[Project Halcyon v1.5]
Absolute Appreciation to Project Halcyon Sponsors, of which this build would not be possible without you!
| Cooler Master was the first full sponsor Project Halcyon brought on and provide enthusiastic interested.Nic came forward and asked me "What all do you need?". They supplied me with a HPS 1300w Power Supply and a ton of fans. Cooler Master has shown a genuine interest in Project Halcyon and their commitment to OCN. | |
| Pascal from AquaTuning has come through with an exceptional level of support through discounting their product line for Project Halcyon to provide materials needed to ensure the build is a success. | |
| Jab-Tech has shown tremendous support in their Sponsorship of the build. Their customer service and support is top notch in terms of answering questions and listening to my idea for the build. They blew me away with sponsoring the project by providing the tubing, killcoil, anti-kink coil, and the 5ft EL Strip to be used for a lighting mod. I am honored to have Jab-Tech on board as a sponsor for this build as well! |
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Index:
Build History and Components
Planning of Watercooling Loop and Layout
Case Painting & Component Installation
Hard Drive Configuration Explained
Project Sponsorship Received!
Customized RAD Side-Mount Enclosure
Sponsor Shipment Unboxing from Jab-Tech and CoolerMaster!
Another radiator slips into the build!
Sponsor checks in and gets curious
Dwood's concept for Phobya 1260 and Electrical Woes
Component Family Picture Time!
Painting the XSPC RX480 Radiator
Cutting the HAF-X to fit the Phobya 400mm Radiator
More to come!
History:
I generally theme most of what I do when designing and creativity. I'm a photographer with a side-business of doing portraiture, family shoots, and fine art photography. My own projects are generally labeled.
I've chosen Halcyon as the name for my build. Halcyon comes from a song by Orbital, a band in the 90's I listened to a lot while developing and printing in the photo lab.
The word halcyon generally means tranquil, peaceful, serene.Thus, my build will be focusing on a theme of quiet operation (liquid cooling, low noise fans) and tranquil as a color scheme: black, red, and blue.
The purchasing of the components chosen is in 2 parts to complete the build: primary (needed) and water cooled (to quiet it down). Parts chosen are as follows:
Primary Components! (Click to show)
- Case - Cooler Master HAF-X RC-942-KKN1 (purchased)
- MB - ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX ROG (purchased)
- Processor - AMD FD8150FRGUBOX FX-8150 (purchased)
- Southbridge Cooler - Enzotech SLY-30 Forged Copper Heatsink (purchased)
- Memory - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL (purchased)
- Memory Cooler - Zalman ZM-RC1000 TI (purchased)
- Graphics 1 - EVGA GeForce GTX480 1536MB (purchased)
- Graphics 2 - EVGA GeForce GTX480 1536MB (purchased)
- Graphics 3 - EVGA GeForce GTX480 1536MB (purchased)
- HDD (Boot) - OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5IN SATA3 6Gbps Sandforce SF-2281
- HDD (PS Scratch) - Kingston SSDNow V200 64 GB SATA III 6 GB/s SV200S37A/64G (purchased)
- HDD (Backup/Data RAID 1+0) - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM (purchased)
- HDD (Backup/Data RAID 1+0) - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM (purchased)
- HDD (Backup/Data RAID 1+0) - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM (purchased)
- HDD (Backup/Data RAID 1+0) - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM
- Optical - LG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW GH24NS70 (purchased)
- PS - CoolerMaster Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W (sponsored)
- System Monitoring - NZXT Sentry LX (purchased)
- Replacement Fans - 1x Cooler Master MegaFlow 200x30mm Red LED (purchased)
- VGA Cooler Fans - 1x Cooler Master MegaFlow 120mmx38 Red LED (purchased)
- Processor Cooler - DD-M6 Nickel CPU Block (purchased)
- CPU Fittings - FB (Fat Boy) G 1/4 Fittings (purchased)
- GPU Water Blocks - 3x Danger Den DD-GTX480 water blocks (1 of 3 purchased)
