L3p D3sk - Silent Work & Gaming Station

Hi there:)

I'm quite new to this forum, but since they liked my build at some Dutch hardware sites, i wanted to post it here too.

My other build came to an end and didn't know what to improve, but my old desk almost fell apart.

Really want to thank Pascal for his pc-in-a-desk idea. After seeing it I couldn't even sleep that night :)

I started sketching it with Google Sketchup
After 9 hours of non-stop drawing it finally had some shape.

Hardware to be used:
(Most of it comes out of my old build)

Intel Core i7 980X @ 4.5 Ghz
Corsair Dominator GT 6GB DDR3-2000 CL7 (Elpida) @ 2000 7-7-7-20-1T
ASUS Rampage III Extreme
2 x ASUS GTX580
ASUS Xense
Sennheiser Xense
Highpoint RocketRAID 3560 24x SATA-300 2 GB
Bigfoot Networks™ Killer™ 2100 Gaming Network Card
1x Intel 510 120GB
3x Corsair F60 raid0
6x Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB raid5
2x Optiarc AD-7241S-0B
2 x Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W
Dell U2711 27″ IPS
2x Dell 1703 FPt 17″ portrait

Blocks
1 x EK Supreme HF Nickel CPU Block
2 x EK-FC580 GTX – Nickel
2 x EK-FC580 GTX Backplate – Nickel plated
1 x EK RAM Dominator Nickel
1 x EK-FB RE3 – Nickel
1 x EK-FB RE3 – TOP Acetal – Level 2
2 x Bitspower HDD Acetal Liquid Cooling Block – Silver

Pumps
2 x Laing D5-MCP655
2 x Bitspower D5/MCP655 Mod Pump Top V2
2 x Bitspower Black Sparkle D5/MCP655 Mod Kit

Reservoir
1 x Aquacomputer Aquatube G1/4 brass

Radiator
1 x Aquacomputer evo 1080

Fans

6 x Nanoxia DX Series 120MM DX12 - 1200RPM @ 5V
11 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120MM 1450RPM @ 12V

Fittings etc

24 x Bitspower Black Sparkle Multi-Link (SLI/CF) Adapter
16 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 Rotary 90 Degree IG1/4 Adapter
12 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 naar G1/4 (2x OD) Verbindingsstuk
10 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 Stop Fitting
8 x Bitspower Black Sparkle 13MM (1/2) Schroeffitting – G1/4
6 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 Rotary 90 Degree ID 1/4 Adapter
6 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 IG1/4 Extender
4 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 Five Rotary Snake-Style Dual IG1/4 Adapter
4 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 Rotary 45 Degree IG1/4 Adapter
2 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 Triple Rotary Mini Snake-Style Dual IG1/4 Adapter
1 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 Triple Rotary Snake-Style Dual IG1/4 Adapter
1 x Bitspower Black Sparkle G1/4 Rotary IG1/4 Extender
5 x Bitspower Crystal Link Tube For 5-Slots (SLI/CF)
8 x Bitspower Silver Shining 2xG1/4″ Fillport
2 x Bitspower Silver Shining G1/4 naar G1/4 (2x OD) Verbindingsstuk Mini
2 x Bitspower Matt Black 2xG1/4″ Fillport
2 x Bitspower Matt Black 13MM (1/2)Schroeffitting – G1/4
1 x Koolance INS-FM17 Coolant Flow Meter & Adapter Board INS-FM17
2 x Thermosensor G1/4 2x ID In-Line met Display (blue)
2 x Colder 13MM (1/2) Snelkoppeling Set
2 m Tygon R3400 1/2 ID Black
2 m Tygon R3603 1/2 ID Clear
3 L Feser One Cooling Fluid – UV Acid Green


I'm also gonna use my old cooling again since it works superb.
It's a 1080 radiator under my floor from my house, right in the corner where my pc is.
My water temperature in wintertime is around 18 degrees, in the summer it's around 23 degrees.

