Time for a few new members of the case:
Asus Glacial mb , with a i9-11900

It took me som time to change it all.
No it is not plug and play "first error message".

I never give up "and it is not a option".

This getting me happy.

Cant whait to play games again.

I think i want a new GPU for this 32"monitor.

 

New clear door panel.
My friend from Denmark made a drawing so with that i orderd a new glasspanel.

I am using my cnc top to work on.



Taking the screws of is a easy job.

Now whe have to hope it works.
Its a can of sticker off spray. With this i hope the dds tape will loosen a bit.

Keep pushing until the strip releases. It workt.

Putting together the new clear doorpanel was easier.

 

I follow the GPU prices a long time .
Its insane but i want one.
I where lucky to get one under 1900 euro.
Now i need a nice waterblock for it.

I order this one. What a amount of cash you need these days to get it. pfffff

It's time to install this heavy waterblock.
I downloaded a few video's so I van see how other people did it.
Now it is my turn to do this.

My heart breaks out at the thought of breaking something this expensive.

Cleaning the monster.

Pfffffff

Finally the waterblock is finshed. Now let's see how we are going to install this heavy GPU.

 

In my other build i had the riser cable hanging loos under the GPU.
This beast is much heavier so i need to make a mount for it on my cnc router.

I first took measurements then i made in CAD a drawing and imported it in Aspire Vectre "my software that i use for my cnc router".
It looks good hope that it also fit.

It still have to be polished. First i need to see if i need to change it or not.

Cant complain about this part of the job.

Pre mounting the mount. It needs to be taller 2mm. I only have 5mm black acrylic. Perhaps i make a second plate under this one.

 

I was talking to my german friend Svenn about the mount. He also wanted one . So i made him one.
During the talk one eavening he sayed "do you use a pci express 4 riser cable" . Oeps there whe go again. I had a 3080Ti on this cable and now i have a different mb and gpu i also need a new cable pci express 4.

The old and new risercable are slide different so it was back to the drawing table and making two new mounts. Oow yes i am happy with the result.

I measured out the exact place for the gpu and drild two holes ( for m3 tread).
Verry nice altho these are my words.

Getting the beast out of the mount was almost ending in a disastre because i did not see the edge in the gpu for releasing .

 

Distro's who want a distro "yes i do".
I watched a few video's how other people make them or build them in.
I think it was 2016 i finished my own build of my cnc router that i made specialy for making my own parts.

After watching over and over again video's where the use distro plates it was my time to get a start on it.
First making a sketch. Because what my eyes see my brain might unsderstand.

I think this make sence.

A sketch is never enough i need to see if the connectionsd are at the right place.

 

This is not a few hours job . It takes many hours. Printing paper malls and re measuring.
It need to be 99% or it does not fit.

Working with AutoCAd for over 25 years i know how to devide the screw holes equilateral.

Version 4 4mm up to make a good connection.


Som times it is hart to get the ride information about what other people made. The just want you to buy their stuff not asking for the measurements.
So it is trial and error.

 

After a few versions it was time to order a few plates 12mm acrylic and get the machine running.

I am just a hobiest with a machine.
There fore i use paper malls for to centre my work piece.
After a few years i learned to work with more expensive endmills. And fro this work i only use Datron ones.

With ds tape under the plate i machined out the bottom part of the distro.

I made it. Yes finished this part of the job.

To fill up the edges from the airvent holes in the case i made a 3mm fillplate. This way the distro layes flat.
In this distro i used many screws "to many" . I already made a new drawing with a few changes.
Just let we first finish this prototype.

 

Great!

 

Top of the distro plate.
A last step for the plates.
I make the 1/4"port by hand. I use a fillport for gyding the tap.
It works fine you just need to take your time to do it.

