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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

MT Mods · 31 May 2017 at 19:09

OJ46 said:
That's awesome news, can't quite believe it runs temps that low without any radiators! It's always good to see someone daft enough to give these mad ideas a go and it's even better when they work better than expected, look forward to seeing some stunning pictures of the finished build soon

i too am surprised by the results, i thought it was going to flop.
really glad it's worked.

Reservoir is really ugly right now, i need to get myself access to a CNC to make a pretty one.

MT Mods · 3 Jul 2017 at 10:22

Been a while since i've updated, been waiting for the GPu and RAM to arrive.
(RAM is only new to the market)

So i ordered some stainless steel 16mm OD tubing, and cut it all down to size.
Fitted and tested how it all looks

GPU Should be arriving this week, so i can begin work on the shroud and finish the main looks of the project.

For now, i'm very impressed with how things are taking shape, and appologize for the massive delay in updates.

- Craig

MT Mods · 3 Jul 2017 at 11:05

orbitalwalsh said:
block looks good, get mine on Wednesday, although in two minds if I should have gone for Frosted/satin.....

GPU would work nicely with the setup , recommend slapping some thermal Grizzlie Paste and pads though

Ah damn, i went with clear because i'm using clear fluid.
GPU i'm getting comes pre blocked.
It's the Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti WB
this one

hope you like your alphacool block, they certain perform as good as they look (Epic) lol

MT Mods · 3 Jul 2017 at 11:23

orbitalwalsh said:
oh on, thermal grizzlie it one thing all vendors stuffer from is poor pastes no matter what they say . guessing water blocks wouldn't matter as much but saw on the Aorus and Strix cards on air drops about 5-7c under load

good to hear about the performance ! im guessing the backplate is the same as the Eisbaer? hope not as its a pain in the back side haha

any teasers how your going to be linking the routing?

i mean it'd probably help, but for the purpose of these tests, it's best if i don't.
Yeah it's the same backplate as the Eisbaer solo (fidgity but not as bad as some other blocks i've used)

The system is a duel loop, so under the shroud and out of sight is where the spaghetti junction will be lol.

At the moment i'm stuck in limbo with deciding howw i want to route the loop, once the GPU is here i'll be able to make a definitive descision.
here's one of the plans anyway

GPU straight to shroud, on a lower PCI-E Slot.
Doing a single GPU to start with, don't want to overheat the system in it's first tests under bubble cooling.

MT Mods · 3 Jul 2017 at 11:40

orbitalwalsh said:
surprised with the lower PCIe slot, specially with that card. should see when you get it the amount of nickle on show at the Aorus logo, might be a waste to the design of it to have it so low down and really hard to see or photograph .
could you not use the 2nd or 3rd PCIe slot if you wanted the south bridge Heatsink on show ?

Sorry, It'll be on the 3rd slot

first one blocks out the m.2, second one block out the aorus badge.
4th one is far too low.

Although if it all works well, and the bubbles keep it all cool, i may vertical mount the card with the riser going under the shroud.
At the moment, it's all tests and making sure the bubbles can handle it.

MT Mods · 6 Jul 2017 at 20:07

the Might Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme edition has arrived!
Check out this beast

Link to buy -
Link to more info -

MT Mods · 9 Jul 2017 at 17:51

update, Been working on the shroud, and getting things ready for the rest of the loop to be installed.

Still need to align the shroud, it's currently sitting at an angle.

Will update later when it's darker to see lights