Here some Youtube movies:

Underground radiator



The Final Fill-up



Silence of the L3p D3sk





Sponsored by:

Here are the final pictures i made for some Casemod contest.
Still got some small mods (One really cool one) to do in the future so it isnt completely finished yet.

After these pictures i'll fill up this thread with the complete buildlog

All these pictures are clickable to the original 3600x2900 resolution pictures

Have fun !

Since im already busy with this project for 8 months now, here are all the pics in one post.

Started with an Aluminium plate of 1850x990x3

Plates for the mainboard tray, hdd tray, pump/res tray and cable plate

The bearer ring to hold my desk

Been to an other company to make a logo

And back to welding :)

Plasmacutter to make some cable holes

End of the first long day :)

Creating a logo (was just a try, worked out well)

Made some holes for the lcd's for the in and outgoing water temperature, and for the logo

Had to make some changes to let my knees fit :)

Fitting the trays with sound isolation under it.

I love packages !

Thought the buttons would the same, gonna change for 2 big one's now.

Sound isolating for under my trays.

My best friend welding

Holes for the Bitspower fanguards
Both sides will have 3x 120mm Scythe Gentle Typhoons 1450 rpm op 5V
Underground will be 9x 120mm Scythe Gentle Typhoons 1450 rpm op 12V @ the 1080 radiator

Thats me !

"Rough" work is done

A Bitspower Black Sparkle Ashtray :)

So brought the d3sk back home

Gonna use the backplate of an old lianli. (Thanks brother in law !)

Fitting, measuring and hanging

The battlefield.

Just playing around ;)

New toy arrived

Fitting and measuring, pff

Forgot a hole

So made it bigger

Mess outside

Made 2 extra 120mm fan holes in the cable-space, cause i decided my psu will come there too.
And made the hole for the lianli backplate.

Bitspower !

And building everything back for the hole picture

Shopping time

Measuring the last holes.

And more measuring

Muscle pain !

Rear = ready

And the front !

Hiding cables, what a nasty job.

Scythe fanguards, maybe temporary

Need sata ? :)

Topview

Getting tired when i see this again

Filled up !

Youtube - Filling it up :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfRiu3UnKTA

Hiding Sata(n) ! ;)

And lift of

Testrun 1

Temperatures are better then in my Corsair 800D ;)

Now first some rest behind my d3sk, before it goes to the powdercoater :)

Found a nice connector for the Bulgin power and reset button to be disconnected easily.

Now that they will be above my desk, i wont be to lazy to start working again on the inside of the desk :)

That's me !

Done for today

I want to thank Bitspower for sponsoring me at this project, specially Vincent !

And some new hardware :)

Supreme HF Nickel + Chrome :)

I'll add these in my loop the next time

This is how i drain my loop :)

Stripping time !

And building it up again with a bitspower mb block, and i rotated my EK HF
This is because i forgot i needed to rotate it when the flow comes from the other side compared to my other build.

Rubbertaped the borders, because the coating will come a few months later

How my Raidcard looked like

And how it looks now :)

Bitspower block

Rubber tape looks grey, but its because of the flash, normally its black :)

Build the 2 single BP tops back, i think they look better this way.
And been busy with some smd led lighting.
I love it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDvic-srFnc

New set of Corsair mem

First time playing with plexi :)

Found a Corsair Dominator GT 2000mhz CL7 elpida set.

Looks easy, but isn't :)

Old and new set

Also added an UV Led strip behind the logo to lighten it up some more.

Without UV Led

With UV LED

Without UV Led

With UV LED

Bought some blocks from a friend, im totally in love with plexi now :)

Breaking it down.

Removed teh old SMD leds.

Ohhh no !

Oh never mind

Been puzzling for 1.5 hours before i had the right combination.

Cleaning time.

Dirt !

L3pping the 980x :)

Wtf MX-4, did i order that ?!

Thanks for the MX-4 Freddy !

