Project||Oroborous (UPDATE: Thanks MNPC!)

[sushiwarrior]

Stopper fitting that comes stock.... gonna keep this until I can find a black Bitspower top (none in Canada)
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Through the looking glass....

+Fittings. Looking a lot nicer now!

There's SOME marks due to being extruded or cast (can't remember which) but not enough to see unless you take macros.

Clamps! They don't match the finish of the top and bottom caps.... :/

Anti-cyclone insert. Pics through curved acrylic do funny things....

What, did you expect anything less?

Aaawwwwww yeah. Matte (well, satin I guess.... not nearly what I'd call matte) black!

LED stop fittings.... currently bl00 colour (EWWW)

 

[sushiwarrior]

Nice frosted look. Add some sleeving and an LED change and we should be golden!

1/2ID Primochill tubing. In white of course.

Now, I got the Supreme LT used, so it was not "brand spanking new".

I was not kidding. Quite a bit of junk on it.

Machining is still excellent for a <$50 block.

The base still is good enough to shave on however....

Ugly crap problems? Consider them gone. I left it for ~2 hours in nothing short of high quality Heinz.... bought from Costco in something like a 2L can (not a jug, a can :eyebrow: ).

 

[sushiwarrior]

After....

Sure did it's job well! Don't have a shot of just the bottom (I assembled it quick, don't like leaving stuff out long - cat fur and dust does NOT take long to settle. Case in point, EK res pics... took 15 minutes to get dusty).

LOVING the fittings. Just wow.

Black screws might be in the future....

Internals are as sharp as ever.

And that mirror finish wasn't harmed one bit.

Back to the res....

Fittings!

FITTINGS!

 

[sushiwarrior]

Fittings? Mark on the inside, not sure how that got there. Oh well.

Oh, and one last shot through the acrylic.

LED stop fitting added. Notice the lack of heatshrink, the LED is now white (no b100 for you).




And the LCD poster for the Maximus II Formula...

Reflected on the oh-so-perfect Supreme LT base.

Love that ROG logo.

Hmmm, that text ruins it. Maybe a sticker or something is in order.

Cable, minus sleeve. Should have some of the finest in soon!

Inside.

Not that much there.

 

[sushiwarrior]

12"x12" Honeycomb Modders Mesh




I worked with the modders mesh a bit over the last few days. I LOVE how easy it is to work with - all you need are wire snips (and maybe a file/sandpaper). This piece will cover the 80mm fan holes on the back of the case.

The looks of this stuff are to die for.

Black background = awwwww yeaaaahhh. Looking good. Notice how the "imperfections" around the edges are very minimal - no obvious "stamped" or rounded look on the edges. It may look serrated on the edges to you but remember this macro is close to the size of a postage stamp.

 

[sushiwarrior]

Don't forget the thumbscrews!

On white....

4x Anodized Black Thumb Screws




And last but not least, the MCP355/DDC with an EK top V2.

 

[sushiwarrior]

Gorgeous machining.

Hmmm, marble effect. What's up with that?



And that's all for now! I just got an external HDD to backup all of my data so the new mobo and watercooling are going in THIS weekend. I keep delaying it due to the fact I need my PC for homework and I didn't have my laptop running for the past little while, and the fact I wanted to backup my data before an OS reinstall (duh) but this time NO EXCUSES. I think.....


I'd like to give another huge thank-you to Bill Owen and MNPCTech for sponsoring this mod!



PS: I know the WB does change a bit inbetween pictures, I went a little overboard in Lightroom so every pic is a little bit different.

 

[sushiwarrior]

Project||Oroborous Preview

Some nice pictures as it stands now should be up in a week or so...

Also I am glad to announce NZXT is sponsoring the build! They have sent some FN120RB/FN140RB fans (perfect for this build!), 6-pin PCI-E power extensions, the IU101 internal USB expansion (interesting plans for this...), and the Sentry 2 touchscreen LCD controller.

And as always, a big thanks to MNPC Tech as well!

 

[sushiwarrior]

Here's two more teasers. Front fascia done, LCD poster placement.

Ignore the tape around the LCD poster, I am making an acrylic/brushed aluminum cover right now.

As always, a HUGE thank you goes out to Bill Owen at MNPCtech and NZXT!

 

[sushiwarrior]

Well, I opened the case up after ~2 weeks of use and I found a bit more than I bargained for....

Dead spider. How does he get in there?!!? WHY does he get in there?

Ohmygodthedustkillmenowowningacatisamistake

After about 20 minutes of work with compressed air and brushes, it was more or less now dust-free. To work!

