The BumblBuild-[Scratch Build]

GiraffePencils · 25 Feb 2015 at 09:01

sweols said:
Looking good buddy!

Thanks

Luggs said:
Looking really good mate, you have the patience of a saint...

haha, I don't know about that

but with acrylic, you've got to just take a breath once in a while.
I had to drain the whole loop to redo a pipe while leak testing last night,
I was SO CLOSE to turning it on but knew It needed done, I stopped, went and made a coffee.
And came at it again

GiraffePencils · 25 Feb 2015 at 11:26

deano-g said:
Nice build man. Wish I had the time an patience to to a scratch build, don't let the leaks put you off hard line as it's much smarter than flexible tubing, oh and you gotta love ek man, those blocks. Keep up the good work

It's been a long time in the making, probably over a year :O
I still have the renders from my first design I sent parvum, it was so different back then

It does look much better with hardline.
and ek blocks are top quality, I'll need to take some better pictures this weekend

GiraffePencils · 27 Feb 2015 at 13:47

kabir92 said:
That frames looking great!, was it difficult to get it square and level?, btw would love to see the case with all the panels on it

Thanks

it was a bit tricky, but I started with very accurately cut metal.

So 12mm up on both sides was level, pillar drill with a nice clamp and triple checking the center punch left a side as level as I could hope for really

You and me both

Panels aren't finished design, and I'm probably going to buy them after a bit of time.
Cables are the next step, to get all the fans running

GiraffePencils · 4 Mar 2015 at 13:38

deblow said:
Hey, This is great! & nothing wrong with your photo skills mate...
& your using hard tubes, going to be asking you for tips when i start to use them as it will be my 1st time

Now, 290x cards, I was thinking of selling my 7970s & getting a 295x2 or 2x 290x cards like yourself, but then i thought maybe if i keep 1 7970 & crossfire that with a 295x2?
What do you think mate?

russell664 said:
Would they even be able to crossfire? I thought you could crossfire a R9 290x and a 295x2, but not a 7970 as it isn't from the same GPU family?

Correct me if i'm wrong.

deblow said:
think your correct, its the matrix 7970 & 280x that use the same waterblock & can crossfire i think.

russell664 said:
Yeah, that would work as the 280x is essentially just a rebranded 7970 .

Sorry for the thread hijack. You case panels do look the biz!

Hey,
I was totally planning on inputting to this discussion when I got home from work, then you'd already resolved it and I never posted, sorry

Welcome aboard deblow, nice to see a name like yourself here, your builds are inspiring (especially when I started out)
Any questions on bending and I'll try and help

.

No worry about hijack, Thanks

I'm dying to get the rest of them now

So,
Exciting times!!
A wee package came in for me today:

Last one

Now this means draining the loop and more bending but hey ho

I will probably not do it tonight, as I need to work on the pump->rad connection, need some of than e22 tubing.

Once these are in I can get some lovely Mayhems in the old girl

Also looking into pulling the trigger on the sleeving supplies to get that all prettied up

Last but not least I will hopefully have a picture heavy surprise for people in the near future

Stay tuned and thank you for reading!!

GiraffePencils · 4 Mar 2015 at 16:04

jacob1995knight said:
Good to know you got the last radiator

I have bought 99.5% of the stuff now, bending is next cant wait

i only have to buy some hard drive holders and a dust kit then its all here

yours is awesome good luck with the next stage of bending

Thanks,
it's exciting having it all there and ready to go

I learned today that the rads went under a revision, and I have one of the first gen, and 3 of the second....
It's alright, EK have pointed me to how to make them the same, but dunno.
Hardline's all in and I'd rather not complicate things if I don't have too

GiraffePencils · 4 Mar 2015 at 21:47

russell664 said:
What are the difference between them? Is it quite noticeable or just really subtle?

Hope your bending goes well!

They have different colour G1/4 extensions:

But EK sell the other colours, so if it annoys me I can replace it

More tubing arrives tomorrow, I might put it all together then,
Might wait till the weekend

GiraffePencils · 4 Mar 2015 at 22:24

They look good,
I'm a bit annoyed but I'm not gonna complain

It looks like you'd be able to remove the extender and plug one of the ek fittings straight in.
So got me thinking of replacing the monsoon with these bad boys for a flush clean look:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-589-EK&groupid=962&catid=2776

But short of EK sponsorship/someone buying loads of secondhand fittings I'm not replacing this now

GiraffePencils · 9 Mar 2015 at 21:08

kabir92 said:
It looks very well done!, im planning on a scratch build this summer, full ally, getting as much research done as possible for design ques and ways to get it done. I'm continuing to keenly follow this log.

Nice one mate!

Thanks a lot

Anything you want to bounce off me I'm all ears.

GiraffePencils · 9 Mar 2015 at 21:25

Hello hello everyone.

