PWC: Project White Craze

faheemrazzaq · 5 Aug 2016 at 11:08

It's time to do another build log named PWC: Project White Craze. Last year I finished the Project Silicon Talisman and this project will be inheriting a lot of bits and pieces from that. It is more of a refresh than a scratch build.

The key difference, hardware wise, will be upgrade to the x99 platform. I am keeping my gpu's as they are still doing an excellent job for me.

Ofcourse I will be using the hard line tubing and a shift from 'Red-White' to 'White' only theme.

Here is the list of all the components:

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-5820K
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance 2666MHz DDR4 (4x8gb)
Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II
GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)
PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case
Cabling: White sleeved cables.
Storage: A combination of SSD's and HDD's

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White
CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO
GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal
Reservoir: Phobya 150 Balancer
14/10mm Acrylic Tubing
Barrows Black compression fittings
EK angle fittings
420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420
360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360
240mm Phobya G-Changer 240 V.2
Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts
Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts with EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top
2x XSPC Temperature Sensors

faheemrazzaq · 5 Aug 2016 at 14:42

Finished Build Photos:

faheemrazzaq · 9 Aug 2016 at 12:28

Motherboard and Memory kit arrived. I really cannot wait to put this thing together and test.

faheemrazzaq · 9 Aug 2016 at 23:46

Here is a glimpse of the motherboard. It looks stunning really.

faheemrazzaq · 10 Aug 2016 at 09:19

Minibiker said:
Your previous project was an amazing build, I'm sure this one will be at the same level if not better, good work!!!

Thanks buddy. Yes intention is to improve on what I did before. I will be doing some modifications to the case. This includes painting a few panels white and making a few things out of the acrylic sheet.

faheemrazzaq · 10 Aug 2016 at 09:56

SLI Bridge and GPU's with Diamond Cooling blocks. All coming from my previous build

faheemrazzaq · 10 Aug 2016 at 23:47

Minibiker said:
I look forward to the progress of this build, I really like the GPU cooling blocks, did you make them yourself?

These are Diamond Cooling water blocks. Diamond Cooling make custom blocks for Galax HOF series gpus.

faheemrazzaq · 10 Aug 2016 at 23:48

Acme said:
You should use EK Supremacy blocks and call it 'White Supremacy'!

... wait maybe not

A bit too late for that. But good name

faheemrazzaq · 11 Aug 2016 at 13:32

TechMinerUK said:
I can't wait to see the build take shape, how do you propose to improve on perfection?

I must admit that the white ASUS motherboards and your Diamond waterblocks look stunning and will look superb when in a system together.

Looking forward to more updates

haha. yes true

I am painting some case panels white. will take some photos soon. also cable sleeving is done and photos en-route.

faheemrazzaq · 11 Aug 2016 at 15:58

Quantum-192 said:
I can see this one looking awesome when complete. The motherboard and GPU kit are things of beauty. Following this for sure.

Thanks my friend

faheemrazzaq · 11 Aug 2016 at 16:20

ash888 said:
looks good mate

Cheers. glad you like it.

faheemrazzaq · 11 Aug 2016 at 19:34

Cable sleeving done. My first time doing sleeving so quite pleased with the result. Now my fingers can rest for a while. Still cables need to be trained to look neat. Will do when connecting them to the components

faheemrazzaq · 12 Aug 2016 at 19:35

Memory and CPU installed on the board.

faheemrazzaq · 22 Sep 2016 at 01:12

The PSU and bottom radiator cover is ready. I dedicate this build to my lovely children and you can see their names on it.

The two rectangular cuts in front are for the temperature display. There is an opening for the gpu cables on the top. It is made out of the 5mm thick clear acrylic sheet; which was bent, cut, painted and etched for lighting up the text and the design.

I will be using RGB strip under this and control it by Asus Motherboard RGB header.

faheemrazzaq · 23 Sep 2016 at 10:27

Cenedd said:
Nice. I like the way you've started with a clear sheet so you can have light shine through some of it.

Yes that was the only reason to do that. Otherwise a white sheet was easier to use with Decals left on instead of etching out the surface with the text to reflect light properly.

faheemrazzaq · 23 Sep 2016 at 15:17

OJ46 said:
Looking good, class touch having the kids names on the PSU shroud

Can I ask what paint you used on the acrylic? I'm planning on putting a design onto a piece of backlit frosted acrylic but am undecided whether to use black vinyl or to spray it...

Thanks mate.

Nothing fancy. Plasti-kote Gloss White multi purpose paint.

faheemrazzaq · 25 Sep 2016 at 01:28

OJ46 said:
Cracking, looks like I'll be ordering some of that in black then! Did you have any problems pulling the tape off? I did look at Plati-dip & Plasti-kote before but was worried it would lift when the stencil was removed...

no issues at all as you can see the finish of the end item. just be patient and take your time.

faheemrazzaq · 25 Sep 2016 at 14:02

The loop is ready and filled. But rest of the rig is no where close to the finish line.

- Top and front covers are off. Both of them will be painted white. Also I need to cut out front cover to make enough space for 360mm radiator, which is mounted towards the outside.

- Making out an extension on the front cover as the original cover is not big enough to hide the thick 360mm rad.

- The PSU and bottom rad shroud is ready. Pics in previous post.

- White mesh to cover inside of top and front rads.

faheemrazzaq · 25 Sep 2016 at 23:43

Front and top covers painted

faheemrazzaq · 26 Sep 2016 at 20:16

The front radiator cover is ready. This will be installed with the dust filters.