Hi all,
This is something I have been working on each weekend for the last few months. Finding time gets more and more difficult as I go on.
Originally I had a 900D build but grew tired of the space it took up in the room. Also I grew tired of it. I wanted to challenge myself and see what I could do while spending as little as possible in terms of upgrades. Since I gave away my first PC to the family of my closest friend R.I.P it left me quite out of pocket when I heavily invested in my second project
At least this was my initial plan, but the upgrade bug always kicks in.
I have been using my IKEA Linnarp desk for the last 6 years and it has served me well. So I figured why not enhance it a little bit.
So here is what I began with, but just imagine it no where near new and quite "banged" up
the challenge i set myself was to reuse as much of the components in my 900D as possible, with a slight change. My first 900D had a dark build aka the "necrotic chamber" as I called it on here and gave it away. The second one I had was all black with no colour variation. This time I wanted to go for purity so would make everything white.
This means changing the colour of the fittings, GPUs, motherboard, pumphousing, and even reservoir.
Current specs:
Motherboard: Sabertooth Z77 (potentially upgrading to Sabranco upon availibility)
CPU: Delid 3570k
Memory: Kingston 16gb Hyper X
GPU: 2x 780 reference from EVGA
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar STX I
Storage: 2x Samsung 840Pro 250gb SSD, 1x 500gb WD HDD
PSU: Seasonic Ultra Quiet 850W
Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift
Cooling components:
Pump: 2x MCP35x single loop
Res: 2x EK 25cm tube res
GPU: 2x FC Titan/780ti
CPU: EK Supremacy
Radiators: 1x 360 EK XTX and 1x 240 EK XTX
Fans: Corsair SP120 for rads
Chassis fans: Bitfenix 1000rpm white fans
Fittings: Countless EK HD rigid fittings and rotaries.
MISC:
Lamptron SMP pro LED UV lighting
Shoggy Sandwich decoupling pads
Lamptron CW611 Fan Controller
Phobya 19mm bell push switches (i think i got the wrong ones
)
I asked in a thread sometime ago about mixing fittings e.g. using EK HD fittings with 16mm OD alongside Bitspower rotaries and I was slightly mocked in an understandable way, afterall why would you mix brands. But the reasoning was due to surplus stock of the 16mm OD tubing I had.
So I figured ill stay true to the comments and I will continue to reuse the fittings by stripping them down to bare copper and respraying white. Unlike some professional "colour" artists on here like Snef and B-Negative, I will attempt to use spray cans in a patient way i.e. around 10 coats in total to avoid orange peel effects.
The Tools:
No modder is complete without their trusted Dremel and I am a little bit of a hoard with dremel gear. Just a small example below
I must admit, the scroll saw is a fantastic and nifty little tool which you can easily pack away. Note to other potential buyers though. Make sure you buy the 90degree blades.
Pretty much everything was done with these three tools and of course the obvious screwdriver
More pics will follow once I have time to upload them.
This is something I have been working on each weekend for the last few months. Finding time gets more and more difficult as I go on.
Originally I had a 900D build but grew tired of the space it took up in the room. Also I grew tired of it. I wanted to challenge myself and see what I could do while spending as little as possible in terms of upgrades. Since I gave away my first PC to the family of my closest friend R.I.P it left me quite out of pocket when I heavily invested in my second project
At least this was my initial plan, but the upgrade bug always kicks in.
I have been using my IKEA Linnarp desk for the last 6 years and it has served me well. So I figured why not enhance it a little bit.
So here is what I began with, but just imagine it no where near new and quite "banged" up

the challenge i set myself was to reuse as much of the components in my 900D as possible, with a slight change. My first 900D had a dark build aka the "necrotic chamber" as I called it on here and gave it away. The second one I had was all black with no colour variation. This time I wanted to go for purity so would make everything white.
This means changing the colour of the fittings, GPUs, motherboard, pumphousing, and even reservoir.
Current specs:
Motherboard: Sabertooth Z77 (potentially upgrading to Sabranco upon availibility)
CPU: Delid 3570k
Memory: Kingston 16gb Hyper X
GPU: 2x 780 reference from EVGA
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar STX I
Storage: 2x Samsung 840Pro 250gb SSD, 1x 500gb WD HDD
PSU: Seasonic Ultra Quiet 850W
Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift
Cooling components:
Pump: 2x MCP35x single loop
Res: 2x EK 25cm tube res
GPU: 2x FC Titan/780ti
CPU: EK Supremacy
Radiators: 1x 360 EK XTX and 1x 240 EK XTX
Fans: Corsair SP120 for rads
Chassis fans: Bitfenix 1000rpm white fans
Fittings: Countless EK HD rigid fittings and rotaries.
MISC:
Lamptron SMP pro LED UV lighting
Shoggy Sandwich decoupling pads
Lamptron CW611 Fan Controller
Phobya 19mm bell push switches (i think i got the wrong ones

I asked in a thread sometime ago about mixing fittings e.g. using EK HD fittings with 16mm OD alongside Bitspower rotaries and I was slightly mocked in an understandable way, afterall why would you mix brands. But the reasoning was due to surplus stock of the 16mm OD tubing I had.
So I figured ill stay true to the comments and I will continue to reuse the fittings by stripping them down to bare copper and respraying white. Unlike some professional "colour" artists on here like Snef and B-Negative, I will attempt to use spray cans in a patient way i.e. around 10 coats in total to avoid orange peel effects.
The Tools:
No modder is complete without their trusted Dremel and I am a little bit of a hoard with dremel gear. Just a small example below



I must admit, the scroll saw is a fantastic and nifty little tool which you can easily pack away. Note to other potential buyers though. Make sure you buy the 90degree blades.

Pretty much everything was done with these three tools and of course the obvious screwdriver

More pics will follow once I have time to upload them.
Last edited: