Project BSG Scorpion Fleet Shipyards (Lian Li PC-A77B)

[metachronos]

The box for the 980x looks huge in those photos.

[luke997]

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Nice looking rig/worklog!!! I had seen these awhile back and then you said something about cutting the mounting brackets so here you go( http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...ly=Accessories - Hardware ) You may have already seen these

Thanks for the link, good find - haven't seen single brackets for the 480 yet, I might get these once they'll appear in the UK

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More EK pr0n





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Thanks all for looking and glad you like it (so far )

Final week of the prep starts - next weekend case comes in and hopefully build will be ready to get some water in!

Updates since last post:
- finished sleeving for all the fans and splitters
- got the 2nd GTX 480 waterblock on the card
- got the EK links on to the waterblocks (note the main link is not screwed yet, just laying on the cards on the photo)
- got the fittings & tube routing plans for the mobo

Enough typing, here are some pics







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Sorry, have run out of trafficshare, fixed now

[ScottALot]

Haha, I hate paying for the stock cooler, but otherwise you don't get a warranty

[luke997]

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I love this but are you actually doing anything BSG with it? Google Bodakker's BSG build to see what I mean. A build of this magnitude combined with a mod of that magnitude would be epic.

Actually yes, it will be a surprise, you'll see in a week :-)

I don't want though build too much expectations - so of course it will not come even close to Bodakker's epic rig (I don't have skills, time and creativity like him or other modders here to be honest but... yes, there will be BSG touch, stay tuned.

Rev 2.0 in 2012 will be working Cylon

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Let me know if you want something like a BSG-etched window, maybe we can work something out

Thanks for the offer, I very much appreciate it however my side panel is solid with 4x 120mm fan cutouts + the surprise so can't fit window.

Important build announcement

After very long consideration I've decided to up the game:

I've added another GTX 480 to the rig

Obviously this would have made poor i7 920 to sweat too much so...

I've addded i7 980X

Now even more obvious - what would I do with all that horse power on single 1920x1080 3D monitor? so...

I've added 2 more Alienware AW2310 3D for the 3D Vision Surround

After upping "epicness" level I now hope for some good drivers in the next couple weeks

And last but not least - official name is now Battlestar Galactica

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You crazy crazy man! Can't freaking wait for more now! Any more pictures of that ek parallel flow block?

This one is serial - but it'll go on the shelf as I've had to order triple now

Would you like any specific information/pics of the link? Can do if you need

[josk1]

i love it!
are you gonna get a RAM cooler too? Mips?

[luke997]

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While waiting for the rest of hardware - Enermax Revolution 1250W Black Edition





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luke997: oh, where have you found such? I wanted to use plain revolution for my (otherwise all black) build because of it parameters as PSU, but now i see this, DO WANT [tm]

You just need a black spray paint and job done

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Time for an update

Weekend kicked off with some new gear coming:

Sorry for the quality, it's just a quick snap.


Yeeeey... shiny 2 Alienware AW2310 to join older brother on the desk.
980X steady & ready to get under HF and the 3rd GTX 480 will soon get slimming surgery

So looks like it will be busy and interesting weekend, case should come shortly so I better get to work!

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Well, got a bad news and good news.

Bad news first - for whatever reason DHL did not fulfil my Saturday delivery - which means I still haven't got the case.
CityLink, FedEx, UPS all were bang on time - DHL -poor service as usual (at least in my area).

So I couldn't put things together, but got some other minor things done like rad cleaning, 3rd GPU waterblock, CPU swap, new mobo fittings plan (yes, last one wasn't great and getting room/desks ready for the setup.

Now good news - 3 screens setup looks great
It's not fine tuned yet but just to give an idea of the "workplace" lol

[supernothing]

those tubings looks awesome. for a second there i thought you didn't use any tubings at all. definitely going to be an awesome build once finished

[marxviper]

nice work

[y0gi]

Yeah, i actually had to go back for a second look, realizing there is tubing there. Very sleek.

[ScottALot]

It looks like it's all bitspower fittings until you look closer... are those custom RAM fins? Somewhere you can buy extended Dominator fins.

[luke997]

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The box for the 980x looks huge in those photos.

It's certainly not tiny, much bigger than 920, stock cooler is huge

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Mobo tubing completed - can't feel my fingers now lol

Here's how it goes I shot few angles so you can have complete idea:







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i love it!
are you gonna get a RAM cooler too? Mips?

