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Case Mod - In Progress Out of Mana v2.0 (Beast - 900D - RIVBE - SLI - Full Water Cooling)

Discussion in 'Project Logs' started by greggus, 26 Mar 2015.

  1. greggus

    greggus What's a Dremel?

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    Welcome to my build log – A fully watercooled black & blue themed build housed in a slightly modified 900D.

    What I want to achieve with this build ?
    A big massive looking build. Something heavy, with a lot of fittings. Industrial heavy machine style !

    By the way, my name is greg, I am 36, and I currently live in France.

    Let's get this started !

    Hardware parts :
    - Case : Corsair 900D
    - Motherboard : Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
    - CPU : Intel i7 4930K
    - RAM : 6 x 8Go G.Skill Trident X 2400Mhz
    - Video cards : GTX Titan SLI (Gainward)
    - Capture card : Avermedia Live Gamer HD (C985)
    - PSU : Corsair AX1200i 80PLUS Platinum
    - Screen : LG 34UM95-P – Ultrawide 21:9
    - Bluray Recorder : Asus BW-16D1HT
    - Sound Card : Asus Essence STX II + Beyerdynamic MMX300 headset
    - Hard drives : SSD Samsung 850 pro (512 Gb) + SSD Samsung 840 pro (256 Gb) + SSD Samsung 830 (256 Gb)

    And of course i will fully watercool this build. A list of what i plan to use :
    - 2 pumps (laing D5) : one loop for the CPU, motherboard and RAM / the other for the graphic cards
    - An aquaero 6 XT to control fans & temps in the case via PWM
    - A mix between XSPC, EK and Alphacool for the waterblock / rads (1 rad 480mm, 1 rad 360mm, 1 rad 240mm and a 140mm). I will explain later.
    - Acrylic tubes from Primochill & Bitspower
    - A ton (and I mean a TON) of fittings (EK, Primochill, Bitspower) :p
    - Black acrylic midplate, motherboard tray cover, backplate and front face (made by coldzero).
    - AX1200i sleeved cables (mdpc-x sleeves) black & magic blue.
    - Corsair Fans (14 fans : SP120,AF120,AF140).
    - Sleeves from MDPC-X (Thx Nils).


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    900D is so HUGE !

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    Corsair Ax1200i

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    One of the graphic card

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    Black Mate paint on the graphic cards bracket

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    Avermedia Live Gamer HD - Black mate bracket

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    Aquacomputer Aquaero 6 XT

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    Aquacomputer Real Time Clock expansion module for the aquaero 6

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    Aquacomputer Poweradjust who will be in charged of the D5 pumps

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    Here is the motherboard (Asus Rampage IV Black Edition) with full nickel CSQ waterblock from EK
     
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    greggus What's a Dremel?

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    The motherboard tray (E-ATX) for the Rampage IV BE and the 900D made by Patuga from Coldzero


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    The best tool to pierce large hole through acrylic


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    The midplate


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    That motherboard is really sexy. So many features!


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    First drilling through the case. This radiator is an EK XTX360


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    I use Bitspower pass-through fittings on the midplate and the motherboard tray cover


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    The two D5 pumps with black cover


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    A close look to the waterblock. Why the CSQ one? I really don’t know


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    140mm slim radiator to the left. It will be plugged into the 360


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    At the bottom the 480mm Monsta radiator from Alphacool. A very big radiator; in the end so much trouble for me. I tried my best to clean without any results (i tried the mayehms cleaning kit). In the end i replaced it with a RX480 from XSPC
     
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    Circles … circles everywhere. I love them and i know some don’t. Taste and colours are not always the same


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    Fittings for the connection between the CPU + MB pump and the pass-through


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    Some of the fittings from my previous build


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    I will use and acrylic tube between the 2 ram blocks so I can see the liquid going through
     
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    Next batch of pictures :p

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    First try with acrylic tube


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    Temperature sensor under each reservoir


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    Here you can see the sli bridge cover, the right panel with the Out of Mana logo (with backlight under)


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    Back of the case


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    Fan sticker design​
     
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    Lots of fittings !

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    First leak test is a success :)


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    Corsair SP120. Quite loud at maximum RPM but very quiet at lower speed


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    Lighting test inside the reservoir. I used 2 monsoon premium led for this


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    Love the blue. The long extension fittings are definitely different. I would personally like to see more of the nice blue tubing.
     
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    greggus What's a Dremel?

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    Yhank you for the comment :)
    I understand it's very different (i tried to achieve something different). I will perhaps change some extender to classic acrylic tube in the near future.



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    Lighting on. I am not very good at taking pictures so it is not as nice as it really is

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