Sesto Elemento (Sixth Element)

MT Mods · 13 Apr 2017 at 12:11

Hello, Everyone and welcome to my project logs for ''Sesto Elemento''

What is Sesto Elemento ?
Sesto Elemento (Sixth Element) is based on the Lamboghini Sesto Elemento.
The engine cover is my main focus, after i seen that, i knew i had to incorporate it into a build.

What's the plan ?
The plan is to successfully create a watercooled system, that doesn't require any radiators.
how ?
The whole front of the case will be one large custom reservoir with multiple holes for air to travel through.
Also 1 or 2 air pumps pumping cold bubbles into the base of the reservoir attempting to keep the coolant cool.
The case i'll be using will be stripped down, to just the frame and glass window.
All panels will be custom made, custom legs, custom grills etc etc.
PSU Shroud will also have water channels and the system will be a duel loop sharing the same large res.

Spec list

Intel core i7 7700K (De-Lidded)
Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 9 motherboard
Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080Ti Xtreme WB edition
16GB Team Group T-Force NightHawk RGB @3000mhz
Full alphacool watercooling (List to come)
be quiet! Dark base pro 900
be quiet! Dark power pro 11 - 850w
be quiet! Silent wing 3 fans (140mm PWM)

Will update this list as more parts are confirmed.

Special thanks for the support
AORUS & Gigabyte UK
be quiet!
Alphacool
Teamgroup

Design idea

Check back for work has already started and i'll start uploading updates shortly.
Please note:
This project will take some time, and these logs will be picture heavy.

MT Mods · 13 Apr 2017 at 12:22

Some parts are already here

From Aorus

From be quiet!

MT Mods · 13 Apr 2017 at 13:17

Case arrived and i Started work, by stripping back the case to it's underwear.

More updates will come in the following days

Thanks for looking

HoneyBadger · 13 Apr 2017 at 21:53

Looks great!

Crockett · 14 Apr 2017 at 08:22

Really interesting with the water reservoir, I am looking forward to seeing this come together.

MT Mods · 24 Apr 2017 at 14:44

Slow progress as i wait for most of the parts to arrive.
Today the legs arrived, so i've been test fitting them.

Will post as much as i can as soon as things start to arrive.
Thanks for looking.

MT Mods · 25 Apr 2017 at 13:39

Cablemod Cable arrived
Bought these during the Easter sale, got the whole lot for £40 inc shipping.
Bargain!

more to follow, thanks for looking

MT Mods · 26 Apr 2017 at 13:40

Acrylics arrived today, so i can begin work on the panels and front reservoir!
Be slow progress, as i still have to do all the mapping with the software before i actually do the cuts.

Check back later for updates
Thanks for looking.

OJ46 · 26 Apr 2017 at 16:02

That is one brilliantly crazy idea for the cooling, can't wait to see if it actually works!

MT Mods · 28 Apr 2017 at 14:38

Little update today
Top panel has been cut and I've fitted the legs to allow air to escape.
The orange is frosted,m while will glow when the LED's are on, inside the case.

Will angle cut the edges and bolt the top to the frame.

Aberfala · 28 Apr 2017 at 18:31

Never seen anything like that cooling idea. I'm curious if your plan is based on any tried and tested method or just a theory?

Either way I'm very interested to see how it goes.

MT Mods · 28 Apr 2017 at 19:10

Aberfala said:
Never seen anything like that cooling idea. I'm curious if your plan is based on any tried and tested method or just a theory?

Either way I'm very interested to see how it goes.

It's all theory right now, but theoretically, it should work

At least when running idle. lol

Aberfala · 28 Apr 2017 at 19:23

MT Mods said:
It's all theory right now, but theoretically, it should work At least when running idle. lol

Good luck

Rannoch · 28 Apr 2017 at 19:28

Very nice, will be following this.

MT Mods · 28 Apr 2017 at 21:05

I bolted the top panel to the frame, and used screw (black) covers, to keep things sleek.

I also had a quick test with the lights, made sure it glowed right.

I'll now drill some holes behind the Aorus logo, and put in a couple of 2.5mm white LEDS.
That should complete the top panel.

MT Mods · 29 Apr 2017 at 12:56

So we started work on the Reservoir today.
It's going to take 8 hours to cut. *Crys*
35mm thick, lazer at 50% power and speed at 0.5.

We don't wanna go too fast, or use too much power as it could melt the acrylic back together after cut, Nice and easy does it.

MT Mods · 4 May 2017 at 17:30

Special thanks to ALPHACOOL for the massive support. These guys have bent over backwards to help me out on this.
huge props lads!

Unboxing and overview video will be available later tonight.
Thanks for looking.

Crockett · 4 May 2017 at 19:06

A lot of stuff coming together, watching closely for how you do the reservoir!

MT Mods · 13 May 2017 at 09:39

Reservoir update!

I had to completely re-design the reservoir due to sizes and limitations on the inlet and outlet ports.
So first of all i plotted the design on the computer

And got to work on the acrylics

Once they were cut, i took the covers off and placed them together.

I then bolted them together to test fit and get a peek at what it will look like when finished!
And i am in love!

II really hope this works! lol
Air pump and fittings are next to be attached, so fingers crossed!

MT Mods · 31 May 2017 at 17:31

Just a quick update.
It works.And it performs on par with a normal custom loop. If not a little better.
I was sceptical, but last night was my first test and now i can't wait to share results.

So.
First test was idle, because for some reason people like that
27c

Second.
2 and a half hours of ESO on max settings and 5760x1080 (ESO is because it's pretty intensive on the CPU)
peaked at 48c

third test was the big one
AIDA64 extreme system stability test

With results that wow'd me, here they are
In the first 20+ minutes it hovered around 55-57c
After 70minutes it never moved above 60c.
i would have left for longer than 70 minutes, but was no need, i got the results i wanted to see.

here's a short clip of the test at 17 minutes in.

I will follow up on this post soon with more details on how everything works, including a video which will describe everything better than i can with pictures and text.