Project: Leviathan

[cybermaniac]

ok guys, time to start Project: Leviathan.

basically going to be my 3 yearly upgrade, custom made and i'll be watercooling the thing.

My original plan was the following:

Mobo:

Asus Maximus Extreme Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £197.39 *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

CPU:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Cache LGA775 (1333 Mhz) £224.18 *BOUGHT*

RAM:

OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3P13332GK) £140 *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

graphics card:

512MB XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog XXX  £210.00

psu:

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 £99.86 *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

Mobo (Asus) = £197.39

CPU (Q9450) = £224.18

Grfx (8800GT) = £210

RAM (OCZ) = £140

PSU (PCP&C) = £ 99.86

Total: £871.43

5x Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM @ £69.89 each

1x Western Digital 1000GB MYBOOK2 STUDIO EDIT external drive USB 2.0 FIWI 400 & 800 E SATA IN @ £192.85 each

1x Linkstation Pro 320GB SATA Based Network Storage Centre @ £133.78 each *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

5x 500gb Seagate = £349.45 @ £69.89 each

1x 1Tb ESATA WD = £192.85

1x 500gb NAS Buffalo = £133.78

Total: £676.08

Essential HDDs:

3x Seagate 500gb (RAID 0) = £209.67 @ £69.89 each

Total: £209.67

Total Essential ex (water) cooling: £1081.10

Water cooling (decent) = £338.37

Approx Total inc water cooling: £1419.47

Total: £712.75

Grand Total: £1802.36 including watercooling.

The watercooling is this:

12V Laing DDC-1T Ultra w/EK DDC X-TOP - Acetal - £62.99  *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

EK-FC88 GT/GTS (G92) - £54.49  *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

D-TEK FuZion CPU Block - £37.99   *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

D-Tek FuZion Accelerator Nozzle Kit - £3.98  *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

ThermoChill PA120.3 - £58.93  *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound - £3.98 *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

Zinc Plated Jubilee Wormdrive Clip 1/2" (10 Pack) - 20 £8.58

1/2" Clear High Flex Hose (XSPC)  - 3 meters - £7.47

XSPC Bay Reservoir - Clear Acrylic - £19.99

fan cooling for system:

Scythe Kama Meter Fan Controller 5.25" SCKM-1000 - £ 24.32

Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 1300RPM 120mm - £13.99 x 3

Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Quiet Fan - £12.49 x1

I will also be purchasing this:

Mnpctech 120mm Blowhole Kit: *BOUGHT* *ARRIVED*

images courtesy of coolercases.co.uk

Evocative use of aircraft style fuel fillers found on exotic sportscars. Designed and Machined by Mnpctech in 6061 billet aluminum.

Product comes with a polished, near mirror like finish.

1/4" THICK ALUMINUM

6-3/4" OUTTER DIAMETER

5" OPENING

This will be used to make a blowhole in the bottom front of the Lian Li V2100B case to allow air to be vented freely to the HDDs at the bottom of the case.

unfortunatly coolercases didn't have any in stock nor would they be getting any in due to the fact that mnpctech weren't manufacturing them anymore, so i found a source in australia to ship one to me (they had 3 in stock).

The plan atm has been slightly altered by the arrival of the X48 boards and DDR3.

As soon as i get more information from OC3D reviews and website prices, i'll be updating the work log to show the updated system parts.

However, to save money on the initial build, I have forsaken the external HDDs and the RAID 1 array. This saved me approximatly £300 or so.

January 23:

Purchased Mnpctech 120mm Blowhole Kit

1 x 120mm Blowhole Kit: Satin Finish (MNPC120BHK) = $68.64

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Sub-Total: $68.64

Australia Post (International Parcel Post - AIR (10

day(s) (Estimated Delivery Time)): $17.50

Total: $86.14 (Australian Dollars btw)

January 24 (early morning (midnight or so)):

Bought the Following:

1 x 12V Laing DDC-1T Ultra w/EK DDC X-TOP - Acetal (LDDC18-EKTOP) = £54.10 Excl. VAT (£63.57) Incl. VAT