- SLI Fittings (Parallel Setup) - 4x CrossSLI Danger Den Fittings (purchased)
- SLI Stop Fittings - DD Threaded Plug 1/4" Hex (purchased)
- SLI I/O Flow Fittings - 2x FB (Fat Boy) G 1/4 Fittings (purchased)
- Res - Phobya 5.25" Bay Reservoir Black(purchased)
- Res Fittings - Thermochill (Fat Boy) G 3/8 Thread (Fill Line) (purchased)
- Res I/O Fittings- FB (Fat Boy) G 1/4 Fittings (purchased)
- Res LED - x4 Red 5mm LED Tailed (purchased)
- Pump - DD12-24V-D5 Pump Fixed Speed by Laing (purchased)
- Pump - DD12V-D5 Pump Fixed Speed by Laing (purchased)
- Pump Top - Bitspower D5 / MCP655 Extreme Pump Mod Top V2 (purchased)
- RAD1 - Phobya xTreme 400 Radiator (purchased)
- RAD1 Fans - CoolerMaster MegaFlow 200 Red LED (push pull with 200mm case fans top) (sponsored)
- RAD1 Fittings - FB (Fat Boy) G 1/4 Fittings (purchased)
- RAD1 Fan Cable - Phobya pwm style y splitter cable (x4 fan ends) (purchased)
- RAD2 - Xtreme Supernova 1260 Radiator (purchased)
- RAD2 Fittings - FB (Fat Boy) G 1/4 Fittings (purchased)
- RAD2 Fans - x4 Cooler Master Megaflow 200mm (pull), x4 Cooler Master Megaflow 200mm RED led (push) (sponsored)
- RAD2 Quick Releases - Quick release connector 13mm barbed connector (1/2") plug and Quick release connector 13mm barbed connector (1/2") plug including bulkhead thread (purchased)
- RAD2 External Box - dwoods Custom Side-Mount Stand
- RAD2 Fan Cable - Phobya pwm style y splitter cable (x9 fan ends) (purchased)
- RAD3 - XSPC RX480 Quad 120mm Radiator (purchased)
- RAD3 Fans - x4 Scythe DFS123812-3000 "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan (purchased)
- RAD3 Fan Cable - Phobya pwm style y splitter cable (x4 fan ends)(purchased)
- RAD3 Rad Mount - Phobya Radiator Stand - black - Quad - 4x120mm (purchased)
- RAD3 Fan Controller - Sunbeamtech PL-RS-PCI Rheosmart PCI Fan Controller(purchased)
- Tubing - PrimoFlex Pro LRT UV Blue Tubing - 1/2in. ID X 3/4in. OD (sponsored)
- Tube cutter - DD Premium Tube Cutter (purchased)
- Cooling Liquid - Distilled Water (purchased)
- Liquid Additive - Silver KillCoil (sponsored)
- Fillport - Copper Black Anondized Fillport w/ 1/2" OD Fitting (purchased)
- Temp Sensor - DD FIT-WTP-CTG1/4 Temperature Sensor - Nickel
- Clamps - 100 3/4" Spring Action Hose Clamps Black (purchased)
- Motherboard Lighting - 5 foot EL Tape Strip - Red (sponsored)
- Case Lighting - Sharkoon Cold light cathodes quad UV Quad UV - 30cm (Art.Nr.: 89034) (purchased)
- Anti-Kink Coils- PrimoChill Anti-Kink Coils 3/4"- UV Blue (sponsored)
- TIM - Phobya HeGrease 3.5g (purchased)
- PS Sleeve 1 - Red 550lb Paracord 100ft(purchased)
- PS Sleeve 2 - Black 550lb Paracord 200ft (purchased)
- Paint RX480 Radiator
- EL Tape behind Motherboard
- Install Danger Den fillport
- Install Phobya 400mm RAD in case
- Locate mounting points for pumps
- Install GPU Cooler on GTX-480
- Mod and hook up rheostat for RX480 fan control on back of case
Edited by halcyon-twin - 12/26/12 at 7:00am
Project Halcyon
(30 items) |
DELL XPS M1530
(8 items) |
| CPU | Graphics | RAM | Hard Drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.4Ghz | NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT | 8GB DDR2-667 SDRAM | OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA I... |
| Cooling | OS | OS | Monitor |
| Hacked and Slashed Quad-Cooler Halcyon-Twin Style! | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Backtrack 5 | 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) |
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Project Halcyon
(30 items) |
DELL XPS M1530
(8 items) |
| CPU | Graphics | RAM | Hard Drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.4Ghz | NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT | 8GB DDR2-667 SDRAM | OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA I... |
| Cooling | OS | OS | Monitor |
| Hacked and Slashed Quad-Cooler Halcyon-Twin Style! | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Backtrack 5 | 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) |
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