Thanks
Unfortunately I'm heading away for 4 weeks and I'm still not finished, was away at a wedding and been busy with other more pressing stuff. Just can't get the bends right and I'm feeling frustrated with it. More practise next time home.
Project : Primo Midas
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Thanks
Unfortunately I'm heading away for 4 weeks and I'm still not finished, was away at a wedding and been busy with other more pressing stuff. Just can't get the bends right and I'm feeling frustrated with it. More practise next time home.
Hey there Colin,
I've just bought myself a Primo SE (red) and I want to chop the side panel support panel in half like what you did as I will be putting a 480 Monsta in push/pull down the bottom so would be nice to see it in all it's glory!
As your cutting it straight in half I presume this could be done with a simple good quality hack saw as the metal is not that thick.
Then line the bottom with some rubber U channel edging to keep it clean looking.
I'd be interested in your thoughts!
Hello mate, the reason mine is shaped that way was to leave some "meat" around the two screw holes that support the optical bay, I also used U Channel rubber to hide the edge but I have a fabricated something better that I've not shown you guys yet.
I used a dremel to cut mine but I don't see there being an issue using a hacksaw, I covered mine in masking tape to mark the line where I was cutting and also to protect from scratching the surrounding area. I'd use an 18tpi (teeth per inch) blade but you could go to a 24tpi as its not very thick material.
If you want it to be highly visible you'll need to have it lit with a nice bright LED strip because the smoked acrylic is rather too dark. You could consider changing it for something clearer, I even wrote to Phanteks telling them they should offer after market windows that are clear as a lot of people complain about the smoked ones.
Hope that helps, feel free to ask drop me a line if you have any other questions.
Yeah dremel is great for this stuff, I went through a few discs though I kept breaking mine for some reason, probably a bit heavy handed on it. Plus it had a tendency to "bite".
One thing I forgot to say, be careful if you want to keep your bracket that the hdd trays slide into, hidden from view. It mounted on the underside of the optical bay so you may want to leave some extra so it can't be seen. Although its not that noticeable, just something to bear in mind.
Here's the thing you guys haven't seen so far... These were taken before the tubing was in. I'm playing around with the shape of the block as I actually cut some slots out to allow the cables to pass through but don't like what I did so new acrylic was ordered to redo it.
One thing I forgot to say, be careful if you want to keep your bracket that the hdd trays slide into, hidden from view. It mounted on the underside of the optical bay so you may want to leave some extra so it can't be seen. Although its not that noticeable, just something to bear in mind.
Here's the thing you guys haven't seen so far... These were taken before the tubing was in. I'm playing around with the shape of the block as I actually cut some slots out to allow the cables to pass through but don't like what I did so new acrylic was ordered to redo it.
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You can see I added a pic which gives you a good shot of the underside of the bay showing the bracket, yep it removable (I think, I'm not home for 4 wks).
I tried to come up with a mounting mechanism for my gold mirror ssd mount using that bracket but realise it was easier to use the two screws at the bottom of the optical bay instead, just used longer screws to mount the acrylic panel.
I tried to come up with a mounting mechanism for my gold mirror ssd mount using that bracket but realise it was easier to use the two screws at the bottom of the optical bay instead, just used longer screws to mount the acrylic panel.
I went with bay res because it was my first WC build and I wanted to keep it simple. The only downside is the huge return run back from my bottom rad to the inlet of the bay. Although I routed mine into the back of the case and I will have to keep it due to the fact I don't have long enough rigid tube to reach.
I briefly toyed with idea of switching to a tube res but I've kinda spent a fortune on this so its off the cards now.
You can get integrated pump/tube res also btw which might suit your needs and can sit behind your rad at the back of the case there is a mount point on the floor.
I briefly toyed with idea of switching to a tube res but I've kinda spent a fortune on this so its off the cards now.
You can get integrated pump/tube res also btw which might suit your needs and can sit behind your rad at the back of the case there is a mount point on the floor.
Tube res can be mounted in several places see this from manual.
You could defo get it in behind your rad once you remove hdd bays you then gain access to the pump mount bracket, you get an optional mounting plate. Of course depends on how big a tube you get....
