7th.GeN - A fresh start

[grevaeg]

Was sitting around in my living room a few days ago.. and was pondering about a great unrest ive had for awhile..

You know... the feeling that something aint right, or needs to be done, then again.. ive had this feeling before..

And yes... its the casemod crawing that has reappeared, so i guess its time to get back to basics again, getting rid of ALL previous hardware, and going for a fresh start for once.

The modding scene seems to be evolving these days, alot of truly great mods around now, and i mean truly GREAT, how can i possibly sit down and just watch? so much great inspiration and it would be nice to join up in the modding scene again, its been way to long allready 0.o

the consept's of this build is still just theoretical, but will get on with a 3d modell tomorrow, or atleast start with the sketches ^^

However... some ideas and requirements for this build is more or less ready :

The build :

* NO more then 20db from anything in this build
* 1 SOLID gaming rig
* 1 SOLID fileserver
* Watercooling for GPU/CPU/Chipset
* Custom watertank?
* Solid alu this time around, will try and stay away from hollow profiles :P
* based around two or three modules
* more attention to details 0.o

The Hardware

Gaming rig
Mobo: MSI 790FX-GD70
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965
GFX: AMD 5970 - Crossfire
Memory: Not decided yet

Fileserver
Mobo: MSI 790FX-GD70
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965
GFX: AMD 5770
Memory: Not decided

Storage
2 x HP 300GB SAS 15000rpm
18 x Western digital 2TB SATA2 7200 RPM ^^

Cooling
Not really decided on who to go for when it comes to waterblocks or fan's yet 0.o

So this is the start, more to come ^^ wish me luck guys, heading into deep water this time around 0.o

[Trace]

It begins!

[grevaeg]

Hell yea... or , uhm... it allready started ^^

[knowledgegranted]

This is gonna be sweet! I think the TBCS staff should look into having RSS feeds from some of the threads to the from page. This would be one of them.

[Trace]

Subbing to this from the start

[raistnox]

as for fans i know hiper makes some damn good ones that are quiet as well cant remember off the top of my head if its below the 20 db limit though

[raistnox]

yeah the 120's run at 19 db with an output of 49.7 cfm

[Loki]

I checkad at your prev works... and I won't miss this one!!!

[cellsite60]

Cool a new mod on the way, checked your previous ones and there is a big SUB on this :)

[x88x]

Heheh, looking forward to this... For clarification, is that 20dB limit per device or total? If per device, is there a max total limit that you're shooting for?

[grevaeg]

Guess its time to release some thoughts and ideas around this upcoming build =)

Been working with a prebuild sketch today, not nearly close to be done with em though, and really having some troubles regards to front panel design and some colour choise, but hey, its a start i guess.

Feel free to give some advice on the looks of this thing ^^

Should be able to provide some more pics in the next couple of days 0.o

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/1.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/2.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/3.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/4.jpg

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http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/7.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/8.jpg

[grevaeg]

As long as the main gaming rig can stay around 20db with the fileserver turned off ,its good for me ^^

Atleast thats what i am aiming for now

[Kayin]

I approve this project.

I REALLY approve it.

[the real slummy]

this is nice:D

[Couch3ater]

Love it. Can't wait to see what pops outta your head this time around. ^_^

[cellsite60]

Looks like its gonna be another monster :up:
Any ideas of the measurements of this rig?

[TheMainMan]

I just about lost my mind when I saw the bottom section of the three. And to think that will be filled entirely with HDDs, most of which will be 2TB a piece. I can't click the subscribe button fast enough!

[Couch3ater]

Looks like its gonna be another monster :up:
Any ideas of the measurements of this rig?

I'm thinking approximately Gicougarous X Monstrous X Enormous?

[diluzio91]

Looks like its going to be massssive... i have case envy...

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

i think grevaeg is like billgates alter ego.. thats the only way you could afford such a rig... insane man... absolutely insane

[Waynio]

i think grevaeg is like billgates alter ego.. thats the only way you could afford such a rig... insane man... absolutely insane

LOL, Got to subscribe to this :), solid bars instead of hollow and less than 20db should be saaaweeeet, oh yeah & all 2tb hdds, omg wow :up: :banana:.

