Vanilla Cherries - Still WIP

[Lazy]

Overview: Since I really wanted to have a useful backup rig that I could use at lan parties, I decided to start building a new comp. I knew it was going to be based around an i5 25k and two 6950s, but I didn't really know what else I'd include. Colour wise I was very distraught, as I wanted to make this look pretty enough to take pictures of as well as for it to perform well. After months of deciding, and by "months" I mean two, I finally decided what I was going to do with it. At first I thought I should make a cool form factor rig, but I chose not to do that, as the video cards and mods I was going to do to them required that I have an E-ATX motherboard. So, although it's not very small, and although that defeats the idea of a LAN rig, I'm still calling it one because it will be what I use it for. I will also, in the near future, be putting it under water, with mostly XSPC and EK parts.​

System Name: It was going to be White Phoenix, but when I asked a clanmate he said something involving cherries, so I came up with Vanilla Cherries.

Build Details:

Main Components:

• i5 2500k - attained
  
• ASUS Maximus IV Extreme P67 - attained
  
• 12GB (2 x 4GB & 2 x 2GB) Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz - attained
  
• WD 500GB Caviar Black - attained
  
• Crucial M4 80GB - unattained
  
• MSI 6950 Frozr II x2 - attained -OLD
  
• Sapphire 7970 - attained
  
• Corsair HX850 - attained
  
• NZXT Phantom (white w/ red trim) - attained
  

AC/Misc:

• Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo II x2(will be painting white parts red) - unattained
  
• Corsair H70 - attained
  
• 4x CoolerMaster CycleFlow 120mms (red) - attained
  
• Noctua NT-H1 - attained
  
• NZXT Cold Cathodes in red x2 - attained
  
• ASUS 22" Monitor - attained
  

Hydro Kit:

Loop One:

• Bitspower Water Tank Z-Multi 150
  
• Swiftech MCP355™ 12 VDC Pump - unattained
  
• XSPC RS 240mm rad (up top, for CPU - could I fit a 360 in there if I didn't have a drive up top?) - unattained
  
• EK Supreme HF- unattained
  
• EK G1/4" Black Nickel (as many as I need)- unattained
  
• Feser UV Red and Feser UV White 3/8" - unattained
  
• Cooler Master Sickle Flows (red)x2 - attained
  

Loop 2:

• XSPC X20 750 res/pump - unattained
  
• XSPC RS 360mm rad (external) - unattained
  
• EK FC6870 - Acetal + NIckel)x2 - unattained
  
• EK G1/4" Black Nickel (as many as I need)- unattained
  
• Feser UV Red and Feser UV White 3/8" - unattained
  
• Lamptron Fan-Atic Controller- unattained
  
• Cooler Master Sickle Flows (red)x3 - attained
  

Current Loop:

• EK Supreme HF (copper/acetal)
  
• EK FC7970 copper/acetal (w/ backplate)
  
• XSPC EX240 x2
  
• XSPC EX120
  
• Yate Loon 120mm low speeds
  
• Monsoon Compression Fittings (matte black) x12
  
• Primochill LRT UV White 3/8”x5/8”
  
• Primochill LRT UV Red 3/8”x5/8”
  
• XSPC Dual bay res for DDCs
  
• Koolance PMP400 (Laing DDC)
  
• Distilled water + kill coil + PT Nuke
  

I'll get some more pics up later, and I'm still updating it, so check out later for updates! Thanks for having a look!

 

[Foxmarine]

Looks amazing! Love how the colors blend! (Want more pictures as well)

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

Trully amazing rig, i love the contrast of white and red with subtle black in there, i wonder if the orange/pale red led on the left corner was intentional?

 

[epeets]

God, that looks sweet! O_O

 

[FTR.4500MHz]

Sexy !

 

[SparkleDJackson]

I like everything apart from the leds around the backpanel. Swap that orangey red for white and the thing would be lush

 

[Daxehh]

Very very sexy looking, love the color scheme!! Can't wait for more pictures

 

[yassarikhan786]

That looks sexy as FUUUUUDGE dude, well done

 

[Liarma]

Wow. Pretty insane kit in that rig. Looks amazing. Good work man, I am quite envious

 

[stockholm1984]

Dude, if that's your back-up rig then what's your main one like?! Good work but like others have said, am interested in seeing more overall pics

 

[NRG!]

I'd check the inside of your tubing in a few weeks time if I were you. My primochill primoflex lrt black and clear are caked on the inside with plastecisor (sp?) and I need to re-do my loop with new tubing, gonna try masterkleer I think.

 

[SieB]

Not to keen on the LED lighting but it's a nice tidy loop and the red and white goes well together.

 

[CPMFW]

looking great!
got a name for your rig?
id call it st. george ;-)

 

[Murphyslaw]

great looking rig, good colour scheme

 

[Lazy]

Hey guys. So I kinda left this to its own devices after I posted it here, I'm sorry for not following up. This ended up being so much more than I bargained for, it blew up into my first real build, and a real art project. I can't believe how well it turned out, and I will treasure the experience forever. I won't bore you with all the stuff in between, but I did finish it. It was a real pleasure doing this rig, I finished it late last year after many months of trial and error and many mess ups. As you can see, there are some things that are wrong with it, but it was really just an art project. I have a current rig right now called Big Green, I might post that on here, but I don't know, I mostly just post things to Overclock.net. Thanks for the kind words, though!


Here's the finished product:

 

[Tripp]

lovely build mate why the wraps on the loop tho?

 

[Lazy]

Was getting kinks.

 

[Tripp]

ahh i see fair enough then, was there no other way for working them out?

 

[Lazy]

I'm sure there were, but I was far too lazy.

On the tube going from pump to rad I just added them for pattern consistency.

 

[Tripp]

yeah i gathered that about the last one haha