You could defo get it in behind your rad once you remove hdd bays you then gain access to the pump mount bracket, you get an optional mounting plate. Of course depends on how big a tube you get....
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Looking real nice
Will it play Crysis on Ultra though?
I doubt it, but I really built it for Folding and BONIC. But I have gamed on it as well and it was good enough for me on 1440p.
Beast of a job mate it looks really nice 
Those fans really go with the red.
I'd love to see you paint the optical bay screws red and make sure you line em all up the same ++
Did you break any cutting discs in the process?
One other thing I might tackle on mine is replacing the smoked windows, they really bug me these days.
Those fans really go with the red.I'd love to see you paint the optical bay screws red and make sure you line em all up the same
++Did you break any cutting discs in the process?
One other thing I might tackle on mine is replacing the smoked windows, they really bug me these days.
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Very nice project.
You're hardware would look nice in a CL.
Ah don't tempt me man ! I'd love a Gunmetal Caselabs
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Well after what seems like too long I have Midas running again. Finished my WC loop with soft tubing, the reason being I need to have the machine on for BONIC and Folding and its been sat idle way too long.
The pipe between CPU1 and CPU2 turned out that both collars were cracked and on first leak test it failed at both ends. I'm disappointed with the Monsoon collars but maybe it was down to my heavy handed engineer approach. I changed it out for soft tubing. So only one pipe in the system is hardline.
The build is untidy but working, this is now going to live in my attic pretty much so no need for looking good, but I'll tidy it a wee bit in time. Its busy doing the DENIS project and Folding@home. CPU temps are 58 degs @ 2.57Ghz both cpu's and GPUs are 48 degs which seemed low given the cpu temps?? Go figure....
The build log is pretty much over I'm afraid, thanks to everyone who followed me but I'm not going to be doing anything else here. Some shots of it during leak testing. Don't worry the air in the cpu's you can see in the pics is now gone, but took a long time to clear.
I will post something if and when I do have a tidy up and fit the other ssd drives. Thanks to everyone who's helped me
Well after what seems like too long I have Midas running again. Finished my WC loop with soft tubing, the reason being I need to have the machine on for BONIC and Folding and its been sat idle way too long.
The pipe between CPU1 and CPU2 turned out that both collars were cracked and on first leak test it failed at both ends. I'm disappointed with the Monsoon collars but maybe it was down to my heavy handed engineer approach. I changed it out for soft tubing. So only one pipe in the system is hardline.
The build is untidy but working, this is now going to live in my attic pretty much so no need for looking good, but I'll tidy it a wee bit in time. Its busy doing the DENIS project and Folding@home. CPU temps are 58 degs @ 2.57Ghz both cpu's and GPUs are 48 degs which seemed low given the cpu temps?? Go figure....
The build log is pretty much over I'm afraid, thanks to everyone who followed me but I'm not going to be doing anything else here. Some shots of it during leak testing. Don't worry the air in the cpu's you can see in the pics is now gone, but took a long time to clear.
I will post something if and when I do have a tidy up and fit the other ssd drives. Thanks to everyone who's helped me
The two front fans are intakes, I have another two to put back in at the left side they draw in plenty also. I've never had a problem with temperatures tbh. I always wanted to change the cabling to vanilla sands but with Nils having shut down his shop it's rare thing to get these days.
Wow mighty build and very well made
Thanks man, I'm gonna tidy her up a bit seems such a shame not to and do some nicer photos. I still need to add my ssd mounting plate for the storage drives. So there will be some more pics
She running great though, getting a real work out with compute task and a OC to 2.6Ghz from 2.2Ghz. I couldn't make it boot from the Samsung NVME drive though, so switched back to the Plextor.
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That's great to hear, it's raining here today so no excuse for me not to do a tidy up!
Many thanks everyone I've updated OP with this, please check the link for big pics !!
As many of you know I changed the spec and upgraded Midas to a dual CPU Compute/Folding@Home monster. Thanks for following my log over this long time but here are the new FINAL pics
The full Album is public here --->>> http://imgur.com/a/0bURH
As many of you know I changed the spec and upgraded Midas to a dual CPU Compute/Folding@Home monster. Thanks for following my log over this long time but here are the new FINAL pics
The full Album is public here --->>> http://imgur.com/a/0bURH