[grevaeg]

slow progress at the moment, still waiting to get a buyer on 6thgen, however.. both dangerden and crucial have shown interest for this project, sponsors will come hopefully =)

Uhm... just a thought guys, would any of you be interested in 7th gen "self build" kits? lol, kinda considering making two cases while im at it 0.o

[grevaeg]

Hi again guys, been working with some more modell's and having a troublesome time learning solidworks to build models in :P

Some new criterias has been put in the progress aswell

* Top gaming module is gonna be easily removable from the rest, and feature its own waterloop
* Two x Danger Den HW Labs 480 GTX radiators in each module
* Build a sturdy heatspreader in the frontpanel and hook waterblocks onto it
* MAX 25db from the mainrig running at max load, double 4970 cf and Phenom II 965

Anyways, i still wanna be able to have the main gaming rig running at around 25db max, and this should hopefully be able to achieve with two Danger Den HW Labs 480 GTX Radiators and the passive heatspreader in front

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/12.jpg
This should be buildt with 8mm aluminium, aswell as a 8mm backplate on that again, resulting in a massive 1,6cm thick frontpanel, this should be around 5kg of potensial heat absorbant :P

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/14.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/15.jpg
A decission was also made regards to radiators, as long as its possible to fit 480's, then i dont see a reason why not to implement it ^^

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/16.jpg

Havent really added up the alu frame yet, but its gonna come soon =)
http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/17.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/9.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/10.jpg

[x88x]

I'm loving this one so far. I like the modularity of the top portion. I'm not really clear on the purpose of the front heatspreader on the front though; what is it cooling?

[grevaeg]

Think about it like this m8, if u would fit a large waterblock on the backside of the backplate of the heatspreader, it should dissipate heat from the block, no? ^^ And a large surface like that should work like a large passive radiatorish 0.o

[x88x]

Hmmm, I suppose that large a block of copper would draw a fair bit of heat out of the loop, I'm just not sure how well dissipate that heat into the air because of the relatively small surface area (compared to, say, a radiator). Oh well, worst case it won't hurt your cooling, and it does look pretty sweet. :D

[grevaeg]

Well... the area would be 405x230mm thats actually more then a 480 radiator when it comes to surface area 0.o it wouldnt dissipate that much heat ofc, but still, it should have some effect ^^

[x88x]

I was referencing radiative surface area, not footprint. Take the Black Ice GTX480, for example. I can't find any exact figures, but as near as I can tell from the info at this site (http://www.hwlabs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=2), at 133mm W x 517mm H x 54 mm D, at 20 FPI (or ~6.45 FPC), if I'm figuring this correctly (which actually I'm probably not, but I would guess I'm in the ballpark), the GTX480 has around 2000 square meters of radiative surface area. Not 133*517 = 687.61 square centimeters.
(L*W*(FPC*100)*D)

So, actually, your heatspeader will have more than 822 cm^2 (405*230mm) surface area, but it will still be several orders of magnitude less than the surface area of your 480 radiators.

[grevaeg]

Hmmm... ur prolly right on that one, would love to get some figures on how much a large spreader can dissipate though 0.o

Not really sure where to start, maybe ill just add a large ass waterblock to a plate of the same tickness and size

[grevaeg]

So... been working a bit with some basic models again, please give me some input if a design like this could work at all ^^

The general idea would be to have waterflow on the top and bottom of the harddrive mount, while the disks heat up the sideplates they are mounted on, not sure how much heat that can be removed from a disk trough the sides though, but hey, if its around 8-15w a disk, this should be sufficient?

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/20.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/22.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/24.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/27.jpg

[grevaeg]

Hmmm.... just noticed, the waterflow holes in the top will be blocking for sata and power cables, guess ill have to move them a bit ^^

[grevaeg]

Hi guys,

I have been looking for ages to find out how much heat can be dissipated from HDD surfaces, but unfortunately, i havent found much to go on 0.o

Decided to build a prototype of the watercooling rack i sketched out last week

My statement :

If a harddrive rack get waterblocks on the top and bottom, it should dissipate some heat from the disks placed in the rack

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/1.jpg
3x 500gb WD 7200RPM IDE drives mounted up in a chieftech disk rack

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/2.jpg
2x Mist Socket A? waterblocks to mount on the top and bottom 0.o

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/4.jpg
Reserator + some unbranded pump with ress ^^

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/5.jpg
And the tools for heat measurements ^^

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/6.jpg
This would be the temperature measured between the disks without any cooling of any sort

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/19.jpg
So.... ready for some numbers?

what has been tested?

