Doris's new home - possibly

Doris's new home - the possibly come from my husband! Possibly it might work :eek:

Doris will be the black 'n blue beast, rising from the Florida swamps. Currently she is like a hermit crab, has her main body but out grown her shell, decided this time to go with an extra large shell, so she has plenty of space to grow, in addition she will need a major facelift and general body makeover.

Current body parts:

Heart - Intel i7 975
Main Artery - EVGA X58 Classified - 759
Brain - 6Gb Corsair Dominator GT 2000
Lungs - X-Fi Titanium
Vascular system - HK 3.0 and BP Black Freezers
Circulation - Swiftech 655
Bladder - Feser 360
Stomach - Swiftech Micro Res
Intestines - Feser Blue UV 1/2" tube
Lens - 2 x 285 FTW
Cornea - EVGA HC blocks
Iris - Swiftech 655
Vitreous Humor - Feser 240
Retina- Swiftech Micro Res
Optical nerve - Feser Silver/uv blue 3/8" tube
Spinal column - Enermax Revolution 1050W
Ribcage - Sunbeam rheostat
Joints - numerous BP fittings, primarily compression

New house:

Mountain Mods Extended Ascension
Smoked Grey Acrylic
Black Annodized finish
Horizon back
Standard front
Big window sides and top


Planned facelift and makeover:

All cables sleeved with MDPC Black and Blue sleeving & heatshrinks - ordered
Micro Res's replaced with T3 - top fill version, maybe 2
Video cards tubing replaced with Primoflex Pro LRT Black 1/2" - ordered
Sunbean rheostat replaced by Aerocool Touch 2000 - already have
BP Temp sensors - got
Silver Killcoils - received
XSPC RX 360 - already have, came damaged hope to repair else will get Feser 360
Sycthe GTs x 6 - received
Artic Cooling MX3 - received

I have spent a couple of weeks pondering over this build, I was going to go with a regular Ascencion CYO, but I just do not want to find myself cramped for space, so guess it is better to go extended from the get go. I've got some pretty impressive results with my current system, and am looking to the future and the 300 series for some pretty intentsive benching. I can see myself outgrowing WC and moving onto phase, but that is down the road. I have 2 major problems, high ambient room temps and dust, we have 2 dogs, 2 cats and both smoke :(

How does this all look? All constructive ideas will be welcomed :)

I don't think you can go wrong with that much :) Sounds good to me. Looking forward to it.

ps. Shouldn't the motherboard be the brain? And the ram the main artery? Hehe. Just me being picky.

Yeah, thought about that one.....but the brain is the memory!

Oh I think of it more as what controls everything :) and makes everything communicate with each other.

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Originally Posted by Equinediver

Yeah, thought about that one.....but the brain is the memory!

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True but its also your storage

But I am female, so brain = massive multi-tasking abilities!

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Originally Posted by Equinediver

But I am female, so brain = massive multi-tasking abilities!

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i thought brain = massive headache for men :rofl:

Can't wait to see the case....always a sucker for a MountainMods Build :clap:

Yay another womang! One who likes horses? YAY :D

I probs would have labelled everything like so:

Cerebrum - Intel i7 975
Spine - EVGA X58 Classified - 759
Cerebellum - 6Gb Corsair Dominator GT 2000
Lungs - X-Fi Titanium
Capillary beds - HK 3.0 and BP Black Freezers
Heart - Swiftech 655
Lungs - Feser 360
Bladder - Swiftech Micro Res
Veins - Feser Blue UV 1/2" tube
Eyes - 2 x 285 FTW
Vitreous - EVGA HC blocks
Lungs - Feser 240
Another bladder (strange beast this one) - Swiftech Micro Res
Optical nerve - Feser Silver/uv blue 3/8" tube
Muscle - Enermax Revolution 1050W
Ribcage - Sunbeam rheostat
Joints - numerous BP fittings, primarily compression

Hehe :)

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Originally Posted by timsarg

i thought brain = massive headache for men :rofl:

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LOL that is so true especially when your a Teen :rofl:

Just checking back to see what the status is? Have you decided to go with the Ascension? This will be a heck of a beast. Top of the line hardware and cooling components. Looking forward to it!

Just finally got my extended ascension ordered today :) Work has been crazy busy and by the time I get to calling MM they have closed.

Will update parts list! - updated

Just waiting for the MDPC sleeving to wing it's way across the pond, but giving that task to hubby, he has way more patience than me! MM case should ship this week, so that should arrive next week, then let the fun begin :)

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Originally Posted by Equinediver

I have 2 major problems, high ambient room temps and dust, we have 2 dogs, 2 cats and both smoke :(
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Both your cats and your dogs smoke? Oh noes, get the pet nicotine patches out! :O

Lol... :P

:) @ eponymous.

