Project: Virtual HiVE!

crazybee

crazybee

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It's been a long time since I built my own system but its time for me to build one for VR Gaming.

My current shopping list (which isn't complete)

Revised build CODENAMED: "Virtual HiVE!"

Trying to decide on case, looking for suggestions. Want to have RGB programmable lighting, maybe a little splash of yellow in a mainly black case.

Also not sure if I want to go with the 3 or 2 fanned CorsAir RGB Cooler.

Also any issues with this build? just want it fast for VR and gaming. Not really looking to OC anything.

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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,501.38 (includes shipping: £0.00)​
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Finally pulled the trigger and got the Case and PSU. The reason I just got just the case and PSU now is that I like to have a good look at it and see what I'm dealing with to see if there is any modding i can do before i get the rest of the components. If i had everything ready to go i wouldn't make changes before building the whole thing. I couldnt resist it.

I got an idea to put a splash of color, (yellow) in the case

Got an idea from @davido_labido 's Project: Unikaorn Farts especially the painted mess. Will be going out tomorrow to get some paint, can you guess what colour yet? :P
 
WantoN said:
Only 10 months later, you sure do move fast :D

It’s good you’ve waited as a 1080ti can be had for a very sensible price second hand. I picked up a 1080 and waterblock for mine, as I’ll upgrade when 7nm lands at a sensible price.

Glad you’re putting some colour into this, but what case are you using?

Look forward to the completed build in 2020 ;)
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Well i was mainly waiting for the new RTX and chipsets to drop. One thing I would hate is that I build a rig only to find out there been a huge update and could have got it.

Just purchased the case and PSU and planning what mod I'm doing to do to the case, wont be much as I like it as is but needs a touch of colour.

Just heard of the new CPU cooler the Hydro Series™ H115i RGB PLATINUM 280mm Liquid CPU Cooler which looks nice, will probably want to make a small adjustment on the cooler itself to get the cooler looking black and get rid of that silver. Waiting to see where I can get that too. Still will be waiting on the RTX 2080 Ti to come down in price a little but have a GTX 970 Strix I can use in the mean time.

Question: is the memory for this mobo good and fast enough, i wont be doing overclocking but I want to make sure there is no slow down where possible.

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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,900.24 (includes shipping: £15.30)


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Couple of quick photos while I strip down the CoolerMaster H500M Mesh

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Thinking of getting the mesh parts sprayed yellow I think that would look pretty good as I love everything black and yellow. I even got some paints just incase I feel brave enough to try it myself
 
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Cool thanks for the tips on the primer, i knew I forgot something while i was in the store. Will see if I can find some in the next few days. Wanna get this build moving baby. Been waiting over a yr to build this thing.
 
Been doing a little test mounting and noticed something when putting the PSU screws of the PSU mounting plate from the H500Mesh.
I've sent a msg to OCUK to see if I should be concerned regarding this. I may just be VERY picky but I just want a go or no go as I haven't powered it yet as I'm still waiting to purchase the everything else.

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A nice surprise is that I spotted the mobo and processor combo as a bundle, only thing is the memory it comes with isnt RBG which I'm aiming for with this build. I'm waiting on the latest Hydro Series™ H115i RGB PLATINUM 280mm Liquid CPU Cooler which i dont think OC has on their site just yet, hint hint :p
 
WantoN said:
Case is crying out for a full wc loop fella :D
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I'm not that brave to do full on custom waterloop

LePhuronn said:
What am I supposed to be looking at in the video?
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in the video if you look at though the holes you can see as i tighten up the screw that it appears to push the plastic on the inside of the psu. i dont know if its just a plastic cover or a capacitor or something
 
Right then order day will be Wednesday for ordering the remaining parts for the HiVE 2.0. I'm scared and excited at the same time. Damn time is going to drag on now :D
Atleast I got time to prep the case before then though

WOOP WOOP
 
ok I got all the bits and even a few extra. slowly but surely putting things together. (btw trying to different way of posting photos so please tell me if these don't show up properly)

Big thanks to overclockers for getting the stuff I ordered to me pretty quickly, if they had everything in stock at the time I wanted then I would have got EVERYTHING from them without question.
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I totally love the i9 Processor packaging, TOTALLY worth the retail price over the OEM

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I may have an issue with the Corsair's H151i RGB Platinum though as i can't seem to mount it at the top of my CoolerMaster H500M Mesh with the fans and radiator on the inside.

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Seems the top heat-sink of the Asus Maximus Hero IX hits the bottom of the fans. Need to rise the whole radiator and fans about 1/2 an inch to clear it but then the radiator will be pretty much touching the top panel glass.

Maybe turn top glass into a mesh for airflow?

Don't really wanna mount the radiator and fans at the front with the 2x 200mm fans as well. Other than too much airflow and too much light in that area. I'll figure something out but was starting to get tired and abit miffed so I called it a night and post this to see if anyone had any ideas while i was sleeping on why it seemed I couldn't fit the H115i rad at top.
 
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Had abit of a think and talked with a friend of mine to figure out how to mount the radiator

Basically mounting the radiator behind the 2x 200mm fans at the front and have 2x 140mm fans attached to the inside of the radiator.

