Project Triton

gavbon · 11 Mar 2013 at 20:25

Hey guys and girls,

Today I decided to start off what I call Project Triton. Why Triton do you ask? Well let me explain.

Triton is a Greek myth, mainly understood as the son of Poseidon who is know as "God of the Sea", what more fitting name could be used for what I like to think of as what will be an epic water cooled PC! Another influence for the name derives from a single released by DJ Korsakoff (The Torment of Triton).

Now lets get down to the specs, sponsors and some rough plans here.

Sponsors -

Enermax

Enermax kindly donated me a 700w Triathlor Modular PSU, 9 x 120mm PCG edition Vegas fans and 1 x 140mm Vegas fan (all blue LED).

Mayhems

Mayhems have kindly donated me 3 litres of Mayhems Pastel Sunset Yellow.

Spec

Intel i7 3770k @ 5GHz
MSI Z77 M-Power
16GB 1600mhz Avexir M-Power Ram
MSI 3GB 7970 Lightning
700w Enermax Triathlor Modular PSU
Asus D2X Sound Card
Corsair 900D Case
Custom Water Loop (Will go into more detail below)

XSPC Raystorm Block with Blue LED's
Masterkleer 1/2 3/4 19/13mm Tubing
Monsoon White Fittings
Monsoon Black 45+90 Degree Rotary Fittings
Monsoon White Res Screw Caps
Monsoon White Accent Disks for Rotary Fittings
XSPC DDC 1+ 18w Pump and Res Top
2 x 480mm Feser XTC Exchanger Radatiors
Res Undecided

Plans

My initial plans are to powder coat my Corsair 900D white (originally black) and to base the build on the MSI M-Power theme (Black/Yellow with Blue LED's).

I plan to change the finish on the radiators, they are one of the best 480mm rads on the market and are currently not in production anymore so took some time to track 2 down. I managed it, quite cheaply and they are in fantastic condition!

I plan to Sand, Primer, Coat, and Lacquer them to the finish I desire as i prefer a glossy as opposed to matte. I also plan to use and play around with radiator grills to highlight tones and colours.

The CPU and GPU will be water cooled, it remains to be seen if I decide to double up the pump's and use 2 but 1 should be powerful enough. I will be aiming for decent overclocks for the best possible gaming experience.

Plans can change at any moment so bear with me

Here are some pics to wet your whistles (mind the quality, I’m still learning PS and have some help from my friend Brendan who works with me at Vortez in editing).

The package contents from Enermax

Close up of the PSU

Lovely package from Mayhems for moi!

My 2 massive 60mm thick Feser XTC Rads

Fittings courtesy of Monsoon (Really love these)

Close up of my fitting combination

Updates to follow as soon as more items arrive, I am also waiting for the Corsair 900D; it's a case of playing the waiting game!

gavbon · 11 Mar 2013 at 20:27

Small update

Prepping for my radiators, some liquid soap, lint free cloths, spray mask so i'm not gassing myself out

oh and primer, white gloss and clear lacquer, radiators are going white now, decided i need to get things going and the plans on the move!

Tomorrow, i will illustrate the cables i had a company make for me

gavbon · 11 Mar 2013 at 20:28

One of my rads out of the box, as you can see its in great condition, but i will be spraying them once prepped

Went outside to start sanding down the 1st rad, using 400grit wet/dry paper, it started to snow.....so had to come inside, did it and thought wow its going to take ages

Decided to order a Dremel 3000 and will use that to sand them down, a lot quicker and more efficient!

Another update, sold my 7970 lightning and ordered 2 x MSI 7950 twin frozr 3's from OCUK (obviously

) to beef it up a little

will be adding a 3rd before the end of the project, just need 3 x water blocks for them!

gavbon · 12 Mar 2013 at 09:14

Dremel arrives tomorrow, but look what arrived this morning

Time to run driver sweeper and test/install them

joshcowin · 12 Mar 2013 at 11:18

ooh touche on the 900D build

DaleTheWhale · 12 Mar 2013 at 13:39

Looks good, will be sure to check back! More pictures!

gavbon · 12 Mar 2013 at 15:45

joshcowin said:
ooh touche on the 900D build

thanks, soon as it was shown i had to have it, i need it!!!

ThaReaperGuy said:
Looks good, will be sure to check back! More pictures!

Thanks

, soon as my Dremel arrives tomorrow, i will post more pics, need to sort my desk out, trying to get PR's out, look after my fiancee and my 19 month old son

JCX50 · 12 Mar 2013 at 16:06

Can't wait for this build, would love to see the performance increase between stock i7 3770k and it OC'd to 5GHz!

gavbon · 12 Mar 2013 at 22:13

JCX50 said:
Can't wait for this build, would love to see the performance increase between stock i7 3770k and it OC'd to 5GHz!

ill run benchmarks on Stock, then overclocked etc

*Rich* · 13 Mar 2013 at 05:51

Sounds like an interesting build, i'll keep watching the progress.

Didn't the 900D get put back a few months, if so i presume you knew this, so obviously not a rush job building this project.

gavbon · 13 Mar 2013 at 10:45

*Rich* said:
Sounds like an interesting build, i'll keep watching the progress.

Didn't the 900D get put back a few months, if so i presume you knew this, so obviously not a rush job building this project.

Yeah which i'm gutted about, but gives me more time to get more money together to make it even better

gavbon · 13 Mar 2013 at 15:25

Update

My package arrived

Setting up ready to start dremel sanding

To protect the rad from any paint going into the rad chamber etc

Rough me preparing

Before dremel

After a little dremel

Bit more of the dremel after one side

Another side

Ready to be given a little hand sand

Obviously got a little more work to do on them, the Dremel is a god send and recommend them!

Now i have to rinse and repeat with the other radiator, should be ready for its first coat of primer either tonight or tomorrow

gavbon · 13 Mar 2013 at 17:34

One rad has been given a coat of primer, while i dremel sand the other rad, soon as its dry, will sand it smooth and go for my final coat later tonight

then its rad 2's time to get sprayed!

pics incoming soon

gavbon · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:10

Update

Cardboard cut-outs measured to protect fins from the primer/paint

Fitting them and masked them off

On my dustbin, supplies to start applying primer, few things needed first!

Liquid soap solution to clean the grimer, oil, dirt and dust off the rads just before spraying, also wiped with a lint free cloth

Hung up on the washing line with 2 x hair clips slotted through the 2 top holes for the fan ( thank you HLS for the tip )

1st and 2nd coats of primer applied, then sanded down ( very quick dry ) with 1500 grit paper

Waiting until its dried for an hour before i go out and add the 1st coat

gavbon · 14 Mar 2013 at 18:28

Resprayed one side so far after sanding it down a little

As you can see the finish is coming up now, when its dry ill see how it is

then i shall do the other side, then start work on the other radiator!

Carl_Bennetts · 16 Mar 2013 at 08:23

Looking good. More pic's needed

gavbon · 20 Mar 2013 at 15:45

Carl_Bennetts said:
Looking good. More pic's needed

Will do

Small update

Weather has held me back from lacquering the radiators so slight delay on that, still deciding on the final hardware configuration of the build etc. Also wish Corsair would hurry up with the 900D so i can start doing some internal planning/measurements etc

Although will update with a few pics tonight hopefully

Crisp89 · 20 Mar 2013 at 15:51

Looking good man, keep it up.

Legend · 10 Oct 2014 at 13:31

What happened then?

Big Boss94 · 10 Oct 2014 at 16:02

Looking good so far mate