HeretEK-An EK Vulture build

[hecsys]

So,the loop layout is done,just need to bolt everything in place.

A fully parallel loop,nice clean and efficient runs should keep this tidy inside. The tubing and res need to be airbrushed in a candy brass/gold colour along with the pump cover which will be a deep red like the tray.
I need to get a handful of E22 Ultraclear in the post Monday.......:wheee:
Then its sleeve time.......




I hate sleeving but it needs to be done!

Still need to do the back panel paint work but I really need to give them another few coats of base first.....which I ran out of......:doh:​

What kind of pump/reservoir you are using this time?

 

[Warchild]

Looks like EK X3 250 and a D5 pump with EK pump top

 

[B NEGATIVE]

A quick preview of more paint?

Red candy over orange candy over bare metal.....

You can blame Cheapskate for this....

Looks mental tho,really pops in sunlight!

 

[NeverBackDown]

Looks like blood... I love it!!!

 

[Bartacus]

It says "fire" to me, or maybe lava / magma. Whatever it is, it's my new favorite color. :drool:

 

[NeverBackDown]

It says "fire" to me, or maybe lava / magma. Whatever it is, it's my new favorite color. :drool:

blood fire? lol

 

[B NEGATIVE]

Loop cut and in,need to pull them all and bench polish the tubing,airbrush with a red candy finish and tweak a couple of the lines for perfect alignment before final fitting.
Nice and clean,simple and gives a perfect view of the hardware inside.Very happy with the layout!

And yes,I lost one of the o-rings for the 290x block,this is why the cover for the VRM bridge is off....

Now the perfectionist comes out in me,I cant stand hardlines that are not in line with points of reference,they have to be bang on! The rear tube from the GPU needs about 3mm lopped off the end where it meets the reservoir to bring it in line.

Sleeve is on its way too!

All in all a very clean loop indeed!

 

[Tripp]

The fappage is strong, very nice BNEG

 

[skullen]

Nice one Neg,very nice chap

 

[Bartacus]

Clean as usual B, love those curvy CPU tubes! :rock:

 

[B NEGATIVE]

Thanks guys,I do like it when people have comments to make.

And an hour on the bench polisher later.....

CPU block has been rotated for the correct flow path and the tube has had all the cutting back and tweaking done. I wont need to do any more polishing because of the candy coat,if this was a full bore polish job then I would still be at it till the small hours.....

 

[MadShadow]

Looks amazing dude. Great job

 

[sheroo]

Beautifully neat!!! Absolutely love dude.

 

[B NEGATIVE]

Well,the candy coating of the tube went to pot,it looked so bad....the thinners rag was got out immediately and it was removed.....

You know that cheap chrome plated plastic for kids toys? Yeah..just like that. So..polished copper it is.

Sleeving this weekend and I cant wait to take finished pics of it.!

In the meantime...

 

[B NEGATIVE]

And done...just in time for the deadline. All wired and working,need to black vinyl the HDD tho and generally tidy up and dust out....

Final pics tomorrow!

In the meantime...have some fresh from the bench shots!

 

[barnsley]

I'm a huge fan of the tubing. It also matches the case's paint really well.

 

[Tripp]

*droool* ugh dude that is sexy as, i cant wait to do my watercooling build to have a play with copper pipeing

 

[Feronix]

The paint job looks awesome with the copper! I just don't think the red of the components looks nice

 

[B NEGATIVE]

So.....final pics?

Many thanks to EK for giving me this chassis to work with,Crucial UK for providing the DDR4 kit and BeQuiet for the PSU.

Now for some fine weather for outdoor pics!

 

[AlienALX]

Amazing as always dude. It really is lovely..

I gotta say though, that red on the motherboard looks totally out of place.

It's quite a mellow and reserved build this one and that board just sticks out really bad. Are you going to change it?