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/18.jpg

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/17.jpg
Waterblocks on the side, directly on disks

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/16.jpg
Waterblocks on the top of the disks, directly

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/14.jpg

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/7thgen/9.jpg
Waterblocks on the top and bottom of the rack

Duct tape is your friend... arctic silver applied to the blocks aswell ^^

So, onto the numbers, please note that these numbers are without stress testing the drives :

- Default temp of a single harddrive after 20 min, at center - 34c
- Default temp of multiple drives after 20 min, at center -38c

- Temperature of single drive with waterblock on top after 20 min - 20c
- Temperature of multiple drives with waterblock on the side, 20 min - 30c
- Temperature of multiple drives in rack with waterblock top/bottom - 32c / 34c mid disk

So, quite frankly, mounting a waterblock to the sides of a disk is rather useless, and it get's even more useless regards to the disks in between, as heat builds up quite badly

If watercooling of disks are going to be a reality of this project, then ill need a waterblock on top of each disk to keep them cool

Then again, 20c disks? that cant be bad?

[x88x]

Interesting. I haven't actually seen any quantitative testing of watercooling HDDs before; good to know. The two thing I've heard most about watercooling HDDs is that 1) the effect of the watercooling doesn't greatly affect the HDD, and 2) the HDD puts out so much heat that you should have a separate loop just for them. ...as you can tell, rather contradictory stuff. ;)

This might take a while, and be quite expensive, but I did have a thought.

Get some 1/8" or 1/4" copper flat bar, about the width of a HDD, get all the stickers off the top of the HDD, and have the flat bar in contact with the full top of the HDD. You could then have it bend down 90 degrees, and another copper bar goes across a row of them, connecting them, and have a couple waterblocks on that bar. Of course, lap all the contact surfaces. ;)

[mofo]

Also i believe there is a breather hole somewhere on the top that is not to be blocked.

[x88x]

Ah, yes, that.. :facepalm: leave a hole for that.

[SXRguyinMA]

Interesting. I haven't actually seen any quantitative testing of watercooling HDDs before; good to know. The two thing I've heard most about watercooling HDDs is that 1) the effect of the watercooling doesn't greatly affect the HDD, and 2) the HDD puts out so much heat that you should have a separate loop just for them. ...as you can tell, rather contradictory stuff. ;)

This might take a while, and be quite expensive, but I did have a thought.

Get some 1/8" or 1/4" copper flat bar, about the width of a HDD, get all the stickers off the top of the HDD, and have the flat bar in contact with the full top of the HDD. You could then have it bend down 90 degrees, and another copper bar goes across a row of them, connecting them, and have a couple waterblocks on that bar. Of course, lap all the contact surfaces. ;)

I got rid of my HDD waterblock - my HDD runs cooler in the thermaltake icage with 120mm fan blowing on it than it ever did in with the waterblock. the waterbock heated up the drive to the cooling system temp - not good. temps are ~15-20C lower with air, depending on room temp

[raistnox]

you could always mill our some blocks to go between the hdd's and make a custom rack like this

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/131/l_bc949f7c976d42e3ad5932f0ae4959cf.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/119/l_5486d0e727774830bdc790812f0e8b13.jpg
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/140/l_2695a3ce28e641e194dca45eacc81b0e.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/120/l_d9c493d8151d4370a7dee30ce4ea0094.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/141/l_c749b06a79924367aaf47172df8faeaf.jpg

little channel for the vent hole in the last pic

[grevaeg]

I got rid of my HDD waterblock - my HDD runs cooler in the thermaltake icage with 120mm fan blowing on it than it ever did in with the waterblock. the waterbock heated up the drive to the cooling system temp - not good. temps are ~15-20C lower with air, depending on room temp

Go away SXR :P

This is happening, dont come here with ur practical, superior ideas ^^ Going for over the top, not going practical and what might be best, lol
But rly... i should just get a fan, shouldnt i ? -.-

Building waterblocks for 16- 18 drives is going to be expensive 0.o


you could always mill our some blocks to go between the hdd's and make a custom rack like this

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/131/l_bc949f7c976d42e3ad5932f0ae4959cf.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/119/l_5486d0e727774830bdc790812f0e8b13.jpg
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/140/l_2695a3ce28e641e194dca45eacc81b0e.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/120/l_d9c493d8151d4370a7dee30ce4ea0094.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/141/l_c749b06a79924367aaf47172df8faeaf.jpg

little channel for the vent hole in the last pic
I approve this...!


