Project ROG - The Beginnings

pigeonguyuk · 17 Sep 2014 at 11:06

@jimbaw

Missed the royalmail delivery today :9 Hopefully get them today.

Cheers for giving me that alternative. Might look into it

. No Major Rush for the others to be sleeved. Hopefully get some pics updated soon

pigeonguyuk · 18 Sep 2014 at 00:50

Spent a couple hours on cable management

Dicehunter · 18 Sep 2014 at 01:41

Nice rig, How are you finding the GPU ?

I had the ROG 290X for a grand total of 2 days before I took it back for a refund, Ran way too hot for my liking, My side panels window was hot to the touch

pigeonguyuk · 18 Sep 2014 at 19:56

Im loving the GPU

I would agree it does run hotter than a lot of the R9 290x's . However, its a bit like a beautiful woman

Beautiful on the outside and hot on the inside xD

Well i have 5 140mm Intake fans so ive plenty airflow in the case so no issues

setter · 18 Sep 2014 at 20:08

Very nice, using extensions done with the teleios sleeving here and a very similair colour scheme to yours. Quite nice looking densely weaved stuff, though i havent seen the mdpc stuff in the flesh to compare.

jimbaw · 18 Sep 2014 at 21:36

looks really nice mate!
I'm about to make my own cables using teleios

pigeonguyuk · 20 Sep 2014 at 14:13

New asus 144hz monitor ordered.

Now to start saving between now and chrismas for 2nd gpu and i think 2 more monitors

Then ill consider my Watercooling options next year. Or chance my arm and try get free wc sponsor xD

pigeonguyuk · 21 Oct 2014 at 01:54

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P4Clock · 21 Oct 2014 at 09:55

the motherboard as bad good looking.

P4Clock · 21 Oct 2014 at 10:00

Where are the cables from there just sexy as hell

pigeonguyuk · 21 Oct 2014 at 12:52

James @ PexonPCs will hook you up with some sexy custom cables.

These were done with MDPC-X braiding, unfortunately this isnt available atm. I do believe James is now using stelios which is very similar.

These are not cheap btw, but the quality is amazing

pigeonguyuk · 21 Oct 2014 at 13:27

pigeonguyuk · 2 Mar 2015 at 20:43

Lost track on this had some further upgrades

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd...._=1435145814_4cf3a5d149ef91dd2845570eb2a8d38b

pigeonguyuk · 2 Mar 2015 at 21:00

Next stage is watercooling . I have just purchased the following

YOUR BASKET
1 x XSPC EX420 Triple Fan Radiator £69.98
1 x Monsoon Hardline Pro Bender Kit 3/8 x 1/2 (13mm) - Value Bundle £59.99
1 x XSPC EX280 Dual Fan Radiator £44.99
2 x XSPC EX140 Single Fan Radiator £39.95 (£79.90)
Total : £264.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Next is to purchase the following to wartercooling

YOUR BASKET
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X Matrix - Acetal+Nickel £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x PrimoChill 240mm AGB CTR Phase II for Laing D5 - Clear £69.95
1 x PrimoChill 240mm AGB CTR Phase II for Laing D5 - Red £69.95
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 PWM Pump £58.49 (£116.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO - Acetal+Nickel (Original CSQ) £52.99
1 x PrimoChill Revolver Compression Fitting Acrylic Tube 13/10mm Diamond 10-Pack - Red £49.99
1 x PrimoChill Revolver Compression Fitting Acrylic Tube 13/10mm Diamond 10-Pack - white £49.99
1 x PrimoChill Revolver Compression Fitting Acrylic Tubes 13/10mm Diamond 4-pack - White £19.99
1 x PrimoChill 13/10mm Acrylic Tube 60cm 4-Pack - White £15.95
1 x PrimoChill 13/10mm Acrylic Tube 60cm 4-Pack - Red £15.95
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Red Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Terminal DUAL Parallel £13.99
1 x XSPC LCD Temperature Sensor (White) V2 + G1/4" Plug Sensor £5.99
1 x XSPC LCD Temperature Sensor (Red) V2 + G1/4" Plug Sensor £5.99
Total : £733.78 (includes shipping : £13.50).

pigeonguyuk · 2 Mar 2015 at 21:07

Reason i have purchased the radiators first is as follows.

The will be painted !

(Below is the idea, but open to suggestions)

The bottom Loop (GPUs) will be as follows

RES>120RAD>GPU1>GPU2> 140RAD>280RAD

Clear RES with White Pastel Coolant, Radiator Will be Painted White and the Fittings Will Be Red White Acrylic Tubing

The top Loop (CPU) will be as follows

RES>CPU>MOBO>420RAD

Red RES with Red Pastel Coolant, Radiators Will be Painted Red and the Fittings Will Be White and Red Acrylic Tubing

jimbaw · 2 Mar 2015 at 22:14

I like the sound of your loop!
which fans are you going for?

and check your emails

pigeonguyuk · 2 Mar 2015 at 23:28

Got these at the minute

YOUR BASKET
9 x Prolimatech Red Vortex Red Wings Red LED 140mm Fan £11.99 (£107.91)
Total : £117.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Think they will do the job for my needs to start off with. As the Ex rads are slim dont need huge static pressure and these are extremely silent which is a bonus

jimbaw · 3 Mar 2015 at 06:44

Ah nice!
I'm going for the Silverstone/ocuk ones and I'm going to paint them as they're supposedly easy to customise

stuie · 3 Mar 2015 at 10:19

Just a heads up to fit a 280 in the front of a switch you have to cut the bottom off the top drive bay out

pigeonguyuk · 3 Mar 2015 at 11:17

stuie said:
Just a heads up to fit a 280 in the front of a switch you have to cut the bottom off the top drive bay out

i have a 280mm aio in the fron already. the kraken x60 its 312.5mm and is extremey snug fitting the ex280 is 320mm. so ive to only find 7.5mm room.

Will probably take a dremel to the bottom of the case were the HDD bays used to be as its slightly raised.