Parvum Systems Project Magnus

[imersa]

Acrylic tubing time

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More delays.. nothing unusual here. This time we lost three-phase power for 6 days. Really messing up work and any chance of project updates.

But that said... now we have something to show you. Exciting tubing at that!

First we want to quickly show you something we are pretty happy with. It was done for a friend (our very own TTL) so won't be used in this build but a nice little piece. Spec was from a pencil drawing. Single piece construction using heat to bend and designed to hold 4 SSDs:

mmmmmm SSD p0rn....!

Onto MAGNUS!

First up we remove the mosfet block from the board:

Replacing with an awesome little XSPC block:

One thing that did lose out on was due to the reverse(upsidedown) layout.. the little badge cannot be used. Not really a big deal as the build is very monotone but still wanted to do a little something....

Removed the orginal red detailing from the Asus heatsinc:

ANd in place on the XSPC waterblock:

Next up we made a small jig from a bunch of acrylic layers. It's purpose was to add the extra 30mm of space that will be taken up in the bottom of the case so I could start to plan the loop. As with all of our builds we are forever stuck in a 'catch-22'; one thing is always stopping us do the next so this was the only way to move forward:

Putting the jig to use:

Then use the jig to mark the bottom panel. Again all will because much clearer in future updates:

And more:

Next up... well... THANK YOU ASUS! We have more GPUs!
Sitting pretty with stock coolers for now:

Unfortunatly for now we are having problems sorting suitable waterblocks. However knowing they will be XSPC in style the way to move forward was to grab one of Shaun's 780's already with XSPC block:

So for anyone who hasn't worked with acrylic.. we cut ours just using a basic coping saw in a vice. Simply paired with any fittings suitable for this tubing. Bitspower and EK do these. Also spotted some other fitting systems being used but don't like the looks of these. We also hate any bending of hard line tubing. After all.. floppy tubing does the bends. If you are trying to make a super tight bend without kinking it... that's great... BUT we think there is always a better option. Thats our advise anyway. Acrylic U bends are something that make the eyes bleed.

MOAR TUBES:

That is it for today friends and fans

With this progress it really means we can get going on the build so expect more frequent updates ASAP! NOOB stop moaning now! ;D

 

[tinytomlogan]

ooooooooooooooooh MY stand!

 

[theDTP]

ooooooooooooooooh MY stand!

I'd be excited too, that's quite yummy!

Love the tubing and fittings by the way ^_^

 

[mehere]

patent pending?

 

[alpenwasser]

Those fittings in the midplate remind me of gun towers with the tubing as laser beams
coming straight out like that and up (yeah, I might have taken some mental damage
during my army time :lol: ).

I must admit that I don't actually mind bends in hard tubing, in fact I've seen some very
impressive and creative bending work. But tastes differ in that regard I suppose.

 

[Wraith]

This should come with an 18+ age rating! Because this is simply PC Filth! Down boy!

 

[imersa]

I'd be excited too, that's quite yummy!

Love the tubing and fittings by the way ^_^

Thanks DTP! I CANNNTTT wait to finish this. Progress is happening as well

patent pending?

hmmm for what part? I would like to patent my activities with TTL. I recall patents need to have a new or an inventive step... I wont go into details.

Those fittings in the midplate remind me of gun towers with the tubing as laser beams
coming straight out like that and up (yeah, I might have taken some mental damage
during my army time :lol: ).

I must admit that I don't actually mind bends in hard tubing, in fact I've seen some very
impressive and creative bending work. But tastes differ in that regard I suppose.

ahhh thanks for the idea/photo. Thats actually pretty cool reference. I think with the fluid it may look even more like towers and guns and lasers haha.

This should come with an 18+ age rating! Because this is simply PC Filth! Down boy!

 

[imersa]

Rads and Fans

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WE BACK WE BACK! on time for once a small update, but one of many...

ITS PEXON TIME WOO PEXON GO PEXON!!

So long story short, with such demand at work and focusing my time in much needed places (being slapped up if I stay at work too late).. I had to call in reinforcements. Doing this level of work was just not feasible. I suppose that's the great thing about having awesome friends. We've known James of Pexon PCs for some time now and each time we get around to hanging out its great fun. Roll on iSeries...

Moving onto his work of wonders; The job was to do exactly what I showed in one of the earlier posts. Different custom length wires then braided in MDPCX Shade 19. A very fiddly solder job indeed. The points are pretty close together on fans and this isn't helped when the wires are all black.

To make things even harder each fan had to run to a single 3pin header. Basically a daisy chain to allow us to run 16 fans from just 8 fan headers. The controllers being used here has more than enough power to do this:

Thank you very much mate and indeed I owe more than beer!

