PolySmasher

[_k1nga_]

Hello everybody!
After 5 years from my last build(Project Paradise)

I decided to start a new build mainly focus to achieve great result in both work and games and that's why the name PolySmasher. For this new build I sent to the scrapyard my old 2500k and change side from Intel to AMD.

This PC will mainly serve me as a workstation(modeling,sculpting,texturing...) and of course gaming in my spare time. I choosed to go with Ryzen due to its great results in both of these two fields.

About the colors. I have to admit I was really inspired by a custom build made by BitWit and from one custom sleeve color by MDPC. It has been love at first sight, the Perfect Pink. I also like some other colors from the MDPC sleeves collections and I made some little photoshop over some pictures to see what I enjoy the most(even for cable scheme color). I took the picture from Mod1PC(as you can still see from the tag on them), and I hope that's not a problem, otherwise I'll delete the pictures.

These are the components for the pc:

Case: Phanteks P400S Tempered Glass edition (not sure yet between total white or black/white)
Mobo: Gigabyte X370 Aorus K7
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700x
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LED 2x16GB 3200 (white)
VGA: ASUS Strix GTX1080
HDD: 2 x Toshiba P300 3TB (raid 1)

Parts I already own that I'll upgrade(hopefully soon)

Monitor: Wacom Cintiq 27QHD (2560x1440)
Dissi: Corsair H100i
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (boot and main software used)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
VGA: Gigabyte GTX970 G1 Gaming
PSU: Corsair AX1200 (already with some custom made MDPC cables but I'll resleeve them after I choose the color for this new build)

After so many years I really wanna try to make a good looking custom liquid cooled pc but this is really a plus for now, I hope I can get it done!

I already had some help from the guys in the community helping me choosing the right cpu.

I truly hope I didn't forget anything and see you soon with the pictures of the first components!
Of course any advice is really appreciated

 

[_k1nga_]

Most of the components are here, I'm still waiting for the AM4 bracket(damn, I can't even try to run it) and the case.

Next week I'll order the sleeves and I'll hopefully start the works really soon.
I have some idea to integrate more "visually" the polysmasher name into the case but more on that when i finish the concept.
In the end I bought the P400S black/white version and I'll probably choose the dominant color for the sleeving when I have the chance to boot up the system in the new case. For now I think I'll reuse my Enermax Cluster fans from my previous build cause luckly they have white LEDs.

Hope to get back to you as soon as possible! =00=

 

[NeverBackDown]

So is this going to be a black/white color scheme or pink?
Looking forward to the next update

 

[_k1nga_]

So is this going to be a black/white color scheme or pink?
Looking forward to the next update

I'll probably end up using black and titanium sleeve with a third color choosed between the 4 options in my first post. The white will be probably just a bit of "fresh air" in the case to give it some light. I think I'll end up testing something when I get my hand on the case with some photoshop

 

[_k1nga_]

oooook, all the components from the first order arrived

I tried to make a quick build to see if everything works and how everything looks inside this new case and I must admit, I really like it but, Houston, we got a problem! ps:

I never took in to count the dimension of the AX1200 compared to this case. As you can see under the midplate I have just 7cm left to manage most of the cables and I still have to plugin the 2 HDDS with their alimentation wires as well. My cables didn't help neither since when I sleeved them I cover all the wire with a white insulating tape so now they're really stiff and hard to put in place. Since I'll end up using black/grey and coloured sleeve I think I'll rebuy the wires and make them from scratch maybe even cutting them to the right length needed so I can avoid all that mess in the midplate.

BTW I must admit, I really dig the look of this case!! :rock::asd:

 

[_k1nga_]

I'm really sorry I had to leave this project on hold for this long time but I had quite a busy life in the last 6 months. Tons of stuff happened and I even joined a new big videogame studio here in the UK
Anyway, during the Christmas holidays I took the 15% discount EK was offering and I decided to take my first steps in the custom water cooling loops and this is what I ordered.

With this being my first custom loop and me being dumb, I decided to go with a soft tubing and a 360mm rad. This last part got me to 2 problems, where do I fit now my 2 3.5 HDD drive in RAID1? And, I can't fit the video card with the pump/reservoir in that vertical mount! *stupidme*

So, I decided to go with the pump/reservoir horizontally so this way I could easily fit my videocard on top and the wi-fi pci-e card can fit behind.

Luckily the psu shroud holes fit perfectly with the pump support but while mounting and filling the reservoir in this position I noticed the shroud bending a bit under the load of the water giving me a crooked "composition".

So as you can see from the picture, for the moment I'm using a little piece of polystyrene to keep it on a straight line while I'm searching for a more eye pleasant solution. Do you have some suggestion on how to get rid of those air bubble on the glass of the reservoir?

This is how it looks now and luckily I've been leak free for the past 3-4 days. I've been using the pc with the PSU outside the case just for extrameasure but now I have another problem that is killing me. Before putting this new upgrades in place I was using a Corsair H100i and I kept hearing a noise with a very subtle tickling(and I actually tought was the actual pump in the AIO), but while I was filling the new loop with just the PSU+D5 pump turned on I noticed all that noise coming from the PSU fan. I'm thinking of swapping the fan in the PSU(it's been over 6 years since I bought it), drill a little hole in the shroud and connect the fan to the motherboard. Do you have any recommendation of which fan to put in there?

Sorry for the bible-type post, I should have split this post in more post probably. I'll try to be more constant in future