Project: Raptor Lake

samarlian · 10 Sep 2022 at 16:50

Massive thanks to Intel for asking me to do a build for them.
Thought i would share by build log for the project
System Specs
1 x Intel cpu under NDA
1 x ASUS ROG STRIX Z690 -E GAMING WIFI
1 X ASUS TUF GAMING RTX3090 OC 24GB
2 x Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 5200MHz 32DGB
1 X Corsair HX1200w PSU
1 x Samsung 980 PRO 2TB M.2 NVMe
1 X EK Quantum Velocity CPU Block and backplate
1 x EK Quantum Vector RTX3090 Block
1 x EK Quantum Kinetic 360 D5-Distro
2 x EK Quantum Surface S360 radiator
10 x EK Quantum Torque fittings
16 x EK Quantum Torque 90 degree fittings
4 x EK Quantum Torque 45 degree fittings
8 x EK Quantum Torque rotary offset
6 x EK Varder X3M D-RGB fans
2 x EK Cryofuel Navy Blue
1 x Antec Cannon case

samarlian · 11 Sep 2022 at 13:44

Panels preped and painted

samarlian · 11 Sep 2022 at 14:06

ASUS TUFRTX3090 stripped cleaned off excess TP and fitted EK Gpu block

samarlian · 11 Sep 2022 at 14:23

Custom vinyl applied

Haz123 · 12 Sep 2022 at 10:37

Looking very nice so far. Not seen really looked at this case before and it sure is funky.

Obviously your build is nowhere near complete but I do have a question. The internal components you have painted all seem to have a distressed look, are you planning similar style for the extrernal painted panels as well?

samarlian · 15 Sep 2022 at 07:38

Haz123 said:
Looking very nice so far. Not seen really looked at this case before and it sure is funky.

Obviously your build is nowhere near complete but I do have a question. The internal components you have painted all seem to have a distressed look, are you planning similar style for the extrernal painted panels as well? Thanks yes the panels will be weathered and distressed

samarlian · 15 Sep 2022 at 07:46

case coming together , panels left to weather and add grime to look distressed same as vinyl.

scubes · 15 Sep 2022 at 19:11

Good job so Far ..

samarlian · 17 Sep 2022 at 00:01

scubes said:
Good job so Far ..

Thanks

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 17 Sep 2022 at 11:19

Would it not have made sense to wait for new motherboards and prep everything else for now?

samarlian · 18 Sep 2022 at 00:50

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
Would it not have made sense to wait for new motherboards and prep everything else for now? If it was my build yes but this is a build for Intel on release of their Raptor lake cpu and have a dead line to deliver and the Z790 boards wont be released then.

samarlian · 18 Sep 2022 at 00:51

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
Would it not have made sense to wait for new motherboards and prep everything else for now?

If it was my build yes but this is a build for Intel on release of their Raptor lake cpu and have a dead line to deliver and the Z790 boards wont be released then

samarlian · 18 Sep 2022 at 01:03

Been pushing it hard last 2 days, just tubing left to do, leak test make a panel to cover cables under the distro and add final touches.

samarlian · 19 Sep 2022 at 21:58

bends done and leak tested and panels weathered

samarlian · 23 Sep 2022 at 23:18

Leak test done pull it apart and add NDA cpu and add final touches

arknor · 25 Sep 2022 at 13:56

where do you work to get a CPU early? looks really cool

samarlian · 28 Sep 2022 at 18:48

arknor said:
where do you work to get a CPU early? looks really cool

Hi its a build for Intel they keep the pc

samarlian · 28 Sep 2022 at 18:56

Final photos of Raptor Lake build for Intel with a 13900K

samarlian · 28 Sep 2022 at 19:00

Few more pictures before i pack this beast up for delivery to Intel UK tomorrow

Haz123 · 28 Sep 2022 at 20:33

Looking good. I am sure you are very proud of how it turned out.

P.s. Did you actually get to plug it into a monitor and run any tests ? Its ok no one else will know if you spill the beans early