Hi all, back again with a followup build to me last one "White Metropolis" (see signature). Follow along for the fun.
Theme:
I went through many ideas of what type of theme to have and I decided I wanted to go with something will a Blue/Black/White/Grey theme because I found THIS picture and liked how the colors worked together and came up with some sleek design elements to go along with it. Then I saw that Bitspower has some blue fittings and figured....Well I could make this a nice dual loop where one loop is ALL BLUE (fluid, pump mod kit, and fittings) and the other is ALL WHITE (fluid, pump mod kit, fittings) and the case is black, of which I will add some grey elements which hopefully will give an overall variety yet be cohesive at the same time.
This is certainly going to be an interesting case to work in....
The dual loop concept will kind of depend on how quickly EK releases 3rd party blocks for the 1070 line of cards. If they don't right after release I will likely fully build the one loop while saving room for the other and leave the GPU air cooled until they do.
Expect quality pictures and videos along the way. The build will be finished by early July.
Parts List:
CPU: Intel i5-6600k
GPU: GTX 970
RAM: 16GB DDR4 Avexir CORE
MOBO: MSI H110I Pro Mini ITX
CASE: Deepcool TriStellar (Side Windows) Mini ITX Desktop Case
SSD: 3x 240GB Kingston V300
PSU: DEEPCOOL DQ650ST
FANS: 5x Deepcool GS 120 61.9 CFM 120mm Fan
Watercooling List:
CPU Block: EK Supremacy EVO
GPU Block: TBD
Reservoirs: 2x Bitspower Tank-Z 250mm
Radiators: 2-3x EK Coolstream SE or Black Ice Nemesis 120GTS
Thanks, It's pretty out there in terms of what looks "normal" (though I dig it!), which makes a great excuse for over the top watercooling.
GPU designing:
going to be 3 layers of acrylic stacked on top of eachother with the design cutout slightly shifted, which will allow it to be a 3D multi color backplate.
DS-0338 $2.50
Ordered: 2
$5.00
EK-CoolStream SE 120 (Slim Single)
EK-RAD-SE-120 $39.99
Ordered: 2
$79.98
Mayhems Silver Coil 99.999 Pure Fine Silver
MD-SILVER-COIL $6.99
Ordered: 2
$13.98
Bitspower D5 / MCP655 Mod Kit - Deluxe White Finish
BP-D5MA-WH $52.50
Ordered: 1
$52.50
Bitspower D5 / MCP655 Mod Kit - Abrasive Blue Finish
BP-D5MA-ABL $49.95
Ordered: 1
$49.95
EK-D5 Vario Motor (12V DC Pump Motor)
Pump Cable
2 x No, leave stock cable
Sleeve Color
2 x Black
Heatshrink Color
2 x Black
EK-D5-BARE-MOTOR $79.99
Ordered: 2
$159.98
Bitspower Dual / Single D5 Top Upgrade Kit 250 (Clear Acrylic Cap)
BP-D5TOPUK250AC-CLCL $49.95
Ordered: 2
$99.90
Bitspower BP-D5TOPACS-BK D5 Mod Pump Top (Clear "S" Model)
BP-D5TOPACS-BK $54.95
Ordered: 2
$109.90
Mayhems Non Stain Blue Dye - 15ml
MD-NS-DYE-B-15 $8.95
Ordered: 1
$8.95
Bitspower G1/4" Royal Blue Enhance Multi-Link For Acrylic Tube OD 12MM
BP-RBLEML $9.50
Ordered: 10
$95.00
Bitspower G1/4" Royal Blue Case Top Water-Fill SET
BP-RBLWP-C04 $9.95
Ordered: 2
$19.90
Bitspower Case Top Water Fill/ Through Hole Fitting Set - Deluxe White
BP-DWWP-C04 $9.95
Ordered: 2
$19.90
Bitspower G1/4" Deluxe White Enhance Multi-Link For Acrylic Tube OD 12MM
So this is your new project. Very promising. The GPU backplate idea looks great. I’ve not seen that particular case before - it’s certainly going to make for something very different.
So this is your new project. Very promising. The GPU backplate idea looks great. I've not seen that particular case before - it's certainly going to make for something very different.
It will be a tube routing challenge that I'm willing to accept.
First up, some pics:
The Case:
The cat got curious because the case matches her color.
These are actual glass pieces. Very respectable quality on these and the case itself, it's beefy.
SSD's Slide in and connect here, nice and easy and easy to swap.
Some parts:
These fans have individual cables with their own "cable comb" type of cable management, made out of some type of soft rubber..
First up was some painting while I wait on the watercooling supplies, also installed the OS onto the SSD that I will be using as a boot drive by plugging it into my HTPC build.
The Aurora test is still ongoing. The particles are all still in the fluid. Now the color has changed Drastically but! The particles are still moving. That was the main part of the test. Let me know if you need the other bottle. I still have the extra Red Aurora 2.
Looking forward with what you come up with on this.
If you see in the below picture, the Tristellar case holds up to 3 SSD's in the top section where I have a window so I have 3 SSD's and I plan to span one complete image across the 3 SSD's so it combines into one "mural".
Which option do you guys like the best? Right now I'm leaning towards the first one. You can see where the image will end and start on the next SSD from the lines.
SSD Design options:
Which option do you guys like the best? Right now I'm leaning towards the first one. You can see where the image will end and start on the next SSD from the lines.
Sorry to throw a spanner into the works ... but I prefer #3. If the SSDs were butted hard up against each other ... then #1 ... but as they are separated, I think a 'separated' image would double the impact of separation. I think a connected image like #1 would be lessened by separation.
Sorry to throw a spanner into the works ... but I prefer #3. If the SSDs were butted hard up against each other ... then #1 ... but as they are separated, I think a 'separated' image would double the impact of separation. I think a connected image like #1 would be lessened by separation.
Deciding on a clean and attractive tube run is proving to really test my brain. I'm trying to keep a symmetrical outside of the case even though each side houses different things (MOBO vs PSU) and each loop is separate (CPU, GPU) so each side doesn't match.
Unsure of which way I will put the radiator but seems to fit alright no matter which way I turn it.
The PSU side doesn't have any mounting for a fan after I took the HDD cage out of it. I'll likely stop by the store and grab some thing sheet metal to form a mount.
Depending on which way I mount the radiator will determine how far forward or back the reservoir goes but this was just for my own perspective to think and plan from.
Unfortunately I can't find ANY stock on a 1070....going to have to make the call soon to just get a 970 instead though I really don't want to do that, unfortunately this build has to be done for the beginning of July.
I've gone through changing how I'm going to do my tube runs at minimum 20 times. It's been a challenge because I want it to look nice and also I want it to be as symmetrical on both sides as possible even though because of the sections of the case each loop is cooling something in a completely different area of the case. So with the loops needing to go to completely different sections I believe this is how I'll keep it the returns to reservoir. Debating keeping/not keeping drains from being in the front of the case like that but having it there is just very functional and I don't think looks bad.
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