Unus Multorum - Black TJ09

[No1451]

So finally a project for me to work on that may be worthy of XS, a fully watercooled and slightly modded TJ09 all in black. This build has faced several iterations and a lot of ghetto looks, so this time I am hoping for the build I've always wanted.

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The three revisions of this build



The Plan:

Fully powdercoated interior, matte black
Watercooled gpu, cpu and chipset
Sleeved cabling in the last few inches to the components(extenders are easier to sleeve than parts of the PSU you will never see)

The Parts

PC:
i7 920
6GB Corsair Dominator GT(TR3X6G1866C7GTF G)
Foxconn Bloodrage
ATI 4870x2
Corsair TX850
MurderMod sleeving

Cooling:
Heatkiller Rev3(Delrin top)
Heatkiller X2 4870x2 FC block
Swiftech 655 Variable speed pump w/ EK x-top Rev2
EK Multioption Res. 150
FrozenQ T-virus Waterfeature(pending)
PA120.3 w/ 3x Scythe S-flex F fans
MCR220 w/ 2x Scythe S-flex F fans
mCubed Tbalancer bigNG w/SensorHub(pending)



A few things are done, my(badly done) cut in the motherboard tray is made and the case has completed the powdercoating process, I am very pleased with the result.



So hopefully the parts I need start arriving and my build can begin in earnest, but there is still a dilemma, I am getting two of the T-virus spirals, one with black endcaps and one with red, both with white LED lighting. No idea which to go with, same with my tubing, I have Primochill tubing in both black and red, any opinions? Thanks for looking in! Hopefully there will be some real progress in the next few days.

[Scubar]

You REALLY should have replaced that clear 8pin cpu plug. It looks awful, the sleeving looks good but the plug sticks out like a sore thumb. Get a black one from somewhere that sells them as parts and it will look much better

[No1451]

I actually have one scavenged from a broken PSU, I just haven't gotten the patience to sit down and replace it yet

[dualbrain]

love the puzzle on the table Who was playing there before you came to do your modding on it?

[SoulsCollective]

Interesting work with the PSU and mid-intake. Looking forwards to seeing what you do with it.

[YMAA]

Interesting res placement in the second pic. Another way you could do it is like this:



How are you planning to mount the rads? PA120.3 off the back and the ST220 at the top?

[No1451]

The dual is going top and the triple is going bottom, as in the picture with the orange fluid. My PSU is going to be kept in the hdd area.

@dual: That would be my mom's, staying at her place during school and she is a huge puzzle fan.

[Frozen.Q]

Lookin nice man, that res is on its way man. Tomorrow is reservoir building day!

[No1451]

Lookin nice man, that res is on its way man. Tomorrow is reservoir building day!

Can't wait, I hope that customs is kind to me.

[No1451]

Been a long time since an update, work on it is finally happening(got the missing pieces).

Got my pump all prepped for it's time in the sun



The leftover bracket from my old reservoir is absolutely perfect for this application, can slide the pump side to side and easily up and down, mounts where I wanted it without any fuss:thumb:

I got kind of ghetto-functional with my psu, I couldn't find what I needed to screw it in so I cut up some packing foam that it arrived in and voila! Soft but firm mounts for the psu.


Ghetto fabulous

The front bay, just absolutely filled up with stuff, too bad this configuration DOESN'T WORK. my internal USB cable is borked and I haven't had the balls to cut it up yet, gonna have to make a custom one I guess, this orientation is just way too perfect.





Once my camera is back up I'm gonna get it all test fitted and take a daylight pic(iPhone camera is bull).