30 seconds @ P400 already tired ;)

5 Minutes P400 - Total 5 Minutes

5 Minutes P400 - Total 10 Minutes

10 Minutes P400 - Total 20 Minutes

10 Minutes P400 - Total 30 Minutes

15 Minutes P400 - Total 45 Minutes

10 Minutes P600 - Total 55 Minutes

10 Minutes P800 - Total 1 hours en 5 Minutes

10 Minutes P1000 - Total 1 hours en 15 Minutes

10 Minutes P1500 - Total 1 hours en 25 Minutes

15 Minutes P2000 - Total 1 hours en 40 Minutes

20 Minutes P2500 - Total 2 hours

Had to play some with the cam ;)

Results

Idle

Stressed

And finally ...

Building it back asap, im tired :)

And some pics

Lighting will have to wait a few days :)

For 10 years i always used the "better" soundcards.
But the last year i used onboard, somehow i didn't like it.

And last week my eye fell on the Asus Xense.
I fell in love instantly !
Specially cause it would fit perfectly in the desk with the chrome look.
So i was already saving some money for it.

But then ....

My PSU died ... And we can't run without it
Xense dream gone :)

But Freddy helped me out :P

Freddy ... You're the best ! ;)

2 days from 09:00 till 23:00 and 10:00 till 17:00

Still seems like nothing has changed ^^



Breaking down already took a few hours :)

Too small holes for those cables.

couldn't find those cables in another color :(

Removed the hdd stickers.

Ready to take off.

Like a bomb exploded.

measuring and drilling.

Changing the tempsensors.
This is so i can put them at the in and outlet in the desk.
I can measure the in and outgoing temperatures more accurate then.

Pff it still works :)

Aluminium rain.

Sleeved the ugly red sata cables. Thanks Vin-Tech !

Cutouts for the dvd-r drives.

BP bucket.

Done.

Further on with the loop.

Tempsensors mounted, just a tiny piece of barb.

Sleeved cables sleeved again :)

Now the worst part, connecting the cables again and placing the new PSU.

Also done.

Custom made molex of 1.30m for the Asus Xense.

piece by piece ....

New molex for the "underground fans cable".

lol :)

Ready to fill it up.

Almost done filling the new loop.

wtf, ghosts in my res ...

Loop running, all thats left getting the pc running.

Wow, it booted, luckily i got normal voltages now.

Almost forgot the extra hole for the bulgin switch for the lighting :)

First temporary, later with sleeve.

They work !
Power switch/power led -- Reset switch/hddled -- Lighting switch/lichting led

Screens off

Works like a charm.

Hdd temps lowered 17-20 degrees.

Still in love :)

It fits :)
You can also see the Xense molex

Pc heats up the water with 1.7 degrees.

Hmm needs some polishing.

Perfect spot for the Sennheiser Xense :)

Ready to type this update !

All made possible by my wife, me and Freddy ;)

Had some problems switching all the leds in my desk by one Bulgin momentary led switch.
All the leds are connected to a bitspower X-station.

The user "Calimero" @ the highflow forum fixed it for me ^^
I'm to impatient for this work.
He's been busy with it for quite some hours.

With this print i can switch this :

one 5V line
one 12V line
the led in the bulgin switch

This bulgin led is on a current feed now, so switching from blue (3.5V) to, for example, Red (1.8V) is no problem at all, the current will remain the same


So thanks to Calimero !

Adjustable for the bulgin switch

:)

Again, thanks Calimero :)


Such a mess for a tiny plate :)

1 relay free for future components

Done

Testsetup

And a little Youtube movie to show how it works.

Finally a dream came true

Removing films, i love it !

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe ...

Took me only 10 minutes to switch the old one with the new one.
Changing the old DVI cable to a new Dual link DVI cable took me more time.
Need this cable cause of the higher resolution.

Very useful, i could start using it right away for the pics of this update.

Bling

And time for a little test ..
It really looks fabulous !

Maybe i won't be the last now anymore

Still a lot to configure, but already looks awesome.

And ready to go on again

All i want now is another Dell 17"

Gregor pwns !!

