Project: TITAN 4 !!!!

Kaapstad · 20 Mar 2013 at 08:33

It is all in the title, this is a project to build a home for my graphics cards.

The first part of this project is to get the system up and running and then go for fine tuning and refinement later.

Here is a few photos of the case to get this thread started.

The parcel felt very light, even the delivery guy mentioned it.

You do not get many accessories with this case.

Back view, notice the PCI-E slots at the top.

Front view.

Have had to dismantle the hard drive cage to get to the fan mounting point, I was tempted to leave it out as I don't use hard drives but I don't think that would work as the cage forms part of the rigidity of the case.

Here is the bare bones

Some fans

480mm AX rad and more fans, plenty of room for another 480mm down there.

Another rad and more fans

I bet no ones going to look here for the SSDs

Yes that is a RIVE in there looking a bit lost

That's the PSU installed

Some plumbing

More plumbing

I am not looking forward to the next step, filling it up.

In with the memory, I hope my 3930k can keep up with it.

Time to put one of these in

In the end I put all of them in, I don't like having the rig on its side too long now its full of water.

This will give you an idea of the size of the case, the side panel in front is off of my Corsair 800D

It's alive, just started it up and got into the bios, set the CPU to 4.0ghz and memory to 2400mhz

With the back panel on.

Top of the cards, no back plates needed here.

Lower front panel on.

Top panel on.

Looking through the window.

Third rad fitted.

All waterblocks fitted.

It is a very tight fit in there if using backplates.

This job I hate doing.

In case of emergency, at the first hint of trouble, connect tube to quick disconnect and drain loop.

Moved the red PCI-E leads

Kaapstad · 20 Mar 2013 at 08:34

For future use

Kaapstad · 20 Mar 2013 at 11:16

Gregster said:
Looking forward to seeing this build log Kaap

You have the waterblocks for the GPU's?

Not yet, I am waiting to see how others get on first. I have got one 480mm rad which I am going to have a play with to see the max width/no of fans I can get on it in various positions and then buy some more.

Kaapstad · 20 Mar 2013 at 11:19

8 Pack said:
LC PC7. Great case!!!!

I was tempted by the Phase Change ones but figured that might be going to far for everyday use.

Kaapstad · 20 Mar 2013 at 14:15

imb4tman said:
Posting for the sub. Looks like it's going to be epic. How well do 4 cards scale, will it be used for gaming?

I have been using quad sli for a long time 2 x GTX 690s and in a lot of things they scale quite good so hopefully the Titans should work the same. As to gaming I am a big Civ5 fan and on 3 Titans it flies on a huge map so hopefully 4 will be even better.

Kaapstad · 20 Mar 2013 at 14:49

Nickolp1974 said:
Now this is gonna be epic, well jealous, wish i had your money Kaap the case is fantastic.

I wish I had my money, its all gone now, this is the last build I am going to do for a very long time.

I have just ordered another 2 AX480 rads, I found a problem trying to attach fans to the top of the case, the holes are only big enough to take rad screws so I need to attach a rad to attach the fans lol.

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 00:01

Gregster said:
Not a bad shout on the blocks bud and so far the gains are very minimal under water. Under a chiller though, quite big gains

When will you be putting it all together?

It should be up and running in the next couple of days, I am waiting for 2 more 480mm rads to turn up in the morning, I need to fit one of them to the top of the case so I can attach some fans. The screw holes in the top of the case are only big enough for the type of screws used by rads.

If I don't end up w/cooling the GPUs the CPU is going to have some serious cooling all to its self lol.

One of the reasons I have gone for a reverse type case is it means the GPUs are up the top out of the way and hopefully running cooler. On my corsair case where 3 of the Titans are now, the top one is very close to the rear rad causing them both to get a bit warm.

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 10:40

DavidS14 said:
Good luck with the build and I'll be watching closely what you come up with spec wise.

A note of caution though and I post from experience, I'd turn the fans/stickers around so all of the Corsair logos are orientated the same way or you'll have Rossi~ to deal with

I had thought about the stickers but it makes keeping the cables neater the way they are.

If I peel off the stickers is there anything underneath.

