventually be water cooled, all cables will be custom made by myself and plenty of modifications will be made along the way. I will have 2 loops, one for cpu and gpu & the other for ram and mobo. Loop one will have clear or golden coolant and loop two will have purple coolant, with both reservoirs mounted side-by-side on the motherboard tray. I plan on extending the side window to the full length of the case and replacing the acrylic with glass and the side panel will be hinged, turning it into a door.
If possible, I'd also like to create and install a removable panel behind the motherboard tray to hide the cables even though they'll be tidy.

- Current PC Hardware -
Phanteks Enthoo Primo (Gold Edition)
Asus Sabertooth Intel X79
Intel i7 4820k
Gigabyte GeForce GTX770 Windforce
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2x 4GB)

- Current Watercooling Hardware -
1x EK D5 Pump
1x EK 480 Rad XTX
1x Aqua Computer Aqualis 150 Reservoir
1x Aqua Computer Cuplex Kryos Pro
8x Monsoon Free Center 13/10 Compression Fittings (Gold)
2x 90° 13/10 Rotary Fittings (Gold)
1x 45° 13/10 Rotary Fitting (Gold)
1x Aqua Computer Ball Valve
Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear

- Planned PC Hardware -
Asus x99 Mobo (unsure which one yet)
2x GeForce GTX 980 - Reference Design (or better)
Completely custom length cables (black, gold and purple)
8GB (minimum) of DDR4 Corsair or Kingston RAM
2x Samsung 500GB EVO SSD's

- Planned Watercooling Hardware -
2x 480 Rad by EK (top & bottom of case)
8x Corsair SP120's for the rads (pushing)
8x Corsair AF140's for the rads (pulling)
2x EK D5 Pumps
2x Bitspower Pump Tops (Gold editions of course)
2x EK-RES X3 250 Reservoirs
Clear Primochill Primoflex tubing at first, then clear Bitspower Crystal Link later on
PrimoChill Revolver Compression Fittings - (Purple)

Below is a series of images showing how the build started off. As you can see, it was very empty and very stock.
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(project inspired by Project Primo Midas and Murderbox MKII)
 
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colinmcr said:
Wow you got one up on me, where did you get that LED Strip? I must have one, looks so much better than mine.
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I wish I could give you a reasonable answer, but unfortunately you'll have to spend £200 on the new Primo. Basically, there's two new versions out now & I have the gold version so it has a gold led strip instead of blue. Sorry this doesn't really help, but if I find a golden led strip which matches (or closely matches) this colour, or a work around, I'll let you know!
 
Ucof said:
Hi, the gold version looks great!

How are you watercooling the MoBo?
I've looked around and can't find any MoBo blocks for the Sabertooth. There was talk of one guy custom making them for people, but it died a death as no-one would donate/ lend him a board to take the moulds from.
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If there's no blocks for this MoBo then I'll upgrade to one which has WC options. The MoBo will be the last thing to get the WC treatment though so there's still plenty of time for EK (or any other WC companies) to come up with something.
 
I have a basic led strip taped to the back of my tv to give off a nice back-light effect at night, to make watching tv with the main light off easier on the eyes. Today I had the brainwave to tape it to the inside of my case temporarily to see how it would look when lit up. This was the result (excuse the poor picture quality):

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The actual lighting effect I'll settle for will be slightly different to this. This one just goes along the top & slightly into the front of the side panel to light up the small window. The final setup will have the strip(s) go all the way around the large window and also all the way around the small window.

The colour of this led strip is white/blue, so what other colours do you think would look great in this case?
 
colinmcr said:
Have you considered an amber/orange light...be interesting to see how that reacts with the internal gold colour.
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I think that'd be a great colour for this case. If I'm able to change the bulbs of the strip, I may change every other bulb to a white one to half the amount of warm colours if it's too much because there's already a lot of gold in this build.

MorleySA said:
With the little window i decided to go with a contrasting colour to the main window (i went with white in the main window and red in the little window) Maybe this is something that you can consider?
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Sounds like a great touch actually, didn't think about that. I may have to get some help from Dulux to get a contrasting (or maybe complimentary) colour for the smaller window.

Also, I should have an update on how this is looking tomorrow. I have the morning free so I'll be able to take some pictures (:
 
MINOR UPDATE

Okay so the other day I went down to Tesco & bought myself a lovely gold pen & below is the result of some rushed modding. Please note, this is just a test mod & the finish looks terrible because it's only done for the purposes of colour testing. The final result will look MUCH smoother & will have no missing bits. I may also do the grey rubber vibration reducers in the same colour too, we shall see.

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Thanks :)
The exact pen I used is a Pilot Super Colour Gold extra fine. Should come in a pack of two (one gold and one silver). Tips for using this pen: once you have ink flow, press lightly and you'll get a good flow of ink. Go slowly, fast will dry the tip up. Try to go in long continuous strokes and cover the area once, going over it again will ruin the finish. I may buy another one soon and try another method (it'll be explained once done so subscribe to make sure you don't miss it!)
 
- minor update -

Sorry for the lack of progress with the build so far. This is due to it being Christmas soon so money is unfortunately being shared out elseware. I'm also trying to save up for a place so me & my partner can move in together.

I'll add a few parts for the gpu loop to my christmas list & hopefully someone will get me something. I'm starting with the gpu for two reasons. One, the cpu already has the H100i and two, it's the noisiest part of the system so it needs to get hushed.
 
Ah right okay, thanks (: I would do that too, but I have no idea where to get that from or what the process involves :') My girlfriend has bought me some things from Overclockers (I know because when on facetime the other day I saw her eating a small packet of Haribo which she never eats aha!) so hopefully it'll be some things to get my first custom loop started! They won't arrive until after christmas, but as soon as they turn up I'll post pictures! :D
 
Just over a month since I posted, sorry guys! So, it turns out my partner bought me a new keyboard for Christmas (: it's not related to this thread so I won't post pictures of it unless requested. On a more topical note, look what just came in the post today (:
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colinmcr said:
Some progress is better than none :D
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Indeed (: I'm considering also buying some tubing & fittings, just so I can get an idea of the tubing route and possibly cut some of it to length whilst I save for the rest of the parts.

New plan for this now. Cpu is getting cooled first as I hate having the H100i in there now, the black tubing looks ugly! Plus when I come to wc the gpu, I'll want a full cover block with a backplate and my current card doesn't support that :( so a new card will also be needed. This build is getting far too expensive, but don't tell my bank balance that, it's in enough pain as it is aha! Expect some more pictures in February, cables, fans & lighting are what I have planned for that month (:
 
Quick question to anyone really, hardline tubing or soft? I've never water cooled a pc before let alone attempted acrylic tube bending, so I'd like peoples advice & thoughts on what I should do. I'll be going over to acrylic eventually anyway, but as this is my first time is it recommended I use softline tubing first to get some practice before entering the world of acrylic or should I just go for it straight away?
 
Thanks for the advice, man. I think I'll stick with soft tubing at first then (: I may also purchase the hardline tools & tubing too, so whilst I have it up and running on a soft tubing loop, I can crack on with the hardline stuff without worrying about rushing it, we'll see!

On another note, I may take the plunge & buy a few small things this morning...
 
Yeah the case is rather large but that means space for some great loops in the future. Might even model some loops to show what I have planned when I get round to the hard tubing later on in the year (:

Yeah, I've wanted a fan controller for a while now just never fancied the look of many of their interfaces. They look so old! On the plus side, I have a door hiding my bays so I will only see the LCD screen when adjusting fan speeds (:
 
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