Project: Leviathan

[cybermaniac]

ok guys

here is what i did to remove the stock block on the motherboard:

These are the tools i needed: Amp remote control (good ol' dire straits), servisol freeze it, screwdriver (both flathead and cross), pliers and scissors (PLEASE replace this with small pliers, my toolkit is not at my house - I BLAME YOU DAN!).

the SB came off as soon as i undid the clips, the NB was a bit harder to do......thats where my buddy servisol came into play.

2-3 minutes of that applied to the underside of the heatsink and voila, it popped off, lil bit of help from a screwdriver just to undo the stickness from the TIM, and it was done.

Mosfet blocks, just as easy as the SB.

Order to do it: SB, Mosfets, then chill and take off the NB.

Heres the rest of the pics:

this whole proccess took me "approximatly" 7 minutes, 56 seconds, 157 milliseconds

I hope this helps peeps. I couldn't have done it however, without some help:

reps to xtremesystems for the servisol idea.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=162085

As soon as the waterblocks come in, i'll be cleaning up the thermal gunk, putting on some nice MX2, and whacking the blocks on.

 

[Socks]

NICE!!!

I cant wait to get mine and do some messing about...i dont want to rip off the chips though (lost the link) like that poor fella did. ouch

 

[cybermaniac]

right!

an update at last, with so much going on IRL, the PC had to be put on the back burner for a coupla months . Oh well, Life gets yas I suppose.

The plan for the PC has changed slightly, with 2x 74gb Raptors taking place of 2x 500gb seagates, (raptors will be in RAID 0 whislt the seagates were going to be raid 1).

then i got myself a raid card to raid 1+0 (instead of the original 0+1 raid), 4x 500gb seagates.

right pics:

note: I've put a random bit of perspex on a coupla of the pix just so you can see the effect i'm going for in the end.

 

[cybermaniac]

more pics

it's very rough atm, but I'm just waiting on a couple more bolts, and hoping Kataras does me a favour with the acrylic then hopefully it should be all sweet.

Also, included as a laugh, is my work in progress ghetto airbrushing table. Cost me £5 (it shows huh ) and its merely designed so that you can either place an object on the table, or hang something from the 90 degree pole via fishing wire. It is also height adjustable and portable

voila!

 

[Socks]

Loving the blowhole on le front. Very sexy, im still a little lost as to where you are going with the acrylic and fan controller.

 

[cybermaniac]

finally back on track

*phew*

after a long while without touching leviathan due to money, education and work reasons, I have finally managed to come back to it.

I've done a few changes from the original Leviathan V1, it is now Leviathan V3.

Changes done:

4x 500gb Seagate HDDs

2x 74gb WD Raptors

1x Lian Li A71B

and I also added a second loop.

right here's what you have been waiting for:

The first picture is my Lian Li V2100B in process of Leviathan V2, but we decided to change a few things.

Pictured is Kataras aka Ron, really helped me out with a few things. The project is still not finished, but it should be done by the end of the week.

 

[cybermaniac]

 

[Socks]

ROFL at ron in the first pic, looks soooo happy. XD

Jesus christ, i know your always saying about hdd space but ****!!!

You got the raptops in there, and more.....

 

[Socks]

And just a little thing i found....

Or is that some dust on the case??

 

[cybermaniac]

probs dust - either that or I blame Ron.

I'm dealing with cabling, putting things in, whislt Ron is dealing with some modding + radical ideas.

edit: just looked at the rear of the case, and I can't see the marks there, I'll have a proper look in the sun when we next work @ it, but atm it looks clean with no marks. If there is i'll touch em up and they are very minor.

 

[cybermaniac]

we did a bit more cable tidying, connected the most of the fans (apart from the triple rad which we haven't put the loop in yet).

I am currently leak testing the motherboard loop which we installed, I installed the HDD cabling, controller cabling, we made the pump/res combo more secure so it didn't move or vibrate.

I am also deliberating putting another fan onto the PA120.1 so it recieves more airflow, as during ambient temp testing i noticed that it got to approx 35-40c just on leak testing.

whenever I have time to get back to the project (probs monday now), i'll resit then fan controllers as they aren't lined up properly and a coupla other modifications.

 

[cybermaniac]

last pics:

(which do you think is the odd one out? )

before anyone says anything about the gaps between the DVD-RW and the case, its actually a

up by lian li.

I'll be redoing the pipework when i get dual grfx cards and 2 more HDDs, so once i know where everything will finally be, I can do a definitive build to make it all nice.

Plans for future:

2x 4870 water cooled

water cooling loops changed to as follows:

Loop 1:

PA120.3

CPU

Mosfets

Loop 2:

PA120.2

NB

SB + Crosslinx

2x ATI 4870

I'll be getting rid of the PA120.1, moving the HDD cage closer to the motherboard, and putting the PA120.2 where the front fans are. Will make things ALOT nicer.

 

[Kerotan]

Good to see the Kaze Master in there, cracking little Fan Controller if I do say so myself, and bloody gorgeous as well

Great build as well mate- you sure like your HDDs! Did you spray the floppy cover yourself? What kind of temps you getting out of it?

 

[cybermaniac]

atm i'm just literally leak testing, so no temps to report as yet.

floppy drive i actually removed a face plate from a black floppy disk drive and put it on a white floppy disk drive.........and decided i liked the white button lol.

here are some night shots thus far, I need to figure out why 1 out of 2 UV LEDs isn't working on the pump/res, then also gotta add 2 more UV LEDs to the 5'25 res.

Tomorrow, I start on the actual hardware testing + installing + temp testing.