Project Flynn

SparkleDJackson

SparkleDJackson

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whats cracking brethren finally bit the bullet and ordered the majority of the parts i will be using for my build named

PROJECT THAD CASTLE

after the legendary character THAD CASTLE played by ALAN RITCHSON in the magnificent tv show blue mountain state

i havent yet ordered the cpu gpu or mobo as i am waiting for lga 2011 and i am getting my stuff together so i can have a party at christmas or shortly after. i will be getting 2 of the next gen equivalent of the 580 then water cooling them and the non extreme grade 2011 chip. its going to be epic. once all of the pieces below arrive i will take a picture. will be the flipping most expensive picture i will have ever taken £1100 bricks for all the stuff below including shipping. i know ttl hates internal optical drives. but i dont and i will be disguising it (in theory) in the custom case/unit i am in the middle of constructing and modifying. this this should be a super B.A. first build. this stack of stuff alone is more than the 2 laptops and pc currently in my house (big family).

1 x Corsair Professional Series AX1200 High Performance 1200W

1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive

1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

2 x Laing D5 Vario Pump -T12 12V DC Pump

1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 7.1 Sound Card

1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive

12 x Phobya G-Silent 12 1500rpm Blue LED

2 x Alphacool Plexi lighting module G1/4

1 x Phobya push-button 16mm stainless steel, green ring lighting (3.3v mod)

4 x Fillport black nickel

1 x LEDready 5mm Twin ultra-bright UV

1 x Phobya push-button 25mm stainless steel, blue ring lighting (3.3v mod)

2 x Phobya G-Changer 360 Ver. 1.2 Black

2 x Phobya Balancer 250 black nickel

well thatl do for now. i hope to update this as often as i can.

peace out dudes

EDIT

Project Thad Castle is now Project Flynn as i have decided to takje the design in a different direction

part update

1x asus rampage IV extreme

1x Intel Core i7 3930k

80x blue 0605 surface mount leds

80x orange 0605 surface mount leds

300x 470ohm 0806 surface mount resistors

2400mm x 1200mm sheet of 12mm plywood

2 sheets of 2x3m carbon fibre vinyl wrap

still waiting for

2x corsair dominator gt 2133mhz 16 gb kits

2x ek dominator waterblocks

1x xspc raystorm cpu block

3 lt of mayhems pastel cool blue

3 lt of mayhems pastel bright orange

a butt load of 1/2x3/4 ek blacknickel/silver nickel compression fittings and 90 degree ek rotary adapters

tubing

window acrylic

6x fan filters

8x phobya g-silent blue led

1x gtx 560ti (temp card will be getting 2x gtx 780s this summer adn wcing them)

3lt of white setting liquid plastic resin plues dyes

2x phobya or any other brand 1molex---->6fan splitter pcb

there maybe some other things that i might add between now and keplerisation and if anyone wants to sponsor me im open too offers and im handy with a dremel lol.

peace out mk2
 
pics or it never happened
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the following stuff just arrived. i will lay it all out and take a photo for those with the view of pic or it didnt happen lol

1 x Corsair Professional Series AX1200 High Performance 1200W

1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive

1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

2 x Laing D5 Vario Pump -T12 12V DC Pump

1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 7.1 Sound Card

1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive

8 x Phobya G-Silent 12 1500rpm Blue LED

2 x Alphacool Plexi lighting module G1/4

1 x Phobya push-button 16mm stainless steel, green ring lighting

4 x Fillport black nickel

1 x LEDready 5mm Twin ultra-bright UV

1 x Phobya push-button 25mm stainless steel, blue ring lighting

2 x Phobya G-Changer 360 Ver. 1.2 Black

2 x Phobya Balancer 250 black nickel

1 x 26mm vandal proof switch blue ring

1 x 19mm vandal proof switch green ring

i am returning the sound blaster and i am going to replace it with the asus xonar essence "ST" with the h6 add on card for sphincter tingling 7.1 sound i know the x-fi is 7.1 but why put a 50 quid sound card when im hooking it up to 500 quid av reciever. i also made a mistake when ordering the fans and only ordered 8 like a plonker so i need another 4 for the push pull setup but the area that they will be located will be on a different level of the case so i dont think ill need to put led fans on the back and will just get some similar spec'd fans for the pull side. i will need to use a bunch of acrylic. i hope it turns out as good as it looks in my head. i plan to get everything built up and ready for the 2011 an kepler launches so i can get the stuff and fire it in. i must say though i love how the poweer and reset vandal resistant switches came with no wiring instructions. i hope to have one of them functioning as the disk activity light. but its says its rated as 12v but theres other places saying that they will work between 3-12v so i have no idea if that doesnt work ill jus thave them set to be lit the whole time. thanks guys for your input. i will keep you posted with my progress

(i also get the feeling that for a first build its like ive ordered the 64oz steak on the menu but ive got a stomach the size of a plum. like ive only ever installed ram before lol)

dj out
 
Still no pictures

This had better not be a tease.

