Project Raven - M8 - 2600K / 670 FTW SLI / GA-Z68X-UD7

Edit: Moved to Intel so my build is here now Hello Intel people!

My build is already in progress and I completely forgot that I had an an account here so I'd figure that I would finally start posting so enjoy the pictures and the commentary

Hardware List:

Hardware:
Intel Core i7 2600K - New addition - replaced AMD Phenom-II X6 1090T
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7 - New addition - replaced Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
16 GB (4x4) Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600 - replaced 8 GB G.Skill Trident DDR3-1600
Powercolor Radeon 6990 4GB - replaced dead Sapphire Radeon 6950 that caught on fire
Sapphire Radeon 6950 2GB flashed to 6970
(2) EVGA Geforce GTX 670 FTW - replaced faulty 670 Superclocked Editions which replaced the bios modded Radeon 6970 and Radeon 6990
KillerNIC 2100
HT Omega Striker 7.1 PCI - Replaced SB X-Fi Titanium HD PCI-Express
(2) Intel X-25M 80GB in Raid 0
(2) Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 SATA
(1) Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB 7200 SATA - New addition
5.25" to 4 3.5" SAS/SATA Hot swappable bay
LG Bluray-RW SATA
Corsair AX 1200 - replaced Enermax 85+ 1050 Watt PSU
Case Labs M8 - replaced XSPC H1 Cube case
NZXT Sleeved Orange LED kit - replaced White LED kit
MDPC Sleeving Titanium Grey and Orange
MDPC Black Heatshrink
MDPC Cable management clamps

Water cooling hardware:
Koolance RP-402X2 with (2) PMP-400 pumps - RP-402X2 replaced by below items
(2) EK Multioption 150 Advanced Reservoir
(2) Koolance DDC pump tops
(2) Koolance DDC Heat sinks

Aquaero XT 5 with (2) PowerAdjust 2
Koolance HX-CU1020V 360mm Radiator
Koolance HX-CU420V 120mm Radiator - removed
EK CoolStream XT 360mm Radiator - New addition
Phobya G-Changer 360mm Radiator

(16) Xigmatek Orange blade/White LED 120mm fans

(6) Enermax White Cluster 120mm PWN fans - replaced by fans above
(1) Enermax Red Cluster 120mm fan
(9) Xigmatek Octane 120mm fans

EK Supreme Full Cu nickel plated CPU block - RMA'ed with EN version
EK Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 block
EK 6970 full cover block with EK back plate - Both blocks replace the Swiftech blocks
EK 6990 full cover block with EK back plate
XSPC Razor 680 GTX full cover blocks with EVGA 680 GTX back plates - New addition
(20) Enzotech G1/4 (3/8" ID x 1/2 OD") compression fittings - New addition
Various BitsPower and Koolance fittings
(2) Koolance VL3 3/8" ID QDC fittings - New addition
Aqua Computers in-line temperature fitting
Aqua Computers flow meter
15 Ft. Tygon 3/8" ID tubing - replaced 10 Ft. Masterkleer 3/8" ID tubing

(5) ModMyToys 3-pin power distribution PCB - 5-way block - New addition
(5) Hammond ABS Project Boxes - New addition

The build has evolved quite a few times starting with a CM HAF-X to a Silverstone FT-02 then an XSPC H1 Cube, finally settling on the Case Labs M8.
Edited by ohms - 8/4/12 at 1:52pm

I am skipping the pictures of when the build was in the CM HAF-X and the Silverstone FT-02 and I'm jumping straight to the last 2 days where i've been building it using the XSPC H1 Cube.

Here she is! The cube has arrived The packaging is definitely better then what I've seen the MM cases shipped in.




In the middle of assembling it


Heres one of the packages with some of my miscellaneous crap


Some stuff from Nils - sleeving, heatshrink, those funky cable management rings


My Swiftech 6900 series Komodo Full coverage GPU blocks (I hate the picture, the new picture on the 6990 Epsilon is sooooo much cooler)


Koolance Crosshair IV Extreme motherboard block


Koolance 120mm x 3 and 120mm radiators with a nice matte black finish


My Aquaero 5 XT, (2) PowerAdjust 2, Inline Temperature sensor, and Flow meter.


My Bluray-RW and my SAS/SATA HD Canister. I am gonna have to debadge the Thermaltake off the HD canister before Waterlogged sees it and never lets me live it down.


Some soldering and sleeving work for the hotswap bay cables. Before and after pictures!




Here is the Phobya G-Changer 360mm rad dressed up with the Enermax White Cluster fans.


