Vault 111 by PEXON

pexonpcs · 31 Jul 2015 at 12:31

The switches are in an upright position when they are on 360

I ran out of time yesterday, I finished up at past 10 PM and had been in the workshop for 15 odd hours, so I couldn't get anymore done. I will be weathering the cables up some more over the weekend.

pexonpcs · 3 Aug 2015 at 14:47

Sorry for being AFK guys! Had a really busy weekend and I took a day off work :O

Iodine sounds like an interesting idea! I will have a look and do some research!

pexonpcs · 3 Aug 2015 at 19:22

I saw those dude, they wouldn't really go with the build though I don't think

pexonpcs · 3 Aug 2015 at 22:13

Time for another small update, nothing massive as I've had a very busy weekend!

I done some carnage to the PSU!

I need to get another set of hex keys to take off the PSU cover, I lost all my dinky ones. I don't want to go too ham on the weathering and get any metallic dust or any of the powder coat inside the PSU and cause issues.

I also manged to distress the clear connectors, simply sanded random patches and used some ink to make some runs, to ensure it fits in with the theme. Its reallly hard to get some pics of the connectors when its late night in the workshop

Again, sorry for the small update, I just want to keep the thread up to date!

Thanks for looking.

James/pex

pexonpcs · 3 Aug 2015 at 23:05

haha! Gotta be done man!

pexonpcs · 4 Aug 2015 at 09:47

Corsair have shared it? OMG!

pexonpcs · 4 Aug 2015 at 11:30

Thanks man! I did have a go at more weathering and I will be uploading more pics soon. Bleach sounds like a good idea, I need something to strip more of the colour out of the sleeving

pexonpcs · 5 Aug 2015 at 23:51

Cheers for the comments guys!

Just wondering where to go now.

I am wondering what CPU and motherboard to go for with Skylake being announced. Selling some old keyboard stuff to make some funds available

pexonpcs · 15 Sep 2015 at 22:29

Update coming soon lads. Something pretty cool landing in the next few weeks.

Fear not, it will be ready for F4 and ready for i56!

pexonpcs · 17 Sep 2015 at 22:15

Hey guys! Time for another update and another very awesomely epic update.

I am very proud to announce that MSI have been so gracious been so gracious to offer support the project.

HUGE thank you to Tom @ MSI UK for helping out with the project. I will be ordering the CPU immediately and the mobo should be in tomorrow. Once all the gear is tested, the watercooling and weathering can commence! Not going to enjoy weathering such nice expensive gear, but it has to be done to fit in with the theme.

Since the last update, I've been so busy with work, but I did manage to get a few things done, namely some accessories, Nuka Cola bottle and other items I am still working on/ wondering how to finish.

BIG thanks to Chris at Overclockers for sorting this awesome little 3-D printed Vault-Boy out too!

Thanks so much for looking, hopefully some more updates soon!

pexonpcs · 18 Sep 2015 at 08:47

Cheers man, going to go for it now. ill definitely have it finished for the big day in November!

pexonpcs · 20 Sep 2015 at 20:11

Hey guys, time for another update!

The new board arrived on friday afternoon. The B150 is potentially an interim board as the z170M version has been delayed. If the Z170 doesn't come through, I will just stick with the B150. I plan on using the 6600K with it, even compared to my current 2500K and 280X, the 980ti and 6000K will blow it out the water, good job considering I am going 4K.

The awesome reinforced PCI-e slot

Going to test the board and the GPU before I go to town with the weathering on the heatsinks

Thanks for looking guys.

Again, a HUGE thank you to MSI for supporting this project

pexonpcs · 21 Sep 2015 at 22:00

Thanks for the kind words guys!

pexonpcs · 23 Sep 2015 at 22:02

A few people have suggested that. I don't know if that would work well for this build, I did think of hiding a tiny res inside a coke bottle. I don't like the idea of drilling at tapping glass.

pexonpcs · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:11

Hey guys, making some serious progress with the build now! On the final stretch!

Aquatuning have been very kind and supplied the rest of the wet gear to get the rig finished

The cleary blue coolant will look bang on I reckons, as I am just going with clear floppy tubing, the blue LEDs and lights will compliment it well.

Smashed the rad up in double quick time and got it installed with the out and inputs on the top. The tubing routing is a nightmare, I knew watercooling in this case (although its large) was going to be a PITA as nothing is in the right place, hence the reason I chose it, its quirky

I have to have a look around for a little male to male G1/4" extender in order to mount the res on-top of the pump, space in the bottom chamber is a little sparse. I can mount the res on top to keep it relatively tidy.

Also managed to borrow some ram to test the parts

And managed to get a braided IEC cable made

I also met Vault Boy at Eurogamer this weekend too!

Thanks for looking guys

pexonpcs · 30 Sep 2015 at 20:38

Cheers guys.

I have no idea what to do to the W/cing parts. Probably just rough them up a little, make a sticker for the res and do something interesting with the backplate for the GPU. I did think about using some long nose pliers to tighten all the fittings up and 'accidentally' slip to mark the fittings and ruin the knurlings, little touches like that .

pexonpcs · 1 Oct 2015 at 18:05

colinmcr said:
How about get some opaque plastic film, add double sided tape to one side. Then cut the film into very thin jagged strips, peel off the double sided tape and place around the res picking a central "point of impact" so it appears to be cracked in a radial fashion. Back light the res for better effect, although this largely depends on your coolant colour and opacity of course.

If it looks pants, then at least its easily undone

EDIT: I see there phone screen protectors that have fake cracks to pranks your mates, might be easier with that...

Cracks in the res is a damn good idea. I will have too have a look online for those screen protectors XD

pexonpcs · 2 Oct 2015 at 17:49

Yea, thats a damn good idea. One thought was to use different colour tubing for certain parts of the loop, but I think that would look too OTT.

I will deffo see if I can fake distress the tubing though

pexonpcs · 11 Oct 2015 at 21:59

Been a while since my last update, but I've been busy with work. I have still managed to get a fair amount of work done though. All the watercooling gear is in now, bar the GPU block. EK only included 4x screws for mounting the block, great. I've opened up a support ticket, but I've yet to have a response. If needs be, to get the rig full of water and leak tested, I will go to the local James Listers and get some of the M3 DIN screws tomorrow. Pretty annoying, but hey, you can't account for these things; I'm not too happy considering I ordered it last week with 1 day DHL express and it didn't turn up til Friday :/

The routing of the tubing was actually not as hard as I imagined, once I ripped out the bottom of the drive bay cage. I got the dremel out and smashed it out in 5 mins, no need to keep it neat and tidy, the rougher the better.

The pump directly feeds the pump via a male to male 1/4" fitting.

As hinted before, the block arrived, buts useless without another 11x M3 DIN screws

On a positive note, ordered the CPU (6600K) and an SSHD (just to play about with) for the build from Overclockers on Friday and it arrived on Saturday, this meant I can get the CPU block mounted and start tubing up.

As you can see, nearly there! Just get the GPU block in a acquire some RAM, then we are done!

Hope you all had a great weekend! More updates soon!

pexonpcs · 12 Oct 2015 at 09:08

Cheers guys!

I have had a try at weathering some tubing, but its pretty hard to get looking right. I think I will just do it like I have done with the rest of the case. I will dry bush the tubing with different shades of Warhammer style paint to get some muck on the tubing, it will easily be seen when the coolant is in there.

I did have a look at getting the lights to flicker, but you need a really bad source to drive the LED strips, so it seems like it will be hard work. I have tried but I've had no luck so far