Next now that the fans are ready it was time to start fitting the radiators. See close ups of these beauties in one of my first posts. Using the XSPC AX series:

Had to connect the two rads together as they will both be working in the same loop. First try was a male to male and a male to female extenders. Sadly too short by about 5mm. Sad Panda

Considered searching for a differnt length extender but the problem with this build is the black chrome finish. Parts are much fewer than standard chrome finish for example.

Decided to go with a baby piece of acrylic tube. I suppose the extra work was a bit annoying but got the job done:

Installed 4 fans and two rads and got connected up. Managed to squeeze all 4 cables between two fans which was tight but neat!

Little test fit in the top of the case:

SADLY my friends... that is it. I started to fit the next two rads in the bottom of the case but ran into some design complications so have to figure a few things out before the next update.

My only other frustration here is the slight bow that's happening in the roof of the case due to the weight. This wont happen once the side panels are on as they will take all the weight but it's a bit annoying when building. May make a little reinforcement as the side panels wont be cut to the VERY end.

Thanks again for reading.

 

[Conchubair]

looking awesome as ever, keep up the good work, yeah?

 

[PEXON]

So glad you got them safe man, I worked hard on those! I'm happy to work for beer lol

 

[Etlar]

So glad you got them safe man, I worked hard on those! I'm happy to work for beer lol

I will keep that in mind mate

 

[Tripp]

looks fantastic so far

 

[imersa]

looking awesome as ever, keep up the good work, yeah?

Thanks very much I will keep it up best I can!!

So glad you got them safe man, I worked hard on those! I'm happy to work for beer lol

As happy as you bro! Can't wait to show you rig in person.

I will keep that in mind mate

Hey hey hey!! He's my beer drinking elf! Hands off!

looks fantastic so far

^_^^_^^_^

 

[Wraith]

:lol: That's excellent!

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[imersa]

More rads more fans

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HOLD UP...! ITS TIME AGAIN!!!

Going straight in with some adjustments to the white bottom chamber. Cable management was impossible to be clear when we did the drawing for Magnus as we really had no idea what we even going into the build. In turn however this gives a really nice and easy 'hands on' way to planwhat changes we want to make.

The old:

The NEW:

As with all cases Magnus is fully modular. It makes making changes like these a lot less stressful. Unscrew and slide the new panel in place:

New panel in and with the addition of two new cubes (you'll see what these are for shortly) and better cable holes:

More changes and this time on the bottom black panel. By using the technical drawing on the XSPC website we managed achieve this first time:

Time to install more of these beautiful fans:

A mirror now of the top chamber connections. Connecting the two rads together with acrylic tube:

Two more new cubes. These will correspond to the two I mentioned earlier:

This little frosted guy will be doing the work between the four cubes:

Installed:

Entire panel installed in the bottom of the case now:

The purpose of the frosted panel will become clear now. It basically acts much like the mid wall does in the body of the case and provides much needed extra strength. We did this as the rads are heavy even before they get filled with coolant. If you are wondering why frosted and not black. Frosted acrylic is in much less demand at work & this part of the case wont be visible:

Now you can see what the new cable management holes are for. All falling into place well:

Last for today we install the fifth and final 240mm radiator into the system:

The clearance and fit we are very happy with. Had people mention vibration issues from the fans/rads touching panels like this but had no issues in previous builds and no sound problems upon test run:

So we did get a bit more done on the build but no more time for Photoshop today so will end it here.

Love it? Hate it? Ideas? or even just want to show some love; VERY WELCOME!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING!!

 

[alpenwasser]

Loving that radiator panel, such precision. :wub:

 

[imersa]

Loving that radiator panel, such precision. :wub:

Thank you , really wish it was almost seen more when the build is finished. Hopefully make up for it in the main part of the case tho

 

[alpenwasser]

Thank you , really wish it was almost seen more when the build is finished. Hopefully make up for it in the main part of the case tho

Sometimes it's not about something being seen but more about knowing it is there.
I have certainly put quite a bit of work into parts of my rig which won't ever be seen
once it's put together.

 

[SuB]

this is really coming on. I do have a personal gripe though, i really don't like those fittings. I dunno what it is, they just look.. odd.. ?

But that's just me, the acrylic work is beautiful.

 

[imersa]

Sometimes it's not about something being seen but more about knowing it is there.
I have certainly put quite a bit of work into parts of my rig which won't ever be seen
once it's put together.

Yeah you said it. I've got to comfortable in some builds in hiding all the junk. It's great but its not the 100% that we wanted this rig to be.

this is really coming on. I do have a personal gripe though, i really don't like those fittings. I dunno what it is, they just look.. odd.. ?

But that's just me, the acrylic work is beautiful.

Understand that. I wasn't keen initially. It's how they go from fat to thin for sure. Then when paired with other fittings give a pretty strange look. It's grown on me big time however. almost like a ball joint look.

Thanks for the compliment