Lian Li PC-A7010B i7 build

[ibm390s]

system specs:


Hardware:

Lian Li PC-A7010B
EVGA Classified 759
W3580
3x2GB Dominator GT 2000
2x295GTX CO-OP
Ultra X3 1600W

Cooling:

Koolance K350 - XSPC RX480 - XSPC Dual pump Reservoir
Koolance VID-NX295S - 2xHWLabs GTX240 - XSPC Dual pump Reservoir


Custom powdercoating in two color black/red







still waiting for the Koolance video blocks and some parts from the powdercoating service.

[ibm390s]

which rad grill looks better?


model-1



model-2



both of them will be powdercoated in black.

[HuffPCair]

Wow great start so far and I pick 2 I like the clean wide open look.

[Armitage]

Second one. Definitely.

[metachronos]

Nice build and I vote #2

[millertime359]

number 2. looking good

[ibm390s]

got the rest of the parts from powdercoating.

the ulta x3 1600W PSU was powdercoated in satin black together with the radgrill some fan grills and the K350 waterblock mounting system.









I think that the grill looks better with the fan grills mounted. any opinions?

[rjkoneill]

i agree

great hardware and a nice job so far - looking forward to seeing this one come together

[ibm390s]

i hope that all the parts will arrive until the end of the week. most of the sleeving is done already. now i need only some time to assemble everything together and cut a nice window on the side panel.

[ibm390s]

The rest of the parts arrived today soi started assembling the system.





















Need to finish all the sleeving. Replace the SAS drives with intel SSD's and install a small box on the SR1 240 mounted outside to hide the rad and the vents. Already ordered 4 Enermax Magma fans to install another set of two on eacu SR1 in push-pull.

[Armitage]

Looking good man...

Lets both cross our fingers the intel drives actually get supplied soon .

[ibm390s]

started to think how can i install all the rads inside the case, because that SR1 240 rad hanging on the back of the case started annoying me. So i picked the old radbox which i designed for this case and ordered a second HWLabs GTX 240 radiator and a HWLabs 120 GTX radiator. The 240GTX arrived next day but for the 120GTX i need to wait another week. So i started mounting the rads inside the radbox and when the 120GTX will arrive the SR1 rad mounted on the back of the case will be removed and the 120GRX will be mounted inside the case. For a better flow in the loop i added a second laing pump in connected in series with the one on the dual XSPC reservoir. This is the result:



















Did some tests and i was able to run the quad sli at 750MHz/1250MHz which IMO is a good achievement.



Now i need to redesign the radbox for better aesthetics. I will build the final version of the radbox using only two pieces in U form, they will be fastened using rivet nuts and screws for easy cleaning. after that powdercoating and final mount. I'll post some pictures with the design soon.

[XKaan]

Wow, I really like your radiator enclosure! Looks industrial!

[Caoder]

love the industrial rail mount power supply with a molex pullled out of it on the side of your table And looking nice, and the backplate sinks are NB sinks?

[ibm390s]

the sinks are southbridge sinks made by Microcool Black SouthSink. I found them @ Sidewindercomputers.com and they do a great job on the backplates. Before mounting them i cleaned the backplates with alcohol for a better grip. The Industrial rail mount PSU is used for leak testing and some other stuff cause it's easier to connect everything to it. With the usual PSU i need to hot-wire the 3-4 pins each time.

[[XC] Oj101]

Subscribed. I like this build

[ibm390s]

just finished the new radbox and did some rendering on the parts. hope that tomorrow i'll have some spare time to cut the parts on the cnc laser and bend them. here are the pics from the render session:

Front + Top + Bottom



Back + Left side + Right side



Full assembly

[Oskaliber]

I don't really like tubes order, they looks like messed, but I suppose it's hard to make it better with so many rads. Awesome job besides that

[ibm390s]

tubing will be re-routed when the new radbox will be installed. this one was built only for testing purposes.

[Armitage]

So. I assume no fans are actually going on the rads? Might be a dumb question, sorry

[kone]

Nice Gtx295 you got. mine gtx295 only can run at 710/1280 >_<

[ibm390s]

So. I assume no fans are actually going on the rads? Might be a dumb question, sorry

yep, you're right. only those two delta fans pull the hot air out from the radbox and cold air is sucked in trough the two radiators. Both of the delta fans are capable of 200CFM and i have them hooked up on a fan controller, when i bench or i do some testing i just rotate the knowbs a little bit and a small turbojet start to taxi on my table. Anyway the delta fans are not so loud because they are not mounted on the radiator directly they only move the air out of the radbox.

L.E i found an early pic of the radbox concept, with blue arrows i represented the cold air sucked in trough the rads and with ted arrows the hot air pushed out.

[ibm390s]

Just finished the radbox. I started to install the double adhesive tape which will seal all the small gaps and force all the air to enter just trough the radiators. Here are the first pics after powdercoating. Enjoy.

[evian_26]

wow very nice rad box
I want one, fabricate more and sell

[ibm390s]

evian, i'm from romania so shipping fees will kill this kinda business from the beginning. But if somebody is interested i can post the drawings and with a laser cnc or a cnc waterjet and a bending machine each one of you can do your own radbox. I already do a second one for a friend of mine. this is how it looks after laser cutting and before bending and powdercoating