[Project] Enigma - Pics of loops installed! - Overclock.net

*marcus000* · 01-07-08

Hardware:
XFX 780i Motherboard
Intel Q6600 (G0 Stepping) - possibly upgrade to Yorkfield
4GB OCZ Reaper (2x2GB)
2 x 8800GT 512mb - NO LONGER GOING FOR TRI SLI
Enermax Galaxy 1KW PSU
Soundblaster Fata1tly
2 x 150GB Raptors in Raid 0

Watercooling
Loop 1
CPU - EK Supreme OR D-Tek Fuzion
Northbridge - AF Custom Block
Mofsets (2) - AF Custom Block
DDC Ultra with EK Top
Thermochill PA120.3

Loop 2
GPU's (2) - EK Full Cover Blocks
DDC Ultra with EK Top
Black Ice Stealth 360

Loop 3
Ram - MIPS Ram block + AF Custom Top
HD's - Danger Den Dual Drive block
Southbridge - AF Custom Block
XSPC X2O Compact 400 Pump / Reservoir Combo
XSPC R120-S Radiator

Case: Silverstone TJ07

Mods:
Internals powdercoated black
Externals powdercoated orange (RAL 2009) + Lacquer
Laser cut side panels
Cable braiding (ARGH!!)
Somehow cramming in 3 loops!
Some funky acrylic and LED fun

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Part 1 - Hardware

XFX 780i Motherboard
Scan finally game through with the goods :shock:

2 x WD Raptor's

SATA DVD-RW

Some of the watercooling parts

More to come as soon as the GFX cards arrive.

*marcus000* · 01-07-08

Part 2 - Case Mods

I have got all the case internals back from being powder coated, not much to see as it's currently in bits.. can't put it back together until the outer case has been coated!

Don't think I posted a pic of this before I took it to get coated but basically this is the middle divider than runs through the case.
Originall it was split into 3 smaller sections so I whipped out the dremel out made it into one big area, the black acrylic false floor will cover this up afterwards

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UPDATE - Side Panel Lasering and Etching

UV Red Acrylic etched with Enigma Guild logo and moto

I still havent mastered how to photo the etching but was speakin to Richi on MSN earlier about it. When I get the panels back I will try out some different methods to get clearer shots.

These 2 were took with flash on, not sure why the flash cancels out half of the etch though.

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UPDATE - Braiding

Here we have the mCubed T-Balancer and the add on Sensor Hub... and that means a hell of a lot of cables, so out came the braid on them! Took me a while to do, nearly 20 wires in total!

XSPC Pump - DONE

Front Panel Power & Reset Switches and LEDs -DONE

2 of these pumps are for this build and the other 3 are for another called Supernova
DDC Ultras with EK Tops - DONE

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UPDATE - LED Fun

Ordered a load of LEDs, some white and some UV. The UV ones will be used to Illuminate the side panel and white ones to illuminate the case internals.
In the pic below you can see about 50 White LEDs with 560Ohm resistors soldered onto the positive leg and then heatshrinked over.

Made the stealthy LED floor with a piece of scrap black acrylic, test run before I do it with the proper piece.
This should illuminate the motherboard area nicely without being too in your face like cathodes can be.
Think I saw it done on Bit Tech many moons ago, liked the idea ever since.

5/16" holes drilled 40mm apart, 20mm from the edge:

Got some of these nifty little LED holders to go in the holes (those are the 5mm white LED's that I spent hours soldering resistor to btw)

With the nifty holders in place:

Few LEDs wired up with crocodile clips whilst I made sure eveyrthing is looking ok

I'm still tinkering with those LEDs right now, and also trying to find a way to incorportate a light controller to dim them down when need be.

*marcus000* · 01-07-08

UPDATE - Externals Powder Coated

Case back from being powder coated, RAL 2009 + a clear coat as well.

Lighting isn't brilliant on the pics but its pouring with rain at the moment so proper pics will have to wait till tomorrow.

Just to put anyones mind at rest regarding the colour, these pics below are much more true to life, the others show a very pale shade of orange.

Still need to sand down some bits to get the case to fit back together nicely together but this is where i'm at, at the moment....

Got some black thumbscrews as well somewhere.

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UPDATE - Fan Wiring

Black Ice Stealth 360 fans all wired up together

Thermochill PA120.3 with daisy chained Xilence Red Wing Red LED Fans

That's all for now, might update again later

Also still waiting for the Matrix Orbital LCD to arrive, Murderbox style I think.

xdaseinx · 01-07-08

oh yea

can't wait for finished pics

*marcus000* · 01-07-08

Reserved for water cooling progress!

UPDATE - RAM block installed

MIPS Ram Block with AF Acetal Top being fitted onto 2x2GB sticks of OCZ Reaper

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UPDATE - Loop one tubing done (for now)

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UPDATE - Loop two done

Just about got it running in time and then the board threw a hissy fit!!

Bloomin' typical!

Had all sorts of errors, A0 on the on-board LED, no post beeps what so ever!!
Ended up stripping it all back out, changin boards, re-building...... argh!

Heres a few shots I took as I was doing the cooling, will try get some finished pics off Martin soon.

*marcus000* · 01-07-08

Last one... Reserved for it's final photo shoot when it's gonna look the biz!

guitarcrazy44 · 01-07-08

This is gonna be one hell of a computer

Litlratt · 01-07-08

Oooooooohh baby.
I'm in for this one

tehpwnerofn00bs · 01-07-08

I dunno about having all the little blocks in the CPU loop. I would just leave the CPU by itself. otherwise, looks like a monster of a rig. looking forward to seeing the results.

*marcus000* · 01-07-08

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Originally Posted by tehpwnerofn00bs

I dunno about having all the little blocks in the CPU loop. I would just leave the CPU by itself. otherwise, looks like a monster of a rig. looking forward to seeing the results.

lol you want me to leave a CPU on its own with a DDC Ultra and a Thermochill PA120.3... you must be made of cashola my friend

I might put the southbridge on the 3rd loop but deffo not the northbridge or mofsets.

I'm just waitin for the rest of the hardware to arrive along with some more acrylic and then I'll crack on with this.

I'm tempted to flip the motherboard tray upside down so it's an inverted ATX setup.

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