Trouble from Autodesk "you dont use a autorised programm". Da...... I still have a original LT 2005 lets install this one.
It turned out it is a nog go. The dont support this any more. You need to rent a programm for 500 bucks a year or 1900 a year. GRRRRRRRR
I need a cad drawing programm. CAD drawing is in my blood so i have to search for a other programm.
I am a retired firefighter and army veteran my pocket money is reduced by 80%.

I finaly found the needle in the haystack "ALCAD" simular 99% to AutoCAD and for full license only 349 euro "one time"ever lasting.
Sounds like a verry tale.

I took the 30 day's tour to try it out and found out after 2 hours that it works for me.
I bought the programm and removed my loved AUTOCAD programm.

Tapping using a wrench and a tap and vasaline to make the 1/4"ports treads.

Massive chunk distro. I wil later turn to 10mm acrylic instead of the 12mm that i have used now.

It looks good "is it leak proof"!

 

You can always be lucky.
Murphys law.
Removing the pomp from the distro after testing the reservoir tipt over on my cnc machine and broke the reservoir.

 

Leaktesting.

Testing until there is nothing more to test.

 

Are you selling this disto

 

Top distro for the build.
I never trow away parts if i can repair or change them. I am going to use this prototype if it works.
I change the drawing later to make a new one.

I made also a chunky top distro "forgot to intergrate a rgb strip in it". I might place one on top of it.
I need to know if the measurements for the highflow next are spot on.

Measuring out the place to drill at the back of the case for mounting the distro.

Yes these 3 screws will do the job.

Lets connect the tubes.

I made a special custompanel to mount the 2 ultitubes on . Later in the build i find out that it does not work like i do and made a new mounting plate.

 

Placing the my new (2e hand) AX 1600i psu with the highpower cable for the RTX 4090 and the sleeved kit of cables.
Finding out that i dont need that many cables for my gpu.

 

It turned out that i had a leak.
For this i need to remove the made backpanel to get access to the back
I need to change the design.

 

I removed the backpanel and start working on a new design for mounting the two Ultitubes 200 Pro.

This is the bottom my own logo is going to be engraved at the other side.

testfitting. I made the screwholes adjustable so i can move the pomp/res combo's if needed.

Only for testfitting i used the extension fittings. I als removed the rubber support rings at the top.

The system is up and running again. A fewe hours spending at updates from software.

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In m previous setup i had 2 x HWlabs 360 rads in the top the where 45mm. I switched them for 2 x 480 HWlabs 25mm. I also removed the 8 fans .
In my mind i already know that i might need to extend or change a few things. I made a custom plate at the back with 2 QD3's so i can extend the loop.

And that is what i am going to do.
I was watching the verry nice waterboxes from Singularity computers. Awesome thing just to expensive for me at the moment.
I think i am going to use one of my pedestals from my caselabs case to make my own waterbox.

Testing with the parts that i have in my modcave.
Need to find a way to cover the holes from previous builds.

I made a frontpanel from one of the 8mm plates that i have left.
The Aquero 6 XT is moved from top to the front so i can see how it all runs.

Time to put treads in at a few places.

 

Splittercables arived.
Time to light up the RTX 4090 FE.
Foooling around in the back at the front from the top distro the rgb strips falls down.

 

Working on the frontpanel. Time to mask and paintspray the panel.

much better this way.

I made a few feeds under the pedestal on my cnc machine.

 

New Flow guige arived.
I used a old cover that i made in my prevous deskbuild for the waterbox. The measurement doesnt match 100 % so i made a new cover/mount.

2x D5 wil be enough for the job i think.

A flowe guige is also nice to have.

 

Before i proceed with the waterbox i need to re route a few cables on my working desk.

All powercables out of sight.

I found from my previous deskbuild the displays and mounting plates. I might want these in the fron of the waterbox.

Have to find out if i have enough space behind the acrilic plate to house the display.
First testing if the temperature are the same in the room. After a few minutes the numbers where the same.

 

Beast!

 

when i retire in a few years,im going to build a loop,always wanted to

nice work though

 

Awesome! good stuff!

 

Holy smokes man, this looks incredible!!