If it's all real with a spend of such epic proportions then it could re start the worlds economies single handed
 
ive spent a cool K already with sli graphics mobo ram cpu and appropriate blocks, also fittings hose coolant lights acrylic sheet a jigsaw a router.(might rent the tools) oh yea the asus essence st and expansion board. dude there is so much left im just glad i finish paying off my sv650 october 15th and have a mega christmas bonus coming. this thing will last me for flipping ages. ill post pics as soon as i get the chance. im the oldest child of 7 all ov em living at home incuding bro-in-law and nephew living at home and im the best cook in the house so when i get in from work its usually straight into the kitchen. i wont be surprised if my future wife is the one telling me to make her a sammich flip sake lol. ive only just finished making tomorrows dinner and i started at 7 oclock lol. photos soon. also ive never loaded photos to a forum before. can i upload em to facebok then link them over so i dont chew up oc3ds bw etc

dj out
 
not sure about the oc3d uploader. give it a try. other wise use photobucket or flickr then just copy the image link over.
 
now this unit will be modified up the ying yang so dont laugh at it lol. its also hard to belive ive spent a grand on how empty this looks. i might get another 2tb hdd and a few other components before its done lol but yup theres 2 fillports and 2 drainports there aswell. everything is placed very roughly where it will sit

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the whole thing is going to be painted white including the shroud of the bluray drive apart from the chrome faceplate of the tray. the bottom level houses the power supply, rads and pumps. everything else will be top layer. there will be some fans on the horizontal plane of the middle level to push air into the top layer from the bottom layer and there will be exhausts on both top and bottom layers.

thoughts guys they may help me improve on my own ideas.

dj out
 
Awesome, can't wait to see this build come along, you have pretty much the same idea as me. I'm just going for the "SR-3" instead. We just need more info on the Keplers!!
 
Right guys. Ive mapped out my loop order and rough and i mean ROUGH layout. Ive also made an arrangement with the guy that works for/with me that im going to throw a evga gtx550ti 2gb in it for 150 hes gonna buy i off me for a hundie when kepler i released just so i can get usin my system and not have to wait an extra 2-3months

Heres diagram

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Looks very interesting mate and good choice with the Hard-drives. I'm using the same on my newest computer and they are both super fast. You won't be disappointed
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ive been doing some tinkering on solidworks the past week and this is a rendering of early (very lol) into the modding process. you will notice the long wide window in the top and the holes in the middle panel and mount plates for 200mm blue led coolermaster megaflows (to push air up into the top chamber to keep things nice and cool. this rendering has the wood finish that the unit already has which i was going to paint white completely. but seeing this has made me think that it would actually look nice if left with the wood veneer unpainted, kind of a blending of two worlds the natural and the synthetic (if you use your imagination and visualise a sli uber wc'd system in it). i kinda like the flip out of it. i still have a lot more modelling to do to get the final concept 100% and to get measurements for acrylic because the bottom chamber will still have the solid white acrylic face with fan holes and the top chamber will still have transparent acrylic for more viewing area.

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any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated guys and girls

peace out
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a few more items are on there way which brings the total up to £1700

1 x modular motherboard tray £30.00

2 x Alphacool connection terminal TEE T-piece round, G1/4 - chrome £7.24

2 x Phobya G-Silent 12 1500rpm Blue LED 4-Fach Lüfterbundle (4xLüfterpaket) £49.00

3 x Phobya 4Pin Molex to 6x 3Pin Fan Splitter PCB £10.86

2 x Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 Blue LED Silent Fan (200x200x30mm) £27.02

1 x LEDready Twin 5mm ultra-bright white £2.53

20 x 19/13mm compression fitting straight G1/4' silver nickel plated £63.40

1 x hazro hz27wc 27 inch s-ips monitor £360.00

still another 10 fittings needed not to mention water blocks cpu mobo gfx ram haha. this rig is gonna bankrupt me haha
 
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