First order of business, reservoir placement. Right under the DVD drive and next to the mobo. The usual spot :/

It's pretty simple installation. Just drilling 2 holes (in my case, widening 2 existing holes) and adding a few nuts/washers. There were no instructions provided however, and it took me a few minutes (and improper assemblies) to get it right. Not super impressed so far EK.

It was hard for me to get the clamps on because I had to get the washers/nut or whatever it was on between two sheets of metal. I had to squeeze the bits down carefully and manage to get them over the bolt. That took a bit of figuring out! Would have been MUCH easier on a single sheet.

Mounted up.

Pump goes here...

Sweet jebus that's a tight fit! This isn't gonna be fun...

About 1 hour and a few cups of boiling water later, we have success! Remind me NEVER to try that again. In case you are interested as to how I did it, here's my step-by-step method.

1. Get tubing on pump barb (don't screw the pump barb in ALL the way, leave it a little bit loose) .
2. Put other end of tubing onto barb for res use, but don't screw it into the res yet (just leave it on the end of the tube)
3. Remove res clamps.
4. Rotate reservoir to thread onto fitting on the end of tubing, which should be easy now that the clamps aren't in your way.
5. With the extra rotation left from 1., you should be able to get the pump vertically (I recommend doing a bit of a dry fit to see how the res lines up. You can fix ~20 degrees of tilt but can't flip it a whole 180 or something. Just get it in the right ballpark).
6. Put the clamps back in (may be a bit tricky).
7. Put res in clamps, pat yourself on the back, go take a well deserved nap

 

[sushiwarrior]

Infinitely useful MNPCTech 120.2 radiator template in place where rad should go.

Rad in place just to check it fits OK.

A little close to the PSU....

Very tight fit once you add a fan! Phew.

Aluminum cover being added to the front triangle. It was rather simply to make and I didn't have my camera with me - I just cut the aluminum to the rough shape of the plexi (give or take 5mm - leave a decent amount of room), glue as shown, and file into the exact shape. This technique works for a LOT of stuff actually.

Ugly glue residue... oh well, you can't see it. I wonder what this will make the light reflections look like?

Back to the rad. Bottom piece removed (a few rivets were all it took) and taped up. Just tape the template in place and make your marks!

 

[sushiwarrior]

The results speak for themselves! It works MUCH better than a print-out template as you can make your marks right onto the painters tape (no worries of paper ripping, ripples, etc.) and they are nice and accurate. Not even my horrible mis-measurement and other problems can mess me up here

Slight modification... I'd rather have one continuous hole than 2 with that little divider in the middle.

Ready to cut!

Sparks, pretty sparks...

Boom, done. Don't think I have any pics of it after filing.... we will see...


And that's it for this update. Another round of huge, huge thanks go out to...

Bill Owen and MNPCTech



And Victoria from NZXT! The next update (shouldn't be far away) should have some details for the excellent package I got from NZXT.

 

[sushiwarrior]

Oh my god MDPC-X is awesome. Nils was kind enough to even throw in some extra MDPC red - accent colour anyone?

Awww yeah, that's me alright!

And sleeving the NZXT sentry fan cables.

Very, very simple lighting "setup" this time - little white glass tile on a white window sill (which is roughly 6 inches wide too!). Sorry for no high-quality macro shots, as I don't have any pentax macro equipment.

 

[sushiwarrior]

MDPC sleeve makes anything look sexy (although the IU101's black PCB and excellently sleeved cable not shown were hardly lacking in the first place).

Overall I am extremely happy with the MDPC-X sleeve. And for $50 for 100+ feet it was cheaper than the stupid techflex from Performance-PCs I bought in the first place!

I am working on finishing the Sentry as we speak. MDPC sleeving is much more time consuming than Techflex because it takes some work to get tension on the sleeve which gives you that non-see-through look.

Sorry for the rather short update! You can thank the following for making this eye-candy possible...

Bill Owen and MNPCTech



And Victoria from NZXT. My plans with the IU101 should start coming into fruition soon!

 

[TheStu]

It is coming along nicely. It went from a fairly simple project (noise dampening and painting) to much more once the watercooling got involved.

 

[sushiwarrior]

Not quite teasers, not quite full shots!

None of this would be possible (well, maybe just a bit) without the amazing folks at NZXT and Bill Owen and MNPCTech!

 

[Agnostos Insania]

Great photography.
It's always interesting to see hobbies intermingle like this, although it's kind of funny in some ways.
No offense intended, but only a photography guy would take FOUR pictures of some simple PCV tubing in various degrees of detail.

Although maybe that's one of the details of the sponsorship, but it's still just frankly hilarious to have those four pictures of that tube. Do you have any in black and white or sepia?