Interesting. I haven't actually seen any quantitative testing of watercooling HDDs before; good to know. The two thing I've heard most about watercooling HDDs is that 1) the effect of the watercooling doesn't greatly affect the HDD, and 2) the HDD puts out so much heat that you should have a separate loop just for them. ...as you can tell, rather contradictory stuff. ;)

This might take a while, and be quite expensive, but I did have a thought.

Get some 1/8" or 1/4" copper flat bar, about the width of a HDD, get all the stickers off the top of the HDD, and have the flat bar in contact with the full top of the HDD. You could then have it bend down 90 degrees, and another copper bar goes across a row of them, connecting them, and have a couple waterblocks on that bar. Of course, lap all the contact surfaces. ;)
Then again, does anyone know how much difference it would be if the blocks were made in alu? with current copper prices, will i be blowing around 700$ on waterblocks for the drives -.-

[SXRguyinMA]

Go away SXR :P

:whistler: :D

[Couch3ater]

Go away SXR :P

Lololololol, agreed. ^_^ I can't wait to see you build 5249685197568 blocks for hard drives, even if it isn't entirely necessary. >: D

[raistnox]

if your wanting to make the hdd blocks from alu you can get a 2'x2' 5/8" thick plate from metalsdepot.com for around 270 and that should be more than enough for 20 blocks if I read the log right and that is how many your using if not if i did my measureing right youll get 24 blocks from that one plate

[grevaeg]

Hows the weight on a plate like that?

Kinda assuming that this project will easily tip 100kg -.- lol

[raistnox]

you got me on the weight but being aluminum it shouldnt be too much besides thats what wheels are for lol

[d_stilgar]

Well, let's see if I can be of some help.

http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/default.php?cPath=29_45
http://www.dangerden.com/store/aqua-drive-hard-drive-block.html?&cat=74
http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/product.php?productid=9442

[raistnox]

actually i found a nifty site that has a materials weight calculator and a 2ft by 2ft 5/8 plate would weigh 35.28 lbs prior to milling and im guessing youd lose about half that after milling

[raistnox]

ok did a bunch of math and i figured out that each block will weigh .75 lbs after milling so final product minus top givving you a total weight from all blocks at 15 lbs now thats just the weight of the metal no tops no fittings no tubes no fluid stil though not bad from that 35 lbs plate youd drop 20 lbs not bad at all

[billygoat333]

ok did a bunch of math and i figured out that each block will weigh .75 lbs after milling so final product minus top givving you a total weight from all blocks at 15 lbs now thats just the weight of the metal no tops no fittings no tubes no fluid stil though not bad from that 35 lbs plate youd drop 20 lbs not bad at all

*takes a deep breath* holy wow. lol thats a mouthful to read. ;)

[grevaeg]

Ah well... not much activity lately over here, but guess ill give u guys a small heads up on whats going on :P

First of all.... 8x 2TB WD Green series disks has arrived in the 6th.GeN to be able to transfer some of the files over to the somewhat larger raid 5! Also a LSI 8402 ELP 8 port sas controller has come in place =) Currently running at a staggering 46TB in 6th.GeN... too bad only 20 of em will be transfered onto this project.

Ive been doing some thinking regards to the previous designs, and im just about to be happy with how stuff turns out.

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/Assem8.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/Assem7.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/Assem6.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/Assem5.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/Assem4.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/Assem3.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/Assem2.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/Assem1.JPG

Edges has been moved a bit, and the design has been moved in a more futuristic style, a large 4x140mm radiator has taken the place of the double 4x120mm radiators that were intended in the start of this build.

It can now hold 12x drives, and yea... its a downgrade from the previous builds 48x.. but keep in mind, that this is a lan pickup stuff rig and a gaming pc :P

Its been toned down to 15cm wide aswell, so hopefully, it will look really slim when its done.