Just fitted another ran and more fans.

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 13:49

DavidS14 said:
What's the clearance like from the bottom of the PSU to the top of the 480, can't really see from the angle of the pics.

I have not tried it yet, but when I was looking at it earlier it is very tight about 1mm.

At the moment I have got a little problem with the PSU, I posted this earlier in 8 Packs section

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18498491

If anyone has any ideas I would be very grateful.

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 14:45

Rossi~ said:
You should have no problems at all using a standard Molex -> 6-Pin PCI-E adapter. Like this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-018-AK&groupid=1929&catid=153

The shape of the socket on the mobo is slightly different to a 6 pin PCI-e connector. I have just tried putting a 6 pin PCI-e plug into it and it seems to fit ok. I will give the Molex to 6 Pin adaptor a go.

Do I have to connect one molex connector or two to it.

Thanks.

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:02

Just order one + red braided extension to go with PSU PCI-E leads.

I think I will use two separate molex leads, there might be a bit of extra power needed on this mobo.

Thanks

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:17

Just posted some more pics in the OP

Does that chip next to the PCI-E slot with voton written on it look ok, I hope it is. Theres only one way to find out.

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 16:39

Nickolp1974 said:
coming on Kaap and looking the Dogs danglies, because of you i'm looking at cases now namely this, Merlin ST10-X and i'm loving the monsta's in there, enquired about shipping which will be $171

And i must say i'm liking the board in reverse, get to show off gpu water blocks then, ummmm

Wow that is huge.

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:36

Bluntwrapped said:
Looking great so far man, can't wait to see the finished result. You must have spent a small fortune!

Thanks

I have spent enough to know I can not afford to do any more PC builds for quite a while.

Kaapstad · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:37

Rossi~ said:
Hope you're not going to keep the blue fan rims on and plan to change to the red one

I have still got the red rims so I will see what works best. With the cards and memory I will be using there is a lot of blue and green.

The good news is I have got rid of the misaligned corsair labels on the fans.

Kaapstad · 22 Mar 2013 at 10:23

Rossi~ said:
You should have no problems at all using a standard Molex -> 6-Pin PCI-E adapter. Like this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-018-AK&groupid=1929&catid=153

Kaapstad said:
The shape of the socket on the mobo is slightly different to a 6 pin PCI-e connector. I have just tried putting a 6 pin PCI-e plug into it and it seems to fit ok. I will give the Molex to 6 Pin adaptor a go.

Do I have to connect one molex connector or two to it.

Thanks.

I have just found a different way to do this.

The 8 pin CPU cables that get pluged into mobo when I looked closed at them more closely come with 6 pin PCI-E connectors as well. The main one has an 8 pin CPU + one 6 pin PCI-E connector, CPU2 has an 8 pin CPU + two 6 pin PCI-E connectors. This came as a surprise to me as in the past I have only used Corsair PSUs which don't have this.

The downside is the 8 pin CPU connector does not split, this means I can not use the 4 pin CPU connection on the RIVE.

Kaapstad · 22 Mar 2013 at 13:05

Just put this together

If anyone buys one of these, they can turn up in different forms.

The first one I bought for a build turned up in kit form with one pump and one o ring missing.

The second one I bought turned up pre assembled, but the screws holding the pumps on were lose.

This one turned up as D5s in 2 individual pumps which I had to take apart and then attach the D5s to the res.

The above is a little confusing if you are expecting a fully assembled Pump/res combo.

Having said that, they are good units.

Kaapstad · 22 Mar 2013 at 16:06

Another update

Just filled the system up with mayhems and am now leak testing.

Will carry on tomorrow after the testing.

Kaapstad · 23 Mar 2013 at 00:26

Gregster said:
Looking good Kaap and hope the leak test goes well

Thanks

It's looking good at the moment.

Kaapstad · 23 Mar 2013 at 12:25

pgi947 said:
What Titan blocks are you going with Kaap?

What was the delivery costs and duration like on the case too? You have no idea how many times I've nearly purchased this case only to be a little girl about it

I am not sure about blocks yet, I am waiting to see how everyone else gets on.

I think it took just over a week to get here.