Oops, something went wrong here, to be continued (my bad) :)

Original

I need more bling bling :)

Again, thanks Gregor for the lovely blocks !!

Yep, i like the new one more .

Rather have plex.

Ordered to see what it is, green fan and a Lamptron 22mm Blue led momentary.

Something i wanted to do a long time.

Wtf ? :P

Lets clean that up too.

And done.

And this afternoon @ the door ..
Wtf alreadyl ?!
Thanks Gregor from EKWB :P

No one could have told me there's a trick to hold the rubber in place ? :P

Totally happy again !

Thanks EK !!

Back to Corsair
Had to RMA the Silverstone ST1500

Nice sleeved cables.

First i thought they were made of plastic, but im glad they are aluminium.
Also nice there are 3.5" brackets with it.

Such a nasty job this ..

4 hours later ..

Another 4 hours later :)

I love it, also a better flow then the other block

Lamptron ddr3 slots :)

Transformers !

I liked the ssd's there more.
Also temporary used the plexi's from the Intel ssd, somehow i liked it.

Beast in his cage

And some random pics..

Lamptron Pci-e covers.

I love EKWB :)

Thinking of using 6 of these inside the desk.
(Others will remain Scythe GT's)

Total picture.

Got a nice package today ^^

Some guy named Wwwicked i know from the Highflow forums creates selfmade ledstrips.

We were both curious how they would look in the desk.

First of all, very professional wwwicked !

Specially for him double resolution pics :)

25 and 90 degree leds

One Ledstrip is UV25-UV25-Bl25 the other UV25-UV25-Bl90

These pics were for myself
This is the effect you get with wwwickleds !

Wwwicked, thanks man !

Small update.

Thanks Freddy !
Without Highflow this wouldn't have been possible :P !

Wanted to connect the extra ssd when i had 10 minutes spare time, but ...
Both multilane cables i had connected were full :(
So had to drain the loop AGAIN so i could add an extra multilane specially for the ssd :)

Still need to think of something to make it look better.

Very satisfied with the speed, i guess i can't get more out of it cause of the iop341 limitations.

Sneak preview :P

Good news :)

1. Highflow became Main sponsor of this build !
(More info will follow )

2. EKWB will send another nice package.
(Also more info will follow)

3. I won a nice prize with the Asus Pride contest.

4. Asus Sponsored me a videocard. (This videocard may be sold to buy the Asus card i wanted, other samples weren't available at this time )


So the next days alot of pics will follow.

Thanks Asus !


Another small test

Found some time today to cleanup the Asus 5790.

Temporary on an Asus EN210 till the other hardware comes, who needs WC :P

After that it was time to get the third screen hanging

2 hours of measuring, fitting, mounting, unmounting and everything again :)

After 3 weeks of mailing with Asus, Highflow and EKWB, finally some pics for you guys.

After building this in im ready with the hardware part, and hope to finally enjoy a game :)

Off course it still needs to be powdercoated in mat black in the coming weeks/months.
I hope to finish off this project then.

I specially want to thank :

Freddy en colleagues
Milan en colleagues
Gregor and colleagues


Planned to do a lot, but i just kept staring :)

Totally in love with theAsus GTX580

Thinking to place them in a rack like samurai swords ;)

One can't live without the other..

Pretty big plates

Replacing the standard red top with a black one.

Bling !

Bling Bling!

Nicest block i had till now

Can't wait to mount them :)

Playing with the Lamptron UV-active Slot Protectors

And some stuff to put the cards in SLI.
Also some extra BP parts can be quite handy.

More pics will follow, i hope you enjoyed them :P

L3p D3sk - Hardware Update - 26-2-2011


Here some pictures of the conversion.


Even on air they are lovely.

But i love WC blocks :P

You can easily spend a hole evening on 2 cards.