Congrats on the ORDER!!! And even better that you can get your husband to sleeve! Mine looks at me like I've a few screws loose when I'm in a sleeving frenzy.

muhahah ... I think the boys better get crackin' cause the gals are making their move :up: :up: :up:

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Originally Posted by eponymous

Both your cats and your dogs smoke? Oh noes, get the pet nicotine patches out! :O

Lol... :P

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LOL, not as bad as the pet rat we once had that would knock your beer over if you didn't give her some in the cap.......

Hubby and me are the chimineys, couldn't afford to keep the menagerie in tobacco at today's prices :down:

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Originally Posted by shazza

muhahah ... I think the boys better get crackin' cause the gals are making their move :up: :up: :up:

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I would be if it wasn't for college bills. :(

Case arrived this week, so took sometime today to start putting it all together.

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...ver/Bigbox.jpg
The big brown box arrives :)

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...er/Innerds.jpg
What was inside

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...diver/Back.jpg
Back on

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...ver/MBtray.jpg
MB tray and brace in place

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e.../Fullframe.jpg
Frame completed

The one thing that really worries me is the lack of support for the PSU. Mine will be over 7lbs once all the cables are sleeved.

I've looked through several Ascension logs and not found anything about people adding supports. Do the 4 screws adequately hold/support a heavy PSU?

I would assume they would. I think if you are that worried about it, just slap it on and see if it's too much. I think you will be able to tell.

Case looks good....love the anodized finish much better than the glossy powdercoat.

Also curious to see how your PSU holds with the mount. I've always wondered if there would be any issues mounting with just the 4 screws. Looking forward on report back...

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Originally Posted by jpm804

Case looks good....love the anodized finish much better than the glossy powdercoat.

Also curious to see how your PSU holds with the mount. I've always wondered if there would be any issues mounting with just the 4 screws. Looking forward on report back...

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You can get a flat powdercoat also.
I would be pretty nervous relying on those 4 little screws holding a 7lb PSU hanging above my expensive hardware! :eek:

EDIT: Love the MM cases though so looking forward to this build as well! :up:

Put my PSU in this evening, just to see how it would hold up, definately distorted the back panel, so will need a brace.

Now to hunt down somewhere round here that does anodizing.

Well, parts are pretty much all here now, just waiting on a few odds and ends. But have enough to start some serious work on this project.

Here is the obligatory picture of amassed parts :rofl:

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...diver/Guts.jpg

Shot of the day! :D

wow, never seen so many parts layed out at one time.

Looks like small PC shop ;d

Luckily, well for my wallet, not all the parts are new :rolleyes:

But you can see how I out-grew my Haf 932!

Can't wait to see the progress on this build ...... :D

Wow... looks interesting... Following closely

Been putting in some of the fans, to get an idea of what cable management will be needed. I have an Aerocool 2000, which I want to hook the fans up to in groups of 3. It says max of 6 watts per channel, so we shall see ;)

I need to make up some 3 to 1 wiring harnesses, had planned to call in my store on the way back from shopping, but we ended up on the other side of town, so that will have to wait. Considered just splicing them all together, but decided against it for 2 reasons, firstly would be a pain if a fan broke and secondly wasn't too sure if it would affect the warranty.

I bought several different fan grills to see what I liked the look of. I really liked the silver powder coated tribal flames, made by Kikboxes. I saw they did a 3 x 120 in a similar and complimentary style. So, I thought I'd use 3 of the triples and have 2 singles. As you can see here on the back of the case

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...ckwithfans.jpg

I love the effect it gives, like the glowing bottom of a fire with flames coming up:)

However, they have made it to fit a variety of case styles, so the extra 'border' round it makes it impossible to put one on top of the other on the front of my case :mad: I also don't like the look of those extra holes, trouble is if I cut the top & bottom off, I can see the powder coating chipping and at the very least having plain exposed metal.

I've decided to send back one of the triples and get 3 singles for the front, thereby giving the effect of rising flames.

Anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of the excess top and bottom?

Here are some pics with the fans on

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...cklightson.jpg

Camera doesn't have a remote, so nigh on impossible to get a sharp pic with no lighting, even on a tripod

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...cknolights.jpg

This is a view of the fans mounted along with the hard drive bays, from the front of the case

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...frominside.jpg

These Enermax fans are great as they use clear wiring, so no need to sleeve right back to the motor :)

The GT's came pre-sleeved. Although of a better quality than the basic stuff, not a scratch on MDPC, but with ugly wires slowing from the motor, it all had to come off :p:

Hopefully will have time this week to make up some wiring harnesses, and see if the Aerocool has any guts ;)

Whoa - starting to take shape. Love the grills. Can't wait to see you put all that fun stuff into the box!

those grills really are nice man! keep up the good work!