This way pull in air with the 200mm fans and pull behind the radiator with the 2x 140 so a lot of airflow over the radiator

Added bonus is that the piping of the H115i is up and out of the way of the mobo so you get a good view.

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Test fit of how i want the radiator and fans to sit look good. I don't want to use the RGB fans here as I will already have the 2 huge RGB fans producing light as is. Want to put the H115i RGB fans to the top panel and have plain black fans on the radiator. Probably wired plain black fans and run them at 100%.

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I still got the painting I keep meaning to do. Lucky I'm on holidays for a week so I can do that at some point next week.
 
Right then I'm having a few issues with this thing now and I haven't a clue where to ask.

Everything runs good when just doing normal windows things but as soon as I run a game Elite Dangerous or DiRT Rally it seems to load up but as soon as the game is ready to be played the screen blanks out completely like I've pulled the cable out of the monitor with the windows 10 disconnect sound with my ASUS GFX 970 Strix. I haven't overclocked anything and using stock settings. Updated the Asus Maximums Hero XI to bios 0602

From experiments I have tried it looks like the integrated gfx on the mobo take over even when it is turned off in bios.

Playing Elite Dangerous or DiRT Rally I have these issues.

I've tried different HDMI > HDMI cables and different ports,
Different PSU > PCIE cables and ports on the Seasonic Focus Plus 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
Asus GFX 480 works
Intergated gfx port works

My plan was to use my 970 til the prices of 2080Ti's came down a little or wait for afew months til i get the funds together. I've done everything i can think of to find the problem but I'm a noob and have no ideas left to try. I NEED help or this system is pretty much an expensive brick which i cant use for what I intended all along to play Elite Dangerous, DiRT Rally and go VR in future.

I NEED HELP
 
I may have found a solution to my issues.

From Seasonic

FOCUS PLUS & ASUS GTX970 STRIX: In very limited instances, black screen may occur under heavy VGA usage. Extensive testing showed that certain VGA cards may emit higher than normal ripple when under heavy load and using a modified PCIe cable with enhanced shielding resolved the issue.
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From what I've read before the PSU I have is a rebadged Seasonic
 
Right since I'm waiting for the PSU to come I thought I would crack on with the painting I've been meaning to do.
Have no idea how this primer is like but ferk it, lets get it on. not like I'm doing a really big stuff and needs to me perfect tbh either

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yeah fudged it up a tiny bit there but should be able to just remove with a sharp knife or something if i I really have to.

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You can guess what colour its going to be right? :D

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First coat of yellow, can you feel the power of yellow?

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Will do another coat in a few hours after I've got the rig back together with a new PSU I'm currently waiting to be delivered today.
 
Finally got this thing up and running without any display blanking out on me. So my theory was right about the PSU cables not being shielded properly.

Got the Corsair HX850i which is what I already had picked when i first put my shopping list together but got talked into a different PSU. Should have stayed with the Corsair. Only problem is the cables are just a tiny bit short in places and I may not be able to do cable management as easy as I'd like.

Anyways powered up and started Elite Dangerous with no issues now, no blanking screen. WOOP

What I didn't count on my Asus GTX 970 Strix pretty much cooking, first time I've ever heard the fans at 100% and hitting high 80'sC when I finally started a proper graphics intensive game like Elite Dangerous. It was only when I put my hand just behind the the radiator fans that I realised that there was hardly any moving air there to help cool the GTX 970. I should have realised this.

I'm a newbie alright.

Well atleast its actually running now just one last thing to sort out. I'm not even sure if I'm going to bother with the cable management to much with it, just want it built and functioning now.
 
Well HiVE2.0 is finally here.

Moved the Corsair H115i Pro RGB Watercooler from the front of the case and put it in the roof of the case so the 2 big fans up front can pull the air inside. Managed to clean up all the wires as well so the case so it looks VERY clean inside. Well the cleanest I've ever built thats for sure.

Booted up again, played my game watching the temperatures and CPU (i9 no overclock) never went over 35C and graphics card didn't go over 65C when before it was hitting 90C. So its up and running without any issues now.

I present to you, HiVE2.0 ( I really need to learn how I've seen some other project logs do their case photos as they look so good, cleanr and really show of the case perfectly. Another time maybe. I do have a couple of spare ARGB headers on the mobo that are free, i may look into getting some light strips in future

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Just that 1 SATA cable to the Coolermaster H500M RGB controller is showing, if it was just a touch longer it would be perfect

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OJ46 said:
Glad to hear you've sorted the PSU / GPU issues, the finished build is looking very slick. Only VERY minor things I'd consider changing are routing the front panel USB cable under the PSU shroud (may need to use a slimline extension cable) and possibly moving the fans on the top to beneath the rad so they light the inside of the case. Looking very nice though :)
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That USB cable from the front panel is really thick and hard to bend to get it under the shroud without putting a lot of stress on the mobo i felt but yeah what you said about the slimline extension cable would work if i can find one. Not enough room for the fans and rad inside the case, it hits the top of the mobo. I did a test fit which should be earlier in the log. I think with a different H500 series it is possible just not with this H500M.
 
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