Barb Size 1/2" Nickel Plated

1 x D-TEK FuZion CPU Block (FUZCPU) = £32.33 Excl. VAT (£37.99) Incl. VAT

Barb Size 1/2" Nickel Plated

1 x D-Tek FuZion Accelerator Nozzle Kit (FUZNOZ) = £3.39 Excl. VAT (£3.98) Incl. VAT

1 x Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (ACMX-2) = £3.39 Excl. VAT (£3.98) Incl. VAT

1 x ThermoChill PA120.3 (PA120.3) = £50.15 Excl. VAT (£58.93) Incl. VAT

Barb Size 1/2" Nickel Plated

1 x EK-FC88 GT/GTS (G92) (EK-FC88GT) = £46.37 Excl. VAT (£54.49) Incl. VAT

Barb Size 1/2" Nickel Plated

courtesy of WCUK.

Also:

1 of Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Cache LGA775 (1333 Mhz) - Retail

@ £199.99 = £199.99

Shipping Charge - TekValue Shipping (72 Hours)

@ £4.21

Courtesy of Tekheads.co.uk

However, they had this to say when i asked on the approximate ETA:

Hi,

we are not sure, they were orginally due for release on the 21st but they were delayed for around 3 weeks, so they could be 3 weeks away still.

regards

Pictures will be forthcoming as soon as Project: Leviathan gets underway and all the parts are ordered and have arrived.

 

[Bungral]

Over 3.5 TBs!!

Will read the rest of the post now!

edit: Ahhh ok you've decided against a few of them now... Still a decent amount going in though. Shame about the wait on the proccy though.

 

[cybermaniac]

Over 3.5 TBs!!

Will read the rest of the post now!

edit: Ahhh ok you've decided against a few of them now... Still a decent amount going in though. Shame about the wait on the proccy though.

aye, but it allows me to save some more lol

and i didn't decide against the HDDs.......merely waiting until i can afford em

thing is, the NAS will actually be used for my father mainly, so he can access his stuff from work. And i'll put the odd file in there so my m8s can access certain files (much like an ftp server).

I'm rather anal about backup and redudancy, but i'll see how it goes...I might get rid of a coupla things (like RAID 1 on the movies + games etc). I'd only be saving myself about £150-200 so it might not even be worthwhile messin around.

 

[cybermaniac]

January 25th:

Bought the following:

OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3P13332GK) £147.16

*courtesy of overclockers.co.uk*

Asus Maximus Extreme, iX38, S 775 £149.99

*Courtesy of scan.co.uk*

*also updated parts list*

 

[markkleb]

sounds like a pretty nice comp there.

 

[prosser13]

Sounds good

MNPCTech is a nice shop but they don't half rip you for postage sometimes

 

[cybermaniac]

thats why i go to their UK suppliers lol

 

[Rastalovich]

£149 for the mobo sounds more like it, I was like wtef with £197!

Nice build up m8.

 

[cybermaniac]

January 29th:

The following arrived:

bloody thick ENGLISH ONLY manual!!

OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3P13332GK)

Asus Maximus Extreme, iX38, S 775

Mnpctech 120mm Blowhole Kit

sorry the pics are so bad, i'm getting used to the new lens.

 

[Barry]

Some nice (and expensive!) Stuff there!

 

[Socks]

omg...i wanna know how mean this machine is ...whens everything due to arrive?? and when you gonna build it??

can i come and play?

 

[cybermaniac]

well, atm i'm waiting on the CPU, watercooling kit as to what i've ordered thus far. But i've still got another £500 of stock to buy :/

I still need to get the following to complete the ENTIRE project (i shall only be purchasing 2x internal HDDs for now though - just so i can get it up and running):

1x ATX PSU Bridging Tool 24 Pin - £1.19

1x 1/2" Clear High Flex Hose (XSPC)  - 3 meters - £7.47

1x XSPC Bay Reservoir - Clear Acrylic - £19.99

1x Scythe Kama Meter Fan Controller 5.25" SCKM-1000 - £ 24.32

3x Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 1300RPM 120mm - £41.97

1x Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Quiet Fan - £12.49

1x 512MB XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog XXX  £210.00

1x PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 £99.86

5x Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM £349.45

1x Western Digital 1000GB MYBOOK2 STUDIO EDIT external drive USB 2.0 FIWI 400 & 800 E SATA IN £192.85

