Xigmatek Elysium Workstation Build

[RiotDiscoMan]

So I am 90% finished with this build. Here is a break down of the current components:

Case: Xigmatek Elysium

CPU: Intel LGA2011 3930k

CPU Cooling: Corsair H100

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 Deluxe

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) 1866 RAM

Video/Graphics: ATI FirePro V5900

Storage: (1) Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD (O.S., Adobe & CAD programs only); (1) Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD cached with 2TB WD Cav Black HDD

Power: Corsair AX1200

Optical Drive: (1) ASUS BD/DVD/CD burner

- I have a 2TB WD Cavier Black with a 120GB SSD cached to it for storage.

- I made a few custom brackets to mount the H100 vertically on the floor of the case so that it would reach and could still use (3)140MM fans in the top side of the case.

- There are (4) 140mm fans (7) 120mm fans (1) is in the back panel blowing on the back side of the CPU) and (1) 200mm fan installed.

- I also have a small 250GB WD HDD installed just for a back up image drive in the event that I have to do a clean re-install or repair.

Any comments are welcomed and thanks for the input.

 

[RiotDiscoMan]

Thank you to yassarikhan786 for the pointers on the pic posting. I was drawing a complete blank there.

 

[RiotDiscoMan]

Workstation Build Photobucket Album

 

[yassarikhan786]

Hi,

Very nice rig man, it looks awesome with the orange

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To post multiple photos, just copy the image url and use the "Insert Image" option:

Do the above for each photo

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[RiotDiscoMan]

Thank you very much I will try and edit my main post with the images inserted. I appreciate the compliments and the pointer.

 

[yassarikhan786]

You're welcome mate, glad to be of service

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[thestepster]

looks nice man but thats not a lot of kit for such a cavern of a case

 

[KiiYzOo]

awesome

never seen a rad mounted like that before

did you make the brackets yourself?

 

[RiotDiscoMan]

Yeah, I made the mounts. They're basic 1/8" x 1/4" thick Aluminum flat stock that I measured, drilled, bent/broke & painted. I measured it so that I could use the existing 120mm fan mounting holes that were in the bottom of the floor pan.

I wish the "vertical mount" Idea were original to me, but I have be honest, I saw a video on youtube where a guy used the vertical mount a build in a Corsair 600T case ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pxJ6JECQuQ ). As for the idea of how to put it into the Elysium. Yeah I came up with that, but alas I got the vertical Idea from the video.

 

[RiotDiscoMan]

looks nice man but thats not a lot of kit for such a cavern of a case

You are correct, I don't have much in there at the moment, I am going to end up with more RAM and RAM cooling fans on the kit as soon as funds allow. I also was "originally" going to order an SR-2 with dual Xeons, but alas the new 2011' released literally the day I was about to break loose and start buying gear. Thus... I took that route. I hope to also integrate some nice good quality water cooling once I get the money and this case should more than give me great room for that. So I guess you could say I'm trying to plan ahead and be flexible on the case so that I have room to expand and play in the future. Thanks for the comment and for checking it out.

Plus... I have to say this case is HUGE and anything short of the SR-2 is going to look dwarfed in there. lol

 

[S_I_N]

very sweet rig mate I love it I'd thought of getting that case but like ya said anything less than an sr-2 looks dwarf in it so i went with the 932

 

[RiotDiscoMan]

very sweet rig mate I love it I'd tohought of getting that case but like ya said anything less than an sr-2 looks dwarf in it so i went with the 932

Very cool!

I really was back and forth on the case. I think I was a little worried that this is my first build and that I would not do so great with my cable management and I really didn't want the "old dusty cramped computer" like the one that I have been patching for over 8 years. The old one is an old cramped AMD based machine in an old "Hydraulic" case... I don't even think they're made anymore. lol

Plus being that I intend to expand I didn't want to be in the same place when it came that time. Thanks for the kind comments.

In my opinion that is probably the largest drawback to the case I had to get extensions for all 4 of the rad fans to cleanly reach the controller on the CPU. I can't complain though. I really have become a fan of the case the more I add the more I am thankful that I chose it.

 

[digitalgrafx]

nice build!

 

[TiDew]

very nice build mate!

 

[Solidarity]

Tidy looking rig. I like the way the h100 rad is mounted.

 

[crimson2404]

Nice, the orange fins go really well with white leds.

 

[hoofhearted4]

you need to change your RAM timings in your BIOS. mobos usually read RAM (no matter the clock you bought it at) at 1333Mhz. go into your BIOS and change the timings. for my RAM it was 9-10-9-28. idk if this is uniform across all RAM or not, but thats what mine is at. hope this helps

nice lookin case also! love the fans!

 

[sheroo]

The choice of fans together with that uniquely mounted H100 make that rig look really sweet. I'm gonna have to get some of those fans now - damn you sexy orange fans....

 

[BloomerzUK]

I have a Utgard, a cousin to the Elysium. Lovely cases.. lovely build

 

[michaelah500]

How's the V5900 going for you?

Temps?

Performance?