Well, it's been a while since I've added to this log:( Although I have been working away at it!

With the MM cases having nowhere to hide anything, wire management has been my 1st priority, especially from the 2 radiators. I also want everything easy to take apart if something fails. So that instantly knocks out the idea of splicing the wires together.

I am using the Feser shrouds, and they come with LED's, in their native state they look like this

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/...c350b2d552.jpg

6 clunky molex cables definately needed taming into something neater! After much head scratching, I came up with this plan.

Firstly strip the exisiting shrink off them

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/...a3ef10bf_b.jpg

To get the LED's in the holes how I want them, they have to pretty much be at 90 degrees, already snapped one of them, and not much there to re-solder. So having to be ultra careful now :rolleyes:

Using a male/female molex in the middle I devised this set-up

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/...183e4054_b.jpg

I am still working on the end one, but it will probably be on another joint molex. Was planning on having it like the end one, but it just didn't seem to lay right.

Here is one of the rads, in all it's naked glory

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2607/...6aa11a0e4f.jpg

Here are it's clothes

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/...7b6a45ca_b.jpg

I decided to put the rads in the case for a dummy run, so they are just propped in place, also I didn't want to risk damaging the LED's, so they aren't attached.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/...a8e5a626_b.jpg



It's amazing how photographs seem to show every tiny little flaw in sleeving :eek: But as these splitters will probably change before the end, they will serve a purpose for now! Hubby has already modded his clamps, as he noticed they were damaging the sleeve :(

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3480/...e0aa1f4089.jpg

Also on the final revision of them, we will use the sata shrink ;)

Hubby has been cutting his teeth on sleeving :eek: Started doing some pretty nice work, like on the Scythe fan controller cables

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2750/...bbe2fffaf6.jpg

Posted a close-up on the sleeving thread.....don't like to double post pictures!

For the fan controller on the rad fans, I'm planning on using an Aerocool 2000. I tried it with a 3 way splitter, so I would just use on channel for each rad, but it didn't like that, but it seems quite happy with 2 fans on each channel. I hope it works out, as I really like the front USB/audio/eSATA features it has.


Here is a front view with both the Aerocool and Scythe in, the latter will control the 4 rear fans, with the upper rear fan going on the MB.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/...46d0cba14f.jpg

Another thing which is holding me back is the ever shortning evenings, my camera is not good in low light, so have to wait for the weekends to take some pictures.

Once I put the finishing touches to the LED cables, it's time to start looking at case lighting, pump cabling, on/off switches etc.....the list goes on and on! As once again, it all involves cables that neet to be as tidy as possible!

I want to live where you live. :)

Nice pics.

Looking good. :up:

I find the idea funny that you work on the PC outside. I have to wait for the weather to cooperate to ride my bike, you however have to so you can work on the new PC :D hehe. It's great!

Glad to see you are making progress, and enjoying the Florida weather. Looking great so far.

hey when you open a garage sale I will come and buy your computer parts. Nice pictures and dont drop any parts into the pool that is not Feser F1 Coolant...LOL

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Originally Posted by Armitage

I find the idea funny that you work on the PC outside. I have to wait for the weather to cooperate to ride my bike, you however have to so you can work on the new PC :D hehe. It's great!

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I find natural light way better for taking photographs, and today was photo day! But yes, it is great to be surrounded by orchids, pineapple plants etc!!!

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Originally Posted by shazza

Glad to see you are making progress, and enjoying the Florida weather. Looking great so far.

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It finally cooled down this morning, almost too much....was in the 50's :cool: Need to get this built ASAP as getting into good OC'ing weather :p:

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Originally Posted by hale88

hey when you open a garage sale I will come and buy your computer parts. Nice pictures and dont drop any parts into the pool that is not Feser F1 Coolant...LOL

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We had a cold front come through, so it was a tad breezy.....luckily blowing away from the pool!

LOL love the weather ;).... I hope you wont do all your works outside 'cause it's breezingzzz...

Need more update though

Finished off the LED's last night and ended up breaking one, right at the plastic, so no chance of re-soldering it :(

Also found another not working, so going to have to order some new ones and then hope they are the same color of blue, else I will have to replace them all.

I like daylight to work in, so now the evenings have closed in, will only do much at weekends.

Have to admit I have been really bad about updating my log :nono:

So time for an update!

Mounted front rads, wiring and cabling will need some more consideration, but now I have the lovely MDPC-x clips I can do more in that department ;)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2761/...17d47437dc.jpg

How the front looks with all the grills on

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/...7ee117ee26.jpg

Although having plenty of room in this extended Ascension, the length of the hoses is not my favorite.

I'd previously run 2 separate loops, CPU and chipsets on one, GPU's on the other. With the T3 I am going to see how they perform combined. I just could not get the hoses right doing the CPU & chipsets, so have decided to go CPU on one inlet and chipsets & GPU's on the other.