I've had a couple of upsets, more stuff being bought this week, last of the fans, odds and ends, hopefully the cabling things

So, Things that have changed:

New desk! (something that can support the case

)

(And that's a 22" monitor next to it, for a sense of scale

)

New and last radiator in:

GPU all hardline'd in now
Messy leak test shots:

Not as straight as it could be, but I can live with it for now:

Card focus:

Tube focus:

Needs fans

but Tuesday for them

In other news, contacted people about getting some filters, not that that matters when there's no roof

Next task is getting her cables all prettied up

Also the last tube run (pump to rad) which I need ANOTHER fitting for, which comes Friday, will get done and I'll get some lovely Mayhems fluid in

Until next time

GiraffePencils · 14 Mar 2015 at 21:16

Hello hello,

Here we are with another update

So the final tubing run which was holding me back was the Pump->Rad run.
And here we are:

My new fitting came and made it all possible

I think it's coming together nice, I'm really happy with the parallel line look.

And last but not least, the loop being finished allows me too.........

Fill it with swanky fluid

!!

That ends this weeks update

Next week should be the cable attack, maybe more surprises

Until next time

GiraffePencils · 15 Mar 2015 at 21:07

FL630 said:
Love the pastel yellow!

1 GPU looks lost in there, I'm sure you could squeeze another in

Haha, don't tempt me

but in all seriousness I'm pretty tapped out for this build

Budget's been stretched twice now and it's still not done

It's gonna get a soundcard at some point. My peripherals need updating.

And quiet frankly, I want this build done so I can start the next one

GiraffePencils · 21 Mar 2015 at 20:48

Hello Everyone!

Massive and Exciting news!

I'd like to announce that Avexir are now sponsoring my build

A massive thank you to Peggy over at Avexir, who's supplied something which, if I say so myself, is nothing short of perfect for this build.

Do you know what it is?

I have to say, these oooze class.
The box is in every way a great way to let you know that you're about to open something special.

Each stick is sitting in its own special slot, keeping the RAM in place and displayed in the box.

OOOOooo Don't you just love that heatspreader

Enough playing around with it, there's a number one thing you're to do with RAM.... Getting it in

And then, Turning it on:

Ooo the lights

A bit better lighting:

Now I will take some more pictures of the RAM sitting in the system as a whole next wee.
Cabling stuff is on its way and will really help neaten the inside of the case.
Also it'll let me get the fans all on and see how far these babies can go

A big thanks to Avexir again!
Until next time!

GiraffePencils · 23 Mar 2015 at 10:11

deblow said:
Well done mate
Peggy's a nice lady

Yeah, she's been great throughout this process

FL630 said:
RAM looks awesome!

skaif said:
That ram is made for this build! Good stuff

dhallam said:
Love that ram perfect

Thanks all, I really couldn't be happier with it really
I need to get myself a nice flash/some lamps to improve my lighting

GiraffePencils · 23 Mar 2015 at 13:17

SuperG said:
All those pipes make me so nervous! Looks amazing though, like an electronic beehive/ant colony.

Hardline's a bit of a love hate, I love how it looks, hate the nervousness of doing it

thanks, cables should progress this week

GiraffePencils · 31 Mar 2015 at 13:34

Wow, So I just found out I'm in the running for Mod of the Month over on bit-tech.
I'm really surprised and happy that I'm up on my first real mod, There's lots of great mods there so I encourage everyone to come and vote, and remember mine's the Bumblbuild

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=282671

Also there'll be an update coming later tonight, I have had a long anticipated package arrive

GiraffePencils · 31 Mar 2015 at 23:47

Hey all!

Another update is here, While I wanted to have the cables all done by now, due to a shipping problem it was delayed.

BUT NO MORE!!

Stuffs all here!!!

next few days will be furious cabling, really want it done by the weekend but might need to be finished up over it.
But until then, some pictures I attempted in RAW and a lightroom type thing

Hopefully it'll all be done and look ace

Thanks for reading

GiraffePencils · 4 Apr 2015 at 15:58

davido_labido said:
those tools look familiar!!! careful with the atx pin removal tool, they can be quite fragile until you get used to how to use them properly dude

I will be careful

I'm actually using my own for now, I picked up the lamptron multi remover tool a while back and have been using that.

russell664 said:
As usual, some boss stuff has been delivered!

It's really coming together now, great stuff!

Thanks man

I've re-sleeved the fans now, had a bash at making a splitter....
It works, it's not pretty....I'm not happy, wasted a bunch doing it.
But it's all practice

I'll probably re-do it. re-thing the approach.

GiraffePencils · 16 Apr 2015 at 21:25

Hey everyone.

Sorry there's been little updates recently, I've been a bit busy with some other things.

I've sleeved up all the fans, made up a splitter cable I'm really not happy with so will do again.
Still need to do the mobo extensions, been trying some ideas for a nice curve.

but in some lovely picturey news Instead of making my peripheral cables I thought I'd treat myself:

A bit thank you to the people over at Pexon PCs who helped me select the colour combo and overall delivering a lovely service.
Just to mention this isn't sponsorship, These cables are worth every penny and I'd pay it again

Double sleeved:

One for my mic, one for the keyboard (mouse and headset will no doubt follow in future)

I'm sorry for such little progress everyone, I'm really gonna try and get more done next week, Until then

GiraffePencils · 30 Aug 2015 at 22:37

:O
I will not Rest in Peace!!!
I will rise, like a phoenix from the ashes of my own stagnating thread!

.............
.....

I got some Panels delivered Today:

I need to get a couple more pieces to finish off these, but the end is in sight.

GiraffePencils · 25 Jan 2016 at 13:25

UPDATE INBOUND