Case Mod - In Progress *COMPLETED 2014-12-20* Gold Desk

Thanks all!

This radiator grill is still prototype, with the final versions, we will have different colors for the logo/inlay.
I will use a white logo, which suits better with the white coolant indeed

 

=== update 17-09-14 ===

Drilled some holes for the reservoirs and wires for the Ledstrips.




Cut the Ledstrips to right length and placed it like this:




And with the reservoirs back in place with the Ledstrips underneath it





Hate it when radiators get all dusty. So I placed a Demciflex 360 filter and a Demciflex 480 filter on the intake radiators.
These filter have the same size as the radiator grill, so the screws were in the way.
Drilled some holes in the filters to make it fit:






I wanted to use a standard Blu-Ray player/writer, but after installing, it doesn't look that great
So I purchased a SilverStone SOB02 slim/slot-in BR player/writer.
Put this in a SilverStone SST-FP58B, and now it looks pretty neat

Also put two temperature sensors/displays in a 5.25 frame.

And then we have this:



That's it for today

 

Impressive.

 

A little teaser:

 

And bigger pictures

Loop is going to be filled with this setup, a 250 reservoir on the second inlet of the pump.
Between the inlet a Bitspower valve with 2x BP-TBWP-C42.
When loop is filled, I can close the valve and easily remove the Reservoir.
(credits to l3p for coming up with solution)




And the loop filled with Mayhems Pastel white UV coolant:




I'm using 8 Bitspower quick disconnects, this allows me to fill the loop already.
When I have the hardware, I can just connect it to the loop without too much hassle
Also when I need to replace/remove something, it's a piece of cake!

 

Impressive setup! I don't think the white coolant matches the gold fittings. Black would look good but might mask the LEDs.

 

I didn't like the UV LEDs color in the pumptops, so I changed it to white LEDs, I think this looks a lot better!




The reservoir area was a bit too dark.
So I placed below the RGB strip, a white ProAce LEDstrip.
These strips really give a bright good looking light!




And with lights off, it looks like this:

 

Some more pictures













And a short clip

Some more pictures













And a short clip

 

Hardware is ordered:

1x ASUS X99-Deluxe
1x Intel Core i7 5960x
1x G.Skill DDR4 16GB PC 3300 CL16
3x Gigabyte GTX980 N980D5-4GD 4096MB
1x Plextor M.2GM6e 512GB
1x Samsung EVO 500GB
3x WD 5TB SATA3 WD50EZRX

This configuration will get me going for a while :')

 

I like the gold / black combination. It´s something rare and special

 

Hi Love the gold theme and the white coolant ties it all together, some nice components you have ordered.

 

Thanks!

And I got my hardware, except for the G.Skill DDR4 modules, in backorder for about 2-3 weeks




Also have to wait for the Bitspower GPU, MEM and MOBO waterblocks

Oh, I also had new sidepanels lasercut for the feet:


The original black ones are being worked on as we speak, wanted to have these lasercut panels as backup if the original sidepanels get messed up.

But something went wrong with the sketchup or at the lasercutter, because the sidepanels are too big.
So it doesn't fit the desks feet :')

These panels are useless now, but still looks cool though.
I'll find another way to use this panels most probably

 

A small update.

Delivery date for the G.Skill memory is still unknown -_-

So I changed it to the Corsair 16 GB DDR4-2800 Quad-Kit CMK16GX4M4A2800C16.
I received this kit today

Now I'm waiting for the Bitspower waterblocks to be ready.
(within 2 weeks hopefully, then I can finally go on with my build )

And I also received a package from l3p today, he modded my sidepanels of the Cross Desk feets.
Pictures coming soon

 

=== update 28-10-14 ===


An update of what is done lately


I want te replace the stock grey acryl panels with red ones.
And here they are:




I had this idea in my head, painted it with my Paint Skills:





Then l3p worked it out with his mod skills:






It was really a troublesome job which l3p rather won't do it again
The panel is 1.6mm thick, so it requires a lot of patience and strength to saw out the logo's.
A lot of respect towards l3p for still finishing the job!!!



I had to saw out a piece in the "backpanel", otherwise the RH logo will not glow.

Drawed the outlines:






And the piece is out:





It's perfect like this:








Backpanels screwed back on:





And finished!!!

 

In day light

 

Subbed! Love these desks!

 

Thanks!

My gaming gear also arrived!

Package from Cooler Master / CM Storm:






My keyboard:
http://www.highflow.nl/hardware/gaming/toetsenborden/cm-storm-trigger-z-brown-switch-white-led.html




Mouse:
http://www.highflow.nl/hardware/gaming/muizen/cm-storm-gaming-mouse-havoc.html




Mouse mat:
http://www.highflow.nl/hardware/gaming/muis-matten/cm-storm-speed-rx-mousepad-large.html




Headset:
http://www.highflow.nl/hardware/gaming/headsets/cm-storm-sirus-5.1-gaming-headset.html




This will get me going again!

I'll unbox them when my Desk is ready, can't wait to use them


And this week my Bitspower waterblocks will finally arrive, so I can go on with the hardware!

 

Looking really good. I do like those gold fittings

 

I got my Bitspower waterblocks!




A lot of bling bling awesomeness

Mobo block (with CPU block beneath it) and 3x GTX980 blocks + backplates!






Really like the mobo (+CPU) block:




As soon as I got some free time, I'm going to enjoy mounting it on my hardware \o/
More pictures to follow


I'm now only missing my memory blocks, because I ordered the wrong ones
Quite a while ago I ordered blocks for the Corsair Dominator modules.
But when I found out the DDR4 Dominator versions only comes in the Platinum version (fixed heatspreader), I changed the memory to Corsair Vengeance modules.
So I can still put waterblocks on it.
But I forgot to mention this to Bitspower and now I got the Dominator blocks aargghh... stupid me.
I most probably need the RAMS44 blocks (ofcourse in Gold color), so I'll have to order it again and wait a while for it

Well... in the meantime I can mount the 4 blocks above

 

this is amazing! and where on earth did you get a waterblock compatible with the x99 deluxe??