Doris's new home - possibly

[Equinediver]

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

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

[jpm804]

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

[TheGreenFoX]

Wow... looks interesting... Following closely

[Equinediver]

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



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 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



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



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



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

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

[shazza]

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

[Welshman666]

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

[Equinediver]

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



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



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

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



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



Here are it's clothes



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.





It's amazing how photographs seem to show every tiny little flaw in sleeving 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



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

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



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.



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!

[Xion X2]

I want to live where you live.

Nice pics.

[millertime359]

Looking good.

[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 hehe. It's great!

[shazza]

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

[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

[Equinediver]

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 hehe. It's great!

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!!!

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

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

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

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

[hale88]

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

Need more update though

[Equinediver]

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.

[Equinediver]

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

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



How the front looks with all the grills on



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





BP 45 degree on the Mosfet





Black Freezer



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



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





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 to do some more sleeving!!!!

[CptDreadFlint]

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.

[Equinediver]

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

[Chicken Patty]

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

[shazza]

Looking great, EqD!

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

[Equinediver]

Looking great, EqD!

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

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!

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

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

[kgtiger]

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

[Equinediver]

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.

[Chicken Patty]

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

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

[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...?)