Project SOA

[rocfusion]

Hi,

I never really had time to get around sharing this. This is a water cooled build that I completed at the beginning of last year. It took about 4 months to complete. There are two separate water loops running. Each managed by their own Aquaero 5 controller. The radiators, pumps, reservoirs and controllers are all custom mounted. Every cable and water tube is custom sleeved. Additional Led lighting has been strategically placed around the case to give the greatest affect.

The aquaero controllers are managing the water flow, fan speed based on CPU or GPU temp. The RGB led is also controller by the Aquaero, so that when the water loop temperature increases, the led lighting will change from blue to red indicating that the system is under load. Since there are two controllers then you will see the load from the CPU and GPU independently.

The graphics cards are overclocked and the cards are connected to the screens via HDMI. They are configured using Nvidia Surround in SLI mode. So that 3 cards are dedicated to drive the screens and one card is used for the Physx.

The entire system is placed in a dedicated glass cube which is separately air conditioned to the rest of the room. This build was one part of the entire game room....

All the parts were purchased the year before, yet still this system still rocks. Here is a complete parts list:

4x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified Hydro Copper, 4096 MB DDR5 overclocked which are connected to 3 Samsung 32" LED Screens
Intel Core i7-3970X Processor 15MB Cache Socket LGA2011 6 Core 12 Thread overclocked to 4.7Ghz
Corsair Dominator GT Quad Channel 64GB DDR3-1866MHz
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
2X Samsung 840 PRO Series 2,5 SSD, SATA 6G - 512GB
2x Corsair AX1200 Power Supplies

1x LD Cooling Bench Table LD PC-V4-BL - Blue
2x aqualis XT 880 ml with fill level sensor and LED holder, G1/4
4x Aquacomputer mount for aqualis reservoir
2x Temperature sensor inline G1/4 for aquaero, aquastream XT and aquaduct
1x Einbaublende für poweradjust 2 USB, Aluminium schwarz eloxiert
2x aquacover dual DDC, cover for Laing und Swiftech pumps, G1/4
4x Aqua Computer D5-Pumpenmechanik mit Tachosignal
4x airplex modularity system 480 mm, aluminum fins, one circuit, stainless steel side panels
2x aquaero 5 PRO USB fan controller, graphic LCD
2x Reduzierung G1/4 außen auf G1/8 innen mit O-Ring
1x waterblock for aquaero 5, G1/4
2x Flow sensor "high flow" G1/4 for aquaero, aquastream XT ultra and poweradjust
2x aquabus cable for tubemeter
4x poweradjust 2 USB, ultra version
1x aquaero power connect - 24 pin ATX standby power / ATX break
2x Plug for relay connector, 3 contacts (for aquaero 5)
8x RGB illumination module for aquaero 5
1x Aquacomputer Fillport with deaeration manual and filling bottle
1x Tygon R3400 Schlauch 12,7/9,5mm (3/8"ID) Black 15m (50ft) "Boxed"
3x XSPC tubing PVC 19/13mm (1/2"ID) UV-active red
1x Prolimatech PK-1 Nano Aluminium Thermal Compound - 30g
4x Bitspower Absperrhahn 1/4 Zoll - shiny silver
72x EK Water Blocks EK-PSC 13/10mm Anschraubtülle G1/4 (ID 3/8" OD 1/2") - E-Nickel
20x EK Water Blocks Adapter 1/4 Zoll 90 Grad - silver
10x EK Water Blocks Adapter 1/4 Zoll 45 Grad - silver
10x EK Water Blocks EK-Extender G1/4
20x Bitspower Wasser-Einfüllöffnung 1/4 Zoll - shiny silver
4x Bitspower T-Adapter 3x IG 1/4 Zoll - shiny silver
2x Koolance HF Schnellverschluss gerade female, 1/4 Zoll
1x Koolance HF Schnellverschluss gerade male auf 19/13mm
27x Aerocool Shark Devil Red Edition LED Lüfter - 120mm

 

[Tripp]

wow thats one sick bit of kit

 

[Permafrost]

wow looks good, got any more photos?

 

[rocfusion]

there you go Permafrost, more photos added.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Certainly a unique looking rig you have there fella

 

[rocfusion]

that was the intention, when designing the system it seemed a shame to hide the components away in a case given that it being placed in a air conditioned glass cube. the customer I built this for is a motobike enthusiast and he loves the TV show, Sons of Anarchy. Which is what this build was inspired on.

 

[Permafrost]

there you go Permafrost, more photos added.

looks awesome dude

 

[Feronix]

SOA means STD in Dutch :s

But it is a nice rig!

 

[rocfusion]

weet ik Rick

Cheers!!!

 

[Feronix]

weet ik Rick

Cheers!!!

So... Why'd you call it that? :lol:

 

[rocfusion]

Sons of Anarchy

 

[Feronix]

Sons of Anarchy

Ah, I hadn't read the comment yet. Well, it's a better name than STD

 

[The_Governour]

With those rads it must sound like a jet plane??? What are your temps like?

 

[rocfusion]

Since its in the air conditioned glass cube, its dead silent, you hear nothing even at full load. They idle in the mid 20's. Go up to never any higher than 40°.

 

[Warchild]

40s with CPU clocked at what speed?

Impressive results.

 

[rocfusion]

It's clocked up to 4.7, the CPU wouldn't allow me to go any higher.

 

[Warchild]

40C at 4.7?

 

[rocfusion]

yes, don't forget its getting some help from the air conditioned glass cube. When I setting up and testing in the office then I was in the upper range 43-50 at full load.

 

[Warchild]

yes, don't forget its getting some help from the air conditioned glass cube. When I setting up and testing in the office then I was in the upper range 43-50 at full load.

Pretty impressive.

 

[rocfusion]

thanks, I spent ages planning this build, planning the loops, figuring out the aquaero wiring, the whole wiring of dual psu's. It all worked out great in the end.