Trying to cut down on excessive lengths of hose, I have a question! I plan to put my 2 x 285's in parrallel. Can I go both in and out of the same card? Or is the 2nd card going to get a severe lack of flow?

Liking to take pictures outside in the sunshine, here are the blocks, although the fittings might well get changed round a bit.

HK 3.0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/...b04e715b1f.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/...5def7d752e.jpg

BP 45 degree on the Mosfet

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/...04d103dd49.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/...a721ca7ff5.jpg

Black Freezer

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/...8c9f8e98b1.jpg

Hubby got a bit sidelined from his sleeving 'duties' by making this :rolleyes:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3480/...441731fc68.jpg

But I finally got him in line to do some SATA cables

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/...4b3717a883.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/...e5604fe1_b.jpg

Realized my love of natural sunlight does not bode too well with trying to get a good shot of the sleeving :(

I stripped down my CPU and both of my GPU blocks to clean out all the gunk/residue, so will have to make up a dummy loop to make sure they are all sealed well.

Going to mount the motherboard to finalize all the hose lengths, then it is a case of getting hubby :slapass: to do some more sleeving!!!!

Love your pics! Natural sunlight brings a warmth and realness that eludes me in my pics.
Deja Vu-ing on some of your components, but very refreshing to see a different approach in wcing this huge rig. :up:

TY Capt :) Your project is way more ambitious :)

Having totally outgrown my HAF, I thought I need SPACE.......think I have gone from the sublime to the rediculous!

Although mainly blue and black, there is going to be a hint of red thrown in also to tie in with the the MB;)

holy crap this is looking good. That shot of all the stuff on the first page was just totally insane!

Looking great, EqD!

Wow, did your husband make that bag? Nice work - no wonder you have him doing your sleeving.

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Originally Posted by shazza

Looking great, EqD!

Wow, did your husband make that bag? Nice work - no wonder you have him doing your sleeving.

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Ty Shazza! Yes leatherworking is his main 'art' for now......pressing hard on the sleeving! On top of that he is a highly skilled welder and metal fabricator, let alone a decent mechanic. Looking at my maze of hoses he instantly came up with some suggestions, so off to the auto shop tomorrow!

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Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

holy crap this is looking good. That shot of all the stuff on the first page was just totally insane!

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Ty CP, it's scary what we put into our builds :eek:

Congratulations on an sweet build so far.

As to the bottom fan grill, you could take it to a sheet metal workshop and ask them to trim the top and bottom in there guillotine.
This will give a sharp, square cut.
However, it would be a good idea to cover it with masking tape to protect it, just let the guys know to handle it with kit gloves.
Then just touch up the cut edges with some paint (like the small tins for model cars and stuff) and you should be sweet.

Also to the question as to put your 2 x 285's in parrallel.
I am only guessing, however I feel that the pressure in the tube and cards will be equal, as water will follow the parth of least resistance, there for equaling out.

BUT you really need to find out from someone who knows there stuff, mayby Skinnee or Vapor would be an excellent place to start.

Looking forward to seeing your next move

Thanks kdtiger :)

I'm still debating now the grill is on if it would be better trimmed or not, finding a fab shop round here is not so easy, let alone one that would do a decent job :(

Going to see how the temps pan out on the cards, got all the hoses worked out last night, now to try and get the lighting right. Got some Feser black UV tube, but under UV light it turns blue, so now I need to see if white light will look better than UV.

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Originally Posted by Equinediver

Ty Shazza! Yes leatherworking is his main 'art' for now......pressing hard on the sleeving! On top of that he is a highly skilled welder and metal fabricator, let alone a decent mechanic. Looking at my maze of hoses he instantly came up with some suggestions, so off to the auto shop tomorrow!



Ty CP, it's scary what we put into our builds :eek:

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Yes it is, but scary in a good way :)

For example, in my room right now I have about 4k in computers. All running. That thought alone is just scary :ROTF:

ok sorry worklog aside...holy cow your husband MADE that bag?? That's skill man (maybe he should put up a leather-working worklog...?)

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Originally Posted by Kibbler

ok sorry worklog aside...holy cow your husband MADE that bag?? That's skill man (maybe he should put up a leather-working worklog...?)

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And of course theres no chance you would want one now is there:rolleyes:

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And of course theres no chance you would want one now is there:rolleyes:

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me? no, but if I knew how I could make one for my GF, that would be pimp.

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Originally Posted by Kibbler

ok sorry worklog aside...holy cow your husband MADE that bag?? That's skill man (maybe he should put up a leather-working worklog...?)

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Maybe I should suggest a leather covered PC to him ;) Heck no, then he'd never get round to doing any sleeving!!!