All my 5.25" bay devices installed - Bluray RW, HD SAS/SATA Hotswap, Aquaero 5 XT, PA2, Koolance 402X2

Do you notice the horrible 2mm gap above all the top 5.25" bay devices? Bad BAD machining on the part of XSPC.


Top view - work in progress


Retarded problem with my case thanks to XSPC's bad quality control. I fixed it by drill the holes into an oval shape so I could slide the mounting screws down more and I had to use nuts to hold down the mounting screws.


After the little set back I finally got back on track

Here is a shot from the top of my motherboard mounted with the EK Supreme Full Cu nickel plated, Koolance CH4E block along with my 6970's with the Swiftech blocks, my Geforce GT 240 and my KillerNIC 2100. I'm still contemplating if I want to use my MCW-80 on my Geforce. The next picture after that is my Hotswap bay loaded up.




Here is some additional shots, I have finished deciding which way my tubing will route but I am missing a few fittings to finalize everything so everything will have to wait about a week. This will give me time to finish up some sleeving. :rofl:

Please excuse the mess inside the case as I haven't gotten around to my wire management yet!

This is what my Aqua flow meter and drainage setup looks like. At the moment I just have a stop fitting after the valve but what I plan on doing is using a Unibit to drill a hole in the bottom of my case and I will then hook up a 90° triple rotary fitting which will go through the hole for my drain.


Here is a picture of pretty much my finalized WC route. Where you see the mutiple extender fittings stacked on top of each other, I plan on replacing them with BitsPower 20mm extension fittings. If you look closely at the bottom (even though it's cut off) you will see that I did indeed put my MCW-80 on my Geforce GT 240 It's my PhysX slave card.


Here it is again, zoomed in a bit.


Ugh, more sleeving to do...


Anyway you guys are caught up now!

Enjoy!

Here are some top view pictures for a better look at the entire case.

1 of 3 fan sets completed now (soldered and sleeved) It was a complete pain in the ass but worth while. As you can see in the picture I did miss about 1 1/2" of sleeving. I'll have to make sure I don't make that mistake on the next 2 sets.

I unfortunately have to take apart my 360 Rads so I can fix my Enermax White Cluster fans as I soldered together the RPM sensor lines which causes signal errors.

Re-worked Enermax White Cluster PWM 120mm x 3 setup. Took off the pre-sleeved junk and re-sleeved with MDPC-X red sleeving and fixed the RPM sensor wire from daisy chained to single.



Here is my Phobya G-Changer 360 redone. I wasn't happy with the way the Enermax White Cluster fans turned out with the soldering and sleeving so I decided to take those off and re-solder and re-sleeve those and use them for the case exhaust. The radiator now has 3 Xigmatek XOS-1251 fans which I have daisy chain soldered (except the RPM wire) and sleeved.

Looks alot better then my initial job with the Enermax fans. I'm glad that I didn't settle for the "average" job and got it to where I wanted it to be.



Some newly purchased tools for my modding habit Assorted wire cutters/pliers, Helping hand with magnifying glass, Torch (for heat shrink!), Irwin clamps and last but not least my Unibits. It almost seems like S&M gear

Here is the Lamptron Vandal button installed, thanks to my trusty new Unibits the hole came out perfect! I thought these damned things came pre-wired but to my surprise they do not, thank god I had an old PC laying around where I was able to steal the front panel wires/connectors from.



I also used the Unibits to make myself a drain hole for my loop and I must say it was a perfect fit as you can see in the second picture.

I hate laying down this acoustic dampening material.



Here is the main part of the case as well as the left and right side panels finished up. I just need to do the top panel after I am finished soldering/sleeving the last set of Enermax fans together.

On that note, I am off to work! I'm sure I'll be trolling the forums on my laptop inside of my ambulance

I got around to some power tool work a few moments ago and I took my NZXT sleeved LED kit and I drilled out holes for mounting screws and the power button as well as a rectangular box to accommodate the brightness switch.



Yes, I'm aware that the panel is scratched but I just had the time to do a fit test to see if it mounted. I should have time tomorrow to grind down the sides to make it look uniform.

Here is a shot of the back side of the case with the new holes for the power switch, the 3 selector brightness for the LEDs. It came out looking well I must say!




I got my sleeved LED kit mounted along the top of my case and my Enermax White Cluster fans all wired up, so here it is while I was running an LED test.






Late update from June 10th.

Here is the leak test on it's 22nd hour. Still no leaks after getting home from work this morning!



I also got some sleeving done as well after getting home from work, I think it's time to to finish up some small odds and ends and put on the final touches and boot her up.



I still have to sand off the white writing on the acoustic dampening foam and I'm still deciding if I want to repaint the case.