Glad you like it!

No RAM cooling, this memory runs very cool and I like the looks of it so that's the final layout

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are those custom RAM fins? Somewhere you can buy extended Dominator fins.

Nope, just stock Dominator. I love the black/blue combo

[luke997]

Case just got in so a quick snap and I'm get to work, there's lot of stuff to be done!



Watch this space I'll be spamming now a lot

[Anemic]

*Droooowl*

[luke997]

This was a busy day but got stuff done so time to update on how it's going

Careful with kids - Lian Li nak3d


Started off with HDD cage - unfortunately screws were not black which - DO NOT WANT, so...


All drives & Apache in


...and back:


Now say goodbye to top shelf for HDD cage - hello trusty drill instructor


And there shall not be unsleeved wire amongst you


Cage & optical drive in:


...with Aquaero following shortly:


Sammich anyone?


Front with rads in:


...and whole thing with rads in:


...and another side:


Finally mobo goes in:


Tri-sli link:


Quick look inside:


Last but not least - my best friend today


All this took me longer than expected, but my fault, I should now better than it all looks more simple than actually is so add painting, sleeving, drilling & dremelling for most of the stuff and here you go, day is gone

Tomorrow will be a busy day too, dremel & drill will be busy again fitting PSU - as the SLI links forced me to unmount PSU raiser - so will have to do some cutting. Also last 480 bracket will become single.

If all goes well I should finish tubing and do first leak test later tomorrow so I better get good stock of paper towels

[kuti]

This is sexy, man. Battle Galactica

[dietje1908]

Looking very nice all black is amazing.
For the psu ,could the lian-li psu extender help you out ?
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_1722.html

[luke997]

Looking very nice all black is amazing.
For the psu ,could the lian-li psu extender help you out ?
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_1722.html

Thanks for the suggestion, I was considering this prior to the build but in order to keep the rig under the desk I would have cut hole in the wall so no go.

But I have sorted it today, cutting case and plate with dremel + fabricating new mesh panel to fit in the new hole so it is on ground zero now

Got few other things done too:
- 3x120mm fans underneath the case
- 480 out and back in to remount backplate (included home washers factory but now looks great, no touch any chips/wires and no bending)
- more tubing done + res/pump plan
- cable routing
- side panel is now completed too

I will not show the panel though until build is ready, this is surprise

Will post some pics tomorrow with good light when I'm done with tubing - so watch out for more spam soon

[erikmorgan]

[luke997]

Today I got to leak test stage - did 3 times and fail each time.

Now what are your guesses? I hear now "must be one of those gazzilion rotaries in there!"

Well, no. Each time Liquid Fusion res failed.
1st - bottom inlet
2nd - bottom inlet again (this time I've used plenty of thread sealer tape)
3rd - inlet fine but - water came out of the cavity between acrylic & alu.

So I'm very dissappointed with this product - it was suppose to be one of the highlights of this build.
This res turned out to be piece of junk - very pretty - but still piece of junk.
(I know there were revisions going lately but this doesn't help all those who got faulty ones.)

Small rant over
Time for plan B - EK multioption res. Pays off to have spares lol

Lessons learned today:
1) There is no "too much" with paper towel
2) If you think you've drained the loop....well, there's still water there
3) If you just got remaining water on your pants from parts where "there was no water"... well, there's still water somewhere



Here are some pics from yesterday today so you can have an idea how it looks now:

[ScottALot]

WOW! Very clean, beautiful, sleek build you got on your hands! Only thing I can see myself doing is straightening the cables near the 5.25" bays so they look cleaner and maybe doing something with the pump label so you don't see that nasty white through the black mesh.

[illidan]

hard core!

love it

[josk1]

not really fan of the Liquid Fusion res anyway....
the EK will be just great!
lookin' good so far!

[luke997]

1st leak test with EK res no leak so far, couple hours on the clock already

Doesn't look as good though and it is not large so I'll have to do something in the art department
Got some new toys for dremel today so will figure something out

Lesson #4 from previous leak test was... fast & easy drainage is a must so I have mounted Q fitting in the lowest point with hose ending with ball valve, should be very easy now to drain it.

Will post pics later

[dietje1908]

Its amazing , shame about the reservoir tho are you gonna RMa it ?

[luke997]

Its amazing , shame about the reservoir tho are you gonna RMa it ?

Thanks! Yeah, I'll PM FrozeQ...