Scratch Build – In Progress MegaDeblow - Desk Build **COMPLETE**

Finally my 12v push on/off switches have arrived
Will be used for the UV/LED lighting.

 

Stared working on the pump & res base,
a total remake but just a bit bigger than the 1st one i made and now has a hole for the pump instead of hiding the pump in the bottom compartment







the fan was just there to hold the base up as i fitted the carbon, hole will be housing the pump

 

New switches fitted in working, 1st for the LED master on/off, 2nd and 3rd are for the UV lighting on/off

 

Very nice, looking forward to see the rest.

 

Thanks Bladesingerz,

Ordered myself some black tights ( wife got a bit suspicious when they arrived lol)
and some thin light wood to make a fan hole cover, this will go on the base of the desk near the PSU, and will eliminate the need for 120mm fan dust covers






Here i have covered a old triple RAD fan extension, this will hold the 3 intake fans on the uper right side

 

old triple RAD fan cover cut down to a double for the lower air hole near PSU



Wrapped ready for cutting




The PSU and RAM





Another fan cover wrapped and cut

 

Took some doing, but Finally worked out a way to keep the matrix LED's





14/04/2014 - Just noticed i forgot to add the fan photos, so here they are
CM Jet Flows - plane black no LED's







Nice to have 2 speed controllers included with the fan, 1200rpm & 1600rpm




forgive the sawdust didn't look that bad without the camera flash lol
removable rubber ends!, if i had not already cut the wood i would have removed the four fan ends and cut circles not squares as the fans are about the same thickness as the wood and would have looked great.

 

RADs and pump in place along with the new pump carbon wrap cover (RES base)



Needed to extend most the fan wires, forgot to take a pic






The converted triple RAD fan holder fitted to replace the wood that was there on the test build


redone the sides with new wrap, the triple RAD shown here was not in the test build,

 

made some blocks to raise the RES a inch higher, i might get a clear pump top in the future and light it????










The tubing covering the GPU bridge can be removed, and atm its no longer on, cant decide if i like it on or of lol

 

New wrap added to the front, new switches and new fan controller
also partially covered the blu-ray drive
under the blu-ray is my drink holder (converted DVD drive)
the bottom bay holds my main OS SSD drive

 

Congrats on the Nomination ... build is coming along nicely

 

Ah, I've just seen the Nomination
That's great, but will it matter that the projects not completed yet?

 

You can just about see the LEDs for the matrix cards on the sides near the volts - + buttons
they can be moved around a bit but i think they look best on the sides

 

Most lights fully working now, water flowing nice, temps looking good

Getting close to complete

 

that's all the pix for this weekend,
more to follow later next week

 

No it doesn't matter if it's complete yet, motm is about open projects that still have progress happening. it doesn't matter what stage your build is at

 

Thanks Asouter, i understand now iv had a good look at the other entries

anyway, iv been doing some quick temp tests before i finish of the build,

here's all my temp info for now -

CPU @4.6
GPU's Core @ 1260MHz, Mem @ 1800MHz

Idle temps = (This test was done after all the 3D marks and gaming)
CPU = 34c
GPU1 = 29c
GPU2 = 30c

Water Temp before RADs = 26.1
Room Temp = 22.6
FANs at lowest settings


3D Mark (default settings) did 4 tests back to back and until the temps was at the max
CPU = 58c
GPU1 = 44c
GPU2 = 45c

Water Temp before RADs = 33.3
Room Temp = 22.1
FANs at lowest settings


Heaven Bench did about 3 full tests at max settings back to back and until the temps was at the max
CPU = 55c
GPU1 = 39c
GPU2 = 40c

Water Temp before RADs = 29.5
Room Temp = 21.6
FANs at lowest settings


1 hr playtime on Grid 2 (maxed out)
CPU = 54c
GPU1 = 42c
GPU2 = 43c

Water Temp before RADs = 33.1
Room Temp = 22.3
FANs at lowest settings





All this was done with the fans on the lowest settings, as when im gaming without a headset i don't like the noise
I will do more testing when the desk is done, but for now im more than a bit happy with the GPU temps
i was hitting 85c and even up in the 90s when i was on air with the fans on 100% and that was only running at 1100MHz on the cores

The OC on the cards and CPU is stable and i haven't messed with it much during this build, i could probably hit 4.8 on the CPU and possibly 1300 on the GPUs if im lucky

3D mark score was 12751

 

You've made really nice progress with the desk and it's looking good.

If you've checked my OM thread, you'll know that I really do mean that you work fast

Also laughed at the image of you arguing with your wife on getting new dust filters and how it gives you a good reason to linger in the lingerie section

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