PEXON
SleevingMaster
P R O J E C T / / O V E R W A T C H
SPONSORS / / MSI UK / / OVERCLOCKERS UK / / E22 AND HEXGEAR / / SUPERFLOWER
Specifications:-
CASE: HEX GEAR R40
CPU: Intel Pentium G5420
MOBO: MSI B150M Mortar ARCTIC
GPU: MSI GTX1070
RAM: Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 16GB
PSU: SuperFlower LEADEX Gold 750W
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB 2.5"
Full Alphacool watercooling components throughout. [waterblocks, radiators, fittings]
Phobya Bionic ELOOP fans [120mm]
Custom Overwatch 240mm and 360mm fan grills in white acrylic
Full custom made cables by PEXON
This build was inspired from the great response from Vault 111/ fallout 4 themed rig we made for i55 last year. I wanted to make an Overwatch themed project for i58. The only case for the job was the r40. The shape, layout and obviously, hex cuts work perfectly for the theme. Orange and white will be the main colours for rig and the accents will be silver// stainless.
Thank you to OVERCLOCKERS and SuperFlower for providing another PSU. This time around we have a white (sex) 750W GOLD rated LEADEX unit
Obvious reason for the LEADEX is for the 9x universal connectors. As I am only using 1 gpu and 1 cpu cable, I have 7 other connectors left for periperhals/ LEDs/ pumps etc and they will be directly wired into the PSU.
Thank you to MSI for supplying the rock solid B150M Mortar motherboard, as featured in the Fallout 4 build, but this time around we have it in an amazing white// camo styling
RAM used is Crucial Ballistix Sport to go with the white theme. 16GB kit in 4x4gb for a full bank.
Cabling will be done in Teleios Orange and Fusion Carbon (clear // black) sleeving with orange connectors and white cable combs from E22
GPU will be an MSI GTX 1070 FE
Its a shame to be watercooling the GPU, that stock cooler is gorgeous
Something cheap and dirty to get the rig show ready as time is against us before LAN...
... CPU will be upgraded soon
Sprayed up the CPU mounting block with Montana GOLD white spray after sanding off all the powder coating, degreasing and priming
Whats this gonna be then?
Stainless overbraid on the 16mm x 10mmm tubing; something different as hardline just doesn't do it for me, sorry!
Now. I thought this was going to be a breeze. Oh how wrong I was. Stainless is a PITA to work with. I've welded it before, its a pain. Cutting it with a chop saw takes ages, its a pig to work with but it looks balla. The tubing is cut to size, the stainless overbraid is threaded on to the tubing. Now, you need to cut excess. ànd apply tape to the ends. The collars// compression rings must be applied before cutting as seen later. I found that using a deburring tool on the collar helps so much. I use a 'shaviv
branded tool and it works a treat.
The stainless steel overbraid is cut with dremel cut off wheel. Slow speed, patience and good quality blades are a must.
PTFE tape on the thread stops anything gunking up, the braid fouling or flash getting stuck.
Prepare for GNARLY fingers and no finger prints trying to get the braid on without stabbing yourself. Again, taking my time helped, patience is a virtue. You HAVE to hold the fitting and not the tubing, if you move the tubing, you will get pulls, frays and the tubing will slip and cause bumpy bits and just look narstie with crossed braid.
Also made up a nifty little LED strip with some extruded aluminium profile and clear// trans diffuser. Cool white LEDs are going to suit this best. Orange will bleach too much.
The PSU shroud got a lovely coat of HAMMERITE, yup, hammerite. Silver hammered finish.
I also knocked up a lovely IEC C13 cable with a sturdy 3 pin orange plug and Arctic Grade 1mm SY cable (3 core).
I will leave it here for today...
Thank you for looking
//PEXON
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looking forward to more updates!!
