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So following on from my 800d build we have moved on to a joint venture (me and my nephew) building a watercooled PC desk.
So thought we would start a build log now that the desk in finally starting to resemble , , well a desk.
Watercooling will be ordered this week so hopefully will have a finished article in the not too distant future (pictures to follow).
So to start off we started with a sheet of MDF. MDF???? I hear you cry? Yep thats right, sealed to stop the wood expanding and drawing in the moisture in the air as MDF likes to do. Once it was cut to size, bolted together with 4 (wouldnt work with 2) legs it started to resemble somthing a bit more like a desk.
A rear cable / PSU hideaway was incorporated to hide all the unsightly cabling etc, with entry and exit fans along the channel. All the I/O cabling will also route through here.
Further fans were added to each side of the desk and the power cabling extended with UV braid (which look orange for some reason haha).
We Added a motherboard tray modded down to suit and sprayed black, cut out the dvd bay and fan controller front bays.
DVD drive will be modded with perspex / led to show internal workings. Aim to CNC etch the top of this with a hazmat design all going well.
Desk will be UV / red as the theme and the build is so far at least going in the direction I want it to.
This project is a work in progress and steady progress is being made. Just waiting on the toughened glass to arrive and then It water cooling time!
Watercooling kit I will be going for is as follows (subject to change of course).
7/16 (5/8"OD) Masterleer PCV tubing in UV Dark Red
Alphacool Nexxos UT60 360 triple radiator
associated fittings / rotary fittings to suit 7/16"ID, 5/8"OD
EK-FC580 GPU waterblock
EK Supreme HF Full Nickel CPU Block
Alphacool VPP655 (laing d5) with D5 high flow top (acetal)
Lamptron FC5 Fan Controller
Thermochill EC6 Red Coolant
Scyth Gentle Typhoons 1850rpm fans x 3
Aluminum push button 19mm red ring power button
associated y-cable splitters, extensions (pcie, sata, molex etc) in uv red.
Sharkoon cold cathode kit in red (also a uv kit)
EK bay spin reservoir (acetal)
Watch this space!!!!
So thought we would start a build log now that the desk in finally starting to resemble , , well a desk.
Watercooling will be ordered this week so hopefully will have a finished article in the not too distant future (pictures to follow).
So to start off we started with a sheet of MDF. MDF???? I hear you cry? Yep thats right, sealed to stop the wood expanding and drawing in the moisture in the air as MDF likes to do. Once it was cut to size, bolted together with 4 (wouldnt work with 2) legs it started to resemble somthing a bit more like a desk.
A rear cable / PSU hideaway was incorporated to hide all the unsightly cabling etc, with entry and exit fans along the channel. All the I/O cabling will also route through here.
Further fans were added to each side of the desk and the power cabling extended with UV braid (which look orange for some reason haha).
We Added a motherboard tray modded down to suit and sprayed black, cut out the dvd bay and fan controller front bays.
DVD drive will be modded with perspex / led to show internal workings. Aim to CNC etch the top of this with a hazmat design all going well.
Desk will be UV / red as the theme and the build is so far at least going in the direction I want it to.
This project is a work in progress and steady progress is being made. Just waiting on the toughened glass to arrive and then It water cooling time!
Watercooling kit I will be going for is as follows (subject to change of course).
7/16 (5/8"OD) Masterleer PCV tubing in UV Dark Red
Alphacool Nexxos UT60 360 triple radiator
associated fittings / rotary fittings to suit 7/16"ID, 5/8"OD
EK-FC580 GPU waterblock
EK Supreme HF Full Nickel CPU Block
Alphacool VPP655 (laing d5) with D5 high flow top (acetal)
Lamptron FC5 Fan Controller
Thermochill EC6 Red Coolant
Scyth Gentle Typhoons 1850rpm fans x 3
Aluminum push button 19mm red ring power button
associated y-cable splitters, extensions (pcie, sata, molex etc) in uv red.
Sharkoon cold cathode kit in red (also a uv kit)
EK bay spin reservoir (acetal)
Watch this space!!!!
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