The plans has been sendt to a CNC machining plant for fabrication! expect a proper update soon! this build is finally going to take form =)

[x88x]

Very nice! I like the new, more simplistic design. Your previous monolithic designs were impressive, but personally I like individual towers better. ;)


It can now hold 12x drives, and yea... its a downgrade from the previous builds 48x.. but keep in mind, that this is a lan pickup stuff rig and a gaming pc :P

Also that the storage drives will (I assume) all be 2TB, unlike the previous version which had, iirc, everything down to some 150GB drives in it.

It also looks like there's enough space that you could easily convert it later to a design with two towers of HDDs in there.

[grevaeg]

oh x88x, ur greatly mistaken if u believe this build wont be monolithic :P This is only the showcase of case 1 of 2, and even with no feet included =)

But one of the changes this time around will be that its stackable and entirely modular.

And indeed, there was 80gb sas drives in the previous build, that would be the 150ish GB drives in the previous build. Upgraded to 300gb sas 15k rpm ones now, hehe

Such a huge improvement with a single 16tb array instead of a bunch of smaller ones.

And yup, i can fit another tower in there if needed ^^

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

Just received a update from the sheetmetal company ^^

Got a production time of 2 weeks on the alu thats in for some CNC work, so guess its about time to take some waiting pics of some hardware thats going into this build.

As projected, 16x 2 TB WD Green 7200 rpm disks will be replacing the random muccus of the previous build, along with another 4x 1.5 TB for the gaming rig and another 2x 300GB 15,000rpm SAS drives.

Will be using the LSI 8470 controllers for the drives, and go full out raid 5 with 2 sets of 8 drives each.

Striping for the SAS drives, and another raid 5 for the 1.5's

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/2.jpg

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/3.jpg

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/7.jpg

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/8.jpg

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/4.jpg

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/5.jpg

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/6.jpg

[x88x]

Mmmm, preeety. :D

[grevaeg]

may i plz join the 5tb club now? 0.o

[x88x]

lol You've always been in it :D I just haven't gotten around to making a logo or anything yet. :P

[StormRider]

now THAT is a lot of hard drives

[grevaeg]

http://en.mdpc-x.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=Sleeve_SMALL___G _4ad37a74c32d4.jpg&newxsize=75&newysize=75&fileout=http://en.mdpc-x.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=Sleeve_SATA___GR _4ad37b3b86d3f.jpg&newxsize=75&newysize=75&fileout=http://en.mdpc-x.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=Sleeve_SMALL___B LA_4a2c252a6fe5a.jpg&newxsize=75&newysize=75&fileout=http://en.mdpc-x.com/mdpc-sleeve/sleeve/sleeve-sata-black.htmhttp://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/mdpcx.jpg

Need i say more? =) MDPC-X order placed today, looking "forward" to starting with the sleeving, also!

Let me introduce! The Mist 800w PSU, that will be the victim of this sleeve operation 0.o

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/9.jpg
The mist came along in one of those shiny carboard boxes...

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/10.jpg
Would call the packageing more then adequate :P

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/11.jpg
Modularity! its a shame thats its going to be re-sleeved, cus a awesome job is allready done tbh 0.o

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/13.jpg
Nothing much to say about the appearance, but hey, its a truly low db 140mm fan on it ^^

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/14.jpg
Again, enough space for a bunch of cables and variety

http://grevaegtwo.com/7thgen/15.jpg
And the tech sheet...

[x88x]

Nice. I've never heard of Mist before, are they new? Or regional?

[grevaeg]

Mist is a custom designed PSU by a retailer caller Netshop in Norway, they are produced after ther speccs as far as i know =)

So would assume its either a rebrand or a custom designed one they are selling 0.o

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

After alot of talk, and little progress, its time to start showing off some results, aint it ? i received my aluminium this Monday, and have been working for quite a few hours allready, the first part of this build is more or less assembled allready, and im now working on the next case to go on top of it...

But enough blabbering ^^

Lets get on with some images, shall we? unfortunatily, the first 3 days of work has been deleted from the CF card (thx dad) -.- so had to retake alot of em today

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9522_1024x683.jpg
God i love CNC machines... this is basically the first frame with the frontplate facing the top, just got those holes drilled up ^^

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9523_512x768.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9547_1024x683.jpg
One part semi assembled, the other one not really touched :P

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9524_512x768.jpg
I decided early on to use countersunk bolts on this build... cus... uhm... it looks cool? haha, basically 8mm m6 bolts that suited to go trough 2 4mm alu plates, also got a countersinking tap now!

