Scratch Build – In Progress Epic PC Kyubu: Help me donate to the Tsunami! | 21.3.2011

I can not wait to see this loop filled, take your time mate.

 

Yay, looks good.

Considering the pioneering this build represents, and the fact that leaking has already occured, I think you should leak test using hotter water, in order to reproduce what happens when the water gets hotter, as with everyday use. Heat will force everything to expand, so that'll be a good test to see if everything REALLY is leak free now.

 

I will test it up to 50 degrees, I dont think it will get anywhere near this hot but I may be wrong.

Long time before that happens I still have the custom ram plate cooling and dont have any of the blocks besides the CPU.





In the meantime, here is the the centre of attention for the build

 

What an ugly motherboard. I hate it. Pffft.

 

That looks the best mini ATX board I've seen, 8 angled sata ports, enough room for a quality GPU or 2 & quality sound card, good looking mobo cooling, I didn't know x58 came in mini version, getting last minute thoughts of mini ATX lol

 

That case sleeve and mobo is like pOOrn for my eyes hehe
nice work

 

Each to their own Nutman I look forward to your opinion on the motherboard when the CPU, and full block is on. I assure you it will look better than chuck norris with a wig.

I never end up using the features of a full ATX board so a mini tower of power is fine. This thing will punch above its weight though

Thanks Dah! More coming as always!

 

wow, dude; your awesome!

 

I had this same sort of idea, running water through the panels, maybe even around the time you thought of it. I figured the better way would be what you're doing, with a thick panel channeled out to carry the water. However, I knew I wouldn't be willing to drop that kind of money on a massive sheet of 10mm plexi, especially given that I've hardly worked with plexi at all. So, kudos to you, sir, in having a brilliant idea . And, should I ever do something similar (although my current idea should be different enough), nice to have somebody else run with the idea first so I know what to do/avoid doing later

 

Yep that's one ugly MOBO, I'll take it off your hands should you decide to get a pretty one with flowers on it and a ... mini skirt and high heels...yummy!

 

I get my RIIIG Soon ^^ Waiting on it for a couple of months.

it truely is an epic board as well, one of the best rated for gaming as that's its sole intention.

What memory are you putting in there? Dominators?

 

Dominator C7's 12800, hopefully can find some for a decent price and they are going on water so we might just have a little play with those frequencies

 

Sweet. I7 950 or 930?

Edit: read first post; 930

heard they clock well on this board o_o

 

Its a bit strange really, first all the i7 920's went, now all the 930's are gone and all thats left is the 950's at 930 prices. I know they are EOL but yeah, I will most likely get the 950

Also guys its not finished but have a sneak peak anyhow! It is my new blog and it features all the pictures of Kyubu so you can see the total progress so far without any posts in between.

 

There's only one thing to say about this Epic case. EPIC WIN

 

Ahh, don't need to review this one as already subbed but is a massive contender .

 

Congrats On the MOTM nomination!

 

Oh what! I need to check the front page more often!

Got a sponsor for the SSD btw, ill be looking to officially announce more soon

 

Congrats on MOTM nomination! Your work is flawless!

 

Not too long ago I didn't fully appreciate or understand how much effort a grand design takes when CNC or lasers were involved I kinda dismissed them especially in MOTM, not any more which is why I voted for this, you are pushing boundaries with this design & the new case feet that merge to the case were the cherry on the cake & this is in it's early stage, it'll be a masterpiece I think . Instead of it's more .