And thats 1

And thats 2 :)

Had a small break, had to wait for a replacement part for the EK rex3 block (broke while shipping)

And i've been to Cebit to personally thank one of my sponsors :)

Replacement part came in the next morning :)

Quite an impressive block, it has 4 O-rings in it

And now the adjustments for the bigger mainboard and the extra needed cables for the gpu's

Had to do everything by hand cause i didnt want to clear the hole desk

Also the mainboard tray needed some work.

Discs specially aluminum.

And done.

Now i can start fitting in the Bitspower parts

Every SLI connector has to fit exactly.

One of the many times fitting it in the desk.

Only one connector to go.

Got the tip to polish the silvercoil :)

Hmm..

But it's shiny again :)

Cable for the extra molex on the Rex3.

After one hour i finally found a way to get all the cables under the mainboardtray

And some teasers for later this week :)

When looking for the newest bios for the rex3, i also found a driver for symbian phones.
I had no idea this was so easy :)

Cleared some 230V cables for the tft's today.
Made a 3-way disconnect-able cable ^^

3 AMP connectors.

And done

Still need to fix the resolutions so the conversion looks better

I almost enjoy the view like in real life :P

And again thanks to Freddy for the nice stuff !

Some molex cables, you'll need them with a 1.50m long pc :P

Will be used for a later update ;)

Time for a refreshment after 2 years of usage in 2 builds :)

And the thing missing in this build ...a mouse with acid green leds :)

Received the last 4 fans today (Thanks Kier ! )

Will try to replace the old Gentle typhoons tomorrow.
I will have to lift the complete desk out of its holder to replace the right fans.

I'm totally in love with the green color the fans get with UV light.

Again 4 hours of non-stop work :)

How i replaced the old Feser coolant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC7r8oItvfE


And put the cards back to slot 1 and 2 so i can better access my raidcard.

And already replaced 3 of the 6 fans.

Better pics next week :P

Asked Cooler Master NL if they could help me out with a little test project cause of a voltage problem with the raidcard.

They did, and within 4 days i got this package trough my mailbox ;)

Maybe im going to use 2 x 700W instead of 1x1200W

Lets unpack.

Nice and small, 4cm shorter then an AX1200.

Plenty of cables

So want to thank Cooler Master Netherlands for the nice stuff !!

And the testing with the 2 (3) PSU's
Total of 2600W running now.
And off course my 3.3V 5V and 12V are superb now :)
Very silent psu's by the way !

Even under full stress :)
980x @ 4.5 Ghz + 2 x GTX580 @ 960/1150

3 screens ARE useful :P

After the mouse i was looking for a fitting mousepad for the desk.
Personally i like cloth pads like the Q-pad.
Couldn't find anything at all.
All i could find was a pad with leds in it.
But then the idea popped up ..
Still had some plexi somewhere, and there are 150 UV smd leds in my desk so why not try it :P


The plex.
(Fits perfectly !)

The "hard" SLI connector. (Thanks Xtrafresh!)

And my RVS cupholder : )

With a jigsaw.

Maybe im going to let the print melt down into the plexi with its pins

The Q-Plex

And the ...ehm ..cupholder : )

Still goin to polish them some more later.

I could sell my Intel X18-M for a good price, so wanted to try the Intel 510.
Going to use it as OS drive

And because i promised Asus to show their logo, here you go :)

I can't even fathom the amount of money that went into this build. Good job putting it together.

Thanks man !

Still had to change some things under my floor.
Today i found some time.

Had to replace some fans on my rad for Scythe GT's
Replaced the green tube for Tygon black.

Also replaced the 3 remaining GT's in my desk for green Nanoxia's

GT's out

Only 5cm space for my hand.

Nanoxia's in.

Here my radiator in the distance.

On request also made a little movie of my trip :)

Mobile doesn't work here, but baby phone works fine :D

De GT's on their place and tubes replaced !

And another small test.
Wanted to know what stuff goes trough my loop.
This way it was easy to discover.

Click it between my tubes and enable the pumps for one hour.

Then disconnect the filter while pumping and stop the pumps as fast as you can.
This is so the dirt really stays in the filter.

All tiny hairs and wtf, even a piece of my sigarettes :P