1x Linkstation Pro 320GB SATA Based Network Storage Centre £133.78

Total:£1093.37

However, the essentials to getting the project up and running will be:

1x ATX PSU Bridging Tool 24 Pin - £1.19

1x 1/2" Clear High Flex Hose (XSPC)  - 3 meters - £7.47

1x XSPC Bay Reservoir - Clear Acrylic - £19.99

1x Scythe Kama Meter Fan Controller 5.25" SCKM-1000 - £ 24.32

3x Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 1300RPM 120mm - £41.97

1x Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Quiet Fan - £12.49

1x 512MB XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog XXX  £210.00

1x PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 £99.86

2x Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM £139.78

Total:£557.07

If I can, I shall be getting these from Specialtech.co.uk as Ayd has been nothing but help since I've met him.

edit:

I've also thought up plans for where the blowhole will be:

apologies for the lousy photoshop.

 

[cybermaniac]

Febuary 14th:

The following arrived:

1x Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound

1x ThermoChill PA120.3 Rad

1x EK-FC88 GT/GTS (G92) VGA Block

1x 12v Laing DDC-1T Ultra w/EK DDC X-TOP - Acetal

1x D-Tek FuZion CPU Block

1x D-Tek FuZion Accelerator Nozzle Kit

Courtesy of WCUK

Now....As I am thinking of putting the Radiator on the top of the case, I need(ed) to get rid of a certain.......erm......modification i've made.

This modification, however good (and at the time, and poorly planned out), it MIGHT have been for the purposes it served, has now caused me some major hindrance to my plan of putting a rad on top...

see in this picture how it's erm......"slightly wonky":

This is what I plan to do:

Cut the top of the case like so:

and basically replace that with some black opaque acrylic and then mount the rad onto the acrylic. As the acrylic is approximatly 3mm thick, there should be no problems with the weight of the rad for the surface area it will be using.

If anyone has any views, feel free to share em.

Btw, happy Valentine's Day ppl.

 

[Socks]

the master of butchery appears. looks interesting and will do until you do the new top. Should look good man....cant wait

 

[cybermaniac]

right then - an update........finally!:

Whats Arrived

15th feb:

1 x Buffalo LS-500GL 500GB Linkstation Pro Shared Network Storage Gigabit Ethernet

Courtesy of Ebuyer.com

18th febuary:

1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad-SLi PCI-E 750W Power Supply

Courtesy of Overclockers.co.uk

3rd march:

1 x HDD 1000GB MYBOOK2 STUDIO EDIT - USB 2.0 FIWI 400 & 800 E SATA IN

Courtesy of Ebuyer.com

12th march:

1 x XSPC Bay Reservoir - Clear Acrylic

1 x ATX PSU Bridging Tool 24 Pin

1 x 1/2 Clear High Flex Hose (XSPC) (3 Meters)

2 x Zinc Plated Jubilee Wormdrive Clip 1/2 (10 Pack)

Courtesy of WCUK

All that's left now is the following:

1x "KAZE MASTER" 5.25" Bay Fan Controller (although i've heard that these have broken quite easily?)

4x Yate Loon 120x120x25 D12SL-12 1350rpm

5x Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm *32MB Cache*

1x 512MB XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog XXX

and also waiting for

1x Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Cache LGA775 (1333 Mhz)

 

[Socks]

LOVES IT!!! im still waiting the same as you...same cpu too.

 

[cybermaniac]

hey guys

should i go for the Noctua NF-P12-1300 or the Yate Loon 120x120x25 D12SL-12?

and which fan controller shud i go for?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-000-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=189

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-003-SY&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=189

 

[Pat123]

Yate loons, simply because of the price.. can go wrong at all for £3.99..

 

[inonefly]

nice specs! im also waiting the q9450 to replace my q6600

 

[cybermaniac]

ne1 got ne views/ideas on the fan controllers?

As when i get paid i'll be doing grfx card + misc (fans, fan controllers, LEDs etc etc etc), and the month after the HDDs which will then finish the project.