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9525_1024x683.jpg
And yes... i know it needs some brushing.... and andonizing...

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9526_1024x683.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9529_1024x683.jpg


The frame has been put together, the disk rack has been assembled, the job on part 2 has also started ^^

So lets talk about the rack for now? 0.o

It consist of 2 plates, with some alu in between, and vibration insulation on the top, to prevent this build to make to much noise 0.o

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9540_512x768.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9542_1024x683.jpg

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http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9546_512x768.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9561_1024x683.jpg


Stacked?!

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9554_512x768.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/7thgen/26010/IMG_9556_1024x683.jpg

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The sponsors

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Komplett is sponsoring this project with a HIS 5970 gfx card ^^

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Dangerden will be delivering a fullcover 5970 Waterblock, a 5870 block, 12 Compression fittings and their DD Radiator ress

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Hw labs will be sending over their monolithic GTX 560 Radiator

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Netshop has delivered the PSU's for this build , and are contributing with good prices!

[x88x]

Wow, that is a lot narrower than I was expecting...you sure it's not gonna fall over? :P I gotta say though, right now they almost look like two 3U rackmount servers turned on their sides and stacked on top of each other..

Also, I had a 'wait, how did he get that screw in there...' moment until I remembered..solid aluminum bars on this one. :D I love the HDD rack, and congrats on the sponsors!

[msmrx57]

Nice! :up: Very clean machining, looks like something from a manufacturer.

[grevaeg]

Hi again guys! small hardware update today, as everything is starting to get sorted ^^

Just got a mail from HW labs regards to the 560 radiator, and it will come with a custom painjob, The exterior will be matte black and the core will be red.

So guess we ended up on a black/red theme this time around

Also, the Dangerden waterblocks for the 5970 and 5870 is on its way, cant wait to get it in here and take some pics of it ^^

Anyone wanna give a style suggestion regards to the case? feel free to paint out some ideas and post em here ^^

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

After another couple of days are the hardware finally starting to show up... so lets just start with some images shall we?

Let me introduce... the HIS 5970

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Cant wait to get some DD blocks on this one... also, the 5870 should be arriving soon..

Another mysterious box arrived a couple of days ago aswell, i have to admit... i had NO idea what it might contain... just the sheer size of it.. it was just HUGE, a knife... and some cutting later, i figured out what the box contained ^^

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Yes... it is indeed the monolithic GTX 560 Radiator from HW labs, and a smaller 280 rad... and **** its huge... its been awhile since ive seen something this beautyfull :P

And hey... no cooled down PC without some fan's, eh? Bought some Mist 140mm 17DB fans for this build

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And a Mist waterblock

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And on to the build...

Well, to be honest... not too much has happened on this front quite yet, ive been working on the backplate to mount the PSU, and ive drilled and tapped up holes for the sideplates, but now that the hardware has more or less arrived i can finally start planning and placing stuff in there

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Some touchups will be done regards to countersinking all the bolts, aswell as sanding/anodizing/painting as so on :P

I should be able to get a update going tomorrow aswell

[x88x]

Sweet new hardware. The red/black paint scheme looks awesome!

The towers look great, I just can't get over how skinny they are...I keep thinking that they'll be topheavy, but idk, I'm sure you have a better handle on the dimensions than I can from the pictures. ...also, every time I see the front panels I think for a second that I'm looking at Dell rack-mount servers. :P I'm not sure why, I think it might be the dimensions and the horizontal lines..and that they're grey.. I think once you paint them that should fix it. ;)

[StormRider]

holy **** is right, that rad is huge!!!!!!

[grevaeg]

Gotta love dell rack servers ^^ Will hopefully add some plexi details and some proper paint when everything comes to a end, but its just a whole lot of stuff that needs to be done before im at that stage im afraid 0.o

But really... that HW labs radiator.... its around the size of a grown man's leg.. its insanely huge

[Couch3ater]

Those are some sleek lookin' towers. I feel like stubbing your toe would be a little more than painful on one of those sharp edges. >_> --gulp--