Scratch Build – In Progress Project THINKTANK - Finished [High Res Photos] 18th April: Post #45

Thank you! I'm taking a quick break during Christmas, but will be back in full swing next year (Maybe even just before New Year)!

 

Back!

UPDATE!!!!! Finally....

OK! So I am almost done with putting all the components in the new case.

CPU cleaned and ready for waterblock



CPU and RAM blocks installed now



Motherboard now put in the case with blocks on top



1st GPU cleaned and ready for waterblock



Old vs New comparison



Done 2!



And All 3 are blocked up and installed in the case



That's all for today, I would have done this sooner, but I've been really busy and I want to make sure I get the watercooling right, so I've waited till I have the most amount of time available to do this.

 

UPDATE! And another one tomorrow and the day after that definitely

This is my 90 degree fitting which I am now using as a way to drain the loop if I need to as well as keep it going.



First tubing has been done!



Attaching my primary drive at the back of the case using super strong velcro for easy removability and minimal noise levels



Here it is installed in the case



And a final shot of everything on the motherboard



That's it for today, but come back tomorrow as I will be finishing the tubing, fixing problems that shouldnt exist, and adding in the reservoir.

 

It works!

UPDATE!

So I finished up the tubing, and as you can see here I also added the reservoir



More tubing down the bottom using the routing holes in the case



The mess that is all of my extensions and things



All the power supply cables I need that need to be plugged in to their respected places



Now I sort of forgot to take photos after that and basically I put everything together and began filling it up, here is how it looks now, everything works, except that LED on the 3rd hydro copper apart from that its all good



I did a few benchmarks and things, and I got some decent results, the CPU is now clocked at 4.7Ghz and I'll overclock the GPU's later today.

Tomorrow I will post hi res photos of the finished build, and eventually I will buy green LEDs and replace all 3 of the hydrocopper LEDs so that they all work and match, but for now I'm just happy it works

 

Fin!

So here is the finished project in all its high res glory. I've also decided to rename the project now that its finished.















So this is the final product, I'm quite happy, the only criticisms I have are: I would have liked to use straight tubing everywhere, but maybe that's a project for later. Oh and the GPU led's will have to be replaced at some point. Other than that, I think it turned out pretty fantastic. I may post benchmarks at some point if I bother to get round to it.

Till the next time
- Dan

 

I think it looks pretty cool.

One criticism I have is the LED strip around the inside of the case; because of the full transparent side panel, you can see the entire strip; it doesn't look as clean in my opinion.

The rest looks nice though, well done.

 

Thanks mate, yeah I noticed that as well, I couldn't really figure out any good way of hiding them though. Don't suppose you have any suggestions?

- Dan

 

Well done man!

Maybe you could make a black acrylic rim around the window and hide the LED strip behind that.

 

Yeah maybe, thats quite a good idea actually, maybe when I replace the LED's in the hydro coppers I'll do it then.

- Dan